Processing induced changes in physicochemical structure properties and nutrient metabolism and their association in cool-season faba (CSF: ), revealed by vibrational FTIR spectroscopy with chemometrics and nutrition modeling techniques.

This review aims to update recent progress in processing induced molecular structure changes in the association of physicochemical structure properties with nutritional metabolism in cool-season faba bean , which was revealed using advanced vibrational molecular spectroscopy in combination with chemometrics and advanced nutrient modeling techniques. The review focused on strategies to improve the utilization of the cool-season faba bean through heat-related technological treatments and the relationship of the processing induced molecular structural changes to nutrient delivery and metabolism in ruminant systems. The updated methods with truly absorption nutrient modeling techniques and advanced vibrational molecular spectroscopy techniques sourced by globar and synchrotron radiation (e.

Effects of Nanofillers on the Hydrolytic Degradation of Polyesters.

Biopolymer matrices reinforced with nanoparticles or nanofillers have received a great deal of attention over the past decades due to their various roles such as the augmentation of thermal, electrical, mechanical, and surface properties in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and implantation. Understanding the degradation kinetics of these polyesters is very important to successful applications of them. Hydrolysis is a widely agreed mechanism for the polyester degradation.

Neurocognitive Function and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Offenders with Mental Disorders.

Individuals with a history of offending behavior show high rates of mental disorder as well as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Neurocognitive impairments are common in both mental disorders and FASD and may interface with offending behavior. Understanding these impairments could effectively inform clinical considerations among this population.

What Constitutes Health Care Seeking Pathway of TB Patients: A Qualitative Study in Rural Bangladesh.

Given the targeted 4-5% annual reduction of tuberculosis (TB) cure cases to reach the "End TB Strategy" by 2020 milestone globally set by WHO, exploration of TB health seeking behavior is warranted for insightful understanding. This qualitative study aims to provide an account of the social, cultural, and socioeconomic breadth of TB cases in Bangladesh. We carried out a total of 32 In-depth Interviews (IDIs) and 16 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) in both rural and urban areas of Bangladesh.

An international, interprofessional investigation of the self-reported podcast listening habits of emergency clinicians: A METRIQ Study.

Objectives: Podcasts are increasingly being used for medical education. A deeper understanding of usage patterns would inform both producers and researchers of medical podcasts. We aimed to determine how and why podcasts are used by emergency medicine and critical care clinicians.

Reasons for not completing postvasectomy semen analysis.

Objective: To identify noncompliance rates for 3-month postvasectomy semen analysis (PVSA) in men who have undergone vasectomy and to explore the self-reported reasons for not completing the 3-month PVSA.

Design: Retrospective chart review followed by semistructured telephone interviews.

Setting: Two family medicine clinics in Saskatoon, Sask.

Examining non-attendance of doctor's appointments at a community clinic in Saskatoon.

Objective: To quantify the degree of non-attendance of medical appointments, as well as to identify the social reasons behind the missed appointments, at an inner-city primary care clinic.

Design: Retrospective chart review and survey.

Setting: Inner-city clinic in Saskatoon, Sask, serving a primarily low-income and First Nations population.

Iron-fortified lentils to improve iron (Fe) status among adolescent girls in Bangladesh - study protocol for a double-blind community-based randomized controlled trial.

Background: Lentils are generally considered to be a nutrient-dense food, and a good source of iron (Fe). This study aims to establish novel evidence of the effectiveness of the consumption of Fe-fortified lentils in improving the body Fe status and thus cognitive performance in non-pregnant adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh, compared to consumption of ordinary lentils.

Methods: We have designed a double-blind (both trial participants and outcome assessors), community-based, cluster-randomized controlled trial among 1260 Bangladeshi adolescent girls between the ages of 10-17 years who are non-smoking, not married, not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and generally healthy at the time of enrollment.

"Something is wrong with your milk": Qualitative study of maternal dietary restriction and beliefs about infant colic.

Objective: To investigate new mothers' perceptions about the role of maternal diet in infant fuss-cry behaviour, and to explore patterns of food restriction in breastfeeding women.

Design: Qualitative study.

Setting: Calgary, Alta.

Individual-, maternal- and household-level factors associated with stunting among children aged 0-23 months in Bangladesh.

Objective: Childhood stunting remains a major public health concern in Bangladesh. To accelerate the reduction rate of stunting, special focus is required during the first 23 months of a child's life when the bulk of growth takes place. Therefore the present study explored individual-, maternal- and household-level factors associated with stunting among children under 2 years of age in Bangladesh.

Iron quantification in Parkinson's disease using an age-based threshold on susceptibility maps: The advantage of local versus entire structure iron content measurements.

Background: Elevated brain iron has been observed in Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) within the deep gray matter. Using quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) and a thresholded high-iron region, we quantified iron content in the midbrain of patients with Parkinson's disease as a function of age.

