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Hintergrund: Untersuchung der Patientensicht auf Case-Management bei einer verhaltenstherapeutisch-orientierten, psychoedukativen Intervention („Patient Activation foR Anxiety DIsordErS/Para-dies“) für Menschen mit Panikstörung mit/ohne Agoraphobie in der Hausarztpraxis. Methoden: 16 Patientinnen und Patienten der Interventionsgruppe (87,5 % weiblich, Durchschnittsalter: 44,3 Jahre) aus zwölf Praxen mit Panikstörung mit/ohne Agoraphobie (ICD-10: F41.0, F40.01) wurden mittels semistrukturiertem Interviewleitfaden befragt. Die Interviews wurden transkribiert und inhaltsanalytisch nach Mayring qualitativ analysiert. Ergebnisse: Das lokale Angebot zur Behandlung der Panikstörung durch das vertraute Praxisteam wurde von den Patientinnen und Patienten positiv aufgenommen und führte zu einem engeren Verhältnis zwischen Patientinnen und Patienten und Praxisteams. Die strukturierten Monitoringanrufe durch die medizinische Fachangestellte (MFA) als Case-Managerin wurden als kontinuierliche Unterstützung und Motivation zum Selbstmanagement bewertet. Sie halfen Probanden über Phasen der Demotivation hinweg und boten eine Möglichkeit zur Selbstreflexion des Behandlungsstandes. Schlussfolgerungen: Das durch Case-Manager unterstützte Behandlungsprogramm zu Panikstörung in Hausarztpraxen wird von den Patientinnen und Patienten positiv bewertet. Die Betreuung durch das Praxisteam kann zu einer höheren Patientenzufriedenheit, einer besseren Compliance und einer engeren Bindung an das Hausarztpraxisteam beitragen.

Für die Behandlung von Angsterkrankungen wird auch in der Primärversorgung die Anwendung verhaltenstherapeutisch orientierter Methoden empfohlen. Im Rahmen der Studie „Jena-PARADIES“ wurde ein Praxisteam-unterstütztes Behandlungsprogramm für hausärztliche Patient*innen mit Panikstörung mit/ohne Agoraphobie entwickelt und evaluiert. Die vorliegende Studie gibt einen Überblick zur subjektiven Einschätzung der teilnehmenden Hausärzt*innen zur Durchführbarkeit, Machbarkeit und Wirksamkeit dieser neuen Intervention für die Patient*innen und das hausärztliche Praxisteam.

The article discusses the organ playing in relation with culinary art and wine.

The article focuses on the works of harpsichordist Jean Rondeau, and discusses his interest in jazz music, musical heritage of Germany and music in 19th century.

The article reports on the possible affinities of organ music and culinary science.

Bei Angststörungen wird empfohlen, verhaltenstherapeutisch orientierte Methoden bereits in der Primärversorgung anzuwenden. Hausärztliche Behandlungen chronisch erkrankter Patienten können durch strukturiertes Monitoring und Case Management optimiert werden. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt Rationale, Aufbau und Anwendung der „Jena Angst-Monitoring-Liste“ (JAMoL), eines Instruments zur Durchführung klinischer Monitorings bei Patienten mit Panikstörung mit oder ohne Agoraphobie in der Hausarztpraxis.

The article reports that Polish percussionist Marianna Bednarska is making her debut at the Lucerne Festival this summer at the Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Soiistes.

The article presents an interview with French conductor Frangois-Xavier Roth talking about venturing into new areas of the original sound world, a performance of the Fifth Symphony in Zurich and handling the workload.

An interview with Dutch conductor Otto Tausk is presented. The main focuses of the interview were his work at the Swiss music festival of St. Gallen, Dutch orchestra finance, and opera interpretation. Other topics mentioned in this article include concert hall design, conductor Valery Gergiev, and the relationship between the conductor and the orchestra as well as the audience.

The article presents an interview with French Pianist Lise de la Salle. When asked which great pianists had a big affect on her, she refers to Sviatoslav Richter and Annie Fischer. De la Salle explains that her commitment to music did not leave her a lot of time to spent on anything else. She comments on her concert calendar which is heavily booked in German speaking countries.

The article reports on the debut performance of Swiss pianist Louis Schwizgebel at Lucerne Festival, with a description of his love for origami and its connection with classical music.

The article presents views of cellist Andrei lonitä on miscellaneous topics including her recent concert at the Festival MusicConnects in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, social conditions of an artist and awards she received at music competitions.

The article discusses the Lucerne Festival, a music festival held in Lucerne, Switzerland, which will feature performance of several artists including composer Clara Schumann, pianist Sylvia Caduff and conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla.

The article presents the music score of song "Die Wochenlieder zum EG: Choralvorspiele für Orgel: Advent bis Pfingsten" by Ingo Bredenbach.

An interview with author, Simon Sinek is presented who discusses theatrical performance of Anna Goldi's fate "Naturlich gibtesnoch Hexen!", open air theater and future productions.

An interview with artistic director, Kuno Bont and musical director, William Maxfield of Werdenberg Castle Festival is presented who discuss operas, soloists and folkloric dances.

