Brewing a Perfect Blend

Endocannabinoids in obesity: brewing up the perfect metabolic storm?

In recent years, abnormal regulation of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) has been proposed as a key factor in the development of obesity-related metabolic disorders such as diabetes. Indeed, this signaling system which includes the cannabinoid type 1 and 2 receptors (CB1R and CB2R) and their endogenous lipid ligands, has been shown to influence feeding behavior, energy expenditure, as well as g...

A Comprehensive History of Beer Brewing

Brewing a User-Centric Electronic Identity Solution

The growing popularity of mobile apps, the “bring your own device” (BYOD) phenomenon, cloud computing, and big data, seem to have created the perfect storm for traditional identity technologies and solutions. Service providers and certain users too are increasingly aware that the features and benefits offered by an identity solution are worth nothing if a crafty attacker breaks through critical...

Fate of ochratoxin A in brewing.

The fate of ochratoxin A in brewing was investigated by adding (3H)ochratoxin A to the raw materials at 1- and 10-mug/g levels during mashing in a conventional microbrewing process. The results indicated that large portions (28 to 39%) of the added toxin were recovered in spent grains, with less recovery in the yeast (8 to 20%) and beer (14 to 18%). About 38 and 12% of the added toxin at levels...

A Semantic Blend Feature Definition

In most current feature modelling systems, blends are modelled as a kind of features too. These systems use a boundary representation (Brep) to describe the shape of a product. It is shown that the practice of basing specification of blends on conventional Breps is ineffective. A solution to this problem is introduced in which blends are described at a higher level. Blends are defined in a feat...