Search
Skip to Search Results- 2Alzaben, Abeer Salman
- 2Ebadi, Maryam
- 2Haisan, Jennifer L
- 2Ho, Linda
- 2Kim, Yong Min
- 2Kubota, Hiroshi
- 10McMullen, Lynn (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Gänzle, Michael (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Oba, Masahito (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Wu, Jianping (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 6Bressler, David (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 6Temelli, Feral (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
-
Fall 2021
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) occurs when the cells in the body are unable to respond to the effect of insulin, resulting in a state of hyperglycemia that could involve other health complications. The prevalence of this disease generates a great concern worldwide and suggests a move towards...
-
Fall 2021
Background: Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease that results in inflammation and damage to the small intestine when gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye or barley is consumed. The only treatment for CD is lifelong adherence to the gluten-free diet (GFD). However, dietary intake can be...
-
Development and evaluation of real-time PCR techniques for the early detection of three airborne fungal pathogens of wheat
DownloadFall 2023
Wheat is a staple food crop with 760 million tonnes consumed globally in 2020 with Canada being a major producer. Airborne fungal pathogens pose a severe threat to wheat growers all over Canada. New isolates of pathogens evolve through mutations which may become resistant to control measures and...
-
Development and pilot test of a culturally tailored menu plan for Chinese immigrants with type 2 diabetes
DownloadSpring 2016
Chinese Canadians are at higher risk for developing diabetes than the general Canadian population. Although culturally tailored diabetes treatment is recommended, there is a lack of relevant dietary resources for Chinese in Canada. The objectives of this thesis were to identify components in...
-
Development and use of a gnotobiotic murine model for beef cattle to evaluate competitive exclusion of Escherichia coli O157:H7 using commensal Escherichia coli strains, and to ascertain the impact of physiological stress on the host-bacteria interaction
DownloadFall 2020
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) serotype O157:H7 is an important foodborne pathogen, and cattle are considered the primary reservoir of this bacterium. Research was undertaken to ascertain factors that regulate competitive exclusion of E. coli O157:H7. A gnotobiotic (GB) murine model...
-
Development and Validation of a Sclerotinia sclerotiorum-Specific Quantitative PCR Assay to Assess Risk of Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Canola (Brassica napus)
DownloadFall 2016
Sclerotinia stem rot, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a major disease of canola (Brassica napus) commonly managed by the routine application of fungicides. Petal infestation is an important stage of the disease cycle and has been the focus of previously developed Sclerotinia stem rot risk...
-
Development of a Binder from Hydrolyzed Specified Risk Materials for Pelletization of Torrefied Wood
DownloadSpring 2019
Torrefaction is a thermal pretreatment of woody biomass in a temperature range of 200-300 ℃ without air or oxygen, which leads to a heating value for the woody biomass that is closer to that of coal, and also improves hydrophobicity. Torrefied wood pellets could improve co-firing rate with coal...
-
Development of a Self-Cycling Fermentation Approach to Improve Productivities for Ethanol Production
DownloadSpring 2020
Biofuels have great potential to help secure the global energy supply and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Taking cellulosic ethanol as an example, it is a biofuel produced from lignocellulosic material (e.g. wood and corn stover), which has the most abundant polymer on the planet. The production...