American Journal of Polymer Science and Technology

The journal will publish peer-reviewed open access English language articles that bridge the gap between research and patenting of an invention, targeting a broad audience of academic and industrial researchers, as well as the increasingly important world of scientists and engineers at start-up companies. The journal also will publish significant advances in polymer science, including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics and material science.
About this journal:

The scope of the journal provides a medium for publication of substantial and original papers, and short communications which focus on Research of Polymers and developments. The journal aims to publish papers with significance to an international audience, containing substantial novelty and scientific impact. The journal will consider articles on the following:

• • Functional polymers
• • Polymer composites and blends
• • Semiconductors
• • Polymer membranes
• • Hydrogels
• • Radiation synthesis and modification of different type of polymers
• • Potential application of polymers in different fields such as industrial, biomedical, agricultural
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Tiny robot walks, jumps on water

Researchers have designed and built a tiny robot that not only walks on water, but leaps free from its surface, talents that mimic the water strider. The insects are so light they ride high on the water’s surface, and they use the especially hairy feet on their middle set of legs to row their way across the water. Previously, engineers have designed striderlike robots that can walk on water, too, but they’ve never been able to duplicate the insect’s ability to jump and escape (first 9 seconds of video, above)—until now. The new bugbot is about twice the size of a water strider and tips the scales at just 68 milligrams, a small fraction of the weight that water’s surface tension can support on an area that size, the researchers report online today in Science. Just like its insect role model, the robot uses four legs to propel its leap from either a solid surface or from water—but it does so using the energy stored in a spring-loaded device that mimics the action of a flea’s leg when it jumps. This heat-activated spring is fine-tuned so that it pulls the bugbot’s flexible, curved-at-the-tip legs inward and downward at a speed just below that that would pierce the water’s surface (last 15 seconds of video), thus producing a successful leap rather than a flailing flop. A superrepellent coating on the robot’s feet and legs help prevent the water from slowing down its ascent. Although the bugbot’s body rests just 1 centimeter above the water’s surface and its legs are just 5 centimeters long, it can leap to a height of more than 14 centimeters, the researchers note. During test jumps, the robot briefly experienced accelerations of about 13.8 g—more than three times those stomached by astronauts on the space shuttle as they were boosted into orbit. Results of the new study may help engineers design bugbots that could be deployed in swarms for environmental monitoring, search and rescue operations, or the surreptitious surveillance of an enemy.

(Video credit: Seoul National University;(Video editor) Sarah Crespi/Science)

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An Experimental Research of Small Hydropower Plant Investments Selection in Turkey by Carrot2, DEXi, DEXiTree

Authors 
[01]
Burak Omer Saracoglu, Orhantepe Mahallesi, Tekel Caddesi, Geziyolu Sokak, Dragos, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey 

Abstract 
Nowadays, human daily lives depend very much to electricity. Hence, electricity generation plays a key role not only in countries' economies, but also in people's welfare and comfort in any region. This situation isn't also different for Turkey. Turkish electricity generation policy gives the opportunity for foreign and domestic private investments plans and schemes. Private investors have many private power plant investment options to invest in Turkey. One of the main groups is hydropower plants. Small hydropower plant investments are grouped under the hydropower plant investments. Their characteristics are very different from other types of hydropower plants. This experimental research study investigates the possibility of using a qualitative Multi Attribute Decision Making (MADM) model based on DEXi (Decision EXpert for Education) and DEXiTree software. Attributes in the current experimental research model are analyzed by help of a text mining tool Carrot2. In the experimental case study, the most appropriate small hydropower plant investments amongst five alternative ones at the predevelopment investment stages (an assumption) in Turkey are evaluated, and prioritized by help of seventeen basic factors (catchment area, project runoff, net head, discharge, firm energy, secondary energy, investment cost, river basin, conveyance structure, community attitude, transportation, topography, geology, security conditions, terrorism conditions, protected areas, substation conditions) based on the experimental DEXi decision model. There are some interesting findings such as Option 5 gets the highest priority in the overall experimental decision model. Similarly, Option 5 has the very good preference in the objective attributes evaluation. Option 3 comes afterwards with the good preference. But, both Option 4 and Option 5 get the good preference in the subjective attributes evaluation. The DEXi model file (*.dxi) is also presented to readers for giving opportunity to readers for preparing their models based on this experimental research model. This experimental research study is seen as another very small research step to deeply understand the nature of the small hydropower plants investments decisions in the way of developing an autonomous computer based intelligent decision support system for the real world cases.

