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Chapter and Conference Paper
UWB Dual-Polarized Antenna for HPEM Sources
A novel dual-polarized exponential tapered slot antenna for high power electromagnetic (HPEM) sources is designed and verified. This antipodal version of an ultra-wideband Vivaldi antenna offers compact sizes ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sedation
Developments in gastrointestinal endoscopy have greatly expanded gastroenterologists’ diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities. Adequate patient compliance is essential for performing a thorough examination and...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Scalable Product Development in a Collaborative Environment
The pioneer product concept is a product creation concept which focuses on consequent reuse of existing and approved product components and partner networks. At the same time the concept is clearly focused on ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Reconfigurable System on Chip Implementation for Elliptic Curve Cryptography over \( \mathbb{G}\mathbb{F}\left( {2^n } \right) \)
The performance of elliptic curve based public key cryptosystems is mainly appointed by the efficiency of the underlying finite field arithmetic. This work describes two generic and scalable architectures of f...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Therapy of Gastrointestinal Fistulas with Fibrin Sealant
Gastrointestinal and respiratory fistulas are commonly associated with a prolonged and complicated clinical course. The technique of endoscopic fistula treatment using fibrin tissue adhesives was developed dur...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Non-Contact Blade Vibration Information System BeSSI
By the use of two electric sensors in the casing above the rotating blades’ tip the vibrational deflection of all blades of a wheel can be measured. The system, well proved for temporary measurements in model ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Endoscopic Therapy of Gastrointestinal Fistulae with Fibrin Tissue Sealant
Local and communicating fistulae in the esophagus, stomach, colon, and rectum can be imaged well on an optical basis with the endoscopes used today. Endoscopic sealing techniques to treat these fistulae in the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Prophylaxis and Therapy of Intra-abdominal Adhesions with Highly Concentrated Human Fibrinogen: Experimental and Clinical Results
Recurrent intestinal obstruction due to adhesions has become an increasingly common problem as the number of operations and reoperations grows. In 1937 Noble [7] introduced the serosa to serosa plication and i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Endoscopic Therapy of Fistulae with Fibrin Tissue Sealant
Endoscopic fibrin glueing is valid today in congenital esophagotracheal recurrent fistulae, bronchial stump insufficiencies after pneumonectomy, and postoperative colocutaneous fistulae. The two-component tiss...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Prolymphocytic Leukemia with T Cell Properties and Tartrate Resistant Acid Phosphatase
Prolymphocytic leukaemia (PL) is a rare variant of CLL, clearly defined by Galton et al. [8]. Among 10 patients with PL 9 patients had B-cell characteristics, only 1 patient was described to have T-lymphocyte ...