INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2024
·Vol. 59
·期 8
·5551-5559
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IF 2.6
Zhu Ruiyu,Lin Haiyan,Shan Shuo,Mei Gang,Pan Hong,Zhao Chengyao,Wang Tianjiao,Chen Deng
Excessive patulin contamination in fruit juice products pose a significant risk to human health. However, there is a notable absence of a comprehensive and long-term survey regarding the contamination of patulin in fruit juices within the Chinese market. The present study revealed a discernible decline in the patulin contamination levels, which were as follows: 60% (33/55), 18.28% (17/93), 0% (0/122), 15.58% (12/77), and 0% (0/63) at various survey time dates (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022). Among them, 18.18% (in 2014), 6.45% (in 2016), and 3.90% (in 2020) of samples exceeded the maximum limit concentration of 50 μg/L, respectively. Despite the presence of varying levels of patulin contamination, the average daily intake of patulin across all years did not present a discernible risk to human health. This investigation offers valuable insights for evaluating the extent of human exposure to patulin and establishing regulatory measures to ensure the safety of juice products.
研究领域:
食品安全
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毒理学
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微生物学
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Toxins
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2018
·Vol. 11
·期 1
·6
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IF 3.273
Ming Li,Mingna Sun,Xia Hong,Jinsheng Duan,Daolin Du
A total of 328 agricultural product samples highly suspected to be contaminated, from flour companies, feed companies, and livestock farms throughout China, were surveyed for deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination using a self-assembly enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. An ELISA kit for DON was developed with a 4.9 ng mL−1limit of detection (LOD) in working buffer and a 200 ng g−1LOD in authentic samples. The DON contamination detection rate was 88.7%, concentrations ranged from 200.9 to 6480.6 ng g−1, and the highest DON contamination was found in distillers’ dried grains with solubles with an average of 3204.5 ng g−1. Wheat bran and wheat were found to be the most commonly contaminated samples, and the corn meal samples had the lowest average DON level. This ELISA kit is a powerful alternative method for the rapid, sensitive, specific, accurate, and high-throughput determination of DON and can meet the maximum requirement levels. This survey suggests that DON contamination in the Chinese market is serious, and the contamination risk deserves attention. Essential preventive measures should be implemented to ensure food safety and human health.Keywords:deoxynivalenol;contamination;survey;ELISA kit;agricultural productKey Contribution:A total of 328 agricultural product samples highly suspected to be contaminated were surveyed for deoxynivalenol using a self-assembly ELISA kit.
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食品安全
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毒理学
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BMC NURSING
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2023
·Vol. 22
·期 1
·162
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IF 3.2
Huang Di,Zhang Weiwei,Peng Weisi,Fan Yi,He Xin,Xing Ruirui,Yan XuDong,Zhou Sijia,Peng YueMing,Luo WeiXiang
Background ICU-AW (Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness) is characterized by significant muscle weakness and can be caused by a variety of factors, including immobility, medication use, and underlying medical conditions.ICU-AW can affect critically ill children who have been hospitalized in the PICU for an extended period of time.The knowledge, attitude and practice level of ICU-AW of PICU medical staff directly affect the treatment of critically ill children with ICU-AW.The aim to this study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Chinese medical staff regarding critically ill children with intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) and related factors. Methods A Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Questionnaire regarding critically ill children with ICU-AW was distributed to a stratified sample of 530 pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) healthcare workers. The questionnaire consisted of 31 items—with scores of 45, 40, and 40 for each dimension and a total score of 125. Results The mean total score of Chinese PICU healthcare workers for the KAP questionnaire regarding children with ICU-AW was 87.36 ± 14.241 (53–121), with mean total knowledge, attitudes, and practices scores of 30.35 ± 6.317, 30.46 ± 5.632, and 26.54 ± 6.454, respectively. The population distribution indicated that 50.56%, 46.04%, and 3.4% of healthcare workers had poor, average, and good scores, respectively. Multiple linear regression showed that gender, education, and hospital level classification influenced the KAP level of PICU healthcare workers regarding critically ill children with ICU-AW. Conclusions Overall, PICU healthcare workers in China have an average KAP level about ICU-AW, and the gender and education level of PICU healthcare workers, as well as the classification of hospitals where they work, predict the KAP status of healthcare workers regarding children with ICU-AW. Therefore, healthcare leaders should plan and develop specific training programs to improve the KAP level of PICU healthcare workers.
