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Research Progress On The Detection Method Of Swine Source Components In Food, Cheng Hao, Li Mingsheng, Chen Shien, Ding Gongtao, Tian Xiaojing, Saimaiti Reziwanguli, Du Jianglong, Gao Dandan

Food and Machinery

In the food industry, pork adulteration in meat products is comparatively serious due to the economic interests and moral standards, etc., which not only bring hidden dangers to the health of consumers, but also may cause the damage to the social harmony. In this study, the latest application progress and advantages and disadvantages of various detection methods based on DNA, protein, artificial olfactory system, spectroscopic technology, electronic nose and other food stuff were reviewed. This review would provide the basis of the detection of porcine-derived materials andcomponents in food in the future.

Advances In Pulsed Light And Its Applications In Food Industry, Du Yan, Chen Fusheng

Food and Machinery

As one of the novel nonthermal methods, pulsed light (PL) is a technology for the fast, mild and residue free surface decontamination of food and food contact materials. This paper introduces the appliance and mechanism of PL firstly, and then details its application in food sterilization and removal of toxins and allergens. At last, the drawbacks of PL and its possible developments in food industry are discussed.

Effects Of Different Drying Methods On The Powder Quality Characteristic In Dateplum Persimmon, Qiao Xiaoquan, Ren Guangyue, Qiao Meng, Duan Xu, Zhang Ledao, Lu Yingjie, Tian Xiaoyu

Food and Machinery

Fruits of Dateplum persimmon were dried to flours by five different drying methods, including hot-air drying, microwave drying, spray-drying, explosion puffing drying, vacuum freeze-drying, and the physical properties of the five powders were measured, such as wetting sinking time, dispersity, solubility, bulk density. The effects of different drying methods on D. persimmon powder quality characteristic was investigated. The Weight of Variation Coefficient were used to determine comprehensive score of the powders to determine the best method to dry. The results showed that the dispersibility, wet sinking ability, moisture absorption, solubility property of the five powders accounted for a larger proportion, …

The Construction Of Food Physics Curriculum Group Cultivates Engineering Talents Facing To The New Engineering Disciplines, Guo Zhiming, Zou Xiaobo, Jiang Song, Chen Quansheng, Zhao Jiewen

Food and Machinery

There is a common phenomenon in domestic and foreign higher education with food engineering talents cultivation process which place particular emphasis on science and neglect toward engineering innovations. With a new perspective of new engineering disciplines, it is a new opportunities of economic development to seize the food industry technical innovation. Construction concept with keep pace with the times and shape talent in the future is developed to advance the new thought for creative train of food engineering. The aim of reform is to cultivate diversity, innovative food engineering talents integrating education resources inside and outside the university. Among the …

Evaluating The Prediction Of Breast Cancer Survival Using Lymph Node Ratio, Man Hung, Julie Xu, Dominique Nielson, Jerry Bounsanga, Yushan Gu, Alec Roger Hansen, Maren Wright Voss

Extension Research

Purpose: Previous oncological studies showed that lymph node ratio (LNR) (ratio of number of lymph nodes that tested positive for metastasis to the total number of lymph nodes examined) is a negative indicator of cancer survival. The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system incorporates tumor size, lymph node involvement, and metastasis in a comprehensive model of cancer progression, but LNR alone has been shown to outperform the AJCC system in prognostic and survival predictions for various types of cancer. The effectiveness of LNR has not been evaluated in breast cancer staging. Evaluating LNR for predicting cancer staging in …

Continuous Acid-Free Measurements Of Total Alkalinity, Robert H. Byrne, Xuewu Liu

USF Patents

A system and method for the substantially continuous measurement of the total alkalinity of a sample solution, which includes, equilibrating a sample solution and a gas at a chosen CO2 fugacity across a gas permeable membrane, measuring the equilibrium pH of the equilibrated solution in an optical cell using a spectrophotometric pH indicator and calculating the total alkalinity of the solution from the equilibrium pH measurement of the solution and a known partial pressure of CO2.

