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Transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – Is it time to say good-bye?
2010
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for the closure of classic and occult subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and to discuss whether TTT is a useful treatment modality for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Materials and methods The present paper is a retrospective review of the clinical results from a patient group which was treated with TTT in the University Eye Clinic in Mainz. From January 2000 to December 2002, a total of 20 eyes of 20 patients with subfoveal CNV (due to AMD in 16 eyes, due to pathologic myopia in 4 eyes) received TTT. The procedure was delivered using an infrared diode laser at 810 nm, equipped with a modi…
Proclear EP vs placebo: visual outcomes and symptoms of asthenopia in nonpresbyopes and early presbyopes
2011
Purpose: Over the past 20 years, many studies have reported the success of multifocal contact lenses (MFCLs) compared to monovision (MV), with only partial success being reported for MFCLs. Chronologically it appears there has been a gradual improvement in the performance of MFCLs. This study investigated whether this change in success is reflected in clinical practice. Method: Lens fit data collected from 2005 to 2009 by the International Contact Lens Prescribing Survey Consortium was reviewed for patients over 45 years old. A similar survey conducted from 1988 to 1989 was also reviewed and compared. Twelve published (Pubmed.gov) reports of clinical trials involving MFCLs and MV were revie…
Antithrombotic therapy of Cerebral cavernous malformations
2020
Abstract Cavernous malformations are recognized as the most common vascular anomalies in the brain, that often lead to hemorrhage with neurological symptoms. Usually the treatment is surgical removal or stereotactic radiotherapy. We present a case of a slow-flow vascular anomaly located in the cavernous sinus with recurrent partial thrombotic areas. Inspired by treatment of peripheral venous anomalies antithrombotic therapy was initiated instead of surgery or stereotactic radiotherapy. This led to complete spontaneous resolution of the lesion and normalization of symptoms within nine months. The patient never showed any symptoms over a period of eight years while continuing antithrombotic t…
Somatosensory Illusions Elicited by Sham Electromagnetic Field Exposure: Experimental Evidence for a Predictive Processing Account of Somatic Symptom…
2020
OBJECTIVE According to the predictive processing theory of somatic symptom generation, body sensations are determined by somatosensory input and central nervous predictions about this input. We examined how expectations shape predictions and consequently bodily perceptions in a task eliciting illusory sensations as laboratory analogue of medically unexplained symptoms. METHODS Using the framework of signal detection theory, the influence of sham Wi-Fi on response bias (c) and somatosensory sensitivity (d') for tactile stimuli was examined using the somatic signal detection task (SSDT). A healthy student sample (n = 83) completed the SSDT twice (sham Wi-Fi on/off) in a randomized order after…
Commentary: Preliminary Evidence for Training-Induced Changes of Morphology and Phantom Limb Pain
2019
The aim of this study was to investigate whether a special prosthetic training in phantom limb pain patients aimed at increasing the functional use of the prosthesis leads to neural morphological plasticity of brain structures and a reduction in phantom limb pain. For chronic pain disorders, it was shown that morphological alterations due to pain might become at least partially reversed by pain therapies. Phantom limb pain is a chronic pain disorder that is frequently followed by neural plasticity of anatomical brain structures. In our study, 10 patients with amputation of the upper limb participated in a two-week training with a myoelectric prosthesis with somatosensory feedback. Grip stre…
Dendritic cells lentivirally engineered to overexpress interleukin-10 inhibit contact hypersensitivity responses, despite their partial activation in…
2010
Background Dendritic cells (DCs) constitute an attractive target for immunotherapeutic approaches. Because DCs are largely refractory to transfection with plasmid DNA, several viral transduction protocols were established. The potential side-effects of lentiviral transduction on the phenotype and activation state of DCs left unstimulated after transduction have not been assessed. There is a need to analyse these parameters as a result of the requirement of using DCs with a low activation state for therapeutic strategies intended to induce tolerance. Methods Lentivirally-transduced bone marrow (BM)-derived DCs (LV-DCs) in comparison with mock-transduced (Mock-DCs) and untreated DCs were anal…
Evaluation of a lattice-Boltzmann method for mercury intrusion porosimetry simulations
2004
We have simulated intrusion of a non-wetting liquid into pores of varying shape and size. Simulations were based on the lattice-Boltzmann method and the Shan–Chen multiphase model. The liquid–solid contact angle for pores with circular cross-section was found to be equal to that for pores with square cross-section, and constant even for small pore sizes if the discretised shape of the circular cross-section was taken into account. For comparison, contact angle was also determined for a liquid column descending in a capillary tube, and the results were found to be consistent. Application of the method to mercury intrusion porosimetry is discussed.
Desarrollo de nuevas estrategias analíticas basadas en la espectrometría de masas para la determinación de contaminantes procedentes de la migración …
2019
Esta Tesis Doctoral tiene como objetivo principal el desarrollo de nuevas metodologías analíticas adecuadas para el análisis de contaminantes orgánicos procedentes de los materiales destinados a entrar en contacto con los alimentos, mediante la utilización de la cromatografía líquida acoplada a la espectrometría de masas. Además, se ha utilizado la biomonitorización humana para evaluar la exposición y el riesgo de una población de mujeres lactantes a distintos contaminantes procedentes de envases plásticos.En la introducción de la tesis se ha realizado una revisión crítica del estado actual de las metodologías analíticas para la determinación de contaminantes derivados de los materiales. Lo…
Modélisation des composites microfissurés. Utilisation d'un nouveau concept pour la mécanique de l'endommagement inspiré de la mécanique de la rupture
2010
National audience; On propose dans cette étude un modèle de comportement d'un milieu composite microfissuré formulé de manière tridimensionnelle, qui résout l'ensemble des contraintes théoriques indispensables à la cohérence d'un modèle, notamment, le respect de la condition de contact unilatéral et la prise de l'anisotropie induite. Pour parvenir à ce résultat, on a étendu à la Mécanique de l'Endommagement, la notion de Mode d'Ouverture d'une fissure qui existe en Mécanique de la Rupture.
El contacte del català amb la llengua dels aragonesos al segle XIII al País Valencià: influència sobre el lèxic
2009
El contacte amb els aragonesos ha estat un condicionant del lèxic del català del País Valencià. Pretenem mostrar ací amb exemples concrets l’antiguitat d’aquesta influència. Partim del despullament d’un corpus textual format per documentació del s. XIII en llatí, en català, en aragonès i en espanyol. Estudiem una selecció de tres menes de mots extrets d’aqueix corpus: a) mots que, tot i pertànyer l’espanyol general o més tost a les varietats orientals, pogueren arribar al català amb els aragonesos establits al Regne de València des del s. XIII, o amb el contacte que, des de llavors, mantingué Aragó (sobretot, la regió meridional) amb el nou regne; b) mots que es podrien explicar com a arago…