Development, evaluation, and overview of standardized training phantoms for abdominal ultrasound-guided interventions.

Purpose: Ultrasound (US) represents the primary approach for abdominal diagnosis and is regularly used to guide diagnostic and therapeutic interventions (INVUS). Due to possible serious INVUS complications, structured training concepts are required. Phantoms can facilitate teaching, but their use is currently restricted by complex manufacturing and short durability of the materials.

Evaluation of warning strategies to reduce faking during military recruitment.

The applicant faking literature suggests that faking warnings - brief messages that dissuade applicants from faking - can reduce faking on personality tests by up to 50%. However, the efficacy of warnings may be limited by their atheoretical construction. Further, these threatening messages can cause applicants to feel negatively about the personality test, potentially reducing their validity during the selection process.

Desmin enters the nucleus of cardiac stem cells and modulates Nkx2.5 expression by participating in transcription factor complexes that interact with the nkx2.5 gene.

The transcription factor Nkx2.5 and the intermediate filament protein desmin are simultaneously expressed in cardiac progenitor cells during commitment of primitive mesoderm to the cardiomyogenic lineage. Up-regulation of Nkx2.

Development of a mirror-based endoscope for divertor spectroscopy on JET with the new ITER-like wall (invited).

A new endoscope with optimised divertor view has been developed in order to survey and monitor the emission of specific impurities such as tungsten and the remaining carbon as well as beryllium in the tungsten divertor of JET after the implementation of the ITER-like wall in 2011. The endoscope is a prototype for testing an ITER relevant design concept based on reflective optics only. It may be subject to high neutron fluxes as expected in ITER.

Novel reference radiation fields for pulsed photon radiation installed at PTB.

Currently, ∼70 % of the occupationally exposed persons in Germany are working in pulsed radiation fields, mainly in the medical sector. It has been known for a few years that active electronic dosemeters exhibit considerable deficits or can even fail completely in pulsed fields. Type test requirements for dosemeters exist only for continuous radiation.

Determination of relevant parameters for the use of electronic dosemeters in pulsed fields of ionising radiation.

Active electronic dosemeters using counting techniques are used for radioprotection purposes in pulsed radiation fields in X-ray diagnostics or therapy. The disadvantage of the limited maximum measurable dose rate becomes significant in these radiation fields and leads to some negative effects. In this study, a set of relevant parameters for a dosemeter is described, which can be used to decide whether it is applicable in a given radiation field or not.

Path model analyzed with ordinary least squares multiple regression versus LISREL.

The data of a specified path model using the variables of voice, perceived organizational support, being heard, and procedural justice were subjected to the two separate structural equation modeling analytic techniques--that of ordinary least squares regression and LISREL. A comparison of the results and differences between the analyses is discussed, with the LISREL approach being stronger from both theoretical and statistical perspectives.

[Functional disturbances of the lower urinary tract following radical surgery for cervical cancer (author's transl)].

1972 to 1977 141 patients at the university department of gynecology and obstetrics in Innsbruck had radical abdominal hysterectomies according to Latzko because of carcinoma of the cervix uteri state I-IIa. 111 (78.8%) patients without recurrence of carcinoma were investigated without recurrence of carcinoma were investigated in the period of 2 to 36 months after operation in a modern urodynamic testing unit to state functional troubles of the lower urinary tract.

[Breech Presentation--a problem of prematurity? (author's transl)].

The single breech deliveries at the Universitäts-Frauenklinik Insbruck from 1973 to 1977 have been reviewed. Related to a total number of 10.693 deliveries 390 children (3.

[An epidemiological study of endometrial cancer. Controlled trial of 501 cases (author's transl)].

In a retrospective case control study, 501 cases of endometrial cancer were observed from 1955-1975 and an equal number of matched control cases were compared regarding the following parameters: obesity, hypertension, diabetes, age a menopause, parity, age at first and last delivery, age at menarche, menstrual abnormalities, history of prior endometrial biopsies, concomitant ovarian tumours, family history of cancer and history of exposure to radiation. The statistical analysis revealed significant differences regarding the incidence of obesity, hypertension, late menopause, low parity, prior endometrial biopsies and prior exposure to ionizing radiation. However, no significant difference was found between endometrial cancer patients and control patients as to the incidence of diabetes, age at menarche, age at first delivery and family history of cancer.

[Papillomatous changes in the cervix uteri].

A case of condyloma acuminatum of the uterine cervix and a case of papilloma on the cervix with concomitant adenocarcinoma of the cervix are described. The diagnostic biopsy revealed only the papillomatous lesion, whereas the adenocarcinoma was diagnosed in the surgical specimen after hysterectomy. Referring to the studies of Meisels et al.

[Diagnosis of poor intrauterine fetal growth in twin pregnancies (author's transl)].

In 11 cases both twins were of normal weight. In 7 cases one twin and in 12 cases both twins were underweighed (the growth retardation was classified according to the intrauterine growth curves after Hohenauer applicable to our area). The determination of total 24 hours urinary estrogens and serial ultrasonic measurements of biparietal diameters appeared in our study to be the best parameters for the detection of intrauterine growth retardation.

[Examination of two sampling methods (pistolet and jet washing) for endometrial tissue (author's transl)].

The Pistolet-Aspiration and Gravlee Jet-Wash Techniques were used to examine 112 patients at random and the efficacy of each technique compared. The Pistolet-Aspiration technique is more often applicable and significantly provides sufficient material for cytologic and histologic evaluation. The histologic diagnosis was compared with the histologic diagnosis of the uteri after hysterectomy in all cases.

[Vaginalcytology and late pregnancy (determination of term, fetal monitoring, correlation with hormon patterns) (author's transl)].

The "before term" pattern allows to exclude over-maturity with probability of 95--100%. The "at term" pattern lets expect spontaneous labour in next five days just so with great probability. We attribute no importance to cytology as a method of control for high risk pregnancies.

Cytology at the end of pregnancy: significance of determinations of the eosinophilic and karyopyknotic indices.

The clinical usefulness of the cytologic findings "pre-term," "at term" and "post-term" are discussed briefly. For this investigation, the eosinophilic and pyknotic indices were obtained by counting one hundred cells in each of four microscopic fields. A separation function was calculated using the eosinophilic and pyknotic indices.