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An Inter-Battery Method of Factor Analysis

Ledyard R Tucker

Psychometrika

The inter-battery method of factor analysis was devised to provide information relevant to the stability of factors over different selections of tests. Two batteries of tests, postulated to depend on...

Role of inflammation, immunity, and oxidative stress in hypertension: New insights and potential therapeutic targets

Zenglei Zhang, Lin Zhao, Xingyu Zhou +4

Frontiers in Immunology

Hypertension is regarded as the most prominent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which have become a primary cause of death, and recent research has demonstrated that chronic inflammation is...

Biological Activity of Selenium and Its Impact on Human Health

Giuseppe Genchi, Graziantonio Lauria, Alessia Catalano +2

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring metalloid element essential to human and animal health in trace amounts but it is harmful in excess. Se plays a substantial role in the functioning of the human...

The Potential of Selected Agri-Food Loss and Waste to Contribute to a Circular Economy: Applications in the Food, Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Industries

Lady Laura Del Rio Osorio, Edwin Flórez‐López, Carlos David Grande‐Tovar

Molecules

The food sector includes several large industries such as canned food, pasta, flour, frozen products, and beverages. Those industries transform agricultural raw materials into added-value products....

Effect of alkaline extraction pH on structure properties, solubility, and beany flavor of yellow pea protein isolate

Zili Gao, Peiyi Shen, Yang Lan +4

Food Research International

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with <scp>d</scp> -Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability

Clive Kearon, Kerstin de Wit, Sameer Parpia +13

New England Journal of Medicine

Retrospective analyses suggest that pulmonary embolism is ruled out by a d-dimer level of less than 1000 ng per milliliter in patients with a low clinical pretest probability (C-PTP) and by a d-dimer...

Antibacterial mechanism of oregano essential oil

Haiying Cui, Chenghui Zhang, Changzhu Li +1

Industrial Crops and Products

Supervised Multiblock Analysis in <i>R</i> with the <b>ade4</b> Package

Stéphanie Bougeard, Stéphane Dray

Journal of Statistical Software

This paper presents two novel statistical analyses of multiblock data using the R language. It is designed for data organized in (K + 1) blocks (i.e., tables) consisting of a block of response...

Characterization of food additive-potato starch complexes by FTIR and X-ray diffraction

Iman Dankar, Amira Haddarah, Fawaz El Omar +2

Food Chemistry

Dietary salt promotes neurovascular and cognitive dysfunction through a gut-initiated TH17 response

Giuseppe Faraco, David Brea, Lidia García‐Bonilla +12

Nature Neuroscience

<i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium utilizes a T6SS-mediated antibacterial weapon to establish in the host gut

Thibault G. Sana, Nicolas Flaugnatti, Kyler Lugo +7

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The mammalian gastrointestinal tract is colonized by a high-density polymicrobial community where bacteria compete for niches and resources. One key competition strategy includes cell...

Effect of fatty acids on functional properties of normal wheat and waxy wheat starches: A structural basis

Shujun Wang, Jinrong Wang, Jinglin Yu +1

Food Chemistry

Unlocking Potentials of Microwaves for Food Safety and Quality

Juming Tang

Journal of Food Science

Microwave is an effective means to deliver energy to food through polymeric package materials, offering potential for developing short-time in-package sterilization and pasteurization processes. The...

Reducing food waste: an investigation on the behaviour of Italian youths

Ludovica Principato, Luca Secondi, Carlo Alberto Pratesi

British Food Journal

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the knowledge of youths concerning food waste as well as to identify factors that influence changes in behaviour concerning food wasted and planning...

Neurodevelopment, nutrition, and growth until 12 mo of age in infants fed a low-energy, low-protein formula supplemented with bovine milk fat globule membranes: a randomized controlled trial

Niklas Timby, Erik Domellöf, Olle Hernell +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Meeting the food and nutrition needs of the poor: the role of fish and the opportunities and challenges emerging from the rise of aquaculture^a

M.C.M. Beveridge, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Michael J. Phillips +3

Journal of Fish Biology

People who are food and nutrition insecure largely reside in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and for many, fish represents a rich source of protein, micronutrients and essential fatty acids. The...

