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The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food‐borne outbreaks in 2014

European Food Safety Authority

EFSA Journal

This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of the zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2014 in 32...

Screening for Occult Cancer in Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism

Marc Carrier, Alejandro Lazo‐Langner, Sudeep Shivakumar +16

New England Journal of Medicine

The prevalence of occult cancer was low among patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism. Routine screening with CT of the abdomen and pelvis did not provide a clinically significant...

Campylobacter jejuni Is Not Merely a Commensal in Commercial Broiler Chickens and Affects Bird Welfare

Suzanne Humphrey, Gemma Chaloner, Kirsty Kemmett +5

mBio

Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial food-borne infection; chicken meat is its main source. C. jejuni is considered commensal in chickens based on experimental models...

QuEChERS sample preparation for the determination of pesticides and other organic residues in environmental matrices: a critical review

Maria Concetta Bruzzoniti, Leonardo Checchini, Rosa Maria De Carlo +3

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Camphor—A Fumigant during the Black Death and a Coveted Fragrant Wood in Ancient Egypt and Babylon—A Review

Weiyang Chen, Ilze Vermaak, Alvaro Viljoen

Molecules

The fragrant camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) and its products, such as camphor oil, have been coveted since ancient times. Having a rich history of traditional use, it was particularly used as a...

Origins of Grape and Wine Aroma. Part 1. Chemical Components and Viticultural Impacts

Anthony L. Robinson, Paul K. Boss, Peter S. Solomon +3

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Wine is an ancient beverage and has been prized throughout time for its unique and pleasing flavor. Wine flavor arises from a mixture of hundreds of chemical components interacting with our sense...

Ellagic acid encapsulated chitosan nanoparticles for drug delivery system in human oral cancer cell line (KB)

Vadivel Arulmozhi, K. Pandian, Sankaran Mirunalini

Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces

Antioxidant and cytotoxic effect of biologically synthesized selenium nanoparticles in comparison to selenium dioxide

Hamid Forootanfar, Mahboubeh Adeli‐Sardou, Maryam Nikkhoo +4

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Effects of Thymol and Carvacrol, Constituents of<i>Thymus vulgaris</i>L. Essential Oil, on the Inflammatory Response

Fernanda Carolina Fachini-Queiroz, Raquel Kummer, Camila Fernanda Estevão-Silva +5

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L., Lamiaceae) is an aromatic and medicinal plant that has been used in folk medicine, phytopharmaceutical preparations, food preservatives, and as an aromatic ingredient. The...

Food and drink waste from households in the UK

Tom Quested, Andrew D. Parry, Sophie Easteal +1

Nutrition Bulletin

Summary Reducing the amount of food and drink that is wasted is a key element in developing a sustainable food system. In the UK, the largest contribution to food waste is from homes: 8.3 million...

Effect of Vitamin K2 Supplementation on Functional Vitamin K Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Trial

Ralf Westenfeld, Thilo Krueger, Georg Schlieper +9

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Preventing Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Patients Undergoing Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Michael A. Mont, Joshua J. Jacobs, Lisa Boggio +11

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

This guideline supersedes a prior one from 2007 on a similar topic. The work group evaluated the available literature concerning various aspects of patient screening, risk factor assessment, and...

Mechanism of Antifungal Activity of Terpenoid Phenols Resembles Calcium Stress and Inhibition of the TOR Pathway

Anjana Rao, Yongqiang Zhang, Sabina Muend +1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Terpenoid phenols, including carvacrol, are components of oregano and other plant essential oils that exhibit potent antifungal activity against a wide range of pathogens, including Candida albicans,...

Identification and profiling of volatile metabolites of the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma atroviride by HS-SPME-GC-MS

Norbert Stoppacher, Bernhard Kluger, Susanne Zeilinger +2

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Enrichment of ice cream with dietary fibre: Effects on rheological properties, ice crystallisation and glass transition phenomena

Christos Soukoulis, Dimitra Lebesi, Constantina Tzia

Food Chemistry

The incidence of venous thromboembolism among patients with primary lung cancer

Helen K. Chew, Angela M. Davies, Theodore Wun +3

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Fructan and Free Fructose Content of Common Australian Vegetables and Fruit

Jane G. Muir, Susan Shepherd, Ourania Rosella +3

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Fructans are not digested in the small intestines of humans. While many health benefits have been attributed to these carbohydrates, they can cause gastrointestinal symptoms in some individuals. We...

