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Liebrich M, Schlereth S, Roser D, Strauss H, Merk DR, Hupp T, Doll N, Voth V, Hemmer W. Hans Georg Borst Preis: Midterm Results with the Frozen-Elephant Trunk Technique (E-vita Open) in Thoracic Aortic Disease: A Single-Center Experience in 199 Patients. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1705463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Strauss H, Zaret B, Pieri P, Lahiri A. Studies on the velocity of blood flow. J Nucl Cardiol 2018; 25:12-13. [PMID: 29214610 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-1130-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- H Strauss
- Nuclear Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
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- Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Clinical Imaging and Research Centre, Wellington Hospital, London, UK
- British Cardiac Research Trust, London, UK
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Eickmann B, Thorseth IH, Peters M, Strauss H, Bröcker M, Pedersen RB. Barite in hydrothermal environments as a recorder of subseafloor processes: a multiple-isotope study from the Loki's Castle vent field. Geobiology 2014; 12:308-321. [PMID: 24725254 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12086] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Barite chimneys are known to form in hydrothermal systems where barium-enriched fluids generated by leaching of the oceanic basement are discharged and react with seawater sulfate. They also form at cold seeps along continental margins, where marine (or pelagic) barite in the sediments is remobilized because of subseafloor microbial sulfate reduction. We test the possibility of using multiple sulfur isotopes (δ34S, Δ33S, ∆36S) of barite to identify microbial sulfate reduction in a hydrothermal system. In addition to multiple sulfur isotopes, we present oxygen (δ18O) and strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotopes for one of numerous barite chimneys in a low-temperature (~20 °C) venting area of the Loki's Castle black smoker field at the ultraslow-spreading Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR). The chemistry of the venting fluids in the barite field identifies a contribution of at least 10% of high-temperature black smoker fluid, which is corroborated by 87Sr/86 Sr ratios in the barite chimney that are less radiogenic than in seawater. In contrast, oxygen and multiple sulfur isotopes indicate that the fluid from which the barite precipitated contained residual sulfate that was affected by microbial sulfate reduction. A sulfate reduction zone at this site is further supported by the multiple sulfur isotopic composition of framboidal pyrite in the flow channel of the barite chimney and in the hydrothermal sediments in the barite field, as well as by low SO4 and elevated H2S concentrations in the venting fluids compared with conservative mixing values. We suggest that the mixing of ascending H2- and CH4-rich high-temperature fluids with percolating seawater fuels microbial sulfate reduction, which is subsequently recorded by barite formed at the seafloor in areas where the flow rate is sufficient. Thus, low-temperature precipitates in hydrothermal systems are promising sites to explore the interactions between the geosphere and biosphere in order to evaluate the microbial impact on these systems.
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- B Eickmann
- Department of Earth Science, Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Liebrich M, Roser D, Maletskidis C, Walle U, Czesla M, Strauss H, Tzanavaros I, Weimar T, Doll KN, Hemmer W. Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1367280] [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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Perner M, Hansen M, Seifert R, Strauss H, Koschinsky A, Petersen S. Linking geology, fluid chemistry, and microbial activity of basalt- and ultramafic-hosted deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments. Geobiology 2013; 11:340-355. [PMID: 23647923 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Hydrothermal fluids passing through basaltic rocks along mid-ocean ridges are known to be enriched in sulfide, while those circulating through ultramafic mantle rocks are typically elevated in hydrogen. Therefore, it has been estimated that the maximum energy in basalt-hosted systems is available through sulfide oxidation and in ultramafic-hosted systems through hydrogen oxidation. Furthermore, thermodynamic models suggest that the greatest biomass potential arises from sulfide oxidation in basalt-hosted and from hydrogen oxidation in ultramafic-hosted systems. We tested these predictions by measuring biological sulfide and hydrogen removal and subsequent autotrophic CO2 fixation in chemically distinct hydrothermal fluids from basalt-hosted and ultramafic-hosted vents. We found a large potential of microbial hydrogen oxidation in naturally hydrogen-rich (ultramafic-hosted) but also in naturally hydrogen-poor (basalt-hosted) hydrothermal fluids. Moreover, hydrogen oxidation-based primary production proved to be highly attractive under our incubation conditions regardless whether hydrothermal fluids from ultramafic-hosted or basalt-hosted sites were used. Site-specific hydrogen and sulfide availability alone did not appear to determine whether hydrogen or sulfide oxidation provides the energy for primary production by the free-living microbes in the tested hydrothermal fluids. This suggests that more complex features (e.g., a combination of oxygen, temperature, biological interactions) may play a role for determining which energy source is preferably used in chemically distinct hydrothermal vent biotopes.
