The aims of this study were (i) to determine the prevalence and numbers of campylobacters in 63 samples of raw livers purchased at retail across the UK and (ii) to investigate whether the freezing of chicken livers contaminated with Campylobacter was a reliable method for decontamination. Chicken livers naturally contaminated with campylobacters were subjected to freezing at -15 and -25°C for o...

457 final global death toll was 216). It is striking that while the scale of public anxiety has steadily increased in response to these scares, the number of fatalities has declined. Public health zealots are increasingly resorting to the rhetoric of tombstones and icebergs — and pandemics — in relation to obesity. Promoters of these health scares combine grim warnings of the threat of mass mor...

abstract during these protracted years, mankind’s main foods consist of grains-specially wheat, oats and rice. granary production and its storage have been one of the main concerns of a human being for a long time. microwave radiation as a safe insect control agent could secure high mortality rate of insect population by increasing the temperature of insects’ body and its niche. low temperature...

We introduce Interactive Question Answering (IQA), the task of answering questions that require an autonomous agent to interact with a dynamic visual environment. IQA presents the agent with a scene and a question, like: “Are there any apples in the fridge?” The agent must navigate around the scene, acquire visual understanding of scene elements, interact with objects (e.g. open refrigerators) ...

The Triple F (Fresh From the Fridge) mission, a Comet Nucleus Sample Return, has been proposed to ESA’s Cosmic Vision program. A sample return from a comet enables us to reach the ultimate goal of cometary research. Since comets are the least processed bodies in the solar system, the proposal goes far beyond cometary science topics (like the explanation of cometary activity) and delivers invalu...

Automated recognition of Activities of Daily Living allows to identify possible health problems and apply corrective strategies in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). Activities of Daily Living analysis can provide very useful information for elder care and long-term care services. This paper presents an automated RGB-D video analysis system that recognises human ADLs activities, related to classica...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS The ready-to-drink (RTD) market is growing rapidly, and this product category has been shown to be particularly appealing to young drinkers. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the range and availability of RTDs available in New South Wales (NSW) (including metropolitan, regional and rural areas), with a particular focus on the variations in alcohol cont...

PURPOSE To evaluate the stability of an extemporaneously prepared 7% chloral hydrate syrup under different conditions of storage and dispensing. METHODS Three batches of 7% chloral hydrate syrup were prepared. Each batch was stored in 50 light-resistant glass containers of 60 mL with child-resistant caps and in two bottles of 1000 mL to simulate two forms of dispensing, mono and multi-dose, r...

Abstract Air pollution from wood burning is a serious problem in the developing world. In cities of south-central Chile, households experience extremely high ambient air levels due to massive combustion as fuel for residential heating. To address this problem, recent years new stoves—equipped with improved technologies that are designed be less-polluting—have replaced high-polluting ones. Howev...

Successful eradication or control of prevailing infectious diseases is linked to vaccine efficacy, stability, and distribution. The majority protein-based vaccines are transported at fridge (2–8 °C) temperatures, cold chain, retain potency. However, this has been shown be problematic. Proteins inherently susceptible thermal fluctuations, occurring during transportation, causing them denature. T...