Keywords
Carrot2, DEXi, DEXiTree, Investment, Multi Attribute Decision Making, Private, Small Hydropower, Turkey

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Only 100 tigers left in Bangladesh after last count got it wrong

The secret of plague’s death toll is out. The high mortality rate seen during the Black Death in the 14th century may have been the result of poor general health rather than the strength of the bacterium.

The Black Death killed about 60 per cent of Europe’s population. That’s surprising as recent plague outbreaks weren’t as devastating.

“There is a huge difference in mortality rates,” says Sharon DeWitte at the University of South Carolina, even though 14th century and 20th century plagues were caused by the same bacterium, Yersinia pestis, and its genetics were similar in both outbreaks.

DeWitte believes that the high mortality rate in the 14th century may have been the result of a general decline in health. She examined skeletons in London cemeteries from the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and found that more adults under the age of 35 were buried in the 13th century.

This suggests that people were dying younger before the Black Death arrived – probably because of famine and an increase in disease burden from other pathogens.

“Together with historical data, the picture that emerges is that the population was not doing well,” says DeWitte.

But Samuel Cohn, a historian from the University of Glasgow, UK, is not convinced.

“The wealthy were also dying in great numbers during the first outbreak of the Black Death [1347-51],” he says, noting that it is unlikely that they were in poor health.

Source:http://bit.ly/1U5ovXF

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Teenage Alcohol and Drug Abuse

It is usual for adolescents to experiment alcohol and drugs.  What they fail to see is what these drugs could have on their health today and in the future. According to a report published by an online publisher some try the substances and stop while others cannot control their cravings or urges for them.  This is what is known as substance abuse.

Signs of Teenage Substance Abuse

Studies: They tend to have a decreased interest and a negative attitude toward school.  They are absent from school, their grades drop and they tend to have discipline issues.

Emotions: Adolescents have sudden changes in moods, change in personality, poor judgment, lack of interest in almost everything, irritability, and poor judgment.

Social Problems:  They tend to become less interested in school activities and standard home. Also, they have problems with law and noticeable changes in conventional music and dress styles.

Physical changes: Lasting cough, glazed and red eyes, fatigue and repeatable health illnesses.

Family: Family withdrawal, picking arguments with family members and breaking rules.

Why Teenagers Abuse Drugs

To Experiment: Teenagers are usually driven to seek new experiences, especially those they identify as bold or stimulating.

To fit in:  Adolescents use drugs because they want to fit in with their friends and fear of being lonely if they do not do what their friends are doing.

To do better: We are living in a competitive world whereby you are in pressure to perform well academically as well as athletically. In cases like this, teenagers turn to drugs because they tend to believe that those substances will improve or enhance their performance.

Poor parent-child communication:  Adolescent abuse of drugs could be minimized if parents could engage in serious talks about drugs and alcohol with them. Many teens use drugs because their parents do not talk to them about the dangers of alcohol and drugs.

Unsupervised Accessibity: Many parents leave alcohol at accessible places in their homes. This makes it possible for their child to steal it when they are not around.

Drugs Abused by Teenagers

1.      Depressants

2.      Inhalants

3.      Tobacco products

4.      Cannabinoids

5.      Narcotics

6.      Stimulants

7.      Hallucinogens

Dealing with Teenage Drug/Alcohol Abuse

1.      Academic journal articles have written that it is important to engage in talks with your child- Award your teens for the little things they do.

2.      Ensure that your teenager is busy with meaningful activities such as church programs or sport activities.

3.      Know the peers that your child is associating with. Ensure that his or her friends do not smoke cigarettes, abuse drugs and are at your child`s feet to ensure that he/she does not abuse drugs.

