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Fornasier S, Mottola S, Keller HU, Barucci MA, Davidsson B, Feller C, Deshapriya JDP, Sierks H, Barbieri C, Lamy PL, Rodrigo R, Koschny D, Rickman H, A’Hearn M, Agarwal J, Bertaux JL, Bertini I, Besse S, Cremonese G, Da Deppo V, Debei S, De Cecco M, Deller J, El-Maarry MR, Fulle M, Groussin O, Gutierrez PJ, Güttler C, Hofmann M, Hviid SF, Ip WH, Jorda L, Knollenberg J, Kovacs G, Kramm R, Kührt E, Küppers M, Lara ML, Lazzarin M, Moreno JJL, Marzari F, Massironi M, Naletto G, Oklay N, Pajola M, Pommerol A, Preusker F, Scholten F, Shi X, Thomas N, Toth I, Tubiana C, Vincent JB. Rosetta’s comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds its dusty mantle to reveal its icy nature. Science 2016; 354:1566-1570. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aag2671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Hofmann M, Kresse B, Heymann L, Privalov AF, Willner L, Fatkullin N, Aksel N, Fujara F, Rössler EA. Dynamics of a Paradigmatic Linear Polymer: A Proton Field-Cycling NMR Relaxometry Study on Poly(ethylene–propylene). Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M. Hofmann
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische
Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute
of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute
of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan Russia
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- Technische
Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
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Hofmann M, Kresse B, Privalov AF, Heymann L, Willner L, Aksel N, Fatkullin N, Fujara F, Rössler EA. Segmental Mean Square Displacement: Field-Cycling 1H Relaxometry vs Neutron Scattering. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- M. Hofmann
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische
Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute
of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Technische
Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute
of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan Russia
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Flämig M, Becher M, Hofmann M, Körber T, Kresse B, Privalov AF, Willner L, Kruk D, Fujara F, Rössler EA. Perspectives of Deuteron Field-Cycling NMR Relaxometry for Probing Molecular Dynamics in Soft Matter. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:7754-66. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- M. Flämig
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute
of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Warmia & Mazury, Słoneczna 54, 10-710 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
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Heinsbroek SEM, Squadrito ML, Schilderink R, Hilbers FW, Verseijden C, Hofmann M, Helmke A, Boon L, Wildenberg ME, Roelofs JJTH, Ponsioen CY, Peters CP, Te Velde AA, Gordon S, De Palma M, de Jonge WJ. miR-511-3p, embedded in the macrophage mannose receptor gene, contributes to intestinal inflammation. Mucosal Immunol 2016; 9:960-73. [PMID: 26530135 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2015.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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MiR-511-3p is embedded in intron 5 of the CD206/MRC1 gene Mrc1, expressed by macrophage and dendritic cell populations. CD206 and miR-511-3p expression are co-regulated, and their contribution to intestinal inflammation is unclear. We investigated their roles in intestinal inflammation in both mouse and human systems. Colons of CD206-deficient mice displayed normal numbers of monocytes, macrophage, and dendritic cells. In experimental colitis, CD206-deficient mice had attenuated inflammation compared with wild-type (WT) mice. However, neither a CD206 antagonist nor a blocking antibody reproduced this phenotype, suggesting that CD206 was not involved in this response. Macrophages isolated from CD206-deficient mice had reduced levels of miR-511-3p and Tlr4 compared with WT, which was associated with reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine production upon lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and fecal supernatant stimulation. Macrophages overexpressing miR-511-3p showed 50% increase of Tlr4 mRNA, whereas knockdown of miR-511-3p reduced Tlr4 mRNA levels by 60%, compared with scrambled microRNA (miRNA)-transduced cells. Response to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) treatment has been associated with elevated macrophage CD206 expression in the mucosa. However, in colon biopsies no statistically significant change in miR-511-3p was detected. Taken together, our data show that miR-511-3p controls macrophage-mediated microbial responses and is involved in the regulation of intestinal inflammation.
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- S E M Heinsbroek
- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals Netherlands BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Behrens F, Köhm M, Hofmann M, Fliedner G, Specker C, Burkhardt H. SAT0060 Achievement of Individual Important Response Measured by Das28dcrit in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis When Treated with Tocilizumab: Data from A Large Prospective Observational Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.5739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Saferding V, Puchner A, Goncalves-Alves E, Hofmann M, Hayer S, Georgel P, Koenders M, Schabbauer G, Smolen J, Steiner G, Redlich K, Blüml S. SAT0041 Microrna-146A An Important Regulator of Local Bone Destruction in Inflammatory Arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.4910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Magnetic particle imaging is a quantitative functional imaging technique that allows imaging of the spatial distribution of super-paramagnetic iron oxide particles at high temporal resolution. The raw data acquisition can be performed at frame rates of more than 40 volumes s(-1). However, to date image reconstruction is performed in an offline step and thus no direct feedback is available during the experiment. Considering potential interventional applications such direct feedback would be mandatory. In this work, an online reconstruction framework is implemented that allows direct visualization of the particle distribution on the screen of the acquisition computer with a latency of about 2 s. The reconstruction process is adaptive and performs block-averaging in order to optimize the signal quality for a given amount of reconstruction time.
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- T Knopp
- Section for Biomedical Imaging, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, Hamburg, Germany. Institute for Biomedical Imaging, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 1, Hamburg, Germany
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Werner F, Jung C, Hofmann M, Werner R, Salamon J, Säring D, Kaul MG, Them K, Weber OM, Mummert T, Adam G, Ittrich H, Knopp T. Geometry planning and image registration in magnetic particle imaging using bimodal fiducial markers. Med Phys 2016; 43:2884-2893. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4948998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Salamon J, Hofmann M, Jung C, Kaul M, Reimer R, vom Scheidt A, Adam G, Knopp T, Ittrich H. Echtzeit 3D MPI-gesteuerte Ballonangioplastie unter Verwendung eines MRT Road Map- und eines Blood-Pool-Kontrastmittel-Ansatzes. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1581282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hofmann M, Salamon J, Jung C, Kaul M, vom Scheidt A, Adam G, Ittrich H, Knopp T. Multispektrales MPI zur Echtzeit-Steuerung endovaskulärer Instrumente. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1581283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Them K, Kaul MG, Jung C, Hofmann M, Mummert T, Werner F, Knopp T. Sensitivity Enhancement in Magnetic Particle Imaging by Background Subtraction. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2016; 35:893-900. [PMID: 26599700 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2015.2501462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Biomedical applications such as cell tracking and angiography require the detection of low concentrations of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs) for imaging purposes. Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a new technology which enables the quantitative and time-resolved localization of SPIO distributions. However, the minimum concentration at which the SPIOs can be reconstructed with a suitable quality still remains to be investigated. In this work we examine the background signals in raw data that were measured without any SPIOs in the scanner tube. We show that a background subtraction in combination with a frequency cutoff for the dynamic part of the background signal lowers the detection limit for SPIOs in MPI up to a factor of ten. In-vivo mouse experiments show that for early time points from when the tracer enters the vena cava a reconstructed image of sufficient quality can only be obtained when a background subtraction is performed.
