[Onboarding of young professionals in the intensive care unit : Nationwide online survey by young DIVI - an initiative of the German interdisciplinary association for intensive and emergency medicine (DIVI)].

Background: Onboarding of junior staff in the intensive care unit is vital to ensure high-quality critical care treatment. This process depends on beginner's training.

Aim: We aimed to determine structure and duration of intensive care onboarding and the job satisfaction of junior professionals in German intensive care units.

Development of a standard set of microsatellite reference alleles for identification of grape cultivars.

In order to investigate the comparability of microsatellite profiles obtained in different laboratories, ten partners in seven countries analyzed 46 grape cultivars at six loci (VVMD5, VVMD7, VVMD27, VVS2, VrZAG62, and VrZAG79). No effort was made to standardize equipment or protocols. Although some partners obtained very similar results, in other cases different absolute allele sizes and, sometimes, different relative allele sizes were obtained.

Benzoylalanine-derived ketoamides carrying vinylbenzyl amino residues: discovery of potent water-soluble calpain inhibitors with oral bioavailability.

Novel benzoylalanine-derived ketoamides were prepared and evaluated for calpain I inhibition. Derivatives carrying vinylbenzyl amino residues in the P(2)-P(3) region inhibited calpain in nanomolar concentrations and thus represent a novel class of nonpeptidic calpain inhibitors. Selected examples exhibited an improved pharmacokinetic profile including improved water-solubility and metabolic stability.

Pyrrolylquinoxalinediones carrying a piperazine residue represent highly potent and selective ligands to the homomeric kainate receptor GluR5.

Pyrrolylquinoxalinediones carrying aminoalkyl residues were evaluated for affinity to the recombinant, homomeric kainate receptors GluR5, GluR6 and GluR7. Most derivatives preferred binding to GluR5. In particular, the piperazine 6e represents a highly potent and selective antagonist to GluR5.