Effect of accelerated storage on chemical compositions of mango seed fat and palm oil mid-fraction blends as cocoa butter replacers

In this study, mango seed fat (MSF) and its recommended blends were stored under accelerated condition. During the accelerated storage, the changes of fatty acids, total phenolic, tocopherol, and phytosterol contents, iodine, free fatty acid (FFA), and peroxide values were examined every six days. Results upon storage, palmitic and stearic acids increased from 18.0 to 22.5% and from 33.3 to 36.7%, while oleic and linoleic acids decreased from 40.5 to 34.3% and from 5.4 to 2.1% in blend containing 85 g MSF/100 g fat. The iodine values of MSF and its recommended blends decreased (48.2 ± 1.2 to 32.0 ± 0.8 g iodine/100 g fat), while the peroxide (1.1e4.2 ± 0.0 milliequivalent O2/kg fat) and FFA (1.8-3.9 ± 0.0 g/100 g of fat) values increased after accelerated storage. The results obtained from this study provide an indication about the storage stability of MSF and its blends as cocoa butter replacers to food industry, in particular chocolate industry

The Interaction of Relativization and Noun Incorporation in Southern Hokkaidō Ainu

This paper focuses on relativization in Southern Hokkaidō Ainu. Specifically, evidential expressions constitute the scope of this study since within this semantic domain a morphosyntactic layout reminiscent of internally-headed relative clauses (IHRCs) is found. Moreover, the structure of some evidential expressions suggests that what gives rise to an IHRC in those instances is classificatory noun incorporation (CNI). Following from past studies on Ainu, where IHRCs and CNI are never discussed, and with reference to cross-linguistic approaches to relativization and incorporation, this study addresses the interaction of these two processes in Southern Hokkaidō Ainu and suggests their reconsideration

Association of maternal Vitamin D status with glucose tolerance and caesarean section in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort: the growing up in Singapore towards healthy outcomes study

10.1371/journal.pone.0142239PLoS ONE10111-16GUSTO (Growing up towards Healthy Outcomes

Simulating inadequate dialysis and its correction using an individualized patient-derived nomogram

10.1007/s00467-009-1241-7Pediatric Nephrology24122429-243

დალი ბეჟუაშვილი და ქეთევან დადიანიძე

მარცხნიდან: დალი ბეჟუაშვილი, ქეთევან დადიანიძე. ფოტოს გადაღების თარიღი უცნობიადალი ბეჟუაშვილი - ექიმი პედიატრი. ქეთევან დადიანიძე - ექიმი, მუშაობდა ბავშვთა N1 საავადმყოფოში პედიატრად

Children of Asian ethnicity in Australia have higher risk of food allergy and early onset eczema than those in Singapore

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Children of Asian ethnicity in Australia have higher risk of food allergy and early onset eczema than those in Singapore

Background: in Western countries, Asian children have higher food allergy risk than Caucasian children. The early life environmental exposures for this discrepancy are unclear. We aimed to compare prevalence of food allergy and associated risk factors between Asian children in Singapore and Australia. Methods: we studied children in the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) birth cohort (n=878) and children of Asian ancestry in the HealthNuts cohort (n=314). Food allergy was defined as a positive SPT ≥ 3 mm to egg or peanut AND either a convincing history of IgE-mediated reaction at 18 months (GUSTO) or a positive oral food challenge at 14-18 months (HealthNuts). Eczema was defined as parent-reported doctor diagnosis. Results: food allergy prevalence was 1.1% in Singapore and 15.0% in Australia (p<0.001). Egg introduction was more often delayed (>10 months) in Singapore (63.5%) than Australia (16.3%; p<0.001). Prevalence of early onset eczema (<6 months) was lower in Singapore (8.4%) than Australia (30.5%) (p<0.001). Children with early onset eczema were more likely to have food allergy than those without eczema in Australia [aOR 5.11 (2.34-11.14); p<0.001] and Singapore [aOR 4.00 (0.62-25.8); p=0.145]. Conclusions: among Asian children, prevalence of early onset eczema and food allergy was higher in Australia than Singapore. Further research with larger sample sizes and harmonized definitions of food allergy between cohorts is required to confirm and extend these findings. Research on environmental factors influencing eczema onset in Australia and Singapore may aid understanding of food allergy pathogenesis in different parts of the world