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Brunner JS, Hofmann M, Saferding V, Paar H, Chen L, Cheng P, Schabbauer G, Blüml S. A1.03 Arginase I and osteoclastogenesis. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209124.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Jagos H, David V, Haller M, Kotzian S, Hofmann M, Schlossarek S, Eichholzer K, Winkler M, Frohner M, Reichel M, Mayr W, Rafolt D. A Framework for (Tele-) Monitoring of the Rehabilitation Progress in Stroke Patients: eHealth 2015 Special Issue. Appl Clin Inform 2015; 6:757-68. [PMID: 26767068 DOI: 10.4338/aci-2015-03-ra-0034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Preservation of mobility in conjunction with an independent life style is one of the major goals of rehabilitation after stroke. OBJECTIVES The Rehab@Home framework shall support the continuation of rehabilitation at home. METHODS The framework consists of instrumented insoles, connected wirelessly to a 3G ready tablet PC, a server, and a web-interface for medical experts. The rehabilitation progress is estimated via automated analysis of movement data from standardized assessment tests which are designed according to the needs of stroke patients and executed via the tablet PC application. RESULTS The Rehab@Home framework's implementation is finished and ready for the field trial (at five patients' homes). Initial testing of the automated evaluation of the standardized mobility tests shows reproducible results. CONCLUSIONS Therefore it is assumed that the Rehab@Home framework is applicable as monitoring tool for the gait rehabilitation progress in stroke patients.
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- H Jagos
- Medical University of Vienna, Center for medical Physics and biomedical Engineering , Vienna, Austria
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- University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien , Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for medical Physics and biomedical Engineering , Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Rehabilitation Center Rosenhügel , Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Rehabilitation Center Rosenhügel , Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Rehabilitation Center Rosenhügel , Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Rehabilitation Center Rosenhügel , Vienna, Austria
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- University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien , Vienna, Austria
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- University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien , Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for medical Physics and biomedical Engineering , Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for medical Physics and biomedical Engineering , Vienna, Austria
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Hofmann M, Gainaru C, Cetinkaya B, Valiullin R, Fatkullin N, Rössler EA. Field-Cycling Relaxometry as a Molecular Rheology Technique: Common Analysis of NMR, Shear Modulus and Dielectric Loss Data of Polymers vs Dendrimers. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M. Hofmann
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Earth
Sciences, Leipzig University, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Wagner B, Knorrenschild JR, Hofmann M, Seifart U, Seifart C. P-108 Do family members of palliative patients want to talk different about end of life decisions? BMJ Support Palliat Care 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000978.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Seifart C, Wagner B, Hofmann M, Rief W, Knorrenschild J. O-58 Catching the elephant in the room: Patient’s preferences for initiation and timing of end of life discussions. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000978.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Fotiou K, Hofmann M, Kaufmann R, Thaci D. Pictorial representation of illness and self measure (PRISM): an effective tool to assess the burden of psoriasis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2015; 29:2356-62. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.13232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- K. Fotiou
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology; Goethe University Frankfurt; Frankfurt Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology; Goethe University Frankfurt; Frankfurt Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology; Goethe University Frankfurt; Frankfurt Germany
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- Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine; University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein; University of Lübeck; Lübeck Germany
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Kresse B, Hofmann M, Privalov AF, Fatkullin N, Fujara F, Rössler EA. All Polymer Diffusion Regimes Covered by Combining Field-Cycling and Field-Gradient 1H NMR. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- B. Kresse
- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute
of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008 Tatarstan, Russia
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- Institut
für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Mohamed F, Hofmann M, Pötzschner B, Fatkullin N, Rössler EA. Dynamics of PPI Dendrimers: A Study by Dielectric and 2H NMR Spectroscopy and by Field-Cycling 1H NMR Relaxometry. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- F. Mohamed
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute
of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan Russia
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- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- B. Schmidtke
- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95444 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95444 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95444 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95444 Bayreuth, Germany
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Piechota-Polanczyk A, Demyanets S, Mittlboeck M, Hofmann M, Domenig CM, Neumayer C, Wojta J, Klinger M, Nanobachvili J, Huk I. The Influence of Simvastatin on NGAL, Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Tissue Inhibitors in Human Intraluminal Thrombus and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Tissue. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2015; 49:549-55. [PMID: 25800096 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a pivotal role in the development and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). The action of MMPs depends on a balance between tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) and compounds that may prolong protease activity, such as neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). METHODS The study was designed to analyse gene expression and protein concentration of MMPs, TIMPs, and NGAL in AAA walls and intraluminal thrombi (ILTs) of patients on simvastatin (n = 10) and not on statins (n = 10). The patients were matched by age, sex, and AAA diameter. Expression of MMP2, MMP9, TIMP1, TIMP2, and NGAL was investigated by real time polymerase chain reaction, and MMP2, MMP9, MMP9/TIMP1, MMP9/TIMP2, and MMP9/NGAL protein levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS MMP2 and MMP9 protein and mRNA levels were comparable in the simvastatin and non-statin groups (p > .05); however, there was a significant decrease in TIMP1 mRNA in AAA tissue (p = .04). Moreover, a significant increase in MMP9/TIMP2 complex concentration in ILTs of patients on simvastatin was noted (median 94.71 ng/mL in the simvastatin group vs. 36.80 ng/mL in the non-statin group; p = .01). No significant difference was observed for NGAL mRNA or protein content in AAA and ILT. CONCLUSION Simvastatin treatment in patients with AAAs may influence the concentration of proteases and their inhibitors (TIMPs) in aneurysmal wall tissue and ILTs. Thus, further studies should be undertaken to understand the different influence of statin therapy on the components of the MMP/TIMP system in AAAs and ILTs.
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- A Piechota-Polanczyk
- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria.
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The differences in timing in bud burst between species have been interpreted as an adaptation to late frost events in spring. Thus, it has been suggested that the degree of frost susceptibility of leaves is species-specific and depends on the species' phenology and geographic distribution range. To test for relationships between frost tolerance and phenology as well as between frost tolerance and distribution range across Central European tree species, we studied the frost hardiness of closed buds before bud burst and of freshly opened buds at the time of bud burst. We hypothesized that species with early bud burst and species distributed in eastern and northern areas were more frost tolerant than species with late bud burst and species distributed in western and southern areas. Frost hardiness was estimated by exposing twigs to 11 frost temperatures between -4 °C and -80 °C and by assessing tissue damage by the electrolyte leakage method. In contrast to our hypotheses, neither frost hardiness of closed buds nor frost hardiness of freshly opened buds were related to any variable describing species' macroclimatic niche. Furthermore, frost hardiness of freshly opened buds did not differ among species. Thus, the investigated species with early bud burst take higher risks of frost damage than the species with late bud bursts. These findings indicate that frost hardiness might not play the key role in limiting the geographic distribution ranges previously anticipated.
