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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 7-8 
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 5-5 
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 9-50 
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    Keywords: insurance ; risk sharing ; non-expected utility
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    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract This paper uses the tools and techniques of generalized expected utility analysis to explore the robustness of some of the classical basic results in insurance theory to departures from the expected utility hypothesis on agents' risk preferences. The areas explored consist of individual demand for coinsurance and deductible insurance, the structure of Pareto-efficient bilateral insurance contracts, the structure of Pareto-efficient multilateral risk-sharing agreements, and self-insurance and self-protection. Most, though not all, of the basic results in this area are found to be quite robust to dropping the expected utility hypothesis.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 51-56 
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    Keywords: non-expected utility ; insurance economics
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    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract This paper discusses some aspects of the robustness of the classical insurance paradigm with respect to departures from the independence axiom of expected utility theory. The discussion focuses on the significance of the distinction between risk aversion and outcome convexity and the role of smoothness of the preferences in non-expected-utility analysis of insurance.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 57-72 
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    Keywords: deductible insurance ; non-expected utility theory
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    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract This paper identifies comparative statics results for insurance contracts that distinguish between various models of decision making under risk—specifically, expected utility, rank-dependent expected utility, and weighted utility. Insurance contracts offer full coverage above a deductible. Firms offer premium schedules that give the premium charged as a function of the deductible; households choose both an insurance company and a deductible to maximize utility. A competitive equilibrium requires zero expected profit for firms. We identify changes in the distribution of losses such that the optimal deductible increases for utility representations in a particular class but decreases for some representations outside that class. We give results both for the demand for insurance, as well as for the equilibrium contract.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 73-91 
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    Keywords: increasing risk ; risk aversion ; non-expected utility
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    Notes: Abstract The non-expected-utility theories of decision under risk have favored the appearance of new notions of increasing risk like monotone increasing risk (based on the notion of comonotonic random variables) or new notions of risk aversion like aversion to monotone increasing risk, in better agreement with these new theories. After a survey of all the possible notions of increasing risk and of risk aversion and their intrinsic definitions, we show that contrary to expected-utility theory where all the notions of risk aversion have the same characterization (u concave), in the framework of rank-dependent expected utility (one of the most well known of the non-expectedutility models), the characterizations of all these notions of risk aversion are different. Moreover, we show that, even in the expected-utility framework, the new notion of monotone increasing risk can give better answers to some problems of comparative statics such as in portfolio choice or in partial insurance. This new notion also can suggest more intuitive approaches to inequalities measurement.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 93-110 
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    Keywords: risk perception ; insurance ; moral hazard ; information
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    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract Biases in risk perception potentially have a large effect on insurance and risk-related behavior. The government can alter these perceptions either through informational programs or controlling the risk. Policies that convey a higher risk level generally have the expected effects on insurance and protective actions, whereas efforts that increase the precision of either the government risk information or private beliefs typically have ambiguous effects. In some cases, the structure of how government policies enter the risk-belief function is consequential. Ascertaining the magnitude of the effects, not simply the direction, also is an important issue. For example, misperceptions have a dramatic effect on the tradeoffs between compensating differentials and the size of the loss but a negligible effect on the tradeoff between compensating differentials and the magnitude of the probability.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 111-133 
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    Keywords: expected utility ; non-expected-utility ; experiments ; pairwise choice ; complete ranking
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    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract This paper extends the literature on the estimation of expected utility and non-expected-utility preference functionals (and the consequent exploration of the superiority of non-expected-utility over expected utility preference functionals) to a comparison of two different ways (pairwise choice and complete ranking) of experimentally obtaining data on such preferences. What is revealed is that the magnitude of the subject error is clearly conditional on the elicitation method used and, rather alarmingly, that the preference functional apparently employed by the subject may also be conditional on the elicitation method.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 135-150 
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    Keywords: non-expected utility ; gambling ; insurance ; functional form problems ; risky activities in the national accounts ; state contingent commodities
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    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract Defining the outputs of the property insurance and gambling sectors of an economy has proved to be a difficult problem for national income accountants. It is well known that the traditional expected-utility model is not consistent with economic agents fully insuring their property. Thus the present paper adapts existing non-expected-utility theories to yield useful measures of output for the property insurance and gambling sectors.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 157-175 
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    Keywords: catastrophe ; insurance ; moral hazard ; copayment ; experience rating ; distribution distortion
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    Notes: Abstract Catastrophes provide a principal justification for insurance. Traditional conceptions of catastrophes miss three critical elements. (1) Many catastrophes-the liability revolution in the United States, for example-are not bolts from the blue. Rather, they develop over many years and result from human activity. (2) Conventional, experiencedbased models for assessing losses often smudge the distinction, so critical for catastrophes, between probability and magnitude of loss. (3) Normal insurance contracts, with heavy copayments for small losses but little charge at the margin for large ones, perform poorly when the insured can tradeoff probability and size of loss-a phenomenon we label distribution distortion. The structures of optimal insurance contracts are assessed.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 185-187 
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 189-190 
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 177-184 
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    Keywords: catastrophes ; torts ; asbestos ; insurance ; liability
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    Notes: Abstract Insurance catastrophes are increasingly the result of actions by human beings rather than nature. Chief among these insurance changes has been the surge in tort liability insurance costs. Unfortunately, the courts have misunderstood the mechanisms for transmitting these costs throughout the economy. A principal deficiency is that the structure of liability has been inconsistent with the courts' assumption that the losses could be borne by consumers or parties other than the insurer.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 191-202 
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    Keywords: demand for insurance ; risk aversion ; first-degree and second-degree stochastic dominance shifts ; copula
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    Notes: Abstract A risk-averse agent does not necessarily decrease the optimal insurance whenever a beneficial change in the distribution of final wealth occurs. This paper provides sufficient conditions to guarantee such a decrease. Beneficial changes can be induced by either a beneficial loss-distribution shift, by a modification of the dependence structure between the randomness sources, or by both of these. Conditions for each case are stated. Hadar-Seo and Meyer results turn out as special cases.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 5-6 
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 213-216 
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    Keywords: demand for insurance ; loss probability ; FSD shifts ; symmetric information
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    Notes: Abstract It is shown that the effect of increased probability of loss on the demand for insurance depends on whether both insured and insurer are aware of the change. When both insurer and insured share the same beliefs about the probability of loss (symmetric information), an increase in the loss probability may lead risk-averse agents to demandless insurance.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 20 (1995), S. 203-211 
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    Keywords: insurance ; insurable assets ; expected utility
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    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract This paper takes an additional step toward analyzing the demand for insurance in the context of a portfolio model. An investor is endowed with a portfolio containing a risky and riskless asset that can be augmented by purchasing insurance. Here, insurance is paid for by reducing the quantity of the risky insurable asset, holding the quantity of the riskless asset fixed. In the standard insurance demand model, insurance is paid for by reducing the amount of the riskless asset. This distinction leads to a different insurance demand function because the opportunity cost of purchasing insurance is now random.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 29-33 
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 7-28 
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    Keywords: term structure ; interest rates ; contingent claims valuation ; Black-Scholes model ; mean-reversion ; no-arbitrage condition ; preference-free pricing ; general equilibrium ; equivalent martingale measure
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    Notes: Abstract One of the most active areas of research in financial economics has been the modeling of the term structure of interest rates and its relationship to the pricing of contingent claims. There is a vast array of issues in the area, as well as a variety of perspectives, ranging from theoretical to practical. This article provides a general framework for the analysis of issues in the modeling of the term structure. Specifically, this article provides an overview of the conceptual issues and the empirical evidence in the area, based on an examination of five seminal models by Black, Scholes, and Merton; Vasicek; Cox, Ingersoll, and Ross; Ho and Lee; and Heath, Jarrow, and Morton. The article provides a synthesis of the area and suggests directions for future research.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 35-63 
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    Keywords: unit-linked life insurance ; exotic contracts ; equivalent martingale measures ; financial risk ; insurance premiums
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    Notes: Abstract This article integrates aspects of traditional insurance with advances in financial economics, yielding proper valuation and premium assessments of insurance benefits linked to various financial assets. Several new types of unit-linked life insurance contracts are discussed, with substantial potential for real-life applications. Compared to usual unit-linked products, these contracts offer added flexibility and/or altered exposure to financial risk for the insured and/or the insurer. The single premiums of these policies are calculated as expectations under a risk-adjusted probability measure (equivalent martingale measure), satisfying no-arbitrage conditions in financial markets.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 65-102 
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    Keywords: Asian option ; forward risk adjusted measure ; life insurance ; Monte Carlo simulation ; stochastic interest rates
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    Notes: Abstract An equity-linked life insurance contract combines an endowment life insurance and an investment strategy with a minimum guarantee. The benefit of this contract is determined by the guaranteed amount plus a bonus equal to a call on the portfolio. This bonus is similar to an Asian option. This article analyzes the relationship between the periodic insurance premium and its proportional share invested into the portfolio. For a general model of the financial risks we show the existence and uniqueness of an insurance premium. Furthermore the premium is strictly increasing and convex as a function of the share invested.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 103-122 
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    Keywords: hedging ; incomplete markets ; use of futures ; wealth constraint ; exponential utility ; logarithmic utility
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    Notes: Abstract This article derives optimal hedging demands for futures contracts from an investor who cannot freely trade his portfolio of primitive assets in the context of either a CARA or a logarithmic utility function. Existing futures contracts are not numerous enough to complete the market. In addition, in the case of CARA, the nonnegativity constraint on wealth is binding, and the optimal hedging demands are not identical to those that would be derived if the constraint were ignored. Fictitiously completing the market, we can characterize the optimal hedging demands for futures contracts. Closed-form solutions exist in the logarithmic case but not in the CARA case, since then a put (insurance) written on his wealth is implicitly bought by the investor. Although solutions are formally similar to those that obtain under complete markets, incompleteness leads in fact to second-best optima.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 123-141 
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    Keywords: deposit insurance ; incentive compatibility
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    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract This article provides incentive compatible regulations that support fairly priced deposit insurance in a competitive banking industry. If informational asymmetry exists between the regulator and banks regarding loan quality, but the regulator can observe actual loan rates charged, then imposing a capital requirement schedule that leads market loan rates to decrease in loan quality is shown to be incentive compatible. Competition in the loan market induces banks to be indifferent to all loans that satisfy a minimum acceptable quality and reject all riskier loans. The regulator could reduce the banking industry's riskiness by imposing stricter capital requirements that increase this minimum quality.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 147-158 
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    Keywords: stochastic dominance ; mean preserving dominance ; MLR-dominance ; capital budgeting ; comparative statics
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    Notes: Abstract The value of an insurance company mainly depends on the premiums received in each underwriting period, the probability distribution of the accumulated claims against the company, the equity capital, and the risk-adjusted rate of return determined by the market. We analyze how the value of the company is affected by marginal changes in the underlying determinants, when there is a regulatory requirement on equity capital. The major factor we are interested in is the claims against the company in each underwriting period, which we represent by a stationary stochastic process. The existing orders for partially ranking risks do not suffice for our purpose, and new conditions are found on the risks facing the companies, for the successful ranking of the company values.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 159-177 
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    Keywords: expected utility theory ; state-dependent preferences ; risk aversion ; non-expected utility theory ; rank-dependent probabilities
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    Notes: Abstract We extend the analysis of risk aversion with state-dependent preferences to the rank-dependent expected utility theory. We find that in this extended theory, for two preference relations to be comparable in risk aversion not only do their reference sets need to coincide (a condition first introduced by Karni [1983, 1985] in the original expected utility framework), but they must also rank the prospective state-dependent outcomes in the same manner. We formalize this additional condition by introducing the concept of certainty sets. Under our condition of comparability, various results and characterizations of interpersonal comparison of risk aversion are obtained. The implications for a specific insurance problem are also discussed.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 179-189 
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    Keywords: uncertainty ; investment ; newsboy problem ; increase in risk ; optimal capacity
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    Notes: Abstract In this article we study the effect of uncertainty on an entrepreneur who must choose the capacity of his business before knowing the demand for his product. The unit profit of operation is known with certainty, but there is no flexibility in our one-period framework. We show how the introduction of global uncertainty reduces the investment of the risk-neutral entrepreneur and, even more, that of the risk-averse one. We also show how marginal increases in risk reduce the optimal capacity of both the risk-neutral and the risk-averse entrepreneur, without any restriction on the concave utility function and with limited restrictions on the definition of a mean preserving spread. These general results are explained by the fact that the newsboy has a piecewise-linear, and concave, monetary payoff with a kink endogenously determined at the level of optimal capacity. Our results are compared with those in the two literatures on price uncertainty and demand uncertainty, and particularly, with the recent contributions of Eeckhoudt, Gollier, and Schlesinger [1991, 1995].
