Riboflavin, vitamin B2, is essential for humans and has to be obtained from the diet.Some lactic acid bacteria (LAB) produce this vitamin, and they can be used for in-situ fortification of foods.This could be an alternative to supplementation with chemically synthesized vitamin, to palliate riboflavin deficiencies in specific groups of people.Moreo
Challenges of scaling up and of knowledge transfer in an action research project in Burkina Faso to exempt the worst-off from health care user fees
Abstract Background Systems to exempt the indigent from user fees have been put Yoto Card Case in place to prevent the worst-off from being excluded from health care services for lack of funds.Yet the implementation of these mechanisms is as rare as the operational research on this topic.This article analyzes an action research project aimed at fin
The Depression Initiative. Description of a collaborative care model for depression and of the factors influencing its implementation in the primary care setting in the Netherlands
Background: In headstall the Depression Initiative, a promising collaborative care model for depression that was developed in the US was adapted for implementation in the Netherlands.Aim: Description of a collaborative care model for major depressive disorder (MDD) and of the factors influencing its implementation in the primary care setting in the
Evolutionary diversification of plant shikimate kinase gene duplicates.
Shikimate kinase (SK; EC 2.7.1.71) catalyzes the fifth reaction of the shikimate pathway, which directs carbon from the central metabolism pool to a broad range of secondary metabolites involved in plant development, growth, and stress responses.In this study, we demonstrate the role of plant SK gene duplicate evolution in the diversification of me