(1) Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, No.1 Shueh Fu Road, Nei Pu, Pingtung, 91201, Taiwan (2) School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 221, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AS, UK (3) Plant Conservation Group, School of Contemporary Sciences, University of Abertay Dundee, Kydd Bui...

A correlation observed between chocolate consumption and the number of Nobel laureates has recently led to the suggestion that consuming more chocolate would increase the number of laureates due to the beneficial effects of cocoa-flavanols on cognitive functioning. We demonstrate that this interpretation is disproved when other flavanol-rich nutriment consumption is considered. We also show the...

Specialities (Syntex) Co. Inc., New York City, for corticosterone and hydrocortisone; and to Dr W. J. Tindall of Organon Laboratories Ltd. for deoxycorticosterone. Dr K. Hallas-M0ller ofthe Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium, Copenhagen, kindly gave us generous supplies of crystalline insulin free from glucagon. The technical assistance of Messrs S. C. Watson and B. W. E. Peaple is much appreciated,...

In two studies, we found that sharing an experience with another person, without communicating, amplifies one's experience. Both pleasant and unpleasant experiences were more intense when shared. In Study 1, participants tasted pleasant chocolate. They judged the chocolate to be more likeable and flavorful when they tasted it at the same time that another person did than when that other person ...

The two most devastating diseases of cacao (Theobroma cacao)--the source of chocolate--in tropical America are caused by the fungi Crinipellis perniciosa (witches' broom disease) and Moniliophthora roreri (frosty pod rot or moniliasis disease). Despite the agricultural, socio-economic and environmental impact of these fungi, most aspects of their life cycles are unknown, and the phylogenetic re...

This paper presents the participation of the CACAO prototype to the Log Analysis for Digital Societies (LADS) task of LogCLEF 2009 track. CACAO (Cross-language Access to Catalogues And On-line libraries) is an EU project devoted to enabling cross-language access to the contents of a federation of digital libraries with a set of software tools for harvesting, indexing and serching over such data...