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Reparation Ecologies: Regimes Of Repair In Populist Agroecology, Kirsten Valentine Cadieux, Stephen Carpenter, Alex Liebman, Renata Blumberg, Bhaskar Upadhyay

Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works

Amidst the backdrop of attention to populism in general, it is instructive to understand populism through social movements focused on food and agriculture. Agrarian populism is particularly salient in agrifood movements. Agroecology has been widely identified as a domain of populist claims on environmental and social governance surrounding agricultural–ecological and political–economic systems. As authoritarian populist leaders gain power throughout the world at a time of expanding economic globalization and contingent socioecological crises, contests over populism in agrifood regimes can highlight current dynamics relevant for formative evaluation of alternative political agroecology strategies and of populist environmental governance more broadly. Can populism …

Food – Eating With My Eyes, Nadia Arévalo

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

Whole foods are visually stunning while being scientifically proven to be healthy. Here I share some images and notes of my colorful preparations that embrace the knowledge of the ever-expanding Nutritional Sciences.

Farmer Attitudes Toward Cooperative Approaches To Herbicide Resistance Management: A Common Pool Ecosystem Service Challenge, David E. Ervin, Elise H. Breshears, George B. Frisvold, Terrance M. Hurley, Katherine E. Dentzman, Jeffrey L. Gunsolus, Raymond A. Jussaume, Micheal D. K. Owen, Jason Norsworthy, Mustofa Mahmud Al Mamun, Wesley Everman

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Dramatic growth in herbicide-resistant (HR) weeds in the United States threatens farm profitability and may undercut environmentally beneficial farming practices. When HR weeds move across farm boundaries due to ecological processes or human action, a common pool resource challenge emerges, requiring farmer cooperation to manage such weeds effectively. We investigate the scope for cooperative management using responses to a national survey on HR weed issues to test a recursive model of three preconditions for collective action: (1) concern about HR weeds migrating from nearby lands; (2) communication with neighbors about HR weeds; and (3) belief that cooperation is necessary for …

The Effect Of Alcohol And Bitterness Levels On Brewing Yeast Viability, Nichole Elizabeth Bryant

Master's Theses

Two of the most popular beer styles within the craft brewing industry are India Pale Ales (IPA’s) and those with high alcohol by volume (ABV). Production of these styles requires high gravity fermentation and high amounts of bittering hops in order to reach the required values for ABV and International Bitterness units (IBU) respectively. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of high gravity fermentation and high IBU levels on yeast viability and repitching cycles.

An initial experiment on high gravity fermentations was done in order to assess the effects this variable had alone. Successive five day …

Ethiopia’S High Childhood Undernutrition Explained: Analysis Of The Prevalence And Key Correlates Based On Recent Nationally Representative Data, Tafere Gebreegziabher Belay, Nigatu Regassa

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Objective

To examine the contribution of child, maternal and household factors in stunting, wasting and underweight among children under 5 years in Ethiopia. Design

Quantitative cross-sectional design based on nationally representative data. Setting

Urban and rural areas of Ethiopia. Participants

Younger (0–24 months; n 4199) and older age groups (25–59 months; n 5497), giving a total of 9696 children. Results

Among the younger age group, 29 % were stunted, 14 % were wasted and 19 % were underweight; and among the older age group, the prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight was 47, 8 and 28 %, respectively. Being female, …

An Iterative Process For Training Design And Implementation Increased Health Workers' Knowledge For Taking Nutrition Behavior Change To Scale, Wendy Gonzalez, Anabelle Bonvecchio Arenas, Armando García-Guerra, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Alejandría Villa De La Vega, Laura Quezada, Cynthia Rosas, Ana Lilia Lozada-Tequeanes, Amira Hernández

Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works

The shortage of skilled, motivated, and well-supported health workers is a major barrier to scaling up nutrition interventions and services. Objective: The objective of this study is to describe the process for developing and implementing a training of health personnel for the delivery of the Integrated Strategy for Attention to Nutrition (EsIAN), an evidence-based strategy for promoting infant and young child feeding through primary health care in Mexico. The specific objective is to provide a case study and highlight challenges, as well as elements to successfully mitigate these, and discuss potential applications of findings beyond the Mexican context. Methods: The …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Fermentation Capabilities Of Various Bifidobacterium Strains, Ella Oney

