86 research outputs found
Meat products with different contents of fat and dietary fibre - Effects on body weight and cardiovascular risk factors
No full textReplacement of meat products and sausages with the usual fat content by fat-reduced and dietary fibre (Inulin) enriched products has been found to lead to a low, but significant weight reduction and reduction of cardiovascular risk factors in men with high consumption of high-fat sausages under ad-libitum conditions within 8 weeks. According to the most recent guidelines of the German Obesity Society, reducing fat intake is the first-line strategy in the dietary treatment of overweight and obesity. In persons with a high consumption of sausages, dietary-fibre enriched products may lead to a relevant increase of dietary fibre intake and thus help to reach the D-A-CH recommendation of 30 g/day dietary fibre
Meat products with different contents of fat and dietary fibre - Effects on body weight and cardiovascular risk factors
No full textReplacement of meat products and sausages with the usual fat content by fat-reduced and dietary fibre (Inulin) enriched products has been found to lead to a low, but significant weight reduction and reduction of cardiovascular risk factors in men with high consumption of high-fat sausages under ad-libitum conditions within 8 weeks. According to the most recent guidelines of the German Obesity Society, reducing fat intake is the first-line strategy in the dietary treatment of overweight and obesity. In persons with a high consumption of sausages, dietary-fibre enriched products may lead to a relevant increase of dietary fibre intake and thus help to reach the D-A-CH recommendation of 30 g/day dietary fibre
Heterogenella bigibbata Mamaev & Berest 1991
No full textHeterogenella bigibbata Mamaev & Berest, 1991 Fig. 8 A This species, previously known only from the type locality in Ukraine (Mamaev & Berest 1991), is here reported from two sites in south and central Sweden. Swedish specimens of H. bigibbata are in line with the redescription of this species by Jaschhof (1998) as well as with an unpublished drawing of the genitalia of the male holotype, which the senior author made in 2007. Heterogenella biggibata is distinguished from the congeneric species by short, almost circular gonostyli (↓); the ninth tergite lacking a T-shaped sclerotization (as is present in H. linearis Yukawa); and the ventral emargination of gonocoxae bordered by small, densely setulose swellings (↓). Material. 3 males (CEC 33–35), Sweden, Skåne, Simrishamn, Stenshuvud National Park, 16 June– 31 July 2009, M. & C. Jaschhof; 9 males (CEC 24–32), Uppland, Uppsala, Fiby Nature Reserve, 23 June– 28 July 2009, 9 June– 23 July 2010, M. & C. Jaschhof.Published as part of Jaschhof, Mathias & Jaschhof, Catrin, 2015, New species and new distribution records of Lestremiinae, Micromyinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Sweden, pp. 159-174 in Zootaxa 3973 (1) on page 171, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/23421
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No full textTh1 and Th2 chemokines, vaccine induced 1 immunity and allergic disease in infants after maternal ω-3 fatty acid supplementation during pregnancy and lactatio
The silicon carbide industry in the spotlight – Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) and the sustainability transition
No full textTransitioning of energy intensive industries (EIIs) towards more sustainability forms an important building block in achieving the Paris climate goals. Silicon carbide (SiC) production is such an EII, though it has not yet received much attention in systemic research. This thesis attempts to fill this gap by studying how SiC flows through the global economy. The objectives are to describe the SiC supply chain, quantify its flows and analyse the supply chain’s resilience. Findings: The global SiC production capacity constitutes 1 000 000 t per year. With 55.34% the Asia Pacific region is the biggest producer, followed by Europe with 32.7%, rest of world with 7.96% and North America with 4%. In order of quantity, abrasives, metallurgy, refractories, technical ceramics, other industrial uses, semiconductors and jewellery are the main applications of SiC. Around 5% of the material is recycled (USGS, 2021). High energy requirements in SiC production, as well as strict emission regulations are identified as the main supply risks. Substitution, use reduction, recycling and stockpiling can only minimally absorb supply disturbances at their current state. However, recycling is currently a popular topic in the industry and under development. In the mid-term, recycling activities might become a way to increase supply chain resilience. Another strategy that could lower pressure on the supply chain is using SiC production to balance the energy grid. That is, to produce when there is an oversupply of energy and to halt production when there is a shortcoming. Implications: This thesis shows that sustainability efforts in the SiC industry are not only environmentally desirable, but might also add to its supply chain’s resilience. The case of SiC shows that small EIIs that have so far not received much attention can offer high returns in terms of knowledge gained.Industrial Ecolog
