Niels Stensen

The "Capella Stenoniana" in Florence: the tomb of blessed Niels Stensen (1638-1686).

The "Capella Stenoniana" (Niels Stensen chapel) situated in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence is the tomb of the anatomist and founder of modern geology Niels Stensen (1638-1686). It displays commemorative plaques and contains a sarcophagus with Stensen's mortal remains. The tomb of Blessed Stensen, whose canonization process is under way, is always covered with papers with requests for i...

Niels Stensen: a 17th century scientist with a modern view of brain organization.

In 1665 the Danish scholar Niels Stensen (1638-1686) reached Paris, where he pronounced a discourse on brain anatomy that was to orient neuroscientists for years to come. In his lecture, Stensen rejected ancient speculations about animal spirits and criticized René Descartes and his followers who, despite a poor knowledge of brain anatomy, elaborated complex models to explain the multifaceted f...

Mette Haug Stensen

Niels Lohmann , Simon

The BPM Academic Initiative strives to support education and research in business process management. This paper announces a platform to be used by researchers to download process models, providing data to be used in empirical research. This paper presents a web portal, where process models can be filtered by various criteria and downloaded, and a research platform that facilitates analysis of ...

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis NIELS ROSMAN

The pathogenesis of chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis is surveyed. Treatment comprises topical antifungal treatment which is insufficient, systemic antifungal treatment which is often followed by a rapid relapse, and specific immunotherapy with live tissue or transfer factor. Combination of systemic antifungal therapy and immunotherapy seems to be the most promising approach. However, no perman...