scholarly journals Using advanced spatial statistical analyses to determine socio-economic constructs of fresh food availability in Georgia, United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 100204
Author(s):  
Fabio Jose Benez-Secanho ◽  
Jacqueline Miner ◽  
Puneet Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Fresh Food

scholarly journals Evaluation of bioMérieux's Dissociated Vidas Lyme IgM II and IgG II as a First-Tier Diagnostic Assay for Lyme Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1698-1706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia R. Molins ◽  
Mark J. Delorey ◽  
Adam Replogle ◽  
Christopher Sexton ◽  
Martin E. Schriefer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Enzyme Immunoassay ◽  
The United States ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Diagnostic Approach ◽  
Diagnostic Assay ◽  
Western Immunoblotting ◽  
Testing Strategies ◽  
Second Tier

ABSTRACTThe recommended laboratory diagnostic approach for Lyme disease is a standard two-tiered testing (STTT) algorithm where the first tier is typically an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) that if positive or equivocal is reflexed to Western immunoblotting as the second tier. bioMérieux manufactures one of the most commonly used first-tier EIAs in the United States, the combined IgM/IgG Vidas test (LYT). Recently, bioMérieux launched its dissociated first-tier tests, the Vidas Lyme IgM II (LYM) and IgG II (LYG) EIAs, which use purified recombinant test antigens and a different algorithm than STTT. The dissociated LYM/LYG EIAs were evaluated against the combined LYT EIA using samples from 471 well-characterized Lyme patients and controls. Statistical analyses were conducted to assess the performance of these EIAs as first-tier tests and when used in two-tiered algorithms, including a modified two-tiered testing (MTTT) approach where the second-tier test was a C6 EIA. Similar sensitivities and specificities were obtained for the two testing strategies (LYT versus LYM/LYG) when used as first-tier tests (sensitivity, 83 to 85%; specificity, 85 to 88%) with an observed agreement of 80%. Sensitivities of 68 to 69% and 76 to 77% and specificities of 97% and 98 to 99% resulted when the two EIA strategies were followed by Western immunoblotting and when used in an MTTT, respectively. The MTTT approach resulted in significantly higher sensitivities than did STTT. Overall, the LYM/LYG EIAs performed equivalently to the LYT EIA in test-to-test comparisons or as first-tier assays in STTT or MTTT with few exceptions.

Rates of retained and discarded catches from demersal fish trawling off the north-eastern United States

1997 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Kennelly ◽  
S. C. Drew ◽  
C. D. Delano Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Demersal Fish ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Catch Rates

The retained- and discarded-catch rates of fish, crustaceans and molluscs caught by demersal fish trawlers were quantified in a large-scale observer survey of fleets working off the north-eastern United States. The data presented come from catches sampled from 7757 tows on 1010 fishing trips during the four-year period from July 1990 to June 1994 and are summarized as the weights retained and discarded (per hour of trawling) for many of the important commercial and recreational species in the region. Problems with the spatial and temporal design of the programme restricted statistical analyses of the data and prevented summaries across all statistical areas and months. However, separate summaries for individual areas (over all months) and individual months (over all areas) identified several spatial and temporal patterns in retained- and discarded-catch rates for individual species and combinations of species. Noticeable increases and decreases in catch rates during the four-year period provided information on the relative health of certain stocks, and overall discard percentages indicated relative selectivities of the trawling operations sampled.

Produce Consumption in the United States: An Analysis of Consumption Frequencies, Serving Sizes, Processing Forms, and High-Consuming Population Subgroups for Microbial Risk Assessments

2012 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. HOELZER ◽  
R. POUILLOT ◽  
K. EGAN ◽  
S. DENNIS
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
The United States ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Consumption Data ◽  
Serving Sizes

A great variety of fruits and vegetables are available in the United States. These items are produced in various geographic regions by a diverse industry. Produce has been increasingly identified as a vehicle for disease outbreaks. Changes in consumption may explain this increase, but analyses of produce consumption are limited. Comprehensive assessments of the public health risks associated with produce depend on quantitative consumption data, including the population fractions and subgroups of consumers, the quantities consumed by these individuals, and the processing that occurs before consumption. Here, we provide an analysis of nationally representative consumption estimates by estimating consumption frequencies, serving sizes, and processing forms for a variety of produce commodities based on 1999 through 2006 data from “What We Eat in America,” the dietary interview component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey performed by the National Center for Health Statistics. Consumption patterns for fresh and heat-treated produce were assessed, compared with U.S. food availability estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (ERS), and combined with ERS data on temporal trends in food availability and nondomestic produce origins. To identify high-consuming population subgroups, we explored consumer habits and demographic predictors of fresh produce consumption (data available at www.foodrisk.org). Our analysis of common outbreak vehicles revealed limited temporal changes in food availability but frequent consumption as fresh commodities. In addition to providing quantitative consumption estimates for risk assessments, our data clearly show that produce consumption differs among fruits and vegetables, fresh and heat-treated foods, and demographic subgroups. These results are valuable for risk assessments and outbreak investigations and allow targeting of risk communication or interventions to those individuals at greatest risk.

Battering the Way to Establish a Global Identity: iD Growth Strategy

2021 ◽  
pp. 097282012097948
Author(s):  
A. Satya Nandini ◽  
Minu Zachariah
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Global Identity ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Start Up

The sight of a large number of refrigerated trucks with ready-to-cook (RTC) food loaded into them to assist the homemaker was a fascinating scene in the premises of the fast-growing fresh food company iD Fresh Food in Bangalore. The person who shaped his identity through a new-age food start-up brand iD Fresh was Mr. P.C. Musthafa (PC). Resisting all odds in his life, he dared to venture into RTC Indian cuisine ingredients like idly, 1 dosa batter, 2 and made it an extraordinary homemaker experience. The thought of making branded and hygienic batter struck Musthafa and his cousins while sitting in their grocery store when they noticed the batter from an external supplier ran out of stock several times. Moreover, there were hygiene and quality complaints about the product. This provoked them to start their own idly–dosa batter business to provide hygienic, 100% natural RTC batter without any preservatives, chemicals or artificial flavours. Therefore, in 2005, they decided to give it a try with an initial investment of Indian Rupees (INR) 50,000. PC was not satisfied with the growth from INR 2 million to INR 2,400 million. He and his team are visualizing to reach INR 10 billion by 2023–2024 and want to become the most sought-after brand worldwide. With an untapped market potential of 90% in India, its products are currently sold across fifteen cities in India, UAE and the United States. Despite this, they plan to expand their business to North America, Europe and Asia in the next 5 years. Hence, the founder was contemplating various options for their growth strategies to venture into foreign markets.

scholarly journals A Crisis-Within-A-Crisis: Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Fang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Short Answer ◽  
Fresh Food

In 2019, five million children in the United States did not know if they would receive fresh food and a warm shelter during the holidays. According to the Brookings Institute, this number has increased to more than 13.9 million children in 2020. The short answer for the drastic rise in food insecurity?

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