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- Molecular Biology of Microbial Consortia, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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Strauss H. [Diagnosis and internal medicine therapy of duodenal ulcer. H. Strauss. 1913]. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes 2013; 107:418-420. [PMID: 24205513 DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2013.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Cohen O, Zangen A, Amiaz R, Yahalom G, Nitsan Z, Ephraty L, Orlev Y, Kozlova E, Strauss H, Hassin-Baer S. 2.294 LOW FREQUENCY REPETITIVE DEEP TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION IMPROVES MOTOR PERFORMANCE IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(11)70617-4] [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: 10/14/2022]
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Yahalom G, Kaplan N, Vituri A, Cohen O, Inzelberg R, Strauss H, Kozlova E, Orlev Y, Korczyn A, Rosset S, Hassin-Baer S. 3.049 LEVODOPA-INDUCED DYSKINESIA IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE PATIENTS CARRYING THE LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT KINASE 2 (LRRK2) G2019S MUTATION. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(11)70785-4] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Bedda W, Hemmer W, Schantz HE, Strauss H, Paula J, Doll N. A case of autograft endocarditis after Ross procedure, operate or not to operate? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1269381] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Strauss H. Ueber Indikationen und Kontraindikationen der Sigmoskopie1). Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1201866] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Strauss H. Zur Funktionsprüfung der Leber1). Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1128723] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Emons G, Guenthert A, Thiel F, Camara O, Strauss H, Breitbach G, Koelbl H, Reimer T, Finas D, Rensing K. Results from a phase II study to assess the efficacy and tolerability of fulvestrant 250 mg/month as treatment of recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.5532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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5532 Background: Fulvestrant (F) is a pure anti-estrogen with no agonistic action and no known adverse effects on the endometrium. This may be an advantage over tamoxifen, which has been successfully used in the treatment of hormone-receptor (HR) positive recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma. Methods: This was an open label single-arm multicentre phase II study (AGO-Uterus 5) in patients with recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma and measurable disease (RECIST). Pts. received monthly 250 mg F i.m. injections. The primary objective was clinical response after 3 injections, measured 4 weeks after injection 3 (ITT-pop.). Safety and tolerability were secondary endpoints. Results: Between March 2003 and May 2006, 35 pts. were included. Mean age was 70 years (range 45–83), first diagnosis was a mean 2.6 years ago, diagnosis of recurrence 10.2 months ago. 25 pts. (73.5%) had a FIGO 4B; 24 pts. (71%) had endometrioid cancer, 5 (15%) serous and 5 other carcinoma. All pts. had a positive ER and/or PgR status. 1 pt. had received no surgery for her disease; 21 pts. (61.8%) had prior radiotherapy; 13 pts. (38.2%) chemotherapy. 26 pts. were assessed as planned (ITT); 5 pts. received fewer than 3 injections, 4 pts. were not seen 4 weeks after inj. 3. Response to F was PR in 5 pts. (19.2%) and SD in 8 pts. (30.8%), adding up to a 50% disease control rate. 13 pts. had PD. Tolerability was good, no previously unknown side effects occurred. Conclusions: F showed encouraging response rates in our patient collective and was well tolerated. Further studies are warranted with F in HR pos. endometrial carcinoma. This study was supported by AstraZeneca. F is licensed for treatment of ER+, advanced breast cancer after an antioestrogen in postmenopausal women. [Table: see text]
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- G. Emons
- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- George August University, Goettingen, Germany; University Hospitals Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Städisches Klinikum Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany; Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; University Women's Hospital, Rostock, Germany; University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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BACKGROUND Currently valid DIN regulations concerning the emergency equipment in physician-staffed rescue vehicles are not well defined for every single item. This leads to variations in the equipment in different ambulances. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the differences with some exemplary equipment purchases. METHODS All 218 physician-staffed rescue vehicles in Bavaria received a questionnaire asking for current emergency medical equipment and planned items. RESULTS A reply was received from 177 of the 218 bases (81%). The main results were that 88% of all bases had a 12-lead ECG, a portable emergency ventilator was available at 93% of all bases, 77% had alternative airway management devices (set for emergency coniotomy 71%, laryngeal mask 26%), expiratory CO(2 )measuring was available at 32% and 31 bases (18%) had fibrinolytic drugs in the emergency vehicles. CONCLUSIONS There are vast differences among the emergency physician-staffed ambulances concerning the equipment which means that medical treatment according to current recommendations is not always possible at all bases.
