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Increasing Rates of Vibriosis in the United States, 1996–2010: Review of Surveillance Data From 2 Systems

Anna Newton, Magdalena E. Kendall, Duc J. Vugia +2

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Surveillance data from both COVIS and FoodNet indicate that the incidence of vibriosis increased from 1996 to 2010 overall and for each of the 3 most commonly reported species. Epidemiologic patterns...

The antimicrobial activity of microencapsulated thymol and carvacrol

Abél Guarda, Javiera F. Rubilar, Joseph Miltz +1

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Reasoned opinion on the potential chronic and acute risk to consumers health arising from proposed temporary EU MRLs

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

EFSA Journal

Contents of Anthocyanins and Ellagitannins in Selected Foods Consumed in Finland

Jani Koponen, Anu M. Happonen, Pirjo Mattila +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies have suggested that dietary anthocyanins and ellagitannins or ellagic acid might have beneficial health effects. Epidemiological evidence on the...

Wheat arabinoxylans: Exploiting variation in amount and composition to develop enhanced varieties

Luc Saulnier, Pierre-Etienne Sado, Gérard Branlard +2

Journal of Cereal Science

Raman imaging to investigate ultrastructure and composition of plant cell walls: distribution of lignin and cellulose in black spruce wood (Picea mariana)

Umesh P. Agarwal

Planta

Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Before and After the Implementation of an Evidence-Based Nutritional Management Protocol

Juliana Barr, Marketa Hecht, Kara Flavin +2

CHEST Journal

Omega-3 fatty acids and inflammation

Trevor A. Mori, Lawrence J. Beilin

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

??-Linolenic acid metabolism in men and women: nutritional and biological implications

Graham C. Burdge

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care

Overall, alpha-linolenic acid appears to be a limited source of longer-chain n-3 fatty acids in man and so adequate intakes of preformed n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular docosahexaenoic...

Stevioside

Jan M.C. Geuns

Phytochemistry

<i>Lactobacillus</i>Bacteremia, Clinical Significance, and Patient Outcome, with Special Focus on Probiotic<i>L. Rhamnosus</i>GG

Minna Salminen, Hilpi Rautelin, Soile Tynkkynen +4

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Lactobacillus bacteremia is a rare entity, and its clinical significance is poorly defined. We have reviewed the risk factors and outcome for 89 case patients with Lactobacillus bacteremia. Species...

Selective Enumeration of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, and Propionibacteria

Nalayini Tharmaraj, Nagendra P. Shah

Journal of Dairy Science

Nineteen bacteriological media were evaluated to assess their suitability to selectively enumerate Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus casei,...

Behavioral Deficits Associated with Dietary Induction of Decreased Brain Docosahexaenoic Acid Concentration

Toru Moriguchi, Rebecca Greiner, Norman Salem

Journal of Neurochemistry

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an n-3 fatty acid, is rapidly deposited during the period of rapid brain development. The influence of n-3 fatty acid deficiency on learning performance in adult rats over...

Thrombotic risk during pregnancy: a population study

Pelle G. Lindqvist

Obstetrics and Gynecology

The incidence of pregnancy-related thrombosis was 13 per 10,000 and provided new insights to important risk factors such as age, cesarean delivery, smoking, and preeclampsia.

Close association of verotoxin (Shiga-like toxin) production with enterohemolysin production in strains of Escherichia coli

Lothar Beutin, Maria Augusta Santos Montenegro, I Orskóv +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Sixty-four verotoxin-producing (VT+) Escherichia coli strains were analyzed for VT1- and VT2-specific DNA sequences and for production of hemolysin. Strains of human origin were of the following...

Brushing Scatterplots

Richard A. Becker, William S. Cleveland

Technometrics

A dynamic graphical method is one in which a data analyst interacts in real time with a data display on a computer graphics terminal. Using a screen input device such as a mouse, the analyst can...

All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middale Ages to the Present

Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Stephen Mennell

The American Historical Review

Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Civilizing of Appetite 3. Potages and Potlatch: Eating in the Middle Ages 4. From Renaissance to Revolution: Court and Country Food 5. From Renaissance to Revolution:...

Calcium and Cell Function

Elsevier eBooks

Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Terry Smith

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Mineral Tolerance of Domestic Animals

National Research Council

National Academies Press eBooks

Refection, a Transmissible Change in the Intestinal Content, enabling Rats to grow and thrive without Vitamin B in the Food

L. S. Fridericia, Poul Freudenthal, S. Gudjonnsson +2

Journal of Hygiene

1. When refected rats are fed on adequate diet, containing vitamin B in the form of yeast, the defect in their starch-digestion disappears, and their faeces become normal. 2. Attempts to cause...

Targeting cancer vulnerabilities with high-dose vitamin C

Bryan Ngo, Justin Van Riper, Lewis C. Cantley +1

Nature reviews. Cancer

Recent advances in emulsion-based delivery approaches for curcumin: From encapsulation to bioaccessibility

Andrea Araiza‐Calahorra, Mahmood Akhtar, Anwesha Sarkar

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Application of plant derived compounds to control fungal spoilage and mycotoxin production in foods

Lucía da Cruz Cabral, Virginia Fernández Pinto, Andrea Patriarca

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Drinking water quality and human health risk in Charsadda district, Pakistan

Sardar Khan, Maria Shahnaz, Noor Jehan +3

Journal of Cleaner Production

Control of Salmonella in foods by using essential oils: A review

Vivek K. Bajpai, Kwang‐Hyun Baek, Sun Chul Kang

Food Research International

Modified Gellan Gum hydrogels with tunable physical and mechanical properties

Daniela F. Coutinho, Shilpa Sant, Hyeongho Shin +5

Biomaterials

Validation of the Caprini Risk Assessment Model in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Patients

Christopher J. Pannucci, Steven H. Bailey, George Dreszer +11

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

The Caprini RAM effectively risk-stratifies plastic and reconstructive surgery patients for VTE risk. Among patients with Caprini score >8, 11.3% have a postoperative VTE when chemoprophylaxis is not...

