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Collaborative Tasks in Construction: A Model for Human-Exoskeleton Interaction to Minimize Muscle Exertion
In the EU, 75% of buildings are energy inefficient, emphasizing the priority of their renovations or upgrades to reach the EU’s decarbonization goals. However, renovating existing buildings frequently entails ...
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New approaches for analysis in ergonomics: From paper and pencil methods to biomechanical simulation
Ergonomics and prevention of work-related diseases are an increasing issue in many companies. The demographic change, “War for Talent”, political demand, financial benefits and upward healthcare expenditures a...
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Aspects of Human Engineering – Bio-optimized Design of Wearable Machines
This chapter outlines important factors for the design process of wearable robots. First, the challenges are discussed and possible user groups are detailed and categories of devices given. Then, major differe...
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Assistive technologies for workers in the automotive industry
In many working fields, like for example the automotive production industry, ergonomic unfavorable working positions are not avoidable. Working in “overhead”- position for example is still quite normal in many...
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Fetal Development, Nonlinear Heart Rate Dynamics, and Self-Organization
Background: The fetal precursors of mental and cardiovascular disease in later age are an important issue of developmental medicine. We investigate the question whether key parameters of fetal development refl...
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Ultrasound Pre-study of the Kinematics of the Residual Tibia within a Trans-Tibial Socket during Gait
The motion of the residual-tibia within a trans-tibial socket was examined so far only by X-ray. In this pre-study now the motion of the residual tibia is to be described during gait using ultrasound data. The...
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Identification of fetal auditory evoked cortical responses using a denoising method based on periodic component analysis
The analysis of auditory evoked cortical responses in the MEG of preterm neonates may result in early markers of functional cerebral development. A major constraint to this approach is the very low signal-to-n...
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Orthopedic Testing – A device for sagittal and transversal knee stability detection
There are no measuring devices which can measure the rotational stability after anterior cruciate ligament rupture. It is only possible to measure the sagittal stability clinically or via KT-1000, X-ray and ot...
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Full-Scale Evacuation Experiments in a smoke filled Rail Carriage — a detailed study of passenger behaviour under reduced visibility
The paper investigates the evacuation of passengers from commuter trains with a focus on reduced visibility due to smoke. Fire situations in trains, where smoke can obscure the vision and have a debilitating e...
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Wachstumsfaktoren
Wachstumsfaktoren sind Polypetide, welche die Stoffwechsel-und Proliferationseigenschaften von Chondrozyten entscheidend beeinflussen können. Man unterscheidet prinzipiell zwischen anabol und katabol wirksamen...
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Olanzapin — therapeutische Alternative zur Kombination klassischer Neuroleptika
In Einzelfällen ist die Wirksamkeit einer Kombination aus Perazin und Carbamazepin der Wirksamkeit moderner Antipsychotika überlegen. Ziel dieser Studie war es daher, die Wirksamkeit von Perazin plus Carbamaze...
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Neue Epidemiologie und Pathologie Gastrointestinaler Stromatumoren (GIST) — Konsequenzen für die Chirurgie in der Ära von Imatinib
Gastrointestinale Stromatumoren (GIST) sind sehr selten und werden erst seit 1998 durch den Nachweis des c-kit Protoonkogens (CD 117) definiert. Insofern müssen alte Einschätzungen zur Therapie sog. abdominale...
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Molekulare Reaktionsformen und bildgebende Diagnostik gastro-intestinaler Stromatumoren auf die Therapie mit Tyrosinkinase Inhibitor Imatinib (STI571)
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, and are generally resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. Most GISTs express the KIT receptor tyro...
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Klassifizierung der Peritonealkarzinose und deren Abgrenzung vom Pseudomyxoma peritonei / Classification of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis and Differentiation from Pseudomyxoma peritonei
Pathological classification of peritoneal carcinomatosis depends on the underlying tumorentities. For confirmation cytodiagnostic is a simple and reliable method allowing differential diagnosis of non-epitheli...
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Funktionsstörungen des unteren Harntraktes und sexuelle Störungen nach Operationen von rektosigmoidalen Karzinomen
Disturbed micturition and sexual disorders following sigmoid resection, anterior resection and abdominoperineal resection of rectum were recorded retrospectively in 267 patients with rectosigmoid carcinoma. Fi...
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Terrestrial Precipitation Analysis: Operational Method and Required Density of Point Measurements
The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) has established a semi-automatic data processing system to obtain monthly precipitation analyses. This includes components for the collection, storage arui qu...
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Glukokortikoide hemmen die Proliferation und Kollagensynthese menschlicher Knochenzellen und stimulieren die alkalische Phosphataseaktivität
Glukokortikoide sind ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil der Therapie vieler chronischer immunologischer Erkrankungen, die sich bei stark zunehmender Inzidenz häufig durch eine frühe Manifestation bereits zwischen...
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Hysteroskopische Tubenkatheterisierung bei proximalem Tubenverschluß
Knapp 20% tubarer Funktionsstörungen betreffen den isthmischen Eileiterabschnitt und die Pars intramuralis tubae. Die Diagnostik der uterusnahen proximalen Tubenverschlüsse ist problematisch. In bis zu einem D...
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Stability of a-Si/Ge:H Device Material to Light and keV-Stress Exposure
The development of highly efficient and stable (a-Si:H/a-Ge:H) thin-film tandem solar cells presupposes a high quality and stable a-Ge:H material for the bottom cell. We have found conditions for manufacturing...
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VIS-IR-Ellipsometry for Control and Characterization of Thin Film Processes
IR-ellipsometry (4000-400 cm−1) is realized by the coupling of a photometric ellipsometer with a Fourier transform spectrometer. Two typical results in characterization of bulk and film material are given. In ...