4.      Always set rules for your child and ensure that he follows them to the latter. 

American Journal of Remote Sensing

American Journal of Remote Sensing (AJRS) is concerned with the science and technology of remote sensing and the applications of remotely sensed data in all major disciplines. Principal topics are: data collection, analysis, interpretation and display; surveying from space, air and water platforms; sensors; image processing; use of remotely sensed data; economic surveys and cost-benefit analyses. The journal contains primary papers on basic science, techniques and applications incorporating Remote Sensing Reviews - we positively welcome the submission of review articles.

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Sudden heat spikes did in Ice Age’s mammoth mammals

Rapid climate change put mega-sized Ice Age mammals on the ropes before ancient humans delivered the final blow, new research indicates.

During Earth’s last glacial period, around 12,000 to 110,000 years ago, woolly mammoths, sedan-sized armadillos and other massive mammals walked the land. Over time, these megafauna mostly died out. The instigator of these extinctions has become a topic of heated debate among scientists, with fingers pointed at both ancient humans and sustained frigid temperatures.

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Utilization of a Self- Care Educational Program for Alleviating Chemotherapy Induced Physical Side Effects

Abstract :
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women of both developed and developing countries. It is one of the leading causes of deaths in females. The aim of this study was to evaluate theutilization of a self-care educational program for alleviating chemotherapy induced physical side effects. A quasi – experimental design was used. The study was conducted at outpatient clinics at Oncology Center at Mansoura university Hospital. The study subjects included eighty mastectomised women receiving parenteral adjuvant chemotherapy for the first time. Subjects were divided randomly into two groups: the intervention group obtained a self- care educational program while the control group received the routine care. Three tools were used for data collection (An interview questionnaire sheet, Modified memorial (chemotherapy) symptoms assessment scale& Modified self- care diary scale). Study results showed that self- care educational program is effective on alleviating physical side effects of chemotherapy. The study recommended the important of teaching such educational program in all Egyptian Oncology Centers for alleviating such chemotherapy induced physical side effects.
KeywordsBreast Cancer Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy Induced Physical Side Effects, Self-Care

Introduction

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer for women worldwide. It affects all aspects of an individual’s life [1]. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women of both developed and developing countries accounting for 22.9% of all female cancers. It is also the leading cause of cancer death in females accounting for 13.7% of their cancer related mortality [2]. Breast cancer now occupies position number one in all countries of the Arab world. Its incidence is increasing in the developing world due to increased life expectancy, increased urbanization and adoption of western lifestyles [3].

In Egypt, similar to many other countries in the world breast cancer is the most common cancer and accounts for approximately 38% of the total reported malignancies among Egyptian women where about 20% of breast cancers occur in women aged < 40 years [4 & 5]. Multiple modalities are commonly used in cancer treatment which includes surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy (also called biotherapy), bone marrow transplants, gene, hormone and proton therapy and complementary medicine such as herbals, vitamins, chemicals, diet, meditation, massage, acupuncture and body mind therapy [6]. Chemotherapy is based on giving medications that have toxic effect towards rapidly multiplying cancer cells as they interfere with their uncontrolled growth and multiplication [7]...

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International Journal of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

International Journal of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry (IJCTC) , a peer-reviewed open access journal published bimonthly in English-language, provides a broad coverage of developments in theoretical and computational chemistry, as well as their applications to other scientific fields. Articles are broadly categorized into quantum chemistry, chemical dynamics, statistical mechanics, and chemical biology, ranging from fundamental theoretical methodology and computational algorithm to numerical applications. It also seeks to provide theories that explain chemical observations. Major components include the application of quantum mechanics to the understanding of valency, molecular dynamics, statistical thermodynamics and theories of electrolyte solutions, reaction networks, polymerization and catalysis.

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Research Paper From Leading Online Journals

World is driven by force of information nowadays. Sharing of information consequently has taken all important focal point and individuals from different stroll of life share their shrewdness through different channels - both, online and logged off modes. In this setting, online journals assume an essential part by giving open access to plenty of research paper, contextual analyses, peer reviewed papers, and so on to an expansive mass. Peer reviewed journal call for research paper occasionally. This periodicity may change if there should arise an occurrence of diverse stages. Point of this drive is to welcome researchers, researchers, understudies, designers to advance their valuable studies on worldwide stage.

