Optimization of carnosine and anserine extraction from chicken breast was performed using response surface methodology (RSM) to obtain the maximized physiological activities for anti-glycation and anti-oxidation. The optimum extraction conditions were water extraction for 1.6 h in the case of the 20-wk laying hen muscle and water extraction for 2.12 h in the case of 90-wk laying hen muscle. Hig...

Samenvatting Economisch daklozen zijn mensen die vaak wel een baan maar geen huis hebben. Ze zoeken met spoed woonruimte. Op de huidige krappe woningmarkt er voor hen mogelijkheden en in opvang is plaats. In vier praktijkgevallen – drie steden regio wordt gezocht naar oplossingen deze groep mensen. Dat lukt, op kleine schaal. Voor hen, ook andere spoedzoekers, biedt ander, aanvullend type wonin...

Toll-like receptors (TLR) activate multiple steps in inflammatory reactions in innate immune responses. They also activate signals that are critically involved in the initiation of adaptive immune responses. Many tumorigenic chemicals have been associated with endotoxin hypersensitivity mediated through TLR4. To determine the role of TLR4 in cutaneous skin carcinogenesis, we treated TLR4-defici...

The organisation of services to support the increasing number of people receiving enteral tube feeding (ETF) at home varies across regions. There is evidence that multi-disciplinary primary care teams focussed on home enteral nutrition (HEN) can provide cost-effective care. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a HEN Team in one UK city. A HEN Team comprising dietetians, nurses...

In the domestic hen phenylacetic acid is excreted conjugated mainly with ornithine (Totani, 1910), but in the pigeon it is excreted conjugated with taurine and glycine (James et al., 1972). This difference between the hen and pigeon has now been further investigated with several arylacetic acids. The compounds used were 14C-carboxy-labelled phenylacetic acid, 4-chloroand 4-nitrophenylacetic aci...

It is well known that in the hen the egg-white protein ovotransferrin (conalbumin) and the serum protein transferrin are very similar in structure and iron-binding properties (for review see Beam & Parker, 1966). Since it is evident that for the eggwhite protein the name 'ovotransferrin' (Komatsu & Feeney, 1967; Azari & Baugh, 1967) is more informative than the classical name 'conalbumin', it i...

to determine the effect of hen age and storage condition on egg quality, fresh eggs were sampled from two commercial flocks of white leghorn hens at 28 and 68 weeks of age. half of sampled eggs from each flock were stored at 6°c and the other half was stored at room temperature. fifteen eggs were randomly sampled from each treatment following collection and at 5-day intervals to 30 days of stor...

in order to find out suitable organic fertilizers for elimination of chemical fertilizers usage and the optimum sowing date in pot marigold cultivation, an experiment was conducted in the agricultural research station, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, in 2007 growing season. for this purpose a split plot experiment based on completely randomized block design with three replications was use...

The paper presents a Process Integration application for waste heat utilisation from exhaust gas streams with partial condensation. It is based on the hot composite curve construction representing gaseous mixture cooling accounting condensable vapour part's gas–liquid equilibrium. With cold requiring heating, Pinch Point determined. On this basis, exchanger network (HEN) structure utilised inte...

The relationship between nutrition and welfare is usually considered to be a direct result of supplying the hen with adequate quantities feed water. This simple notion freedom from hunger thirst belies fact that nutrients play pivotal role in body’s response challenges whether they relate ambient temperature, gastrointestinal health, pathogen exposure, metabolic disorders, or social mental stre...