Jackrabbit Dairy & Food Review, Winter 2020-2021

This is the Winter 2020- 2021 Jackrabbit Dairy and Food Review.It contains the following articles and information:Message from the Department HeadNew PersonnelJudging ActivitiesDairy ClubFood Science ClubStudent AccomplishmentsProfessional Activities of Faculty and StaffDairy Facilities2020 GraduatesWhere Are They Now?ScholarshipsDairy and Food Science StudentsOutreachResearch Highlight

Needs analysis for an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course for Thai undergraduates in a Food Science and Technology programme : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

This thesis aims to explore the English language needs of students and relevant stakeholders for an English for specific purposes (ESP) programme for food science and technology students at Agriculture University in Thailand. The research was conducted using Dudley-Evans and St. John’s (1998) needs analysis as a research framework, and multiple sources of data collection were used. The study investigated the English language skills needed in academic and occupational contexts in the area of food science and technology. The participants in this research included 45 third-year students, six former students, three subject teachers in the food science and technology programme, two ESP teachers, and six employers. The study showed that the students had low levels of English proficiency. Their low levels of English then affected their study in the academic context and their work during the internship programme in the occupational context. Reading and translation were the most needed skills in their academic context, whereas speaking and listening were considered the most needed skills in the occupational context. The study also revealed a mismatch of the perceptions of the students’ needs between the ESP teachers and other stakeholders in both academic and occupational contexts. The changes across two ESP courses in the students’ needs depended on three main factors: learners, professional information, and environmental situations. This thesis contributes to knowledge of the ESP branches required for food science and technology at Agriculture University and using a needs analysis as an on-going process within the overall process of course development. It proposes a redesigned needs analysis model which could be used for future ESP needs analyses at Agriculture University in different disciplines and possibly also be adapted for use in wider Thai and international contexts. Recommendations for supporting the ESP programme at Agriculture University and implications for future research are also provided

Exploring Pathways to Food Science Careers in Southern California: A Case Study in Food Science Career Development

Southern California is a diverse region that is home to a high concentration of food science companies, with an increasing demand for additional food scientists and technologists to join this workforce. Despite this abundance of food science companies and the high demand for jobs, there is currently a shortage in the number of qualified food scientists and technologists in the region. This shortage is also observed within higher education, with declining enrollments in the food science graduate and undergraduate programs across Southern California. Here, we conduct a case study to explore the factors that influence students from Southern California to pursue or not pursue careers in food science. We surveyed both undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in food science as well as industry professionals in the region to determine sources of knowledge about the discipline, and motivations and barriers for pursuing careers in food science. We also surveyed high school educators in the region to gain additional perspectives on how food science is being introduced at the secondary level, if at all. Our results demonstrate that many students and high school educators are not knowledgeable about career options within food science and that students who are pursuing food science largely report similar motivations for pursuing the discipline as those currently working in the food science industry. We conclude by discussing implications for the food science education community within Southern California and beyond

Values, attitudes, and goals of future Hungarian food engineers

Over the last few decades Hungarian higher education has been radically transformed, and this transformation was implemented to counter the backwardness that previously plagued the education system. Agricultural education in particular was part of this transformation process, which included the disciplines of food science and related technology. This attempt at transformation yielded only a partial success; student numbers shot up, but there was no subsequent general improvement in the efficiency of higher education. This article is based on two surveys carried out in 1997 and 2007. The students’ values can be characterised as pluralistic and heterogenous. Based on longitudinal research, a shift can be seen toward materialistic and hedonistic values. The motivation for choosing the Faculty of Food Science is varied in nature, mirroring the food industry’s often critical current situation. High schools’ professional orientation is weak. Although the Faculty’s Budapest location is attractive, in the long run this is not sufficient to replace carefully planned promotional work. By structural equation modelling a significant relationship can be proven between the students’ values, their types of knowledge, and their expectations for future types of work.higher education policy, human resource management, food science education, social psychology, empirical research, Agribusiness, Labor and Human Capital,

GENETIC LEVEL OF PENETRATION AND EXPRESSIVITY IN FACTORS FOR TYPE OF HEMOPHILIA, HEMOGLOBIN, aPTT AND GENOTYPE

This study investigates the penetration and genetic expression of factor VIII of hemophilia to individuals who are in the fourth degree of kinship from the mother’s line. So it comes to two hemophiliac brothers and a hemophiliac cousin whose mothers are sisters but who are married in different families. For these cases of hemophiliacs were performed laboratory, biochemical and genetic analyzes to observe the level of penetration and expression of factor VIII. We will present with the help of the genetic tree the origins or gene genealogies of the gene for this disease. Based on biochemical and genetic analysis using PCR, we will present factor I, IX, XI, aTTP, vWF-Factor Von Willebrandov, locus Xq28, ccddee genotype, fibrinogen, blood group, rhesus factor in hemophiliacs involved in this study. We will likewise compare the laboratory analysis of individuals and look at the similarities or differences in the values gained. Based on these results, doctors can determine doses about these cases with hemophilia. In this case it is suggested that the heparin dose should be in correlation with the aPTT activity to avoid thrombin