Christoph Lattemann, Sören Kupke, Anna-Maria Schneider, Stefan Stieglitz Chair for Corporate Governance and E-Commerce University of Potsdam, 14482 Potsdam Phone: 0049 (0) 331/977 38 39 Fax: 0049 (0) 331 977 33 75 eMail: lattema|kupke|annschne|[email protected] Abstract Broadband access plays a major role for the economic growth, and for the social, and cultural development of urban areas...

Corresponding author : Woo Kyoung Jeong Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwonro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea Tel: +82-2-3410-1923, Fax: +82-2-3410-0049 E-mail: [email protected] Abbreviations: ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; AFP , α-fetoprotein; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate am...

BACKGROUND We hypothesized that regulatory T cells (Tregs) are involved in the immunological abnormalities seen in patients with polymorphic light eruption (PLE). OBJECTIVES To investigate the number and suppressive function of peripheral Tregs in patients with PLE compared with healthy controls. METHODS Blood sampling was done in 30 patients with PLE [seeking or not seeking 311-nm ultravio...

Abstract Introduction Neurons in the pre-Bötzinger complex are critical for generation of inspiratory rhythm and regulation activity phrenic motoneurons, which control diaphragm. Dysregulation this neuronal network resulting dysfunction diaphragm is associated with central sleep apnea (CSA). Orexins by stimulating both orexin 1 receptor (OX1R) and/or 2 (OX2R) can activate these neurons In study...

Aim: Interventional radiology procedures using ionizing radiation were frequent and become more and more complex. While determinants of radiation exposure during coronary angioplasty have been examined intensively during the last decade, available data regarding peripheral interventional procedures and especially the influence of pre-interventional diagnostic procedures on radiation exposure ar...

In this study, the effectiveness of a life skills program to impede tobacco use in early adolescence was scrutinized. The focus was on the mediating role of yielding to peer pressure. The universal schoolbased life skills program IPSY (Information + Psychosocial Competence = Protection) against adolescent substance use was implemented over 3 years. Over the same time period, it was evaluated ba...

INTRODUCTION The prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs has become a normal clinical practice. METHODS This article presents a longitudinal, multicentre study of 12 months conducted on 266 children and adolescents who were prescribed a first or second generation antipsychotic drug for the first time, and the baseline results of the study. The follow-up protocol had as its purpose to detect the p...

Nowadays, sentinel diagnostic is been made with technetium-99m-(Tc-99m)-nanocolloide as a radioactive marker and sometimes patent blue. In the last years, indocyanin green has been evaluated for sentinel diagnostic in different tumor entities. Indocyane greene is a fluorescent molecule which emits a light signal in the near infrared band after excitation. Our study aims to evaluate indocyanin g...