Effect of brewer's spent grain melanoidins on maillard reaction products during storage of whey protein model systems.

Maillard reaction readily takes place in dairy products because of the association between thermal treatments, extended storage and the matrix composition. Along with the impairment of protein digestion, the formation of glycation and α-dicarbonyl compounds is a concern for quality attributes of whey proteins when used as ingredients. In this paper, we outline the capacity of brewer's spent grain melanoidins in reducing the accumulation of α-dicarbonyl compounds, thus controlling the formation of dietary advanced glycation end-products in accelerated shelf life at 35 °C.

Long-Time Evaluation of Solid-State Composite Reference Electrodes.

In this study, the performance and long-time evaluation of solid-state composite (SSC) reference electrodes were investigated. The stability of all the SSC reference electrodes was continuously monitored by using potentiometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy methods over a period of several months. A multi-solution protocol was used to study the influence of the ionic strength of the sample solution, ion charge, and mobility, and the sample pH values on the performance of the reference electrodes.

Effect of novel sequential soaking treatments on Maillard reaction products in potato and alternative vegetable crisps.

Frying leads to the formation of numerous food contaminants through the Maillard reaction (MR). In this paper, commercially available vegetable crisps were analysed for and established to have high levels of acrylamide. Consequentially, the capability of two novel sequential pre-frying treatments were applied to potato, beetroot and parsnip snacks to inhibit the formation of acrylamide, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), glyoxal (GO) and methylglyoxal (MGO) was investigated.

Implementation of French Recommendations for the Prevention and the Treatment of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia: A Cluster-randomized Trial.

Background: We determined whether an audit on the adherence to guidelines for hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) can improve the outcomes of patients in intensive care units (ICUs).

Methods: This study was conducted at 35 ICUs in 30 hospitals. We included consecutive, adult patients hospitalized in ICUs for 3 days or more.

Evaluation of the effect of berry extracts on carboxymethyllysine and lysine in ultra-high temperature treated milk.

Both the Maillard reaction (MR) and thermal treatment influence the nutritional value of milk. In this paper, the capability of polyphenolic berry extract (PBE) to inhibit MR in an ultra-high temperature (UHT) treated milk was investigated. Total polyphenol content and antioxidant capacity of blueberry (BE) and raspberry extracts (RE) were also tested.

Encapsulation of Olive Leaves Extracts in Biodegradable PLA Nanoparticles for Use in Cosmetic Formulation.

The aim of the current work was to encapsulate olive leaves extract in biodegradable poly(lactic acid) nanoparticles, characterize the nanoparticles and define the experimental parameters that affect the encapsulation procedure. Moreover, the loaded nanoparticles were incorporated in a cosmetic formulation and the stability of the formulation was studied for a three-month period of study. Poly(lactic acid) nanoparticles were prepared by the nanoprecipitation method.

Oxygen tissue saturation is lower in nonsurvivors than in survivors after early resuscitation of septic shock.

Background: Growing evidence suggests that the microvascular dysfunction is the key element of the pathogenesis of septic shock. This study's purpose was to explore whether the outcome of septic shock patients after early resuscitation using early goal-directed therapy is related to their muscle tissue oxygenation.

Methods: Tissue oxygen saturation (Sto2) was monitored in septic shock patients using a tissue spectrometer (InSpectra Model 325; Hutchinson Technology, Hutchinson, MN).

Time to extubation in infants undergoing pyloromyotomy -- isoflurane inhalation vs remifentanil infusion.

Background: Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) associated with metabolic alkalosis, could induce late anesthesia recovery, especially when opioids are used. The aim of this study was to compare the time of extubation and the quality of perioperative analgesia in infants scheduled for pyloromyotomy, receiving either isoflurane inhalation or remifentanil infusion.

Methods: Thirty full-term infants scheduled for pyloromyotomy were prospectively studied.

[Aerobic bacteria associated with acute appendicitis in children].

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the microbiological profile of acute appendicitis in children.

Study Design: Prospective descriptive study including children hospitalized for acute appendicitis.

Methods: A specimen of the appendice and the peritoneal exudates (if exists) was performed intraoperatively for aerobe bacteriological examination.

[Bousquet's device in the treatment of recurrent dislocation of a total hip prosthesis. Apropos of 13 cases].

Purpose Of The Study: Dislocation following total hip arthroplasty (THA) continues to be a problem. An innovative treatment is described with the intermediate Bousquet's prosthesis. This study reported 13 cases and demonstrates its high reliability despite the origins of the dislocation.

Cause and prevention of osteochondritis in congenital dislocation of the hip.

All treatment modalities of congenital displacement of the hip (CDH) bear the risk of ischemic necrosis at the proximal femoral epiphysis. The causes of ischemic necrosis were investigated in a review of the literature and personal experience with CDH patients during the past 30 years. Compression of articular cartilage, caused by an increase in intraarticular pressure, has been implicated as the mechanism of osteochondritis.