Multiple factors create food injustices in the United States. They occur in different societal se... more Multiple factors create food injustices in the United States. They occur in different societal sectors and traverse multiple scales, from the constrained choices of the industrialized food system to legal and corporate structures that replicate entrenched racial and gender inequalities, to cultural expectations around food preparation and consumption. Such injustices further harm already disadvantaged groups, especially women and racial minorities, while also exacerbating environmental deterioration. This article consists of five sections that employ complementary approaches in the humanities, design studies, and science and technology studies. The authors explore cases that represent structural injustices in the current American food system, including: the racialized and gendered effects of food systems and cultures on both men and women; the misguided and de-territorialized global branding of the Mediterranean Diet as a universal ideal; the role of food safety regulations around m...
Fermented foods/drinks are one of many traditional food preservation practices known to ameliorat... more Fermented foods/drinks are one of many traditional food preservation practices known to ameliorate flavor and nutritional value and extend shelf life. They are also an essential element in creating a regenerative food system, one that seeks to create conditions that enhance already existing systems rather than just sustaining them. However, many gastronomic, traditional, and heritage foods such as noncommercial fermented products are not eligible to be sold at local or global markets and are considered hazardous and unfitting of food safety standards. Subsequently, these foods are often produced in homes, or as cottage industry products sold at farmers markets. In the United States, many of these products are made by marginal communities, Latin, Middle Easterners, Southeast Asians, and Indigenous communities. These foods carry meanings of value, identity, and sacredness and have created a trans-local food ecosystem. This paper explores how Arizona, with its large and growing populat...
Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN)is an extremely common complication of diabetesmellitus (DM)... more Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN)is an extremely common complication of diabetesmellitus (DM) that affects more than 25% of all patients with type 2DM; there is growing support for the notion that inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy.Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a CC chemokine, which plays an important role in the recruitment of monocytes and macrophages from the bloodstream to inflamed tissue. It has been demonstrated that MCP-1-mediated macrophage accumulation and activation is a critical mechanism in the development of DN. Aim of this study: The present study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of urinary MCP-1 as biomarkers for early detection of nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients. Subjects and Methods: The current study was performed on sixty type 2 diabetic patients. Those patients were classified into three equal groups according to their albumin creatinine ratio (ACR) including patients with normoalbuminuria (A...
In this study, the most effective agent was Difenoconazole (Score) followed by Asparagus densiflo... more In this study, the most effective agent was Difenoconazole (Score) followed by Asparagus densiflours then Oreopanax guatemalensis plants against Biomphalaria alexandrina snails. The high concentrations of the three tested agents caused a remarkable reduction in hatchability percent of B. alexandrina eggs than the low concentrations. The sublethal concentrations (LC10 and LC25) of both A. densiflorus and Score have more destructive effect on the survival, growth and reproductive rates of the juvenile snails than the corresponding concentrations of O. guatemalensis plant. Different sublethal concentrations (LCo and LC5) of the three agents caused a remarkable elevation in the activity of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) enzymes of the snails after the 1 st week of the exposure. The sublethal concentration LC5 of the three tested agents caused pronounced effect on the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and acid phosphatase (ACP) activities after the 2 nd week...
Schools that create the space for dedicated positions are able to genuinely connect with and supp... more Schools that create the space for dedicated positions are able to genuinely connect with and support their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
This doctoral dissertation centers on robust adaptive networks. Robust adaptation strategies are ... more This doctoral dissertation centers on robust adaptive networks. Robust adaptation strategies are devised to solve typical network inference tasks such as estimation and detection in a decentralized manner in the presence of impulsive contamination. Typical in wireless communication environments, an impulsive noise process can be described as one whose realizations contain sparse, random samples of amplitude much higher than nominally accounted for. An attractive feature that these robust adaptive strategies enjoy is that neither their development nor operation hinges on the availability of exact knowledge of the noise distribution: The robust adaptive strategies are capable of learning it on-the-fly and adapting their parameters accordingly. Forgoing data fusion centers, the network agents employing these strategies rely solely on local interactions and in-network processing to perform inference tasks, which renders networks more reliable, resilient to node and link failure, scalabl...
Good food, or food that is good for people and planet, demands a different worldview and approach... more Good food, or food that is good for people and planet, demands a different worldview and approach than the current industrial food system. As an ecofeminist researcher that values reciprocity, justice, and a holistic approach, I aim to investigate varying good food perspectives by integrating scientific evidence and practical experience. Specifically, I will explore the opportunities climatic change and desertification have created for innovative and solutions-oriented small-scale food systems techniques in arid regions to define, identify, communicate, and pollinate good food and its related practices. A significant gap exists between current small-scale good food practices and the means by which we pollinate such practices into conventional food systems. I suggest that combining social science and arts-based methodologies will allow us to more deeply support a food system that produces good food and ultimately their integration into conventional means of production. This dissertat...