Most journals call papers for proposition production in different subjects and themes. Science, innovation and building are some critical points which are secured by these learning centers. Creators of different papers need to comprehend dynamism of these stages with a specific end goal to utilize it productively. Each of these journals has its rules, which creators can without much of a stretch access on their sites and procedure their work in like manner. Journals have a decent acknowledgment rate of works subsequent to screening through a publication review board.

Procedure of Thesis Publication Enacted by Major Online Journals

However, numerous stages have great acknowledgment rates; perusers still get high volume of value work. Complete procedure of paper acknowledgment including the introductory screening and article board review guarantee that nature of theory production is not traded off. Here is the procedure of submitting papers to driving online journals:

Call for research paper - As expressed prior, significant stages call for research paper occasionally. It goes about as an open welcome for researchers, engineers and different researches to present their pieces for review of the publication board. Then again, you have to take after certain standard in your work for enhancing possibilities of beginning screening.

Introductory screening of the work - For this procedure, creators need to take after the essential rules issued by individual online stages. These rules can be read or downloaded from the site of these online stages of peer reviewed journal articles. Here is a portion of some normal rules:

·         Authors must present their unique work.

·         Authors must give their name in the last original copy, as this name is distributed with work. Creator's name is likewise utilized for indexing reason.

·         All the original copy submitted must be in Microsoft Word design with extension.doc or.docx just.

·         All work must be organized by layout gave by the online stage. Example of organization can be downloaded from the site for reference.

·         Submitted postulation must be on points or subjects that are secured by journals.

Reviewing of journal - Online journals have a limitless pool of peer reviewers. On the premise of your subject, peer reviewer is allocated for your work. It prompts peer reviewing of your research composition. This procedure cleans the work and glossary for its significance with the point.

Postulation distribution - Once your research piece is peer reviewed, your work is prepared for proposition production. Work is distributed on online stage with every due credit to the creator.

This is standard procedure of call for research paper received by most online journals.

Fish learn fear from their role models

By 

Claire Asher 

Even fish have role models. In a new study, researchers paired up inexperienced fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas, pictured) with two types of mentors: a minnow raised in an environment free of predators or a minnow raised in a dangerous one simulated by the odors of predatory pike and sturgeon. Fish from dangerous environments were fearful of the smell of both unknown and familiar predators, whereas fish that grew up in safety hid when they smelled a known predator but were curious about new smells. Both types of fish passed on their fears to their protégés: Minnows that spent time with fish raised in dangerous environments were scared of all smells they came across, but those that learned from fish raised in safety feared only specific predators and took new experiences in stride, the team reports online this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The authors say this is the first experiment to show that environment can influence the social transmission of fear and reveals how risk aversion can be learned. The researchers also suggest their study may shed light on how fear disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develop in humans, which research shows can be influenced by social environment; PTSD symptoms can be acquired from friends or family who have suffered trauma, for example. 

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Application of Oncolytic Viruses for Cure of Colorectal Cancer

Della Davis, S. S. Lahiri^*

Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India

Abstract: Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed and lethal cancers worldwide. It is the resultant of multistep processes caused by the accumulation of genetic/epigenetic aberrations. The different therapeutic strategies like radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery, used individually or in different combinations, do not remove tumors or their progression all the time. Besides, these procedures involve surrounding cells and tissues. In case of surgery, which is possible only before metastasis, even a single cancer cell left out during surgery, cause further cancer. Focus has been laid in developing agents that could specifically target the cancer cells and leave out the remaining normal cells. This also attempt at total recovery. This was how the focus was laid on viral agents. Over the last two decades, due to various advancements in molecular biology, virotherapy has seen various developments. A special class of viruses called oncolytic viruses have been used as a therapeutic strategy against cancer. These agents have various inherent and engineered factors like enhanced tissue tropism, thereby providing high selectivity; armed with transgenes to deliver therapeutic genes and to perform tumor selective replication, all these factors proving them improved and evolved mechanisms, when compared with other cancer therapeutics. These oncolytic virus provide greater protection in association with herbal remedies. The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed account of some of the current observations, developments and insights made in the field of oncolytic virotherapy for targeting colorectal cancer cells.  A panel of five oncolytic viruses i.e. adenovirus, herpes virus, reovirus, vaccinia virus and new castle disease virus that are under clinical studies for targeting colorectal cancer cells have been discussed.

