Exopolysaccharides (EPS) synthesized by lactic acid bacteria (LAB) play a major role in the manufacturing of fermented dairy products such as yoghurt, drinking yoghurt, cheese, fermented cream, milk based desserts. The demand of consumers for natural dairy products with a smooth...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6948
Aims: The salty taste modality is modulated by epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) and Transient Receptor Potential Vanniloid (TRPV1) ionic channel and more recently, the gastric hormone ghrelin and its signaling system are also thought to play a role. Taste perception plays an impo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/5906
Background: Fruit consumption helps to promote health and prevent chronic diseases. Adequate knowledge of the determinants of fruit intake is necessary in order to be more effective in promoting its intake among adolescents. Objective: This study aimed to examine the determinants...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/5087
Bioavailability of calcium, phosphorus and Zinc from probiotic dairy foods and other food sources has been an important issue of studies over recent years. The aim of the present study was designed to asses and to compare therapeutic effect of milk yoghurt and soy yoghurt contain...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6856
Recent development of widely reported incidents of dangerous levels of pesticides in food, fertilizer contamination of ground water and the occurrence of livestock diseases attributable to the production methods of large scale agriculture have stimulated the demand for organic fo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6498
The effect of chronic exposure to petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) pollution on the concentrations of glucose, serum and liver malondialdehyde (MDA), protein carbonyl and the histology of liver tissues of the native fowl (Gallus domesticus) from Egbema in the Niger Delta Area (NDA)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/7336
Aim: Using fluoride releasing materials such as Glass Ionomer Cement (GIC), can control the demineralization around brackets. In this study, the shear bond strength of resin reinforced GIC modified by Nano-hydroxyapatite (NHA) on ceramic bracket debonding is evaluated. In additio...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8560
A very simple, ultra-sensitive and highly selective non-extractive spectrophotometric method is present for the determination of manganese at trace level using bis(2-hydroxy-1-napthaldehyde) orthophenylenediamine (HNA-OPD-HNA) has been proposed as new analytical reagent for the d...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7313
Kinetics of palladium (II) catalyzed oxidation of D-(+) galactose by cerium (IV) have been studied titrimetrically in aqueous acidic medium in the temperature range 308-333 K. The reaction has been found to be first order with respect to D-(+) galactose in catalyzed reactions. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7223
In this paper the current density J(r) and safety factor q(r), profiles are obtained for circular cross section HT-7 tokomak. For this purpose discrete poloidal magnetic probes along with the diamagnetic loop can be utilized for the measurement. Here Plasma internal inductance i...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/8138
Aims: The study aim was to develop the perceived support for innovation scale, and compare the students from only child and multiple children families in a Chinese university on this scale. Study design: This was a cross sectional survey design. Place and Duration of Study: Schoo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7219
The immune system consists in part of a functionally competent T-cell repertoire that is reactive to foreign antigens but tolerant to self-antigens. The repertoire of T cells is primarily formed in the thymus through positive and negative selection of developing thymocytes that a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6481
Patrícia Trevisan, Rafael Fabiano Machado Rosa, Rosana Cardoso Manique Rosa, Dayane Bohn Koshiyama, Giorgio Adriano Paskulin & Paulo Ricardo Gazzola Zen·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Introduction: The importance of cytogenetics in neoplastic processes such as leukemia is known. In 1914, Theodor Boveri suggested that chromosomal abnormalities were cellular alterations that cause the transition from normal to malignant proliferation. Over the course of several...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7989
Aims: To investigate the biochemical changes that occurred when T. occidentalis seedlings are exposed to some heavy metals [mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium Re(Cd)] at varying concentrations: 50, 80 and 100 μg/dm3 respectively over a period of time. Study Design: Randomized co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7063
Aims: This study aimed to assess the levels of dental anxiety among dental, medical, and pharmacy students at AL Quds University and to find out the sources of dental fear among them. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: AL Quds University, between June...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6405