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The Dieting Dilemma, Cindy Nelson, Kierstin Harris

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This fact sheet discusses dieting and why some diets don't work. People who want to lose weight, and keep it off, will need to make permanent life changes. Losing weight is not just something that you can do for a couple weeks, it is a lifestyle that you must be willing and able to keep and work hard at to be successful.

Setting Up Your Hive And Installing Bees, Andree Walker-Bravo, Sheriden M. Hansen, Jaydee Gunnell

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Getting your hive set up and your bees installed is an exciting first step for a beekeeper. However, it can also be a confusing and anxious time if it is your first experience. As there are many different methods for installing bees, this fact sheet provides a guide for the first time beekeeper. As you become more comfortable and experienced with your bees, you may modify these recommendations and methods to you own preferences.

Mindfulness For Chronic Pain Management, Maren Wright Voss, Kandice Atisme, Ashley Yaugher, Sandra H. Sulzer

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Chronic pain often occurs even after healing in the injury site because of changes in the way the brain perceives pain. Mindfulness is a simple mental activity, proven to reduce pain and the need for pain medication. Mindfulness increases the ability to mentally regulate pain, emotion, and behavior, alters the way the brain processes rewards, and restores positive feelings. Mindfulness can be learned in a class or at home and is an accessible alternative for managing pain.

Four Key Considerations When Choosing A Financial Professional, Amanda H. Christensen

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This fact sheet covers four important aspects to understand when choosing a financial professional; standards of practice, how financial professionals are compensated, financial professional certifications, and questions to ask a financial professional before giving them your business.

Utah's Sage-Grouse Habitat Mitigation Program, Lorien Belton, Tyler Thompson

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This fact sheet is intended for an audience of rural landowners in Utah who have sage-grouse habitat -- or possible sage-grouse habitat -- on their land. Landowners who are interested in earning credits for habitat improvement projects done on their land may be able to sell those credits to others who have created permanent disturbance to sage-grouse habitat elsewhere in Utah. Basic information about Utah's state program for compensatory mitigation of sage-grouse habitat is provided, including core qualifications to participate in the program, and how to get more detailed information.

Chemical Characterization Of Trichoderma Reesei Degraded Date Pits And Its Effect On Growth Performance And Intestinal Bacterial Population And Antioxidant Status - A Comparative Study With Mannose And Mannan -Oligosaccharide On Broiler, Salem Rashed Ali Rashed Al Yileili

Dissertations

With the increasing apprehension over food safety nowadays, there have been relentless efforts aiming for subrogating antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in poultry feeds. Thus, this research study aims at investigating the potential effects of using degraded date pits (DDP) as feedstuff and as a natural alternative for antibiotics in poultry feeding. Two feeding experiments were conducted. In experiment 1, the minimum time of feeding a diet containing 10% DDP is required to induce growth-promoting effects on broiler performance. In experiment 2, the influence of feeding 10% DDP was examined as feedstuff at 10% in broilers diets and a growth-promoting agent …

Sustaining A Biosecurity Response: What Makes An Effective And Contemporary Biosecurity ‘Combat’ Agency? Summary Report By The Biosecurity Council Of Western Australia, Biosecurity Council Of Western Australia

Biosecurity published reports

The overall purpose of this work was to provide advice and guidance to the Minister for Agriculture and Food and Director General of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) on how the combined skills and resources of DPIRD can better sustain a high-level biosecurity response whilst retaining the integrity of its other functions.

To develop this advice, two key activities were undertaken:

1. Information gathering and review (via literature review and key informant interviews) to identify the essential characteristics of a biosecurity combat agency; the skillsets required to respond to high-level biosecurity incidents; and ways biosecurity combat agencies …

Point-Of-Decision Prompts And Cognitive Resources, Christopher R. Gustafson

Cornhusker Economics

Many of us have long-term goals to maintain or achieve a healthy body weight. However, most of us have a hard time following through on these plans. Maintaining a healthy body weight requires constant consideration of the future consequences of our current actions, which are shaped by our immediate desires, such as eating the tasty-looking brownie at the coffee shop or relaxing after a long day of work instead of forcing ourselves to go to the gym. The difficulty in balancing short-term and long-term goals is reflected in the change in the average American body type over the past five …

Effects Of Four Kinds Of Functional Oligosaccharides On The Batter And The Baking Quality Of Sponge Cake, Wang Yongjun, Deng Wenting, Zheng Jianxian, Huang Weining

