Publications by authors named "M Gottschall"

Background: The coronavirus pandemic poses many challenges for medical personnel. During the first phase of the pandemic, psychological stress became increasingly apparent. This was a complex and difficult situation, especially for physician residents specializing in family practice (GP trainees), who were not yet able to draw on years of practical experience.

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  • Current methods for diagnosing central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology and flow cytometry are often inadequate, as these conditions can resemble infections or autoimmune diseases.
  • The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for identifying aneuploidy in challenging cases of CNS malignant tumors.
  • Two case-control studies at UCSF included a total of 130 participants, assessing mNGS performance compared to traditional testing, and sought to determine the sensitivity and specificity of detecting chromosomal abnormalities in patients with suspected neuroinflammatory conditions that turned out to be neoplasms.
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  • Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of body fluids is a new method aimed at detecting hidden infections and potential cancerous tumors in patients who remain undiagnosed.
  • The study analyzed samples from two groups totaling 205 patients, comparing those diagnosed with malignancies and those with infections to assess the test's effectiveness in detecting cancer.
  • The findings revealed that the test had a high sensitivity of 87% for confirmed malignancies and 100% specificity, showcasing its potential to identify cancer using the same test used for infectious disease diagnosis.
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A measurement of the double-polarization observable for the reaction is reported. The data were taken with the CBELSA/TAPS experiment at the ELSA facility in Bonn using the Bonn frozen-spin butanol (C H OH) target, which provided longitudinally-polarized protons. Circularly-polarized photons were produced via bremsstrahlung of longitudinally-polarized electrons.

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Data on the beam asymmetry Σ in the photoproduction of η mesons off protons are reported for tagged photon energies from 1130 to 1790 MeV (mass range from W=1748  MeV to W=2045  MeV). The data cover the full solid angle that allows for a precise moment analysis. For the first time, a strong cusp effect in a polarization observable has been observed that is an effect of a branch-point singularity at the pη^{'} threshold [E_{γ}=1447  MeV (W=1896  MeV)].

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