Reducing the Sodium Chloride Content in Chicken Pate by Using Potassium and Ammonium Chloride

AbstractThe aim of this research was to investigate possibility of chicken pate production with reduced sodium chloride content, as well as to establish changes in sensory characteristics. In the study, six experimental groups of chicken pate were produced with the same basic ingredients, but different amounts of added salts. Sensory evaluation was performed in order to determine general taste acceptability, and of the sodium and potassium levels in the chicken pate. The pate from EI and EII groups in which the amount of added sodium chloride was reduced and/or partially substituted with ammonium chloride had a most acceptable taste

Evaluation of pig welfare in lairage and process hygiene in a single abattoir

Food safety is indirectly affected by the welfare of food animals, due to close links between animal welfare, animal health and food borne diseases. Stress factors and poor welfare can lead to increased susceptibility to disease among animals and may intensify the fecal shedding of food borne pathogens, e.g. Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, and human pathogenic STEC in the pre-slaughter phase: on-farm, in transport and in lairage. This study evaluated two aspects: a) assessment of pig welfare in abattoir lairage founded on animal-based categories, and b) the relationship between pig welfare and microbial process hygiene at slaughter. The results revealed that the animal-based category ‘manure on the body’ assessed in abattoir lairage corresponded with microbial process hygiene at slaughter

Les obstacles sociaux et institutionnels au processus de transformation en Serbie

Serbia started democratizing in a context of political, social and economic instability. Some of the key factors of this instability, which impedes democratization, are analyzed: the undefined status of the State community of Serbia and Montenegro, the incomplete formation of a multiparty system, a lasting economic recession, the weakened middle classes (which are not extinct however), a "political culture" that fosters authoritarianism, and weakness of labor unions as mediators between workers and the government.La Serbie s'est engagée dans le processus de démocratisation dans un contexte d'instabilité politique, sociale et économique. Certains facteurs clés de cette instabilité, gui font obstacle à la démocratisation, seront analysés : le statut non défini de l'État serbo-monténégrin, l'inachèvement de la constitution d'un système multipartite, la crise économique prolongée, la faiblesse de la classe moyenne (la thèse de sa « disparition » sera réfutée), une certaine culture politique propice au développement de l'autoritarisme, enfin, la faible présence des syndicats comme médiateurs entre les travailleurs et le gouvernement.Lazic Mladen. Les obstacles sociaux et institutionnels au processus de transformation en Serbie. In: Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest, vol. 35, 2004, n°1-2. Sortir de la transition bloquée : Serbie-Monténégro, sous la direction de Mirjana Morokvasic et Nebojsa Vukadinovic. pp. 17-34

Esophageal Mobilization in the Treatment of Short Esophagus

Short esophagus is well known complication of a long term gastroesophageal disease. There are several ways to solve this problem intraoperatively. One of the first steps is extensive esophageal mobilisation. In this review we emphasize different approaches and types of this procedure, with their advantages and disadvantages

The role of hyperhomocysteinemia in the development of postoperative vascular complications

© 2016, Serbian Medical Society. All rights reserved. Hyperhomocysteinemia is one of the unconventional risk factors of cardiovascular morbidity – it is causally associated in both directions with oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, mechanisms of cell signaling and apoptosis. Numerous clinical and experimental studies have explained the mechanisms and clinical expression of atherosclerotic and prothrombotic effects of homocysteine. The main pathological substrate, previous therapy, and surgical procedure-intervention itself are associated with the state of oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction, which is one of important factors for elevated plasma homocysteine levels. Recent studies point to the possibility of a successful correction of hyperhomocysteinemia, especially secondary one