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Bifidobacterium is a genus of anaerobic bacteria that are commonly found to inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of many members of the animal kingdom. These microorganisms are adapted to obtain their carbon from the breakdown of complex carbohydrates. Marmosets, a mammal whose gut microbiome is inhabited by high levels of Bifidobacteria, consume gum Arabic as a major part of their diet. The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether Bifidobacterium strains isolated from the guts of marmosets are able to degrade and ferment this complex carbohydrate or one of its main constituents, arabinose. This was accomplished by inoculating isolates of …

Formation And Regulation Of 1,2-Dicarbonyl Compounds And Ages In Steamed Cakes, Lu Yongling, Lu Min, Wang Xi, Lv Lishuang

Food and Machinery

In view of the formation of harmful products of Maillard reaction in baked foods, different recipes of steamed cakes (sugar type, oil type, cake acidity regulator and the ratio between egg white and yolk) were selected to analyze the changes of glyoxal (GO), methylglyoxal (MGO) and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in cakes, and the inhibitory effects of natural flavonoids (geneistein and luteolin) were investigated. The results showed that fructose (hexacarbohydrate) produced the highest MGO, xylose (pentose) produced the highest GO, GO and MGO contents were the lowest in cakes produced by xylitol; The influence of oil on the production …

Stress Model And Fluid Solid Coupling Simulation Ofmicrocapsule In Simulated Intestine, Li Xiao, Yu Jinghu, Qian Shanhua, Cao Shu

Food and Machinery

The theoretical of the stress of capsule was analyzed in viscous liquid environment. and studied the dynamic characteris-tics of magnetic drive capsules with different sizes of round and oval heads under fluid-solid coupling in intestinal environment. The effects on the capsule exercise stress were also studied from the gut dynamic viscosity, the capsule size and capsule shape by COMSOL. According to the principle of similar mechanical properties, using superelastic solid material, the intestinal fluid model and the intestinal wall model were designed by multiple factors and levels of numerical simulation experiments. Results: At the same level of dynamic viscosity and …

Effects Of Pomegranate Peel Polyphenols On Cholesterol Efflux And Related Protein Expression, Zhao Shengjuan, Xiang Jinle, Chen Shuxing, Fei Peng, Xu Yunfeng, Li Jianke

Food and Machinery

In order to explore the effects of pomegranate peel polyphenols (PPPs) on SR-B1 protein expression and cholesterol efflux, in this study, Raw264.7 macrophages derived from foam cells were used as the model to illuminate the effects of PPPs on cholesterol efflux mediated by HDL. Western blot method was used to analyze the expression of scavenger receptor B1 (SR-B1), acyl-coenzyme A1: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT1) and cholesteryl ester hydrolase (nCEH). Further, the activity changes of ACAT1 and nCEH were revealed. The results showed that PPPs promoted the HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux and up-regulated the expression of SR-B1 significantly (P＜0.05). In addition, the PPPs …

The Ultrahigh-Pressure/Thermally Induced Technologies Of The Β-Glucan Mixed Gel And The Evaluation System For Their Properties, Fan Rui

Food and Machinery

The apparent and functional properties of the mixed gel prepared with the thermal and ultrahigh-pressure were compared by rheological, texture, scanning electron microscopy and other analytical methods. The results showed that the β-glucan typical gels formed by ultra-high pressure and thermally induced at the total concentration of 7% and 8%, respectively, and the properties in water hold capacity, gel hardness, elasticity, chewiness and internality of β-glucan mixed gel formed by ultra-high pressure showed the more superior, in which the hardness of gel formed by ultrahigh pressure was significantly stronger than gel formed by thermal-induced gel (P＜0.05), while the oil hold …

Study On Changes Of Gel Moisture Characteristic And Texture Properties Of Duck Eggs During Salting Period By Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Long Men, Zhang Wenhao, Zheng Suling, Qi Anqi, Zhan Ge

Food and Machinery

In order to explore the effects of salt ions on gel texture properties and moisture characteristic of duck eggs，low field nuclear magnetic resonance (Low-field NMR) was integrated to analyze the changes of the moisture status. Water relaxation time（T₂）, proton density and relaxation area (A₂) were explored by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and water distribution was visualized by MRI. Meanwhile, the differences in traditional characteristic indices of gels such as texture properties (hardness, springiness, cohesiveness and chewiness) were also investigated. The results showed that the relative proportions of free water increased, and the relative proportions of immobilized …

Comparison Of Fermentation Characteristics Between Clostridium Butyricum And Clostridium Tyroburicum, Wang Youling, Wei Zhujun, Liu Qing, Zhu Lilei, Xiao Haifang, Song Yuanda