Pullulan: An exopolysaccharide and its various applications

Vipul D. Prajapati, Girish K. Jani, Simin M. Khanda

Carbohydrate Polymers

Microencapsulation of bifidobacteria by spray drying in the presence of prebiotics

Carlise Beddin Fritzen‐Freire, Elane Schwinden Prudêncio, Renata Dias de Mello Castanho Amboni +3

Food Research International

Crystal structure of a copper-transporting PIB-type ATPase

Pontus Gourdon, Xiangyu Liu, Tina Skjørringe +4

Nature

The Neurophysiology and Pathology of Brain Zinc

Stefano L. Sensi, Pierre Paoletti, Jae‐Young Koh +3

Journal of Neuroscience

Our understanding of the roles played by zinc in the physiological and pathological functioning of the brain is rapidly expanding. The increased availability of genetically modified animal models,...

Towards a maximal cell survival in convective thermal drying processes

Nan Fu, Xiao Dong Chen

Food Research International

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Abstract Endemic and epidemic group A meningococcal meningitis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the availability of the safe and inexpensive group A...

Real-time chemical responses in the nucleus accumbens differentiate rewarding and aversive stimuli

Mitchell F. Roitman, Robert Wheeler, R. Mark Wightman +1

Nature Neuroscience

Campylobacter flagella: not just for motility

Patricia Guerry

Trends in Microbiology

Transmissibility of cholera: <i>In vivo</i> -formed biofilms and their relationship to infectivity and persistence in the environment

Shah M. Faruque, Kuntal Biswas, S. M. Nashir Udden +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The factors that enhance the waterborne spread of bacterial epidemics and sustain the epidemic strain in nature are unclear. Although the epidemic diarrheal disease cholera is known to be transmitted...

Sorption isotherms and isosteric heat of sorption for grapes, apricots, apples and potatoes

Figen Kaymak‐Ertekin, Atıl Gedik

LWT

Lactobacillus GG effect in increasing IFN-γ production in infants with cow's milk allergy

Emma Pohjavuori, Mirva Viljanen, Riitta Korpela +4

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Probiotics as Biotherapeutic Agents: Present Knowledge and Future Prospects

Annick Mercenier, Sonia Pavan, Bruno Pot

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Since the early observations of Elie Metchnikoff, a wealth of experiments have described the use of selected microorganisms, mainly belonging to the lactic acid bacteria family, for the prevention or...

Association of denatured whey proteins with casein micelles in heated reconstituted skim milk and its effect on casein micelle size

Skelte G. Anema, Yuming Li

Journal of Dairy Research

When skim milk at pH 6.55 was heated (75 to 100 degrees C for up to 60 min), the casein micelle size, as monitored by photon correlation spectroscopy, was found to increase during the initial stages...

Inhibition of Carcinogenesis by Conjugated Linoleic Acid: Potential Mechanisms of Action

Martha A. Belury

Journal of Nutrition

Starch Granule-Associated Proteins and Polypeptides: A Review

Paul M. Baldwin

Starch - Stärke

This paper reviews current information regarding the (non-gluten) proteins which are naturally located in and on starch granules, and which are termed starch granule associated proteins (SGAPs). At...

THE MORPHOLOGY OF SPRAY-DRIED PARTICLES A QUALITATIVE VIEW

D.E. Walton

Drying Technology

ABSTRACT Industrial and pilot plant spray-dried materials were obtained from various manufacturers and qualitatively examined in order to identify structural and morphological features. Three...

A High-Affinity Iron Permease Essential for <i>Candida albicans</i> Virulence

Narendrakumar Ramanan, Yue Wang

Science

Microbial pathogens must compete with the iron-withholding defense systems of their host to acquire this essential nutrient. Here, two high-affinity iron permease genes, CaFTR1 and CaFTR2, were...