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- M Hofmann
- Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany,
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Saferding V, Puchner A, Goncalves Alves E, Sahin E, Hofmann M, Roth V, Hayer S, Koenders MI, Smolen JS, Redlich K, Blüml S. A6.42 The role of micro-RNA-146a in inflammatory arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207259.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ammar S, Luik A, Hessling G, Bruhm A, Reents T, Semmler V, Buiatti A, Kathan S, Hofmann M, Kolb C, Schmitt C, Deisenhofer I. Ablation of perimitral flutter: acute and long-term success of the modified anterior line. Europace 2015; 17:447-52. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Pflanzer R, Hofmann M, Shelke A, Habib A, Derwich W, Schmitz-Rixen T, Bernd A, Kaufmann R, Bereiter-Hahn J. Advanced 3D-Sonographic Imaging as a Precise Technique to Evaluate Tumor Volume. Transl Oncol 2014; 7:681-6. [PMID: 25500076 PMCID: PMC4311038 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2014.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Revised: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Determination of tumor volume in subcutaneously inoculated xenograft models is a standard procedure for clinical and preclinical evaluation of tumor response to treatment. Practitioners frequently use a hands-on caliper method in conjunction with a simplified formula to assess tumor volume. Non-invasive and more precise techniques as investigation by MR or (μ)CT exist but come with various adverse effects in terms of radiation, complex setup or elevated cost of investigations. Therefore, we propose an advanced three-dimensional sonographic imaging technique to determine small tumor volumes in xenografts with high precision and minimized observer variability. We present a study on xenograft carcinoma tumors from which volumes and shapes were calculated with the standard caliper method as well as with a clinically available three-dimensional ultrasound scanner and subsequent processing software. Statistical analysis reveals the suitability of this non-invasive approach for the purpose of a quick and precise calculation of tumor volume in small rodents.
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- R Pflanzer
- Dept. of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Dept. of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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- Institute for Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Goethe University, 60439 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Goethe University, 60439 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Dept. of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Dept. of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Dept. of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Dept. of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Goethe University, 60439 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Hofmann M, Kresse B, Privalov AF, Willner L, Fatkullin N, Fujara F, Rössler EA. Field-Cycling NMR Relaxometry Probing the Microscopic Dynamics in Polymer Melts. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma501520u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- M. Hofmann
- Experimentalphysik
II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Complex
Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan Russia
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik
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Essa Y, Hoyer H, Farber G, Diab M, Hofmann M, Amorim P, Doenst T. 311 * CARDIAC SURGERY UNDER COUMADIN: IS PREOPERATIVE NORMALISATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL NORMALISED RATIO NECESSARY? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu276.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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von Minckwitz G, Loibl S, Untch M, Eidtmann H, Rezai M, Fasching PA, Tesch H, Eggemann H, Schrader I, Kittel K, Hanusch C, Huober J, Solbach C, Jackisch C, Kunz G, Blohmer JU, Hauschild M, Fehm T, Nekljudova V, Gerber B, Gnauert K, Heinrich B, Prätz T, Groh U, Tanzer H, Villena C, Tulusan A, Liedtke B, Blohmer JU, Kittel K, Mau C, Potenberg J, Schilling J, Just M, Weiss E, Bückner U, Wolfgarten M, Lorenz R, Doering G, Feidicker S, Krabisch P, Deichert U, Augustin D, Kunz G, Kast K, von Minckwitz G, Nestle-Krämling C, Rezai M, Höß C, Terhaag J, Fasching P, Staib P, Aktas B, Kühn T, Khandan F, Möbus V, Solbach C, Tesch H, Stickeler E, Heinrich G, Wagner H, Abdallah A, Dewitz T, Emons G, Belau A, Rethwisch V, Lantzsch T, Thomssen C, Mattner U, Nugent A, Müller V, Noesselt T, Holms F, Müller T, Deuker JU, Schrader I, Strumberg D, Uleer C, Solomayer E, Runnebaum I, Link H, Tomé O, Ulmer HU, Conrad B, Feisel-Schwickardi G, Eidtmann H, Schumacher C, Steinmetz T, Bauerfeind I, Kremers S, Langanke D, Kullmer U, Ober A, Fischer D, Kohls A, Weikel W, Bischoff J, Freese K, Schmidt M, Wiest W, Sütterlin M, Dietrich M, Grießhammer M, Burgmann DM, Hanusch C, Rack B, Salat C, Sattler D, Tio J, von Abel E, Christensen B, Burkamp U, Köhne CH, Meinerz W, Graßhoff ST, Decker T, Overkamp F, Thalmann I, Sallmann A, Beck T, Reimer T, Bartzke G, Deryal M, Weigel M, Huober J, Weder P, Steffens CC, Lemster S, Stefek A, Ruhland F, Hofmann M, Schuster J, Simon W, Kronawitter U, Clemens M, Fehm T, Janni W, Latos K, Bauer W, Roßmann A, Bauer L, Lampe D, Heyl V, Hoffmann G, Lorenz-Salehi F, Hackmann J, Schlag R. Survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab or everolimus for HER2-negative primary breast cancer (GBG 44-GeparQuinto)†. Ann Oncol 2014; 25:2363-2372. [PMID: 25223482 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The GeparQuinto study showed that adding bevacizumab to 24 weeks of anthracycline-taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy increases pathological complete response (pCR) rates overall and specifically in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). No difference in pCR rate was observed for adding everolimus to paclitaxel in nonearly responding patients. Here, we present disease-free (DFS) and overall survival (OS) analyses. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients (n = 1948) with HER2-negative tumors of a median tumor size of 4 cm were randomly assigned to neoadjuvant treatment with epirubicin/cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel (EC-T) with or without eight infusions of bevacizumab every 3 weeks before surgery. Patients without clinical response to EC ± Bevacizumab were randomized to 12 weekly cycles paclitaxel with or without everolimus 5 mg/day. To detect a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.75 (α = 0.05, β = 0.8) 379 events had to be observed in the bevacizumab arms. RESULTS With a median follow-up of 3.8 years, 3-year DFS was 80.8% and 3-year OS was 89.7%. Outcome was not different for patients receiving bevacizumab (HR 1.03; P = 0.784 for DFS and HR 0.974; P = 0.842 for OS) compared with patients receiving chemotherapy alone. Patients with TNBC similarly showed no improvement in DFS (HR = 0.99; P = 0.941) and OS (HR = 1.02; P = 0.891) when treated with bevacizumab. No other predefined subgroup (HR+/HER2-; locally advanced (cT4 or cN3) or not; cT1-3 or cT4; pCR or not) showed a significant benefit. No difference in DFS (HR 0.997; P = 0.987) and OS (HR 1.11; P = 0.658) was observed for nonearly responding patients receiving paclitaxel with or without everolimus overall as well as in subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Long-term results, in opposite to the results of pCR, do not support the neoadjuvant use of bevacizumab in addition to an anthracycline-taxane-based chemotherapy or everolimus in addition to paclitaxel for nonearly responding patients. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER NCT 00567554, www.clinicaltrials.gov.
