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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose serious health and economic problems due to biotoxins produced by algae species. A biosensing method employing luminous bacteria was used to detect and characterize the response generated ...

Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen. It is commonly found in the environment, frequently present in the gut of cattle, poultry, and pigs and can be transmitted to ready-to-eat foods as well as raw ...

The inability to adequately judge the efficacy of cleaning/sanitation in deli departments is a recognized food safety concern. In prior studies, our research group demonstrated that visual inspection of cleaned produce ...

The present study evaluated the effects of solid state yeast treatment and thermal processing on the extractability and in-vitro bioavailability of antioxidants from wheat bran and whole-wheat pizza crusts, and developed ...

In the last decade, nanotechnology has been extensively exploited in a variety of areas because nanoscaled materials provide a wide range of benefits that bulk materials do not possess. In spite of its advent, when applied ...

In this cross-sectional study, diabetes self-care behaviors, general diabetes knowledge, attitude and satisfaction, dietary and lifestyle modifications, and barriers to diabetes self-care behaviors and diabetes self-management ...

Recently, foodborne diseases caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella have been increasingly associated with the consumption of fresh produce. Consumers' demand for safe, natural products has led to research on ...

Nanocomposites developed from food polymers are an emerging technology, which has shown plenty of promising applications in worldwide food related markets. The dissertation first investigated how protein modification ...

Curdlan, a microbial hydrocolloid, has the ability to form strong, irreversible gels when heated above 80ºC, which distinguishes curdlan from other hydrocolloids. To date, however, very limited information is available ...

Obesity is an epidemic that has been estimated to cost the United States over $117 billion every year. Glucocorticoids have long been implicated in the maintenance of energy homeostasis due to their involvement with the ...