Freeze-etch electron microscopy was applied to milk fat globules to observe surface details. A remarkable array of filaments, approximately 0.5 micron in length, was seen on human, but not bovine, globules. Heating human globules removed the filaments that were identified as high molecular weight glycoproteins by freeze-etch and gel electrophoretic analysis of the heating medium. Extraction of these globule glycoproteins was slight at 60 degrees C for one minute but substantial and tending to plateau at 80 degrees C for one minute. Such heat-induced alterations of the milk fat globule surface provide an alternative or additional explanation to milk lipase inactivation as the cause of reduced milk fat absorption from heated milk by the preterm infant.
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Int Med Case Rep J
January 2025
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University/Prof. Dr. I.G.N.G Ngoerah General Hospital, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
Gynecomastia is an enlargement of the breasts in men, which is usually benign but can also manifest as a result of malignancies, and can be either unilateral or bilateral. Pseudogynecomastia is male breast enlargement due to excessive fat, while true gynecomastia is a proliferation of glandular tissue. Gynecomastia is common in infants, adolescents, and elderly men, with the most common cause is related to hormonal changes associated with aging.
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Division of Research and Evaluation, Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program, a program of Heluna Health. Electronic address:
Background: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides benefits redeemable for select healthy foods, aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to support healthy diets among pregnant and postpartum women, and their children to age 5 years, living in low-income households. WIC benefits are often not fully redeemed, limiting nutritional benefits of participation.
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the associations of WIC participant, caregiver, and household characteristics with WIC food benefit redemption.
JDS Commun
January 2025
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy.
In recent decades, a general increase in multiple birth (MB) rate has been reported in both dairy and dual-purpose cattle breeds. As there is evidence that MB has negative effects on economically important traits in dairy cows, the aims of this study were to (i) investigate environmental and genetic factors affecting MB rate and (ii) assess the impact of MB on productive and nonproductive traits of the Austrian dual-purpose breeds Pinzgauer and Tyrol Grey. The dataset included 99,141 calvings of 33,791 Pinzgauer and 68,454 calvings of 19,244 Tyrol Grey cows recorded from 2000 to 2022.
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January 2025
Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95168.
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Department of Food Science, STELA Dairy Science and Technology Research Center, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Québec City, QC, Canada G1V 0A6.
This work aims to evaluate the potential and limits of adhesiveness measurement using a texturometer to assess the ropiness of acid dairy gels for starter selection. Commercial yogurts of various formulations and textures were used to assess the ability of adhesiveness to detect ropiness and to compare performance of different probes. Chemically acidified gels using different concentrations of glucono-delta-lactone (GDL) were tested to determine the effect of pH on adhesiveness.
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