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054 Erlangen.
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Strauss H, Homri W, Houenou J. Pisa syndrome during risperidone treatment: Review and case report. Eur Psychiatry 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.01.552] [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: 10/23/2022] Open
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- U. Schwanke
- a Institut für Experimentelle Chirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität , Düsseldorf
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- b Institut für Geologie, Ruhr-Universität , Bochum
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- a Institut für Experimentelle Chirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität , Düsseldorf
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- a Institut für Experimentelle Chirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität , Düsseldorf
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Kukhtina V, Kottwitz D, Strauss H, Heise B, Chebotareva N, Tsetlin V, Hucho F. Intracellular domain of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: the importance of being unfolded. J Neurochem 2006; 97 Suppl 1:63-7. [PMID: 16635251 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03468.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bioinformatics methods with subsequent verification by experimental data were applied to the structural investigation of the intracellular loop of the delta-subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Three complementary methods were used: prediction of secondary structure elements, prediction of ordered/disordered protein regions and prediction of short functional binding motifs. The output of five different algorithms was used for the secondary structure construction. Most of the intracellular domain is predicted to be unfolded. The predictions correlate well with the experimental data of limited proteolysis and NMR performed on the mostly monomeric fraction of heterologously expressed Torpedo intracellular domain protein. Twelve functional binding motifs within the disordered regions of the nAChR intracellular domain are predicted. Identification of proteins that interact with the intracellular domain will provide a better understanding of protein-protein interactions involved in nAChR assembly, trafficking and clustering.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Strauss H. [Oxygen treatment. 1904]. Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich 2004; 98:528-9. [PMID: 15527197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Detmers J, Strauss H, Schulte U, Bergmann A, Knittel K, Kuever J. FISH shows that Desulfotomaculum spp. are the dominating sulfate-reducing bacteria in a pristine aquifer. Microb Ecol 2004; 47:236-242. [PMID: 15085304 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-004-9952-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2003] [Accepted: 07/10/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The hydrochemistry and the microbial diversity of a pristine aquifer system near Garzweiler, Germany, were characterized. Hydrogeochemical and isotopic data indicate a recent activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the Tertiary marine sands. The community structure in the aquifer was studied by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Up to 7.3 x 10(5) cells/mL were detected by DAPI-staining. Bacteria (identified by the probe EUB338) were dominant, representing 51.9% of the total cell number (DAPI). Another 25.7% of total cell were affiliated with the domain Archaea as identified by the probe ARCH915. Within the domain Bacteria, the beta-Proteobacteria were most abundant (21.0% of total cell counts). Using genus-specific probes for sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), 2.5% of the total cells were identified as members of the genus Desulfotomaculum. This reflects the predominant role these microorganisms have been found to play in sulfate-reducing zones of aquifers at other sites. Previously, all SRB cultured from this site were from the spore-forming genera Desulfotomaculum and Desulfosporosinus.
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- Department of Microbiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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Detmers J, Schulte U, Strauss H, Kuever J. Sulfate Reduction at a Lignite Seam: Microbial Abundance and Activity. Microb Ecol 2001; 42:238-247. [PMID: 12024249 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-001-1014-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2000] [Accepted: 03/30/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In a combined isotope geochemical and microbiological investigation, a setting of multiple aquifers was characterized. Biologically mediated redox processes were observed in the aquifers situated in marine sands of Tertiary age and overlying Quaternary gravel deposits. Intercalated lignite seams define the aquitards, which separate the aquifers. Bacterial oxidation of organic matter is evident from dissolved inorganic carbon characterized by average carbon isotope values between ?18.4 per thousand and ?15.7 per thousand (PDB). Strongly positive sulfur isotope values of up to +50 per thousand (CTD) for residual sulfate indicate sulfate reduction under closed system conditions with respect to sulfate availability. Both, hydrochemical and isotope data are thus consistent with the recent activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). Microbiological investigations revealed the presence of an anaerobic food chain in the aquifers. Most-probable-number (MPN) determinations for SRB and fermenting microorganisms reached highest values at the interface between aquifer and lignite seam (1.5 x 103 cells/g sediment dry mass). Five strains of SRB were isolated from highest MPN dilutions. Spore-forming bacteria appeared to dominate the SRB population. Sulfate reduction rates were determined by the 35S-radiotracer method. A detailed assessment indicates an increase in the reduction rate in proximity to the lignite seam, with a maximum turnover of 8.4 mM sulfate/a, suggesting that lignite-drived compounds represent the substrate for sulfate reduction.
