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In this study, the potential use of Moringa oleifera as a clotting agent of different types of milk (whole, skim, and soy milk) was investigated. M. oleifera seed extract showed high milk-clotting activity followed by flower extract. Specific clotting activity of seed extract was 200 times higher than that of flower extract. Seed extract is composed by four main protein bands (43.6, 32.2, 19.4, and 16.3 kDa). Caseinolytic activity assessed by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and tyrosine quantification, showed a high extent of casein degradation using M. oleifera seed extract. Milk soy cheese was soft and creamy, while skim milk cheese was hard and crumbly. According to these results, it is concluded that seed extract of M. oleifera generates suitable milk clotting activity for cheesemaking. To our knowledge, this study is the first to report comparative data of M. oleifera milk clotting activity between different types of soy milk.
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El presente estudio se realizó en un servicio privado, que atiende diferentes sectoresde población demandante de atención odontológica.Objetivos: Determinar la Adherencia al tratamiento odontológico recomendado alos pacientes que asistieron a la Clínica Odontológica de Especialidades, durante elperíodo agosto 2005 a marzo 2015.Metodología: Es un estudio Transversal y Descriptivo. Se seleccionó una muestradel 75% del universo, utilizando como unidad de observación las fichas clínicas delos pacientes que acudieron a la clínica. Dentro de las características sociodemográficas de los pacientes en estudio predominaron las edades contenidas deforma similar en tres intervalos, desde los 26 hasta los 60 años, y el sexo femeninocon un 58%.Conclusión: La Adherencia predominó independientemente del motivo de consulta,tratamiento recomendado o enfermedad crónica referida.
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Humans , Dentistry , Medication Adherence , Dental Care , Academic Dissertations as Topic , Electronic ThesisABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: To understand the determinants of frightening/frightened and other atypical maternal behavior, the authors studied a sample of 41 inner-city mothers of very young children (ages 8-50 months), the mothers of whom had lifetime histories of interpersonal violent trauma (i.e., physical or sexual abuse, and domestic violence) and related posttraumatic stress. METHOD: The authors measured (1) maternal salivary cortisol levels before and 30 minutes after a videotaped play paradigm with their children, involving two separations and reunions; and (2) cortisol reactivity 30 minutes after separation stress. Data were analyzed using Pearson bivariate correlations, ANOVA, and multiple linear regressions. RESULTS: Salivary cortisol "baseline" values were significantly negatively correlated with childhood interpersonal violent trauma severity (i.e., trauma severity prior to age 16). However, cortisol reactivity was not significantly correlated with interpersonal violent trauma severity at this level of analysis. Although baseline salivary cortisol values were not significantly correlated with current overall psychiatric or depressive symptoms, they were negatively correlated with severity of current posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and with dissociative symptoms. Neither dimensions of negativity nor distortion of maternal attributions showed any significant association with prestress or poststress salivary cortisol levels. Salivary cortisol baseline was negatively correlated with atypical maternal behavior via measurement of the level of disrupted communication, at a trend-level of significance. CONCLUSIONS: Violent trauma-associated dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis may be a marker for increased risk for intergenerational transmission via parenting behavior with young children. Low salivary cortisol prior to separation stress and blunted cortisol reactivity to separation may also be markers for posttraumatic stress.
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Domestic Violence/psychology , Hydrocortisone/analysis , Mother-Child Relations , Sex Offenses/psychology , Stress, Psychological , Adult , Child, Preschool , Communication , Fear , Female , Humans , Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiology , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Pituitary-Adrenal System/physiology , Saliva/chemistry , Video RecordingABSTRACT
In a pilot study, the authors examine features of mothers' relationships to their mothers, spouses, and daughters associated with their daughters' male-perpetrated child sexual abuse. Fifteen inner-city Latino mothers and daughters (ages 1-9 years), referred by child protective agencies for highly suspect or confirmed child sexual abuse, were compared to 20 matched control dyads. Significantly more case mothers than controls reported relational disturbances intergenerationally, including hostility toward their daughters. Mother-daughter relationships should be thoroughly assessed when evaluating a child for child sexual abuse.
