BACKGROUND Living kidney donors (LKDs) experience reduction in kidney function, however serum phosphate (sPi) levels are lower compared to patients with chronic kidney disease matched for reduced kidney function. Mineral metabolism adaptations that occur in LKDs have not been adequately investigated. To evaluate the effect of nephrectomy on markers of mineral metabolism in LKDs compared to heal...

Treatments to reduce solids content in liquid manure have been developed, but little information is available on gaseous N emissions and plant N uptake after application of treated liquid swine manure (LSM). We measured crop yield, N uptake, and NH3 and N2O losses after the application of mineral fertilizer (NH4 NO3), raw LSM, and LSM that was decanted, filtered, anaerobically digested, or chem...

Column grand composite curves and the exergy loss profiles produced by the Column-Targeting Tool of the Aspen Plus simulator are used to assess the performance of the existing distillation columns, and reduce the costs of operation by appropriate retrofits in a biodiesel production plant. Effectiveness of the retrofits is assessed by means of thermodynamics and economic improvements. We have co...

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Effects of dietary supplementation and postmortem addition of vitamin E on pigment and lipid stability in raw ground beef were examined in this study. Six Holstein steers were fed a control diet for 232 or 252 d and six Holstein steers were supplemented with 1,500 IU of vitamin E per animal daily for 232 or 252 d. Three aliquots of ground beef from each longissimus lumborum were allotted to the...

This study was conducted to evaluate the quality properties of emulsion-type pork sausages when pork fat is replaced with vegetable oil mixtures during processing. Pork sausages were processed under six treatment conditions: T1 (20% pork fat), T2 (10% pork fat + 2% grape seed oil + 4% olive oil + 4% canola oil), T3 (4% grape seed oil + 16% canola oil), T4 (4% grape seed oil + 4% olive oil + 12%...

Address for correspondence: Ralf Paschke, M.D., III. Medical Department, University of Leipzig, Ph.-Rosenthal-Str. 27, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Phone: +49 341 9713201, Fax: +49 341 9713209, e-mail: [email protected] Received 03-04-09, Revised 05-09-09, Accepted 10-10-09

UNLABELLED Aims/Introduction:  Fulminant type 1 diabetes is a subtype of type 1 diabetes characterized by a remarkably abrupt onset of insulin-deficient hyperglycemia within a few days. The aim of the present study was to clarify characteristic class II HLA genotypes in a large number of patients with fulminant type 1 diabetes to date. MATERIALS AND METHODS   We analyzed the HLA-DRB1 and DQB1...

Residual effeet of a eoneentrated and depotassitied beet vinasse on growth and mineral eomposition of taH feseue (Festuca arundinacea) was studied. Results were compared with those obtained for a mineral fertilizer treatment and a control. Vinasse and inorganie fertilizer had been previously applied to two different soils at two rates for tive years. High doses of vinasse produeed the highest y...