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 21 (1996), S. 191-210 
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    Keywords: adverse selection ; hidden information ; informational equilibrium ; learning
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    Notes: Abstract Standard models of adverse selection in insurance markets assume policyholders know their loss distributions. This study examines the nature of equilibrium and the equilibrium value of information in competitive insurance markets where consumers lack complete information regarding their loss probabilities. We show that additional private information is privately and socially valuable. When the equilibrium policies separate types, policyholders can deduce the underlying probabilities from the contracts, so it is information on risk type, rather than loss probability per se, that is valuable. We show that the equilibrium is “as if” policyholders were endowed with complete knowledge if, and only if, information is noiseless and costless. If information is noisy, the equilibrium depends on policyholders' prior beliefs and the amount of noise in the information they acquire.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 5-19 
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    Keywords: infinite dimensional problem ; angular norm ; coinsurance ; deductible ; increasing costs
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    Notes: Abstract This article deals with the optimal design of insurance contracts when the insurer faces administrative costs. If the literature provides many analyses of risk sharing with such costs, it is often assumed that these costs are linear. Furthermore, mathematical tools or initial conditions differ from one paper to another. We propose here a unified framework in which the problem is presented and solved as an infinite dimensional optimization program on a functional vector space equipped with an original norm. This general approach leads to the optimality of contracts lying on the frontier of the indemnity functions set. This frontier includes, in particular, contracts with a deductible, with total insurance and the null vector. Hence, we unify the existing results and point out some extensions.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 21-42 
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    Keywords: prudence ; risk aversion ; dual theory ; nonexpected utility ; background risk ; monopoly ; piecewise linear payoff function ; profits tax
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    Notes: Abstract We identify two motives, prudence and risk aversion, which give rise to precautionary behavior for a quantity- or price-setting monopolist facing demand uncertainty who has dual theoretic preferences. We also analyze a piecewise linear profit function due to a tax on profits that varies with the profit level. We show that the comparative statics of greater risk (mean-preserving spread and mean-utility preserving spread) can be totally or partially determined by the Diamond-Stiglitz and Kihlstrom-Mirman single-crossing property. For example, for a prudent risk-averse quantity-setting dual theoretic monopolist, a mean-preserving spread will have the same impact on output under uncertainty as a fall in the state of demand under certainty. Finally, we find that, in contrast to expected utility, a stochastically larger state of demand (first-order stochastic dominance) will raise output even if background risk is present.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 71-71 
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 59-65 
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    Keywords: principal-agent contracts ; first-order approach ; wage-action interactions ; action-risk interactions ; nonseparable utility
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    Notes: Abstract The first-order approach (FOA) to principal agent problems is very convenient and mathematically tractable. However, existing results show that the FOA is valid only for additively separable utility functions. This is somewhat limiting. In this article sufficient conditions are identified that extend the validity of the FOA to nonseparable cases. The additional conditions involve restrictions on the agent's preferences, particularly interactions between action and the wage contract. These conditions imply that leisure is normal and the agent's absolute risk aversion increases with action. Comparative static results regarding the wage contract and its gradient are also discussed.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 43-58 
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    Keywords: trade financing costs ; export credit insurance ; credit risk ; insurance premia ; option pricing ; non-parametric regressions
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    Notes: Abstract This article investigates the relationship between a debtor country's external financial indicators and the costs associated with the insurance of export credits to that country. For this purpose a stylized model of export credit insurance (ECI) is developed, the central idea being that ECI is similar to a contingent claim such as a European put option. Thus, tools from option pricing theory were used to calculate the price of ECI, implying that not only the current financial position but also the volatility of the changes in that position determine such costs. The empirical results of a statistical analysis of the premium rates for ECI, applied by a private export credit insurer to seventy-seven developing countries during 1993, provide some support for these hypotheses. In particular, the reserves-over-imports ratio of a debtor country and the volatility of the rates of change of this ratio appear to contribute significantly to the premium rates that apply to that country. Thus, the article provides evidence that option pricing parameters do play role in practical insurance pricing, even if this pricing is not explicitly based on these parameters. Premium rates are set as if an underlying option market operated. Thus, the trade of countries with volatile external financial positions is saddled with higher costs than that of countries with more stable positions.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 81-101 
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    Keywords: insurance ; adverse selection ; multidimensional screening ; multiple risks ; bundling
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    Notes: Abstract This article extends the standard adverse-selection model for competitive insurance markets, which assumes a single source of risk, to the case where individuals are subject to multiple risks. We compare the following market situations—the case where insurers can offer comprehensive policies against all sources or risks (complete contracts) and the case where different risks are covered by separate policies (incomplete contracts). In the latter case, we consider whether the insurer of a particular risk has perfect information regarding an individual's coverage against other sources of risks. The analysis emphasizes the informational role of bundling in multidimensional screening. When the market situation allows bundling, it is shown that in equilibrium the low-risk type with respect to a particular source of risk does not necessarily obtain partial coverage against that particular risk.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 73-79 
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    Keywords: insurance ; adverse selection ; competitive outcomes
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    Notes: Abstract We are honored to address the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists and will take the opportunity to make some reflections on the rather uneasy relationship between insurance and competition. Economists generally prescribe competition as a solution for markets that do not work well. Competition allocates resources efficiently and encourages innovation and attention to what customers want. Insurance markets differ from most other markets because in insurance markets competition can destroy the market rather than make it work better. One of the dimensions along which insurance companies compete is underwriting—trying to ensure that the risks covered are “good” risks or that if a high risk is insured, the premium charged is at least commensurate with the potential cost. The resulting partitioning of risk limits the amount of insurance that potential insurance customers can buy. In the extreme case, such competitive behavior will destroy the insurance market altogether. A simple model illustrates.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 121-134 
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    Notes: Abstract In this article, we show that common insurance policy provisions—namely, deductibles, coinsurance, and maximum limits–can arise as a result of adverse selection in a competitive insurance market. Research on adverse selection typically builds on the assumption that different risk types suffer the same size loss and differ only in their probability of loss. In this study, we allow the severity of the insurance loss to be random and, thus, generalize the results of Rothschild and Stiglitz [1976] and Wilson [1977]. We characterize the separating equilibrium contracts in a Rothschild-Stiglitz competitive market. By further assuming a Wilson competitive market, we show that an anticipatory equilibrium might be achieved by pooling, and we characterize the optimal pooling contract.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 103-120 
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    Keywords: adverse selection ; insurance markets ; marketing costs ; pooling equilibria ; separating equilibria
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    Notes: Abstract In the Rothschild-Stiglitz [1976] model of a competitive insurance market with adverse selection, pooling equilibria cannot exist. However in practice, pooling contracts are frequent, notably in health insurance and life insurance. This is due to the fact that distribution costs are nonnegligible and increase rapidly when more contracts are offered. We modify accordingly the Rothschild-Stiglitz model by introducing such distribution costs. We find that, however small these costs may be, they entail possible existence of pooling equilibria. Moreover, in these pooling equilibria, it is the high-risk individuals who are rationed, in the sense that they would be willing to buy more insurance at the current premium/insurance ratio.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 5-5 
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 135-150 
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    Keywords: insurance ; adverse-selection ; Bayesian learning
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    Notes: Abstract In the classic Rothschild-Stiglitz model of adverse selection in a competitive environment, we analyse a “no-claims bonus” type contract (bonus-malus). We show that, under full insurance coverage, if the insurance company applies Bayes's rule to learn about client probability types over time and uses this information in premium calculations for contract renewals, then there exist conditions under which all client types strictly prefer the Bayesian updating contract to the classic Rothschild-Stiglitz separating equilibrium.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 22 (1997), S. 151-168 
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    Keywords: regulation ; health care ; principal-agent ; hospital ; agency
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    Notes: Abstract This article addresses the combined problem of imperfect agency and asymmetric information in the regulation of hospitals by modeling the physician as a utility maximizer with both the utility of patients and profit of the hospital as arguments in his or her utility function. The article concludes that optimal regulation of hospitals is based on three important factors: the doctor's marginal rate of substitution between profit of the hospital and utility of the patients, moral hazard in the relationship between the regulator and the hospital, and adverse selection in the same relation.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 7-27 
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    Keywords: insurance ; background risk ; prudence
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    Notes: Abstract Theory suggests that people facing higher uninsurable background risk buy more insurance against other risks that are insurable. This proposition is supported by Italian cross-sectional data. It is shown that the probability of purchasing casualty insurance increases with earnings uncertainty. This finding is consistent with consumer preferences being characterized by decreasing absolute prudence.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 41-48 
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    Keywords: insurance ; oligopoly ; imperfect competition
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    Notes: Abstract This article analyzes the behavior of an oligopoly of risk-averse insurers that insure many consumers facing identical independent risks; however, the probability of a loss is ex ante not known with certainty. It is shown that there is a continuum of equilibria in the Bertrand game. The most plausible equilibrium can be obtained by requiring that all insurers are content with the number of policies they sell given the equilibrium premium.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 29-40 
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    Keywords: background risk ; stochastic dominance ; coinsurance ; deductibles
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    Notes: Abstract The demand for insurance against loss from a particular risky asset is likely to depend on other risks the decision-maker faces. For independently distributed other risks, referred to as background risk, Eeckhoudt and Kimball [1992] determine the effect on insurance demand of introducing background risk. Recently, Eeckhoudt, Gollier, and Schlesinger [1996] determine conditions on preferences such that first- and second-degree stochastic deteriorations in background risk lead to a decrease in the decision-maker's willingness to accept other risks. These results, although formulated in a general decision model, also apply to insurance demand. This article continues analysis of this question by determining the effect on insurance demand of several other general changes in background risk.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 49-61 
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    Keywords: long-term care insurance ; life insurance
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    Notes: Abstract This article investigates the interaction between life insurance and long-term care insurance markets on the demand side. In the model utility depends on both consumption and bequest, and utility from consumption is contingent on the state of health. While the demand for life insurance increases both with decreasing income and with a rising degree of altruism, the influences of these two parameters on the demand for long-term care insurance are ambiguous. If the utility shock arising from disability declines, both insurance demands will rise.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 63-82 
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    Keywords: fuzzy inference ; risk classification ; life insurance ; imprecise information
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    Notes: Abstract Traditionally, policyholders in life insurance are classified in simple mortality tables, most often according to only a few risk characteristics. Instead of a risk classification according to the numerical rating system, this article describes how to classify by using a fuzzy inference methodology. By defining risk factors as fuzzy sets, it is shown that an insurer can utilize multiple prognostic factors that are imprecise and vague. The presented fuzzy risk classification provides a more realistic way of modeling mortality risks since it allows for compensations and interactions between multiple risk factors.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 89-117 
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    Keywords: inequality ; risk ; utility
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    Notes: Abstract Recalling the class of risk measures introduced by Stone [1973], the authors survey measures from different academic disciplines—including psychology, operations research, management science, economics, and finance—that have been introduced since 1973. We introduce a general class of risk measures that extends Stone's class to include these new measures. Finally, we give four axioms that describe necessary attributes of a good financial risk measure and show which of the measures surveyed satisfy these. We demonstrate that all measures that satisfy our axioms, as well as those that do not but are commonly used in finance, belong to our new generalized class.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 119-125 
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    Keywords: social security ; privatization ; overlapping generations model ; endogenous growth
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    Notes: Abstract It is generally accepted that moving from an unfunded to a funded social security system implies a welfare loss for the transition generation—that is, the generation that has to pay twice: first, saving for its own retirement and, second, contributing to the pensions of the then retired generation. This article shows that in a setting of endogenous growth with positive externality such a transition can be Pareto improving. But it argues also that social security reform is more a pretext than a requirement for internalizing such a positive externality.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 127-137 
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    Keywords: asset preferences ; utility functions ; moment orderings ; Von Neumann-Morgenstern rationality
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    Notes: Abstract This article examines the relationship between risk, return, skewness, and utility-based preferences. Examples are constructed showing that, for any commonly used utility function, it is possible to have two continuous unimodal random variables X and Y with positive and equal means, X having a larger variance and lower positive skewness than Y, and yet X has larger expected utility than Y, contrary to persistent folklore concerning U″′ 〉 0 implying skewness preference for risk averters. In additon, it is shown that ceteris paribus analysis of preferences and moments, as occasionally used in the literature, is impossible since equality of higher-order central moments implies the total equality of the distributions involved.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 139-149 
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    Keywords: deposit insurance ; bank runs ; diamond dybuig model ; market failure
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    Notes: Abstract The apparent banking market failure modeled by Diamond and Dybvig [1983] rests on their inconsistently applying their “sequential servicing constraint” to private banks but not to their government deposit insurance agency. Without this inconsistency, banks can provide optimal risk-sharing without tax-based deposit insurance, even when the number of “type 1” agents is stochastic, by employing a “contingent bonus contract.” The threat of disintermediation noted by Jacklin [1987] in the nonstochastic case is still present but can be blocked by contractual trading restrictions. This article complements Wallace [1988], who considers an alternative resolution of this inconsistency.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 23 (1998), S. 151-165 
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    Keywords: environmental management ; uncertainty ; public goods ; voluntary contributions ; precaution ; risk
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    Notes: Abstract This article presents a model in which production causes pollution that diminishes the welfare of its agents. Each agent is concerned with the quality of its environment and may voluntary contribute to improve it by financing depollution technology. The effectiveness of this technology on the quality of the environment is uncertain. We show that if an agent is sufficiently risk averse, voluntary contribution is a decreasing function of the average efficiency of depollution technology. If, on the contrary, the pollution effect is weaker than the substitution effect, the opposite holds. We show that precaution about environmental quality has two possible consequences that depend on agents' risk aversion. Therefore, the implications of a precautionary attitude lead us to consider the agents' risk-aversion characterization, which implies knowledge about prudent attitude.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 5-17 
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    Keywords: adverse selection ; coalition proof ; insurance
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    Notes: Abstract We reexamine the canonical adverse selection insurance economy first studied by Rothschild and Stiglitz [1976]. We define blocking in a way that takes private information into account and define a coalition-proof correspondence as a mapping from coalitions to allocations with the property that allocations are in the correspondence, if and only if, they are not blocked by any other allocations in the correspondence for any subcoalition. We prove that the Miyazaki allocation—the Pareto-optimal allocation (possibly cross-subsidized) most preferred by low-risk agents—is coalition-proof.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 19-28 
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    Keywords: self-insurance ; self-protection ; comparative statics
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    Notes: Abstract Consider an agent facing a risky distribution of losses who can change this distribution by exerting some effort. Should he exert more effort when he becomes more risk-averse? For instance, should we expect more risk-averse drivers to drive more cautiously? In this article, we give sufficient conditions under which the answer is positive, using results presented in Jewitt (1989). We first extend the standard models of self-insurance and self-protection and show that the comparative statics depends only on the effect of effort on the net loss. We then present conditions for the continuous case with applications.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 29-54 
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    Keywords: insurance ; auditing ; risk aversion
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    Notes: Abstract We provide a characterization of an optimal insurance contract (coverage schedule and audit policy) when the monitoring procedure is random. When the policyholder exhibits constant absolute risk aversion, the optimal contract involves a positive indemnity payment with a deductible when the magnitude of damages exceeds a threshold. In such a case, marginal damages are fully covered if the claim is verified. Otherwise, there is an additional deductible that disappears when the damages become infinitely large. Under decreasing absolute risk aversion, providing a positive indemnity payment for small claims with a nonmonotonic coverage schedule may be optimal.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 55-68 
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    Keywords: insurance regulation ; information ; insolvency
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    Notes: Abstract There have been major changes in the way European insurance markets are regulated, and there is still considerable debate about what the form and scope of regulation should be. This article examines the arguments for solvency regulation when consumers are fully informed of the insurer's insolvency risk. It is shown firms always provide enough capital to ensure solvency, unless there are restrictions on the composition of their asset portfolios. The conclusion holds even when competition means that only normal profits can be earned. This suggests that the role of regulation in insurance markets should be confined to providing consumers with information about the default risk of insurers.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 69-96 
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    Keywords: insurance futures ; futures derivatives ; claims processes ; reinsurance
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    Notes: Abstract This article presents a valuation model of futures contracts and derivatives on such contracts, when the underlying delivery value is an insurance index, which follows a stochastic process containing jumps of random claim sizes at random time points of accident occurrence. Applications are made on insurance futures and spreads, a relatively new class of instruments for risk management launched by the Chicago Board of Trade in 1993, anticipated to start in Europe and perhaps also in other parts of the world in the future. The article treats the problem of pricing catastrophe risk, which is priced in the model and not treated as unsystematic risk. Several closed pricing formulas are derived, both for futures contracts and for futures derivatives, such as caps, call options, and spreads. The framework is that of partial equilibrium theory under uncertainty.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 119-137 
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    Keywords: risk classification ; adverse selection ; moral hazard ; Poisson-gamma model ; bonus-malus
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    Notes: Abstract We present in this article some questions related to risk classification. These are discussed depending on the information used—either data on conditional characteristics or also including data on claim histories or on endogenous insurance demand by the agents.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 97-114 
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    Keywords: adverse selection ; moral hazard ; automobile insurance contracts ; risk of accident ; econometrics
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    Notes: Abstract Insurance has for a long time been perceived as a way of transferring responsibility from insured agents to insurers and thus as potentially influencing insured agents' behavior. Two particular opportunistic behaviors have been analyzed. First, the theory of adverse selection predicts that high-risk agents are likely to demand more insurance than are low-risk agents. Second, the theory of moral hazard predicts that the wider the insurance coverage, the less agents will try to prevent accidents. Both theories thus conclude that agents who are totally insured should have a higher probability of accident than those with only partial insurance, ceteris paribus. Nevertheless, one of the aims of insurance rating systems is to control for these opportunistic behaviors. In this article, we use individual data to see if the French automobile insurance rating system has achieved this aim. We do this using a two-step maximum-likelihood method. First, we compute a probit model to estimate the probability of taking out comprehensive versus third-party insurance. We then calculate the generalized residual, which is included as an independent variable in a negative binomial model estimating the probability of having an accident. The coefficient of this variable is argued to represent adverse selection and ex-ante moral-hazard behavior.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 173-192 
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    Keywords: distribution systems ; price dispersion ; consumer search behavior ; long-run equilibrium ; uninformed consumers
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    Notes: Abstract We attempt to explain the coexistence of two distribution systems when consumers are poorly informed about price distribution. The interaction of price dispersion and consumer search behavior is shown to affect the choice of marketing systems. We provide a necessary and sufficient condition for the coexistence as a long-run equilibrium. The market may observe the coexistence of the two agency systems regardless of the relative efficiency of agency types, or the domination by the less efficient agency system offering higher average price.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 159-171 
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    Keywords: crop insurance ; yield options contracts ; incomplete markets ; systemic risk
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    Notes: Abstract This article focuses on the design of a crop insurance contract when the indemnity is based on the aggregate yield of a surrounding geographical area. Coinsurance under a critical yield often provides an efficient sharing of systemic risk. Under a linear relationship between individual yield and aggregate yield, the optimal form depends on the individual beta coefficient, which measures the sensitivity of individual yield to aggregate yield. The optimal hedging position of the producer on the yield options market is to buy put options or call options depending upon whether his beta coefficient is positive or negative.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 139-158 
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    Keywords: self-selection ; screening ; information asymmetry ; insurance markets
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    Notes: Abstract A major characteristic of insurance markets is information asymmetry that may lead to phenomena such as adverse selection and moral hazard. Another aspect of markets with asymmetric information is self-selection, which refers to the pattern of choices that individuals with different personal characteristics make when facing a menu of contracts or options. To combat problems of asymmetric information, insurance firms can use screening. That is, they can offer the clients a menu of choices and infer their characteristics from their choices. This article reports the results of several studies that examined the degree to which people behave according to the notions of self-selection and screening. Subjects played the role of either insurance buyers or sellers. The results of these studies provide partial support for the hypothesis that subjects use self-selection and screening in insurance markets. Our study also points at the importance of learning in experimental studies. In one-stage experiments where subjects did not get feedback, screening was not detected. When multistage experiments were conducted, and the subjects learned from experience and were also taught the relevant theories, their decisions were more aligned with screening.