Keywords: Oncolytic Virus; Colorectal Cancer, Oncolytic Virotherapy, Oncolysis, Targeted Therapy, Adenovirus, CRAds, Herpes Simplex Virus, Reovirus, Vaccinia Virus, New Castle Disease Virus, Immunostimulatory Response

Introduction

The colon is a tubular structure measuring approx. 1.5 m in length and varying diameters in an adult. The colon is continuous with the small intestine proximally at the ileocecal valve and ends distally at the anal verge. The rectum, 10 cm in length in the adult, begins at the peritoneal reflexion and follows the curve of the sacrum ending at the anal canal.

1.1.Colonic Crypt Organization

The colon is organized into four histologically distinct layers. The epithelial layer, at the luminal surface, consists of a single sheet of columnar epithelial cells folded into finger-like invaginations that are supported by the lamina propria to form the functional unit of the intestine, called crypts of Lieberkühn (Lc). There are four epithelial cell lineages. The terminally differentiated cells (enterocytes, goblet cells, and endocrine cells), which are found in the top third of the crypt, are derived from multipotent stem cells located at the bottom of the crypt. During asymmetric division, these multipotent cells undergo self-renewal and generate a population of transit amplifying cells that, upon migration upward through the crypt, proliferate and differentiate into one of the epithelial cell types of the intestinal wall. The fourth type of cells, the Paneth cells, differentiates during a downward migration to the base of the crypt, where they reside below the stem cell population¹.

A variety of functions have been attributed to Paneth cells. These functions include modulation of the intestinal microflora and maintenance of mucosal defense barriers

A normal human crypt contains roughly 2,000 cells and approx. 19 stem cells. Stem cells are defined by two functional properties: self-renewal and multipotency. Several molecules have been proposed as markers of stem cells in the intestine, including Musashi-1 (Msi-1), Hes1, integrins α2 and β1 subunits, EphB receptors, Bmi-1, Lgr5, and Aldh1.^{2, 3}

Source:Anatomy of the colon and retum, viewed on 8^th July, 2014 < http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gastroenterology_hepatology/diseases_conditions/small_large_intestine/>.

Fig. 1. (a) Anatomy of Colon (b) Anatomy of Rectum.

Source: Gastrointest Cancer Res. 2010 Nov-Dec; (Suppl 1): S16–S23.

Fig. 2. This represents the crypt of Lieberkühn, (a) Normal intestinal epithelium (b) Tumorigenic intestinal epithelium.

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Astronomers discover our long-lost 'solar twin'

By 

Juan David Romero 

If there is anything more exciting than finding your long-lost twin, it might be finding your long-lost solar twin. Using the HARPS spectrograph on the European Southern Observatory’s 3.6-meter telescope in Chile, a Brazilian-led team of astronomers has discovered an extrasolar system that bears a striking resemblance to our own. The HIP11915 system is centered on a star about 200 light years away from us that has a similar mass, age, temperature, and chemical composition to the sun. Orbiting the star is a gas giant that could be a dead ringer for Jupiter. The findings—published in Astronomy and Astrophysics —suggest that astronomers have hit an important milestone in their search for a planetary system that might harbor life. Especially important is the presence of the gas giant: Leading theories hold that Jupiter and Saturn were key to shaping the architecture of our solar system, migrating close to the sun and sweeping out orbital debris that might have otherwise destroyed any chance of life on the inner planets. If this theory is true, rocky planets much like ours could be lurking in the extrasolar whereabouts of our solar twin. 

