Storage conditions significantly affect the quality of natto, a fermented soybean food produced with Bacillus subtilis (natto). We investigated relationship between natto and storage temperature. Manufactured samples were stored at 5–20 °C for 20 days, on every 5th day we evaluated following: 1) viable bacterial number, 2) ammonia nitrogen, 3) free amino acids, 4) gamma-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA...

The articles that comprise this special edition of the Health Care Financing Review cover a wide range of topics pertaining to the public reporting of health care quality. For many years, CMS and other purchasers have used public reporting of health care quality measures not only for public accountability of plans and providers for the care they provide, but also to assist consumers, health pla...

Reductions in stratospheric ozone (O3) cause increased penetration of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation to the troposphere, and therefore increases in the chemical activity in the lower atmosphere (the troposphere). Tropospheric ozone levels are sensitive to local concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and hydrocarbons. Model studies suggest that additional UV-B radiation reduces tropospheric ozo...

year 2016. The BJCVS, as you know, has implemented major changes, which will surely bring good results to the visibility of our publication, in order to fulfill its destiny to be the only journal of cardiovascular surgery in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America! However, every change leads to some work and routine modifications required for high quality results. One of the positive chan...

Cocoyam tubers were subjected to two processing methods (fermentation and parboiling) and milled into flour. The samples were stored at 25°C, 35°C, and 45°C and analyzed at 2 weeks interval for 8 weeks for their nutritional, functional, and pasting properties. Data obtained were subjected to multiple analysis of variance. Storage period and its interactive effect with the processing methods had...

The Gershon review of efficiency recommended that target improvements in efficiency should be met both through financial savings and through improvements in quality of outputs. We report here on a pilot project designed to feed into an approach for local authorities to quantify in monetary terms quality gains in the provision of personal social services (PSS), with a specific application to the...