The Vulnerable Spectator
No full textAdapted from the Lissa Evans novel Their Finest Hour and a Half, Their Finest (Lone Scherfig, 2016) is a fictional film based loosely on historical figures and circumstances, as it tells the story of the production of a feature film by the UK Ministry of Information (MOI) in 1940. What, Their Finest quietly asks, is real? What is fake? And what does it matter, if you are at the movies? Joy is real. Tears are real. And other things, too: the tea I sip, the arm of my companion next to me, the chattering women in the row below, the sighing man who has come to the movies alone. The light is real. The darkness, too. Hastie thinks through the implications of a female author of the original monograph, the female director of the current film, and the fictional composite female character Catrin Cole, the screenwriter in the film. The whole of Catrin Cole did and didn't exist before Their Finest. “Catrin Cole” is not a historical figure, hidden or otherwise. She is a composite of fact and fiction, the pieces stitched together to make a whole person. As asserted by producer Stephen Woolley, who initiated the project, Their Finest drew upon the lives of many women writers for the Film Division of the MOI, particularly that of Diana Morgan, the one woman in the Ealing Studios writers’ room.</jats:p
Comparison of creep deformation rates during load and strain controlled multi-step creep ageing tests on AA7050
No full textAprionus lindgrenae Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2015, sp. n.
No full textAprionus lindgrenae sp. n. (Fig. 2 B) Remark. This new species has long been known to the senior author from specimens collected in Germany, none of which is in a condition adequate for description. Diagnosis. Aprionus lindgrenae is another new species belonging to the smirnovi group. The spineless gonostyli are typically directed dorsally, with their apical portions tapered and densely covered with long microtrichia (↓). The tegmen is fingerless as is characteristic in the smirnovi group; its apical portion is slightly bent dorsally and sculpted with folds (↓). As an unusual feature in Aprionus, the subanal plate of A. lindgrenae bears 1–2 pairs of setae (↓). Other male characters. Body size 1.2 mm. Head. Head capsule perfectly globular. Occiput unusually sparsely setose. Postfrons asetose. Eye bridge 3–4 ommatidia long. Postocular bristles 3–5, in 1 sparse row. Neck of fourth flagellomere clearly longer than node; node with 1 complete and 2 incomplete crenulate whorls of sensory hairs, 2 very thick hair-shaped translucent sensilla distally. Maxillary palpus varying in length, 3 - segmented; first segment swollen, with hair-shaped translucent sensilla. Wing. Apical portion of R 1 2–3 times as long as Rs. Legs. Claws thin, evenly, slightly curved, with 2–3 tiny teeth. Terminalia (Fig. 2 B). Ninth tergite long, with concave, slightly reinforced anterior margin. Gonocoxa rounded ventroapically; posterior portion of gonocoxal apodeme unusually curved at base (↓). Tegmen widest at mid-length. Subanal plate weakly sclerotized, indistinctly bilobed. Etymology. This species is named after the recently deceased Erika Lindgren, Vassmolösa, Småland. With Erika gone, all of us have lost a pleasant person and SMTP has lost a knowledgable, dedicated associate. Types. Holotype. Male (CEC 79), Sweden, Bohuslän, Stenungsund, Kolhättan, Hällsberget, broadleaf deciduous forest, 14 April– 25 May 2004, Malaise trap, Swedish Malaise Trap Project (trap 31, collecting event 515) (in NHRS). Paratypes. 2 males (CEC 80–81), same data as the holotype; male, Bohuslän, Tanum, Hamburgsund, Stora Snixholmen, coastal rock, 29 Aug.– 13 Sep. 2003, Malaise trap, SMTP (trap 32, collecting event 519); 2 males (CEC 83–84), Sweden, Småland, Nybro, Bäckebo, Grytsjön Nature Reserve, hay meadow at forest edge, 13–24 Aug. 2007, Malaise trap, SMTP (trap 1001, collecting event 1355). Other specimens studied. Male (A 7602), Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Hauke-Haien-Koog 32 km NW Husum, coastal dike, 1971, yellow pan trap, H. Meyer; 2 males (A 7603–7604), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Karbow 15 km SE Greifswald, broadleaf deciduous forest, 15 Aug. 1993, sweepnet and aspirator, M. Jaschhof; male (A 7605), Thüringen, Leutra S Jena, beech forest, 27 June 1993, sweepnet, M. Jaschhof.Published as part of Jaschhof, Mathias & Jaschhof, Catrin, 2015, New species and new distribution records of Lestremiinae, Micromyinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Sweden, pp. 159-174 in Zootaxa 3973 (1) on pages 162-164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/23421
Inter-generational work tackling loneliness: Old and alone: not just an isolated incident
No full text4.50 minute talk given and recorded for YouTube.
