The biological activity of mycotoxins ranges from weak and/or sometimes positive effects, such as antibacterial activity (see penicillin derivatives derived from Penicillium strains) to strong mutagenic (e. g. aflatoxins, patulin), carcinogenic (e. g. aflatoxins), teratogenic, neurotoxic (e. g. ochratoxins), nephrotoxic (e. g. fumonisins, citrinin), hepatotoxic, and immunotoxic (e. g. ochratoxins, diketopiperazines) activity. Nowadays, many laboratories around the world are specialized in the detection of mycotoxins in food products and contaminated material found in housing. In this...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensfuhrung, Management, Organisation, Note: 1,3, Fachhochschule Koln (Wirtschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung:: Das Zeitalter der Globalisierung fordert weltweite Kooperation. Die modernen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien bieten die Moglichkeit, raumlich verstreute Kompetenzen und Human Resources zusammenzufassen virtuelle Teams werden implementiert. Im Gegensatz zu konventionellen Teams agieren diese virtuellen Teams uber Raum-, Zeit- und auch Organisationsgrenzen hinweg. Teamarbeit in...

The"4thCologne-Bonn-ZermattSymposium: TheDenseInterstellarMedium in Galaxies" took place in Zermatt, Switzerland, from September 22nd to 26th, 2003. This symposium continued the series of conferences on the dense interstellar medium which has been organized every 5 years since 1988 by the I. Physikalisches Institut der Unversit] at ] zuKoln. ] Re?ecting the by now well established and fruitful collaboration between the MPI ffur ] ] Radioastronomie, the Radioastronomisches Institut der Universit] at ] Bonn and the I. Physikal- ches Institut der Universit] at ] zu Koln ] in the context of the...