Sublethal heating, which can occur during slow cooking of meat products, is known to induce increased thermal resistance in Salmonella. However, very few studies have addressed the kinetics of this response. Although several recent studies have reported improved thermal inactivation models that include the effect of prior sublethal history on subsequent thermal resistance, none of these models ...

BACKGROUND Many patients have preoperative anxiety; therefore, the development of a strong anxiolytic with minimal psychomotor impairment for premedication may be desirable. METHODS In this study, 60 patients were randomized into two groups to receive either oral Passiflora incarnata (500 mg, Passipy IranDarouk) (n = 30) or placebo (n = 30) as premedication, 90 min before surgery. A numerical...

L-NAME (1 10 mM, 30 min of incubation) potentiates the tension developed (Td) in the isolated rat hemidiaphragm stimulated by direct subtetanic electrical stimulation (DSES) (F = 14 Hz). The aim of our study was to investigate the possible modulatory effect of local anaesthetic (lidocaine) and beta adrenergic blockers, propranolol and atenolol, on the L-NAMEinduced potentiation of isometric con...

The influence of the ageing temperature on hardness, electrical conductivity, thermal diffusivity and conductivity EN AW-7075 aluminium alloy was studied in this paper. After solution treating at 480 °C for 1 h quenching it ice water, investigated characterized using Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) order to determine optimal temperatures isochronal treatments. Afterwards, conducted range 11...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES We investigated the mixing capacity of two whole blood (WB) collection mixers. MATERIALS AND METHODS WB was simulated by using a 25% glycerol solution warmed to 35 degrees C. Citrate-phosphate-dextrose (CPD) anticoagulant of a collection system was stained with toluidine blue, and simulated WB was added at 30, 60 or 90 ml/min, respectively (n = 3 per flow speed). The...

The effect of frying temperatures and durations on the quality of vacuum fried jackfruit (JF) chips was evaluated. Moisture content and breaking force of JF chips decreased with increase in frying temperature and time during vacuum frying whereas the oil content increased. The frying time for JF chips was found to be 30, 25, and 20 minutes at 80, 90, and 100°C, respectively. JF chips fried at h...

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of endopeptidases that function to remodel tissue during both normal physiology and pathology. Research performed by the Medical University of South Carolina found an increased release of several MMP species during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), including the subtype MMP-9, but whether and to what degree the extracorporeal circulation circuit (ECC) i...

Methods This study examined the effects of KD versus WD on the anabolic response to resistance exercise using a rodent leg-kicking resistance exercise model. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (~9-10 weeks of age) were provided isocaloric amounts of either a KD (5.2 kcal/g, 20.2% protein, 10.3% carbohydrate, 69.5% fat; n = 30) or WD (4.5 kcal/g, 15.2% protein, 42.7% carbohydrate, 42.0% fat; n = 32) for 6...

In order to examine the uptake of L-serine into brain structures and brain metabolic compartments, L-[U-14C]serine was injected into tail vein of mice. The uptake was examined 30 min, 90 min, 3 h and 5 h after injection by both quantitative autoradiography of coronal brain sections and by biochemical analysis. Brain radioactivity was extracted and partitioned into protein associated pellets, me...