研究领域:
重症医学
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儿科学
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康复医学
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临床流行病学
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护理学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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IF 9.229
Chi Zhang,Zhinan Fan,Hao Zhan,Hong Zhou,Rongliang Ma,Li-Juan Fan
Both latent sebaceous and blood fingerprints may provide valuable information for forensic investigation. To detect both types of fingerprints with no need to predistinguish them, a new adaptive developing strategy was proposed. A cationic conjugated polymer with poly[p-(phenylene ethylene)-alt-(thienylene ethynylene)] backbone (PPETE-NMe3+) was synthesized, which was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) to form the developing solution. Fingerprints were developed by a simple dropping and incubating process without any pre-/post-treatments. Fluorescent photographs of the developed fingerprints on various substrates demonstrated that this developing strategy was effective for both types of fingerprints on nonporous substrates. Gray value analysis further confirmed the enhancement of the legibility of the fingerprint images. The preliminary mechanism exploration suggested that certain weak interactions, such as hydrophobic interaction and electrostatic interaction, may synergistically contribute to the interaction between the polymer and fingerprint components. The molecular design of the polymer combined with an appropriate solvent endowed the developing system the adaptiveness toward different types of fingerprints. This adaptive developing strategy made the fingerprint-developing process more efficient and may be further extended to more practical application scenes.
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法医学
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聚合物化学
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材料科学
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FOOD CONTROL
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2021
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IF 5.548
Shan Shan,Yanmei Huang,Zhaohong Huang,Zhonger Long,Chengwei Liu,Xuelong Zhao,Keyu Xing,Xiaoyue Xiao,Jintao Liu,Yunhong Huang,Weihua Lai,Daofeng Liu
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is known as a kind of foodborne pathogens that can produce Shiga toxin type1, type 2, or both, encoded by stx1 and stx2 genes, respectively. Rapid and accurate detection of STEC and stx1 / stx2 subtyping assay in food and environment is essential for foodborne outbreak investigation. In this study, a method for the accurate and rapid subtyping of STEC single colony using asymmetric polymerase chain reaction (asPCR) combined with lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was established. AsPCR was conducted using biotinylated stx1 and digoxin-labeled stx2 primers to obtain several single stranded DNA amplicons labeled with biotin or/and digoxin. Subsequently, these amplicons were tagged with specific probes labeled with carboxylate-modified red polystyrene microspheres using sequential hybridization. Finally, STEC with different Shiga toxin gene types could be distinguished depending on the appearance of different test lines on an LFIA strip. Thus, the STEC single colony could be identified and subtyped accurately and conveniently using this method. This method showed high specificity. Twenty-four strains of STEC in milk were detected and subtyped using our method, which combines asPCR with LFIA.
研究领域:
微生物学
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分子生物学
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食品安全
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病原体检测
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Bio-protocol
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2024
·Vol. 14
·期 21
·e5104
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IF 1
Peng-Wu Yin,Xian-Guo Guo,Wen-Yu Song,Wen-Ge Dong,Yan Lv,Dao-Chao Jin
The ectoparasites of rodents and other small mammals usually involve five categories of arthropods—fleas, sucking lice, gamasid mites, chigger mites, and occasionally, ticks. These ectoparasites are medically important, serving as vectors for diseases such as plague, murine typhus, scrub typhus, forest encephalitis, Lyme disease, and other zoonoses. Field surveys, collection, and specimen preparation of ectoparasites are crucial for studying taxonomy, faunistics, ecology, and epidemiology. They are also essential for vector surveillance. The present protocol summarizes the on-site monitoring and specimen-making of ectoparasites of rodents and other sympatric small mammals. Besides the collection and specimen preparation of small mammal hosts, the protocol describes in detail the collection, fixation, specimen-making, and taxonomic identification of ectoparasites and provides some monitoring indices. The on-site monitoring indices include the host density index and the infestation indices of ectoparasites (prevalence, mean abundance, mean intensity). The methodologies outlined in this protocol provide technical guidance and references for vector monitoring (surveillance) and control. Key features • Collection and specimen preparation of small mammal hosts, including rodents (rats, mice, and voles) and other sympatric small mammals (shrews, tree shrews, and pikas). • Collection, fixation, specimen-making, and taxonomic identification of ectoparasites, including fleas, sucking lice, gamasid mites, chigger mites, and ticks. • On-site monitoring indices—host density index and infestation indices of ectoparasites: prevalence, mean abundance, and mean intensity. Graphical overview Flowchart for collection and specimen-making of ectoparasites and their hosts. A. Process for the collection and specimen preparation of small mammal hosts. B. Collection and fixation of ectoparasites. C. Process for specimen-making for different categories of ectoparasites.
研究领域:
寄生虫学
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动物学
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流行病学
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公共卫生
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医学昆虫学
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