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Deep venous thrombosis in medical-surgical critically ill patients: Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors

Deborah Cook, Mark Crowther, Maureen O. Meade +5

Critical Care Medicine

Despite universal thromboprophylaxis, medical-surgical critically ill patients remain at risk for lower extremity deep venous thrombosis. Further research is needed to evaluate the risks and benefits...

Handbook of Food Engineering Practice

Kenneth J. Valentas, Enrique Rotstein, R. Paul Singh

Food engineering has become increasingly important in the food industry over the years, as food engineers play a key role in developing new food products and improved manufacturing processes. While...

Evaluation of Media for Selective Enumeration of Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Bifidobacteria

R. I. Dave, Nagendra P. Shah

Journal of Dairy Science

Fifteen media were evaluated to determine their suitability for selective enumeration of Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and...

Risk of deep-venous thrombosis after hospital discharge in patients having undergone total hip replacement: double-blind randomised comparison of enoxaparin versus placebo

André Planès, N Vochelle, Jean‐Yves Darmon +3

The Lancet

A fluorescence-based method for measuring total plasma antioxidant capability

Andrea Ghiselli, Mauro Serafini, Giuseppe Maiani +2

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Evolutionary origins and natural functions of fructans – a climatological, biogeographic and mechanistic appraisal

George A. F. Hendry

New Phytologist

SUMMARY Genes for fructan synthesis arose in plants on several occasions ranging from the Cambrian (in Dasycladales‐like algae), the late Devonian (in Jungermannialian liverworts) through to the...

Association of Hypomagnesemia and mortality in acutely ill medical patients

George J. Rubeiz, Mary Thill-Baharozian, Dorene Hardie +1

Critical Care Medicine

Hypomagnesemia detected at the time of admission of acutely ill medical patients is associated with an increased mortality rate for both ward and medical ICU patients.

Milk <i>kefir</i>: nutritional, microbiological and health benefits

Damiana Diniz Rosa, Manoela Maciel dos Santos Dias, Łukasz Grześkowiak +3

Nutrition Research Reviews

Kefir is fermented milk produced from grains that comprise a specific and complex mixture of bacteria and yeasts that live in a symbiotic association. The nutritional composition of kefir varies...

Encapsulation, protection, and release of hydrophilic active components: Potential and limitations of colloidal delivery systems

David Julian McClements

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Competition among Metal Ions for Protein Binding Sites: Determinants of Metal Ion Selectivity in Proteins

Todor Dudev, Carmay Lim

Chemical Reviews

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVReviewNEXTCompetition among Metal Ions for Protein Binding Sites: Determinants of Metal Ion Selectivity in ProteinsTodor Dudev*† and Carmay Lim*†‡View Author...

Antioxidant activity of Lactobacillus plantarum strains isolated from traditional Chinese fermented foods

Shengyu Li, Yujuan Zhao, Li Zhang +6

Food Chemistry

Probiotics and immune health

Fang Yan, D. Brent Polk

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Probiotics may provide novel approaches for both disease prevention and treatment. However, the results of clinical studies regarding probiotic application are preliminary and require further...

Nutritional value of leafy vegetables of sub-Saharan Africa and their potential contribution to human health: A review

Nangula P. Uusiku, A Oelofse, Kwaku G. Duodu +2

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Food and Memory

Jon D. Holtzman

Annual Review of Anthropology

Much of the burgeoning literature on food in anthropology and related fields implicitly engages with issues of memory. Although only a relatively small but growing number of food-centered studies...

Phenolic compounds in skins and seeds of ten grape Vitis vinifera varieties grown in a warm climate

Roberto Rodríguez Montealegre, Raquel Romero Peces, Juan Luis Chacón Vozmediano +2

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Nutritional and medicinal use of Cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) cladodes and fruits

Jean M. Feugang

Frontiers in bioscience

Natural products and health foods have recently received a lot of attention both by health professionals and the common population for improving overall well-being, as well as in the prevention of...

