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Open AccessIs there a sex-shift in prevalence of allergic rhinitis and comorbid asthma from childhood to adulthood? A meta-analysis
Allergic rhinitis and asthma as single entities affect more boys than girls in childhood but more females in adulthood. However, it is unclear if this prevalence sex-shift also occurs in allergic rhinitis and...
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Volume replacement during trauma resuscitation: a brief synopsis of current guidelines and recommendations
Intravascular volume and fluid replacement are still cornerstones to correct fluid deficits during early trauma resuscitation, but optimum strategies remain under debate.
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Linksventrikuläre Projektilmigration nach akzidentiellem Schrotschuss aus nächster Nähe
Eine 24-jährige Patientin wurde aus nächster Nähe von links ventral im Bereich der oberen Extremität und Thorax durch einen Schrotschuss verletzt. Die initiale Diagnostik ergab zahlreiche im Bereich des linken...
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Inter- and intraobserver reliability of the Rockwood classification in acute acromioclavicular joint dislocations
The reliability of the Rockwood classification, the gold standard for acute acromioclavicular (AC) joint separations, has not yet been tested. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability of vi...
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Frühe viskoelastizitätsbasierte Gerinnungstherapie bei blutenden Schwerverletzten
Obwohl es ein stetig wachsendes Interesse am Einsatz viskoelastischer Testverfahren (ROTEM®/TEG®) zur Diagnostik und Therapiesteuerung beim blutenden Schwerverletzten gibt, fehlen bis dato in der Breite akzept...
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Frühe viskoelastizitätsbasierte Gerinnungstherapie bei blutenden Schwerverletzten
Obwohl es ein stetig wachsendes Interesse am Einsatz viskoelastischer Testverfahren (ROTEM®/TEG®) zur Diagnostik und Therapiesteuerung beim blutenden Schwerverletzten gibt, fehlen bis dato in der Breite akzept...
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Infrastructure and clinical practice for the detection and management of trauma-associated haemorrhage and coagulopathy
Early detection and management of post-traumatic haemorrhage and coagulopathy have been associated with improved outcomes, but local infrastructures, logistics and clinical strategies may differ.
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Open AccessIdentification of mutations in DYNC2LI1, a member of the mammalian cytoplasmic dynein 2 complex, expands the clinical spectrum of Jeune/ATD ciliopathies
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Open AccessS-palmitoylation represents a novel mechanism regulating the mitochondrial targeting of BAX and initiation of apoptosis
The intrinsic pathway of apoptotic cell death is mainly mediated by the BCL-2-associated X (BAX) protein through permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) and the concomitant release of cytoch...
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Rationale Verhaltensalternativen und selbstbestimmtes Handeln als Komponenten des Gesundheitsverhaltens
Im Rahmen des vorliegenden Beitrags wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit Individuen zu rationalen und selbstbestimmten Verhaltensänderungen zum Wohle ihrer aktuellen oder zukünftigen Gesundheit fähig sind.
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Oxidation Behaviour of TBC Systems on γ-TiAl Based Alloy Ti–45Al–8Nb
The lifetime of thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems on gamma titanium aluminides was determined in the temperature range between 850 °C and 950 °C under cyclic oxidation conditions in air. Coupons of the all...
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A Fast Suffix-Sorting Algorithm
We present an algorithm to sort all suffixes of \(x^n=(x_1,\dots,x_n) \in {\cal X}^n\) lexicographically, where ...
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Recent progress in the coating protection of gamma titanium-aluminides
Engine designers show continued interest in titanium aluminides based on the intermetallic γ-TiAl phase as lightweight structural materials to be used at moderately elevated temperatures. Although alloy develo...
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Myocardial viability assessment in patients with highly impaired left ventricular function: comparison of delayed enhancement, dobutamine stress MRI, end-diastolic wall thickness, and TI201-SPECT with functional recovery after revascularization
This study compared different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods with Tl201 single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) and the “gold standard” for viability assessment, functional recovery after...
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Multi-segment FEA of the human lumbar spine including the heterogeneity of the annulus fibrosus
This study pursues the numerical validation of human lumbar spine segments. By means of the finite element (FE) method, computational analyses are carried out of various load cases. In particular Flexion–Exten...
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Feature-Based Matching of Triangular Meshes
Given two triangular surface meshes M and N in space and an error criterion, we want to find a rigid motion A so that the deviation of A(M) from N minimizes the error criterion. We present a solution to this p...
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Numerical flow simulation in cylindrical geometries
The CFD-code MGLET, which is optimized for direct and large-eddy simulation on high performance computers, has been extended by a cylindrical version allowing to compute flow problems in cylindrical geometries...
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Objektive Beschreibung der Stimmgüte unter Verwendung des Heiserkeits-Diagramms
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Erwiderung auf den Leserbrief von H.D. Basler
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Prospektive Studie zur Vorhersage des Behandlungserfolgs zwei Jahre nach lumbaler Bandscheibenoperation
Outcome studies of lumbar disc surgery document a success rate ranging between 49% and 90%, according to the evaluation criteria used. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prognostic value of pa...