Author also helped with planning the event
Mineralization Rates of Organic Matter in Freshwater Sediments when Different Electron Acceptors Dominate ISSN _________________________________________________________________ Serietitel och serienummer Title of series, numbering Handledare Datum Mineral
No full textAbstract Microbial decomposition of organic matter in aquatic environments plays an important role in natural fluxes of methane and carbon dioxide because the gases are end-products in microbial energy metabolism of organic matter. Microbial metabolism depends on the use of electron donors and electron acceptors in redox reactions that generate energy for growth and maintenance. Energy yields can be used to envisage specific patterns of microbial redox reactions and these predictions depend on the hypothesis that, in a specified environment, the metabolic reaction that yields most energy will dominate over any competing reactions. The energy yield hypothesis indicates a sequential order in electron acceptor use by microbes and also make it tempting to conclude that degradation rate of organic matter is different depending on available electron acceptors. The main purpose of this thesis was to study how the presences of different electron acceptors in freshwater sediments influence organic matter decomposition. Mineralization rates of organic matter under six different conditions regarding the electron acceptor availability were investigated in a river sediment sample from Stångån, Sweden, by measuring carbon dioxide and methane production using gas chromatography. This was done during a fixed time period, in vials containing a mixture of water, sediment, buffer solution and a dominating electron acceptor. Six different metabolic processes; aerobic respiration, denitrification, manganese reduction, iron reduction, sulphate reduction and methanogenesis were included. The overall result indicates similar mineralization rates in both oxic and anoxic treatments. The result also indicates that methane formation was present in the iron reduction and methanogenesis treatments and not evident in the oxic treatments. Sulphate reduction, denitrification and manganese reduction seems to inhibit methanogenesis, but the result also indicates that no significant total mineralization was apparent when NO 3 -and Mn(IV) were the dominating electron acceptors. The similarities between oxic and anoxic mineralization rates indicates that organic matter degradation rates are not dependent on available electron acceptors and that degradation rates of organic matter are independent of the thermodynamically based energy yield. Abstract Microbial decomposition of organic matter in aquatic environments plays an important role in natural fluxes of methane and carbon dioxide because the gases are end-products in microbial energy metabolism of organic matter. Microbial metabolism depends on the use of electron donors and electron acceptors in redox reactions that generate energy for growth and maintenance. Energy yields can be used to envisage specific patterns of microbial redox reactions and these predictions depend on the hypothesis that, in a specified environment, the metabolic reaction that yields most energy will dominate over any competing reactions. The energy yield hypothesis indicates a sequential order in electron acceptor use by microbes and also make it tempting to conclude that degradation rate of organic matter is different depending on available electron acceptors. The main purpose of this thesis was to study how the presences of different electron acceptors in freshwater sediments influence organic matter decomposition. Mineralization rates of organic matter under six different conditions regarding the electron acceptor availability were investigated in a river sediment sample from Stångån, Sweden, by measuring carbon dioxide and methane production using gas chromatography. This was done during a fixed time period, in vials containing a mixture of water, sediment, buffer solution and a dominating electron acceptor. Six different metabolic processes; aerobic respiration, denitrification, manganese reduction, iron reduction, sulphate reduction and methanogenesis were included. The overall result indicates similar mineralization rates in both oxic and anoxic treatments. The result also indicates that methane formation was present in the iron reduction and methanogenesis treatments and not evident in the oxic treatments. Sulphate reduction, denitrification and manganese reduction seems to inhibit methanogenesis, but the result also indicates that no significant total mineralization was apparent when NO 3 -and Mn(IV) were the dominating electron acceptors. The similarities between oxic and anoxic mineralization rates indicates that organic matter degradation rates are not dependent on available electron acceptors and that degradation rates of organic matter are independent of the thermodynamically based energy yield
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