Influence of malt on the xanthohumol and isoxanthohumol behavior in pale and dark beers: A micro-scale approach

The main objective of this work was to understand which compounds are responsible for the partial inhibition of xanthohumol (XN) thermal isomerization during wort boiling of dark malts. With such purpose, worts from different kinds of malt (pale, caramel and roasted) were chemically characterized (e.g. antioxidant activity, polyphenols and melanoidins contents) and studied by several chromatographic techniques. Molecular exclusion chromatography experiments showed that adsorption of XN to polyvinylpolypyrrolidone is lower for the high molecular weight fractions. It seems likely that this is due to the reaction between XN and coloured substances that changes chemical properties of XN or, at least, results in the formation of complexes that have different chemical properties. This leads to an inhibition of XN isomerization observed in this work. It was also verified that the melanoidins content was significantly higher in the higher molecular weight fractions, suggesting that probably these compounds are the main responsible for the XN isomerization inhibiting effect.     

Towards Harmonisation in Landscape Unit Delineation: An Analysis of Spanish Case Studies

The European Landscape Convention has encouraged member states to develop tools for landscape planning and management. Landscape character assessment is the most widespread approach. The aim of this paper is to identify the main trends in landscape unit delineation in Spain. For this purpose, 29 works are analysed by the Multiple Correspondence technique (MCA). Each work is characterised by a category of the variables: scale, type of extent, geomorphology, land matrix and visual boundaries. Results show that there is an implicit hierarchy in the way Spanish professionals are mapping landscape units. It is more apparent in variables related to geomorphology and less evident in variables related to land matrix. Regarding visual boundaries, they are not usually used at small scales and are more frequent at intermediate and large scales. The definition of clear criteria that allow comparable classifications and the increased consideration of cultural and perceptual factors is encouraged for future landscape character classifications.     

履行蒙特利尔国际公约的启示——兼论水性木器涂料的发展

阐述了我国履行蒙特利尔国际公约,禁止四氯化碳溶剂法氯化橡胶生产工艺行动中取得的经验和启示。并对环境友好的水性木器涂料的发展提出建议。     

北京奥林匹克公园(B区)国家会议中心

在建筑与环境设计中将传统建筑形式赋予现代演绎,在国际广播中心设计中体现国际媒体工作场所特色,在比赛场所的设计中满足多项比赛的转换和残奥会的要求,在外檐技术处理上兼顾宏伟、通透和节能的统一。     

Strategic planning on carbon capture from coal fired plants in Malaysia and Indonesia: A review

Malaysia and Indonesia benefit in various ways by participating in CDM and from investments in the GHG emission reduction projects, inter alia, technology transfer such as carbon capture (CC) technology for the existing and future coal fired power plants. Among the fossil fuel resources for energy generation, coal is offering an attractive solution to the increasing fuel cost. The consumption of coal in Malaysia and Indonesia is growing at the fastest rate of 9.7% and 4.7%, respectively, per year since 2002. The total coal consumption for electricity generation in Malaysia is projected to increase from 12.4 million tons in 2005 to 36 million tons in 2020. In Indonesia, the coal consumption for the same cause is projected to increase from 29.4 million tons in 2005 to 75 million tons in 2020. CO₂ emission from coal fired power plants are forecasted to grow at 4.1% per year, reaching 98 million tons and 171 million tons in Malaysia and Indonesia, respectively.     

论湿地研究与中国水利——迎1999年“世界湿地日”

经过沼泽学者的长期系统研究和近３０年野生生物学者及其世界性组织的努力，湿地研究进入一个多学科协作的全球生态环境系统的研究新阶段．水科学技术与湿地的水因素、水条件的控导息息相关．本文就湿地的界定和描述、分类和编目、勘查和统计、试验和监控、开发和利用、保育的管理、规划和评价、经济和立法等８个方面讨论这一新的学科分支的发展前景．     

新时期南宁会展商务区功能提升与调整优化

近年来,随着我国快速城市化的步伐,城市硬件系统快速升级,政府相关引导政策的介入极大激发了市民参与城市建设的热情。城市土地开发强度进一步加大,城市的建设也正在失去个性,在注重量的粗犷式发展模式下,城市比任何时候更需要塑造自己的形象。研究以南宁国际会展中心扩建项目为例,在新的发展形势下,认为规划应跳出常规,建立市场与物质空间的逻辑联系,同时要以新的思维来处理"利"与"美"的关系。     

Report from the APA Council of Representatives.

Summarizes the activities of the APA Council of Representatives at the 101st APA Convention in Toronto. A substantial portion of the report focuses on the decision to forestall the creation of the National College of Professional Psychology (NCPP) as a part of the APA. This report summarizes what NCPP is, the social forces at work in and out of APA that brought its initial rejection by Council, and the public and practice needs that will bring its eventual enactment in some form. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Dynamics of integrating landscape values in landscape character assessment: the hidden dominance of the objective outsider

Abstract

While there has been extensive research undertaken on the values which insiders attribute to landscape there is a lack of literature which looks at how planning professionals handle landscape values. In this article, I develop a framework for questioning how landscape values are taken up in landscape planning, with the aim of conceptualising what landscape values mean in practice. This is undertaken through addressing landscape assessment, more specifically analysing how landscape character assessment (LCA) represents a critical point in the framing of landscape values. Through a synthesis of research on landscape values I examine the underlying logic of the LCA documents. I conclude that the values communicated in these assessments tend to be those of ‘objective’ outside experts, predominantly based on aesthetics and focusing on the physicality of landscape. This I argue leads to a questioning the legitimacy of the LCA approach.     

A relational approach to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Sweden

The European Landscape Convention (ELC) aims to promote landscape protection, management and planning and to organise European cooperation on landscape issues. The introduction of the ELC in 2000 created a need for further theoretical work within the field of landscape research, which has historically provided a weak theoretical basis for policy implementation. In this study, a relational approach was used to investigate the ongoing ELC implementation process in Sweden, illustrating government dynamics and highlighting efforts to transform discourses and practices. The conceptual framework used comprised three analytical components (policy community, policy meaning and strategy-making practice) and the relational approach was applied at national, regional and local policy levels. The results revealed both progress and obstacles to ELC implementation in Sweden and confirmed the usefulness of the relational approach.