BLOOM: BLoom filter based oblivious outsourced matchings.

Background: Whole genome sequencing has become fast, accurate, and cheap, paving the way towards the large-scale collection and processing of human genome data. Unfortunately, this dawning genome era does not only promise tremendous advances in biomedical research but also causes unprecedented privacy risks for the many. Handling storage and processing of large genome datasets through cloud services greatly aggravates these concerns.

[How Useful is a Geriatric Assessment Prior or Urological Surgery with Regard to Cognitive Changes?].

Objective: Detection of changes in cognition after transurethral resection (TURP) or 180-Watt green-light XPS laser treatment (GLL) of the prostate is required by the German "Krankenhausbedarfsplan" which demands an interdisciplinary dialogue including special aspects of the operating discipline. This has as yet not been investigated in Germany or in Europe.

Methods: Assessments of the cognitive capacity were made by application of the "Mini Mental State Examination" and the "Uhrentest" preoperatively and on postoperative day 2 in addition to documentation of clinical parameters such as patient age, prostate size, duration of surgery, comorbidities, co-medication, changes in haemoglobin and sodium.

[Potential cognitive alterations after treatment of benign prostate syndrome. Investigations on transurethral electroresection and 180 W GreenLight XPS laser therapy].

Objective: The study was carried out to detect possible changes in cognition after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and 180 W GreenLight-XPS laser treatment of the prostate.

Methods: Cognitive capacity was assessed by the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and the clock test preoperatively and on postoperative day 2 in addition to documentation of clinical parameters, such as patient age, prostate size, duration of surgery, comorbidities, co-medications and alterations in hemoglobin (Hb) and sodium concentrations.

Results: Patients treated with TURP (n = 88) and 180 W GreenLight-XPS laser treatment of the prostate (n = 114) were comparable regarding age, prostate size and duration of surgery.

Studies of echovirus-12 in volunteers: determination of minimal infectious dose and the effect of previous infection on infectious dose.

A two-part study of echovirus-12 was done in volunteers. In the first part the human infectious dose of the virus was determined in 149 healthy adults with undetectable serum antibody, each of whom drank 0-330,000 plaque-forming units (pfu) of virus in 100 ml of nonchlorinated water. Infection was defined as fecal shedding of virus or significant (fourfold or greater) increases in serum antibody titer.