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- Headquarter, German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg; Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Frankfurt.
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- Headquarter, German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Kiel
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- Breast Center, Luisenkrankenhaus, Düsseldorf
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Erlangen
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Chop GmbH, Frankfurt
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Magdeburg
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Henriettenstiftung, Hannover
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Praxisklinik, Berlin
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Rot-Kreuz-Klinikum, München
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Ulm
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Frankfurt
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sana-Klinikum, Offenbach
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, St Johannes Hospital, Dortmund
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, St Gertrauden-Hospital, Berlin
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Hospital, Rheinfelden
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Tübingen
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Rostock, Germany
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Franzke B, Halper B, Hofmann M, Oesen S, Peherstorfer H, Krejci K, Koller B, Geider K, Baierl A, Tosevska A, Strasser EM, Wessner B, Wagner KH. The influence of age and aerobic fitness on chromosomal damage in Austrian institutionalised elderly. Mutagenesis 2014; 29:441-5. [DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geu042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nathues C, Perler L, Bruhn S, Suter D, Eichhorn L, Hofmann M, Nathues H, Baechlein C, Ritzmann M, Palzer A, Grossmann K, Schüpbach-Regula G, Thür B. An Outbreak of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in Switzerland Following Import of Boar Semen. Transbound Emerg Dis 2014; 63:e251-61. [PMID: 25209832 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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An outbreak of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) occurred in November 2012 in Switzerland (CH), traditionally PRRSV-free. It was detected after a German boar stud informed a semen importer about the detection of PRRSV during routine monitoring. Tracing of semen deliveries revealed 26 Swiss sow herds that had used semen from this stud after its last negative routine monitoring and 62 further contact herds. All herds were put under movement restrictions and examined serologically and virologically. As a first measure, 59 sows from five herds that had previously been inseminated with suspicious semen were slaughtered and tested immediately. Investigations in the stud resulted in 8 positive boars with recent semen deliveries to CH (Seven with antibodies and virus, one with antibodies only). In one boar out of six tested, virus was detected in semen. Of the 59 slaughtered sows, five from three herds were virus-positive. In one herd, the virus had spread, and all pigs were slaughtered or non-marketable animals euthanized. In the remaining herds, no further infections were detected. After confirmatory testings in all herds 3 weeks after the first examination gave negative results, restrictions were lifted in January 2013, and Switzerland regained its PRRSV-free status. The events demonstrate that import of semen from non-PRRS-free countries--even from negative studs--poses a risk, because monitoring protocols in boar studs are often insufficient to timely detect an infection, and infections of sows/herds occur even with low numbers of semen doses. The outbreak was eradicated successfully mainly due to the high disease awareness of the importer and because immediate actions were taken before clinical or laboratory diagnosis of a single case in the country was made. To minimize the risk of an introduction of PRRSV in the future, stricter import guidelines for boar semen have been implemented.
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- Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Berne, Liebefeld, Switzerland
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- Federal Veterinary Office, Liebefeld, Switzerland
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- Federal Veterinary Office, Liebefeld, Switzerland
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- Federal Veterinary Office, Liebefeld, Switzerland
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- Qualiporc Genossenschaft, Oberriet, Switzerland
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- Institute for Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland
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- Clinic for Swine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Swine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Clinic for Swine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Swine Health Service Baden-Wuerttemberg, Aulendorf, Germany
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- Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Berne, Liebefeld, Switzerland
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- Institute for Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland
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Sivers M, Hofmann M, Mannel T, Feilitzsch F, Oberauer L, Potzel W, Scho¨nert S. Low-level γ-ray spectrometry at the underground laboratory Garching. Appl Radiat Isot 2014; 91:49-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mukherji D, Gilles R, Karge L, Strunz P, Beran P, Eckerlebe H, Stark A, Szentmiklosi L, Mácsik Z, Schumacher G, Zizak I, Hofmann M, Hoelzel M, Rösler J. Neutron and synchrotron probes in the development of Co–Re-based alloys for next generation gas turbines with an emphasis on the influence of boron additives. J Appl Crystallogr 2014. [DOI: 10.1107/s1600576714013624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Nickel-based superalloys are the materials of choice in the hot section of current gas turbines, but they are reaching temperature limits constrained by their melting temperature range. Co–Re alloy development was prompted by a search for new materials for future gas turbines, where the temperature of application will be considerably higher. Addition of the very high melting point refractory metal Re to Co can increase the melting range of Co alloys to much higher temperatures than the commercial Co alloys in use today. The alloy development strategy is first discussed very briefly. In this program, model ternary and quaternary compositions were studied in order to develop a basic understanding of the alloy system.In situneutron and synchrotron measurements (small and wide angle) at high temperatures were extensively used for this purpose and some selected results from thein situmeasurements are presented. In particular, the effect of boron doping in Co–Re–Cr alloys and the stability of the TaC precipitates at high temperatures were investigated. A fine dispersion of TaC precipitates strengthens some Co–Re alloys, and their stability at the application temperature is critical for the long-term creep properties.
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Hofmann M, Mielck A. [Health inequalities and cost-effectiveness: what do important health policy actors say about this potential conflict situation?]. Gesundheitswesen 2014; 77:81-5. [PMID: 24918869 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1370996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The German statutory health-care system is based on the principle of solidarity and thus it is committed to the objective of 'equal chances'. From an economic perspective it is also important to emphasise that scarcity of resources continuously pushes the services towards cost control and towards increasing cost-effect-iveness. There could be conflicts between the 2 objectives 'equal chances' and 'cost-effectiveness', of course, for example if measures for increasing cost-effectiveness lead to increased financial burdens of the insured. To date it has not been studied if and how this potential conflict is discussed in Germany.In a first step we searched for German publications discussing this potential conflict focusing on 3 major public health journals (Das Gesundheitswesen, Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Ethik in der Medizin) and on the internet portal "gerechte-gesundheit.de". For the main part of the paper, we looked for publications from 4 major health policy actors (Bundesärztekammer, Zentrale Ethikkommission bei der Bundesärztekammer, Deutscher Ethikrat, Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Entwicklung im Gesundheitswesen). All papers published since the year 2000 were included in the system-atic qualitative analysis.The analyses show that the potential conflict between 'equal chances' and 'cost-effectiveness' is rarely discussed in any detail, at most in an implicit way. It would be important, though, to have an explicit discussion, supported by scientifically based analyses and recommendations. One step towards this objective could be, for example, a closer cooperation between social-epidemiologists and health--economists.
