Publications by authors named "G Schmierer"

This clinical case report demonstrates the successful application of hypnosis in an anxious four-year-old boy in whom two primary molars were treated with a composite filling. The almost 16-minute pediatric dental treatment was performed without complications and without interruptions. It could be shown that hypnosis can be used for the pediatric dental treatment of decayed primary tooth lesions.

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The exterior design is one of the most important selling propositions in the automotive premium market. Because of progressing digitization in the automotive industry, it is increasingly assessed using virtual 3D models. In this context, Virtual Reality (VR) is a key technology of continuously growing importance.

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The effects of ceruletide on jejunal motility and experimentally induced pain were studied in 16 healthy men, who participated each in four experiments and received in random double blind fashion 5, 10, or 20 micrograms ceruletide intramuscularly or placebo. Jejunal pressures were recorded by three perfused catheters with orifices between 10 and 20 cm aboral of the ligament of Treitz. Ceruletide dose dependently diminished phase I and increased phase II type activity and tended to reduce the number, but not the duration, of activity fronts.

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Cyclotropium bromide, a new antimuscarinic agent, inhibits gastrointestinal motility in animals at lower doses than those required to inhibit gastric acid secretion and salivation. In man, cyclotropium bromide suppresses fasting and meal stimulated colonic motility. This study investigated the effects of single oral doses of 60 mg cyclotropium bromide, 60 mg hyoscine N-butylbromide and placebo on gastric emptying and on antral motor activity.

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