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    The Geneva risk and insurance review 24 (1999), S. 193-207 
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    Keywords: corporate insurance ; business insurance ; agency problems
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    Notes: Abstract Existing literature argues that corporate insurance is purchased because the insurance company produces risk management information for publicly held corporations. In this article, we address a fundamental question as to why other financial intermediaries cannot perform the same information production function as the insurance company. We argue that when the risk manager of the firm performs multiple tasks and needs consulting and investigation services from an outside agent for efficient risk management, the optimal contract with the agent has to be in the form of an insurance contract. Other types of contracts, such as flat-fee contracts, cannot be optimal. Therefore, the insurance company is ideally suited to provides these services.
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    European journal of nutrition 20 (1981), S. 172-181 
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    Keywords: galactolipids ; phospholipids ; frozen storage ; parsley
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Während der Gefrierlagerung von thermisch nicht behandelten Blattgeweben laufen bei praxisüblichen Lagerungstemperaturen enzymatische Lipidabbaureaktionen ab, die schon nach wenigen Wochen zu einem weitgehenden oder vollständigen Verlust der nativen polaren Lipide führen. Diese von einer Geschmacksverschlechterung begleiteten Prozesse wurden am Beispiel von Petersilieblättern näher untersucht. Unter den Reaktionsprodukten befanden sich beträchtliche Mengen von 6-Acylmonogalaktosyldiglyceriden — entstanden durch Transacylierung aus Monogalaktosyldiglyceriden — sowie von Phosphatidsäure, deren Bildung durch Einwirkung von Phospholipase D auf Phospholipide zu erklären ist. Die vielfach angenommene Reaktionsfolge: Spaltung der Lipide durch Acylhydrolasen, Hydroperoxidation der gebildeten freien Fettsäuren durch Lipoxigenase und Zerfall der Hydroperoxide in Off-flavour-Komponenten spielt möglicherweise nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Die Phospholipase D ist selbst bei −24
    Notes: Summary Under the frozen storage at usual storage temperatures of leafy tissues not pretreated by heat, enzymatic lipid degradation reactions take place, which lead already after a few weeks to a considerable or complete loss of the native polar lipids. These degradation processes being accompanied by a deterioration of the flavour have been studied in greater detail in parsley leaves. Among the reaction products we found large amounts of 6-acylmonogalactosyl diglycerides (formed from monogalactosyl diglycerides by enzymatic transacylation) and phosphatidic acid (formed from phospholipids through phospholipase-D action). The generally assumed reaction sequence: formation of free fatty acids by acyl hydrolases followed by hydroperoxidation through lipoxygenase and degradation o f the hydroperoxides into off-flavour compounds may hence take place, if at all, only to a limited extent. Considerable phospholipase D as well as minor acyl transferase activities are still detected at −24
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    European journal of nutrition 20 (1981), S. 208-215 
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    Keywords: apricot seed kernels ; amino acid composition ; PER-data
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Hamawy apricot seed kernels (sweet), Amar apricot seed kernels (bitter) and treated Amar apricot kernels (bitterness removed) were evaluated biochemically. All kernels were found to be high in fat (42.2–50.91 %), protein (23.74–25.70 %) and fiber (15.08–18.02 %). Phosphorus, calcium, and iron were determined in all experimental samples. The three different apricot seed kernels were used for extensive study including the qualitative determination of the amino acid constituents by acid hydrolysis, quantitative determination of some amino acids, and biological evaluation of the kernel proteins in order to use them as new protein sources. Weanling albino rats failed to grow on diets containing the Amar apricot seed kernels due to low food consumption because of its bitterness. There was no loss in weight in that case. The Protein Efficiency Ratio data and blood analysis results showed the Hamawy apricot seed kernels to be higher in biological value than treated apricot seed kernels. The Net Protein Ratio data which accounts for both weight, maintenance and growth showed the treated apricot seed kernels to be higher in biological value than both Hamawy and Amar kernels. The Net Protein Ratio for the last two kernels were nearly equal.
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    European journal of nutrition 20 (1981), S. 223-228 
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    Keywords: kwashiorkor ; glucose tolerance ; tryptophan loading
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
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    European journal of nutrition 20 (1981), S. 253-262 
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    Keywords: obesity ; JW/AH index method ; diabetes ; age-groups ; survey
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Verfasser haben eine Reihenuntersuchung für die Aufklärung der Obesitätsfälle in der Kinderbevölkerung des Bezirks Monor (Komitat Pest) durchgeführt. Das Körpergewicht und die Körperlänge von 12 751 Kindern (3–18 Jahre alt) wurden gemessen. Mit der IW/AH-(Idealgewicht/aktuelle Körperlänge-)Indexmethode wurden 705 (5,3 %) Kinder übergewichtig gefunden. Mit Fragebogenmethode wurde geklärt, daß in den Familien von 784 Kindern Diabetes vorkommt. Unter diesen wurden 66 Obesitätsfälle unterschieden. Das Prozentverhältnis ist in dieser Gruppe mit 8,4 % viel höher als in der allgemeinen Population. Die größte Zahl der Obesitätsfälle wurde im Pubertätsalter gefunden. Bei den Kindern mit einer Familiengeschichte für Diabetes war diese Zahl in dem Alter von 14 bis 18 Jahren am größten. Die spezielle Untersuchung und ärztliche Beratung dieser Kinder ist im Gange.
    Notes: Summary Authors conducted the weight-height measurements of 12,751 children in the district of Monor on the basis of the IW/AH index and found 705 obese children. Childhood obesity rate of the district was 5.53 %. The questionnaires sent to the affected children's families revealed diabetes in the families of 784 children, 66 of whom were obese, which is 8.4 % -much higher than the population's value. The highest obesity rate was found in puberty, while in children with a family background for diabetes this value was found in 14–18 years of age. The groups investigated are given special nursing. Authors express thanks to all the persons who contributed to carry out the measurements.
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    European journal of nutrition 20 (1981), S. 275-282 
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    Notes: Summary Ten protein-rich food mixtures were suggested. They are based on popular dishes which could be prepared simply at home. Such mixtures were prepared from seeds or legumes available in the local markets at reasonable prices. These ingredients are polished rice, decorticated lentils, defatted sesame flour, whole or roasted chick peas (dehulled), maize bread, sun flour kernels, fenugreek seeds, wheat (whole grains or parboiled grains), white wheat flour, defatted peanut flour, defatted sesame flour and dry yeast. The protein content of such food mixtures ranged from 17.7 to 23.2 %, which is in agreement with recommended values. Defatted sesame flour was incorporated in most of the mixtures in order to correct for their sulphur-containing amino-acids as it is already known that sesame is a rich source of sulphur-containing amino acids in comparison to other vegetable sources. Further investigations are going on to determine the nutritive value of the formulated mixtures before feeding them to the children.
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    European journal of nutrition 20 (1981), S. 229-232 
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    European journal of nutrition 20 (1981), S. 233-246 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A meeting report is given (Annual Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research, Houston, and International Congress of Nutrition, San Diego) which mainly deals with cancerogenesis: The role of retinoids as inhibitors, and the role of pyrolysis products as promoter of cancerogenesis, both essentially active in the tumor promotion range of cancerogenesis, after previous initiation. In the future, enhanced chances may be foreseen for active prevention and for causal elucidation of cancer formation, which until now seems to be a spontaneous disease.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung An Hand eines Tagungsberichtes (Annual Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research, Houston, und Internationaler Ernährungskongreß, San Diego) wird vor allem auf Fragen der Kanzerogenese eingegangen: Rolle von Carotinoiden als Hemmstoffe und Rolle von Pyrolyse-Produkten als Förderer der Krebsentstehung, beide überwiegend im Bereich der Promotion nach anderweitig erfolgter Initiation. Hier liegen für die Zukunft Chancen aktiver Prävention und kausaler Aufklärung bisher scheinbar schicksalhafter (Spontan-)Erkrankungen.
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    European journal of nutrition 21 (1982), S. 1-1 
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    European journal of nutrition 21 (1982), S. 51-56 
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    Keywords: serum alkaline phosphatase ; ascorbic-acid deficiency ; guinea pigs
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Bei Meerschweinchen, die gut mit Vitamin C versorgt sind, findet sich eine lineare Beziehung zwischen der Aktivität der alkalischen Phosphatase im Serum und dem Körpergewicht. Untersuchungen bei Meerschweinchen, in denen durch zwei verschiedene Verfahren (völliger und partieller Entzug) niedrige Ascorbinsäurespiegel herbeigeführt worden waren, zeigten, daß die Aktivität der alkalischen Phosphatase im Serum nicht generell bei Vitamin-C-Mangel erniedrigt ist. Abnahmen der Enzymspiegel im Serum, die sich bei Meerschweinchen nach völligem Entzug von Vitamin C finden, d. h. bei akutem Mangel, sind vermutlich die Folge von Streßfaktoren. Enzyme: Alkaline phosphatase, orthophosphoric monoester phosphohydrolase (EC 3.1.3.1.)
    Notes: Summary Guinea pigs well supplied with vitamin C show a linear relation between serum alkaline phosphatase activity and body weight. Investigations in guinea pigs induced to low ascorbic-acid levels by two different procedures (complete and partial deprivation of vitamin C) demonstrated that the activity of the alkaline phosphatase is not generally decreased in the serum of ascorbic-acid-deficient guinea pigs. Decreases of the serum enzyme levels reported in guinea pigs completely deprived of vitamin C, i.e. in acute deficiency, may be due to stress factors.
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    European journal of nutrition 21 (1982), S. 43-50 
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    Keywords: dietary induced thermogenesis ; direct calorimetry ; postprandial core temperature
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wurde die postprandiale Thermogenese von Diäten unterschiedlichen Protein- und Fettanteils an jungen männlichen wachsenden Ratten mit der direkten Kalorimetrie bestimmt. Die postprandiale Thermogenese nach Kontrolldiät, die 30% Kasein enthält, betrug 8,3% der aufgenommenen Bruttoenergie. Nach Austausch der Hälfte des Kasein durch Gelatine erhöhte sich die postprandiale Wärmeabgabe auf 19,3% der aufgenommenen Bruttoenergie. Substitution von Schmalz durch mittelkettige Triglyceride und kombinierte Substitution durch mittelkettige Triglyceride und Gelatine verursachten einen weiteren Anstieg der Thermogenese auf 20,3 % bzw. 22,6% der aufgenommenen Bruttoenergie. Verglichen mit der Kontrolldiät sind diese Differenzen statistisch hoch signifikant. Die postprandiale Thermogenese nach Kasein- und Kasein-Gelatine-haltigen Diäten tritt 2,5 Stunden nach der Nahrungsaufnahme ein und dauert 2–3 Stunden. Die Diäten, die mittelkettige Triglyceride enthalten, rufen 45–90 Minuten nach der Nahrungsaufnahme einen signifikanten Anstieg der Wärmeabgabe hervor, der 2–3 Stunden dauert. Die Kombination von Diätkomponenten mit einer hohen postprandialen Wärmeabgabe führte nicht zu einer additiven Wärmeabgabe. Es bestand eine enge Korrelation zwischen der aufgenommenen Nahrungsmenge und der postprandialen Wärmeabgabe. Die Kerntemperatur der Ratten stieg nach Nahrungsaufnahme der Versuchsdiäten signifikant an. In der postprandialen Phase wurden jedoch keine signifikanten Unterschiede zwischen den vier Versuchsgruppen gefunden. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die postprandiale Wärmeabgabe durch ausgewählte Diätkomponenten signifikant gesteigert werden kann. Die Entwicklung von Diäten mit einer geringen Effizienz der Energieverwertung könnte von Interesse sein für spezielle Diätbehandlungen wie zum Beispiel der Adipositas.
