Garlic and Chitosan Improve the Microbial Quality of Hummus and Reduce Lipid Oxidation.

This study investigated the antimicrobial and antioxidant effects of garlic and chitosan on hummus. Hummus was prepared by using 0.5% or 1% (/) chitosan, with or without 1% (/) garlic, and samples were stored at 4, 10, or 25 °C for 28, 21, or 7 d, respectively.

Manganese exposure and perinatal health: a systematic review of literature.

Manganese is essential for adequate feto-maternal health; however, an inverted U-shaped relation has been found between maternal manganese status and pregnancy complications. This systematic review summarizes the effect of maternal manganese exposure and perinatal health. We adopted a systematic approach to retrieve the recent literature.

Immigrant and minority parents' experiences in a neonatal intensive care unit: A meta-ethnography review.

Aims: To examine immigrant and minority parents' experiences of having a newborn infant in the neonatal intensive care unit and explore healthcare professionals' experiences in delivering care to immigrant and minority families.

Design: A meta-ethnographic review informed by eMERGe guidelines.

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review.

Understanding delays to parathyroidectomy: A mixed-methods approach.

Background: Patients from ethnic and racial minority groups with primary hyperparathyroidism may have greater time delays to curative parathyroidectomy. Contributing factors are unclear.

Methods: This was a sequential mixed-methods study.

Combined Charlson comorbidity/C-Reactive Protein Index Is a Novel Predictor in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Analysis of the International Marker Consortium for Renal Cancer (INMARC) Registry.

Objective: To evaluate predictive ability of a novel combined index, Charlson comorbidity index and C-reactive protein (CCI-CRP), for outcomes in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and compare predictive outcomes with of CCI-CRP to its separate components and to the UCLA integrated staging system (UISS).

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed INMARC registry of RCC patients. Receiver Operator Characteristics (ROC) analysis was fitted to identify threshold defining low-CRP (LCRP) and high-CRP (HCRP).