BACKGROUND Pruritus is one of the commonest problems in patients with end-stage renal failure undergoing hemodialysis. Pruritus is an irritating symptom which can directly affect the life quality of patients with chronic renal failure. However, available treatments have failed to relieve the symptom and kidney transplant remains the definite treatment of the problem. A recently proposed treatme...

The PhD project described here devises an architecture development method called MIDARCH for selecting a middleware platform in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and migration projects. The method uses a taxonomy of middleware platforms based on the architectural styles that are induced by middleware platforms (MINT Styles). The choice of a style is based on extra-functional properties o...

The effect of vanillin and essential oil of mint on the growth of different strains of food spoilage yeasts in laboratory media and fruit purées was studied. Growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, Debaryomyces hansenii and Z. bailii was inhibited in culture media and apple purée containing 2000 ppm of vanillin for 40 days storage at 27 degrees C and a(w) 0.99 or 0.95. But...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale R.), lemon (Citrus limon L.) and mint (Mentha sp.) are commonly consumed medicinal plants that have been of interest due to their health benefits purported antioxidant capacities. This study was conducted on the premise no previous has performed elucidate phenolic profile ginger, herbal tea infusion (GLMT). The aim investigate characterise contents lemon, GLMT, as we...

The aromas and flavours of Cabernet Sauvignon wines originating from Australia are diverse and known to display ‘berry’, ‘current’, ‘vanilla’, ‘fruity’, ‘caramel’, ‘green’ and ‘capsicum’ aromas and ‘blackcurrant’, ‘green capsicum’, ‘vanilla’, ‘mulberry’ and ‘mint’ flavours (Green 2000, Gurbuz et al. 2006). These wine aromas and flavours can range in fruit-related characteristics of ‘berry’, ‘sp...

Was können Netzwerke zur Förderung der Chancengleichheit von Frauen und Männern im MINT-Bereich beitragen? Welche besondere Rolle spielen virtuelle Netzwerke dabei? Wie müssen virtuelle Netzwerke aufgebaut und belebt werden, um besonders Frauen als Nutzerinnen gerecht zu werden? Im Gender Partnership Programm der Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin wird das reale MINT-Netzwerk aus Mentor(inn)en...

In 1994, its second full production year, field-grown meristemmed 'Black Mitchum' peppermint performed differently than in 1993, when compared with a non-meristemmed treatment in a field trial at the OSU-COARC. The difference between years may be partly attributed to better meeting the fertility and soil moisture needs of meristemmed plants in 1994. Plants were not moisture-stressed near harves...

Preeclampsia, a hypertensive pregnancy-specific disorder, has long been analyzed for its association with cellular stress. It still remains one of the most serious complications of pregnancy. It is a multi-system disorder that affects maternal vascular function and fetal growth. The physiopathology of preeclampsia is still unclear, but an imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and anti...

The ability of foods and beverages to reduce allyl methyl disulfide, diallyl disulfide, allyl mercaptan, and allyl methyl sulfide on human breath after consumption of raw garlic was examined. The treatments were consumed immediately following raw garlic consumption for breath measurements, or were blended with garlic prior to headspace measurements. Measurements were done using a selected ion f...