    Notes: Summary The postprandial thermic effect of diets containing different protein and fat moieties was estimated in young male growing rats by direct calorimetric measurements. The postprandial thermogenesis after ingestion of the control diet, which contained 30% of casein, corresponded to 8.3% of the gross energy. After exchange of half the casein by gelatine, the postprandial heat loss increased to 19.3% of the gross energy. Substitution of lard by medium-chain triglycerides and gelatine caused a further increase of thermogenesis to 20.3% and 22.6% of gross energy, respectively. Compared to the control diet, the differences are highly statistically significant. The postprandial heat production after ingestion of the casein and caseingelatine-containing diets occurred 2.5 hours after food intake and lasted about 2–3 hours. The medium-chain triglycerides-containing diets induced 45–90 minutes after food intake a significant increase of the heat production, lasting likewise 2–3 hours. The combination of dietary components with a high postprandial thermogenetic effect did not lead to an additive heat production. A very close correlation could be found between the amount of food intake and the postprandial heat loss. The core temperature of rats increased significantly after ingestion of the experimental diets. In the postprandial state it did not differ between the four experimental groups. The results demonstrate that the postprandial heat loss can be significantly increased by selected dietary components. The development of diets with a lower efficiency of energy utilization could be of interest for special dietary treatments, as for example, in certain states of obesity.
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    Keywords: Blutlipide ; HDL ; LDL ; proteinreiche Ernährung ; Arginin ; Stärke ; Saccharose
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The repeatedly reported effect of proteins on lipoprotein metabolism leaves the question if this is caused mainly by the amount or amino acid composition of the protein itself, by the accompanying fat or cholesterol content, or by the contemporary predominant kind of carbohydrate in the diet. We conducted experiments with male rats, feeding them in 6 groups of 20 animals for one year semipurified, cholesterol-free diets with constantly 40 (J−)% fat in all diets, 13 % (I), 20 % (II, III, IV) or 40% (V, VI) protein and complementary carbohydrates (50 % starch, 50 % sucrose). III received sucrose only, IV starch only. VI was given additionally 0.8 % arginine (arg). Rats on 40 % protein exhibited higher total plasma cholesterol levels in comparison to 13 % protein, HDL values were nearly identical in I, II, III, IV, and increased in V and VI. LDL was increased in V, compared to all other groups.Conclusion: The level of dietary protein alone may influence amount and distribution of lipoproteins in rats. LDL may be decreased by addition of arg, HDL remains unchanged. The type of carbohydrate had no influence on HDL or LDL on conditions of our experiment, whereas earlier experiments showed elevation of LDL values with sucrose in comparison to starch if cholesterol was present in the diet.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung In einer Langzeitstudie untersuchten wir die Beeinflußbarkeit des Lipoproteinstoffwechsels der Ratte durch unterschiedlich hohe Proteinzufuhr mit und ohne Argininzusatz und durch unterschiedliche Kohlenhydratträger bei konstantem cholesterinfreiem Fettanteil der Diät (40 J%). Wir konnten nachweisen, daß sich der Plasma-Gesamtcholesterinspiegel mit steigender Proteinzufuhr erhöhte. Die HDL-Cholesterin-Konzentration im Plasma der proteinreich (40 J%) ernährten Tiere war im Vergleich zu den Gruppen mit 13 und 20 % Protein ebenfalls signifikant erhöht. Gesteigert war auch die LDL-Cholesterin-Konzentration bei den proteinreich ernährten Tieren. Dieser Anstieg der LDL bei hohem Proteingehalt trat bei Zusatz von Arginin zur Diät nicht auf. — Die Art des Kohlenhydrats (Saccharose oder Stärke) hatte bei der gewählten Versuchsanordnung keinen Einfluß auf die Zusammensetzung der Lipoproteine.
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    European journal of nutrition 21 (1982), S. 202-213 
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    Keywords: Johannisbrotkernmehl ; Resorption ; Mineralstoffe ; Spurenelemente ; Bilanzversuch
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The effect of carob bean gum (9.5 g/1000 kcal, 4184 kJ) in the daily diet on the absorption of Ca, Fe, Zn und Cu was determined during a 4-week balance study in 2 male and 6 female healthy subjects, aged 19 to 25 years. A normal mixed diet was used, to which carob bean gum was added during food preparation for the last 2 weeks of the study. The absorption of minerals and trace elements was calculated as the difference between dietary intake and fecal excretion. The ingestion of carob bean gum caused a significant reduction in the absorption of Ca, Fe and Zn when compared to the control diet, while the absorption of Cu remained unchanged.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung In einem vierwöchigen Bilanzversuch wurde der Einflu\ von Johannisbrotkernmehl (JBM) in der Nahrung (9,5 g/1000 kcal, 4184 kJ) auf die Resorption von Ca, Fe, Zn und Cu in zwei männlichen und sechs weiblichen gesunden Versuchspersonen im Alter zwischen 19 und 25 Jahren geprüft. Die Versuchsdiät bestand aus einer normalen Mischkost, der während der letzten zwei Wochen der Untersuchung JBM bei der Speisezubereitung zugefügt wurde. Die Resorption der Mineralstoffe und Spurenelemente wurde als Differenz aus Zufuhr mit der Diät und Ausscheidung im Kot berechnet. Die Zufuhr von JBM führte gegenüber der Kontrolldiät zu einer signifikanten Verringerung der Resorption von Ca, Fe und Zn. Die Cu-Resorption blieb unverändert.
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    European journal of nutrition 21 (1982), S. 146-169 
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    Keywords: Süßwaren ; Zucker ; Karies
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The dissolution of sugar in the oral cavity was determined by measuring the enhancement of saliva flow and the resulting concentration of sugar after consumption of commercially available sweets as well as some test products. It was found that the dissolving rate of sugar is not a function of the absolute concentration of sugar in the sweets alone; it is determined mainly by the texture, consistency and its typical consuming behaviour as well as by the form in which the sugar is contained in the sweets (as a melt, solution or crystalline).
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Zur Ermittlung des Löslichwerdens von Zucker in der Mundhöhle wurden bei einer Reihe von handelsüblichen Süßwaren sowie Versuchsprodukten die oral auftretenden Zuckerkonzentrationen und der durch den Genuß stimulierte Speichelfluß ermittelt. Es konnte gezeigt werden, daß nicht vom absoluten Gehalt an Zucker in einem Produkt das Maß für das In-Lösung-Gehen allein bestimmt wird. Vielmehr kommen Textur, Konsistenz, Aggregatzustand des Zuckers (Schmelze, Lösung, kristallin) sowie den verzehrstypischen Eigenheiten einer jeden Süßware entscheidende Einflüsse auf das Lösungsverhalten zu.
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    European journal of nutrition 21 (1982), S. 257-265 
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    Keywords: carnitine ; foods ; dietary requirements ; adult ; neonate
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Oxydation der langkettigen Fettsäuren ist carnitinabhängig. So dringen diese Fettsäuren nur an Carnitin gebunden, d. h. als Acylcarnitin, in die Mitochondrien ein, um dort oxydiert zu werden. Der tierische Organismus deckt seinen Bedarf an Carnitin durch exogene Zufuhr und endogene Synthese. Eine fleischreiche Nahrung führt dem Organismus viel Carnitin zu, während Gemüse, Obst und Getreide relativ wenig davon enthalten. Obwohl es sich um ein relativ kleines Molekül handelt, das in geringer Menge in einem lebenswichtigen Stoffwechselsystem wirkt (die Beta-Oxydation), darf Carnitin nicht als Vitamin angesehen werden, sondern vielmehr als eine Nährsubstanz. Es scheint nämlich nicht unbedingt notwendig zu sein, daß die Ernährung dem erwachsenen Menschen Carnitin zuführt. Der gesunde Organismus kann bei einer ausgeglichenen Ernährungsweise (ausreichende Zufuhr von Lysin und Methionin) seinen Bedarf vollständig selbst decken. Dies um so mehr, als eine Senkung der exogenen Zufuhr von Carnitin eine geringere Ausscheidung über den Harn zur Folge hat. Dem in Nahrungsmittel enthaltenen Carnitin kommt jedoch beim Neugeborenen eine größere Bedeutung zu. Der Übergang vom pränatalen zum postnatalen Leben bewirkt eine Erhöhung des Stellenwertes der Lipide bei der Deckung des Energiebedarfs. Diese Veränderung wird von einem Anstieg des Körpergehalts an Carnitin begleitet, das im wesentlichen durch die Muttermilch zugeführt wird. Zum Abschluß gibt dieser Bericht eine knappe Darstellung der Krankheiten, bei denen sich eine ergänzende Zufuhr von Nahrungs-Carnitin als nützlich erweist.
    Notes: Summary The oxidation of long-chain fatty acids is carnitine-dependent. Indeed, only when they are bound to carnitine, in the form of acyl-carnitines, do fatty acids penetrate into the mitochondria to be oxidized. To meet the need for carnitine, animals depend on both endogenous synthesis and an exogenous supply. A diet rich in meat supplies a lot of carnitine, while vegetables, fruits, and grains furnish relatively little. Although it has a low molecular weight and acts at low doses in a vital metabolic pathway, carnitine should not be considered a vitamin, but rather a nutritive substance. Indeed, it seems that the diet of the adult human need not necessarily furnish carnitine: the healthy organism, given a balanced nutrition (sufficiently rich in lysine and methionine), may well be able to meet all its needs. Furthermore, it seems that a reduction of the exogenous supply of carnitine results in a lowering of its elimination in the urine. However, dietary carnitine is more important during the neonatal period. The transition from fetal to extrauterine life is accompanied by an increased role of lipids in meeting energy needs. This change is accompanied by a rise in the body of the levels of carnitine, which is mainly supplied in the maternal milk. Finally, this review briefly surveys the illnesses in which a dietary carnitine supplement proves useful.
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    Keywords: dietary cholesterol ; calves ; serum metabolites ; glucose tolerance
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Mastkälber (ca. 9 Wochen alt; 3 Tiere pro Gruppe) wurden zweimal pro Tag während einer Periode von 7,5 Wochen mit einem Milchersatzmittel, das 60 % Magermilchpulver und 20 % Fett (Gewichtsprozente auf trockener Stoffbasis) enthielt, gefüttert. Beim Ersatz von 1 % Fett durch Cholesterin in der Diät stieg der Serumcholesteringehalt um 70 %. Sowohl bei den Kontrolltieren als auch bei den cholesteringefütterten Kälbern wurde kein Tagesrhythmus der Serumcholesterinkonzentration beobachtet. Die Serumtriglyceriden waren nach dem Füttern nicht deutlich erhöht, es wurde jedoch bei beiden Diätgruppen während des Tages eine ähnliche, gleichmäßige Erhöhung beobachtet. Cholesterin in der Diät verursachte nach dem Füttern um 8 Uhr eine Senkung der Harnstoffkonzentration im Serum und eine Erhöhung des Aminosäurestickstoffgehaltes. Dies wurde jedoch nach dem Füttern um 20 Uhr nicht beobachtet. Nahrungscholesterin erhöhte signifikant den postprandialen Glukosespiegel in den Mastkälbern. Es wird vorgebracht, daß Hypercholesterinämie eine verminderte Glukosetoleranz verursacht, möglicherweise auch beim Menschen.
    Notes: Summary Veal calves (aged about 9 weeks; three animals per group) were fed twice a day-liquid diets containing 60 % skim milk powder and 20 % crude fat (w/w) for 7.5 weeks. Addition of 1 % cholesterol to the diet, at the expense of fat, caused a 70 % increase in the level of serum cholesterol. Both in the control and cholesterol-fed calves, no diurnal rhythm in the concentration of cholesterol in the serum was observed. Serum triglycerides were not clearly elevated after feeding, but a steady increase during the day was observed, the increase being similar in both dietary groups. Cholesterol feeding seemed to induce lower postprandial levels of urea and higher levels of amino acid nitrogen, but this was only observed after feeding in the morning (8.00 a.m.), but not after feeding in the evening (8.00 p.m.). Dietary cholesterol significantly elevated postprandial glucose levels in veal calves. It is suggested that hypercholesterolemia effects an impaired glucose tolerance, possibly also in man.
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    European journal of nutrition 22 (1983), S. 78-84 
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    Keywords: ADP-ribose ; liver ; nuclei ; NAD ; protein-ADP ribosylation ; riboseprotein bonds
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Aus der Rattenleber isolierte Zellkerne werden mit NAD⊕ inkubiert, dessen beide Ribosen mit jeweils3H oder14C markiert sind. Enzymatischer (Phosphodiesterase) und/oder chemischer (Hydroxylamin) Abbau markierter ADP-ribosylierter Proteine und Identifizierung der aus Zellkernrückständen freigesetzten Bruchstücke erweist, daß AMP nach Hydroxylaminolyse sowie iso-ADP-Ribose nach Phosphodiesterase und Hydroxylamin — bei Fehlen nachweisbarer Mengen an Ribose-5-phosphat — das Vorkommen zusätzlicher Bindungsformen zwischen Protein und Ribose in in vitro ADP-ribosylierten Zellkern-Proteinen verlangen: Neben C-1″ (Hayaishi u. a., Stocken u. a.) noch C-2′ und/oder C-3′ (Purin-nahe) und weiterhin C-2″ und/oder C-3″ (Pyrimidin-nahe), und dies nicht nur am Kettenende, sondern auch in der Mitte der Kette von Oligo-ADPR.
    Notes: Summary Nuclei isolated from rat liver were incubated with NAD⊕ whose two ribose moieties were respectively labeled with3H or14C. By enzymatic (phosphodiesterase) and/or chemical (hydroxylamine) attack on doubly labeled ADP-ribosylated nuclear proteins and identification of fragments released from nuclear residues, AMP was found after hydroxylaminolysis as well as iso-ADP-ribose after phosphodiesterase plus hydroxylamine, in the absence of detectable amounts of ribose-5-phosphate. This is taken to indicate the existence of additional ribose-protein binding sites in in vitro ADP-ribosylated nuclear proteins: Besides C-1″ (Hayaishi et al., Stocken et al.) C-2′ and/or C-3′ (purine-near) as well as C-2″ and/or C-3″ (pyrimidine-near), not only at the end but also within the chain of oligo-ADPR.