Sorption of selenium(IV) and selenium(VI) onto natural iron oxides: Goethite and hematite

Miquel Rovira, Javier Giménez, María Martínez Martínez +4

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Adaptation to the host environment: regulation of the SPI1 type III secretion system in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Jeremy R. Ellermeier, James M. Slauch

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Optimization of Viscozyme L-assisted extraction of oat bran protein using response surface methodology

Xiao Guan, Huiyuan Yao

Food Chemistry

Biodiversity and nutrition: A common path toward global food security and sustainable development

Álvaro Toledo, Barbara Burlingame

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Alive and Dead Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Decrease Tumor Necrosis Factor-α–Induced Interleukin-8 Production in Caco-2 Cells

Liyan Zhang, Nan Li, Ricardo A. Caicedo +1

Journal of Nutrition

The effect of plasticizers on thermoplastic starch compositions obtained by melt processing

Alessandra Luzia Da Róz, Antônio J. F. Carvalho, Alessandro Gandini +1

Carbohydrate Polymers

A Systematic Review of Strategies to Improve Prophylaxis for Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitals

Rebecca Tooher, Philippa Middleton, Clarabelle T. Pham +4

Annals of Surgery

Passive dissemination of guidelines is unlikely to improve VTE prophylaxis practice. A number of active strategies used together, which incorporate some method for reminding clinicians to assess...

In-Depth Mechanistic Study on the Formation of Acrylamide and Other Vinylogous Compounds by the Maillard Reaction

Richard H. Stadler, Fabien Robert, Sonja Riediker +6

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The formation of acrylamide was studied in low-moisture Maillard model systems (180 degrees C, 5 min) based on asparagine, reducing sugars, Maillard intermediates, and sugar degradation products. We...

<i>Legionella</i> Effectors That Promote Nonlytic Release from Protozoa

John Chen, Karim Suwwan de Felipe, Margaret Clarke +4

Science

Legionella pneumophila, the bacterial agent of legionnaires' disease, replicates intracellularly within a specialized vacuole of mammalian and protozoan host cells. Little is known about the...

Environmental and food applications of LC–tandem mass spectrometry in pesticide‐residue analysis: An overview

Yolanda Picó, Cristina Blasco, Guillermina Font

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

An overview is given on pesticide-residue determination in environmental and food samples by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). Pesticides comprise a large number...

Probiotics and Prebiotics

Przemysław Tomasik, Piotr Tomasik, Piotr Tomasik +1

Cereal Chemistry

ABSTRACT Probiotics, bacteria from the genera Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus , and yeast, Saccharomyces , as well as prebiotics belonging to the group of dietary fiber (inulin with low degree of...

Effect of particle sizes on functional properties of dietary fibre prepared from sugarcane bagasse

Arpathsra Sangnark, Athapol Noomhorm

Food Chemistry

Pediocin PA-1, a Wide-Spectrum Bacteriocin from Lactic Acid Bacteria

Juan M. Rodrı́guez, M. Martínez, Jan Kok

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Pediocin PA-1 is a broad-spectrum lactic acid bacteria bacteriocin that shows a particularly strong activity against Listeria monocytogenes, a foodborne pathogen of special concern among the food...

Risk of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome After Antibiotic Treatment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Enteritis

Nasia Safdar, Adnan Said, Ronald E. Gangnon +1

JAMA

Our meta-analysis did not show a higher risk of HUS associated with antibiotic administration. A randomized trial of adequate power, with multiple distinct strains of E coli O157:H7 represented, is...

TonB-Dependent Systems of Uropathogenic<i>Escherichia coli</i>: Aerobactin and Heme Transport and TonB Are Required for Virulence in the Mouse

Alfredo G. Torres, Peter Redford, Rodney A. Welch +1

Infection and Immunity

The uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain CFT073 has multiple iron acquisition systems, including heme and siderophore transporters. A tonB mutant derivative of CFT073 failed to use heme as an iron...

