The World Health Organization recommends assessing human exposure to contaminants on a regular basis. In order to assess the current dietary exposure of the Belgian adult population to PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs and to update exposure estimates of 2000-2001, a total diet study was designed. The mean dietary intake of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in the Belgian adult population in 2008 was est...

The thermic effect (TEF) of vegetarian meals was easured for breakfast and lunch in 6 lean healthy men (18-25 years) during normal feeding (NF) and with 20% overfeeding (OF) on 28 successive days. The energy contents of breakfast were 223 +10 and 330 +48 kcal, and those of lunch were 1,033 +22and 1,247 +222 kcal in NF and OF, respectively. In NF, the TEF per 180 min was 32.7 +8.6 and 54.8 +6.3 ...

BACKGROUND The thermic effect of food (TEF) is higher in lean than in obese human subjects. OBJECTIVE Relationships between TEF and insulin resistance during meals, from the point of view of autonomic nervous activity, were evaluated. METHODS Autonomic nervous activity was evaluated in 20 young adults using the spectral analysis of heart rate variability from one hour before to two hours af...

Genetic improvement of native crops is a new and promising strategy to combat hunger in the developing world. Tef is the major staple food crop for approximately 50 million people in Ethiopia. As an indigenous cereal, it is well adapted to diverse climatic and soil conditions; however, its productivity is extremely low mainly due to susceptibility to lodging. Tef has a tall and weak stem, liabl...

Tef head smudge disease caused by Helmintosporium miyakei is among the widely distributed tef in Ethiopia. Currently, an evaluation of different fungicides for control and yield loss quantification very crucial. Therefore, this study aimed to identify effective fungicide(s) quantify pathogen country. The experiment was conducted at Negelle Arsi on farmers’ field from 2020 2021 sho...

The soilborne fungus Rhizoctonia solani is a pathogen of many plants and causes severe damage in crops around the world. Strains of R. solani from the anastomosis group (AG) 3 attack potatoes, leading to great yield losses and to the downgrading of production. The study of the genetic diversity of the strains of R. solani in France allows the structure of the populations to be determined and ad...

In recombination-proficient organisms, chiasmata appear to mediate associations between homologs at metaphase of meiosis I. It is less clear how homolog associations are maintained in organisms that lack recombination, such as male Drosophila. In lieu of chiasmata and synaptonemal complexes, there must be molecules that balance poleward forces exerted across homologous centromeres. Here we desc...

[Purpose] To investigate the influence of the level of spinal cord injury on the thermic effect of food intake (TEF) in persons with thoracic spinal cord injury. [Subjects and Methods] Seven male subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI; age, 40 ± 6 years) and six able-bodied subjects (AB; age, 37 ± 8 years) volunteered to participate in the present study. The subjects consumed an identical test m...