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    Keywords: 13C-Atemtest ; natürlicher Isotopengehalt von Nahrungsmitteln ; 13CO2-Gehalt der Atemluft ; parenterale Ernährung
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The long-term variation of the mean δ13C-value of breath-CO2 of Europeans (base value −26‰) was ±1‰ over a period of several months. However, the ingestion of products from corn, a C4-plant, caused remarkably higher shifts. In a fasted state and during rest a stability of the base value of ±0.3‰ could be attained for several hours. Longer fasting periods imply a shift of the CO2-δ-value due to the metabolism of body products. — By a change of the main energy source to corn products the δ13C-base line could be shifted to −18‰ within one day. After this shift even the metabolism of products from C3-plants could be investigated. The degradation curve and the integral degradation of fats were largely dependent on the method of application, and the base value largely interfered with the results. The period of maximum disintegration for a naturally and uniformly labelled fat was different from that of an artificially labelled trilinoleate. The results shall be used for the adjustment and the correction of the base line in13C-breath tests, especially with patients under parenteral nutrition.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Der mittlere δ13C-Wert im CO2 der Atemluft von Europäern (Basiswert −26‰) zeigt eine Langzeitschwankung über mehrere Monate von ±1,0‰; der Verzehr von Produkten aus C4-Pflanzen (z. B. Mais) hat allerdings erheblich höhere Änderungen zur Folge. Im Nüchternzustand und in Ruhe wird während 6 h eine Stabilität des Basiswertes von ±0,3‰ erreicht; nach längeren Nüchternphasen kann aber der Abbau körpereigener Substanzen zu Verschiebungen führen. Durch Umstellung der Energieversorgung auf Maisprodukte ist es möglich, den Basiswert innerhalb eines Tages auf −18‰ zu heben; dann läßt sich auch der Abbau von Substanzen aus C3-Pflanzen verfolgen. Der Verlauf und die Rate des Abbaues von markierten Fetten sind stark von der Art der Applikation abhängig, und die Messung des Gesamtumsatzes wird durch den Untergrund stark beeinträchtigt. Der Zeitpunkt des maximalen Abbaues von uniform markiertem Fett (Sojaöl) unterschied sich von dem eines in der Carboxylgruppe markierten Trilinoleats. Die Resultate sind Grundlage zur Einstellung bzw. Korrektur von Basiswerten bei13C-Atemtests, besonders bei Patienten mit parenteraler Ernährung.
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    European journal of nutrition 22 (1983), S. 116-123 
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    Keywords: Zn deficiency ; 3′,5′-cyclo AMP content ; energy metabolism
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Loss of appetite, strongly reduced feed intake, and stop in weight gain are characteristic signs of alimentary zinc deficiency. The present paper investigates some parameters of the energy metabolism of Zn-deficient rats in order to obtain information on possible disturbances. The blood of Zn-deficient rats showed an increased activity of adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) in comparison to ad-libitum- and pair-fed control animals. Therefore the concentration of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) was reduced and the concentration of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) increased in deficient animals. As a consequence, the ratio ATP/ADP was strongly reduced in Zn-deficient rats compared with both control groups. The concentration of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) was reduced in the blood of Zn-deficient rats. The levels of c-AMP in serum and urine were markedly increased in Zn-deficient rats in comparison with both control groups. Key enzymes of energetic utilization of carbohydrates such as fructose-1,6-biphosphatase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase were reduced in their activities in livers and kidneys of Zn-deficient animals. The results show that alimentary Zn deficiency impairs some parameters of the energy metabolism. The problems of reduced feed intake in Zn deficiency still remain unsolved.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Appetitlosigkeit, stark reduzierte Futteraufnahme und Wachstumsstopp sind charakteristische Zeichen eines alimentären Zn-Mangels. Um Hinweise zu erhalten, inwieweit hierbei Störungen im Energiestoffwechsel auftreten, wurden in der vorliegenden Arbeit bei Zn-Mangel-Ratten einige Parameter des Energiestoffwechsels untersucht. Im Blut der Zn-Mangel-Ratten zeigte sich gegenüber den Ad-libitum- als auch Pair-fed-Kontrolltieren eine erhöhte Aktivität der Adenosintriphosphatase (ATPase). Die Konzentration an Adenosintriphosphat (ATP) war deshalb bei den Mangeltieren reduziert und die Konzentration an Adenosindiphosphat (ADP) erhöht. Infolgedessen war das Verhältnis von ATP/ADP bei den Zn-Mangel-Ratten im Vergleich zu beiden Kontrollgruppen stark reduziert. Auch die Konzentration an Adenosinmonophosphat (AMP) war im Blut der Zn-Mangel-Ratten erniedrigt. Die Gehalte an 3′,5′-cyclo-AMP waren bei den Zn-Mangel-Ratten gegenüber beiden Kontrollgruppen in Serum und Urin stark erhöht. Schlüsselenzyme zur energetischen Verwertung der Kohlenhydrate, wie die Fructose-1,6-Diphosphatase und die Glucose-6-phosphat-Dehydrogenase, waren in ihrer Aktivität bei den Zn-Mangel-Tieren sowohl in der Leber als auch in der Niere reduziert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß alimentärer Zn-Mangel einige Parameter des Energiestoffwechsels beeinträchtigt, wobei das Problem der reduzierten Futteraufnahme bei Zn-Mangel nach wie vor ungelöst bleibt.
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    European journal of nutrition 22 (1983), S. 169-184 
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    Keywords: Fetternährung ; Aminosäurekonzentrationen im Blut ; 3-Methylhistidinausscheidung
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Earlier studies in man could demonstrate that intravenous lipids decreased the concentration of amino acids in plasma (to 50%). In short- and long-term experiments in rat the effect of orally applied olive-oil on the concentration of amino acids in blood, on the excretion of 3-methylhistidin and of total nitrogen into urine was measured. Two control groups were used: rats with total restriction of food and rats which were fed ad libitum. 2 ml olive-oil given to rats within 12 hours decreased the concentration of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine. Whereas food restriction increased the excretion of 3-methylhistidin into urine and the blood concentration of leucine, isoleucine, valine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, threonine, and glutamine, the oil-fed rats showed no increase of amino acid levels in plasma and no increase of 3-methylhistidine excretion into urine. These experiments suggest that lipid application inhibits proteolysis in muscle, and thus diminishes the amino acid levels in blood.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Der Einfloß von Fetternährung auf das Verhalten der Plasmaaminosäurekonzentrationen sollte bei Ratten geprüft werden. In vorausgegangenen Untersuchungen am Menschen war beobachtet worden, daß nach Lipidinfusionen die Konzentration der Aminosäuren im Plasma bis zu 50% vermindert war. In Kurz- und Langzeitversuchen wurde der Einfluß von Olivenöl auf die Konzentrationen der Aminosäuren im Plasma, auf die Ausscheidung von 3-Methylhistidin und von Gesamtstickstoff im Harn gemessen. Als Kontrollgruppen dienten hungernde Ratten und ad libitum ernährte Versuchstiere. In Kurzzeitversuchen konnte gezeigt werden, daß 2 ml Olivenöl über 12 Stunden einen kontinuierlichen Konzentrationsabfall von Alanin, Valin, Leucin, Isoleucin bewirkte. In mehrtägigen Versuchen stieg bei den Hungertieren die 3-Methylhistidin-Ausscheidung an, und im Blut werden die Konzentrationen von Leucin, Isoleucin, Valin, Tyrosin, Phenylalanin, Treonin, Glutamin erhöht. In den ölernährten Ratten blieb der Anstieg der Aminosäuren im Plasma aus. Da auch die 3-Methylhistidin-Ausscheidung während der Ölernährung unvermindert niedrig blieb, wird aus den Versuchen auf eine Hemmung der Proteolyse durch die Fetternährung geschlossen. Die Ursache der verminderten Aminosäurespiegel im Blut ist somit auf eine verminderte Bereitstellung von Aminosäuren in der Muskulatur zurückzuführen.
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    European journal of nutrition 22 (1983), S. 147-156 
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    Keywords: cholesterol ; β-carotene ; coronary heart disease ; fibre ; non-cardiovascular disease
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Um das mit Lipoprotein verbundene Risiko von koronarer Herzerkrankung zu vermindern, sind Ernährungsempfehlungen für Populationen mit Empfänglichkeit für Atherosklerose und seine Komplikationen dargelegt worden. Da solche Empfehlungen möglicherweise weitverbreitet anzuwenden sind, müssen diese gründlich untersucht werden, um sowohl Risiken als auch Vorteile zu bestimmen. Die vorliegende Arbeit bespricht epidemiologische, klinische und experimentelle Daten über Beziehungen zwischen diesen Nährstoffen und nichtkardiovaskulären Erkrankungen, mit Nachdruck auf Krebsmortalität. Veränderungen der Aufnahme von Fett (polyungesättigtes Fett mit eingeschlossen), Cholesterol, Kohlenhydraten, Natrium und β-Carotin werden diskutiert, und Beweise für eine Beziehung zwischen Serumcholesterol-Konzentration und Krebs werden geprüft. Es wird beschlossen, daß die jüngsten Ernährungsempfehlungen zur Verminderung von koronarer Herzerkrankung leidlich zuverlässig sind.
    Notes: Summary In order to reduce the lipoprotein-related risk of coronary heart disease, nutritional recommendations have been formulated for use by communities prone to atherosclerosis and its complications. As such recommendations are potentially of widespread application they require careful scrutiny to assess possible risks as well as benefits. Epidemiological, clinical and experimental data concerning relationships between these nutrients and non-cardiovascular diseases are reviewed with emphasis on cancer mortality. Changes in intake of fats, including polyunsaturated fat, of cholesterol, carbohydrate, fibre, sodium and β-carotene are discussed, and evidence of a relationship between serum cholesterol concentration and cancer is examined. These considerations offer reasonable reassurance as to the safety of recent dietary recommendations for the reduction of coronary heart disease.
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    European journal of nutrition 22 (1983), S. 213-218 
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    European journal of nutrition 22 (1983), S. 205-212 
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    Keywords: Schwermetallwirkung ; Malatdehydrogenase ; Glutamatdehydrogenase ; Glycerinaldehyd-3-phosphatdehydrogenase ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The difference between cadmium, zinc, lead, and mercury in regard of their effects on the activity of the enzymes tested is very slight. Concentrations higher than 10−5 M reduce significantly the activity of the enzymes, and concentrations of approximately 10−3 M inhibit it completely. An increase of the activity cannot be detected. The addition of combinations of cadmium, zinc, and lead results in a summing up of the toxic effects, whereas the interaction between mercury and the other three heavy metals shows a cumulative effect, which is appointed nearly completely by the heavy metal more toxic. The findings suggest that under in-vitro conditions there exists a direct interaction between the heavy metals and the enzymes.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die vier Schwermetalle Cadmium, Zink, Blei und Quecksilber unterscheiden sich in ihrer Wirkung auf die Aktivität der untersuchten Enzyme nur sehr wenig. Konzentrationen über 10−5 M vermindern die Enzymaktivität signifikant, und Konzentrationen von etwa 10−3 M unterbinden sie völlig. Eine Steigerung der Enzymaktivität läßt sich nicht feststellen. Die Zugabe von Cadmium-, Zink- und Bleikombinationen führt zu einer Addition der toxischen Effekte, während bei der Interaktion zwischen Quecksilber und den anderen drei Schwermetallen die Gesamtwirkung fast ausschließlich durch das stärker hemmende Schwermetall allein bestimmt wird. Die erhaltenen Ergebnisse lassen vermuten, daß es unter Invitro-Bedingungen zu einer direkten Wechselwirkung zwischen den Schwermetallen und den Enzymen kommt.
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    European journal of nutrition 22 (1983), S. 219-233 
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    Keywords: Ostersche Hypothese ; Xanthinoxidase ; homogenisierte Kuhmilch ; Arteriosklerose
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Oster has postulated that the enzyme xanthinoxidase in homogenized cow's milk is the cause of myocardial infarction and angina pectoris. This enzyme may be absorbed by ingestion, especially of the small particles of the fat globules, and then carried by lymph streams to the arterial vascular system, where it is deposited into the myocardium. Then it destroys the aldehydes liberated from the cell membrane-based plasmalogens. This results in the intimal damage to the cell membranes of the arterial intima and the myocardium and ultimately in the development of typical atherosclerotic lesions in the arteries. The presented review is a critical approach to this hypothesis. The following factors are discussed: the influence of conditions prevailing in the intestine and the stomach on the activity of the xanthinoxidase in milk, the possibility of this enzyme being absorbed in the intestine, the formation of antibodies against absorbed xanthinoxidase and the behaviour of xanthinoxidase administered intravenously. Compared with present knowledge, this theory gives little evidence only.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Der amerikanische Arzt Oster hat das Enzym Xanthinoxidase in der homogenisierten Kuhmilch beschuldigt, für das Entstehen der Arteriosklerose und von koronaren Herzkrankheiten verantwortlich zu sein. Dieses Enzym soll durch den Verzehr der zerkleinerten Fettkügelchen im Magen-Darm-Kanal absorbiert und über die Lymphe zum Herzen transportiert werden, wo es abgelagert werde. Dort zerstöre es die aus den Plasmalogenen stammenden Aldehyde. Dadurch würde die Zellmembran geschädigt, und es würden sich schlußendlich typische arteriosklerotische Läsionen in den Arterien entwickeln. In diesem Übersichtsartikel wird zu dieser Hypothese kritisch Stellung genommen. Es werden dabei diskutiert: der Einfluß der Verhältnisse im Magen und Darm auf die Xanthinoxidase-Aktivität der Milch, die Möglichkeit einer Absorption dieses Enzyms im Darm, die Antikörperbildung gegenüber absorbierter Xanthinoxidase und das Verhalten von intravenös verabreichtem Enzym. Aufgrund der heutigen Kenntnisse ist die Beweiskraft dieser Hypothese als gering anzusehen.
