Ensilability and Silage Quality of Different Cocksfoot Varieties

Various factors determine the ensilability of plant crops. In addition to dry matter content, sugar and protein content, buffering capacity, plant structure, soil contaminations and epiphytic microflora are also important. In Switzerland, various mixtures and also pure swards are continuously revised on the basis of results from variety testing programs. The main parameters for these tests are the yield and nutrient contents. However, in terms of ensilability and silage quality, no systematic tests have been carried out. For this reason, we have tested the ensilability of different cocksfoot varieties as well as the quality of the silages

Pairing in Nuclei

Simple generic aspects of nuclear pairing in homogeneous medium as well as in finite nuclei are discussed. It is argued that low-energy nuclear structure is not sensitive enough to resolve fine details of nuclear nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction in general and pairing NN interaction in particular what allows for regularization of the ultraviolet (high-momentum) divergences and a consistent formulation of effective superfluid local theory. Some aspects of (dis)entanglement of pairing with various other effects as well as forefront ideas concerning isoscalar pairing are also briefly discussed.Comment: Invited talk presented at the International Conference on Finite Fermionic Systems, Nilsson Model 50 Years,Lund, Sweden, June 14-18, 2005, 7 LaTeX pages, 4 encapsulated postscript figure

Management von echten und falschen Aneurysmen bei Hämodialyseshunts

Zusammenfassung: Hintergrund: Aneurysmen und Pseudoaneurysmen von Hämodialysezugängen treten mit einer Häufigkeit von bis zu 6% auf. Es besteht ein enger Zusammenhang mit der jeweiligen Punktionstechnik. Wegen der zunehmenden Anzahl an Dialysepatienten, wird die Zahl der Fisteloperationen auch in Zukunft steigen. Ziel: Anhand einer Literaturübersicht und gestützt auf eigene Erfahrungen soll die Behandlung von echten und falschen Aneurysmen von Hämodialyseshunts dargestellt werden. Material und Methode: Es erfolgte eine systematische Literaturrecherche in Pubmed/Medline. Folgende Suchbegriffe wurden teils in Kombination verwendet:"arteriovenous fistula”,"arteriovenous aneurysm”,"arteriovenous graft”,"haemodialysis access” und"vascular access surgery”. Ergebnisse: Eine einheitliche Definition und klare Empfehlungen zur Therapie finden wir in der Literatur nicht. Je nach Art, Größe und Lokalisation des Aneurysmas kann die Shuntfunktion gefährdet sein und es besteht Interventionsbedarf. Rupturen können sogar lebensbedrohlich werden. Schlussfolgerung: Bedingt durch stetes Punktieren, neigen AVF zur Dilatation bis hin zur Aneurysmabildung. Solche Veränderungen müssen nur dann korrigiert werden, wenn die Haut über dem Shunt gefährdet ist, wenn eine Massenblutung droht oder aufgrund einer Wandthrombosierung eine nur ungenügende Punktionsstrecke vorhanden ist. Die Implantation eines ePTFE-Interponats war bisher ein gängiges Verfahren, doch hat die Aneurysmorrhaphie vermehrt Anhänger gefunden, weil damit ohne Fremdmaterial ein Shunt funktionstüchtig gehalten werden kann. Bei Pseudoaneurysmen, meist verursacht durch punktionsbedingte, lokale Zerstörung eines PTFE-Grafts, kann ein lokaler Graftersatz erfolgen oder eine partielle Neuanlage mit Umfahrung, wenn zusätzlich ein lokaler Infekt vermutet wird. Alternativtherapien zur Chirurgie wie Stentgrafts sind aktuell noch nicht etabliert und müssen ihren Stellenwert erst noch beweise

Assessment of processing technologies which may improve the nutritional composition of dairy products – Overview of progress

Among consumers there is a growing demand for food products with a natural nutritional-physiological advantage over comparable conventional products. As part of an EU funded project, ALP is examining the possible impact of processing on nutritionally valuable milk components, using the example of conjugated linoleic acids (CLA). The extent to which processing influences the CLA content of the end product was determined by literature research and own investigations of organic and conventional butter. Furthermore, new chemical, sensory-based and bio crystallization methods were evaluated by ALP and the University of Kassel to determine the oxidation stability of butter. In a further step the storage stability of CLA enriched and conventional butter was examined and the different methods will be compared. As a third objective a process for low-input CLA enrichment of milk fat (with a focus on alpine butter) has been developed. Since the process selected for the work is a physical enrichment process, it is accepted by international organic farming and food groups. Among the many benefits ascribed to CLA, it is believed to be an effective agent against cancer. The demand for foods with properties that promote human health is growing. The dairy industry has the opportunity to meet this demand by developing new dairy products with a nutritional-physiological function for the functional food market

Bouncing wave packets, Ehrenfest theorem, and uncertainty relation based upon a new concept for the momentum of a particle in a box

For a particle in a box, the operator is not self-adjoint and thus does not qualify as the physical momentum. As a result, in general the Ehrenfest theorem is violated. Based upon a recently developed new concept for a self-adjoint momentum operator, we reconsider the theorem and find that it is now indeed satisfied for all physically admissible boundary conditions. We illustrate these results for bouncing wave packets which first spread, then shrink, and return to their original form after a certain revival time. We derive a very simple form of the general Heisenberg–Robertson–Schrödinger uncertainty relation and show that our construction also provides a physical interpretation for it