[Innovative SARS-CoV-2 crisis management in the public health sector: Corona dashboard and wastewater surveillance using the example of Berchtesgadener Land, Germany].

Background: The rise of an infectious disease crisis such as the SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic posed significant challenges for the administrative structures of the public health service, which resulted in varying levels of efficiency in outbreak management as a function of staffing and digital resources. This substantially impeded the integration of innovative pandemic outbreak management tools. Innovative crisis management, such as cluster tracking, risk group testing, georeferencing, or the integration of wastewater surveillance recommended by the EU Commission, was made significantly more difficult.

Impacts of goal setting on engagement and rehabilitation outcomes following acquired brain injury: a systematic review of reviews.

Purpose: To appraise and synthesize evidence from previous systematic reviews (SRs) concerning the impacts of goal setting on engagement in the rehabilitation process and on outcomes of participation and occupational performance for individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Materials And Methods: Systematic review of SRs following the preferred reporting items for SRs and meta-analysis guidelines. Sixteen full text articles were assessed for eligibility, from which four were included in the review.

Interactions and dispersion stability of aluminum oxide colloidal particles in electroless nickel solutions in the presence of comb polyelectrolytes.

The effect of comb polyelectrolytes on the dispersion stability of colloidal alumina particles in DI water and commercial electroless nickel (EN) solutions was investigated. Adsorption of polyelectrolytes and major EN components onto colloidal alumina was assessed by TGA, chemical analysis, and zeta potential measurements. Zeta potential measurements were made during titrations of comb-polyelectrolyte-stabilized dispersions with EN solutions to full ionic strength for the first time.

PPARgamma-activating angiotensin type-1 receptor blockers induce adiponectin.

The adipose-specific protein adiponectin has been recently discovered to improve insulin sensitivity. Angiotensin type-1 receptor (AT1R) blockers (ARBs) reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by mostly unknown molecular mechanisms. To identify new antidiabetic mechanisms of ARBs, we studied the regulation of adiponectin by angiotensin II (Ang II) and different ARBs in murine 3T3-L1 adipocytes and obese Zucker rats.