Assessment of Separation Distances to Avoid Odour Annoyance: Interaction Between Odour Impact Criteria and Peak-to-Mean Factors Günther Schauberger*, Martin Piringer WG Environmental Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, A1210 Vienna. Veterinärplatz 1, Austria Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, A 1190 Vienna, Hohe Warte 38, Austria *gunther.schauberger@vetmedu...

A native female named Sukhia, aged about 45, was found lying i" an unconscious condition in a warden adjoining her house and brought by the police to the Hospital at 8 P.M. on the 17th of October. The police could give no history of her condition except that she was found in the state in which she reached the hospital. I saw her at 8-30 P.M., and found her perfectly unconscious; eyes closed, ap...

Sensitivity of the consumers to androstenone, evaluated as the degree of smell (strong/weak) perceived by smelling the pure compound, is important in determining their acceptability of pork with different levels of androstenone and skatole. However, 8% (3.3% women and 16.2% men) of highly sensitive consumers like this odour, and 12.7% (9.1% women and 15.9% men) of mildly sensitive/insensitive c...

cholesterolemia and osteoarthritis was treated with atorvastatin 10 mg daily for four months, ending in October 2006. At that time, hypothyroidism was diagnosed, and the atorva statin was temporarily discontinued. She returned to our lipid clinic in September 2009, because her total and low-density-lipoprotein [LDL] cholesterol levels were signi ficantly increased. At this point, rosuva statin ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Nepenthes pitchers are sophisticated traps that employ a variety of mechanisms to attract, capture and retain prey. The underlying morphological structures and physiological processes are subject to change over the lifetime of a pitcher. Here an investigation was carried out on how pitcher properties and capture efficiency change over the first 2 weeks after pitcher opening....

Human breath and body odors have been used for diagnosis of serious and life-threatening conditions since the dawn of medical practice. More recently, it has been recognized that malodors without accompanying physical symptoms could be a sign of psychologically but not physically debilitating disorders such as Trimethylaminuria (TMAU). Self-reported intermittent odors without apparent cause, ar...