Acknowledgment by the Committee on Accreditation.

Acknowledges and thanks a list of members of the American Psychological Association who contributed to the work of the Committee on Accreditation by serving on site visiting teams and participating in other accreditation activities during the 1993–94 academic/training year. (0 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Charles D. Spielberger.

As author, coauthor, or editor of more than 300 publications, Spielberger has advanced the theoretical and empirical foundations of professional psychology through his research on personality and learning; stress and emotion; assessment of anxiety, anger, and curiosity; and lifestyle factors that influence the etiology of hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, and cancer. This journal article contains a citation and biography of Charles D. Spielberger. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Practice of Psychology Award: Ronald E. Fox.

Presents a biography of R. E. Fox, the 1994 recipient of the American Psychological Foundation Distinguished Practice of Psychology Award for his work in the general area of professional education and practice. Fox is cited for his contributions to enhancing racial diversity in psychology and to creating essential support structures for the profession. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research in Public Policy.

Discusses the contributions made by D. T. Slaughter-Defoe, the 1993 recipient of the Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research in Public Policy presented by the American Psychological Association. She is awarded for work in identifying factors that promote and impede academic achievement of African-American children. The topics she has addressed have included the role of maternal involvement with and attitudes toward institutions beyond the family, the effects of private schooling, and the effects of Project Head Start. A biography of the recipient is provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for distinguished contribution to psychology in the public interest: Laura C. Leviton.

The Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest presents two awards annually to persons who, in the estimation of the Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary contribution or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. One award is presented to a senior psychologist, and the other recognizes a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest less than 15 years after the receipt of his or her degree. This article presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for one of the 1993 recipients of this award, Laura C. Leviton. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Education and Training Contributions.

Discusses contributions made by Ronald E. Fox, recipient of the 1992 Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology Award, and Charles G. Matthews, recipient of the 1992 Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology Award given by the American Psychological Association. Fox is recognized for his contributions to the field of education in professional psychology, including his work in establishing the Association of Psychology Internship Centers and organizing the National Council of Schools of Professional Psychology. Matthews is recognized as one of the foremost clinical neuropsychologists in the world as evidenced by his serving as president of the International Neurological Society and of the American Psychological Association's Division 40. Matthews has directed one of the foremost postdoctoral training programs in clinical neuropsychology in the world. Recipients' biographies are given. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Composition of the Council of Representatives: Report on the apportionment ballot for representation year 1994.

Reports on the apportionment ballot used to determine the number of representatives each division and state or provincial association will have on the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives in 1994. The ballot apportioned 106 seats for 1994, 2 less than in 1993. The number of Council seats held by divisions and state or provincial associations and coalitions for 1966–1994 are listed, and the results of the 1994 apportionment ballots are shown. (0 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Lynn A. Cooper: Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology: 1980.

Provides the biography of Lynn A. Cooper and announces that she has received the Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology (1980) for her incisive investigations of the nature and individual variation of the internal processes of visual representation, transformation, and comparison by means of which we identify, discriminate, and prepare for external objects and events. A selected bibliography is also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Effects of mineral oil coating on internal quality of chicken eggs under refrigerated storage

The selected internal qualities (weight loss, Haugh unit, yolk index, and albumen pH) of noncoated and mineral oil‐coated chicken eggs during 15 weeks of storage at 4 °C and/or during 5 weeks of storage at 25 °C were evaluated. Results indicated that, without refrigeration, the noncoated and mineral oil‐coated eggs rapidly changed from AA to C and B grades as measured by Haugh unit, respectively, after 5 weeks of storage. However, the AA quality of the noncoated eggs could be maintained under refrigerated storage (4 °C) for at least 5 weeks. The mineral oil coating and refrigerated storage (4 °C) synergistically minimised weight loss and preserved the albumen and yolk qualities of chicken eggs during a long‐term storage. At 4 °C, the mineral oil‐coated eggs preserved the initial AA grade for at least 15 weeks with l.19% weight loss.     

Impact of ultrafiltration and nanofiltration of an industrial fish protein hydrolysate on its bioactive properties

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have demonstrated that in vitro controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of fish and shellfish proteins leads to bioactive peptides. Ultrafiltration (UF) and/or nanofiltration (NF) can be used to refine hydrolysates and also to fractionate them in order to obtain a peptide population enriched in selected sizes. This study was designed to highlight the impact of controlled UF and NF on the stability of biological activities of an industrial fish protein hydrolysate (FPH) and to understand whether fractionation could improve its content in bioactive peptides. RESULTS: The starting fish protein hydrolysate exhibited a balanced amino acid composition, a reproducible molecular weight (MW) profile, and a low sodium chloride content, allowing the study of its biological activity. Successive fractionation on UF and NF membranes allowed concentration of peptides of selected sizes, without, however, carrying out sharp separations, some MW classes being found in several fractions. Peptides containing Pro, Hyp, Asp and Glu were concentrated in the UF and NF retentates compared to the unfractionated hydrolysate and UF permeate, respectively. Gastrin/cholecystokinin‐like peptides were present in the starting FPH, UF and NF fractions, but fractionation did not increase their concentration. In contrast, quantification of calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP)‐like peptides demonstrated an increase in CGRP‐like activities in the UF permeate, relative to the starting FPH. The starting hydrolysate also showed a potent antioxidant and radical scavenging activity, and a moderate angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE)‐1 inhibitory activity, which were not increased by UF and NF fractionation. CONCLUSION: Fractionation of an FPH using membrane separation, with a molecular weight cut‐off adapted to the peptide composition, may provide an effective means to concentrate CGRP‐like peptides and peptides enriched in selected amino acids. The peptide size distribution observed after UF and NF fractionation demonstrates that it is misleading to characterize the fractions obtained by membrane filtration according to the MW cut‐off of the membrane only, as is currently done in the literature. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry