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Research Progress On Cold Fresh Chicken Preservation, YE Zao, XIE Jing 2015 College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China

Research Progress On Cold Fresh Chicken Preservation, Ye Zao, Xie Jing

Food and Machinery

Several preservatives commonly used for cold fresh chicken are briefly introduced in this paper, and the recent research of biological preservatives such as tea polyphenols, oregano essential oil, Nisin, lactobacillus fermentation, chitosan, bacteriolysis enzyme and combined biological preservatives were elaborated in detail. The combined biological preservatives may obtain more advantages for further development in cold fresh chicken preservation due to their safety and high-efficiency.


Progress On Detection And Removal Technology Of Heavy Metals In Food, FU Yaping, WU Weiguo 2015 College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China

Progress On Detection And Removal Technology Of Heavy Metals In Food, Fu Yaping, Wu Weiguo

Food and Machinery

With the development of modern industrial society, it becomes an increasingly serious problem of excessive heavy metals in food. For cumulative heavy metals will harm human health, there are many studies about the detection and removal technologies of heavy metals in food. The detection and their removal technologies of heavy metals in food were reviewed, and the development prospects of removal technologies were summarized at last.


Review On Extraction Methods And Function Activity Of Blueberry Polyphenols, WU He, WANG Yuanliang, ZHAO Lin, LIU Anran, CHEN Chouwei 2015 College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China

Review On Extraction Methods And Function Activity Of Blueberry Polyphenols, Wu He, Wang Yuanliang, Zhao Lin, Liu Anran, Chen Chouwei

Food and Machinery

Blueberry polyphenols, as efficient bio-active substances, play an important role in anti-oxidation and subhealth improvement. Besides of conventional resolving extraction, methods of high efficiency and extraction rate also have been applied to it with the development of technology; functional studies also have gradually developed to the molecular and cellular level. For the purpose to offer an advisory opinion for further discuss, the research progresses of solvent, ultrasonic, enzymatic, microwave-assisted extraction process; and the ability of slowing down the occurrence of malignant diseases, improving sub-health state of human body of blueberry polyphenols are summarized in this passage.


Nutrient Value And Health-Care Functionof Xiang-Lotus And Its Development In Food Industry, WANG Liangliang, XIA Yanbin, REN Mei 2015 College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China

Nutrient Value And Health-Care Functionof Xiang-Lotus And Its Development In Food Industry, Wang Liangliang, Xia Yanbin, Ren Mei

Food and Machinery

Xiang-lotus is rich in nutrition with numerous health benefits and nutrition will be improvement after germination. This paper introduced the nutrient value and health care function of Xiang-lotus, development and utilization in food industry. It can provide a research reference for intensive processing and comprehensive utilization as well.


Construction Of Food Logistics Security System In The Large Scale Sports Events, QIU Ying 2015 Department of Physical Education, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, Hubei 430023, China

Construction Of Food Logistics Security System In The Large Scale Sports Events, Qiu Ying

Food and Machinery

Large scale sports events of food logistics safety is directly related to all persons and events related to the health of the diet, can be held smoothly plays a very important role, A framework for food logistics security system should be constructed for the scientification and effectiveness. This paper first analysis of food logistics safety of large-scale sports events involved in the procurement and distribution of food ingredients two aspects, analysis of the subject involved, including suppliers, suppliers of food ingredients and the organization itself, points out the main problems that may arise, including food quality and safety of individual …


Defects And Perfect Of Law Supervision Of Food Additives, LI Ulian 2015 Chongqing City Management College, Chongqing 401331, China

Defects And Perfect Of Law Supervision Of Food Additives, Li Ulian

Food and Machinery

Guard on food additives should be paid high attention that is important in food safety concerning people’s safety and the development of market. But our mechanism on food additives is out of date including its law regulation and regulators. Learn from EU and JPN’s experiences of guarding food additives. Not only amend the law regulations, innovate supervision system, but also integrate the social supervision mechanism.


The Plight And Outlet Of The Management Of Food Enterprise, LIU Jiping 2015 School of Business and Management, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010070, China

The Plight And Outlet Of The Management Of Food Enterprise, Liu Jiping

Food and Machinery

The management of food enterprise contains several problems, such as lacking of strict quality management system, consciously adding prohibited toxic chemicals, the lack of ability of crisis management, sale management and consumer demands. The causes of these problems are the consciousness of enterprise management personnel quality and safety management, the lack of basic occupation ethics, neglecting the interaction with consumers, and old-style of sales management. To solve the dilemma of food enterprises, some corresponding measures should be taking, including establishing the concept of "people-oriented", promoting the establishment of quality and safety management, the establishment of the third party quality safety …


Teaching Reform On The Courses Of Food Chemistry Based Concept Of Cdio, ZHOU Aimei, LIU Xin, ZHAO Lichao, LIU Xiaojuan, XIAO Suyao, CAO Yong 2015 College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China

Teaching Reform On The Courses Of Food Chemistry Based Concept Of Cdio, Zhou Aimei, Liu Xin, Zhao Lichao, Liu Xiaojuan, Xiao Suyao, Cao Yong

Food and Machinery

CDIO is the English abbreviation of Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate, whose concept is to provide a realistic social practice and standards of engineering education for students. With the guidance of CDIO theory, CDIO engineering education mode was introduced into the teaching reform of food chemistry course. Three changes of teaching concept were proposed, and teaching mode was actively reformed based on these changes. By those reform, the independent learning ability, practice and innovation ability, communication ability,team spirit, and the whole CDIO process capability of students were cultivated or exercised.


