This publication uses national, quarterly data to examine U.S. meat demand using the Rotterdam model. The analysis provides insights into beef demand and previously unexamined topics including the effect of multiple information indices linking different health concerns with diet, changes in household dynamics, and meat recall information. Estimation results confirmed that consumer expenditures ...

BACKGROUND Consumer perception of the healthiness of beef is an important determinant of beef consumption. However, little is known about how consumers perceive the healthiness of beef. The aim of this study is to shed light on the associations between beef and health. METHODS Eight focus group discussions were conducted in four European countries (France, UK, Germany, Spain), each consisting...

The present study investigated the effect of sumac (SWE) and Rosemary water extracts (RWE) on microbial growth in ground beef meat during refrigerated storage. The meat samples were explored for changes in TVC, E.coli (0157:H7) and S.aureus populations. Antimicrobial effectiveness of extracts was more pronounced against Gram-positive strain compared with Gram-negative strain. Antimicrobial impa...

A., Sivina, M., Ferrajoli, A., Ravandi, F., Wierda, W.G., O’Brien, S., Keating, M.J. & Burger, J.A. (2012) Selective, novel spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibitors suppress chronic lymphocytic leukemia B-cell activation and migration. Leukemia, 26, 1576–1583. Ponader, S., Chen, S.S., Buggy, J.J., Balakrishnan, K., Gandhi, V., Wierda, W.G., Keating, M.J., O’Brien, S., Chiorazzi, N. & Burger, J.A...

The presence of hyperglycemia-producing properties in pancreatic extracts and commercial insulin preparations was noted as early as 1923.'9"N, However, FisherM believed the hyperglycemic activity resided in a "toxic fraction" which was also responsible for the local irritation and sterile abscesses associated with insulin therapy; and Collip's extracts'9 produced an unusually prolonged hypergly...

The beef cattle investment decision provides an excellent opportunity to increase the economic efficiency of beef cattle production. The investment questions that face beef cattle producers are of interest to beef cattle producers, educators, and financial institutions involved in lending to beef cattle producing firms. This study develops a decision support aid utilizing expert system technolo...

In order to estimate demand elasticities of source differentiated beef in South Korea, this study used the quantity of an endogenous demand system derived through maximizing the economic welfare of market participants including local beef consumers and local and foreign beef suppliers. The demand system is then weighted with respect to quality adjustment parameters to identify the effects of qu...

in this study, quality characteristics of incorporated burgers containing 25, 50, 75 and 100 common carp (cyprinus carpio) surimi was evaluated. accordingly, proximate composition, texture profile analysis (tpa), color, water holding capacity (whc) and sensory attributes of resulted burgers were determined. based on data, burgers containing surimi showed lower amount of protein, fat and ash com...