Delphinids On Display: The Capture, Care, And Exhibition Of Cetaceans At Marineland Of The Pacific, 1954-1967, Taylor Michael Bailey

Dissertations and Theses

When Marineland of the Pacific opened in 1954 on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in greater Los Angeles, it was the second oceanarium in the world and the first on the West Coast. An initial investment of $3 million by Oceanarium Inc., owners of the popular Marine Studios park located near St. Augustine, Florida, ensured that Marineland was built with the same state of the art facilities needed to produce an authentic representation of the ocean floor on land. Building on Marine Studios' success exhibiting bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Marineland's central draw was its performing cetaceans. During the park's …

"We Just Treat Everyone The Same": Lgbtq Aquatic Management Strategies, Barriers And Implementation, Austin R. Anderson, Eric Knee, William D. Ramos, Tiffany Monique Quash

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

This study examined the management of aquatic venues in a number of areas (facilities, programming, human resource management, marketing, policies) as it pertains to LGBTQ participants and participation. The study utilized in-depth semi-structured interviews with 16 aquatic managers to examine steps that are currently being taken (or lack thereof) when it comes to creating environments that are perceived to be open, or closed, to LGBTQ participants. A grounded theory-based process of data collection and analysis resulted in emergent themes. These themes included: (a) gendered spaces, (b) non-aquatic initiatives, (c) staff knowledgeability, (d) departmental and organizational mission, (e) aquatic-specific programming and …

Acetylcholinesterase Biosensor Platform Based On Bp2000 For The Detection Of Carbaryl, Ming-Han Zhang, Jun-Qiao Jiang, Jun-Jie Ge, Wei Xing

Journal of Electrochemistry

With the purpose of providing a new method for carbaryl (a pesticide) detection, on the basis of the principle that acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity can be restrained by carbaryl, an AChE biosensor platform based on BP2000 (as a fixation) was constructed by dropping method. As a result, it revealed that AChE immobilized on BP2000 maintained its catalytic activity for acetylcholine (ATCl), and due to the introduction of the BP2000 material, the effective electrochemical surface area of the modified electrode was enlarged. In addition, the electrochemical oxidation at the modified electrode occurred at low potential (0.630 V) accompanied by proton transmission. The …

The Current Volume 29 : Issue 3, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Hydraulic Retention Time Affects Bacterial Community Structure In An As-Rich Acid Mine Drainage (Amd) Biotreatment Process., L Fernandez-Rojo, C Casiot, V Tardy, E Laroche, Et Al

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Arsenic removal consecutive to biological iron oxidation and precipitation is an effective process for treating As-rich acid mine drainage (AMD). We studied the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT)-from 74 to 456 min-in a bench-scale bioreactor exploiting such process. The treatment efficiency was monitored during 19 days, and the final mineralogy and bacterial communities of the biogenic precipitates were characterized by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The percentage of Fe(II) oxidation (10-47%) and As removal (19-37%) increased with increasing HRT. Arsenic was trapped in the biogenic precipitates as As(III)-bearing schwertmannite and amorphous ferric arsenate, with a …

St. Norbert College To Host 10th Annual Snc Day, St. Norbert College

Press Releases 2018

No abstract provided.

Influences Of Na-Mn Ratio On Electrochemical Performances And Intercalation-Deintercalation Processes Of Sodium Ion In NaXMno2, Yong-Chun Xie, Cheng Wang, Fang Jiang, Yang Yang, Jing Su, Yun-Fei Long, Yan-Xuan Wen

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this work, Na_xMnO₂ was synthesized by a solid-state reaction. The influences of Na:Mn ratio on the structure, morphology and electrochemical performance, and sodium ion intercalation/deintercalation processes were characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and galvanostatic charge-discharge test. The prepared Na_xMnO₂ was mainly composed of Na_0.7MnO₂ and Na_0.91MnO₂, and the content of Na_0.91MnO₂ increased with the increase of Na:Mn ratio. However, the activation energy values of surface membrane diffusion, interfacial electrochemical reaction and …

The Microbiome Of The Gastrointestinal Tract Of A Range-Shifting Marine Herbivorous Fish, Jacquelyn Jones, Joseph D. Dibattista, Michael Stat, Michael Bunce, Mary C. Boyce, David Fairclough, Michael J. Travers, Megan J. Huggett

Fisheries Research Articles

Globally, marine species’ distributions are being modified due to rising ocean temperatures. Increasing evidence suggests a circum-global pattern of poleward extensions in the distributions of many tropical herbivorous species, including the ecologically important rabbitfish Siganus fuscescens. Adaptability of a species to such new environments may be heavily influenced by the composition of their gastrointestinal microbe fauna, which is fundamentally important to animal health. Siganus fuscescens thus provides an opportunity to assess the stability of gastrointestinal microbes under varying environmental conditions. The gastrointestinal microbial communities of S. fuscescens were characterized over 2,000 km of Australia’s western coast, from tropical to …