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    European journal of nutrition 23 (1984), S. 12-19 
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    Keywords: Energie ; Wärmeproduktion ; Realimentation ; Nüchternumsatz ; Erhaltungsumsatz
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A metabolism trial with six adult sows was conducted to study the effect of fasting and realimentation on heat production, energy retention, and utilization of energy. Complete balance measurements by indirect calorimetry (CN-method, RQ-method) were carried out from the 8th to the 10th day of fasting, and thereafter from the 1st to the 7th day and from the 33rd to the 36th day of the realimentation phase. Previous to fasting and during the time of refeeding the energy supply was adapted to maintenance requirement. Heat production rose by 20% after refeeding the animals. This heat increment corresponded to 2.2 MJ/kg feed dry matter, or 12% of the energy intake, respectively. The stimulation of heat production induced by refeeding occurred spontaneously within one day. After the first day of refeeding a plateau was reached, which in the course of the steady energy supply was still present even after the 5th week of realimentation. Residual effects of fasting in the mode of a compensatory heat production were not observed. Therefore, a constant utilization of efficiency of metabolizable energy for maintenance was estimanted at 82%. The change of body energy during the entire experimental period resulted in a loss of 198 MJ corresponding to about 5% of the body weight.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung In einem Gesamtstoffwechselversuch mit 6 ausgewachsenen Sauen wurden Wärmeproduktion und Energieretention bei Nüchterung und nachfolgender kontrollierter Realimentation untersucht. Die quantitative Stoffwechselmessung mit Hilfe der indirekten Kalorimetrie (CN-Methode und RQ-Methode) fand am 8.–10. Hungertag und am 1.–7. sowie 33.–36. Tag der Wiederfütterung statt. Die Nahrungszufuhr war vor und nach der Hungerphase auf den energetischen Erhaltungsbedarf ausgerichtet. Die Wärmeproduktion lag in der Realimentation gegenüber der Hungerphase um 20% höher. Dieser Wärmezuwachs entsprach 2,2 MJ/kg Futtertrockenmasse bzw. 12% der Energieaufnahme. Der Energiewechsel adaptierte sich innerhalb eines Tages an die Situation der Wiederfütterung. Danach blieb die Wärmebildung bzw. die Energieretention bis Ende des Versuchs auf einem konstanten Niveau. Nachwirkungen der Nüchterung im Sinne einer kompensatorisch veränderten Wärmeproduktion traten nicht auf. Die energetische Verwertung der umsetzbaren Energie für Erhaltung berechnete sich auf 82%. Die über die gesamte Versuchszeit erstellte Energiebilanz ergab ein Defizit der Körperenergie von 198 MJ, entsprechend etwa 5% des Körpergewichtes.
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    European journal of nutrition 23 (1984), S. 31-40 
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    Keywords: endogener Kotstickstoff ; bakterieller Stickstoff ; Guarmehl ; 15N-Tracer-Technik ; Ratten
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The metabolic fecal nitrogen was determined in 8 young rats (90–100 g body weight) using a single oral dose of 75 mg15N-glycine. Four rats were fed a diet containing 8 % guar and 4 rats received a control diet without guar. Compared to the control group, apparent protein digestibility and nitrogen balance were significantly lower in the guar group. After an initial steep rise the15N-elimination in feces and urine (days 2–8 after15N-glycine application) followed an exponential curve in at least 2 phases, with increasing half-time values. The proportion of metabolic fecal nitrogen to total fecal nitrogen was calculated from the15N-atom-% excess, determined daily in urine and in feces. This calculation is based on the assumption that the specific15N-activity (15N-atom-% excess) in urine represents the specific15N-activity of the endogenous nitrogen pool. The addition of guar raised the proportion of metabolic fecal nitrogen from 51 % (control) to 73 %, corresponding to an increase in total fecal nitrogen loss (24 mg) observed in the guar-fed animals. This indicates that the rise in fecal nitrogen loss caused by guar is due almost entirely to enhanced secretion of endogenous nitrogen and not to undigested food protein. Based on the analysis of 2,6-diamino-pimelic acid in the feces of 4 rats the proportion of bacterial nitrogen in the feces was calculated. It amounted to 19.8 % of total fecal N in the control group, and to 30.1 % in the guar group, or to 39.4 % and 44.4 % of metabolic fecal nitrogen respectively. Obviously the increased dietary fiber intake also caused a rise in the amount of metabolic fecal nitrogen, which is derived from gastro-intestinal secretions and epithelial tissue.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Zur Bestimmung der endogenen Stickstoffausscheidung im Kot wurde acht jungen Ratten (90 bis 100 g Körpergewicht) eine orale Dosis von 75 mg15N-Glycin verabreicht. Vier Ratten erhielten eine 8%ige Guarmehldiät und vier Ratten eine Kontrolldiät ohne Guarmehlzusatz. Gegenüber der Kontrollgruppe wurde eine signifikante Verringerung der scheinbaren Proteinverdaulichkeit und der N-Bilanz in der Guarmehlgruppe festgestellt. Nach einem anfänglichen steilen Anstieg verlief die15N-Elimination in Kot und Urin vom 2. bis 8. Tag nach der15N-Glycin-Applikation exponentiell in mindestens zwei Phasen mit steigender Halbwertszeit. Aus den experimentell ermittelten Tageswerten des15N-Atom-%-Überschusses in Urin und Kot wurde der Anteil des endogenen Stickstoffs im gesamten Kotstickstoff berechnet. Hierbei wurde vorausgesetzt, daß die spezifische15N-Aktivität des Urins (15N-Atom-%-Überschuß) dem15N-Markierungsgrad des endogenen Stickstoff-Pools entspricht. Durch Guarmehlzusatz erhöhte sich der Anteil des endogenen Kotstickstoffs von 51% (Kontrollgruppe) auf 73%, was einem Anstieg von 10 mg N/Tag auf 32 mg N/Tag entspricht. Diese Differenz von 22 mg N/Tag ist vergleichbar mit dem um 24 mg/Tag erhöhten N-Verlust im Kot der Tiere in der Guarmehlgruppe. Demnach sind die durch Guarmehl verursachten erhöhten N-Verluste fast ausschließlich durch eine vermehrte endogene N-Sekretion und nicht durch unverdautes Nahrungsprotein bedingt. Mit Hilfe der 2,6-Diamino-pimelinsäure-Analyse des Kots von vier Ratten wurde der Anteil des aus Darmbakterien stammenden Kot-N bestimmt. Er betrug 19,8 % (Kontrollgruppe) bzw. 30,1% (Guarmehlgruppe) des Gesamt-Kot-N bzw. 39,4% (Kontrollgruppe) und 44,4 % (Guarmehlgruppe) des endogenen Kot-N. Hieraus ist zu folgern, daß die erhöhte Ballaststoffzufuhr auch eine vermehrte Ausscheidung an endogenem Stickstoff in Form von N-haltigen Sekreten und Epithelzellen des Magen-Darm-Traktes bewirkt hat.
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    European journal of nutrition 23 (1984), S. 58-65 
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    Keywords: Feststoffsubstrate ; Kolonienbildung von Mikroorganismen
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Bacteria have been found to grow differently at contact sites to both organic and anorganic solids as on pure agar media. Of 16 ad hoc selected bacterial strains, the following species (arranged in decreasing order) responded with stronger colony formation: Bacillus subtilis, B. cereus, Streptococcus sanguis, S. saprophyticus, S. faecalis, Escherichia coli, Micrococcus flavus, Actinomyces viscosus, Veillonella sp., Enterobacter liquefaciens, Yersinia enterocolitica. Lactobacillus casei behaved neutral. Proteus vulgaris, Y. enterocolitica and Chromobacterium violaceum grow on certain media only in the presence of solid particles. The yeasts Endomyces lactis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and Cryptococcus nigricans did not respond to solid particles during colony formation. The kind of protein — animal (meat) or vegetable (soy beans) — did not influence the behaviour of the microorganisms in these experiments.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Es wurde festgestellt, daß die Bakterien an Kontaktstellen mit sowohl organischen als auch anorganischen Feststoffmaterialien anders wachsen als auf reinen Agarnährböden. Von 16 ad hoc gewählten Bakterienstämmen reagierten folgende Spezies mit intensiverer Kolonienbildung in sinkender Reihenfolge: Bacillus subtilis, B. cereus, Streptococcus sanguis, S. saprophyticus, S. faecalis, Escherichia coli, Micrococcus flavus, Actinomyces viscosus, Veillonella sp., Enterobacter liquefaciens, Yersinia enterocolitica. Lactobacillus casei verhielt sich neutral. Proteus vulgaris, Y. enterocolitica und Chromobacterium violaceum wachsen auf bestimmten Nährböden nur in Anwesenheit der Festpartikel. Die Hefen Endomyces lactis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa und Cryptococcus nigricans zeigten bei der Kolonienbildung keine Reaktion auf die Feststoffpartikel. Die Art des Proteins in Nährböden — tierisch (Fleisch) oder pflanzlich (Sojabohnen) — beeinflußte das Verhalten der Mikroorganismen in diesen Untersuchungen nicht.
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    European journal of nutrition 23 (1984), S. 104-112 
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    Keywords: vitamin A ; inner ear ; review ; vitamin A deficiency ; hearing loss
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Since the first characterization and description of vitamin A this is used in otolaryngologic therapy for different forms of hearing disorders, and its relation to the inner ear is subject of investigation. Animal experiments and clinical studies were done to clarify the significance of vitamin A for the function of hearing. Besides this there were a lot of observations describing correlations between vitamin A metabolism and hearing loss. Recent investigations showed that vitamin A is present in high concentrations in the inner ear and stored there. Morphological experiments revealed different and in some way contradictory results, but they showed that vitamin A seems to be essential for inner-ear morphogenesis.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Seit der Entdeckung des Vitamin A und ersten Beschreibung seiner Wirkung wird dieses auch in der Otorhinolaryngologie als Therapeutikum bei den unterschiedlichsten Formen von Hörstörungen eingesetzt und seine Wirkungsweise am Innenohr erforscht. So wurden sowohl tierexperimentelle als auch klinische Studien durchgeführt, um die Bedeutung des Vitamins für die Funktion des Hörorgans zu klären. Daneben wurden eine Reihe von Beobachtungen mitgeteilt, die einen Zusammenhang zwischen Störungen des Vitamin-A-Stoffwechsels und gleichzeitig auftretenden Hörstörungen beschrieben. Neuere Untersuchungen haben ergeben, daß Vitamin A in hohen Konzentrationen im Innenohr vorkommt und dort auch gespeichert werden kann. Morphologische Untersuchungen führten zu den unterschiedlichsten Ergebnissen und haben gezeigt, daß Vitamin A für die Morphogenese des Innenohres von Bedeutung zu sein scheint.
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    European journal of nutrition 23 (1984), S. 276-282 
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    Keywords: starvation ; brain ; lipid metabolism ; dietary lipids
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Der Einfluß verschiedener Nahrungsfette auf den Lipidstoffwechsel des Gehirns während Hunger wurde untersucht. Albinoratten wurden 8 Tage lang mit Dalda, Senföl oder Erdnußöl gefüttert. Einige Tiere blieben anschließend 3 und 5 Tage lang ohne Nahrung. Die Gesamtlipide und die Galaktolipide wurden durch Nahrungsfette und durch Hunger nicht beeinflußt, während die Phospholipide unabhängig von der Art des Nahrungsfetts signifikant zunahmen. Cholesterin nahm in den mit Dalda und mit Erdnußöl gefütterten Gruppen zu und nahm ab während des Hungerns. In der Hungerperiode im Anschluß an die Fettzufuhr war der Einbau von 1-14C-Acetat in Lipide von Gehirnschnitten nach Erdnußöl höher als nach Dalda. Nach Senföl war der Einbau nur gering.
    Notes: Summary In this study the effects of the dietary fat sources, viz., Dalda, mustard oil and groundnut oil in the brain lipid metabolism during starvation has been investigated. To find out this, these oils were fed to albino rats for 8 weeks followed by 3 and 5 days of starvation. Total as well as galactolipids of brain were not affected by dietary oils and starvation, whereas phospholipids of brain were significantly increased by fasting irrespective of the dietary fats. On the other hand, cholesterol was found to be increased in the groups fed with Dalda and groundnut oil and to be significantly decreased during fasting experiments. Incorporation of (1-14C)acetate into lipid of the brain slices of rats fed different experimental diets than followed by starvation revealed that the uptake of radioactivity was higher in the group fed with groundnut oil, followed by Dalda. Low uptake was observed in the group fed with mustard oil.
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    Keywords: Kraftsportler ; hohe Proteinzufuhr ; renale Nettosäureausscheidung ; Urin pH ; Ammoniumausscheidung ; Ammoniumproduktion ; renale Säureausscheidungskapazität ; Sulfat ; Bodybuilder ; high protein diet ; renal net acid excretion ; urine-pH ; ammonium excretion ; ammonia production ; sulfate
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Bodybuilders often prefer a high protein diet to achieve maximum skeletal muscle hypertrophy. In this study the effect of a high protein diet on renal acid load and renal handling of proton excretion was studied comparing dietary intake and urinary ionograms in 37 male bodybuilders and 20 young male adults. Energy intake (+7 %), protein intake (128 vs 88 g/d/1.73 m2), and renal net acid excretion (95 vs 64 mmol/d/1.73 m2) were higher in the bodybuilders than in the controls, however, urine-pH was only slightly lower (5.83 vs 6.12). In the bodybuilders renal ammonium excretion was higher at any given value of urine pH than in the controls. In a regression analysis protein intake proved to be an independent factor modulating the ratio between urine-pH and renal ammonium excretion. The concomitant increase of renal net acid excretion and maximum renal acid excretion capacity in periods of high protein intake appears to be a highly effective response of the kidney to a specific food intake leaving a large renal surplus capacity for an additional renal acid load.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Kraftsportler ernähren sich zur Förderung des Muskelwachstums häufig proteinreich. In dieser Studie wurde die Wirkung einer hohen Proteinzufuhr auf die renale Säurelast und die renale Säureausscheidungskapazität anhand des Vergleichs der Daten der Nährstoffzufuhr und der Harnionogramme von 37 Kraftsportlern mit hoher Proteinzufuhr und 20 jungen Erwachsenen mit normaler Proteinzufuhr (Vergleichsgruppe) untersucht. Die Kraftsportler zeigten eine höhere Energie-(+7 %) und Proteinzufuhr (128 vs 88 g/d/1.73 m2) und eine höhere renale Nettosäureausscheidung (95 vs 64 mmol/d/1.73 m2) als die Vergleichsgruppe. Die Differenz der Urin pH-Werte der beiden Gruppen war allerdings erstaunlich gering (5.83 vs 6.12). Bei den Kraftsportlern war die renale Ammoniumausscheidung bei allen Urin pH-Werten deutlich höher als bei der Vergleichsgruppe. Eine Regressions-analyse ergab, daß die Proteinzufuhr das Verhältnis von Urin pH und renaler Ammoniumausscheidung eigenständig zu beeinflussen vermag. Eine vermehrte Proteinzufuhr führt zu einer erhöhten renalen Säurelast und Nettosäureausscheidung. Die gleichzeitig auftretende Steigerung der renalen Säureausscheidungskapazität infolge einer erhöhten Ammoniumproduktion stellt einen sinnvollen Anpassungsmechanismus des Körpers an diese besondere Form der Ernährung dar, der dem Körper eine ausreichende funktionelle Reservekapazität für weitere den Säure-Basen-Haushalt belastende pathophysiologische Ereignisse erhält.