Study On Ranking Ability Evaluation For Sensory Assessors Based On Rank Correlation Andcluster Analysis, SHI Bolin, WANG Houyin, HUAN Chang, ZHANG Lulu, ZHI Ruicong, XIE Nan, ZHAO Lei, CHEN Xiuhong 2015 Food and Agriculture Standardization Institute, China National Institute of Standardization, Beijing 100191, China

Study On Ranking Ability Evaluation For Sensory Assessors Based On Rank Correlation Andcluster Analysis, Shi Bolin, Wang Houyin, Huan Chang, Zhang Lulu, Zhi Ruicong, Xie Nan, Zhao Lei, Chen Xiuhong

Food and Machinery

The commonly used tastes of sweet and sour were respectively set to six concentrations system as the test samples for ranking ability screening of sensory assessors. In consideration of the sensory adaption, 12 assessors were asked to rank three times to each taste. Firstly, the accuracy of every assessor was evaluated by Spearman test. And Kendall test was used to evaluate the repeatability of the assessor. Finally, the ranking ability of each assessor was evaluated and analyzed comprehensively through fusion the data characteristics of accuracy and repeatability by clustering analysis. The results were showed that No. 5 assessor need to …


Study On Method Of Detection And Optiminzation Of Extracted Conditions For Citrinin In Sufu, XU Yuanjin, WANG Xiangyang 2015 Jiande City Center of Supervision & Inspection on Quality and Measurement, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311600, China

Study On Method Of Detection And Optiminzation Of Extracted Conditions For Citrinin In Sufu, Xu Yuanjin, Wang Xiangyang

Food and Machinery

Extracted conditions for citrinin were optimized in sufu. Citrinin was extracted completely by toluene-ethyl acetate-formic acid(7∶3∶1, V/V) at 50 ℃, with 10 min ultrasonic processing. A method for determining citrinin in sufu was established by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. Citrinin was separated by mobile phase of water(pH 2.5)- acetonitrile (70∶30) on Hypersil ODS 2 column. The results were showed that there was good linear relationship between the fluorescence detection values and citrinin concentration in the range of 0.01~100.00 μg/mL (R2=0.999 99). The limit of detection was 0.005 mg/kg and the recovery of citrinin were …


Effect Of Temperature On Deterioration Site And Physiological Enzymes Activity During Wheat Storing, LIU Weilong, LI Cuixiang, WANG Yuli, HU Yuansen 2015 Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China

Effect Of Temperature On Deterioration Site And Physiological Enzymes Activity During Wheat Storing, Liu Weilong, Li Cuixiang, Wang Yuli, Hu Yuansen

Food and Machinery

The changes were discussed in wheart storage in the initial deterioration site and physiological enzymes activity. The variation of enzymes activity was detected in natural aging and artificial aging wheat by setting three temperature of 30 ℃, 40 ℃ and 50 ℃. And the embryo tissue was also observed by microscope to ensure the deterioration region of wheat. The results showed that the physiological deterioration began with the cap of radical, and then extend to the radical, at last reached the plumule. In the process of deterioration at different temperatures, the catalase activity gradually decreased and remains at a very …


Impact Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi On The Physiology Of Maize Genotypes Under Variable Nitrogen And Phosphorus Levels, Roberto Crespo 2015 University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Impact Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi On The Physiology Of Maize Genotypes Under Variable Nitrogen And Phosphorus Levels, Roberto Crespo

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

It is important to increase our understanding of AM fungal and maize genotype interactions, the impact of N and P fertilization and water condition on the symbiosis, and on the physiology and nutritional status of maize plants. In two greenhouse experiments AM inoculated plants exhibited root colonization values around 70% which was confirmed by the presence of the AM lipid biomarker (C16:1cis11). Nitrogen fertilization increased AM root colonization, but only compared to unfertilized plants. Root colonization and biomarker concentration in root and soil were similar among inoculated maize genotypes across conventional and drought tolerant hybrids. Mycorrhizal inoculation had a positive …


Horses' Responses To Receiving Masterson Method™ Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork™ Treatments, Carla O. Beu 2015 Western Kentucky University

Horses' Responses To Receiving Masterson Method™ Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork™ Treatments, Carla O. Beu

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This research documents the changes of comfort levels in horses resulting from receiving Masterson Method™ Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork™ treatments. The Masterson Method™ (MM) is a bodywork technique used to identify and release accumulated tension from the equine body. MM focuses on three main anatomical junctions: the poll-atlas junction, neck-shoulder-wither junction, and the sacroiliac junction. Research documentation includes pre and post treatment evaluations, the treatments, owner questionnaires, and cribbing observations. Also, all evaluation and treatment sessions were videotaped with the intent of further analysis for changes in range of motion, flexibility, and comfort level as applicable. Each horse received a …


