C. N. Wiens, B. T. Addeman, S. J. Kisch, C. D. Hines, H. Yu, J. H. Brittain, S. B. Reeder, and C. A. McKenzie Physics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Radiology, ...

In 1998 the American Academy of Forensic Sciences celebrated its first 50 years of operation at its Golden Anniversary Meeting in San Francisco. In anticipation of that event, in 1991 the Academy created a committee to prepare a history of the organization. One of the products of that committee was a book, the principal author of which was one of the authors of this review (KSF). The theme of t...

Aim: This study investigates the prevalence of Listeria spp. in fresh produce sold in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Background: L. monocytogenes is a common pathogenic bacterium that can be present and grow on fresh produce. Therefore, systematic risk assessment is needed to avoid a food safety scare. Results: Microbiological analysis to detect Listeria spp. in fresh produce samples sho...

Introduction: Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) leaves and flowers were used to develop thymo-rutin green tea. The process involved cultivation of buckwheat collection of flowers and leaves after flowering and collection of wild thymus leaves and flowers. Materials and Methods: The leaves and flowers washed and pass through steam to fix color and kept in solar h...

Aim: This study develops a quantitative ELISA for measuring Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2) produced by Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), including foodborne pathogen E. coli O157:H7 by all commercially available reagents. Background: Most foodborne outbreak strains of STEC produce Stx2a, Stx2c or both, which are more frequently associated with human clinical cases, leading to severe ga...

Background: Dietary therapy through a low-protein diet (LPD) has long been used for preserving the renal function of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Reducing the amount of protein ingested from rice would make it possible to allocate the difference to side dishes, thereby improving the quality of meals and facilitating adherence to LPD. Methods: Forica Foods Co., Ltd., Uonuma City, ...

Autophagy, a self-eating mechanism for recycling cellular constituents, is essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis and its malfunction is associated with diverse diseases including neurodegeneration, cancer, immunity and metabolic syndrome. Human Obesity is a devastating multifactorial disease with continuous increasing prevalence and, thus, there is a need for more extensive research us...

Affiliations: Tatiana Christides, Department of Life and Sports Science, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom David Wray, Department of Pharmaceutical, Chemical & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom Richard McBride, Department of Life and Sports Science, Faculty of Engineering & Science, Universit...

Gerda K. Pot*, Suzana Almoosawi and Alison M. Stephen Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije University Amsterdam, Section of Health and Life, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands King’s College London, Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, School of Medicine, Franklin-Wilkins Building, London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK Institute of Health & Society and H...