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- Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Management im Gesundheitswesen, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg
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- Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Management im Gesundheitswesen, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg
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Buczkowicz P, Hoeman C, Rakopoulos P, Pajovic S, Morrison A, Bouffet E, Bartels U, Becher O, Hawkins C, Gould TWA, Rahman CV, Smith SJ, Barrett DA, Shakesheff KM, Grundy RG, Rahman R, Barua N, Cronin D, Gill S, Lowisl S, Hochart A, Maurage CA, Rocourt N, Vinchon M, Kerdraon O, Escande F, Grill J, Pick VK, Leblond P, Burzynski G, Janicki T, Burzynski S, Marszalek A, Ramani N, Zaky W, Kannan G, Morani A, Sandberg D, Ketonen L, Maher O, Corrales-Medina F, Meador H, Khatua S, Brassesco M, Delsin L, Roberto G, Silva C, Ana L, Rego E, Scrideli C, Umezawa K, Tone L, Kim SJ, Kim CY, Kim IA, Han JH, Choi BS, Ahn HS, Choi HS, Haque F, Rahman R, Layfield R, Grundy R, Gandola L, Pecori E, Biassoni V, Schiavello E, Chiruzzi C, Spreafico F, Modena P, Bach F, Pignoli E, Massimino M, Drogosiewicz M, Dembowska-Baginska B, Jurkiewicz E, Filipek I, Perek-Polnik M, Swieszkowska E, Perek D, Bender S, Jones DT, Warnatz HJ, Hutter B, Zichner T, Gronych J, Korshunov A, Eils R, Korbel JO, Yaspo ML, Lichter P, Pfister SM, Yadavilli S, Becher OJ, Kambhampati M, Packer RJ, Nazarian J, Lechon FC, Fowkes L, Khabra K, Martin-Retortillo LM, Marshall LV, Vaidya S, Koh DM, Leach MO, Pearson AD, Zacharoulis S, Lechon FC, Fowkes L, Khabra K, Martin-Retortillo LM, Marshall LV, Schrey D, Barone G, Vaidya S, Koh DM, Pearson AD, Zacharoulis S, Panditharatna E, Stampar M, Siu A, Gordish-Dressman H, Devaney J, Kambhampati M, Hwang EI, Packer RJ, Nazarian J, Chung AH, Mittapalli RK, Elmquist WF, Becher OJ, Castel D, Debily MA, Philippe C, Truffaux N, Taylor K, Calmon R, Boddaert N, Le Dret L, Saulnier P, Lacroix L, Mackay A, Jones C, Puget S, Sainte-Rose C, Blauwblomme T, Varlet P, Grill J, Entz-Werle N, Maugard C, Bougeard G, Nguyen A, Chenard MP, Schneider A, Gaub MP, Tsoli M, Vanniasinghe A, Luk P, Dilda P, Haber M, Hogg P, Ziegler D, Simon S, Tsoli M, Vanniasinghe A, Monje M, Gurova K, Gudkov A, Haber M, Ziegler D, Zapotocky M, Churackova M, Malinova B, Zamecnik J, Kyncl M, Tichy M, Puchmajerova A, Stary J, Sumerauer D, Boult J, Vinci M, Taylor K, Perryman L, Box G, Jury A, Popov S, Ingram W, Monje M, Eccles S, Jones C, Robinson S, Emir S, Demir HA, Bayram C, Cetindag F, Kabacam GB, Fettah A, Boult J, Li J, Vinci M, Jury A, Popov S, Jamin Y, Cummings C, Eccles S, Bamber J, Sinkus R, Jones C, Robinson S, Nandhabalan M, Bjerke L, Vinci M, Burford A, Ingram W, Mackay A, von Bueren A, Baudis M, Clarke P, Collins I, Workman P, Jones C, Taylor K, Mackay A, Vinci M, Popov S, Ingram W, Entz-Werle N, Monje M, Olaciregui N, Mora J, Carcaboso A, Bullock A, Jones C, Vinci M, Mackay A, Burford A, Taylor K, Popov S, Ingram W, Monje M, Alonso M, Olaciregui N, de Torres C, Cruz O, Mora J, Carcaboso A, Jones C, Filipek I, Drogosiewicz M, Perek-Polnik M, Swieszkowska E, Dembowska-Baginska B, Jurkiewicz E, Perek D, Nguyen A, Pencreach E, Mackay A, Moussalieh FM, Guenot D, Namer I, Chenard MP, Jones C, Entz-Werle N, Pollack I, Jakacki R, Butterfield L, Hamilton R, Panigrahy A, Potter D, Connelly A, Dibridge S, Whiteside T, Okada H, Ahsan S, Raabe E, Haffner M, Warren K, Quezado M, Ballester L, Nazarian J, Eberhart C, Rodriguez F, Ramachandran C, Nair S, Quirrin KW, Khatib Z, Escalon E, Melnick S, Classen CF, Hofmann M, Schmid I, Simon T, Maass E, Russo A, Fleischhack G, Becker M, Hauch H, Sander A, Kramm C, Grasso C, Truffaux N, Berlow N, Liu L, Debily MA, Davis L, Huang E, Woo P, Tang Y, Ponnuswami A, Chen S, Huang Y, Hutt-Cabezas M, Warren K, Dret L, Meltzer P, Mao H, Quezado M, van Vuurden D, Abraham J, Fouladi M, Svalina MN, Wang N, Hawkins C, Raabe E, Hulleman E, Li XN, Keller C, Spellman PT, Pal R, Grill J, Monje M, Jansen MHA, Sewing ACP, Lagerweij T, Vuchts DJ, van Vuurden DG, Caretti V, Wesseling P, Kaspers GJL, Hulleman E, Cohen K, Raabe E, Pearl M, Kogiso M, Zhang L, Qi L, Lindsay H, Lin F, Berg S, Li XN, Muscal J, Amayiri N, Tabori U, Campbel B, Bakry D, Aronson M, Durno C, Gallinger S, Malkin D, Qaddumi I, Musharbash A, Swaidan M, Bouffet E, Hawkins C, Al-Hussaini M, Rakopoulos P, Shandilya S, McCully C, Murphy R, Akshintala S, Cole D, Macallister RP, Cruz R, Widemann B, Warren K, Salloum R, Smith A, Glaunert M, Ramkissoon A, Peterson S, Baker S, Chow L, Sandgren J, Pfeifer S, Popova S, Alafuzoff I, de Stahl TD, Pietschmann S, Kerber MJ, Zwiener I, Henke G, Kortmann RD, Muller K, von Bueren A, Sieow NYF, Hoe RHM, Tan AM, Chan MY, Soh SY, Hawkins C, Burrell K, Chornenkyy Y, Remke M, Golbourn B, Buczkowicz P, Barzczyk M, Taylor M, Rutka J, Dirks P, Zadeh G, Agnihotri S, Hashizume R, Ihara Y, Andor N, Chen X, Lerner R, Huang X, Tom M, Solomon D, Mueller S, Petritsch C, Zhang Z, Gupta N, Waldman T, James D, Dujua A, Co J, Hernandez F, Doromal D, Hegde M, Wakefield A, Brawley V, Grada Z, Byrd T, Chow K, Krebs S, Heslop H, Gottschalk S, Yvon E, Ahmed N, Truffaux N, Philippe C, Cornilleau G, Paulsson J, Andreiuolo F, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Puget S, Geoerger B, Vassal G, Ostman A, Grill J, Parsons DW, Lin F, Trevino LR, Gao F, Shen X, Hampton O, Lindsay H, Kosigo M, Qi L, Baxter PA, Su JM, Chintagumpala M, Dauser R, Adesina A, Plon SE, Li