 of foodborne pathogens was also investigated. The population of Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli O157:H7 inoculated in beef samples decreased in proportion to the irradiation dose, showing D10 values of 0.66 and 0.65 kGy respectively. The irradiated beef eye of round had lower number of total aerobic bacteria (TAB) than nonirradiated one during the storage, but the TAB increased with higher ageing temperature (p<0.05). Especially, TAB increased sharply in non-irradiated samples aged at 25℃ after 4 d (p<0.05). With increasing ageing temperature and ageing time, shear force values decreased (p<0.05). The color a* values of the irradiated beef were lower than those of the non-irradiated throughout the ageing period (p<0.05). As ageing time and temperature increased, the amounts of inosine monophosphate decreased and the hypoxanthine increased (p<0.05). Relatively high ageing temperature could be used at irradiated beef eye of round to shorten the ageing time.
The aim of our study was to evaluate the potential benefits of an oral supplement containing porcine placenta extract (PPE) on skin parameters related to cutaneous physiology and aging. PPEs were administered orally to hairless mice for 12 wk. The effects of oral PPE administration on skin water-holding capacity and Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL) were similar to those of oral collagen (HYCPU2) administered as a positive control. Magnified photographs and replica images showed a reduction in UVB-induced wrinkle formation after collagen and PPE treatments. PPE treatments ameliorated the thicker skin surface that results from UVB exposure, based on a histological examination of skin tissue. The groups that were orally administered PPE (0.05%, OL; 0.1%, OH group) showed significantly reduced Matrix Metaloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) mRNA expression levels compared with the UVB control (Con), by 33.5% and 35.2%, respectively. The mRNA expression of another collagen-degrading protein, MMP-9, was also significantly lower in the groups that received oral administration of PPE (especially in the OH group) than in the control group. Additionally, oral administration of PPE significantly upregulated tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) and -2 mRNA expression levels compared with expression levels in the control group (p<0.05). This indicates that orally administered PPE activated the expression of Timp-1 and -2, inhibitors of MMP, which is responsible for collagen degradation in skin. Taken together, we propose that long-term oral administration of PPE might have a beneficial effect with respect to skin photo-aging.The Vaccines are back!
It’s been three years since we heard new music from The Vaccines, and it’s been too damn long. Their new single “I Can’t Quit” is the first glimpse off of their forthcoming album Combat Sports (3/30 release date) and it has me thirsting for more.
“I Can’t Quit” is a raucous rocker perfectly balancing sweet harmonies and punk snarl. Check out our Song of the DayTraffic police focusing on drug drivers have picked up 35 people for the offence in a 10-day operation.
Landsborough Road Police Unit officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Mal Lilley said officers did testing in the Caboolture, Bribie Island, Kilcoy, Woodford, Deception Bay and Burpengary areas between January 7 and Sunday.
He said 20 of those caught were in the Caboolture and Bribie Island areas.
Two drivers had their licences immediately suspended after they were caught drug driving for the second time in a month.
Of particular concern to Snr Sgt Lilley was the fact that more than one in every three drivers tested for illicit drugs returned a positive result.
"In some respects it doesn't surprise me, it just disappoints me," Snr Sgt Lilley said.
"To still be getting these results does indicate a problem in the wider community for drug use."
He said drivers who took to the roads after consuming illicit drugs significantly increased their risk of being involved in a serious crash.
"We will be testing more and more people and hopefully the message will get through."
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan has said members who support the presidential bid of Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, a former senior leader in the group, will be expelled.
In a telephone interview with Al Jazeera Mubasher-Misr television channel on Saturday evening, Ghozlan said: "The group is looking for an appropriate candidate for the position [of president]. Once we determine who that will be, Brotherhood members will not be allowed to support any other candidate.
“We’ve already dismissed a few members for supporting Abul-Fotouh’s presidential campaign,” he said. “The decision not to support him was an institutional one. Therefore, anyone who does so will be dismissed from the group immediately, since we don’t apply double standards."
After the January 25 Revolution, the Brotherhood announced that it would compete in parliamentary elections but would not nominate a member the presidency.
Abul-Fotouh announced his presidential candidacy in spring 2011 and was expelled along with a number of his supporters.
On Sunday, Abul-Fotouh, a moderate Islamist, reportedly obtained his official presidential nomination papers.
The first round of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential poll has been slated for 23 and 24 May.
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The subway stops, but it’s not our stop yet, and one or two people are getting off at a surprisingly slow pace for a Beijing subway. A few others get on. We all stare at the doors to our subway car as they don’t close for another 8 seconds. 8 ticks of the clock closer to our impending doom of missing our train. Because even if we miraculously get to our stop at lightning speed once the subway starts moving again, we still have to get through the insane lines at the check-in gates that we saw yesterday when we came to scope this whole process out. I decide that the time is right for me to adopt the local philosophy of “waiting in lines is for the foolish” — I am resolved that I will soon be the tall white man pushing his way through a swarming mass of Chinese folks, explaining/yelling to anyone who happens to be listening/understanding my English (not likely) that we simply loved being in China but also that our need to get on our train is much more important than their need to get to get on theirs since they are undoubtedly on time and we are late. While maintaining my hopeless optimism that the cream puffs will be simply amazing, I prepare myself for this all out embodiment of hypocrisy.
7:47. We’re at the next subway stop now, but somehow we still aren’t at our stop. How did this happen? We had this all planned out. We really are going to miss our first train along the Trans-Siberian Railway…. No, no, we aren’t. We’ll make it. Because, cream puffs.
7:49. Finally we get to our stop. We get off the subway. We find the exit signs. We go up the escalators. We get our bearings above ground. We head over to the check-in area, where the swarming mass of humanity is undoubtedly waiting to check in for their trains so they can get to their important job interviews for dream jobs or so they can go to their great grandson’s wedding. And we’re going to cut straight to the front of the line. I am psyching up for this moment of unreasonable entitlement. I’m ready to do this. The authorities will understand if they’re called to the scene. Anna doesn’t know about my plan yet, but she’ll understand and won’t judge me.
But what’s this? We’re here, but there’s no crowd. Where did all the people getting off the subway go? Where are the throngs of people we saw yesterday? Why are there only a few people waiting patiently in the 3 or 4 lines open for business? Who cares… We get