Probiotics and gastrointestinal health

S. L. Gorbach

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Evidence for positive health benefits of Lactobacilli applies to only a few strains used for commercial applications. It is generally agreed that a probiotic must be capable of colonizing the...

Adhesion of the positively charged bacterium Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia 70401 to glass and Teflon

Barbara A. Jucker, Hauke Harms, Alexander J. B. Zehnder

Journal of Bacteriology

Medical implants are often colonized by bacteria which may cause severe infections. The initial step in the colonization, the adhesion of bacteria to the artificial solid surface, is governed mainly...

Gas Cell Stabilisation and Gas Retention in Wheat Bread Dough

Z. Gan, Peter R. Ellis, J.D. Schofield

Journal of Cereal Science

Inhibition of 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide-induced rat tongue carcinogenesis by the naturally occurring plant phenolics caffeic, ellagic, chlorogenic and ferulic acids

Takuji Tanaka, Toshihiro Kojima, Toshihiko Kawamori +4

Carcinogenesis

The modifying effects of dietary administration of the plant phenolic antioxidants caffeic acid (CA), ellagic acid (EA), chlorogenic acid (CGA) and ferulic acid (FA) during the initiation phase on...

Biological functions of oligosaccharides in human milk

Clemens Kunz, Silvia Rudloff

Acta Paediatrica

Enzymatic synthesis of acrylamide: a success story not yet over

Michihiko Kobayashi, Tôru Nagasawa, Hideaki Yamada

Trends in biotechnology

Antibacterial activity of mupirocin (pseudomonic acid), a new antibiotic for topical use

R. Sutherland, Ron Boon, Karen E. Griffin +3

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Mupirocin (pseudomonic acid A), an antibiotic produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens, showed a high level of activity against staphylococci and streptococci and against certain gram-negative bacteria,...

Regulation, linkage, and sequence of mouse metallothionein I and II genes.

Peter F. Searle, Barry L. Davison, Gary W. Stuart +3

Molecular and Cellular Biology

The mouse metallothionein II (MT-II) gene is located approximately 6 kilobases upstream of the MT-I gene. A comparison of the sequences of mouse MT-I and MT-II genes (as well as those of other...

Dental Sensory Receptors

Margaret R. Byers

International review of neurobiology

Metabolic disorders in severe abdominal sepsis: Glutamine deficiency in skeletal muscle

Erich Roth, Martin Funovics, F Mühlbacher +4

Clinical Nutrition

An Occidental Case of Cardiomyopathy and Selenium Deficiency

Robert A. Johnson, Susan S. Baker, John T. Fallon +5

New England Journal of Medicine

SELENIUM is a trace element that until recently has been considered unimportant in human nutrition, except when ingested in excessive amounts.1 During the past decade, Chinese investigators have...

Campylobacter Enteritis

Martin J. Blaser, L. Barth Reller

New England Journal of Medicine

IN less than a decade, Campylobacter jejuni has emerged from obscurity as a veterinary pathogen1 to recognition as a leading cause of enteritis in human beings.2 3 4 5 6 When proper culture...

Na, Cl, and Water Transport by Rat Ileum <i>in Vitro </i>

Peter F. Curran

The Journal of General Physiology

Interrelationships between metabolism, NaCl transport, and water transport have been studied in an in vitro preparation of rat ileum. When glucose is present in the mucosal solution, Na and Cl both...

Lactic Acid Bacteria as Antimicrobial Agents: Food Safety and Microbial Food Spoilage Prevention

Salam A. Ibrahim, Raphael D. Ayivi, Tahl Zimmerman +5

Foods

In the wake of continual foodborne disease outbreaks in recent years, it is critical to focus on strategies that protect public health and reduce the incidence of foodborne pathogens and spoilage...