The present work was carried out to calculate the half lethal concentrations (LC50) of three inor... more The present work was carried out to calculate the half lethal concentrations (LC50) of three inorganic fertilizers (balanced, high phosphorus and high nitrogen fertilizers) on Biomphalaria alexandrina snails and to demonstrate measurable effects on infected B. alexandrina with Schistosoma mansoni miracidia that were exposed for one week to 1⁄4 LC50 (126.4, 400 and 2375 ppm) separately of (balanced, high phosphorus and high nitrogen) fertilizers, respectively. The obtained results showed that the survival of all treated infected snail groups at the 1 st shedding were significantly less than the control group. Moreover, results revealed a marked reduction in the infectivity of the infected snails especially those exposed to sublethal concentration of high nitrogen fertilizer when compared to control. In addition, the cercarial production of all treated groups was completely suppressed. These infected snails exhibited histopathological alterations, which is associated with severe damag...
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2020
The present study was conducted for one year period extended from April 2018 to March 2019 which ... more The present study was conducted for one year period extended from April 2018 to March 2019 which aimed to evaluate some epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic state of tropical theileriasis and tick infestation on cattle in New-Valley Governorate. For this purpose a total of 414 cattle of different ages, sexes and from different localities were examined for Theileria annulata infection and tick infestation. The result of tick infestation on cattle showed that the prevalence was 116 out of 414 examined samples (28%) were positive for tick infestation. Only one tick species, Hyalomma anatolicum was identified during the present study. Also, the results revealed that 160/414 (38.65%) of examined cattle were positive for Theileria annulata infection.
This study aimed to the density and distributions of some freshwater snails collected from eight ... more This study aimed to the density and distributions of some freshwater snails collected from eight freshwater streams at Egyptian governorates (Giza, Ismailia, Menoufia and Gharbia). Physical and chemical properties of water quality (i.e. water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids and electrical conductivity), and measuring ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate was done. Density of aquatic plants was evaluated. Chlorophyll-a content was measured to determine the trophic level of water. The results revealed that Biomphalaria alexandrina was the most enumeration snail spices, where they have the ability to tolerate and adapt to various environmental circumstances. Results proved that the eutrophic state recorded at Giza and Gharbia whereas, hyper-eutrophic state observed at Ismailia and Menoufia. Eichhornia crassipes; Echinochloa sp. (Water grass) and Lemma gibba aquatic plants were the most dominant aquatic plants and almost they were found in all examined sites.
Multiple factors create food injustices in the United States. They occur in different societal se... more Multiple factors create food injustices in the United States. They occur in different societal sectors and traverse multiple scales, from the constrained choices of the industrialized food system to legal and corporate structures that replicate entrenched racial and gender inequalities, to cultural expectations around food preparation and consumption. Such injustices further harm already disadvantaged groups, especially women and racial minorities, while also exacerbating environmental deterioration. This article consists of five sections that employ complementary approaches in the humanities, design studies, and science and technology studies. The authors explore cases that represent structural injustices in the current American food system, including: the racialized and gendered effects of food systems and cultures on both men and women; the misguided and de-territorialized global branding of the Mediterranean Diet as a universal ideal; the role of food safety regulations around m...
Fermented foods/drinks are one of many traditional food preservation practices known to ameliorat... more Fermented foods/drinks are one of many traditional food preservation practices known to ameliorate flavor and nutritional value and extend shelf life. They are also an essential element in creating a regenerative food system, one that seeks to create conditions that enhance already existing systems rather than just sustaining them. However, many gastronomic, traditional, and heritage foods such as noncommercial fermented products are not eligible to be sold at local or global markets and are considered hazardous and unfitting of food safety standards. Subsequently, these foods are often produced in homes, or as cottage industry products sold at farmers markets. In the United States, many of these products are made by marginal communities, Latin, Middle Easterners, Southeast Asians, and Indigenous communities. These foods carry meanings of value, identity, and sacredness and have created a trans-local food ecosystem. This paper explores how Arizona, with its large and growing populat...
Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN)is an extremely common complication of diabetesmellitus (DM)... more Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN)is an extremely common complication of diabetesmellitus (DM) that affects more than 25% of all patients with type 2DM; there is growing support for the notion that inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy.Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a CC chemokine, which plays an important role in the recruitment of monocytes and macrophages from the bloodstream to inflamed tissue. It has been demonstrated that MCP-1-mediated macrophage accumulation and activation is a critical mechanism in the development of DN. Aim of this study: The present study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of urinary MCP-1 as biomarkers for early detection of nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients. Subjects and Methods: The current study was performed on sixty type 2 diabetic patients. Those patients were classified into three equal groups according to their albumin creatinine ratio (ACR) including patients with normoalbuminuria (A...
