The pig (Sus scrofa) mitochondrial genome was targeted to design short (15-30 nucleotides) DNA markers that would be suitable for biosensor-based hybridization detection of target DNA. Short DNA markers are reported to survive harsh conditions in which longer ones are degraded into smaller fragments. The whole swine mitochondrial-genome was in silico digested with AluI restriction enzyme. ...

Given that religious faith is constitutionally procluded as a census question, it can be challenging to document the geography of religion at the micro level. This paper explores the geography of adherence to Orthodox Judaism in Brooklyn, New York through a variety of signature locational phenomena associated with the faith, including synagogues, yeshivas and kosher food retailers. The address,...

The results of the public opinion poll performed in January 2015, just after the terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket in Paris, when 17 people were killed, showed that a significant number of French citizens held conspiratorial beliefs about it (17%). This gave reason to an alternative analysis of public opinion, presented in this pap...

Validation of Chemical and Non-Chemical Antimicrobial Interventions Applied Preand Post-Chilling to Reduce Microbial Populations in Broiler Carcasses. (August 2007) Veronica Alejandra Molina, B.Sc., Zamorano Panamerican Agricultural University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Marcos X. Sánchez-Plata Higher risks of food-borne illness associated with increased consumption of poultry products mak...

As Muslims continue to settle in this country, there are a number of unique challenges that emerge the criminal legal system, religious freedom, and much more. But one often overlooked question is dietary rules requirements many adhere to. Many familiar with halal carts on street corners major cities but unaware intricacies ḥalāl food doctrine associated regulatory monitoring schemes place. Whi...

The scandals of horsemeat in the United Kingdom and melamine milk in China raise doubt over the honesty of food labelling. Responding towards the impact of the scandals, many firms currently address public doubt by using attractive “marketing” such as 100% beef, 100% UK products and exclusions, e.g. this product may contain nuts. The product associated with the lethal impact on health such as i...

Vacuum packaged koshered (salted) meat typically undergoes a rapid color change (turning brown) with the formation of objectionable odor during refigeration. Alterations in muscle structure have been suggested to affect the oxidative activily of salt. l l e hydrodynamic pressure (HDP) has been shown to physically disrupt portions of myofbrils without distorting the physical shape of the piece o...