Publications by authors named "U B Kaiser"

Electrically conductive coordination polymers (ECCPs), particularly those incorporating benzenehexathiol (BHT) ligands, are emerging as a distinctive class of electronic materials with tunable semiconducting and metallic properties. However, the exploration of novel ECCPs with low-symmetry structures and electrical anisotropy remains under development. Here, we report the on-water surface synthesis of a novel ECCP, namely Cu5BHT, which exhibits a low-symmetry structure and unique in-plane electrical anisotropy that differs from the well-known Cu3BHT phase.

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Health services research looks at a form of care under contextual conditions. Often, and especially in the treatment of recurrent or chronic pain, these forms of care are complex interventions. Ensuring internal validity for subsequent interpretability of the results achieved as an essential requirement for studies in health services research therefore presents researchers with the challenge that they have to develop complex study protocols and implement and monitor them in clinical care.

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Background And Objective: Modern ultrasound technology enables detailed tissue morphology analysis. A novel approach involves measuring viscoelasticity or viscosity. This pilot study investigates the potential of a novel high-end ultrasound system with dynamic quality indicators and the M-Ref tool.

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To evaluate the quality of care, particularly in the case of new forms of healthcare interventions, the healthcare services to be provided are defined and documented in advance. The presented explanatory sequential mixed methods design combines quantitative and qualitative data collection and the analysis enables a deeper understanding of a new healthcare intervention. Using the example of the POET-Pain project, which investigates the effect of a perioperative transitional pain service (TPS), the methodological application of the explanatory sequential mixed methods design is demonstrated in order to present the structural and process evaluation of the new healthcare intervention (in this case TPS) and to understand its influence on the quality of care.

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  • - The study explores the implementation of antibiotic stewardship (ABS) measures in Specialized Outpatient Palliative Care (SAPV) in Germany, emphasizing the need for optimizing antibiotic use among palliative patients, predominantly those with malignant diseases.
  • - Through interviews with 15 experts, the research highlights that ABS can enhance safety in antibiotic prescribing and improve patients' quality of life, although its implementation is challenging and may require additional training and support for SAPV staff.
  • - The findings suggest that while implementing ABS in SAPV is feasible, it necessitates collaboration with existing ABS teams to ensure better care for palliative patients and support for healthcare providers.
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