In this study, the most effective agent was Difenoconazole (Score) followed by Asparagus densiflo... more In this study, the most effective agent was Difenoconazole (Score) followed by Asparagus densiflours then Oreopanax guatemalensis plants against Biomphalaria alexandrina snails. The high concentrations of the three tested agents caused a remarkable reduction in hatchability percent of B. alexandrina eggs than the low concentrations. The sublethal concentrations (LC10 and LC25) of both A. densiflorus and Score have more destructive effect on the survival, growth and reproductive rates of the juvenile snails than the corresponding concentrations of O. guatemalensis plant. Different sublethal concentrations (LCo and LC5) of the three agents caused a remarkable elevation in the activity of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) enzymes of the snails after the 1 st week of the exposure. The sublethal concentration LC5 of the three tested agents caused pronounced effect on the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and acid phosphatase (ACP) activities after the 2 nd week...
Schools that create the space for dedicated positions are able to genuinely connect with and supp... more Schools that create the space for dedicated positions are able to genuinely connect with and support their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
This doctoral dissertation centers on robust adaptive networks. Robust adaptation strategies are ... more This doctoral dissertation centers on robust adaptive networks. Robust adaptation strategies are devised to solve typical network inference tasks such as estimation and detection in a decentralized manner in the presence of impulsive contamination. Typical in wireless communication environments, an impulsive noise process can be described as one whose realizations contain sparse, random samples of amplitude much higher than nominally accounted for. An attractive feature that these robust adaptive strategies enjoy is that neither their development nor operation hinges on the availability of exact knowledge of the noise distribution: The robust adaptive strategies are capable of learning it on-the-fly and adapting their parameters accordingly. Forgoing data fusion centers, the network agents employing these strategies rely solely on local interactions and in-network processing to perform inference tasks, which renders networks more reliable, resilient to node and link failure, scalabl...
Good food, or food that is good for people and planet, demands a different worldview and approach... more Good food, or food that is good for people and planet, demands a different worldview and approach than the current industrial food system. As an ecofeminist researcher that values reciprocity, justice, and a holistic approach, I aim to investigate varying good food perspectives by integrating scientific evidence and practical experience. Specifically, I will explore the opportunities climatic change and desertification have created for innovative and solutions-oriented small-scale food systems techniques in arid regions to define, identify, communicate, and pollinate good food and its related practices. A significant gap exists between current small-scale good food practices and the means by which we pollinate such practices into conventional food systems. I suggest that combining social science and arts-based methodologies will allow us to more deeply support a food system that produces good food and ultimately their integration into conventional means of production. This dissertat...
The present work was carried out to calculate the half lethal concentrations (LC50) of three inor... more The present work was carried out to calculate the half lethal concentrations (LC50) of three inorganic fertilizers (balanced, high phosphorus and high nitrogen fertilizers) on Biomphalaria alexandrina snails and to demonstrate measurable effects on infected B. alexandrina with Schistosoma mansoni miracidia that were exposed for one week to 1⁄4 LC50 (126.4, 400 and 2375 ppm) separately of (balanced, high phosphorus and high nitrogen) fertilizers, respectively. The obtained results showed that the survival of all treated infected snail groups at the 1 st shedding were significantly less than the control group. Moreover, results revealed a marked reduction in the infectivity of the infected snails especially those exposed to sublethal concentration of high nitrogen fertilizer when compared to control. In addition, the cercarial production of all treated groups was completely suppressed. These infected snails exhibited histopathological alterations, which is associated with severe damag...
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2020
The present study was conducted for one year period extended from April 2018 to March 2019 which ... more The present study was conducted for one year period extended from April 2018 to March 2019 which aimed to evaluate some epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic state of tropical theileriasis and tick infestation on cattle in New-Valley Governorate. For this purpose a total of 414 cattle of different ages, sexes and from different localities were examined for Theileria annulata infection and tick infestation. The result of tick infestation on cattle showed that the prevalence was 116 out of 414 examined samples (28%) were positive for tick infestation. Only one tick species, Hyalomma anatolicum was identified during the present study. Also, the results revealed that 160/414 (38.65%) of examined cattle were positive for Theileria annulata infection.
This study aimed to the density and distributions of some freshwater snails collected from eight ... more This study aimed to the density and distributions of some freshwater snails collected from eight freshwater streams at Egyptian governorates (Giza, Ismailia, Menoufia and Gharbia). Physical and chemical properties of water quality (i.e. water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids and electrical conductivity), and measuring ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate was done. Density of aquatic plants was evaluated. Chlorophyll-a content was measured to determine the trophic level of water. The results revealed that Biomphalaria alexandrina was the most enumeration snail spices, where they have the ability to tolerate and adapt to various environmental circumstances. Results proved that the eutrophic state recorded at Giza and Gharbia whereas, hyper-eutrophic state observed at Ismailia and Menoufia. Eichhornia crassipes; Echinochloa sp. (Water grass) and Lemma gibba aquatic plants were the most dominant aquatic plants and almost they were found in all examined sites.
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