Environmental Change And The Emergence Of New Livestock Production Systems In Central Gansu Province, China, Gregory Veeck 2015 Western Michigan University

Environmental Change And The Emergence Of New Livestock Production Systems In Central Gansu Province, China, Gregory Veeck

Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)

Post-2000 efforts to protect China’s grassland areas are distinct from earlier efforts in that funding for the most recent round of policies and programs is commensurate with the task. Among the most controversial of the current policies is the provision of an annual subsidy ranging from 2 yuan to 20 yuan/mu (1/15 hectare) to herders to not graze livestock contracted by their families for periods from 3-10 years. Many other recent policies, such as fencing programs and hunting and burning bans to protect keystone species are also controversial. Ideally, the policies are intended to protect grassland ecological systems while assuring …


U.S. Drought Monitor, April 21, 2015, Anthony Artusa 2015 NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

U.S. Drought Monitor, April 21, 2015, Anthony Artusa

United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive

Drought map of U.S. for April 21, 2015 (4/21/15) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.


Branching Out: How Virginia Can Strategically Use Trees To Combat Biodiversity Loss, Taylor Pfeiffer 2015 University of Richmond

Branching Out: How Virginia Can Strategically Use Trees To Combat Biodiversity Loss, Taylor Pfeiffer

Environmental Studies Senior Seminar Projects

Biodiversity loss is a particularly concerning effect of climate change because as greenhouse gas emissions increase global temperatures, decreases in the abundance and diversity of species has reduced ecosystem resiliency to these changes (Verchot et al. 2007). Weakened ecosystems and threatened species decrease the environment’s capacity to provide humans with services like safe drinking water, fuel, and protection from natural disasters, just to name a few (US EPA 2013). The agricultural industry plays a unique role in this environmental conversation, as farmland both contributes to climate change and is jeopardized by the negative effects created by the issue in a …


Producing Quality Barley For The Malting Industry, Haley H. Oser DPH 2015 University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Producing Quality Barley For The Malting Industry, Haley H. Oser Dph

Doctor of Plant Health Program: Dissertations and Student Research

The University of Nebraska – Lincoln Doctor of Plant Health program requires each student to fulfill a professional internship over the last summer of the program. For my internship, I worked as a Barley Scientist Intern for MillerCoors and Golden Malting in Golden, Colorado. During this internship I gained a fundamental understanding of malting barley production with a significant emphasis on grain quality. Barley produced for malting must fulfill strict industry quality standards before it is accepted by the head maltsters. These quality standards include: a high germination rate, low moisture content, protein content within an acceptable range and the …


The Suitability Of Energy Beets For Double-Cropping With Soybeans In The Arkansas Delta, Tyler Caleb Meadors 2015 Arkansas State University

The Suitability Of Energy Beets For Double-Cropping With Soybeans In The Arkansas Delta, Tyler Caleb Meadors

Student Theses and Dissertations

The climate of the midsouthern USA allows increased potential for crop productivity through the double-crop production system (DCPS), by way of more intensive land usage. Despite this potential, DCPS utilization has decreased in Arkansas over the past 10 years, due, in part, to delayed soybean planting. An alternative winter crop with earlier harvest timing than winter wheat could lessen this risk, yet still capitalize on the area's winter crop potential. The objective of this study was to determine the agronomic viability of an energy beet/soybean DCPS in Arkansas. A field study was conducted in Jonesboro, AR from September 2012 to …


Creating An Entrepreneurial Community, Charlotte Narjes, Rebecca J. Vogt 2015 University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Creating An Entrepreneurial Community, Charlotte Narjes, Rebecca J. Vogt

Cornhusker Economics

The Entrepreneurial Communities Activation Pro-cess (ECAP) is a holistic approach to help com-munities support innovation and entrepreneurship by understanding their unique characteristics, community assets and potential opportunities. As a result of engaging in the ECAP program, com-munities embrace visionary thinking, endorse en-trepreneurial leadership, build synergy and are able to leverage resources to attract and retain a working age population which will empower community economic growth.


Agricultural Assessment: Pecan Orchard Feasibility Study, Brad Henley 2015 Stephen F Austin State University

Agricultural Assessment: Pecan Orchard Feasibility Study, Brad Henley

Undergraduate Research Conference

East Texas has predominantly been categorized historically as a forestry and timber management region. The nearest region to expectedly encounter viewing a large number of properties containing the growth of nut-bearing tree plantations, better known as orchards, is the Hill Country or South Texas Regions. During 2012, I witnessed a rural real estate transaction between an East Texas timber landowner and successful almond orchard farmer. The almond farmer had no previous experience with the practice and management of Texas loblolly pine plantations; however, he had interest in diversifying his real estate investment portfolio to include a pine plantation offering a …


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