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Characteristics Of Streptococcus Salivarius Bd3900 As An Oral Probiotics, Yu Yanan, Wu Zhengjun, Han Jin

Food and Machinery

Interactions between Streptococcus salivarius and Streptococcus mutans play important roles in the development of dental biolms in oral cavity. S. salivarius BD3900, isolated from the oral cavity of a healthy voluteer, displayed the potential to be an oral probiotics in vitro. Strong hydrophobicity (95.8%) and high surface charges(≥88.6%) endure the strain to be easily adhered in oral cavity. The strain BD3900 was tolerant to 100 μg/mL lysozyme(2.0×104 U/mg), indicating the high ability for the strain to survive in oral cavity. Besides, the strain was determined to be with high auto-aggregating ability(15%～20%) as well as co-aggregating abiltity with Streptococcus mutans.in the …

Study On Physicochemical Properties And Digestibility Of The Resistant Starch From Dioscorea Opposite Thunb. Cv. Huaiqing, Ma Liping, Jiao Kunpeng, Luo Lei, Xiang Jinle, Zhang Xiaoyu, Fan Jinling, Zhu Wenxue

Food and Machinery

The physicochemical characteristics and digestibility of native starch from Dioscorea opposite Thunb. cv. Huaiqing and its resistant starch produced by autoclave process preparation method have been analyzed and compared in the paper. Results showed that the shape of native starch granules from Dioscorea opposite Thunb. cv. Huaiqing was irregular ellipsoid and triangle with a smooth surface. The crystal form of naitive starch was type C. Resistant starch losing particle characteristic exhibited a lamellar structure with loose surface. Both of them were similar in chemical structure without new functional group in resistant starch granules. Compared with the native starch, the molecular …

Methane- And Dissolved Organic Carbon-Fueled Microbial Loop Supports A Tropical Subterranean Estuary Ecosystem, D. Brankovits, J. W. Pohlman, H. Niemann

KIP Articles

Subterranean estuaries extend inland into density-stratified coastal carbonate aquifers containing a surprising diversity of endemic animals (mostly crustaceans) within a highly oligotrophic habitat. How complex ecosystems (termed anchialine) thrive in this globally distributed, cryptic environment is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that a microbial loop shuttles methane and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to higher trophic levels of the anchialine food web in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). Methane and DOC production and consumption within the coastal groundwater correspond with a microbial community capable of methanotrophy, heterotrophy, and chemoautotrophy, based on characterization by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and respiratory quinone composition. …

Design And Application Of An Ice-Temperature Vacuum Drying System, Li Jianguo, Wan Jinqing, Zhao Yanfeng

Food and Machinery

The ice-temperature vacuum drying processing dose little damage to the nutrition of food products, and helps to preserve their high quality. However, the precise control of ice-temperature is difficult in this field. On the basis of analyzing the principles of ice-temperature vacuum drying process and the features of drying equipment, the ice-temperature vacuum drying system with improved control flow was set up and the experiments with the sample of white radish wear were carried out. The results showed that this system could operate steadily at the set sample temperature value ±0.5 ℃, and provided a platform for the follow-up study …

Indoor Garden, Yuge Wang

Theses

A garden has a similar meaning in different cultures which is an expression of an individual’s or culture’s philosophy. It also has a long history in China. In the past, each Chinese scholar had an intimate garden which was a reflection of their inner world. But this garden culture was tightly connected with the lifestyle at that time. Many people living in modern society feel that they have lost their attachment to a traditional garden, which is too far away from daily life and only can be appreciated in a picture album. As a person who has a great interest …

Global Health Networks, Jeremy Shiffman

Sigma Institute for Global Healthcare Leadership

Presentation from Institute of Global Healthcare Leadership, Emerging Global Health Leaders Institute

This presentation speaks to the four challenges that global health networks face: Governance, Problem Definition, Positioning, and Coalition-building.