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- Department of Microbiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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Schwanke U, Strauss H, Arnold G, Schipke JD. Analysis of respiratory water--a new method for evaluation of myocardial energy metabolism. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1996; 81:2115-22. [PMID: 8941536 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.5.2115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Aerobic ATP synthesis via oxidative phosphorylation causes a proportional production of respiratory water. Thus the amount of respiratory water produced at a given time should be a reliable measure of the current ATP demand of the mammalian myocardium. Respiratory water from isolated rabbit hearts was labeled by using the stable oxygen isotope 18O. The hearts were perfused according to the method of Langendorff (O. Langendorff. Pfluegers Arch. 61: 291-332, 1895) with 18O2-equilibrated Krebs-Henseleit solution. Control hearts were exclusively perfused with carbogen-equilibrated Krebs-Henseleit solution. Myocardial tissue was then lyophilized; the extracted water and samples from the coronary venous effluent were converted to CO2 by using the guanidine hydrochloride technique. The delta 18O values within the CO2 samples were determined by mass spectrometry and related to the standard mean ocean water (SMOW) scale. Compared with control hearts, the 18O-labeled hearts exhibited a significant increase of delta 18O values from tissue water (-47.50 +/- 0.64 vs. -40.35 +/- 2.05% SMOW; P < 0.05). The values were also significantly increased in the coronary venous effluent after a perfusion time of only 50 s (-47.50 +/- 0.64 vs. -43.66 +/- 0.91% SMOW; P < 0.05). Thus this first adaptation of the guanidine hydrochloride technique on microliter samples of myocardial tissue water and coronary venous effluent demonstrates that this method can be used to evaluate both respiratory activity and the kinetics of cardiac metabolic processes.
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- U Schwanke
- Institute of Experimental Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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The relationship between maternal physical and social contact styles and infant attachment behavior under stress and nonstress conditions was studied at 2 different age points during the 1st year of life. The infants (29 girls and 15 boys) and their mothers were observed in their homes at 4 and 7 months of age. Maternal physical and social contact behaviors during an unstructured observation were rated on the Clarke-Stewart Rating Scales. Infant attachment behaviors in semistructured interactions with their mothers and with a stranger were rated on the Attachment Indicators Rating Scale. Scores on all attachment behaviors were subjected to a principal-axes factor analysis with varimax rotation, and one-way analyses of variance were conducted to assess effects of maternal social and physical contact at 4 and 7 months. A significant link was found between maternal physical contact at 4 months and the infant's attachment behavior under conditions of stress and play at both 4 and 7 months. Maternal social contact at 4 months was linked to attachment behavior in play situations, but not in stress situations. By the age of 7 months, the infants' attachment behavior under both stress and play conditions was linked to concurrent social and physical maternal contact. Maternal physical and social contacts at 4 and 7 months were linked to concurrent infant proximal attachment behavior, but such contacts at 4 months were not predictive of later infant proximal behaviors. These findings suggest that the relationship between the intensity and style of maternal contact and infant attachment behavior varies with age.
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- S Lowinger
- Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Nordentoft M, Hasselbalch E, Baekgård R, Strauss H, Gjerris A. [User evaluation of a psychiatric day center]. Ugeskr Laeger 1994; 156:6694-9. [PMID: 7839484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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When community mental health centres were introduced in Copenhagen, day centres were attached to them. With the purpose of highlighting users' perspective in psychiatry, 48 patients in a psychiatric day centre were included in the study one year after the opening of the day centre. User satisfaction was investigated by means of a questionnaire, which was completed by the patient, while information on other aspects of the patients' lives was gathered from interviews with the patients and from case-records. The users of psychiatric day centres were mostly schizophrenic patients. The average number of years since first contact with psychiatric services was 12. In comparison with an age and sex-matched population in Copenhagen, patients were more isolated. There was a insignificant tendency towards use of psychiatric bed capacity decreasing from the one year period before the opening of the day centre to the one year period after. The users were very satisfied with the treatment in the day centre. The majority expressed that they trusted the staff, and that they believed that the treatment in the centre had affected their situation in a positive way. It is concluded that psychiatric day centres are useful and should form a part of psychiatric services.
