Artiflex Toric foldable phakic intraocular lens: short-term results of a prospective European multicenter study.

Purpose: To evaluate the short-term efficacy, predictability, stability, and safety of the foldable Artiflex Toric phakic intraocular lens (pIOL; Ophtec) for the correction of myopia with astigmatism.

Design: Prospective, nonrandomized multicenter study.

Methods: One hundred fifteen eyes of 73 patients were implanted with an Artiflex Toric pIOL.

New, rare and remarkable records of microfungi from the Slovakian Republic.

During an excursion to the Slovakian Republic (lower and upper Tatra) of the Botanical Institute of the University of Essen in 2004 we were able to collect about 150 species of microfungi as parasites or saprophytes on cultivated crops and wild plants. Some of them are new for the entire world and a few of them are new for the Slovakian Republic, e.g: Ramularia liliicola N.

New and remarkable microfungi in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.

During our investigation on microfungi in North Rhine Westphalia in the years 2002 and 2003 we were able to collect and identify some new and rare species of microfungi as parasites and saprophytes on wild and ornamental plants. Some of these like Erysiphe elevata (BURILL.) U.

New, rare or remarkable microfungi in the Italian Alps (Carnic Alps)--part II--other microfungi.

In addition to the collection of Ascomycotina in the Carnic Alps (see New, rare or remarkable microfungi in the Italian Alps (Carnic Alps) part I ) we were able to treasure about 300 species of parasitic and saprophytic microfungi. Among them Basidiomycetes, Ascomycetes and Deuteromycets like Bostrichonema polygoni (UNGER) SCHROT. on Polygonum viviparum L.

New, rare or remarkable microfungi in the Italian Alps (Carnic Alps)--part I--ascomycotina.

During our observations in the SE part of the Carnic Alps in the year 2003 we were able to collect and identify 35 ascomycetes on trees and dead wood. Among these one can find numerous ascomycetes of different orders e.g.