The Prospector, August 28, 2018, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: A New Era for UTEP Football

An Investigation On Flavors Formation Between The Reaction Of 5-Hydroxymeth-Ylfurfural And Amino Acid, Wang Ge, Zeng Rui, Qiu Ruixia, Huang Caihuan, Zheng Jie

Food and Machinery

The reaction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) with serine, threonine, gamma-aminobutyric acid and alanine, and the relative volatile substances were determined by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS). The results showed that 21 volatile components in total were detected from the reaction system of HMF and these amino acids, most of which were carbonyl compounds, furans and hydrocarbon compounds. In HMF-Serine system, the concentrations of pyrazine，5-methyl-2-furaldehyde and nonanal were the highest in the reaction system with the highest contents of the reactants and the longest reaction time. In HMF-Threonine system, the production of acetophenone, 3-methyl-pyrazine and 2,5-dimethyl-pyrazine was positively influenced by the reaction time. …

Monocarboxylate Transporter 4 (Mct4) Knockout Mice Have Attenuated 4nqo Induced Carcinogenesis; A Role For Mct4 In Driving Oral Squamous Cell Cancer., Sara Bisetto, Diana Whitaker Menezes, Nicole A. Wilski, Madalina Tuluc, Joseph Curry, Tingting Zhan, Christopher M. Snyder, Ubaldo E. Martinez-Outshoorn, Nancy J. Philp

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the 6th most common human cancer and affects approximately 50,000 new patients every year in the US. The major risk factors for HNSCC are tobacco and alcohol consumption as well as oncogenic HPV infections. Despite advances in therapy, the overall survival rate for all-comers is only 50%. Understanding the biology of HNSCC is crucial to identifying new biomarkers, implementing early diagnostic approaches and developing novel therapies. As in several other cancers, HNSCC expresses elevated levels of MCT4, a member of the SLC16 family of monocarboxylate transporters. MCT4 is a H⁺-linked …

The Importance Of Storage Time For Human Dental Pulp Cells Isolation, Bugra Özen, Salia Shabazi S, Arash Mousavi, Cor M. Semeins, Tamer Tüzüner, Elif Bahar Tuna İnce, Martine Cm Van Gemert – Schriks, Ajp Van Strijp, Astrid D. Bakker

Journal of Dentistry Indonesia

Objective: To compare the importance of storage time and the tooth type for isolation of dental pulp cells (DPCs) from extracted human teeth. Methods: 35 human teeth were used in this study. The teeth were stored in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) after extraction and divided into two groups randomly according to the time elapsed between extraction and isolation. In group one, the isolation was performed within 2 hours and in the other group it was performed 24 hours after extraction. Results: No significant differences between isolation time and total cell counts (p=0.483) and between isolation time and viable cells (p=0.341). …

Metformin As A Therapeutic Target In Endometrial Cancers., Teresa Lee, Ubaldo E. Martinez-Outshoorn, Russell J. Schilder, Christine H. Kim, Scott D. Richard, Norman G. Rosenblum, Jennifer Johnson

Department of Medical Oncology Faculty Papers

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in developed countries. Its increasing incidence is thought to be related in part to the rise of metabolic syndrome, which has been shown to be a risk factor for the development of hyperestrogenic and hyperinsulinemic states. This has consequently lead to an increase in other hormone-responsive cancers as well e.g., breast and ovarian cancer. The correlation between obesity, hyperglycemia, and endometrial cancer has highlighted the important role of metabolism in cancer establishment and persistence. Tumor-mediated reprogramming of the microenvironment and macroenvironment can range from induction of cytokines and growth factors to stimulation …

Genome-Wide Association Study For Variants That Modulate Relationships Between Cerebrospinal Fluid Amyloid-Beta 42, Tau, And P-Tau Levels, Taylor J. Maxwell, Chris Corcoran, Jorge L. Del-Aguila, John P. Budde, Yuetiva Deming, Carlos Cruchaga, Alison M. Goate, John S. K. Kauwe, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

Background: A relationship quantitative trait locus exists when the correlation between multiple traits varies by genotype for that locus. Relationship quantitative trait loci (rQTL) are often involved in gene-by-gene (G×G) interactions or gene-by-environmental interactions, making them a powerful tool for detecting G×G.