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- M Nordentoft
- Distriktspsykiatrisk Center, Bispebjerg Hospital, København
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Schmitt H, Schild A, Strauss H. Transcutaneous PO2-monitoring in children during coarctation repair. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/1053-0770(94)90455-3] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Anderson E, Deisler PF, McCallum D, Hilaire CS, Spitzer HL, Strauss H, Wilson JD, Zimmerman R. Key issues in carcinogen risk assessment guidelines, Society for Risk Analysis. Risk Anal 1993; 13:379-382. [PMID: 8234945 DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb00737.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The oxidation of the Earth's crust and the increase in atmospheric oxygen early in Earth history have been linked to the accumulation of reduced carbon in sedimentary rocks. Trends in the carbon isotope composition of sedimentary organic carbon and carbonate show that during the Proterozoic aeon (2.5-0.54 Gyr ago) the organic carbon reservoir grew in size, relative to the carbonate reservoir. This increase, and the concomitant release of oxidizing power in the environment, occurred mostly during episodes of global rifting and orogeny.
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- D J Des Marais
- NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035
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Potter GK, Strauss H, Potter RC. Delayed appearance of metastatic renal cell carcinoma subcutaneously in the left fifth toe after ipsilateral nephrectomy. J Foot Surg 1991; 30:147-50. [PMID: 1865066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Pedal metastases from visceral cancers, while rare, constitute a consideration in the presence of an otherwise unexplained mass in the skin, subcutis, or bones of the foot. Metastatic lesions may be presenting signs of visceral malignant tumors, or may remain occult for years after extirpation of the primary visceral lesion. The presented case depicts sudden activation and growth of an occult renal cell carcinoma metastasis in the subcutaneous tissue of a 69-year-old man's left fifth toe, 10 years after ipsilateral nephrectomy. Cytogenetic studies correlate with tumor histologic patterns and help to predict heritability, uni- or bilaterality, and local and systemic biologic behavior of renal cell carcinoma, thereby aiding in prognosis and treatment planning.
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Malcolm N, Callegari P, Goldberg J, Strauss H, Caillé G, Vézina M, Spénard J. Massive diltiazem overdosage: clinical and pharmacokinetic observations. Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1986; 20:888. [PMID: 3780429 DOI: 10.1177/106002808602001119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Pratt CM, Gibson R, Boden W, Theroux P, Strauss H, Gheorghiade M, Capone R, Crawford M, Schlant R, Arensberg D. Design of a multicenter, double-blind study to assess the effects of prophylactic diltiazem on early reinfarction after non-Q-wave acute myocardial infarction: diltiazem reinfarction study. Am J Cardiol 1986; 58:906-10. [PMID: 3535473 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(86)80008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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This protocol describes the design of an international study to examine the potential prophylactic effect of 14 days of diltiazem therapy to prevent early reinfarction in patients initially presenting with non-Q-wave acute myocardial infarction. Reinfarction was defined by the detection of a secondary elevation of plasma MB-creatine kinase. The results of clinical trials, instrumental in this protocol design, that established the increased propensity for early reinfarction after initial non-Q-wave infarction are described and the implications of the present study are discussed.
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The Goldstein-Scheerer Cube Test was analyzed within a developmental frame of reference because Goldstein and Scheerer's criteria of pathological thought processes were found to be parallel to stages of development in concept formation. In addition to accuracy of the reproduction, the shape of the design frame and any rotations also were studied. Hypotheses were that the younger the subjects, the more global and diffuse their reproduction, while with increasing age the designs would be more accurate. A developmental gradient was suggested on a priori theoretical considerations. Thus, a gradient that consisted of three stages of perceptual matching, superceded by five stages of abstract analysis of the design, was envisaged. With regard to the frame and position of the reproduction, the breaking up of the square frame was considered most regressive. Among the rotations, those of 90%-180% were seen as more regressive than those of 45%; distinctions were made according to the causes of the rotations. The test was administered to samples of children aged 5, 7, 9, and 11 years, respectively (N = 171). The hypotheses generally were supported. The stages of the gradient of the configuration of the pattern showed very high scalability. The ranking among the shape of the frame of the copies and the various rotations of the copies relative to the design were supported. The 5-year-olds were significantly different from the three older age groups, as predicted. The results indicate a regressive hierarchy among faulty reactions to the Cube Test.
