Publications by authors named "S Esser"
Modern tennis forehand grip style and ball contact points have evolved to enhance power and topspin. Different grip styles and ball contacts are recommended; however, little data are available to support one over another. Through a quantitative experimental study, we sought to determine which grip style and ball contact point produced the greatest forces at static contact.
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- The study analyzes the occurrence, transmission risks, and immune status related to HIV indicator conditions (HIV-ICs) among treatment-naive individuals living with HIV in Germany from 1999 to 2023.
- It includes data from 15,940 diagnoses and found that the majority of participants were male, with a notable incidence rate for syphilis (34 per 1,000 person-years) and high rates for other conditions linked to HIV.
- The findings emphasize the need for targeted screening based on HIV-ICs to identify individuals with weakened immune systems, highlighting the importance of early antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation.
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- The study focuses on improving early diagnosis of HIV among individuals with specific conditions known as indicator conditions (ICs), which are associated with higher rates of undiagnosed HIV infections.
- Using data from over 513,000 German healthcare records from 2016 to 2021, the researchers analyzed the HIV prevalence among people with 26 selected ICs, finding notable rates especially in conditions like pneumocystosis and Kaposi's sarcoma.
- The findings indicated significant gender and age disparities, revealing that while many ICs showed high HIV prevalence in younger and middle-aged adults, some female patients had lower prevalence rates in certain conditions compared to males.
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- Gracilibacteria are a group of bacteria that are part of the candidate phyla radiation (CPR), characterized by small size and incomplete metabolic pathways, indicating a potential symbiotic lifestyle, and their roles in ecosystems, especially in groundwater, are still largely unknown.
- The study utilized metagenomic and metaproteomic analyses over a 12-day period at a cold-water geyser in Germany to observe the activity and genetic expression of Gracilibacteria, identifying multiple genomes and their interactions with other microbial communities.
- The findings revealed that Gracilibacteria possess genomic traits suggesting limited metabolic functions and a reliance on host organisms for survival, as indicated by a high number of genes related to cell interaction and motility.
Background: The Andean Altiplano hosts a repertoire of high-altitude lakes with harsh conditions for life. These lakes are undergoing a process of desiccation caused by the current climate, leaving terraces exposed to extreme atmospheric conditions and serving as analogs to Martian paleolake basins. Microbiomes in Altiplano lake terraces have been poorly studied, enclosing uncultured lineages and a great opportunity to understand environmental adaptation and the limits of life on Earth.
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