Customised City Maps in Mobile Applications for Senior Citizens.

Map services should be used in mobile applications for senior citizens. Do the commonly used map services meet the needs of elderly people? - Exemplarily, the contrast ratios of common maps in comparison to an optimized custom rendered map are examined in the paper.

Way-Finding Support in Public Transport Environments provided by the NAMO Mobile Travel Assistance System.

The NAMO travel assistance system is a mobile application providing support for elder travellers in public transport and on foot. The system combines technical and human support during the journey, especially in situations where many seniors experience orientation difficulties. Several approaches to way-finding and orientation support have been developed.

Better Questions, Better Answers: Structured Web Accessibility Evaluations for Non-Experts.

Large scale benchmarking of web accessibility can benefit from human input to complement results produced by automatic evaluation tools. This paper presents a novel method that enables non-experts to provide input on web accessibility. The semi-automatic approach guides the evaluators through a structured process with clear instructions.

Cyproheptadine treatment in Cushing's disease.

Cyproheptadine, a nonselective 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor blocking agent, reduces ACTH and beta-endorphin secretion from the ACTH-producing tumors. A 35-year-old female suffering from Cushing's disease due to microadenoma of the pituitary gland has been followed since the age of 15. Subtotal adrenalectomy followed by total adrenalectomy, pituitary irradiation, and transsphenoidal hypophysectomy, combined with second radiotherapy of the pituitary, were unsuccessful in achieving remission of the disease.

[Behaviour of the sella turcica in juveniles with severe iron deficiency (author's transl)].

In juvenile patients with a severe and longstanding iron deficiency disease several abnormal features such as delayed growth, retarded development and maturation are displayed. The roentgenological examination of the sella turcica in 81 patients and the determination of the sellar size in 73 cases, including 40 men and 33 women, by employing the method of Haas with a slight modification and the following comparison of the results with the values obtained by this author in normal individuals of the same sex and age revealed that in the iron deficient patients the sellar area is considerably reduced. In addition, it could be shown that in the patients the normal augmentation of the size with the advancing age is likewise diminished and comes to an early standstill.