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Allergenicity of roasted peanuts treated with a non-human digestive protease
Yu, Jianmei; Hernandez, Michelle; Li, Hao; Goktepe, Ipek; Robinette, Carole; Auerbach, Amy; Peden, David; Ahmedna, Mohamed... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)Peanut allergy is a severe and lifelong type of food allergy triggered by allergenic proteins and peptides in peanuts. This study investigated the effects of ultrasound-assisted alcalase treatment on the concentrations of ... -
Determination of Bromate, Perchlorate and selected ions in drinking water supplies in Qatar
Mariyam, Sabah; Goktepe, Ipek; Lathiff, Aishah Binti ( OMICS , 2017 , Conference Paper)About 99% of the potable water used in Qatar is desalinated and Qataris spend approximately 15 million dollars in importing bottled water (90 million L), as the public thinks it is of better quality than the tap water. ... -
THE EFFECT OF TREATED WASTE WATER (TWW) ON THE RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOMES AND THEIR IMPACT ON ARUGULA
Al Naemi, Moza M. (2016 , Master Thesis)Qatar needs to achieve water and food security in an arid climate and maintain its fossil-fuel energy exporting status. Treated wastewater (TWW) can be an alternative source for vegetable crops irrigation in Qatar; however, ... -
Evaluation of microbial quality of ready-to-eat foods sold in Doha, Qatar
Zuhara, Shifa; Goktepe, Ipek ( OMICS , 2017 , Conference Paper)Food safety is an integral part of environmental public health. According to Kunová et al. (2015), there has been many reports on ready-to-eat foods (RTEF) being the basis for foodborne outbreaks in recent years. In Qatar, ... -
Initial Assessment of Environmental Microbial Hazards in Doha Restaurants
Syed Asim, Hammad (2017 , Master Thesis)This study was carried out to assess hygiene conditions, food handling practices, food safety knowledge of food service providers (FSPs), and the microbial quality of food served in different food service establishments ... -
Measurement and Modeling of NO2 Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Doha, Qatar
Al-Naimi, Noora Abdulla (2013 , Master Thesis)Six major intersections along C-ring road of Qatar were investigated for NO2 emission. NO2 is considered to be a marker of vehicular pollution thus in this study, its relationship was established with traffic volume in ... -
Measurement and modelling of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions: a marker for traffic-related air pollution in Doha, Qatar
Al-Naimi, Noora; Balakrishnan, Perumal; Goktepe, Ipek ( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Article)In the State of Qatar, recent statistics show a continued increase in the motor-vehicle fleet commensurate with population growth and economic development. This trend, together with the rapid expansion of urban areas and ... -
A Microbiological Risk Assessment At The Fresh Produce Wholesale Market In Doha
El-Nemr, Israa M. (2019 , Dissertation)Food contamination is a challenging problem in many developing countries, like Qatar where the majority of food is imported. The wholesale fresh produce market (WSFPM) in Doha is considered as the major produce market from ... -
The potential of papain and alcalase enzymes and process optimizations to reduce allergenic gliadins in wheat flour
Li, Ying; Yu, Jianmei; Goktepe, Ipek; Ahmedna, Mohamed ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)The objectives of this study were to select effective enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of allergenic proteins, gliadins, in wheat flour and to optimize the enzymatic treatment conditions. Six proteases were tested. ...