XN, Wheeler DA, Lau CC, Pietsch T, Gielen G, Muehlen AZ, Kwiecien R, Wolff J, Kramm C, Lulla RR, Laskowski J, Goldman S, Gopalakrishnan V, Fangusaro J, Mackay A, Taylor K, Vinci M, Jones C, Kieran M, Fontebasso A, Papillon-Cavanagh S, Schwartzentruber J, Nikbakht H, Gerges N, Fiset PO, Bechet D, Faury D, De Jay N, Ramkissoon L, Corcoran A, Jones D, Sturm D, Johann P, Tomita T, Goldman S, Nagib M, Bendel A, Goumnerova L, Bowers DC, Leonard JR, Rubin JB, Alden T, DiPatri A, Browd S, Leary S, Jallo G, Cohen K, Prados MD, Banerjee A, Carret AS, Ellezam B, Crevier L, Klekner A, Bognar L, Hauser P, Garami M, Myseros J, Dong Z, Siegel PM, Gump W, Ayyanar K, Ragheb J, Khatib Z, Krieger M, Kiehna E, Robison N, Harter D, Gardner S, Handler M, Foreman N, Brahma B, MacDonald T, Malkin H, Chi S, Manley P, Bandopadhayay P, Greenspan L, Ligon A, Albrecht S, Pfister SM, Ligon KL, Majewski J, Gupta N, Jabado N, Hoeman C, Cordero F, Halvorson K, Hawkins C, Becher O, Taylor I, Hutt M, Weingart M, Price A, Nazarian J, Eberhart C, Raabe E, Kantar M, Onen S, Kamer S, Turhan T, Kitis O, Ertan Y, Cetingul N, Anacak Y, Akalin T, Ersahin Y, Mason G, Nazarian J, Ho C, Devaney J, Stampar M, Kambhampati M, Crozier F, Vezina G, Packer R, Hwang E, Gilheeney S, Millard N, DeBraganca K, Khakoo Y, Kramer K, Wolden S, Donzelli M, Fischer C, Petriccione M, Dunkel I, Afzal S, Carret AS, Fleming A, Larouche V, Zelcer S, Johnston DL, Kostova M, Mpofu C, Decarie JC, Strother D, Lafay-Cousin L, Eisenstat D, Fryer C, Hukin J, Bartels U, Bouffet E, Hsu M, Lasky J, Moore T, Liau L, Davidson T, Prins R, Fouladi M, Bartels U, Warren K, Hassal T, Baugh J, Kirkendall J, Doughman R, Leach J, Jones B, Miles L, Hawkins C, Bouffet E, Hargrave D, Grill J, Jones C, Jacques T, Savage S, Goldman S, Leary S, Packer R, Saunders D, Wesseling P, Varlet P, van Vuurden D, Wallace R, Flutter B, Morgenestern D, Hargrave D, Blanco E, Howe K, Lowdell M, Samuel E, Michalski A, Anderson J, Arakawa Y, Umeda K, Watanabe KI, Mizowaki T, Hiraoka M, Hiramatsu H, Adachi S, Kunieda T, Takagi Y, Miyamoto S, Venneti S, Santi M, Felicella MM, Sullivan LM, Dolgalev I, Martinez D, Perry A, Lewis PW, Allis DC, Thompson CB, Judkins AR. HIGH GRADE GLIOMAS AND DIPG. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kresse B, Privalov AF, Herrmann A, Hofmann M, Rössler EA, Fujara F. Simultaneous measurement of very small magnetic fields and spin-lattice relaxation. Solid State Nucl Magn Reson 2014; 59-60:45-47. [PMID: 24704307 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2014.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A field cycling (FC) NMR experiment is presented which allows for the simultaneous determination of very small magnetic fields down to about 3 μT and the concomitant measurement of nuclear spin-lattice relaxation times in these fields. The technique will enable broadband spin-lattice relaxation dispersion experiments down to about 100 Hz (1)H Larmor frequency. Limitations of its applicability are discussed.
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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3D printing has recently gained much attention from media and the scientific community, touted as a replacement for traditional manufacturing and a potential to change the way we develop, produce, market, and distribute all sorts of products. With a short introduction to the general idea and initial development of rapid prototyping, we have a look at the prevalent technologies which are now summarized as 3D printing, each with its specific properties and reliance on the materials adapted to the automated application process. Polymers in various forms, reactive, liquid solutions, or as thermoplastic melts, play a key role in many applications and the further expansion toward manufacturing robust, real end use products.
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- Manfred Hofmann
- 3D Systems SA, Rte de l’Ancienne Papeterie, CH-1723 Marly, Switzerland
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Haag N, Gütlein A, Hofmann M, Oberauer L, Potzel W, Schreckenbach K, Wagner FM. Experimental determination of the antineutrino spectrum of the fission products of U238. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:122501. [PMID: 24724646 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.122501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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An experiment was performed at the scientific neutron source FRM II in Garching to determine the cumulative antineutrino spectrum of the fission products of U238. Target foils of natural uranium were irradiated with a thermal and a fast neutron beam and the emitted β spectra were recorded with a γ-suppressing electron telescope. The obtained β spectrum of the fission products of U235 was normalized to the data of the magnetic spectrometer BILL. This method strongly reduces systematic errors in the U238 measurement. The β spectrum of U238 was converted into the corresponding ν¯e spectrum. The final ν¯e spectrum is given in 250 keV bins in the range from 2.875 to 7.625 MeV with an energy-dependent error of 3.5% at 3 MeV, 7.6% at 6 MeV, and ≳14% at energies ≳7 MeV (68% confidence level). Furthermore, an energy-independent uncertainty of ∼3.3% due to the absolute normalization is added. Compared to the generally used summation calculations, the obtained spectrum reveals a spectral distortion of ∼10% but returns the same value for the mean cross section per fission for the inverse beta decay.