Food and Machinery

In this study, three strains of Clostridium butyrate were isolated from human feces, pit mud and animal intestinal contents. Which were named as Clostridium butyricum NK, SY and RX respectively. The fermentation characteristics of C. butyricum NK, SY and RX and C. tyroburicum ATCC25755 grown in synthetic medium were compared. The results showed that the growth ability of C. butyricum NK and SY were strong. C. tyroburicum had higher butyric acid, but lower lactic acid-production than C. butyricum. Compared among the three different strains of C. butyricum, C. butyricum NK had a stronger ability to produce butyric acid, with the …

Effect Of Microwave Radiation On Acetic Acid And Ethyl Acetate In Luzhou-Flavor Liquor, Dai Jiahui, Liu Jianxue, Han Sihai, Li Xuan, Liu Jinke, Dong Xinluo, Li Peiyan, Xu Baocheng, Luo Denglin

Food and Machinery

Microwave irradiation was used to treat three kinds of luzhou-flavor liquors with different ages and qualities at different temperatures, and the contents of acetic acid and ethyl acetate in the liquor were measured every 20 min. The results showed that microwave irradiation could accelerate the reduction of acetic acid content in liquor, while ethyl acetate content increase with the extension of irradiation time. When the microwave irradiation time was between 20 and 100 min, the increasing trend showed an S-shaped curve. Through the fitting study, the logistic regression model could be used to describe the change of ethyl acetate during …

Preparation Of Gadolinium Metal Organic Framework And Its Application For Adsorption Of Phoxim, Tang Xiong, Chen Maolong, Xu Zhou, Cheng Yunhui

Food and Machinery

Metal-organic-frameworks is a new type of porous crystal material which is assembled by metal ions and organic ligands. Gd-MOF was prepared by GdCl₃·6H₂O and H₃BTC, and its adsorption performance for phoxim pesticides was inves-tigated. The results showed that Gd-MOF could effectively adsorb phoxim pesticides from water, and the saturated adsorption amount of phoxim was 33.5 mg/g. When Gd-MOF was 40~80 mg, the adsorption rate of phoxim could reached 90%; and in all pH range 3~7, there was a certain adsorption force on the phoxim table. It is speculated that the adsorption of phoxim by …

Flavor Components Of Fermented Coconut Milk Using Omics Technology Combined With Spme-Gc-Ms, Lei Wenping, Zhou Hui, Zhou Xingrong, Wu Kun, Wu Ni, Song Yanfei, Liu Chengguo

Food and Machinery

In order to analyze the correlation between characteristic flavor components and sensory flavor of fermented coconut milk. Solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was employed to analyze the volatile flavor compounds of fermented coconut, natural coconut milk and yogurt, respectively. The sensory properties of flavor were assessed, and the characteristic flavor of the fermented coconut milk was analyzed from the sensory and flavor substances in combination with the omics technology. The results showed that the sensory flavor characteristics of fermented coconut milk were higher in sweet, sour, coconut, milky, creamy and alcoholic sensory scores; the sweetness …

Technology And Mechanism Of Decolorization For Brown Granulated Sugar By Magnesium Sulfate-Zinc Polysilicate Method, Li Weixia, Li Lijun, Yang Lanfeng, Mao Xiang, Cheng Hao

Food and Machinery

The effect and mechanism of decolorization were studied with magnesium sulfate and amphoteric 2% polysilicate zinc on the brown granulated syrup under high pH conditions. The factors and levels of response surface analysis were determined on the basis of single factor tests. The decolorization process was optimized by response surface analysis to obtain the optimum process conditions: magnesium sulfate of 500 mg/L, dosage of 2% silica polysilicic acid zinc of 1.57%, and pH 11. Under this condition, the decolorization rate reached 92.21%. The composites and sugar juice system were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and potential analyzer. The results …

Effect Of The Polarity Of Simulated Liquid On Migration Of Antioxidants In Polypropylene, Liu Yueyue, Zhang Qinfa, Jian Tiantian, Mo Yicheng

Food and Machinery

The effects of the polarities of the simulated liquids were investigated on the migration of four antioxidants BHA, BHT, Irganox1076, and Irgafos168 migrated from polypropylene plastics to six different polar simulating solutions. Results, the solubility of antioxidant with polypropylene plastics was worse, the intermiscibility of antioxidant with simulated liquid was better, and the migration equilibrium distribution coefficient was higher. Beyond that, the closer the simulated liquid polarity was to polypropylene, the higher the migration diffusion coefficient was, and the smaller influence of molecular weight on the migration diffusion coefficient of antioxidants was. Conversely, the migration diffusion coefficient would be greatly …