The diurnal metabolism of leaf starch

Samuel C. Zeeman, Steven M. Smith, Alison M. Smith

Biochemical Journal

Starch is a primary product of photosynthesis in leaves. In most plants, a large fraction of the carbon assimilated during the day is stored transiently in the chloroplast as starch for use during...

Handbook of Dietary Fiber

Part 1 Dietary fibre in health and disease: dietary fibre overview dietary fibre and cardiovascular disease dietary fibre and colon cancer dietary fibre and breast cancer risk dietary fibre and...

Long-Term Effects of Weight Loss and Dietary Sodium Reduction on Incidence of Hypertension

Jiang He, Paul K. Whelton, Lawrence J. Appel +2

Hypertension

To examine the long-term effects of weight loss and dietary sodium reduction on the incidence of hypertension, we studied 181 men and women who participated in the Trials of Hypertension Prevention,...

Identification, classification, and clinical relevance of catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci, excluding the streptococci and enterococci

Richard R. Facklam, John A. Elliott

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Several new genera and species of gram-positive, catalase-negative cocci that can cause infections in humans have been described. Although these bacteria were isolated in the clinical laboratory,...

Measurement of (1 → 3),(1 → 4)‐β‐<scp>D</scp>‐glucan in barley and oats: A streamlined enzymic procedure

Barry V. McCleary, Rachel Codd

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Abstract A commercially available enzymic method for the quantitative measurement of (1 → 3),(1 → 4)‐β‐glucan has been simplified to allow analysis of up to 10 grain samples in 70 min or of 100–200...

Breast-feeding and health in the 1980s: A global epidemiologic review

Allan S. Cunningham, Derrick B. Jelliffe, E. F. Patrice Jelliffe

The Journal of Pediatrics

1990 McCollum Award Lecture. Nutrition and immunity: lessons from the past and new insights into the future

RK Chandra

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Immune and Metabolic Effects of Arginine in the Surgical Patient

J.M. Daly, JOHN REYNOLDS, ARLEEN THOM +4

Annals of Surgery

Arginine enhances immune function and promotes nitrogen retention in animal models, but its immunomodulatory effects in surgical patients are unknown. This randomized, prospective trial evaluated the...

Production and isolation of reuterin, a growth inhibitor produced by Lactobacillus reuteri

Todd Talarico, Ivàn A. Casas, Tung‐Ching Chung +1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Lactobacillus reuteri is a prominent member of the Lactobacillus population in the gastrointestinal ecosystem of humans, poultry, swine, and other animals. Reuterin is a newly discovered,...

Superoxide dismutase in extracellular fluids

Stefan L. Marklund, Elisabeth Holme, L. Hellner

Clinica Chimica Acta

Hunter and Habitat in the Central Kalahari Desert.

Alan Barnard, George B. Silberbauer

Man

Preface Acknowledgements Note on orthography 1. Introduction 2. The habitat 3. The G/wi universe 4. Social organization 5. Utilization of the habitat 6. Socioecology of the G/wi Bibliography Index.

HUMAN DIARRHEAL DISEASE CAUSED BY ENTEROTOXIGENIC <i>ESCHERICHIA COLI</i>

R. Bradley Sack

Annual Review of Microbiology

HUMANS 336 CHARACTERIZATION OF E. COLI ENTEROTOXINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Heat-Stable and Heat-Labile Enterotoxins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Los Peces Marinos de Venezuela

C. Richard Robins, Fernando Cervigón, Fernando Cervigón

Copeia

Polymorphism of cocoa butter

R. L. Wille, Évelyne Lutton

Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society

Abstract Largely by x‐ray diffraction six crystalline states, I舑VI, in order of increasing melting point, have been identified for cocoa butter. Of these states II, IV, V and VI are pure and...