Source:http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2015/07/astronomers-discover-our-long-lost-solar-twin

5 Tips for Better Academic Writing

Academic journals are about conveying your insightful thoughts to your academic peers and bosses. Most papers and articles are composed for this particular gathering of individuals; some get a more extensive group of onlookers when they are distributed in a journal. As an academic essayist, it is key for you to keep up a level of composing which is normal in academic circles.

1. Keep it Comprehensible and Concise

The most imperative thing to recall when composing an academic paper is the clarity of the substance. This incorporates being exact and succinct with your words; don't ramble on around an idea when it can be clarified in one line. Keep the tone of the substance proficient and don't deviate from the point, unless you need to raise a few eyebrows.

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An elegantly composed piece is not worth much in academic circles without the correct actualities and references. This will help you manufacture compatibility as a specialist in the field and individuals will believe the papers that you compose.

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Nothing slaughters an author's notoriety speedier than appropriated content; it is the greatest offense you can confer as an essayist and it can harm your remaining as an academic. Never attempt to go off another person's role as your own, when you need to specify somebody's work, verify that it is joined by a fitting reference or source.

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In numerous occasions, your academic paper may take after work that has beforehand been finished. In these cases, you can cite that past work in your content. However, don't go over the edge; you need to keep a level of creativity to your work, and over citing will reduce your shots of doing that.

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Attempting to keep the content inside of the dispensed word farthest point can be troublesome; this is the place being succinct pays profits. You generally must be careful about the due date all through the procedure, you don't need to surge the work; this will help you maintain a strategic distance from a great deal of oversights. It is really worthy on the off chance that your article methodology is intense or ambiguous as of now, or comprehends what have loads of subtle element. You will develop your exposition arrangement (extending that and which incorporate more detail) and perchance even change it as you experience the research rehearses. Your research should be sorted out so that the move from doing your research to have the capacity to composing your current article is simple. The speediest approach to perform this is to have the capacity to sort out your research so that it coordinates the specific association with the paper. In 2 of composing an academic paper, you'd likely have composed an extreme article arrange before you choose to start your research. This article arrangement would be the aide you have to use to sort out your research.

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Watch: Sharks found in underwater volcano

Using a deep-sea camera, scientists have filmed sharks swimming in the crater of an underwater volcano near the Solomon Islands, National Geographic reports. Because little is known about the geology and biology of the volcano, called Kavachi, the researchers dropped the camera and other instruments into the water for a better look. Caught in their footage were hammerheads and silky sharks, seemingly undisturbed by the water’s acidity and hot temperature. The discovery raises questions about what extreme environments the sharks can endure and how, the scientists say.

Source:http://news.sciencemag.org/sifter/2015/07/watch-sharks-found-in-underwater-volcano

That's why Japanese Food is Loved All Over the World - The Source of the Health and Longevity

Authors: Yoshikatsu Murooka ,  Ichiro Saeki

ISBN: 

978-1-940366-35-7

Published Date: July, 2015

Publisher: Science Publishing Group

Pages: 190

Authors:

Yoshikatsu Murooka, is an Emeritus Professor of Osaka University, Japan. Formerly a Visiting Fellow and a Visiting Scientist at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, a Professor in the Department of Fermentation Technology, Hiroshima University, a Professor in the Biotechnology, Graduate School of Osaka University and an Executive Director in the Education and Research Center of Osaka University, San-Francisco. Dr. murooka received the B.S. degree (1966) in fermentation technology from Hiroshima University and the Ph. D. degree in biotechnology from Osaka University, Japan.

Description:

It is well known that Japanese foods are good for health and do not give fat by a part of rumor or one’s experiment. The book introduces the reason of the scientific basis why Japanese food is the source for the health and the longevity written in an easy style for people in the world. More and more Japanese restaurants are opening in the world because of good for the health, delicious and safe. This is why Japanese food is loved by people all over the world.

