Surgeons' requirements for a surgical support system to improve laparoscopic access.

Creating surgical access is a critical step in laparoscopic surgery. Surgeons have to insert a sharp instrument such as the Veress needle or a trocar into the patient's abdomen until the peritoneal cavity is reached. They solely rely on their experience and distorted tactile feedback in that process, leading to a complication rate as high as 14% of all cases.

Chemical Solution Deposition of Insulating Yttria Nanolayers as Current Flow Diverter in Superconducting GdBaCuO Coated Conductors.

The primary benefit of a metallic stabilization/shunt in high temperature superconductor (HTS) coated conductors (CCs) is to prevent joule heating damage by providing an alternative path for the current flow during the HTS normal state transition (i.e., quench).

Biosynthesis of Antibacterial Iron-Chelating Tropolones in as Response to Glycopeptide-Producing Streptomycetes.

The soil microbiome comprises numerous filamentous fungi and bacteria that mutually react and challenge each other by the production of bioactive secondary metabolites. Herein, we show in liquid co-cultures that the presence of filamentous Streptomycetes producing antifungal glycopeptide antibiotics induces the production of the antibacterial and iron-chelating tropolones anhydrosepedonin () and antibiotic C () in the mold . Additionally, the biosynthesis of the related polyketide tripyrnidone () was induced, whose novel tricyclic scaffold we elucidated by NMR and HRESIMS data.

[Options and limitations of protecting horse husbandries in times of growing wolf populations in Germany - Review of the literature and horse owner questionnaire on risk assessment].

Objective: Since 2000 the wolf population is reestablishing itself in Germany. In consequence to increasing numbers, livestock damage caused by wolves is on the rise, with horses likewise being affected. The aim of the study was to provide an overview of this challenge and its possible solutions.

[Influence of cognition on treatment outcome in geriatric patients: association between MMSE and gain in activities of daily living].

Background: Cognitive impairment or dementia influence the results of geriatric treatment. The aim of the study was to quantify this influence.

Patients And Methods: Data of 2527 patients from the years 2006 to 2009 were analysed in order to quantify the influence of cognition measured with the Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) on the improvement of activities of daily living as reflected by the Functional Independence Measure (FIM).