Immune mechanisms of hypertension

Grant R. Drummond, Antony Vinh, Tomasz J. Guzik +1

Nature reviews. Immunology

Update on natural food pigments - A mini-review on carotenoids, anthocyanins, and betalains

Délia B. Rodriguez–Amaya

Food Research International

Aloe vera extract functionalized zinc oxide nanoparticles as nanoantibiotics against multi-drug resistant clinical bacterial isolates

Khursheed Ali, Sourabh Dwivedi, Ameer Azam +4

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Variation of human milk oligosaccharides in relation to milk groups and lactational periods

Stephan Thurl, Manfred Munzert, J Henker +4

British Journal Of Nutrition

Human milk oligosaccharides, representing the third largest fraction of human milk, have been assigned important protective functions for newborns acting as bifidogenic substrates or as inhibitory...

Glycemic response and health—a systematic review and meta-analysis: relations between dietary glycemic properties and health outcomes

Geoffrey Livesey, Richard Taylor, Toine Hulshof +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Isolation of Bifidobacteria from Breast Milk and Assessment of the Bifidobacterial Population by PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Quantitative Real-Time PCR

Rocı́o Martı́n, Esther Jiménez, Hans G. H. J. Heilig +4

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The objective of this work was to elucidate if breast milk contains bifidobacteria and whether they can be transmitted to the infant gut through breastfeeding. Twenty-three women and their respective...

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) – an effective and efficient design and analysis tool for the food industry: A review

Tomás Norton, Da‐Wen Sun

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Short‐Chain Fatty Acids: Ready for Prime Time?

Claude Roy, C. Lawrence Kien, Lise Bouthillier +1

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

The concept of colonic health has become a major target for the development of functional foods such as probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics. These bioactive agents have a profound effect on the...

Glycemic Index and Dietary Fiber and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Allison Hodge, Dallas R. English, Kerin O’Dea +1

Diabetes Care

Reducing dietary GI while maintaining a high carbohydrate intake may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. One way to achieve this would be to substitute white bread with low-GI breads.

Fixed dose subcutaneous low molecular weight heparins versus adjusted dose unfractionated heparin for venous thromboembolism

Carlo J van Dongen, Angelique GM van den Belt, Martin H. Prins +1

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

LMWH is more effective than UFH for the initial treatment of VTE. LMWH significantly reduces the occurrence of major haemorrhage during initial treatment and overall mortality at follow up.

Geometric Data Analysis: From Correspondence Analysis to Structured Data Analysis

Brigitte Le Roux, Henry Rouanet

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Synthesis and Characterization of Uniform Nanowires of Trigonal Selenium

Byron D. Gates, Brian T. Mayers, B. Cattle +1

Advanced Functional Materials

This article describes a soft, solution-phase approach to the large-scale synthesis of uniform nanowires of trigonal selenium (t-Se) with lateral dimensions controllable in the range of ∼10 to ∼800...

Is Lactobacillus GG Helpful in Children With Crohn’s Disease? Results of a Preliminary, Open-Label Study

Puneet Gupta, Haikaeli Andrew, Barbara S. Kirschner +1

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Findings in this pilot study show that Lactobacillus GG may improve gut barrier function and clinical status in children with mildly to moderately active, stable Crohn's disease. Randomized,...

Prophylactic <i>Lactobacillus</i> <i>GG</i>Reduces Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Children With Respiratory Infections: A Randomized Study

Taina Arvola, Kirsi Laiho, Sari Torkkeli +4

PEDIATRICS

On the entire follow-up, 80% of any gastrointestinal symptoms were reported during the first 2 weeks after the beginning of the antimicrobial treatment. The incidence of diarrhea was 5% in the...

Mechanisms of Therapeutic Activity for Gallium

Lawrence R. Bernstein

Pharmacological Reviews

Knowing when not to stop: selenocysteine incorporation in eukaryotes

Susan C. Low, Marla J. Berry

Trends in Biochemical Sciences