Contents:

The Whole Book [Downloads(8) since July 9, 2015]

Front Matter [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

Chapter 1 Traditional Japanese Fermented Foods Produced by Using Lactic Acid Bacteria Improve Our Health [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

1.1 Fermented dairy products can contribute to longevity

      

1.2 Living organisms are classified with evolution as a guide

      

1.3 The first dairy products traced to cattle depasturing in the Pamir Highland

      

1.4 The origin of producing yogurt, butter and cheese

      

1.5 Lactic acid bacteria isolated from plants used in traditional Japanese foods

      

1.6 Probiotics can improve our intestinal functions

      

1.7 Lactic acid bacteria isolated from plants induce cytokines which regulate the immune system

      

1.8 Are lactic acid bacteria effective allergy treatment?

      

1.9 The effectiveness of lactic acid bacterial products on allergy

      

1.10 Double blind tests are necessary to prove the effectiveness of products

      

1.11 I once had roundworm

      

1.12 Could lactic acid bacteria prevent gastric cancer?

      

1.13 Lactic acid bacterial strain determines effect on health

      

1.14 Summary

Chapter 2 Japanese Vinegar: Pair ‘Komesu’ with Sushi. Drink ‘Kurosu’ for Your Health[Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

2.1 Vinegar, made from alcoholic beverages

      

2.2 The Qimin Yaoshu and the origins of vinegar

      

2.3 Rice vinegar made from Japanese sake

      

2.4 What was the true character of bacterial pellicles kept up for one century

      

2.5 Recent taxonomy uses molecular biology

      

2.6 My research at NIH

      

2.7 Traditional fermentation techniques passed on for generations

      

2.8 Traditional Italian ingredients from the Emilia Romagna Region

      

2.9 Traditional Italian balsamic vinegar

      

2.10 Why is vinegar good for our health?

      

2.11 Rice vinegar demand will rise with Sushi

      

2.12 Summary

Chapter 3 Japanese Sake Takes Her Rightful Place in the Ranks of International Wine?[Downloads(5) since July 10, 2015]

      

3.1 Kagami biraki has international cool

      

3.2 Quality water and rice makes quality Sake

      

3.3 Ginjo-shu is artistic Sake produced from extra-polished rice

      

3.4 Traditional Sake brewing nurtured high skill of biotechnology

      

3.5 Various kinds of alcoholic beverages in the world are different from Japanese Sake

      

3.6 Unforgettable memory of margarita, tequila cocktail

      

3.7 Biofuels were once Japanese specialties in the World War II

      

3.8 Is Sake the best medicine?

      

3.9 Too much drinking causes various diseases

      

3.10 Is it true that red wine prevents arteriosclerosis?

      

3.11 Japanese Sake is being produced in the USA

      

3.12 Ginjo-shu should be protected by the international Commercial Law

      

3.13 Summary

Chapter 4 Soy Sauce, ‘Shoyu’, is a World-Famous Seasoning of Umami [Downloads(7) since July 9, 2015]

      

4.1 Washoku, Japanese home cooking, is the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage

      

4.2 The fifth taste ‘Umami’ was born of Washoku, traditional Japanese cuisine

      

4.3 Industrial production of Umami was born by Japanese fermentation skill

      

4.4 How and where do we feel tastes and smells?

      

4.5 Why do people of every race feel soy sauce delicious?

      

4.6 Japanese soy sauce was born from Miso

      

4.7 Traditional and modern methods of soy sauce production

      

4.8 Soy sauce is also a seasoning which is good for health

      

4.9 Please do not drink soy sauce even if it is good for health

      

4.10 We can buy soy sauce at many stores all over the world

      

4.11 Summary

Chapter 5 Genetically Modified Foods are Not Fearful [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

5.1 Are Genetically Modified (GM) foods safe?

      

5.2 How to make genetically modified foods

      

5.3 Gene technology was beginning to develop when I visited the USA for the second time

      

5.4 Labeling of GM foods is helpful to consumers, but it is consumers who decide to eat them or not

      

5.5 GM foods can solve food crises in the world

      

5.6 Summary

Chapter 6 Miso, Fermented Soybean-Barley Paste, is the Source of our Power[Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

6.1 Miso is full of local colors

      

6.2 Miso keeps the doctor away

      

6.3 Content of salt in Miso is no problem, but

      

6.4 Miso is exported abroad indeed

      