Food and Machinery

To avoid various issues brought by high-sugar intake from sponge cake, we explored the feasibility of completely replacing sucrose in sponge cake with four kinds of functional oligosaccharides, whose effects on the batter and the baking quality were compared with each other. The results showed that the batters of isomaltooligosaccharide, fructooligosaccharide, and galactooligosaccharide were similar to that of the sucrose group, illustrating promises of introducing healthier formula without sacrificing product quality. The sponge cakes of the three substitute candidates maintained good taste after three-day storage. However, the fourth candidate, inulin, was too strong in water absorption, resulting in low quality …

Screening And Identification Of Lactic Acid Bacteria And Yeasts And Its Application In Fermented Rice Cake, Li Meilun, Jiang Mengyi, Gong Chuanjie, He Li

Food and Machinery

In order to obtain starter cultures with good performance for fermented rice cake, lactic acid bacteria strains and yeast strains were isolated from traditional fermented rice slurry. Through the investigation of colonies, morphological characteristics and growth properties one strain of lactic acid bacteria and two strains of yeasts were screened. According to the 16S rDNA and 26S rDNA sequence analysis, they were identifided as Lactobacillus plantarum, Candida humilis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Remixing three superior fermentation strains in fermented rice cake, the optimum bacteria ratio was determined by analyzing the sensory quality and texture characteristics of the fermented products. The results …

Screening Of Sugarcane Brewing Yeast, Ying Jing, You Ling, Feng Xueyu, Wang Tao, Qiu Shuyi

Food and Machinery

In order to screen yeast strains suitable for brewing sugarcane wine, the commonly used commercial fruit wine yeast strains KD, DV10, Q23, EC1118, Angel yeast and H7Y7 were selected as the tested yeast strains. Sugarcane wine was fermented by using sugarcane Chuanzhe 17 as raw material, and the sugar consumption, alcohol content and clarity of the fermentation liquid were analyzed. By comparing the fermentation characteristics of different yeasts found that EC1118 had the strongest sugar consumption and wine production capacity, and it also had the lowest alcohol production. The H7Y7 strain fermented sugarcane wine with the highest ester content, which …

Breeding Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae High-Yield Of Alcohol And Acid By Atmospheric Room Temperature Plasma, Wang Liye, Wang Haocheng, Ma Shan, Liu Weibing, Li Zehan, Song Jingjing, Yang Huafeng, Zhang Ying, Wu Yun

Food and Machinery

The Y₆ strain screened from the grape surface was subjected to atmospheric pressure room temperature plasma (ARTP) mutagenesis, and the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with strong alcohol production ability, high acid production ability and stable fermentation performance were selected. The single-factor test confirmed that the optimal mutagenesis condition was lethality rate at 98.70% treated for 100 s. The target strain Y₆-8 producing alcohol and producing acid was screened by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) method, bromocresol green medium method and Du's tubule, and then its genetic stability was studied. The results showed that the mutagenized strain Y₆-8 was …

Study On The Quality And Aroma Components Of Musalais By Different Treatments, Gao Xinyu, Bai Yujia, Zheng Wancai, Chen Lihui, Fan Shihao, Feng Zuoshan

Food and Machinery

Comparison of musalais wine by two concentration methods and the addition of supplementary materials. The quality and aroma components of four kinds of Musalais were studied and analyzed by QDA. The results showed that the total sugar, reducing sugar, soluble solids, pH, clarity, and bioactivity of frozen concentration group were significantly higher than those of the heat concentration group. Among the four kinds of Musalais, esters were the most abundant, up to 65 kinds of aroma-producing substances. The relative content of esters in frozen concentrated Musalais was the highest, about 48.77% of the total volatile substances. The relative content of …

Structure Analysis Of Whole Wheat Yeast Bacteria And Its Effects On Flavor Substances, Shang Ying, Xiong Rongyuan

Food and Machinery

In order to develop and improve the utilization of whole grains, the macrogenomics method was used to analyze the structural composition of the whole wheat traditional fermentative dough, and the result shows that the core fermentation genus was Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus brevis. According to the relevant literature, the flavor substances of whole wheat traditional fermentative dough and commercial fermentative dough were determined. The traditional fermentative dough contains 9 more flavor substances than commercial fermentation and there were also differences in the content, with the hydrocarbon content was showing the highest. It was indicated that the traditional fermentation strain was more conducive …