Double Emulsions Stabilized by Food Biopolymers

Eric Dickinson

Food Biophysics

Increased Short- and Long-Term Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Salmonella or Campylobacter Gastroenteritis

Kim Oren Gradel, Hans Linde Nielsen, Hans Linde Nielsen +5

Gastroenterology

Vibrios as causal agents of zoonoses

Brian Austin

Veterinary Microbiology

Vibrios are Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria that are widespread in the coastal and estuarine environments. Some species, e.g. Vibrio anguillarum and V. tapetis, comprise serious pathogens of...

Structural Biology of Copper Trafficking

Amie K. Boal, Amy C. Rosenzweig

Chemical Reviews

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVReviewNEXTStructural Biology of Copper TraffickingAmie K. Boal and Amy C. Rosenzweig*View Author Information Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell...

Genome-Wide Association Study of Plasma Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the InCHIANTI Study

Toshiko Tanaka, Jian Shen, Gonçalo R. Abecasis +9

PLoS Genetics

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) have a role in many physiological processes, including energy production, modulation of inflammation, and maintenance of cell membrane integrity. High plasma PUFA...

High plasma levels of soluble P-selectin are predictive of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients: results from the Vienna Cancer and Thrombosis Study (CATS)

Cihan Ay, Ralph Simanek, Rainer Vormittag +8

Blood

Cancer patients are at high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Laboratory parameters with a predictive value for VTE could help stratify patients into high- or low-risk groups. The cell adhesion...

Salmonellosis Outcomes Differ Substantially by Serotype

Timothy F. Jones, L. Amanda Ingram, Paul R. Cieslak +6

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Salmonella serotypes are closely related genetically yet differ significantly in their pathogenic potentials. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for this may be key to a more general...

The Role of Nutrients in Bone Health, from A to Z

Cristina Palacios

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Osteoporosis is a major public health problem, affecting millions of individuals. Dietary intake is an important modifiable factor for bone health. Inadequate intake of nutrients important to bone...

Laparotomy versus Peritoneal Drainage for Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Perforation

Richard L. Moss, Reed A. Dimmitt, Douglas C. Barnhart +15

New England Journal of Medicine

Background: Perforated necrotizing enterocolitis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in premature infants, and the optimal treatment is uncertain. We designed this multicenter randomized...

Bitter taste markers explain variability in vegetable sweetness, bitterness, and intake

M.E. Dinehart, John E. Hayes, Linda M. Bartoshuk +2

Physiology & Behavior

MEN, MEAT, AND MARRIAGE: MODELS OF MASCULINITY

Jeffery Sobal

Food and Foodways

Abstract Gender permeates all aspects of life, including foodlife, and can be examined using singular and multiple models of genderedness. Singular models of masculinity gender-type foods as...

Using probiotics and prebiotics to improve gut health

Kieran Tuohy, Hollie M. Probert, Chris W Smejkal +1

Drug Discovery Today

Water sorption isotherms of foods and foodstuffs: BET or GAB parameters?

Ernesto O. Timmermann, J. Chirife, HÉCTOR A. IGLESIAS

Journal of Food Engineering

A prospective survey of nutritional support practices in intensive care unit patients: What is prescribed? What is delivered?

Bernard De Jonghe, Corinne Appere-De-Vechi, M Fournier +4

Critical Care Medicine

An inadequate delivery of enteral nutrition and a low rate of nutrition prescription resulted in low caloric intake in our intensive care unit patients. A large volume of enterally administered...

Genotyping of <i>Campylobacter</i> spp

Trudy M. Wassenaar, Diane G. Newell

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

method. The major disadvantages of both of these techniques are the high number of untypeable strains and the time-consuming and technically demanding requirements of the techniques. Production and...

An Overview of Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics in the Functional Food Concept: Perspectives and Future Strategies

Cherie J. Ziemer, Glenn R. Gibson

International Dairy Journal

Preparation and Functional Properties of Rice Bran Protein Isolate

M. Wang, Navam Hettiarachchy, Mingming Qi +2

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Rice bran protein isolate (RBPI) containing approximately 92.0% protein was prepared from unstabilized and defatted rice bran using phytase and xylanase. The yield of RBPI increased from 34% to 74.6%...

A new route of transmission for Escherichia coli: infection from dry fermented salami.

John Tilden, W.A. Young, A M McNamara +8

American Journal of Public Health

Dry fermented salami can serve as a vehicle of transmission for O157:H7 strains. Our investigation and prior laboratory studies suggest that E. coli O157:H7 can survive currently accepted processing...

In Vivo Indexes of Platelet and Vascular Function during Fish-Oil Administration in Patients with Atherosclerosis

Howard R. Knapp, Irene A.G. Reilly, P Alessandrini +1

New England Journal of Medicine

Populations that consume a diet rich in marine lipids may have a lower risk of atherosclerotic disease. Fish oil contains the N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid eicosapentaenoate, and the biosynthesis of...

Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

Manfred Kluge, Irwin P. Ting

Ecological studies