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 160-163 
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    Keywords: Immunglobulin G ; Dotterantikörper ; Intestinale Absorption ; Kalb ; Immunoglobulin G ; yolk antibodies ; intestinal absorption ; calf
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Studying the prophylactic effects of specific yolk antibodies against diarrhea in newborn calves, also the intestinal absorption of unspecific heterogeneous avian antibodies as well as their effects on the uptake of maternal bovine colostral antibodies (bIgG) was investigated. Two groups of newborn calves received egg powder (16 g or 8 g per day) for the first 10 days of their life beginning with the first meal. A third group was kept as a control without any egg powder in their diet. Blood samples (5 to 10 calves per sampling time) were taken from 123 calves at 6, 12, 24, 48, or 96 h postnatally. With both doses the highest chicken IgG (cIgG) levels (3.1 µg resp. 1.2 µg per ml serum) have been measured 12 h after birth. These concentrations decreased continuously to the levels of 1.1 µg resp. 0.2 µg cIgG per ml serum at 96 h postnatally. The uptake into blood at 6 h postnatally has roughly been estimated as approximately 23 % (bIgG) and 7 % resp. 6 % (cIgG) of the IgG dosages given with the first meal. The time-course (6 to 96 h) of the bIgG level in blood was quite stable, plateauing already after 6 h at a mean of 5.9 mg per ml serum. Significant differences between the bIgG levels of calves with yolk antibodies in their diet (6.2 resp. 6.1 mg bIgG per ml serum) and those of the control group (5.4 mg per ml serum) could not be observed. Obviously, the prophylactic use of egg powder in newborn calves has no negative effect on the absorption of colostral antibodies. However, with the feeding of chicken egg yolk antibodies already with the first meal also the absorption of avian antibodies has to be taken into consideration.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Im Rahmen einer Untersuchung zur prophylaktischen Wirksamkeit von spezifischen Dotterantikörpern bei erregerbedingten Kälberdurchfällen wurde auch die Absorption der unspezifischen heterologen aviären Dotterantikörper (cIgG) und deren Wirkung auf die Aufnahme von maternalen bovinen Kolostrumantikörpern (bIgG) überprüft. Zwei Gruppen von neugeborenen Kälbern wurde sprühgetrocknetes Volleipulver ab der ersten Tränke in einer Dosierung entweder von 16 g oder von 8 g pro Tag während der ersten 10 Lebenstage verabreicht. Eine dritte Gruppe diente als Kontrolle und erhielt kein Eipulver. Von insgesamt 123 Kälbern (5 bis 10 Kälber pro Entnahmezeitpunkt) wurden 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 bzw. 96 Stunden post natum Blutproben genommen. Bei beiden Eipulverdosierungen wurden die höchsten Hühner-IgG-Konzentrationen (3,1 µg bzw. 1,2 µg pro ml Serum) jeweils 12 Stunden post natum ermittelt. Diese cIgG-Konzentrationen nahmen danach kontinuierlich auf Konzentrationen von 1,1 µg bzw. 0,2 µg pro ml Serum zum Zeitpunkt 96 Stunden post natum ab. Bezogen auf die mit der ersten Tränke verabreichte bIgG- bzw. cIgG-Menge wurde überschlagsweise zum Zeitpunkt 6te Lebensstunde eine Anflutung im Blut von 23 % (bIgG) bzw. von 7 % und 6 % (cIgG) errechnet. Der zeitliche Verlauf (6te bis 96te Stunde) der Konzentration des bovinen IgGs in den Blutproben war vergleichsweise stabil und lag durchschnittlich bei 5,9 mg pro ml Serum, wobei das Plateau bereits nach 6 Stunden erreicht war. Signifikante Unterschiede zwischen den bIgG-Werten der Kälber, die Dotterantikörper bekamen (6,2 bzw. 6,1 mg pro ml Serum), und denen der Kontrollgruppe (5,4 mg pro ml Serum) waren nicht zu beobachten. Eipulver kann somit offensichtlich zur Prophylaxe bei neugeborenen Kälbern ohne Beeinträchtigung der Absorption der kolostralen Antikörper verabreicht werden. Allerdings muß bei einer Eipulververgabe mit der ersten Tränke auch mit einer Absorption von aviären Dotterantikörpern gerechnet werden.
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 190-197 
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    Keywords: Verzehrserhebungen ; Nationale Verzehrsstudie ; Lebensmittelverzehr ; internationaler Vergleich von Verzehrserhebungen ; Dietary surveys ; national food consumption study ; food intake ; international comparison of dietary surveys
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Referring to the data of the National Food Consumption Study in Germany and the Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults, this article compares the food intake of German and British adults. Such a comparison is possible because both studies have mainly the same methodology. The comparison of the food intake of German and British adults points out food groups which Germans consume inhigher amounts than British people do. To this category belong meat products and sausages, eggs, cheese and cottage cheese, butter, fat for cooking and salad oil, bread and pastries, vegetables, fruit, preserves and soft drinks. The Germans consumeless meat, fish and fish products, milk and milk products, pasta, rice and miscellaneous cereals, potatoes, sugar, sweets and tea than the British people do. The consumption of fruit products, alcoholic beverages and coffee is nearly the same in Germany and Great Britain.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Anhand der Nationalen Verzehrsstudie und des „Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults“ wird der Lebensmittelverzehr der Erwachsenen in Deutschland und Großbritannien verglichen. Dies ist möglich, weil die Methodik weitgehend übereinstimmt. Beim Vergleich des Lebensmittelverzehrs von Deutschen und Briten fallen Lebensmittel auf, von denen die Deutschenmehr zu sich nehmen als die Briten. Dazu gehören Fleisch- und Wurstwaren, Eier, Käse und Quark, Butter, Speisefette und -öle, Brot und Backwaren, Gemüse, Obst, Marmelade/Konfitüre und alkoholfreie Getränke. Die Deutschen nehmen dagegenweniger Fleisch, Fisch und Fischwaren, Milch und Milchprodukte, Nährmittel, Kartoffeln, Zucker, Süßwaren und Tee zu sich als die Briten. Beim Konsum von Obstprodukten, alkoholischen Getränken und Röstkaffee herrschen nur geringfügige Unterschiede zwischen Deutschen und Briten.
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 206-213 
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    Keywords: Fischöl ; Olivenöl ; Überernährung ; Sauen ; Energiebilanz ; Thermogenese ; Gaswechsel ; Fish oil ; olive oil ; overfeeding ; sows ; energy balance ; thermogenesis ; gaseous exchange
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A trial on total metabolism was conducted in eight nonpregnant, nonlactating sows over eight periods, each of 16 days duration, to measure potential fatty acid induced thermogenesis. During the first and last experimental periods, the animals received a basal ration which just covered the energy maintenance requirement. In the second to seventh periods supplements of olive oil, fish oil, or puffed wheat starch as reference nutrient were added to the diet in random sequence at two levels up to 50 % above the maintenance requirement. All rations were calculated with reference to the sows' initial weight and remained quantitatively unchanged throughout the experiment. The animals were fed twice daily. During each metabolism period a complete energy balance was assessed for all sows by means of collection technique (feed, feces, urine), and 48-h measurements of the gas exchange in a respiration chamber. The sows' body mass increased linearly during the course of the experiment by 5.8 kg per period. The three supplement types had no influence on the animals' final body weight, wich averaged 205.5 kg with the starch supplement, 204.8 kg with olive oil, and 205.8 kg with fish oil. Energy digestibility (DE/GE) was 100 % for all three supplements, and metabolizability of energy (ME/GE) one percentage point less. Carbon and energy depositions showed a pronounced linear relationship to the level of supplementation and were also influenced by the type of supplement. Heat production was 20.9 MJ/d after feeding the basal ration alone and, taking the average of the two supplementation levels, 21.6 MJ for the starch supplement, 21.0 MJ for olive oil, and 20.6 MJ for fish oil. The relationship between energy deposition and the supply of ME resulted in regression coefficients of 0.9 MJ/MJ after feeding starch and 1.0 MJ/MJ after feeding the two oils. It can be concluded from these results that supplementation of the diet with fat containing mono- or polyunsaturated fatty acids above the energetic maintenance requirement under conditions of severely restricted movement (respiration chamber) has no influence on thermogenesis and consequently causes a deposition of energy equivalent to the amount supplied with the dietary fat.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Zur Messung einer fettsäureninduzierten Thermogenese wurde ein Gesamtstoffwechselversuch mit 8 nichtgraviden, nichtlaktierenden Sauen über 8 Perioden von jeweils 16 Tagen Dauer durchgeführt. Die Tiere erhielten in der ersten und letzten Versuchsperiode eine den energetischen Erhaltungsbedarf deckende Grundration. In Periode 2 bis 7 wurden in zufälliger Reihenfolge Olivenöl, Fischöl bzw. als Referenznährstoff Weizenquellstärke in jeweils 2 Mengenstufen bis 50 % über das Erhaltungsniveau zugelegt. Alle Rationen wurden aufgrund der Anfangsmasse der Sauen eingestellt und über den gesamten Versuch in unveränderter Menge beibehalten. Die Fütterung erfolgte zweimal täglich. Von allen Tieren wurde in jeder Stoffwechselperiode eine vollständige Bilanzmessung mit Sammeltechnik (Futter, Kot, Harn) und 48stündiger Messung des Gaswechsels in der Respirationskammer durchgeführt. Die Körpermasse der Sauen stieg im Versuchsablauf linear um 5,8 kg je Zulageperiode an. Die drei Zulagearten hatten keinen Einfluß auf die Körpermasse der Tiere, sie wogen im Mittel bei Stärkezulage 205,5 kg, bei Olivenöl und Fischöl 204,8 bzw. 205,8 kg. Die Verdaulichkeit der Energie (DE/GE) betrug bei allen drei Zulagen 100 %, die Umsetzbarkeit der Energie (ME/GE) einen Prozentpunkt weniger. Der Kohlenstoffund Energieansatz zeigte eine ausgeprägte lineare Abhängigkeit zur Zulagenhöhe sowie einen signifikanten Effekt der Zulagenart. Die Wärmebildung betrug bei alleiniger Fütterung der Grundration 20,9 MJ und im Mittel der beiden Zulagestufen bei Stärkefütterung 21,6 MJ und bei Olivenöl und Fischöl 21,0 bzw. 20,6 MJ/d. Die Abhängigkeit des Energieansatzes von der Zufuhr an ME ergab Regressionskoeffizienten von 0,9 MJ/MJ bei Verabreichung von Stärke und 1,0 MJ/MJ bei Fütterung der beiden Öle. Aus den Ergebnissen ist zu folgern, daß eine Zulage von Fetten mit einfach oder mehrfach ungesättigten Fettsäuren über dem energetischen Erhaltungsbedarf unter der Bedingung stark eingeschränkter Bewegungsaktivität (Respirationskammer) keinen Einfluß auf die Thermogenese und somit einen energetischen Ansatz entsprechend der zugeführten Energie des Nahrungsfettes bewirkt.
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 269-276 
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    Keywords: Iod ; Uriniod ; Quotient Uriniod/Urinkreatinin ; Iodresorption ; Iodbioverfügbarkeit ; Nahrungsiod ; Iodine ; urinary iodine ; quotient iodine in urine/creatinine in urine ; iodine absorption ; iodine bioavailability ; alimentary iodine
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The standard food for our volunteers, prepared in the central kitchen of the University Hospital of Tuebingen, consisted of breakfast, warm lunch and cold supper and contained, on average, approximately 230 µg of iodine/day. It is generally assumed that an equilibrium is established between iodine intake from food and urinary iodine excretion. Hence, the amount of iodine excreted with the urine within 24 h may reflect the daily ingestion of iodine. The fecal iodine losses are considered negligible. The alimentary iodine supply from food of our clinic would meet the WHO recommendations of 〉150 µg/day to prevent iodine-deficiency goiters. In 27 healthy volunteers the daily uptake of iodine was determined and the urinary excretion of iodine within 24 h was measured. Unexpectedly, only 16 % to 18 % of the alimentary iodine were excreted with the urine. Hence, the utilization of iodine from the food appears to be limited and therefore cannot prevent goiters in goiter areas. In addition, it was found that the correlation between urinary excretion of iodine and urinary excretion of creatinine is not a reliable parameter for the real daily excretion of iodine and iodine balance.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Verpflegung (Frühstück, Mittagessen und Abendessen) aus der Zentralküche des Universitätsklinikums in Tübingen enthält durchschnittlich 230 µg Iod/Tag. Bei Personen, die täglich an dieser Verpflegung teilnehmen, stellt sich ein Gleichgewicht zwischen Iodaufnahme und renaler Iodausscheidung ein. Die Iodausscheidung über die Faeces gilt als vernachlässigbar. Die in unserer Klinikverpflegung angebotene Iodmenge entspricht dem von der WHO geforderten Angebot von 〉150 µg Iod/Tag, um endemische Strumen zu verhindern. Bei 27 gesunden Probanden wurden die tägliche Iodaufnahme und die zugehörige Ausscheidung von Iod im 24-h-Urin ermittelt. Dabei zeigte sich überraschend, daß vom angebotenen Iod nur 16 % bis 18 % mit dem Urin ausgeschieden wurden. Das mit der Nahrung angebotene Iod steht offenbar dem Organismus nur begrenzt zur Verfügung und kann Strumen in Iodmangelgebieten nicht verhindern. Der Bezug der Uriniodausscheidung auf das Kreatinin liefert nur einen groben Parameter für die tägliche Iodausscheidung und für die Iodbilanzierung.
