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April 2022Silent Killers
How Big Food Risks Our Health
by Wilfried Bommert, Christina Sartori
Addiction from the supermarket The most powerful drug cartel of the 21st century sells pizzas, chocolate bars and mixed sweets. The promise: a quick and happy snack at low cost. The truth: this “food” isn’t nutritious, but is addictive and fattening, while bringing bumper profits for the investors. “Big Food” is becoming more powerful, but the costs due to the consequences of obesity now risk overwhelming global healthcare services. Obesity ranks as a killer before smoking or high blood pressure. A direct analysis of a man-made epidemic that is dominated by a few large companies and kept going by multiple profiteers. Their motto: “Teach the world to snack.”
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April 2021RNAi for Plant Improvement and Protection
by Bruno Mezzetti, Jeremy Sweet, Lorenzo Burgos
RNA interference (RNAi) has the potential to make major contributions towards sustainable crop production and protection with minimal environmental impacts compared to other technologies. RNAi is being developed and exploited both within plants (i.e. host-induced gene silencing, HIGS) and/or as topical applications (e.g. spray-induced gene silencing, SIGS) for targeting pest and pathogen genes and for manipulating endogenous gene expression in plants. Chapters by international experts review current knowledge on RNAi, methods for developing RNAi systems in GM plants and applications for crop improvement, crop production and crop protection. Chapters examine both endogenous systems in GM plants and exogenous systems where interfering RNAs are applied to target plants, pests and pathogens. The biosafety of these different systems is examined and methods for risk assessment for food, feed and environmental safety are discussed. Finally, aspects of the regulation of technologies exploiting RNAi and the socio-economic impacts of RNAi technologies are discussed. Chapter 1: Introduction to RNAi in Plant Production and Protection. Bruno Mezzetti, Jeremy Sweet and Lorenzo Burgos Chapter 2: Gene silencing to induce pathogen-derived resistance in plants. Zhen Liao, Elena Zuriaga, Ángela Polo and Maria L. Badenes Chapter 3: Exogenous application of small RNAs as a tool for gene function discovering. Barbara Molesini and Tiziana Pandolfini Chapter 4: The “Trojan Horse” approach for successful RNA interference in inscects. Dimitrios Kontogiannatos, Anna Kolliopoulou and Luc Swevers. Chapter 5: Biogenesis and functional RNAi in fruit-trees. Michel Ravelonandro and Pascal Briard Chapter 6: Gene silencing or gene editing: the pros and cons. Huw D Jones Chapter 7: Application of RNAi technology in Forest Trees. Matthias Fladung, Hely Haggman and S. Sutela Chapter 8: Host-induced gene silencing and spray-induced gene silencing for crop protection against viruses. Angela Ricci, Silvia Sabbadini, Laura Miozzi, Bruno Mezzetti and Emanuela Noris. Chapter 9: Small talk and large impact: the importance of small RNA molecules in the fight of plant diseases. Kristian Persson Hodén and Christina Dixelius Chapter 10: dsRNA stability during external applications – an overview. Ivelin Pantchev, Goritsa Rakleova and Atanas Atanassov Chapter 11: Boosting dsRNA delivery in plant and insect cells with peptide- and polymer-based carriers: cases-based current status and future perspectives. Kristof de Schutter, Olivier Christiaens, Clauvis Nji Tizi Taning and Guy Smagghe Chapter 12: Environmental safety assessment of RNAi plants for pest control. Salvatore Arpaia, Olivier Christiaens, Paul Henning Krogh, Kimberly Parker and Jeremy Sweet Chapter 13: Food and feed safety assessment of RNAi plants and products. Hanspeter Naegeli, Gijs Kleter and Antje Dietz-Pfeilstetter Chapter 14: Regulatory aspects of RNAi in plant production. Werner Schenkel and Achim Gathmann Chapter 15: The Economics of RNAi technology in plant breeding: from the innovation landscape to consumer acceptance. Dario Frisio and Vera Ventura Chapter 16: Communication challenges of RNAi and selected communication messages from iPLANTA for dissemination. Hilde-Gunn Opsahl-Sorteberg
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September 1979Materialien zur Philosophie Søren Kierkegaards
Herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Michael Theunissen und Wilfried Greve
by Wilfried Greve, Michael Theunissen, Wilfried Greve
Die im Band gesammelten Materialien sollen einen Einblick in die Grundzüge und Grundprobleme der Kierkegaardschen Philosophie geben. Der erste, historische Teil enthält – bislang auf deutsch unzugängliche – Auszüge aus zeitgenössischen Schriften, die indes nicht nur einen Eindruck von der Rezeption Kierkegaards durch die Mitwelt vermitteln, sondern auch zu seinem Verständnis beitragen sollen. Dasselbe gilt für Kierkegaards Repliken auf diese zeitgenössischen Stimmen. In kurzen Vorbemerkungen und einem eigenen Anmerkungsapparat sind den historischen Materialien Informationen beigefügt, die ihre Verarbeitung erleichtern sollen. Der zweite, systematische Teil bietet einen Querschnitt durch die philosophische Kierkegaard-Forschung der letzten 25 Jahre (außer in Deutschland insbesondere in Dänemark, Frankreich und den USA); er enthält Beiträge, die in der Regel nur schwer zugänglich sind und bei deren Auswahl es Prinzip war, den ganzen Umfang der philosophisch wichtigen Problemkreise im Kierkegaardschen Werk abzudecken.
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March 1985Das Silhouettenkabinett
Scherenschnitte und Schattenbilder aus zwei Jahrhunderten. Herausgegeben von Wilfried F. Schoeller
by Wilfried F. Schoeller, Wilfried F. Schoeller
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June 2008Antike oder moderne Freiheit
Die Begründung der Demokratie in Athen und in der Neuzeit
by Nippel, Wilfried
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