Stable energy: the road ahead for electric cars

The adoption of electrically powered modes of transport continues apace. However, even in countries such as the Netherlands where a boom in the use of electric cars has been perceptible over the past four years, the problem remains the same – the high frequency of recharging is expected to pose new strains on the grid due to the extra load coming from these vehicles

The Effect of High Pressure Processing on Polyphenol Oxidase Activity, Phytochemicals and Proximate Composition of Irish Potato Cultivars

peer-reviewedPolyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity, proximate composition, and phytochemicals were determined in four common Irish potato cultivars following a high pressure processing (HPP) at 600 MPa for 3 min. PPO activity was significantly (p < 0.05) lower in all HPP treated samples, while the overall proximate composition was not affected. The total phenolic content was significantly higher in the HPP treated samples. Chlorogenic acid levels significantly decreased with simultaneous increase of caffeic acid and p-coumaric acid levels upon HPP treatment. No significant changes were observed in rutin and ferulic acid levels, although their levels varied, depending on the potato cultivars, while the levels of cytotoxic glycoalkaloids (α-solanine and α-chaconine) remained unaltered

Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies

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Sustainable Electric Vehicle Management using Coordinated Machine Learning

The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate how intelligent algorithms can support electricity customers in th

SexTant: Visualizing Time-Evolving Linked Geospatial Data

We present SexTant, a Web-based system for the visualization and exploration of time-evolving linked geospatial data and the creation, sharing, and collaborative editing of "temporally-enriched" thematic maps which are produced by combining dierent sources of such data

THE ORGANIZATION AND WORK OF THE REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE FOR AID TO PEOPLE IN ZAGREB 1941—1942

The author shows — mostly using unpublished archival sources — the activity of the organization of the Narodna Pomoć (NP — National Aid) in Zagreb in the eve of the war, and especially during 1941—1942. In the first section of the contribution the work of the Regional Committee of the NP for Croatia and the committees for specialized work is described: The Committee for Aid to Spanish Volunteers, the Committee for Concentration Camps and Prisons, and The Committee of the National Liberation Fund. In the second section the work of the Municipal Committee and the Regional Committee of the NP in Zagreb is described while the third deals with the growing of the NP into a new antifascist organisation, the Narodnooslobodilački odbori (NOO — The National Liberation Committees). From the Occupation to the end of 1942 an amount of almost three million Kunas was raised through the NP, while the amount of goods, clothes, medical and technical supplies and other material collected vas also great. In 1943 in Zagreb the NP disappeared as an independent organization and merged completely into the NOO which became the political organ of the National Liberation Movement (NOP). The NP became the most broadly based antifascist organization in Zagreb during the first two war years and it gathered a wide circle of sympathisers and antifascists from all social levels. This proves that the NOP started to develop in Zagreb right from the first days of the occupation and that it lasted continually right down to final liberation

Intra-Renal Hemodynamic Changes After Habitual Physical Activity in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Background: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is considered a silent epidemic with a continuously growing prevalence around the world. Due to uremia many functional and morphological abnormalities occur in almost all systems. Mostly affected, the cardiovascular system, leads to diminished cardiac function that affects patients’ functional capacity and physical activity levels, reducing survival and increasing all-cause mortality. Systematic exercise training ameliorates uremia induced body deficits and significantly improves the survival of CKD patients. Intradialytic exercise training has been recommended as a complementary therapeutic modality equally important to hemodialysis. Methods: The aim of this systematic review is to provide an update on recent advances in our understanding of how exercise training improves functionality of the cardiovascular system through the hemodynamic changes induced by habitual or intradialytic and/or home-based exercise training programs. Results: Systematic exercise training induces beneficial adaptive responses and influences many sensitive physiological biomarkers, such as oxidative stress biomarkers that are implicated in the development of atherosclerosis. Additionally, exercise training decreases the cardiovascular risk by improving the autonomic nervous system activity and the left ventricular function and by reducing nontraditional risk factors such as epicardial adipose tissue. It seems that all these central and peripheral adaptations to exercise training significantly contribute to improvements in functional capacity and exercise tolerance among CKD patients and result in the risk reduction of CKD-associated disorders. Conclusion: Exercise training could serve as a complimentary therapeutic strategy in CKD patients while health care providers should motivate patients to engage in any type of exercise training programs