Publications by authors named "U Frost"

Anthropogenically released CO accumulates in the global carbon cycle and is anticipated to imbalance global carbon fluxes [1]. For example, increased atmospheric CO induces a net air-to-sea flux where the oceans take up large amounts of atmospheric CO (i.e.

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  • The study compared cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating bulimia nervosa in female adolescents, involving 81 participants over an average of 36.6 sessions.
  • Remission rates showed no significant difference: 33.3% for CBT and 31.0% for PDT, with slight improvements observed in secondary measures for both therapies.
  • Overall, both CBT and PDT were effective for recovery, with some minor advantages for CBT in binge eating and purging, and for PDT in eating concerns.
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Although the human bocavirus (HBoV) is known since a decade, limited information about its pathogenesis is available due to the lack of an animal model. Thus, clinical cases and studies are the major source of novel information about the course of infection and the related pathophysiology.In this context, a clinical case of an adult patient suffering from severe HBoV-pneumonia is described that was associated with loss of consciousness followed by acute rib fracture and subsequent neurological disorder.

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Background: The aim of this study was to develop a valid tool for internal process analysis of stroke management in order to identify possible improvements.

Method: 939 stroke patients were classified into DRG diagnoses. Specific parameters known to influence the length of stay were analysed.

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The reliability of the meanwhile widely used Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics in childhood and adolescence (OPD-CA) is only rarely examined. By means of audiovisual recordings of OPD-CA-interviews with 39 adolescents in the context of a randomized-controlled psychotherapy study for the treatment female adolescents with bulimia nervosa and atypical bulimia nervosa the reliability of the axis conflict and the axis structure were examined. This was carried out by the calculation of Intraklassen-correlations of three raters.

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