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What Is The Taste Of Co2? The Sustainability Of Icelandic Food Systems In The Face Of Climate Change, Molly Peek

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Food security in the arctic and subarctic is an area of growing research and concern as climate change continues to alter the availability of traditional foods eaten in remote areas, especially as shipping food has questionable sustainability and contributes to rising CO2 levels. Previous research has noted changes in the Icelandic diet making it more reliant on foreign imports, although there is still strong localized agriculture. Because of its geothermal activity, Iceland has a unique advantage over other highlatitude countries in growing food with a minimal carbon footprint, although that potential is unequal throughout the country. This study utilized available …

Sugar And Spice, Not Everything's Nice: Changing Dietary Habits In Bali, Harry Teplow

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In this paper, I will explore the ways in which locals interact with new food options on the island of Bali. Specifically, I will explore dietary behaviors surrounding pre-­‐ packaged snacks and ‘fast-­‐food’ chains and determine whether the presence of these food options is affecting the Balinese’s relationship with more traditional cuisine. I will use everyday observations and conversations with locals to analyze dietary habits and the various food items that are being consumed while examining the potential dietary differentiation between two age groups. I will also consider health outcomes in Bali and discuss how changing dietary habits may be …

Ua12/2/2 2016 Talisman - Identity, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

2016 Fall Talisman.

• Street Style
• Home Sweet Home – Nashville, McKee, Bowling Green
• Doyel, Rachael. Happy Gas – Theatre & Dance
• Robb, Hayley. Stick & Poke – Tattoos
• Martin, Lindsey. Self-Made – Dexter Banks, Tattoos
• Sullivan, Abbey. Cover-Up – Tattoos
• Pettway, Shantel. Natural Roots – African American Hair
• Voorhees, Jessica. Living Laboratory – Benjamin Benton, WKU Farm
• Perry, Natalie. Frog in a Water Well – Keunsik Junk aka Brody
• Hormell, David. I Wanted to Touch Lightning
• Good, Hannah. Coffee Talks
• Reyes, Taylor. Ice Cold – Alpha Phi Alpha
• Games, Ann. Working the Desk
• Voorhees, Jessica. Killer Queen – Lane French, …

Farm-To-Fork Fresh Produce Food Safety: An Evaluation Of Perceptions, Knowledge, And Implementation Of Good Agriculture Practices In Kentucky, Daniel J. Sinkel

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Farmers’ markets have increasingly become a popular venue for purchase of fresh, locally-grown produce, with the number of farmers’ markets in Kentucky reaching an all-time high of 159 in 2016. Good Agriculture Practices (GAPs) is a program created by the USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Service to function as a food safety audit for small-scale fresh produce growers, such as those who sell fresh produce at local farmers’ markets. However, under the provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, small-scale farmers who sell an average of $25,000 in annual fresh produce sales across the span of three years are exempt …

Studies On Asparagine In Nebraska Wheat And Other Grains, Sviatoslav Navrotskyi

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Understanding of the contribution of environmental and genetic factors on the chemical composition of different grains is a critical issue in the area of food safety of cereal products. Numerous studies have reported that asparagine can form acrylamide, a toxic and potentially carcinogenic precursor compound, during a Milliard reaction. Therefore, studying the environmental and genetic effects that contribute to accumulation of asparagine in wheat and proso millet lines, which were grown in the state of Nebraska, is important for supporting breeding programs aimed at providing safer crops for consumers. In the realm of reduction of the asparagine concentration in wheat-based …

Stable Engraftment Of Bifidobacterium Longum Ah1206 In The Human Gut Depends On Individualized Features Of The Resident Microbiome, María X. Maldonado-Gómez, Inés Martínez, Francesca Bottacini, Amy O’Callaghan, Marco Ventura, Douwe Van Sinderen, Benjamin Hillmann, Pajau Vangay, Dan Knights, Robert W. Hutkins, Jens Walter

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Live bacteria (such as probiotics) have long been used to modulate gut microbiota and human physiology, but their colonization is mostly transient. Conceptual understanding of the ecological principles as they apply to exogenously introduced microbes in gut ecosystems is lacking. We find that, when orally administered to humans, Bifidobacterium longum AH1206 stably persists in the gut of 30% of individuals for at least 6 months without causing gastrointestinal symptoms or impacting the composition of the resident gut microbiota. AH1206 engraftment was associated with low abundance of resident B. longum and underrepresentation of specific carbohydrate utilization genes in the pre-treatment microbiome. …

Comparison Of Hermetic Storage Of Wheat With Traditional Storage Methods In India, Pavel Somavat, Haibo Huang, Sunil Kumar, Mukesh K. Garg, Mary-Grace C. Danao, Vijay Singh, Marvin R. Paulsen, Kent D. Rausch