Use Of Point Of Care Testing To Affect Clinician Treatment Decisions For Patients With Diabetes, Shannon I. Brow

DNP and Student Works

This process improvement initiative implemented a policy for medical assistants (MAs) to perform and record point of care (POC) glucose test results in the electronic medical record (EMR), for all patients with diabetes during clinic check-in. Actions and behaviors of practice staff were evaluated to determine how POC results affected clinician treatment decisions. A retrospective review of staff recorded (EMR) data was assessed at baseline, after a 2-week run-in, and 4-weeks prospectively. This initiative was implemented in a small group internal medicine practice, treating predominantly low-income, Hispanic immigrant patients in Texas.

Differential Suitability Of 12 Great Lakes Tree Species For Papilio Canadensis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) Larval Survival And Growth, J. Mark Scriber

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Differential nutritional suitabilities of the 12 potential host plants of Papilio canadensis in the Great Lakes region of North America were determined with gravimetric techniques for penultimate and final larval instars. While leaf water content and leaf nitrogen content explain some of the variation, allelochemicals in different plants are likely to be involved in differential larval growth performances as well as mortal- ity of neonate larvae on tuliptree and spicebush. Oviposition tests using 3-choice arenas with quaking aspen, paper birch, and balsam poplar showed no strong host preferences. Factors affecting patterns of Papilio host use in the Great Lakes region …

Toxic Phenolic Glycosides From Populus: Physiological Adaptations Of The Western North American Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio Rutulus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), J. Mark Scriber, Richard L. Lindroth, James K. Nitao

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The phenolic glycosides tremulacin and salicortin found in quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, and other members of the Salicaceae, are known to be toxic to larvae of the Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus, but not to the Canadian tiger swallowtail, P. canadensis. Larvae of the western tiger swallowtail, P. rutulus, were not killed nor were their growth rates suppressed when fed a mixture of tremulacin and salicortin on black cherry leaves. When the Salicaceae adapted P. rutulus penultimate instar larvae were fed a combination of the two phenolic glycosides and the esterase inhibitor (DEF S,S,S-tributylphosphorotrithioate), growth …

Foodplant Processing Adaptations In Four Hyalophora Species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): Regional And Taxonomic Specialization, J. Mark Scriber, Eric Grabstein

The Great Lakes Entomologist

To determine whether local populations of four Hyalophora species (Lepidoptera: Satumiidae) had improved survival or were physiologically adapted for rapid and/or efficient growth on their local hosts, a series of larval feeding studies were conducted using gravimetric techniques on several host plant species. Significantly better survival and growth performances were observed for H. columbia (a tamarack specialist) on its host, Larix laricina. Similarly, H. gloveri had the best growth performance on Elaeagnus angustifolia (its favorite) as did certain sympatric populations of H. cecropia on black cherry, Prunus serotina. Hyalophora gloveri and H. columbia are largely sympatric with Betula papyrifera …

Full Issue 46(3)

International Journal of Speleology

No abstract provided.

Umm Curriculum Course Change Proposals Fall 2017, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth Times 2017-11-27

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Aggregate-Level Lead Exposure, Gun Violence, Homicide, And Rape, Brian Boutwell, Erik Nelson, Zhengmin Qian, Michael Vaughn, John Wright, John Wright, Kevin Beaver, Kevin Beaver, J. Barnes, Melissa Petkovsek, Roger Lewis, Mario Schootman, Richard Rosenfeld

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Works

Context An increasing body of research has linked the geographic distribution of lead with various indicators of criminal and antisocial behavior. Objective The current study, using data from an ongoing project related to lead exposure in St. Louis City, MO, analyzed the association between aggregate blood lead levels and specific indicators violent crime within the city. Design Ecological study. Setting St. Louis, Missouri. Exposure measure Blood lead levels. Main outcome measure Official reports of violent crimes were categorized as 1) crimes involving a firearm (yes/no), 2) assault crimes (with or without a firearm), 3) robbery crimes (with or without a …

Lunneborg V. My Fun Life Appellant's Brief Dckt. 45200

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Effectiveness Of Motivational Interviewing-Based Telephone Follow-Up In Diabetes Management, Jasseena Veliyathumalil

DNP and Student Works

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic complex disease requiring persistent self-management by patients and ongoing support from the providers. The outpatient diabetes clinic of a teaching hospital in the Midwest has 78.3% patients with uncontrolled diabetes. The purpose of the project was to assess the effectiveness of telephone follow up using motivational interviewing techniques in improving glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), glycemic control, and self-efficacy of patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes.

