Positive physical and mental outcomes for residents in nursing facilities using music: a systematic review.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the applicability and effectiveness of the use of music in providing for positive physical and mental outcomes in nursing facilities.

Problem: Lack of quality of life (QOL) has been a significant issue within nursing facilities. With the rise in census due to Baby Boomers, it has become imperative to find ways to increase overall QOL.

Inactivation-denaturation kinetics of bovine milk alkaline phosphatase during mild heating as determined by using a monoclonal antibody-based immunoassay.

A monoclonal antibody based capture immunoassay has been recently developed for the specific quantitation of bovine milk alkaline phosphatase (ALP) without interference by contaminating microbial or fungal ALPs (Geneix et al. 2007). This immunoassay was used to study the kinetics of ALP heat denaturation in bovine milk over a range 50-60 degrees C for 5 to 60 min using a colorimetric quantification of the enzyme activity as a reference test.

Camel (Camelus dromedarius) immunoglobulin G, alpha-lactalbumin, serum albumin and lactoferrin in colostrum and milk during the early post partum period.

Colostrum and milk samples from twelve Tunisian camels were analysed for concentration of immunoglobulin G (IgG), alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-la), serum albumin (CSA) and lactoferrin throughout the first 14 milkings post partum (7 days of lactation) using single radial immunodiffusion assay. Concentrations (mg/ml, means+/-SD) at first milking were IgG, 100.7+/-60.

Immunochemical quantification of heat denaturation of camel ( Camelus dromedarius ) whey proteins.

The major whey proteins IgG, serum albumin and alpha-lactalbumin were purified from camel milk using gel permeation and ion-exchange chromatography. Specific antisera against each of them were raised and used to quantify their heat denaturation in early or mature milk over a range of 60-90 degrees C for 10-60 min using the single radial immunodiffusion technique. The heat denaturation midpoints for the mature milk heated 30 min were 67.

Characterisation of Ag1, the major species-specific contaminant of bovine crude heparin, and its identification as an aprotinin/heparin complex.

Heparin is a potent anticoagulant polysaccharide purified for decades from ruminants or porcine tissues. However, with the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the source of pharmaceutical heparin is currently restricted to porcine intestinal mucosa. A major species-specific contaminant, called Ag1, has recently been identified in bovine crude heparin [Rivera et al.