Methods: We performed genome-wide association studies to identify rQTL between tau and Aβ42 and ptau and Aβ42 with over 3000 individuals using age, gender, series, APOE ε2, APOE ε4, and two principal components for population structure as covariates. Each significant rQTL was separately screened for interactions with other loci for each trait in the rQTL model. Parametric bootstrapping …

Predicting Impacts Of Chemicals From Organisms To Ecosystem Service Delivery: A Case Study Of Endocrine Disruptor Effects On Trout, Valery E. Forbes, Steve Railsback, Chiara Accolla, Bjorn Birnir, Randall J.F. Bruins, Virginie Ducrot, Nika Galic, Kristina Garber, Bret C. Harvey, Henriette I. Jager, Andrew Kanarek, Robert Pastorok, Richard Rebarber, Pernille Thorbek, Chris J. Salice

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

We demonstrate how mechanistic modeling can be used to predict whether and how biological responses to chemicals at (sub)organismal levels in model species (i.e., what we typically measure) translate into impacts on ecosystem service delivery (i.e., what we care about). We consider a hypothetical case study of two species of trout, brown trout (Salmo trutta; BT) and greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias; GCT). These hypothetical populations live in a high-altitude river system and are exposed to human-derived estrogen (17α‑ethinyl estradiol, EE2), which is the bioactive estrogen in many contraceptives. We use the individual based model in STREAM …

Rgs10 Shapes The Hemostatic Response To Injury Through Its Differential Effects On Intracellular Signaling By Platelet Agonists., Peisong Ma, Shuchi Gupta, Sara Sampietro, Daniel Dehelian, Valerie Tutwiler, Alan Tang, Timothy J. Stalker, Lawrence F. Brass

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Platelets express ≥2 members of the regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) family. Here, we have focused on the most abundant, RGS10, examining its impact on the hemostatic response in vivo and the mechanisms involved. We have previously shown that the hemostatic thrombi formed in response to penetrating injuries consist of a core of fully activated densely packed platelets overlaid by a shell of less-activated platelets responding to adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) and thromboxane A2 (TxA2). Hemostatic thrombi formed in RGS10-/- mice were larger than in controls, with the increase due to expansion of the shell but not the core. Clot …

08-27-2018 Swosu Biology Seminar Series Starts Wednesday, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2018

The kickoff of the 2018-19 J.D. Maness Biology Seminar Series will be held this Wednesday, August 29, on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus in Weatherford.

The Statesman, V. 62, I. 01, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

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Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells Engineered To Overexpress Growth Factors Accelerate Outcomes In Hair Growth, Dong Ho Bak, Mi Ji Choi, Soon Re Kim, Byung Chul Lee, Jae Min Kim, Eun Su Jeon, Wonil Oh, Ee Seok Lim, Byung Cheol Park, Moo Joong Kim, Jungtae Na, Beom Joon Kim

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSCs) are used in tissue repair and regeneration; however, the mechanisms involved are not well understood. We investigated the hair growth-promoting effects of hUCB-MSCs treatment to determine whether hUCB-MSCs enhance the promotion of hair growth. Furthermore, we attempted to identify the factors responsible for hair growth. The effects of hUCB-MSCs on hair growth were investigated in vivo, and hUCB-MSCs advanced anagen onset and hair follicle neogeneration. We found that hUCB-MSCs co-culture increased the viability and up-regulated hair induction-related proteins of human dermal papilla cells (hDPCs) in vitro. A growth factor antibody array revealed …

Toxic Enactments: Materializing Estrogen And Regulation Under Canada's Food And Drugs Act, 1939-1953, Lara Jessie Tessaro

LLM Theses

The study describes how estrogen was standardized in Canada, in the 1940s and early 1950s, under the Food and Drugs Act. Contributing to interdisciplinary conversations, it provides an empirical case of how regulatory practices enact material realities. Using archival material, the study describes how estrogen was achieved, in part, through heterogeneous practices of the Canadian Committee on Pharmacopoeial Standards, National Health, and government solicitors. These regulators disagreed on whether, how, and by whom estrogens should be standardized. Rather than resolve these disagreements, Canada enacted multiple regulations purporting to standardize estrogen, and government solicitors practiced techniques of validating to render the …

Psychology Of Women, Sophia Barrett

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, August 27, 2018, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Monthly Report – April 5, 2018
• Nominating Committee Code

Wolf Wins Outstanding Graduate Student Award Vis Also Presents At Conference, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Researchers Get 1804 Funding For Freshwater Research Facility, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.