The ability of nuts to improve the blood lipid profile and reduce the risk of CHD is now well established. The interest that health effects of nuts have gained recently has brought the possible benefits of consuming nuts, such as improvement in the conditions of the metabolic syndrome, and their potential to prevent and control diabetes into focus. Results from cohort studies have associated nu...

1 2 3 4 5 6 Neuron-specific cholinergic modulation of a forebrain song control nucleus 7 8 Stephen D. Shea1, Henner Koch2, Daniel Baleckaitis2, Jan-Marino Ramirez1,2 and Daniel 9 Margoliash1,2 10 11 1Committee on Neurobiology 12 2Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy 13 University of Chicago 14 1027 E. 57th Street 15 Chicago, IL 60637 16 17 18 Running head: Neuron-specific cholinergic mo...

During the last decades, nuts have attracted the attention of researchers for their potential benefits in cardiovascular prevention. We discuss here some aspects of the assumed beneficial effects of nuts, weighing them against potential harm. Epidemiological observations and controlled intervention trials consistently suggest that nuts consumption is associated with improved serum lipid profile...

One of the undesirable features in pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera L.) is the incidence of non-split nuts, which affects the price of the final product. In order to attain the kernel inside, the non-split nuts are mostly cracked mechanically. However, this practice may damage the kernel. Akbari variety of pistachio nut was selected to evaluate the influence of different non-mechanical treatments ...

Background. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is associated with 14,000 deaths every year in the US according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (SHEA-IDSA) published guidelines stratifying the severity of CDI in patients based on their clinical presentation and laborat...

This was the second year of a study which evaluated the genetic variation among English walnut germplasm in response to infection by Xanthomonas campestris pv. juqlandis (Xcj), the bacterium which causes the disease walnut blight. Immature leaves and nuts of 10 walnut accessions representing the breadth of currently available germplasm were inoculated. Leaves were scored for disease severity at...