Effects Of Roasted Temperature To Seed Processing On The Keyaroma Components And Sensory Quality Of Camellia Oil, Zhu Xiaoyang, Long Qizhi, Zhong Haiyan

Food and Machinery

In order to analyze the effect of roasted temperature to seed processing on the key aroma components and sensory attributes of camellia oil, compared correlations and differences between aroma components and sensory attributes of hot pressed camellia oil from Hainan and Hunan province, and the volatile compounds of these camellia oils were analyzed by HS-SPME-GC-MS. The ROAV value was calculated to determine the key aroma components. Sensory attributes were analyzed by sensory evaluation and the PLS model was established. The results showed that the most important flavor components in Hainan camellia oil and roasted seed samples of Hunan were (E)-2-nonenal, …

Effects Of Coercion Germination With Aeration And Metal Irons On The Enrichment Of Γ-Aminobutyric Acid In Germinated Brown Rice, Zhang Ying, He Jian, Wang Tao, Wang Ren, Chen Zhengxing

Food and Machinery

In order to shorten the germination cycle of brown rice and increase the content of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the effects of aeration coercion, metal ion coercion and double stress treatment on brown rice (Zhen waxy rice 19) were studied. The effects of the content, germination rate and bud length showed that the aeration treatment during the whole germination process can significantly accelerate the germination rate of brown rice and increase the content of GABA in brown rice in the late germination stage. However, it would lead to the buds being too long. Aeration treatment for 9 h can effectively control …

Development Of Indirect Competitive Elisa For The Detection Of Dibutyl Phthalate In Food, Shang Shuna, Sheng Wei, Wang Lulu, Zhao Qiuxia, Wang Shuo

Food and Machinery

In this study, 4-aminophthalic acid was used to synthesize hapten Dibutyl 4-aminophthalate by esterification reaction, and the synthesized hapten was coupled with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) by diazotization reaction to prepare the immune antigen and coupled with bovine serum albumin (BSA) to prepare the coating antigen. The New Zealand white rabbits were immunized to obtain the antiserum against dibutyl phthalate. An indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for dibutyl phthalate was established using the purified antibodies. For the developed ELISA, the IC₅₀ was 40.68 μg/L and the limit of detection was 1.98 μg/L. The method was applied to detect …

Rapid Detection Of Imidan In Apple Juice With Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Xu Nianwei, Huang Yiqun, Lai Keqiang

Food and Machinery

Au-Ag nanoparticles (NPs) varying in size (35~91 nm, Au core 19 nm; 66~127 nm, Au core 43 nm) were synthesized via a typical seed growth method and characterized for their morphology and optical properties. The Au-Ag NPs were then applied as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates for imidan analysis and the influences of particle size and gold-silver ratio for SERS detection were investigated. The results showed that 42 nm Au-Ag NPs with 19 nm Au core and 78 nm Au-Ag NPs with 43 nm Au core had the highest SERS enhancement effect for imidan standard solutions, and could be used …

Rapid Detection Method Of Sausage Nitrite Based On Hyperspectral Technology, Liu Zheng, Yin Yong

Food and Machinery

Seven different storage period sausages were selected for nitrite content detection and corresponding spectral data collection，and uses Savitzky-Golary method to preprocess spectral data to reduce the noise of spectral data. Then based on the pre-processed spectral data, 29 characteristic wavelengths were extracted by partial least squares regression coefficient method. Finally, the detection accuracy of the prediction model of nitrite in sausages at characteristic wavelength and full wavelength were analyzed. The results showed that the prediction results of the regression model based on full wavelength were all higher than that based on characteristic wavelength, and the full-wavelength partial least squares regression …

Study On Rapid Determination Of Tobacco Blending Uniformity By Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Li Ruili, Liu Yuye, Li Wenwei, Li Tiancheng, Wang Jianmin

Food and Machinery

Based on the principal component analysis, we established F score statistics to reflect comprehensive information about main chemical composition and their ratio and used F score as the characteristic value to characterize the homogeneity of formula tobacco. We detected the near-infrared spectral of tobacco samples with different formula tobacco and founded the near-infrared spectral model of F score by using the partial least square method based on the range of 4 281.2~4 485.6，5 542.4~6 024.5，6 043.8~7 135.3 cm^-1 spectroscopy pretreated by multiplicative signal correction and first-order derivative and Savitzkyt-Golay smoothing. The determinant coefficient of F score model was 0.996, …