6.5 Summary

Chapter 7 ‘Koji’, a Mold, Plays the Most Important Role in Making Japanese Fermented Foods [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

7.1 Japanese Koji is a treasure of the world

      

7.2 Can a computer take over the Toji, master of brewer?

      

7.3 Genomes of Koji mold designate the special feature of enzymes

      

7.4 Japanese Koji does not make aflatoxin, a carcinogenic substance

      

7.5 Summary

Chapter 8 Natto is the Key to Longevity [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

8.1 Natto bacteria were originally inhabitants of rice straw

      

8.2 Why is Natto good for the health?

      

8.3 How to select good health foods and supplementary foods without being affected by misleading advertisements

      

8.4 You should not take the same supplementary food too much even if it is good

      

8.5 Natto labeled ‘genetically modified Natto’ is sold in Japan now

      

8.6 Summary

Chapter 9 A Great Variety of Garnishes of Japanese Cuisine [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

9.1 Serving edible wild plants, Sansai, in four seasons

      

9.2 We make several varieties of Japanese pickles, Tsuke-mono

      

9.3 Wasabi is essential for Sashimi and Sushi

      

9.4 Substances contained in garnish promote the death of damaged cells

      

9.5 Our cells check abnormal dna and keep normal cells

      

9.6 Seaweed foods have a lot of substances which are good for health

      

9.7 Japanese hot cuisine, Nabemono and sukiyaki

      

9.8 The secret of longevity is Washoku, Japanese foods after all

      

9.9 Summary

Chapter 10 Anti-aging Genes and Thrifty Genes May Change your Life [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

10.1 Anti-aging genes prolong the life

      

10.2 How to calculate your BMI

      

10.3 Even Japanese foods make you fat if you eat them too much

      

10.4 Human beings have had genes which can conquer their hunger

      

10.5 The leptin gene can make us get less fat

      

10.6 Fatness invites danger of developing cancers

      

10.7 Summary

Chapter 11 Restaurants in the World Serving Japanese Food [Downloads(6) since July 9, 2015]

      

11.1 The first time I visited the USA was during the Vietnam War

      

11.2 Traditional auspicious foods for special days

      

11.3 Japanese food education brought about safe functional foods

      

11.4 Japanese restaurants where Japanese cooks are not seen

      

11.5 Today’s lunch is Bento, a box lunch

      

11.6 Summary

Chapter 12 Japanese Food Loved by Overseas People [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

12.1 Ranking of Japanese dishes loved by overseas people

      

12.2 Rice grown in Japan is delicious indeed

      

12.3 The first vitamin was found in bran of rice by a Japanese scientist

      

12.4 Why are Japanese brand of rice, Kosi-hikari or Akita-komachi delicious?

      

12.5 Culture of rice cultivation that will recover the earth

      

12.6 Fertilization of rice paddy utilizing symbiosis between plant and rhizobia

      

12.7 “They look really cool” young people who bear the destiny of agriculture and fishery on their shoulders

      

12.8 Japanese green tea is becoming more and more popular

      

12.9 California rolled Sushi and bowl dishes, ‘Donburi’ are popular in overseas countries

      

12.10 Invitation to Japanese restaurants is pleased

      

12.11 We have weekend parties by cooking fresh fishery

      

12.12 Summary

Chapter 13 Is Japanese Food in Foreign Countries Safe? [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

      

13.1 It takes much time to master making good Sushi

      

13.2 Food sanitary education by HACCP

      

13.3 You should take care when you take salad in developing countries

      

13.4 The key to safe transportation is the technique of preserving foods after sterilization

      

13.5 New technique of sterilization for keeping freshness

      

13.6 Sashimi is swimming in Shoyu, soy sauce

      

13.7 Summary

Chapter 14 More and More Japanese Restaurants are Opening in the World [Downloads(5)since July 9, 2015]

      

14.1 It is good for the health, delicious and safe. This is why Japanese Food is Loved all over the World

      

14.2 Japanese treasures which Japanese people don’t notice

      

14.3 In serving dishes in Japan, ceramics are also regarded important

      

14.4 Summary

Back Matter [Downloads(5) since July 9, 2015]

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