Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director-general, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Konrad Schäfer , Wilfried Hermes , Ute Ch . Rodewald , Rolf - Dieter Hoffmann

The antimonides RE2Ir3Sb4 (RE = La, Ce, Pr, Nd) were synthesized by arc-melting of the elements and subsequent annealing or via high-frequency melting. The samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, and the four structures were refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data: Pr2Ir3Sb4 type, Pnma, Z = 4, a = 1621.9(2), b = 458.60(8), c = 1099.8(1) pm, wR2 = 0.036, 1558 F2 values...

Laws of Small Numbers: Extremes and Rare Events (Michael Falk, Jurg Husler, and Rolf-Dieter Reiss

The Retiring Director-General

were carried out New anatomical block, new chemical block, new mortuary, new pathological and physiological block, new military pupils' quarters. In connection with the hospital a new out-patient department was erected, and [ several other improvements carried outthe modernisation of the hospital begun in his time was brilliantly completed by his successor? the present Director-General?while mu...

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993–2005

Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains different from those of an endemic healthcare-associated clone was conducted over 13 years in Geneva, Switzerland. We demonstrated strain diversity, including clones rarely found in Europe. Local epidemiology of community-associated MRSA is diverse and is evolving by importation and transmission of new stra...

Diphyllobothrium latum Outbreak from Marinated Raw Perch, Lake Geneva, Switzerland

ER. Animal-based national surveillance for zoonotic disease: quality, limitations , and implications of a model system for monitoring rabies. To the Editor: Diphyllobothrium latum, a fi sh tapeworm, has a complex cycle including copepods and freshwater fi sh as intermediate hosts. Humans are infected by eating raw or undercooked fi sh meat. Clinical consequences of human infection are generally...