The DFG-Senate Commission for Food Safety (SKLM) considered the high pressure treatment of foodstuffs already in 1998 and published an opinion entitled "High pressure treatment of foodstuffs, particularly fruit juices". In view of the continued development of this technology, the extension of the types of product involved and the ongoing research in this field, the Working Group "Food technolog...

A total of 21 gauges across the mountainous leeward portion of the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, were used to compare rainfall interpolation methods and assess rainfall spatial variability over a 34-month monitoring period from 2005 to 2008. Traditional and geostatistical interpolation methods, including Thiessen polygon, inverse distance weighting (IDW), linear regression, ordinary kriging (OK), a...

Terrain attributes derived from digital elevation models have been used widely for mapping soil organic matter (SOM). Among these attributes, the topographic wetness index (TWI), an index for quantitatively indicating the balance between water accumulation and drainage conditions at the local scale, has been shown to correlate with SOM. However, TWIs used in most studies are calculated using a ...

1. Abstract This paper presents a methodology that combines logistic regression with kriging for incorporating exhaustive secondary information into the mapping of the risk of occurrence of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Logistic regression, which is appropriate for binary data (indicators) analysis, is used to derive the trend component in simple kriging with varying local means (SKlm). The techni...

Abstract Opinion on acetaldehyde as a flavouring substance: considerations for risk assessment Acetaldehyde occurs naturally in many foods and is also used due to its fruity aroma. The International Agency Research Cancer (IARC) classified possibly carcinogenic humans and, combination with oral intake via alcoholic beverages, humans. Therefore, the question arises whether use of agent still jus...

Precipitation is one important input variable for land surface hydrologic and ecological models. Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) can provide precipitation products that cover most of the conterminous United States at high resolution (approximately 4 km 4 km). There are two major issues concerning the application of NEXRAD data: 1) the lack of a NEXRAD geo-processing and geo-referring program and...

Context In this study, we aimed to identify the determinants of mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle (SKLM) subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and evaluate effect pioglitazone (PIO) on SKLM proteome. Methods Two different groups adults were studied. Group I consisted 8 individuals normal glucose tolerance (NGT) T2DM, subjected proteome analysis by 2D-gel electrophoresis followed mass...

This paper addresses the issue of incorporating a digital elevation model into the mapping of Ž . annual and monthly erosivity values in the Algarve region Portugal . Besides linear regression of erosivity against elevation, three geostatistical algorithms are introduced: simple kriging with Ž . Ž . varying local means SKlm , kriging with an external drift KED and colocated cokriging. Cross val...

This paper investigates the benefits of integrating coarse resolution satellite-derived precipitation estimates with quasi-point rain gauge data for generating a fine spatial resolution precipitation map product. To integrate the two precipitation data sources, a geostatistical downscaling and integration approach is presented that can account for the differences in spatial resolution between d...

MicroRNA-200c (miR-200c) through repression of specific target genes has been associated with cellular transition, tumorigenesis, and tissue fibrosis. We explored the expression and functional aspects of miR-200c in genesis of leiomyomas (LYO), benign uterine tumors with fibrotic characteristic. Using LYO and matched myometrium (MYO; n=76) from untreated and from patients exposed to hormonal th...