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

India is among the countries experiencing high postharvest losses. Four hermetic bags, two metallic bins, and two gunny bag (also known as jute or burlap bag) piles each containing 1 tonne of wheat were instrumented with temperature, relative humidity, and carbon dioxide sensors. Representative samples from each structure were collected each month and tests for moisture, germination, insect-damaged grain, and milling yield were performed. After nine months, wheat stored in hermetic bags had higher germination (87%) and lower insect-damaged grain percentages (0% to 0.33% with a mean value of 0.2%). Hermetic bags with deliberately introduced Rhyzopertha dominica successfully eliminated the …

Fungi In The Healthy Human Gastrointestinal Tract, Heather E. Hallen-Adams, Mallory J. Suhr

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Many species of fungi have been detected in the healthy human gut; however, nearly half of all taxa reported have only been found in one sample or one study. Fungi capable of growing in and colonizing the gut are limited to a small number of species, mostly Candida yeasts and yeasts in the family Dipodascaceae (Galactomyces, Geotrichum, Saprochaete). Malassezia and the filamentous fungus Cladosporium are potential colonizers; more work is needed to clarify their role. Other commonly-detected fungi come from the diet or environment but either cannot or do not colonize (Penicillium and Debaryomyces species, which are …

Metabolic Profiling Of Genetically Modified Potato Periderm Tissues, Liqing Jin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Potato tubers are protected from dehydration and pathogens by a covering peel (periderm) impregnated with suberin, a complex cross-linked biopolymer that contains both polyaliphatic and lignin-like aromatic domains. Current models describing the macromolecular structure of suberin assume that ferulic acid cross-links both domains as it may form carboxyl ester bonds with aliphatic monomers and non-ester radical-coupled bonds with phenolics. Ferulic acid also links by ester bonds to glycans and acts in cross-linking polysaccharides and lignin. Fatty alcohol/ω-hydroxyacid hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (FHT) is a BADH acyltransferase responsible for the synthesis of akyl-ferulates that is necessary for suberin biosynthesis. Periderm from FHT-RNAi …

Preparation Of Starch-Graft-Poly (Vinyl Acetate) Nanoparticles And Effect On The Stability Of Astaxanthin, Liu Zhanjun, Li Xiaochun, Geng Xufang, Zhao Zan, Zhao Linlin

Food and Machinery

The starch-graft-poly (vinyl acetate) was prepared using potassium diperiodatonickelate (IV) as an initiator. Afterwards, it was produced into nanoparticles containing hydrophobic core and hydrophilic surface in water, using sodium tripolyphosphate as crosslinking agent. Then the nanoparticles loaded with astaxanthin were made by the dialysis method. IR spectra of the starch and the graft copolymer, the average particle size, particle size distribution, and morphology of the nanoparticles loaded with astaxanthin were measured. The stability of nanoparticles loaded with astaxanthin was determined with an acetone solution of astaxanthin as control. The results showed that the stability of the nanoparticles loaded with astaxanthin …

Fmoc-F Hydrogel For Clove Oil Controlled-Release, Zhang Lin, Zhou Tianxiao, Wang Ben, Hao Yayan, Lu Jun

Food and Machinery

Fmoc-F was utilized for embedding of clove oil. The results demonstrated that Fmoc-F hydrogel could prevent the volatilization and achieve the controlled-release of clove oil. The loading efficiency of Fmoc-F gel was 98.69%, much higher than the one achieved with β-cyclodextrin. When pH was above 6.5, the decomposition rate of Fmoc-F hydrogel was less than 9.0%, and this could prevent the volatilization of clove oil. When pH was adjusted from 6.5 to 6.0, the structure of hydrogel began to disaggregate, and the decomposition rate was around 36%. When pH was below 5.0, the hydrogel disaggregated completely. Then the clove oil …

Effects Of Transglutaminase And Additive Agents On Gel Properties Of Pearl Mussel Surimi, Wang Bohua, Long Jiaoli, Lei Song, Tu Qinghui, Duan Lanxin, Yang Pinhong

Food and Machinery

The influence of TGase and additives on gel hardness, cohesiveness and springiness of mussel surimi after picking pearls was studied. The results showed that the optimal TGase amount was 2%, pH was 7, at 45 ℃ for 1.0 h. The TGase can significantly enhance the texture properties of mussel surimi. The gel Hardness could reach 5 910.647 g, cohesiveness was 0.820 and springiness was 0.914. Additive agents could enhance gel properties as well, the optimal amount of potato starch, egg white and gluten were 6%, 6% and 9% respectively. It provides a theoretical foundation for the optimization of texture properties …

Effects Of Pan-Frying, Frying, Broiling On Eating Quality Of Hengshan Mutton, Li Linqiang, Gao Tianli, Zhang Lan, Liu Yongfeng