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- N Haag
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Seifart C, Hofmann M, Bär T, Riera Knorrenschild J, Seifart U, Rief W. Breaking bad news-what patients want and what they get: evaluating the SPIKES protocol in Germany. Ann Oncol 2014; 25:707-711. [PMID: 24504443 PMCID: PMC4433514 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Evaluation of the SPIKES protocol, a recommended guideline for breaking bad news, is sparse, and information about patients' preferences for bad-news delivery in Germany is lacking. Being the first actual-theoretical comparison of a 'breaking bad news' guideline, the present study evaluates the recommended steps of the SPIKES protocol. Moreover, emotional consequences and quality of bad-news delivery are investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 350 cancer patients answered the MABBAN (Marburg Breaking Bad News Scale), a questionnaire representing the six SPIKES subscales, asking for the procedure, perception and satisfaction of the first cancer disclosure and patient's assign to these items. RESULTS Only 46.2% of the asked cancer patients are completely satisfied with how bad news had been broken to them. The overall quality is significantly related to the emotional state after receiving bad news (r = -0.261, P < 0.001). Patients' preferences differ highly significantly from the way bad news were delivered, and the resulting rang list of patients' preferences indicates that the SPIKES protocol do not fully meet the priorities of cancer patients in Germany. CONCLUSIONS It could be postulated that the low satisfaction of patients observed in this study reflects the highly significant difference between patients' preferences and bad-news delivery. Therefore, some adjunctions to the SPIKES protocol should be considered, including a frequent reassurance of listeners' understanding, the perpetual possibility to ask question, respect for prearrangement needs and the conception of bad-news delivery in a two-step procedure.
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
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- Institutional Review Board
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Philipps-University of Marburg,Marburg
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
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Hofmann M, Schweiger M, Burkhardt B, Dave H, Lemme F, Romanchenko O, Schmiady M, Hübler M. Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1367134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hofmann M, Schlegel PG, Hippert F, Schmidt P, von-Schweinitz D, Leuschner I, Göbel U, Calaminus G, Schneider DT. Testicular sex cord stromal tumors: analysis of patients from the MAKEI study. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60:1651-5. [PMID: 23733594 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND In children and adolescents, testicular sex cord stromal tumors (TSCSTs) are rare. There is only limited information available regarding their clinical presentation, biology, and prognosis. METHODS Between 1993 and 2009, 42 patients were prospectively reported to the cooperative MAHO and MAKEI studies on childhood germ cell tumors. Based on standardized documentation, data on epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic features, histopathological differentiation, therapy, and follow-up were evaluated. RESULTS During the study period, a gradual increase of the documentation of these rare tumors was observed. Palpable, indolent testicular swelling was the most common clinical finding. In three patients, retention of the testis was observed. Two patients showed sexual precocity, and one patient showed a 45X/46XY mosaic. Juvenile granulosa cell tumors (n = 16) and Sertoli cell tumor (n = 15) were the leading histopathological subtypes. The first were commonly diagnosed during the first weeks of life (median age: 6(0-162) days, the latter during infancy (median 7(0-14) months, P < 0.05). Other histological diagnoses included Leydig cell and Large Cell Calcifying Sertoli cell tumors (both n = 3) and not-otherwise-specified TSCSTs (n = 5), which were diagnosed during childhood and adolescence. All tumors were limited to the testis; there were no metastases. Treatment was surgical, only. After a median follow-up of 3.8 years, no relapse was observed. CONCLUSIONS Diagnosis and therapy of testicular tumors should be planned in accordance with the recommendations of the respective childhood germ cell tumor protocols. High inguinal orchiectomy is safe and constitutes definitive therapy. Diagnostic work-up and follow-up should also consider potentially associated tumor predisposition syndromes.
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- M Hofmann
- Department of Paediatric, Oncology/Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Klinik fuer Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, University of Würzburg, Klinikum Dortmund, Germany
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Wang JL, Campbell SJ, Hofmann M, Kennedy SJ, Zeng R, Md Din MF, Dou SX, Arulraj A, Stusser N. Magnetism and magnetic structures of PrMn2Ge2-xSix. J Phys Condens Matter 2013; 25:386003. [PMID: 23988490 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/38/386003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The structural and magnetic properties of seven PrMn2Ge2-xSix compounds with Si concentrations in the range x = 0.0-2.0 have been investigated by x-ray diffraction, magnetic (5-350 K), differential scanning calorimetry (300-500 K) and neutron diffraction (3-480 K) measurements. Replacement of Ge by Si leads to a contraction of the unit cell and significant modifications to the magnetic states--a crossover from ferromagnetism at room temperature for Ge-rich compounds to antiferromagnetism for Si-rich compounds. The compositional dependence of the room temperature lattice parameters exhibits non-linear behaviour around x = 1.2, reflecting the presence of magnetovolume effects. Re-entrant ferromagnetism has been observed in both PrMn2Ge1.0Si1.0 and PrMn2Ge0.8Si1.2 compounds with co-existence of canted ferromagnetism and canted antiferromagnetism detected, with both compounds exhibiting a larger unit cell volume in the canted Fmc state than in the canted AFmc. Combined with earlier studies of this system, the magnetic phase diagram has been constructed over the full range of PrMn2Ge2-xSix compositions (x = 0.0-2.0) and over the temperature range of interest (T = 3-480 K). In common with other systems in the RMn2X2 series, the overall magnetic behaviour of PrMn2Ge2-xSix compounds is governed by the strong dependence of the magnetic couplings on the Mn-Mn spacing within the ab-plane. Both total manganese moment µ(Mn)(tot) and in-plane manganese moment µ(Mn)(ab) at 5 K are found to decrease with increasing Si content, which can be ascribed to the reduction of Mn-Mn separation distance and stronger Si-Mn hybridization compared with Ge-Mn hybridization. Pr site ferromagnetic ordering occurs for x < 1.6 below T(Pr)(C).
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- J L Wang
- Bragg Institute, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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Ammar S, Buiatti A, Reents T, Dillier R, Kathan S, Hofmann M, Semmller V, Kolb C, Hessling G, Deisenhofer I. Arrhythmia recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: there is more than the pulmonary veins. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht307.p541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Tennagels N, Welte S, Hofmann M, Brenk P, Schmidt R, Werner U. Differences in metabolic and mitogenic signallingof insulin glargine and AspB10 human insulin in rats [corrected]. Diabetologia 2013; 56:1826-34. [PMID: 23653049 PMCID: PMC3699703 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-013-2923-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS In vitro, insulin glargine (A21Gly,B31Arg,B32Arg human insulin) has an insulin receptor (IR) profile similar to that of human insulin, but a slightly higher affinity for the IGF-1 receptor (IGF1R). AspB10 human insulin (AspB10), [corrected] the only insulin analogue with proven carcinogenic activity, has a greater affinity for IGF1R and IR, and a prolonged IR occupancy time. The pharmacological and signalling profile of therapeutic and suprapharmacological doses of glargine were analysed in different tissues of rats, and compared with human insulin and AspB10. METHODS Male Wistar rats were injected s.c. with human insulin or insulin analogue at doses of 1 to 200 U/kg, and the effects on blood glucose and the phosphorylation status of IR, IGF1R, Akt and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 in muscle, fat, liver and heart samples were investigated. RESULTS Glargine, AspB10 and human insulin lowered blood glucose, with the onset of action delayed with glargine. Glargine treatment resulted in phosphorylation levels of IR and Akt that were comparable with those achieved with human insulin, although delayed in time in some tissues. AspB10 treatment resulted in at least twofold higher phosphorylation levels and significantly longer duration of IR and Akt phosphorylation in most tissues. None of the insulin treatments resulted in detectable IGF1R phosphorylation in muscle or heart tissue, whereas intravenous injection of IGF-1 increased IGF1R phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The IR signalling pattern of AspB10 in vivo is distinctly different from that of human insulin and insulin glargine, and might challenge the notion that activation of IGF1R plays a role in the observed carcinogenic effect of AspB10.