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 261-268 
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    Keywords: Auswahl von Mahlzeiten ; Einschätzung von Mahlzeiten ; Gesundheitswert ; Entwicklungsstand ; Ernährungserziehung ; Selection of meals ; estimation of meals ; value of health ; age differences ; education of nutrition
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary With regard to the reported knowledge concerning the health value of food in 9–10-year-old children (DGE, 1984) the question arose of whether this knowledge is also valid if pupils have to evaluate meals. Twenty-seven photos of meals (9 each of breakfast, lunch and supper) were presented to 252 children of the age groups 6–7, 9–10 and 12–13 years. By means of these photos, they were requested to organize their meals for 3 days. Subsequent to this procedure the children were asked to evaluate the meals with regard to their health value. The presented meals were classified by five experts of nutrition as more healthy, indifferent and less healthy. The results showed an improved selection of more healthy meals with increasing age. Likewise, the selection of meals for lunch and supper was better than the one for breakfast. There were no differences between boys and girls and children with and without experience of dieting. The evaluation of more healthy and less healthy meals demonstrated an improvement with increasing age. In contradiction to these results, children within all age groups showed a very low level of estimation (10 %) for indifferently classified meals and this level did not improve with increasing age. The results were discussed concerning the establishment of an appropriate education of nutrition with regard to the developmental stage and the emotional and motivational engagement of the children.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Im Hinblick auf die relativ gute Bewertung einzelner Nahrungsmittel durch 9–10jährige Kinder (DGE, 1984) stellte sich die Frage, ob dieses Wissen gleichfalls für die Einschätzung von Mahlzeiten gilt. 252 Kinder der Altersgruppe 6–7 Jahre, 9–10 Jahre und 12–13 Jahre wurden daher 27 Fotos von Mahlzeiten (je 9mal Frühstück, Mittagessen und Abendbrot) vorgelegt. Die Kinder wurden aufgefordert, ihre Mahlzeiten auf der Basis der vorgelegten Fotos für 3 Tage zusammenzustellen. Danach wurden die Kinder befragt, wie sie die Mahlzeiten bezüglich ihres Gesundheitswertes einschätzen würden. Die vorgelegten Mahlzeiten waren von 5 Experten zuvor als „eher gesund“, „mittelmäßig gesund“ und „eher ungesund“ eingestuff worden. Die Ergebnisse weisen auf eine häufigere Auswahl „eher gesunder“ Mahlzeiten mit ansteigendem Alter hin. Die Auswahl für das Mittagessen und das Abendbrot war unter dem Aspekt des Gesundheitswertes in allen Altersstufen besser als die Auswahl für das Frühstück. Es zeigten sich keine deutlichen Unterschiede zwischen Jungen und Mädchen und Kindern mit und ohne Diäterfahrung. Die Einschätzung der „eher gesunden“ bzw. „eher ungesunden“ Mahlzeiten verbesserte sich gleichfalls mit zunehmendem Alter. Andererseits fand sich bei der Einschätzung der als „mittelmäßig gesund“ eingestuften Mahlzeiten ein recht niedriges Niveau in der richtigen Einschätzung (etwa 10 %) auf allen 3 Altersstufen. Die Ergebnisse werden im Zusammenhang mit gegenwärtigen und künftigen Maßnahmen in der Ernährungserziehung diskutiert, wobei aufgrund der Ergebnisse Entwicklung und Motivation und die emotionalen Bedürfnisse der Kinder stärker zu berücksichtigen sind.
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 166-166 
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 167-176 
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    Keywords: Vitamin C ; Vitamin E ; β-Carotin ; antioxidative Vitamine ; Vitaminaufnahme ; Augenlinse ; Katarakte ; Alter ; Vitamin C ; vitamin E ; β-carotene ; antioxidant vitamins ; vitamin intake ; ocular lens ; cataracts ; elderly
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Senile cataract indicates the opacity of ocular lenses occuring in old and especially in very old people. Lens proteins are extremely long-living and often show oxidative damages. Aging and smoking appear to be the greatest risk factors for the development of lens opacities. The sufficient antioxidant protection of young lenses decreases with the aging process. Consequently, the importance of other protective factors increases. Nutritional factors, particularly vitamins with antioxidant properties, may influence the development of senile cataracts in the ocular lens. Meanwhile an association between the supply with vitamin C, E and β-carotene and the risk of cataract development was demonstrated in animal studies and also in an increasing number of epidemiological studies. These epidemiological studies mainly support the hypothesis that higher vitamin intakes reduce the risk of developing cataracts in old age. The antioxidant properties of the named nutrients give a plausible explanation for the mechanism of cataractogenesis. On the basis of the present data definitive recommendation, necessary for cataract prevention can not yet be established. Some results seem to support higher recommendations. At the moment several large human intervention trials are carried out. Form these studies a further confirmation of the antioxidant hypothesis and of a dose-response-relationship are expected.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die senile Katarakt ist eine im Alter und besonders häufig im hohen Alter auftretende Trübung der Augenlinsen. Die extrem langlebigen Linsenproteine weisen häufig oxidationsbedingte Schädigungen auf. Altern und Rauchen erscheinen als die größten Risikofaktoren für eine Kataraktbildung. Während junge Augenlinsen in der Regel über eine ausreichende antioxidative Schutzkapazität verfügen, nimmt diese mit dem Alter ab. Damit wächst die Bedeutung anderer Schutzfaktoren. Nahrungsfaktoren, besonders Vitamine mit antioxidativen Eigenschaften, schützen möglicherweise vor einer Bildung von senilen Katarakten in den Augenlinsen. Ein Zusammenhang zwischen der Versorgung mit Vitamin C, E und β-Carotin und dem Kataraktrisiko konnte in tierexperimentellen Untersuchungen aufgezeigt und inzwischen auch in einer wachsenden Zahl epidemiologischer Studien nachgewiesen werden. Die bisher vorliegenden epidemiologischen Studien unterstützen mehrheitlich die Hypothese, daß erhöhte Vitaminaufnahmen das Risiko einer Kataraktbildung reduzieren. Die antioxidative Wirkung der genannten Nährstoffe liefert eine plausible Erklärung für den Mechanismus der Kataraktgenese. Es fehlen aber noch Studien, aus denen sich die für eine Prävention notwendigen Vitaminmengen ableiten lassen. Einige Untersuchungsergebnisse sprechen möglicherweise dafür, daß diese über den bisher geltenden Empfehlungen liegen. Zur Zeit werden verschiedene, große Interventionsstudien durchgeführt, die eine weitere Absicherung der Antioxidanshypothese und von Dosis-Wirkungsbeziehungen erwarten lassen.
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    Keywords: Ovariectomy ; pig ; bone histology ; calcitriol ; parathyroid hormone ; alkaline phosphatase ; Ovariektomie ; Schwein ; Knochenhistologie ; Calcitriol ; Parathormon ; alkalische Phosphatase
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung In der vorliegenden Untersuchung sollte die Eignung des ovariektomierten Schweins als Modell für die postmenopausale Osteoporose beschrieben werden. Hierzu wurde der Einfluß der Ovariektomie (OVX) auf Plasmaparameter des Knochenstoffwechsels und auf knochenhistologische Parameter bei zwei Gruppen von Sauen (9 Monate alt, Nullipara oder 35 Monate alt, Multipara) untersucht. Eine Standarddiät für Schweine mit einem Calciumgehalt von 1,5 % wurde verabreicht. Gesamt-und knochenspezifische alkalische Phosphatase (APt, APb) Calcidiol, Calcitriol und Parathormon (PTH) wurden im Plasma 4, 8, 12 und 18 Monate nach OVX bestimmt. Der Mineralgehalt sowie histologische Parameter wurden in repräsentativen Knochenproben 12 Monate nach OVX und am Ende des Versuchs 18 Monate nach OVX gemessen. Bei jungen Sauen führte die Ovariektomie zu keinen signifikanten Veränderungen der Plasmaparameter mit Ausnahme höherer Konzentrationen des Calcitriols 4 Monate nach OVX. Es wurden weder 12 noch 20 Monate nach OVX signifikante Unterschiede zwischen OVX- und Kontrolltieren in den Parametern der chemischen oder histologischen Knochenanalyse beobachtet. Bei multiparen Sauen waren die Plasmakonzentrationen des PTH gegenüber den Kontrolltieren 8 Monate nach OVX signifikant erhöht. Die Konzentrationen des Calcitriols sowie die Aktivität der APt und APb lagen 12 Monate nach OVX signifikant über den Werten der intakten Tiere. Alle Effekte waren moderat. Weder 12 Monate noch 20 Monate nach OVX kam es zu signifikanten Veränderungen in den Parametern der chemischen oder histologischen Knochenanalyse. Obwohl die beobachteten Veränderungen in den klinisch-chemischen Plasmaparametern zweifellos keine histomorphometrischen Anzeichen einer Osteopenie/Osteoporose zur Folge hatten, bleibt es zukünftigen Untersuchungen überlassen nachzuprüfen, ob das Ausbleiben des Osteopenie ein Ergebnis der in diesem Experiment hohen Calciumzufuhr war. Eine solche Möglichkeit sollte aufgrund der Beobachtung in Betracht gezogen werden, daß Osteopenie beim Schwein nach OVX eintritt, wenn eine Diät mit geringerer Calciumzufuhr (0,75 % im Vergleich zu 0,9 %) verabreicht wurde (33).
    Notes: Summary To investigate the suitability of the pig as animal model for postmenopausal osteoprosis, effects of ovariectomy (OVX) on bone metabolism and histology were studied in two groups of sows (9 months, nulliparous or 35 months, multiparous). A standard diet of about 1.5 % calcium (Ca) was fed till sacrifice at either 12 or 20 months post OVX when mineral content and histology were studied in representative bone specimens of proximal tibia, iliac crest and lumbar vertebrae. At 4, 8, 12, and 18 months post OVX, total and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (APt, APb) calcidiol, calcitriol and parathyroid hormone (PTH) were measured in plasma. In young sows OVX did not significantly affect plasma variables except for calcitriol, which was higher at 4 months post OVX. No significant differences between OVX or control animals were observed in the variables of bone chemical and histological analyses, neither 12 nor 20 months post OVX. In multiparous sows OVX significantly increased PTH plasma concentrations at 8 months post OVX and plasma calcitriol, APt and APb at 12 months post OVX. All effects were moderate and transient. OVX did not significantly affect the variables of bone chemical and histological analyses neither 12 nor 20 months post OVX. Although undoubtedly the clinical-chemical changes observed were not accompanied by any histomorphometric signs of osteopenia/osteoporosis, it must be left to future experiments as to whether this resulted from the ample calcium supply provided. This possibility is supported by recent observations showing that porcine osteopenia could be induced by OVX in animals maintained on only 0.75 % dietary calcium but not on higher (0.9 %) Ca regimens (33).
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 240-242 
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    Keywords: Iodine ; iodized salt ; canteen ; lunch meals ; sodium chloride ; Jod ; jodiertes Speisesalz ; Großküche ; Mittagessen ; Natriumchlorid
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung In zwei Universitäts-Großküchen, die für die Nahrungszubereitung jodiertes Speisesalz immer (Mensa A) oder nie (Mensa B) verwendeten, wurden 15 möglichst gleiche Mittagessen gesammelt und auf ihre Gehalte an Jodid und NaCl analysiert. Bei durchschnittlich ähnlichem Kochsalzgehalt enthielt das Essen in Mensa A im Mittel 6,1 µg I/100 g ww (8,5 µg I/g NaCl) mehr Jod als in Mensa B. Die Gesamtjodaufnahme mit einem durchschnittlichen Mittagessen in Mensa A betrug demnach 56,5±24,1 µg (Mensa B: 17,0±9,9 µg). Dem Einsatz von jodiertem Speisesalz in der Gemeinschaftsverpflegung scheint somit eine wichtigere Rolle auf dem Weg zu einer ausreichenden Jodaufnahme zuzukommen als bisher angenommen wurde.
    Notes: Summary In each of two university canteens differing in the use (canteen A) or non-use (canteen B) of iodized salt for food preparation, 15 mostly equal lunch meals were collected for iodide and NaCl analysis. With similar NaCl content, the meals of canteen A contained on average 6.1 µg I/100 g ww (8.5 µg I/g NaCl) more I than the meals of canteen B. Total I intake by consumption of an average meal of canteen A was estimated as 56.5±24.1 µg (canteen B: 17.0±9.9 µg). Consequently, the use of iodized salt in central catering seems to play a more important role in a sufficient I intake than assumed so far.
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    European journal of nutrition 34 (1995), S. 284-292 
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    Keywords: Human placenta ; brush border membrane ; alanine transport ; group specific reagents ; SH-groups ; Alanintransport ; menschliche Plazenta ; Kinetik ; gruppenspezifische Reagentien ; SH-Gruppen
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Transportsysteme in der apikalen Zellmembran der Syncytiothrophoblasten der Plazenta sind für den Nährstoff-transport aus dem mütterlichen Kreislauf in den fetalen Stoffwechsel von elementarer Bedeutung für Wachstum und Entwicklung des Fötus. Die Carriersysteme für Aminosäuren limitieren dabei die Versorgung des Fötus mit essentiellen und nicht essentiellen Aminosäuren. An isolierten Bürstensaummembranvesikeln (BBMV) reifer menschlicher Placenta haben wir die Aufnahme von neutralen Aminosäuren am Beispiel von Alanin charakterisiert. Darüber hinaus wurden durch den Einsatz gruppenspezifischer Reagentien wichtige Aminosäureseitengruppen der entsprechenden Transportproteine identifiziert. Die Alaninaufnahme in die BBMV wird durch zwei sättigbare Carriersysteme mit unterschiedlichen Eigenschaften vermittelt. Neben einem elektrogenen Na+-abhängigen System, das auch Gln, meAIB und Met transportiert, existiert ein Na+-unabhängiges System, das kein meAIB, dafür aber zusätzlich Leu und Tyr transportiert. Beide Transportsysteme haben gleiche Affinitätskonstanten (Km-Werte) für Alanin (0,45±0,06 mmol/l). Das Na+-abhängige System transportiert Alanin mit einer 1:1 Stöchiometrie mit Na+-Ionen und weist eine 3fach höhere maximale Transportgeschwindigkeit auf. Durch Einsatz gruppenspezifischer Reagentien wurden freie SH-Gruppen in den beiden Carriern identifiziert, die für die Funktion von entscheidender Bedeutung sind. Durch Oxidation und Rückreduktion der SH-Gruppen konnte die Transportleistung der Carrier reversibel verändert werden. Da die modifizierenden Reagentien die SH-Gruppen auch in Gegenwart der Substrate blockierten, ist zu vermuten, daß die wichtigen SH-Gruppen nicht in der Substratbindungsstelle der Transportproteine liegen.
    Notes: Summary We have determined the kinetic characteristics of alanine transport into brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) of human full term placenta and identified functional groups of the carrier proteins that are important for transport function. Alanine influx into BBMV was found to be mediated by two transport systems with different kinetic features and distinct substrate specificities. An uphill operating electrogenic Na+-dependent contransport system could be kinetically separated from a Na+-independent facilitated diffusion system. The Na+-dependent transporter mediates Na+-alanine cotransport with a 1:1 flux coupling ratio (Hill coefficient 1.13±0.12) and a Km for alanine of 0.45±0.06 mmol/l. Halfmaximal stimulation of Na+-dependent alanine influx was observed at a Na+ concentration (NaCl) of 51.4±1.3 mmol/l. A variety of group specific reagents were used to identify functional groups in the transport proteins. Only compounds reacting with SH-residues (NEM, DTNB, PCMBS) or NH2-groups (PITC) were found to affect Na+ dependent and Na+ independent alanine transport. The EC50 value for inhibition of alanine influx by PCMBS was 450±48 µmol/l. Chemical modifications of SH-groups by PCMBS caused a significant reduction (p〈0.005) in the Vmax for Na+-dependent alanine influx from 0.57±0.06 to 0.16±0.05 nmol·mg protein−1·10s−1 without affecting significantly the Km value. Inhibition by PCMBS was reversed by treatment of BBMV with DTT. When the substrate binding site of the transporter was protected by alanine or leucine, PCMBS still blocked transport function, indicating that the cruical SH groups are not located within the substrate binding site of the transport proteins.
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