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Effect of cooking and concentration of inhibitors on Iron and zinc content of bio-fortified beans
No full textMasters ThesisBio-fortified foods usually have high nutrient contents and have potential to improve
nutritional status of vulnerable groups; however, increased levels of nutrients do not
necessarily translate to enhanced bioavailability due to presence of dietary anti-nutritional
factors. The study aimed to determine the effect of cooking and dietary anti-nutritional
factors on the content of zinc and iron of bio-fortified beans as compared to non-biofortified
varieties. Three bio-fortified bean varieties (Selian 13, 14 and 15) and a non-biofortified
variety (JESCA) which was a benchmark were analyzed by atomic absorption
spectrophotometry for the content of iron, zinc and dietary anti-nutritional factors before
and after cooking. Determination of anti-nutritional factors (phytic acid) was through
phytate precipitation, polyphenols by Follin-Ciocalteu reagent spectrophotometer method
and for tannins by the Follin-Dennis reagent titration and spectrophotometric method.
Results showed that bio-fortified beans contained a higher concentration of both iron and
zinc. Iron and zinc contents are expressed in mg/100g. JESCA contained 6.95 of Fe and
2.37 of Zn; Selian 13 had 15.21 of Fe and 4.07 of Zn; Fe and Zn content of Selian 14 was
10.23 and 5.2, respectively and Selian 15 contained 17.02 of Fe and 4.92 of Zn. There was
a significant increase (p<0.05) in iron concentration in the bio-fortified bean varieties
Selian 13 and 15 and of zinc concentration in the bean variety Selian 14. Cooking of beans
at 100 ºC, in distilled water for 35-50 minutes reduced dietary anti-nutritional factors in
beans by 64.9 – 97.9%. Bio-fortified beans had higher iron and zinc content and exhibited
higher nutrient retention upon cooking. Beans can serve as a vehicle for bio-fortification
of iron and zinc, and thus serve as an intervention for reducing micronutrient deficiencies.
This study which only highlighted processes and findings before intake has shown that
bio-fortification has the potential to enhance bioavailability but this is not guaranteed
without taking into account other factors, therefore recommending further studies in
animals and humans. The use of bio-fortified beans as a source of iron should be
accompanied with information on handling, storage and preparation.Building Nutritious Food Basket (BNFB) projec
Effect of cooking and concentration of inhibitors on Iron and zinc content of bio-fortified beans
No full textMasters ThesisBio-fortified foods usually have high nutrient contents and have potential to improve
nutritional status of vulnerable groups; however, increased levels of nutrients do not
necessarily translate to enhanced bioavailability due to presence of dietary anti-nutritional
factors. The study aimed to determine the effect of cooking and dietary anti-nutritional
factors on the content of zinc and iron of bio-fortified beans as compared to non-biofortified
varieties. Three bio-fortified bean varieties (Selian 13, 14 and 15) and a non-biofortified
variety (JESCA) which was a benchmark were analyzed by atomic absorption
spectrophotometry for the content of iron, zinc and dietary anti-nutritional factors before
and after cooking. Determination of anti-nutritional factors (phytic acid) was through
phytate precipitation, polyphenols by Follin-Ciocalteu reagent spectrophotometer method
and for tannins by the Follin-Dennis reagent titration and spectrophotometric method.
Results showed that bio-fortified beans contained a higher concentration of both iron and
zinc. Iron and zinc contents are expressed in mg/100g. JESCA contained 6.95 of Fe and
2.37 of Zn; Selian 13 had 15.21 of Fe and 4.07 of Zn; Fe and Zn content of Selian 14 was
10.23 and 5.2, respectively and Selian 15 contained 17.02 of Fe and 4.92 of Zn. There was
a significant increase (p<0.05) in iron concentration in the bio-fortified bean varieties
Selian 13 and 15 and of zinc concentration in the bean variety Selian 14. Cooking of beans
at 100 ºC, in distilled water for 35-50 minutes reduced dietary anti-nutritional factors in
beans by 64.9 – 97.9%. Bio-fortified beans had higher iron and zinc content and exhibited
higher nutrient retention upon cooking. Beans can serve as a vehicle for bio-fortification
of iron and zinc, and thus serve as an intervention for reducing micronutrient deficiencies.
This study which only highlighted processes and findings before intake has shown that
bio-fortification has the potential to enhance bioavailability but this is not guaranteed
without taking into account other factors, therefore recommending further studies in
animals and humans. The use of bio-fortified beans as a source of iron should be
accompanied with information on handling, storage and preparation.Building Nutritious Food Basket (BNFB) projec
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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