Rapid And Non-Destructive Identification Of Different Brands And Inferior Oatsby Near Infrared Spectroscopy Combined With Chemometrics Methods, Li Shangke, Du Guorong, Ding Shenghua, Shan Yang, Jiang Liwen, Liu Xia, Li Pao

Food and Machinery

In order to identify the inferior oat samples, and the samples from different local and imported brands, a nondestructive identification method based on near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics methods was proposed. Spectra of five different brands of oat samples and inferior samples were obtained. Continuous wavelet transform was used for the baseline elimination. Wavenumber selection based on the standard deviation and relative standard deviation was discussed for improving the accuracy of the method, and 15 informative wavenumbers were obtained. Principal component analysis method was used for classification. The results showed that the baseline elimination was achieved by continuous wavelet transform …

Discrimination Of Big Or Small Particle Coix Seed Varieties Based On The Major Nutrient Content, Liu Xing, Fan Kai, Yang Junhua, Song Weiguo

Food and Machinery

Based on the crude fat, protein, amino acids and mineral element content of different areas big particle Coix seed (BCS) and small particle Coix seed (SCS), this paper analyzed whether there was a difference on the major nutrient content between BCS and SCS by using analysis of variance, and discriminated the BCS and SCS by using principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector machine (SVM). The results indicated that the nutrient contents measured in this text of SCS were higher than or not significant difference from those of BCS except the crude fat, Mg, and Al content. The characteristic variables …

Detection Of Diethylstilbestrol Residues In Duck Meat Usingsurface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Tao Jinjiang, Pan Guigen, Liu Muhua, Yuan Haichao, Zhao Jinhui

Food and Machinery

An approach based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was developed to rapidly detect the diethylstilbestrol residues in duck meat in this study. Firstly, the single factor analysis method was adopted to determine the optimal amounts of sodium citrate, Au nanoparticles, duck meat extract containing diethylstilbestrol and magnesium sulfate solution, as well as the optimal measurement time. The quantitative analysis model for the detection of DES residues in duck meat was established after a simple pretreatment for duck meat was done. Thereafter, based on the basis of the above study, the linear equation with minimum detection concentration of 0.5 mg/L was …

Isolation And Identification Of Escherichia Coli O26 From A Slaughter House, Fu Wenjing, Dong Chen, Yu Jinlong, Hu Jie, Jiang Yun

Food and Machinery

Escherichia coli O26 was isolated and identified form a slaughter plant in order to investigate its contamination of E. coli O26. According to USDA detection method, samples were enriched with immunomagnetic separation (IMS) after selective enrichment, and then isolated and purified with selective chromogenic mRainbow agar. Subsequently, the suspected colonies were screened and chose to test the O antigen by PCR and followed by the serum agglutination test. The virulence genes (stx1, stx2, eae and hly) of positive isolations were detected by multiplex PCR. The results showed that only one strain from 120 samples was identified as E. coli O26, …

Nondestructive Determination Of Reconstituted Tobacco Paper Base Based By X Ray Method, Zhu Hongfu, Du Jinsong, Chang Jiheng, Fan Xinshun, Tian Xiaohui, Wang Jiashao, Lu Duanfeng

Food and Machinery

The reconstituted tobacco paper base with different ratios was determined by X-ray grammage instrument. The effect of tube voltage on repeatability，sensitivity and detection limit of the instrument was analyzed.The results show that tube voltage 6 000 V is more suitable for the determination about the grammage of the reconstituted tobacco paper base;and it is found that the grammage indication value has a high linear relationship with the grammage measured value about the reconstituted tobacco paper base with different ratios，and the established linear regression model with determination coefficient over 0.99，and the predicted maximum relative deviation less than 1%. The reconstituted tobacco …

The Optimization Of Food Safety Regulation Model Based On Economic Analysis, Liang Liang

Food and Machinery

The discussion on food safety regulation has been limited to the protection of the rights and interests of the parties concerned and the legitimacy analysis of the food safety incidents itself. However, the mode of food safety supervision centered on legality has been difficult to bear the demands of modern administration, maintaining social order and promoting social welfare. Using cost benefit analysis, A-A 'and other economic analysis methods, reasonably set up the main body of food safety regulation, reasonably select the opportunity of food safety supervision, and rationally use the control tools of food safety, to promote the optimization of …

