Tough and Elastic Cellulose Composite Hydrogels/Films for Flexible Wearable Sensors.

Cellulose and its composites, despite being abundant and sustainable, are typically brittle with very low flexibility/stretchability. This study reports a solution processing method to prepare porous, amorphous, and elastic cellulose hydrogels and films. Native cellulose dissolved in a water-ZnCl mixture can form ionic gels through in situ polymerization of acrylic acid (AA) to poly(acrylic acid) (PAA).

Vitamin D Biofortification of Pork May Offer a Food-Based Strategy to Increase Vitamin D Intakes in the UK Population.

Hypovitaminosis D is prevalent worldwide, with many populations failing to achieve the recommended nutrient intake (RNI) for vitamin D (10-20 μg/day). Owing to low vitamin D intakes, limited exposure to ultraviolet-B (UVB) induced dermal synthesis, lack of mandatory fortification and poor uptake in supplement advice, additional food-based strategies are warranted to enable the UK population to achieve optimal vitamin D intakes, thus reducing musculoskeletal risks or suboptimal immune functioning. The aims of the current study were to (1) determine any changes to vitamin D intake and status over a 9-year period, and (2) apply dietary modeling to predict the impact of vitamin D biofortification of pork and pork products on population intakes.

The future is bright: Biofortification of common foods can improve vitamin D status.

Vitamin D deficiency is a global concern, linked to suboptimal musculoskeletal health and immune function, with status inadequacies owing to variations in UV dependent cutaneous synthesis and limited natural dietary sources. Endogenous biofortification, alongside traditional fortification and supplement usage is urgently needed to address this deficit. Evidence reviewed in the current article clearly demonstrates that feed modification and UV radiation, either independently or used in combination, effectively increases vitamin D content of primary produce or ingredients, albeit in the limited range of food vehicles tested to date (beef/pork/chicken/eggs/fish/bread/mushrooms).

Biofortification of Chicken Eggs with Vitamin K-Nutritional and Quality Improvements.

National nutrition surveys have shown that over half of all adults in Ireland, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States of America (USA) have low vitamin K intakes. Thus, dietary strategies to improve vitamin K intakes are needed, and vitamin K biofortification of food may be one food-based approach. The primary aim of our study was to establish whether increasing the vitamin K content of hen feed can increase the vitamin K content of eggs, and the secondary aims were to examine the effects on hen performance parameters, as well as egg and eggshell quality parameters.

Immune thrombocytopaenia in adults: a single-centre retrospective review of patients presenting over 7 years.

Aim: To compare the investigation and management of adult immune thrombocytopaenia in our institution with international guidelines.

Method: Adults presenting with immune thrombocytopaenia over a 7-year period were identified from a database. Written and electronic case records were reviewed.

Reasoning and dyslexia: a spatial strategy may impede reasoning with visually rich information.

Bacon, Handley, and Newstead (2003, 2004), have presented evidence for individual differences in reasoning strategies, with most people seeming to represent and manipulate problem information using either a verbal or a spatial strategy. There is also evidence that individuals with dyslexia are inclined to conceptualise information in a visuo-spatial, rather than a verbal, way (e.g.

Synthesis and Ring Structure of 7-Acetamido-7-deoxy-L--heptulose.

7-Acetamido-7-deoxy-L--heptulose was prepared by oxidation of l-acetamido-l-deoxy-D- with . The new acetamido-deoxy-L-heptulose was shown to be a pyranose by comparison with -D-fructopyranose. The following equations represent the optical rotation of 7-acetamido-7-deoxy--L--heptulopyranose in water at 20 °C and 3.