No-Nonsense Nutrition, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

A Bilingual Diabetes Self-Management Education Program For Hispanic Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Juanita Castillo

DNP and Student Works

The aim of this intervention was to determine whether diabetes self-management education will help Hispanics/Latinos with type 2 diabetes mellitus change unhealthy behaviors and effectively manage their disease. Healthcare free clinics serve a large majority of Hispanic/Latino patients who could benefit from a formalized diabetes education program.

Koe Koe Tech: Maymay Impact Assessment, Athena Nguyen

Miller Center Fellowship

Koe Koe Tech (KKT) in Myanmar embodies the United Nations’ third Sustainable Development Goal: ensuring healthy lives and promoting the wellbeing of all ages.

Myanmar faces tremendous challenges with unsanitary birth practices, lack of access to health information, and inadequate resources. KKT addresses the shortcomings in Myanmar’s health sector by giving patients, hospitals, and government access to quality health information and services.

This report analyzes the impact of KKT’s effort through maymay, its mobile application (app). KKT creates an impact by influencing the lives of women and their respective families. As seen throughout this report, women take care of their …

Examining The Relationship Between Park Neighborhoods, Features, Cleanliness, And Condition With Observed Weekday Park Usage And Physical Activity: A Case Study, Kerry Hamilton, Andrew T. Kaczynski, Melissa L. Fair, Lucie Levesque

Faculty Publications

Background. Little research has comprehensively explored how park features, quality indicators, and neighborhood environments are associated with observed park usage and physical activity (PA). This case study examined whether weekday park usage and PA differ by neighborhood type, across numerous categories of park features, and according to park feature condition and cleanliness. Methods. Direct observation was used to capture the number of users and PA levels within 143 park features in 6 parks (3 urban, 3 suburban) over the course of six weeks. Audits of park environments assessed the type, condition, and cleanliness of all features and amenities. …

Statistical Optimization Of The Induction Of Phytase Production By Arabinose In A Recombinant E. Coli Using Response Surface Methodology, Farouk Abd-El Aziem, Hussin Anis Shobirin Meor, Greiner Ralf, Ismail Shareef Mohideen, Lubis Hamadah Mohd Nur

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

The production of phytase in a recombinant E.coli using the pBAD expression system was optimized using response surface methodology with full-factorial faced centered central composite design. The ampicilin and arabinose concentration in the cultivation media and the incubation temperature were optimized in order to maximize phytase production using 2 3 central composite experimental design. With this design the number of actual experiment performed could be reduced while allowing eludidation of possible interactions among these factors. The most significant parameter was shown to be the linear and quadratic effect of the incubation temperature. Optimal conditions for phytase production were determined to …

Spatial-Temporal Distribution Of Mosquito Larval Hot Spots In Papoli, Uganda: A Community-Based Approach To Mosquito Control, Ryan E. Tokarz

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Mosquito species of the Anopheles gambaie complex are the predominant vectors of malaria transmission throughout sub-Saharan Africa. These mosquitoes tend to be endophilic, as well as anthropophilic, making them prime candidates for disease transmission. Within the same region, related mosquito vectors play a significant role in the transmission of additional human and zoonotic diseases. Furthermore, mosquito nuisance biting is an immense issue that cannot be ignored in terms of its impact on African communities. Depending on the respective factors involved, mosquito control programs throughout the continent have attempted to tackle these issues in a multitude of ways. This research approached …

