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The quality of climacteric fruits, such as apples, depends to a great extent on the right harvesting time and appropriate storage conditions. Furthermore, it is known that the microclimate surrounding fruit trees influences the growth, maturation, and chemical composition of fruits. However, knowledge concerning the chemical composition of apple fruit as affected by orchard elevation is still scarce and thus the understanding of the interplay and influence of these factors on apple fruit quality needs to be improved. The overall goal of the present study was a better understanding of changes in several fruit characteristics of Golden Delicious clone B apples, derived from orchards located at different altitudes and harvested at different stages of maturity. Furthermore, it was investigated whether altitude has a statistical influence on the chemical composition of stored apples immediately after ULO storage and after six days of shelf-life. The results of the current work may lead to a better understanding of the impact of harvest date and orchard elevation on the fruit quality and storability of Golden Delicious clone B.

Since physiological disorders and parasitical storage diseases of fruit in the postharvest chain of apple fruit cause sizable economic losses and waste valuable resources, there is an important need to correctly identify symptoms and to understand disorder development in order to put in place better strategies to prevent these disorders from occurring. For these reasons, an EU-funded INTERREG V-project “Alpenrhein, Bodensee, Hochrhein”, started in 2015 for a three-year period. This project involves partners from different research institutions in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Under the name Frudistor (the acronym of fruit disorders storage) an online platform for PCs and smart mobile devices has been generated on the site http://www.frudistor.de. The information is structured into descriptions of the origin, cause, prevention, susceptible cultivars, and disorders and diseases which can be easily confused with each other. Additionally, photos of symptoms are linked to the text. Several options to filter search results simplify disease and disorder identification. For example, the type of the symptom: internal and external, or time of appearance. Currently, Frudistor contains more than 40 disorders translated into Italian, German, Dutch, and English. The idea of creating an application accessible to all, free, dynamic, and expandable, was born from the desire to support users (producers, storekeepers, marketing, and consumers), making the process of harvest and storage increasingly more efficient and sustainable. The following report collects a part of the result of this work, presenting some of the main damage that occurs during storage. The individual articles were written by the various authors who participated in the project and have been published in various journals in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland.

Bei Studien zur Selbstkonzeptentwicklung fehlt meist der Hinweis auf die Programmumsetzung oder Implementation. Diesem Defizit der Implementationskontrolle nimmt sich die vorliegende Studie an und befasst sich mit der Messung und Erklärung der Implementationshäufigkeit im Rahmen einer Intervention zu Selbstkonzept förderndem Sportunterricht (NLehrer = 16, NSchüler = 309). Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Lehrpersonen eine individuumsorientierte, reflexive Sportvermittlung im Sportunterricht einsetzen. Die Implementationshäufigkeit der Lehrpersonen hängt von deren Berufserfahrung ab. Eine häufigere Implementation geht bei Schülerinnen und Schülern mit einer stärkeren Veränderung des Körperselbstwerts, jedoch nicht des sportbezogenen Fähigkeitsselbstkonzepts, einher.

Introduction. Panton-Valentine leukocindin (PVL) positive community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolates are widespread in many countries, with varying distribution and epidemiology. The aim of this study was to characterise the ten PVL positive MRSA isolates collected during February 2010 to January 2011 from skin and soft tissue infections in the North Italian Province of Bolzano. Methods. Accessory gene regulator (agr) typing, staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) mec typing, spa typing,multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), toxin gene profiling, PCR for type I arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) and antimicrobial resistance typing were applied to the isolates. Results. Eight different CA-MRSA clones were identified: ST30-IVc, ST772-V, ST80-IVc, ST5-IVc, ST88-IVa, ST93- IVa, ST8-IVc and the type I ACME positive ST8-IVa. Conclusions. The high heterogeneity of PVL-positive MRSA probably reflects the introduction of different clones by international travellers or immigrants.

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