Food and Machinery

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of pan-frying, frying and broiling on eating quality of Hengshan mutton by regulating the cooking time and temperature. Texture analyzer was used to measure the texture profile analysis and shear force, meanwhile color measurement instrument was used to measure meat color. Results showed, for Pan-frying, Pan-fried mutton samples 2 min and 3 min treatments, the hardness, chewiness and resilience significantly were less than that of 4 min treatment (P<0.05), and the shear force was significantly less than 4 min treatment (P<0.05). With the extension of treatment time, the L^* value decreased gradually (P<0.05), processed for 2 min and 3 min, the a^* value of mutton sample was less than that of 4 min treatment (P<0.05), while b^*、c …

Studies On The Effects Of High-Voltage Electric Field On Hot-Air Drying Characteristics And Color Changing Of Apricot, Wang Qinghui, Yan Shengkun, Li Zhongxin, Abulizi Basiti

Food and Machinery

The drying characteristics and color changing experiments of apricot were investigated under different drying temperatures, air velocities and high-voltage electric field respectively. The results were as following. ① The drying time was shortened by increasing air temperatures or velocities. ② Weibull function could simulate the drying curves of apricot. The scale parameter (α) related with the temperature and air velocity and decreased with the increasing of either drying temperature or velocity. The shape parameter (β) was depended on the drying method. ③ The moisture effective diffusivity coefficient was 1.88×10^-10～3.18×10^-10 m²/s, and the activation energy was …

The Impacts Of Trehalose On The Characteristics Of Glutinous Rice Powders, Zhang Yu, Zhang Lilin, Zhang Qiong, Wu Shuangqi, Ma Xuelin, Wu Xiaohong

Food and Machinery

The glutinous rice powders were used to study the impacts of different trehalose content on the characteristics of glutinous rice powders. The results showed that with the increase of trehalose content, the pasting temperature was not significantly impacted. The peak viscosity, valley viscosity and final viscosity increased at first then decreased and when the content was up to the maximum 1.0%. The thermal stabilities strengthened integrally and with the increased of the content, the thermal stabilities strengthened at first then attenuated. When the content was 1.5%, the thermal stabilities were the strongest. The gelling capabilities attenuated with the increased of …

Establishment Of A Quantitative Real-Time Pcr For Detecting Vvha Gene In Vibrio Vulnificus, Li Dandan, Xu Yigang, Qiu Suoping, Wang Yu, Gao Huijiang, Gao Shenyang

Food and Machinery

To establish a rapid assay for Vibrio vulnificus (V. vulnificus) detection, a quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) method was developed targeting vvhA gene of V. vulnificus . The results showed that the tests for 15 strains of different bacteria by using this method, only the ones of V. vulnificus were positive, indicating high specificity of qRT-PCR. Moreover, the sensitivity of this specific method was 15 CFU/mL. Further stability and reproducibility test results showed that the coefficient of variation of Ct values of four duplicates were less than 2%. In addition, a total 2 positive samples for V. vulnificus were detected from …

Determination Of Ssc Content In Single Grape Based On Nir Combined With Wavelength Selection, Guo Cheng, Ma Yue, Liang Mengxing, Yan Hui

Food and Machinery

The soluble solid content (SSC), one of the important index for evaluating the qualities, in a single grape were measure real-timely and non-destructively in this study, This might help to improve the management of the fruits as well as prolong their storage time, satisfying the needs of different customers. The near infrared (NIR) spectra of grapes was detected by using a hand-held NIR spectrometer, wavelength ranging from 950 to 1, 650 nm. Based on partial least squares (PLS) data, the prediction model for SSC content in grapes was established. In order to reduce redundancy and uninformative variables while increase prediction …

The Situation And Improvement Of The Public Participation Mechanism Under The Background Of Food Safety Social Co-Governance In China, Li Hongfeng

Food and Machinery

The principle of food safety social co-governance was put forward in the newly revised and implemented China Food Safety Law, which points out the development direction for the food safety governance in China. The public, as the main participant of the food safety social co-governance, is the inevitable choice of the food safety governance in theory and practice. Currently, the atmosphere for the public participation in the food safety social co-governance is also gradually coming into being, but the public participation still is faced with many problems such as the low degree of the organization, lack of interactivity in participation, …

Problems And Countermeasures Of Tourism Food Safety Based On The Industrial Chain, Zhu Songjie

Food and Machinery

Tourism food safety is the important foundation for sustainable development of Tourism. Starting from the tourism food industry chain, this article analyzed the relationship between the tourism food industry chain and tourism food safety by studying the characteristics of complexity, biochemical, and hysteresis of tourism food industry chain. Thus, aiming at the existing problems of tourism food industry chain in our country, such as unbalanced development, asymmetric information, profit distribution imbalance, low degree of the scale, this article put forward the corresponding countermeasures and suggestions for risks and problems of food safety in China, such as forming the interests-coordination mechanism …

Dynamic Characteristics Of Quick Actuating Valve Of Expangding Machine, Ma Li, Sun Guoyou, Fang Shuqi, Bai Jing

Food and Machinery

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