Influence of complex nutrients, temperature and pH on bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus sakei CCUG 42687

Inga Marie Aasen, Trond Møretrø, Tone Katla +2

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

A Role for the Mannose-Sensitive Hemagglutinin in Biofilm Formation by <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> El Tor

Paula I. Watnick, Karla Jean Fullner, Roberto Kolter

Journal of Bacteriology

While much has been learned regarding the genetic basis of host-pathogen interactions, less is known about the molecular basis of a pathogen's survival in the environment. Biofilm formation on...

Genetic Determinants of Sleep Regulation in Inbred Mice

Paul Franken, Alain Malafosse, Mehdi Tafti

SLEEP

Genetic variation in the expression and regulation of sleep was assessed in six inbred mice strains (AK, C, B6, BR, D2, 129). The amount, distribution, and fragmentation of the behavioral states...

Mortality in severely malnourished children with diarrhoea and use of a standardised management protocol

Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Mofiz Ullah +6

The Lancet

Consumer preferences for fresh and aged apples: a cross-cultural comparison

Sara R. Jaeger, Z. Andani, Ian Wakeling +1

Food Quality and Preference

Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West.

Jesse F. Battan, Peter N. Stearns

Journal of American History

Journal Article Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West. By Peter N. Stearns. (New York: New York University Press, 1997. xvi, 294 pp. $25.95, ISBN 0-8147-8069-5) Get access Jesse F. Battan...

Longitudinal Study of<i>Escherichia coli</i>O157:H7 Dissemination on Four Dairy Farms in Wisconsin

J. A. Shere, K. J. Bartlett, Charles W. Kaspar

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A 14-month longitudinal study was conducted on four dairy farms (C, H, R, and X) in Wisconsin to ascertain the source(s) and dissemination of Escherichia coli O157:H7. A cohort of 15 heifer calves...

Zap1p, a Metalloregulatory Protein Involved in Zinc-Responsive Transcriptional Regulation in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>

Hui Zhao, David Eide

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Zinc ion homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is controlled primarily through the transcriptional regulation of zinc uptake systems in response to intracellular zinc levels. A high-affinity uptake...

A prospective epidemiological study of gastrointestinal health effects due to the consumption of drinking water

Pierre Payment, Jack Siemiatycki, Lesley Richardson +3

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

The objective of this study was to assess if drinking water meeting currently accepted microbiological standards is the source of gastrointestinal illnesses and to attempt to identify the source(s)...

Comparison of 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequences of All Xanthomonas Species

Lysiane Hauben, L. Vauterin, Jean Swings +1

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

The phylogenetic relationships of all validly described species of the genus Xanthomonas and the type strain of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia were analyzed by sequencing and comparing 16S ribosomal...

Dietary supplement of neosugar alters the fecal flora and decreases activities of some reductive enzymes in human subjects

Randal K. Buddington, CH Williams, S-C Chen +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Formation, analysis, structure and properties of type III enzyme resistant starch

R. C. Eerlingen, Jan A. Delcour

Journal of Cereal Science

Projective mapping: A tool for sensory analysis and consumer research

Einar Risvik, Jean A. McEwan, Janet S. Colwill +2

Food Quality and Preference

Ascorbic acid in the brain

Richard A. Grünewald

Brain Research Reviews

Endothelial heterogeneity in Shiga toxin receptors and responses

Tom G. Obrig, C B Louise, Clifford A. Lingwood +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

This study addresses the basis for regional microvascular susceptibility to bacterial toxins implicated in hemolytic uremic syndrome. The results indicate a relationship between the degree of Shiga...

Molecular epidemiologic evidence for association of thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) and TDH-related hemolysin of Vibrio parahaemolyticus with gastroenteritis

Hidekazu SHIRAI, Hisashi Itô, Takashi Hirayama +5

Infection and Immunity

The Kanagawa phenomenon induced by the thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus is almost exclusively associated with clinical strains, and TDH has been considered an important...

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis 65-kilodalton antigen is a heat shock protein which corresponds to common antigen and to the Escherichia coli GroEL protein

Thomas M. Shinnick, Michael H. Vodkin, John C. Williams

Infection and Immunity

Monoclonal hybridoma antibodies directed against a 65-kilodalton (kDa) mycobacterial protein could detect similarly sized antigens in many other bacterial species. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the...

Pleasantness changes and food intake in a varied four-course meal

Barbara J. Rolls, P.M. Van Duijvenvoorde, Edmund T. Rolls

Appetite