Contrast adaptation occurs in both the retina and the cortex. Defining its spatial dependence is crucial for understanding its potential roles. We thus asked to what degree contrast adaptation depends on spatial frequency, including cross-adaptation. Measuring the pattern electroretinogram (PERG) and the visual evoked potential (VEP) allowed separating retinal and cortical contributions. In ten subjects we recorded simultaneous PERGs and VEPs. Test stimuli were sinusoidal gratings of 98% contrast with spatial frequencies of 0.5 or 5.0 cpd, phase reversing at 17 reversals/s. Adaptation was controlled by prolonged presentation of these test stimuli or homogenous gray fields of the same luminance. When adaptation and test frequency were identical, we observed significant contrast adaptation only at 5 cpd: an amplitude reduction in the PERG (−22%) and VEP (−58%), and an effective reduction of latency in the PERG (−0.95 ms). When adapting at 5 cpd and testing at 0.5 cpd, the opposite effect was observed: enhancement of VEP amplitude by +26% and increase in effective PERG latency by +1.35 ms. When adapting at 0.5 cpd and testing at 5 cpd, there was no significant amplitude change in PERG and VEP, but a small effective PERG latency increase of +0.65 ms. The 0.5-cpd channel was not adapted by spatial frequencies of 0.5 cpd. The adaptability of the 5-cpd channel may mediate improved detail recognition after prolonged blur. The existence of both adaptable and nonadaptable mechanisms in the retina allows for the possibility that by comparing the adaptational state of spatial-frequency channels the retina can discern between overall low contrast and defocus in emmetropization control.

Previous studies of human contrast adaptation employing visually evoked potentials (VEP) have revealed contradictory results, namely, either a reduction or an enhancement in VEP amplitude. In a cross-adaptation experiment, we explored the possibility that differences in the temporal frequency of adapting and test patterns played a role. Phase-reversing checkerboard stimuli [1-deg check size, temporal frequency 8.5 or 17 reversals per second (rps)] served as adaptation and test pattern with contrasts of 0 or 97%. In 13 subjects, we recorded both retinal (PERG) and cortical (VEP) steady-state responses simultaneously. In a balanced block design, all four combinations of the temporal adaptation and test frequencies were employed. Contrast adaptation reduced the PERG amplitude by about 20% in every temporal condition (P < 0.001). The VEP amplitude was strongly affected by adaptation, but the effect differed in magnitude and sign depending on condition: With identical adaptation and test frequency, amplitude was reduced by 15% (P = 0.07) at 8.5 rps and by 38% at 17 rps (P < 0.05). Adapting at 8.5 rps and testing at 17 rps had a tiny (14%) insignificant effect, whereas adapting at 17 rps and testing at 8.5 rps revealed an amplitude enhancement of 27% (P < 0.05). These strong temporal cross-adaptation effects (in the VEP, but not in the PERG) suggest that the adaptable cortical mechanisms (gain control) can be narrowly tuned in their temporal properties. A sizable adaptation effect can even change its sign when varying the temporal frequency by a factor of two. This finding resolves contradictions between previous VEP adaptation studies and reconciles them with psychophysical findings.

The article presents an interview with cellist and the organizer of the Internationales Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus chamber music festival in Lockenhaus, Austria Nicolas Altstaedt on his role as the "Artist in Resonance" at the Musikkollegium Winterthur symphony orchestra in Winterthur, Switzerland. Topics of conversation included Altstaedt's performance of old music, the relationship between architecture and music, and the future of the Internationales Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus.

The article reports on Schlossmediale Werdenberg-Alte and New Music festival to be held in Switzerland.

The article discusses the music festival St. Galler Festpiele that was held in Klosterhof, Germany, which featured works of composer Giuseppe Verdi.

An interview with German pianist Sebastian Knauer is presented. The main focus of this interview was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Other topics mentioned in this article include a newly founded music festival held in Augsburg, Germany, music interpretation, and music festival management.

The article discusses a concert of the complete vocal works, cantatas, by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach in Trogen, Germany in 2012, which was initiated by Rudolf Lutz, an interview with whom is also presented. In the interview Lutz discusses his connections to the pipe organ, the reaction of audiences, and the music patron Konrad Hummler.

An interview is presented with the French pianist Roger Muraro who is also an expert in the music of French composer Olivier Messiaen. Other topics discussed in the article include Murano's participation in a documentary on the pianist Yvonne Loriod, his failed audition with the Paris Conservatory of Music in Paris, France, and his experience as a saxophonist.

The article offers information on the Superar Suisse and Friends, an international orchestra camp organized during the music festival Lucerne Festival with a focus on promoting music education in Venezuela.

The article reviews a performance of opera "La Traviata," composed by Giuseppe Verdi at Werdenberger Schloss in Grabs, Switzerland from August 2-18, 2018.

The article reviews "A Story of Love: New Talents," a concert by mezzosoprano Isabel Pfefferkorn at the Rathaussaal Vaduz in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on August 25, 2018.

Synthetic fused silica, exposed to high-power KrF excimer laser irradiation, shows the well-known induced absorption at 210 nm owing to E′ center generation. Time-resolved absorption spectroscopy reveals that this induced absorption is transient in nature. The generation rate of E′ centers depends strongly on the irradiation history, the OH content, and previous high-temperature processes. In order to explain the experimental observations, a nonabsorbing state of the E′ center is postulated. The recovery of the induced optical absorption in high-OH fused silica is explained as a conversion from E′ centers to these nonabsorbing centers.