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Strauss H, Hattis D, Page G, Harrison K, Vogel S, Caldart C. Genetically-engineered microorganisms: I. Identification, classification, and strain history. Recomb DNA Tech Bull 1986; 9:1-15. [PMID: 3517974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We have argued that accurate identification of the microorganism will form a cornerstone of the assessment of potential hazard. Appropriate methodology for identification exists, and is continually under development and refinement. Organizations such as the American Type Culture Collection will perform certified identifications for relatively low cost. Thus there appears to be little reason that an organism should not be identified insofar as current microbiology allows prior to submission for PMN review. We suggest that a complete microbiological characterization be considered an essential element of an acceptable PMN. To accomplish this, however, current institutional arrangements for the protection of trade secret information needed in the process of identification may need to be improved. An accurate identification of the strain will often provide access to important information with which to evaluate its ecology, pathogenicity, biochemistry, and genetics. Specialized texts, the scientific literature, and professional consultation are ready sources of such information. However, a major effort should be made to establish a data base that can specifically address the needs of biohazard evaluation. This could be done, in part, by collecting information about the construction, and about the behavior in the environment of genetically-engineered microorganisms that are now under development and will soon be tested or used. Identification information may also eventually be useful for the formulation of hypotheses about possible modes of harm or about relative safety, based on phylogenetic relationships. This is a very difficult undertaking at present, however. Microbial taxonomy is currently in a process of radical reevaluation as new macromolecular sequence information reveals previously unsuspected phylogenetic relationships, and disturbs categorizations based on older types of traits such as morphology, etc. This means that both inferences about relative safety and about possible modes of harm from taxonomic relationships must be highly tentative based on current information. Regulatory authorities may wish to consider requesting confirmatory DNA hybridization data or other macromolecular sequence comparisons in cases where strong arguments related to safety must be made from taxonomic information in relatively poorly studied groups of organisms. Detailed strain histories would provide valuable information for safety evaluations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Hauner H, Strauss H, Pfeiffer EF. Synthetic human growth hormone releasing factor 1-44 (GRF) stimulates glucose transport in isolated rat adipocytes. Horm Metab Res 1985; 17:620-1. [PMID: 3935559 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The protein products of three adjacent P22 genes, 4, 10 and 26, are required for the stabilization of DNA newly packaged into P22 phage capsids. We have isolated unstable DNA containing capsids from cells infected with mutants defective in these genes. All three classes could be converted into mature phage in vitro, confirming that they represent intermediates in particle maturation. The first of the three proteins to add to the newly filled capsids is gp4, followed by gp10 and gp26. The active form of gp4 sediments at 3 S, while the active forms of both gp10 and gp26 sediment at 5 S. These soluble subunits appear to polymerize onto the newly filled capsids to form the neck of the mature phage, the channel for DNA injection. Since gp4 is the first protein to act after DNA packaging, the unstable DNA containing capsids from 4- -infected cells must represent the direct product of the packaging of DNA into procapsids. The major fraction of these capsids lost activity with a half-life of 1.1 minutes at 23 degrees C, though they were much more stable at 0 degree C. Electron microscopic observations indicated that the loss of activity was due to the DNA exiting from the incomplete capsids. The marginal stability of the condensed DNA molecules within capsids is consistent with models of ATP-driven condensation and spontaneous DNA ejection. The basis of the stability of these highly condensed molecules remains to be determined.
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Mühlenbruch B, Strauss H, Glaubitz H. [Investigations in Bioavailability of resinates as peroral retard drug dosage forms. Part 1: Pharmaceutical availability of dihydrocodein-resinates (author's transl)]. Pharmazie 1982; 37:200-3. [PMID: 7100242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The dissolution rate constants of dihydrocodein in two retard drug dosage forms based on synthetic ion exchange resin were determined with four dissolution methods. The usage of the flow cell, rotationsdisk method and half-change method with a new dissolution model gave comparable results. Using the paddle apparatus the dissolution is very quick. There is only a small influence on the dissolution rate by the pH. A higher ionic strength of the dissolution medium increases the dissolution rate.
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