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- N Tennagels
- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Meier R, Herrmann A, Hofmann M, Schmidtke B, Kresse B, Privalov AF, Kruk D, Fujara F, Rössler EA. Iso-Frictional Mass Dependence of Diffusion of Polymer Melts Revealed by 1H NMR Relaxometry. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma400881c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- R. Meier
- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt,
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt,
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- Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Warmia & Mazury in Olsztyn, 10710 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt,
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- Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Wang JL, Caron L, Campbell SJ, Kennedy SJ, Hofmann M, Cheng ZX, Din MFM, Studer AJ, Brück E, Dou SX. Driving magnetostructural transitions in layered intermetallic compounds. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:217211. [PMID: 23745927 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.217211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report the dramatic effect of applied pressure and magnetic field on the layered intermetallic compound Pr(0.5)Y(0.5)Mn(2)Ge(2). In the absence of pressure or magnetic field this compound displays interplanar ferromagnetism at room temperature and undergoes an isostructural first order magnetic transition (FOMT) to an antiferromagnetic state below 158 K, followed by another FOMT at 50 K due to the reemergence of ferromagnetism as praseodymium orders (T(C)(Pr)). The application of a magnetic field drives these two transitions towards each other, whereas the application of pressure drives them apart. Pressure also produces a giant magnetocaloric effect such that a threefold increase of the entropy change associated with the lower FOMT (at T(C)(Pr)) is seen under a pressure of 7.5 kbar. First principles calculations, using density functional theory, show that this remarkable magnetic behavior derives from the strong magnetoelastic coupling of the manganese layers in this compound.
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- J L Wang
- Institute for Superconductivity and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
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Loeblein H, Hofmann M, Dzemali O, Schurr U, Odavic D, Genoni M. On-pump beating heart versus off-pump coronary bypass surgery in high risk patients. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1332571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Grauhan O, Navasardyan A, Hofmann M, Müller P, Stein J, Hetzer R. Prevention of poststernotomy wound infections in obese patients by negative pressure wound therapy. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1332488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kumar RS, Svane A, Vaitheeswaran G, Zhang Y, Kanchana V, Hofmann M, Campbell SJ, Xiao Y, Chow P, Chen C, Zhao Y, Cornelius AL. Pressure-induced valence and structural changes in YbMn2Ge2-inelastic X-ray spectroscopy and theoretical investigations. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:832-9. [PMID: 23298404 DOI: 10.1021/ic3019698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The pressure-induced valence change of Yb in YbMn(2)Ge(2) has been studied by high pressure inelastic X-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy in the partial fluorescence yield mode up to 30 GPa. The crystal structure of YbMn(2)Ge(2) has been investigated by high pressure powder X-ray diffraction experiments up to 40 GPa. The experimental investigations have been complemented by first principles density functional theoretical calculations using the generalized gradient approximation with an evolutionary algorithm for structural determination. The Yb valence and magnetic structures have been calculated using the self-interaction corrected local spin density approximation. The X-ray emission results indicate a sharp increase of Yb valence from v = 2.42(2) to v = 2.75(3) around 1.35 GPa, and Yb reaches a near trivalent state (v = 2.95(3)) around 30 GPa. Further, a new monoclinic P1 type high pressure phase is found above 35 GPa; this structure is characterized by the Mn layer of the ambient (I4/mmm) structure transforming into a double layer. The theoretical calculations yield an effective valence of v = 2.48 at ambient pressure in agreement with experiment, although the pure trivalent state is attained theoretically at significantly higher pressures (above 40 GPa).
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- Ravhi S Kumar
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and HiPSEC, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, United States.
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Abe Y, Aberle C, dos Anjos JC, Barriere JC, Bergevin M, Bernstein A, Bezerra TJC, Bezrukhov L, Blucher E, Bowden NS, Buck C, Busenitz J, Cabrera A, Caden E, Camilleri L, Carr R, Cerrada M, Chang PJ, Chimenti P, Classen T, Collin AP, Conover E, Conrad JM, Crespo-Anadón JI, Crum K, Cucoanes A, D’Agostino MV, Damon E, Dawson JV, Dazeley S, Dietrich D, Djurcic Z, Dracos M, Durand V, Ebert J, Efremenko Y, Elnimr M, Erickson A, Etenko A, Fallot M, Fechner M, von Feilitzsch F, Felde J, Fernandes SM, Fischer V, Franco D, Franke AJ, Franke M, Furuta H, Gama R, Gil-Botella I, Giot L, Göger-Neff M, Gonzalez LFG, Goodenough L, Goodman MC, Goon JTM, Greiner D, Haag N, Habib S, Hagner C, Hara T, Hartmann FX, Haser J, Hatzikoutelis A, Hayakawa T, Hofmann M, Horton-Smith GA, Hourlier A, Ishitsuka M, Jochum J, Jollet C, Jones CL, Kaether F, Kalousis LN, Kamyshkov Y, Kaplan DM, Kawasaki T, Keefer G, Kemp E, de Kerret H, Kibe Y, Konno T, Kryn D, Kuze M, Lachenmaier T, Lane CE, Langbrandtner C, Lasserre T, Letourneau A, Lhuillier D, Lima HP, Lindner M, López-Castaño JM, LoSecco JM, Lubsandorzhiev BK, Lucht S, McKee D, Maeda J, Maesano CN, Mariani C, Maricic J, Martino J, Matsubara T, Mention G, Meregaglia A, Meyer M, Miletic T, Milincic R, Miyata H, Mueller TA, Nagasaka Y, Nakajima K, Novella P, Obolensky M, Oberauer L, Onillon A, Osborn A, Ostrovskiy I, Palomares C, Pepe IM, Perasso S, Perrin P, Pfahler P, Porta A, Potzel W, Pronost G, Reichenbacher J, Reinhold B, Remoto A, Röhling M, Roncin R, Roth S, Rybolt B, Sakamoto Y, Santorelli R, Sato F, Schönert S, Schoppmann S, Schwetz T, Shaevitz MH, Shimojima S, Shrestha D, Sida JL, Sinev V, Skorokhvatov M, Smith E, Spitz J, Stahl A, Stancu I, Stokes LFF, Strait M, Stüken A, Suekane F, Sukhotin S, Sumiyoshi T, Sun Y, Svoboda R, Terao K, Tonazzo A, Toups M, Trinh Thi HH, Valdiviesso G, Veyssiere C, Wagner S, Watanabe H, White B, Wiebusch C, Winslow L, Worcester M, Wurm M, Yermia F, Zimmer V. Direct measurement of backgrounds using reactor-off data in Double Chooz. Int J Clin Exp Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.87.011102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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