Quality attributes of sectioned and formed spent hens meat rolls 2- effect of enzyme treatment and/or cool aging tenderization

Feathered carcasses of broiler mother hens [18 month age] were enzyme treated [static soak in 0.003% papain sol.] and /or cool aged [4 degree C, 24 hrs] prior to processing into sectioned and formed meat rolls [SFMR]. Breast SFMR’s were of higher WHC and lower cook loss as compared to thigh rolls. Cool aging [AG] tenderization resulted in less cook loss [13%], when skin emulsion [SE] was used as a binder, as compared to that containing kcarrageenan [KC] [18%]. When enzyme/aged [Enz/Ag] tenderization was applied, cook loss was 20% and 17% with SE and KC respectively as binders. For SFMR binding efficiency and slice ability, samples with [KC] were ranked the best [compared with control and SE samples], for both tenderization methods. Enz/Ag treatment resulted in the best tenderness and juiciness of samples containing [KC] or [SE] respectively. For overall acceptability samples Enz/Ag treated and [KC] binded and made of either breast or thigh cuts were ranked the four top scores

Dermatoglyphic variations in breast cancer

One hundred and forty seven cases of breast cancer and one hundred and twenty five normal controls were studied. Full dermatoglyphic analysis was done using an Epi Info Computer program. It was found that atd-angle system appeared to have a little effect on BC; minor palmer creases showed some significant changes, but after stratification they appeared only in OLD BC and nonexistent or modified in YOUNG BC; only RadlpHypH and LRadHypt appeared to be significantly reduced in BC and palmer islands appeared to have no relation to BC; only Lp 45 appeared to be significantly reduced in count in left hand and insignificantly in right h and; all palmer distances were significantly increased bilaterally in all BC cases; ridges on finger distal phalanges were arranged in ulnar loops. The serial differences between any two adjacent fingers appeared to be highly statistically significant in normal controls. In malignant breast, these patternization percentages and differences try to disappear or modify

Identification of knowledge about acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome[AIDS] among employees subjected to the medical field versus those who are not

Three hundred educated employees from two different settings participated in the study. Data were collected using a questionnaire that elicited personal characteristics of the subjects and mentioned 24 questions related to AIDS knowledge. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between employees who were subjected to the medical field [group 2] and employees who were not [group one] with regard to age, level of education and marital status at the 5% level. The two groups varied in relation to ranking of knowledge. The highest knowledge rank for group one and two was in the knowledge related to the causes of disease and to body fluids that carry virus, respectively. The lowest knowledge rank for both groups was related to precautions to be followed and causes of death respectively. The findings concluded that subjection to the health field and certain personal variables, such as age, educational level, and marital status would influence employees' knowledge about AIDS