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Designing the eatwell week: the application of eatwell plate advice to weekly food intake [PDF]

, 2013
<p>To develop a menu and resource to illustrate to consumers and health professionals what a healthy balanced diet looks like over the course of a week.</p> <p>Development and analysis of an illustrative 7 d ‘eatwell week’ menu to ...
Catherine R Hankey, Fiona Comrie, Lang, Michael EJ Lean, Wilma S Leslie   +4 more
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Gel‐Amin for Improving Extracellular Recordings of Cardiomyocytes in a 3D Microphysiological System

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
This work combines a conductive collagen‐based hydrogel with a laser‐cut and assembly technique to fabricate microphysiological systems that improve extracellular recordings of cardiomyocytes in 3D on microelectrode arrays. The inclusion of choline acrylate into GelMA imparts a higher electrical conductivity and improves the signal‐to‐noise ratio of on‐
Dominic Pizzarella, Katelyn Neuman, Nolan Burson, Abigail N. Koppes, Ryan A. Koppes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moderate Boron Concentration Beneficial for Flue-Cured Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) Seedlings Growth and Development

Agriculture, 2022
Boron (B) deficiency is a common phenomenon in most tobacco-planting areas in Yunnan, China. In 2020 and 2022, hydroponic experiments that contained B in a concentration gradient of 0.000, 0.125, 0.250, 0.750, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, and 40.000 mmol L−1 ...
Mengxia Li, Haowei Sun, Jianfeng Sun, Jialiang Li, Xiaowei Zhang, Ke Zhang, Tao Wang, Xinwei Ji, Xiaopeng Deng, Chenggang He, Yongzhong Li, Congming Zou   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary Diversity Score: A Measure of Nutritional Adequacy or an Indicator of Healthy Diet? [PDF]

, 2016
At the time when the lack of indicators seemed to constrain appropriate child feeding in developing countries, dietary diversity score (DDS) emerged as a measure of nutritional adequacy that could close the gap.
Habte, Tsige-Yohannes, Krawinkel, Michael   +1 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of the association between total dietary calcium intake and its various sources with type 2 diabetes: Tehran lipid and glucose study

Nutrition & Metabolism
Introduction The association between calcium (Ca) intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains still inconclusive. We investigated the association of total and food source-specific Ca intake and the incidence of T2DM in Iranian adults.
Niloufar Rasaei, Zahra Bahadoran, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A pH Dual-Responsive Multifunctional Nanoparticle Based on Mesoporous Silica with Metal-Polymethacrylic Acid Gatekeeper for Improving Plant Protection and Nutrition

Nanomaterials, 2022
Integrating pesticides and mineral elements into a multi-functional stimuli-responsive nanocarrier can have a synergistic effect on protecting plants from pesticides and the supply of nutrients.
Hua Pan, Weilan Huang, Litao Wu, Qihao Hong, Zhongxuan Hu, Meijing Wang, Fang Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interactions and potential implications of Plasmodium falciparum-hookworm coinfection in different age groups in south-central Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Given the widespread distribution of Plasmodium and helminth infections, and similarities of ecological requirements for disease transmission, coinfection is a common phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere in the tropics. Interactions
A Spiegel, AA Righetti, AH Shankar, Ahou-Yah G. Koua, Aurélie A. Righetti, C Menendez, CJL Murray, D Filmer, DA Ross, DI Thurnham, DL Doolan, Dominik Glinz, EK N'Goran, EK N'Goran, Eliézer K. N'Goran, FC Hartgers, FK Grant, FP Mockenhaupt, Francis Mutuku, G Jones, G Weiss, GC Melo, HR Choudhury, J Langhorne, J Murray, JD Cook, JG Erhardt, JK Kung'u, JL Gorstein, Jürg Utzinger, KE Lyke, KP West Jr, L Brutus, L Serghides, Lukas G. Adiossan, M Nacher, M Zuk, MD Taylor, N Katz, NJ Yatich, NR de Silva, P Galan, PJ Hotez, Richard F. Hurrell, Rita Wegmüller, RJ Stoltzfus, RL Pullan, RM Maizels, RW Snow, S Brooker, S Brooker, SL Becker, Sébastien Niamké, Y Dror   +53 more
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The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships among tissues, biofluids, and otolith selenium concentrations in wild female burbot (Lota lota)

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract In the Lake Koocanusa‐Kootenai River system (Montana, USA and British Columbia, Canada), selenium (Se) contamination has become an international concern and is suspected to contribute to the observed burbot (Lota lota) population collapse. Due to our limited ability to sample burbot in Lake Koocanusa for monitoring studies, we used a reference
Stephanie D. Graves, Noëlie Molbert, David M. Janz, Lauren D. Hayhurst, Jessica E. Brandt, Lauren Timlick, Vince P. Palace   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source