Key to our project flora robotica is the idea of creating a bio-hybrid system of tightly coupled natural plants and distributed robots to grow architectural artifacts and spaces. Our motivation with this ground research project is to lay a principled foundation towards the design and implementation of living architectural systems that provide functionalities beyond those of orthodox building pr...

Background: To assess the incidence and characteristic of cataract surgery in Poland from 2010 to 2015 and to interpret these findings. Patients and methods: Data from all patients who underwent cataract surgery alone or in combined procedures in Poland between January 2010 and December 2015 were evaluated. Patient data were from the national database of hospitalizations maintained by National ...

INTRODUCTION In Poland the annual incidence of cancer of the larynx is about 3,000 cases which accounts 2% of all malignant tumors. Results of treatment of head and neck cancers are still unsatisfactory (five-year survival - 50%). In order to improve the outcome in Greater Poland Cancer Centre in 2010 a multidisciplinary team was created which is involved in the individual qualification of each...

BACKGROUND Ictal-interictal continuum (IIC) continuous EEG (cEEG) patterns including periodic discharges and rhythmic delta activity are associated with poor outcome and in the appropriate clinical context, IIC patterns may represent "electroclinical" status epilepticus (SE). To clarify the significance of IIC patterns and their relationship to "electrographic" SE, we investigated FDG-PET imagi...

Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain, Unit of Ecology and Evolution, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland, The Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic, Centre for Inv...

1 SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 Munich, Germany 2 Faculty of Biology, Department II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Straße 2-4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany 3Queen’s University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences, Marine Laboratory, 12-13 The Strand, Portaferry BT22 1PF, UK 4Department of Marine Ecosystems Dynamics, Atmosph...

Background: The rate of nosocomial infection appears to depend on whether it is calculated using the Center for Disease Control (CDC) or carrier state criteria. The objective of this study was to differentiate between primary endogenous (PE), secondary endogenous (SE) and exogenous (EX) infections, and to compare this classification with CDC criteria for nosocomial infections. Methods: ...

This study was undertaken to evaluate the biological potency of two synthetic human growth hormone-releasing factors, hGRF (1-44)NH2 and hGRF (1-29)NH2, on growth hormone (GH) release in young dairy heifers (n = 10) and pigs (n = 10). In each species, the GH response to an iv injection (0, .067, .2, .6 and 1.8 nmol.kg-1 body weight) of each peptide was evaluated in a double 5 X 5 Latin square d...