Research On Dynamic Characteristics Of Globoidal Indexing Cam Mechanism, Liu Chao, He Xueming, Huang Hainan, Chen Xiaofei

Food and Machinery

Globoidal indexing cam mechanism is one of indexing mechanism with excellent performance.It has the advantages of high speed，large stiffness and strong bearing capacity. In this paper, based on the three-dimensional model of globoidal cam mechanism established by bi-cubic B-spline surface algorithm, a rigid-flexible coupling dynamic model is established with ADAMS software, and its kinematics analysis is carried out to verify the correctness of the model. Meanwhile，the mechanism is simulated and analyzed under different motion parameters, and the curves of angular acceleration and contact force under different parameters are obtained. The analysis of the curve of angular acceleration and contact force …

Structure Design Of The Continuous Apricot Pit Removing Machine, Liu Kui, Yang Liling, Zhu Zhanjiang, Liu Jia, Zhu Zhaoshuai

Food and Machinery

Based on physics feature of apricots, a semi-automatic continuous apricot pit removing device was designed, with the principle of holding the apricot with soft plastic and stamping with the claw type stamping knife. By using the method of combining a cam intermittent divider and a slide block device, the apricot chain plate could be controlled with regulable stop-and-start. Moreover, the stamping knife could complete a process of stamping once, as soon as this chain plate intermittent pauses. The result showed that the apricot pit removing rate was above 96%, and the apricot meat bring together rate was less than 2.4%, …

Online Inspection Of Part's Bearing Holes From Feature Recognition To Partial Stitching, Wang Yuyuan, Xu Jie, Ji Weixi, Peng Wei, Du Meng

Food and Machinery

In the online detection process of the bearing hole of the trajectory control part of a beverage filling equipment without fixture positioning, an single picture isn't enough for the high-precision detection measuring. This paper proposes a 2 steps method: feature recognition from the overall visual and high resolution local image obtaining by image stitching. Firstly, the feature description matrix is constructed by the central position relationship of the global image bearing hole, and the overall feature hole recognition is performed by the support vector machine (SVM) method. Secondly, for the identified bearing holes, the KAZE method is used to splicing …

Drying Characteristics And Neural Network Model Of Ultrasoundstrengthened Far-Infrared Radiation Drying On Potato, Xi Huihan, Liu Yunhong, Wang Qi, Li Huiyang, Li Gongwei, Zhao Lanxin

Food and Machinery

In order to study drying characteristics of contact ultrasound strengthened far-infrared radiation drying on potato slices, a far-infrared radiation with ultrasound assistance was applied to study the effects of different ultrasound power and far-infrared radiation drying temperature on drying process and effective moisture diffusivity values of potato. The results showed that the rise of both ultrasound power and radiation temperature could promote the mass and heat transfer in the material, shorten the drying time, and enhance the drying rate effectively of potato slices. The enhancing effect of ultrasound is weakened gradually with the decrease of water content of material and …

Study On Mechanisms Of Draught Drying And Sensory Quality Change Of Dendrobium Flower, Zhang Zhenlin, Yin Zhichao

Food and Machinery

Far-infrared drying and LF-NMR was used to explore the drying process of Dendrobium huoshanense flowers and Dendrobium officinale flowers. A basic parameter model of the Dendrobium flower was constructed, and the sensory quality of the flower was studied by texture analysis. The results showed that a basic parameter model of the drying of Dendrobium flower was constructed. The sensory quality analysis based on the NMR spectra and texture analyzer indicated that the composition of water after the drying process was primarily conjunctive. The high sensory quality of the hardness and brittleness of the dry flowers of Dendrobium. Flowers of dried …

Optimization On Enzymatic Hydrolysis Conditions Of Rice Dreg And Effect On Cadmium Content, Qi Wenlei, Feng Yanying, Xu Zhou, Chen Maolong, Cheng Yunhui

Food and Machinery

Low solubility and high cadmium content are the technical bottlenecks of protein resource utilization in rice dregs by-products. Rice dregs with high cadmium content were used as raw materials,Alcalase 2.4 L alkaline protease was selected, The factors of enzymatic hydrolysis of rice dregs were studied by response surface center combinational design. According to the results of single-factor experiment, the time of enzymatic hydrolysis, pH, the amount of enzyme added and the concentration of substrate were taken as the influencing factors, and the soluble nitrogen recovery rate of rice dregs protein was taken as the response value. The optimal conditions for …