Availability And Utilization Of Electronic Information Databases For Research By Agricultural Scientists In Federal University Libraries In North Central Nigeria, Mohammed Suleiman Abubakar, Philip Usman Akor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study was undertaken to determine the Availability and Utilization of Electronic Information Database for Research by Agricultural Scientists in federal universities in North Central, Nigeria. The instruments used were questionnaire and documentary records. Data were analysed using frequency distribution tables; percentage, mean and standard deviations. The population of this study was 415 scientifically distributed among the schools and faculties of Agriculture of the various universities covered by this study. Survey method was used for the study. Stratified sampling method was used to select 195 respondents to accommodate the different strata of the subjects involved in the study. The copies …

Modulation Of Cytochrome P450, P-Glycoprotein And Pregnane X-Receptor By Selected Antimalarial Herbs: Implication For Herb-Drug Interaction, P. S. Fasinu, V. K. Manda, O. R. Dale, N. O. Egiebor, L. A. Walker, S. I. Khan

Pharmaceutical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Gsu View, 2017-11-22, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

No abstract provided.

2017-November-22-Dietitian Alexa Scully, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Weight Management And Physical Activity Throughout The Cancer Care Continuum., Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Kathryn H Schmitz, Catherine M Alfano, Jennifer R Bail, Pamela J Goodwin, Cynthia A Thomson, Don W Bradley, Kerry S Courneya, Christie A Befort, Crystal S Denlinger, Jennifer A Ligibel, William H Dietz, Melinda R Stolley, Melinda L Irwin, Marcas M Bamman, Caroline M Apovian, Bernardine M Pinto, Kathleen Y Wolin, Rachel M Ballard, Andrew J Dannenberg, Elizabeth G Eakin, Matt M Longjohn, Susan D Raffa, Lucile L Adams-Campbell, Joanne S Buzaglo, Sharyl J Nass, Greta M Massetti, Erin P Balogh, Elizabeth S Kraft, Anand K Parekh, Darshak M Sanghavi, G Stephen Morris, Karen Basen-Engquist

Global Health Faculty Publications

Mounting evidence suggests that weight management and physical activity (PA) improve overall health and well being, and reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality among cancer survivors. Although many opportunities exist to include weight management and PA in routine cancer care, several barriers remain. This review summarizes key topics addressed in a recent National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine workshop entitled, "Incorporating Weight Management and Physical Activity Throughout the Cancer Care Continuum." Discussions related to body weight and PA among cancer survivors included: 1) current knowledge and gaps related to health outcomes; 2) effective intervention approaches; 3) addressing the …

Sensor Interface For Cardiac Rehabilitation Monitoring: Pilot Clinical Study, Js Lara, J Casas, M Munera, E Senft, B Irfan, Lf Gutiérrez, L Pinzón, T Belpaeme, M Rincon, Ca Cifuentes

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

In this paper, is presented a pilot clinical study of a monitoring system designed for cardiac rehabilitation (CR). The system allows measuring three main metrics: cardiovascular, spatiotemporal gait and difficulty in physical activity parameters. In this study, the sensor interface was used with two volunteer patients from the phase II of CR. During the experiment, the monitoring system was used to report the parameters and store the information from the patients without interrupting the session. It was found that there is no difference between the data from the interface and the measurements that are normally taken by physiatrists. Additionally, the …

For The Greater Good: The Subordination Of Reproductive Freedom To State Interests In The United States And China, Marisa S. Cianciarulo

Akron Law Review

This Article provides a comparative analysis of two very different restrictions on reproductive freedom that have startling parallels and similarities. Both China and the United States impose limits on reproductive freedom: China restricts the number of children that families can have, often in ways that violate international law, while some U.S. states have attempted to restrict access to abortion in ways that violate the precepts of Roe v. Wade as well as international law. Both China and U.S. states impose restrictions on reproductive freedom in order to achieve compelling state goals: protecting development and sustainability in China, and protecting prenatal …

The Utah Statesman, November 21, 2017, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.