Methods: We used MRI to scan 24 IPD patients at 3-Tesla.

Evaluation of near-infrared (NIR) and Fourier transform mid-infrared (ATR-FT/MIR) spectroscopy techniques combined with chemometrics for the determination of crude protein and intestinal protein digestibility of wheat.

The potential of using the near-infrared (NIR) and Fourier transform mid-infrared (ATR-FT/MIR) spectroscopy for the determination of intestinal crude protein (CP) digestibility (IPD) of wheat was evaluated. For CP, the best NIR model showed an excellent prediction performance (R = 0.98); the best MIR model also gave an excellent prediction performance (R = 0.

"People in regular society don't think you can be a good mother and have a substance use problem": Participatory action research with women with substance use in pregnancy.

Objective: To work collaboratively with women accessing an integrated program for women with substance use in pregnancy to learn how services can be improved.

Design: Qualitative design using focus groups within a participatory action framework.

Setting: Sheway, a program located in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, BC.

Future practice of comprehensive care: Practice intentions of exiting family medicine residents in Canada.

Objective: To describe exiting family medicine (FM) residents' reported practice intentions after completing a Triple C Competency-based Curriculum.

Design: The surveys were intended to capture residents' perceptions of FM, their perceptions of their competency-based training, and their intentions to practise FM. Entry (T1) and exit (T2) self-reported survey results were compared considering the influence of the curriculum change.

CLASP promotes stable tethering of endoplasmic microtubules to the cell cortex to maintain cytoplasmic stability in Arabidopsis meristematic cells.

Following cytokinesis in plants, Endoplasmic MTs (EMTs) assemble on the nuclear surface, forming a radial network that extends out to the cell cortex, where they attach and incorporate into the cortical microtubule (CMT) array. We found that in these post-cytokinetic cells, the MT-associated protein CLASP is enriched at sites of EMT-cortex attachment, and is required for stable EMT tethering and growth into the cell cortex. Loss of EMT-cortex anchoring in clasp-1 mutants results in destabilized EMT arrays, and is accompanied by enhanced mobility of the cytoplasm, premature vacuolation, and precocious entry into cell elongation phase.

Connection of inherent structure with nutrient profiles and bioavailability of different co-products and by-products after processing using advanced grading and vibrational molecular spectroscopy.

This study aims to reveal connection and implication of molecular structure with nutrient profiles, utilization and bioavailability of both conventional and new co-products from bio-energy and bio-oil processing using grading and vibrational molecular spectroscopy with chemometics including univariate and multivariate techniques. The study focused on strategies to improve the utilization of the conventional and new co-products through chemical and heat processing treatments as well as the relationship of the molecular structural changes to nutrient bioavailability. The updated methods advanced molecular spectroscopy techniques with grading NIR, Globar FTIR, ATR-FTIR and Synchrotron SRFTIRM to study feed molecular structures were reviewed.

Open Family Presence Adoption: Role of Patient and Family Advisors.

The philosophy of patient- and family-centred care is widely being adopted in Canada. Critical to this philosophy is the engagement of patients and families as full partners in healthcare. Saskatchewan has successfully adopted a provincial policy that eliminates restrictive visiting hours in hospitals and other healthcare facilities that support partnership with patients and families.

Intradermal immunization with inactivated swine influenza virus and adjuvant polydi(sodium carboxylatoethylphenoxy)phosphazene (PCEP) induced humoral and cell-mediated immunity and reduced lung viral titres in pigs.

Swine influenza virus is endemic worldwide and it is responsible for significant economic losses to the swine industry. A vaccine that stimulates a rapid and long-lasting protective immune response to prevent this infection is highly sought. Poly[di(sodium carboxylatoethylphenoxy)-phosphazene (PCEP) has demonstrated adjuvant activity when formulated as part of multiple vaccines in mice and pigs.

Implications of recent research on microstructure modifications, through heat-related processing and trait alteration to bio-functions, molecular thermal stability and mobility, metabolic characteristics and nutrition in cool-climate cereal grains and other types of seeds with advanced molecular techniques.

The cutting-edge synchrotron radiation based and globar-sourced vibrational infrared microspectroscopy have recently been developed. These novel techniques are able to reveal structure features at cellular and molecular levels with the tested tissues being intact. However, to date, the advanced techniques are unfamiliar or unknown to food and feed scientists and have not been used to study the molecular structure changes in cool-climate cereal grain seeds and other types of bio-oil and bioenergy seeds.

Relationship of sleep pattern and snoring with chronic disease: findings from a nationwide population-based survey.

Objectives: To investigate the association of total sleep time and presence or absence of snoring with chronic disease among the Bangladeshi adult population.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Urban and rural Bangladesh.