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Chapter and Conference Paper
From Forgetting Signature Elements to Forgetting Formulas in Epistemic States
In this paper, we bring together marginalization and forgetting of signature elements in the framework of epistemic states. Marginalization of epistemic states is a specific approach to actively reduce signatu...
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„All You Need Is Love“
Der Beitrag verfolgt die Frage, inwiefern in der britischen Berichterstattung über den Wettlauf ins All eindeutige weltpolitische Stellungnahmen zu erkennen sind. Den Untersuchungsgegenstand bilden mehrere liv...
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Open AccessCoronary artery calcification score in migraine patients
Epidemiological studies have shown an increased risk of cardiovascular events in migraineurs. The pathophysiological mechanisms of this observation remain largely unknown. Recent genetic and epidemiologic stud...
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Predictive value of coronary calcifications for future cardiac events in asymptomatic patients: underestimation of risk in asymptomatic smokers
Coronary calcification (CAC) is an established marker for coronary atherosclerosis and has a highly specific predictive value for cardiovascular events. This study aimed to determine the predictive value in th...
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Open AccessCationic Intrinsically Disordered Antimicrobial Peptides (CIDAMPs) Represent a New Paradigm of Innate Defense with a Potential for Novel Anti-Infectives
In the search for potential mechanisms underlying the remarkable resistance of healthy skin against infection by soil bacteria like Pseudomonas (P.) aeruginosa we identified fragments of the intrinsically disorde...
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Alles heile Welt? Analyse der 2017er Wahlwerbespots der ‚grünen Parteien‘ BÜNDNIS 90/ DIE GRÜNEN, ÖDP und V-PARTEI3
„Umwelt ist nicht alles. Aber ohne Umwelt ist alles nichts.“ Neben anderen sind es solche Devisen, unter denen die seit den 1980er Jahren in vielen westeuropäischen Ländern entstandenen ‚grünen Parteien‘ ihre ...
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Open AccessHornerin contains a Linked Series of Ribosome-Targeting Peptide Antibiotics
Cationic intrinsically disordered antimicrobial peptides (CIDAMPs) belong to a novel class of epithelial peptide antibiotics with microbicidal activity against various pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa,...
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Re-Konstruktion von Grenzen — Die Bedeutung kartographischer Visualisierungen in der Neuordnung kirchlicher Verwaltungseinheiten
Die kirchliche Gebietsplanung in Deutschland erkennt zunehmend die Vorzüge kartographischer Visualisierungen und digitaler Analysewerkzeuge. Dies kommt insbesondere bei Neuordnungen administrativer Grenzen, ab...
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Status und Bedeutung der Struktur Bemerkungen aus sprachanalytischer Sicht
Mit dem Strukturalismus in der Sprachwissenschaft einerseits und der sogenannten sprachanalytischen Philosophie andererseits entstanden etwa zur gleichen Zeit – um die Wende vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert – zwei ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Advancing the Performance of Complex Manufacturing Systems Through Agent-Based Production Control
Ever increasing competition is driving the efforts to improve productivity throughout nearly all domains. In the manufacturing context, digitalization of value networks and creation of autonomous, self-optimiz...
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Open AccessEarly pneumonia and timing of antibiotic therapy in patients after nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
While early pneumonia is common in patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), little is known about the impact of pneumonia and the optimal timing of antibiotic therapy after OHCA.
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Open AccessImmediate and 12 months follow up of function and lead integrity after cranial MRI in 356 patients with conventional cardiac pacemakers
Conventional cardiac pacemakers are still often regarded as a contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We conducted this study to support the hypothesis that it is safe to scan patients with cardi...
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Use of multi-slice computed tomography in patients with chest-pain submitted to the emergency department
This study evaluates calcium scoring (CS) and computed tomography angiography (MSCTA) in patients >50 years with chest-pain submitted to the emergency department utilising CS as a “diagnostic filter” upfront. ...
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Das netzwerk nordbayern – Wir machen Unternehmer
Aktuelle Erkenntnisse der Entrepreneurship-Forschung sowie die gelebte Praxis bestätigen, dass es heute weit mehr als eines guten Einfalls bedarf, um aus einer erfolgsversprechenden Geschäftsidee ein rentables...
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Open AccessThe carotid plaque imaging in acute stroke (CAPIAS) study: protocol and initial baseline data
In up to 30% of patients with ischemic stroke no definite etiology can be established. A significant proportion of cryptogenic stroke cases may be due to non-stenosing atherosclerotic plaques or low grade carotid...
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The amount of dysfunctional but viable myocardium predicts long-term survival in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and left ventricular dysfunction
To evaluate the prognostic significance of combined myocardial perfusion SPECT and [18F]FDG PET viability scanning for the prediction of survival in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (iCMP) and left ventri...
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Open AccessCirculating concentrations of GLP-1 are associated with coronary atherosclerosis in humans
GLP-1 is an incretine hormone which gets secreted from intestinal L-cells in response to nutritional stimuli leading to pancreatic insulin secretion and suppression of glucagon release. GLP-1 further inhibits ...
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Increased pericardial adipose tissue is correlated with atrial fibrillation and left atrial dilatation
Pericardial adipose tissue (PAT), a visceral fat depot surrounding the heart, serves as an endocrine active organ and is associated with inflammation. There is growing evidence that atrial fibrillation (AF) is...
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Optimal timing for first-pass stress CT myocardial perfusion imaging
CT-based myocardial perfusion imaging (CTP) has been shown to accurately detect myocardial perfusion defects when compared to SPECT. When performing single-phase first-pass stress CTP, timing is of major impor...
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Open AccessSPECT myocardial perfusion imaging as an adjunct to coronary calcium score for the detection of hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis
Coronary artery calcifications (CAC) are markers of coronary atherosclerosis, but do not correlate well with stenosis severity. This study intended to evaluate clinical situations where a combined approach of ...
