184 results on '"Visser, Gerhard"'
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152. Standardized computer-based organized reporting of EEG:SCORE - Second version
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Standardized terminology for computer-based assessment and reporting of EEG has been previously developed in Europe. The International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology established a taskforce in 2013 to develop this further, and to reach international consensus. This work resulted in the second, revised version of SCORE (Standardized Computer-based Organized Reporting of EEG), which is presented in this paper. The revised terminology was implemented in a software package (SCORE EEG), which was tested in clinical practice on 12,160 EEG recordings. Standardized terms implemented in SCORE are used to report the features of clinical relevance, extracted while assessing the EEGs. Selection of the terms is context sensitive: initial choices determine the subsequently presented sets of additional choices. This process automatically generates a report and feeds these features into a database. In the end, the diagnostic significance is scored, using a standardized list of terms. SCORE has specific modules for scoring seizures (including seizure semiology and ictal EEG patterns), neonatal recordings (including features specific for this age group), and for Critical Care EEG Terminology. SCORE is a useful clinical tool, with potential impact on clinical care, quality assurance, data-sharing, research and education.
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153. Intrauterine Adiposity and BMI in 4- to 5-Year-Old Offspring from Diabetic Pregnancies
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154. Non-harmonicity in high-frequency components of the intra-operative corticogram to delineate epileptogenic tissue during surgery
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155. Intrauterine Adiposity and BMI in 4- to 5-Year-Old Offspring from Diabetic Pregnancies
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156. Non-harmonicity in high-frequency components of the intra-operative corticogram to delineate epileptogenic tissue during surgery
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157. Standardized computer-based organized reporting of EEG:SCORE - Second version
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Standardized terminology for computer-based assessment and reporting of EEG has been previously developed in Europe. The International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology established a taskforce in 2013 to develop this further, and to reach international consensus. This work resulted in the second, revised version of SCORE (Standardized Computer-based Organized Reporting of EEG), which is presented in this paper. The revised terminology was implemented in a software package (SCORE EEG), which was tested in clinical practice on 12,160 EEG recordings. Standardized terms implemented in SCORE are used to report the features of clinical relevance, extracted while assessing the EEGs. Selection of the terms is context sensitive: initial choices determine the subsequently presented sets of additional choices. This process automatically generates a report and feeds these features into a database. In the end, the diagnostic significance is scored, using a standardized list of terms. SCORE has specific modules for scoring seizures (including seizure semiology and ictal EEG patterns), neonatal recordings (including features specific for this age group), and for Critical Care EEG Terminology. SCORE is a useful clinical tool, with potential impact on clinical care, quality assurance, data-sharing, research and education.
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158. Cortisol fluctuations relate to interictal epileptiform discharges in stress sensitive epilepsy.
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van Campen, Jolien S., Hompe, E. Lorraine, Jansen, Floor E., Velis, Demetrios N., Otte, Willem M., van de Berg, Fia, Braun, Kees P. J., Visser, Gerhard H., Sander, Josemir W., Joels, Marian, and Zijlmans, Maeike
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY , *EPILEPSY , *SALIVA , *EPILEPTIFORM discharges , *HYDROCORTISONE , *PSYCHOLOGICAL stress , *DISEASE complications - Abstract
People with epilepsy often report seizures precipitated by stress. This is believed to be due to effects of stress hormones, such as cortisol, on neuronal excitability. Cortisol, regardless of stress, is released in hourly pulses, whose effect on epileptic activity is unknown. We tested the relation between cortisol levels and the incidence of epileptiform abnormalities in the electroencephalogram of people with focal epilepsy. Morning cortisol levels were measured in saliva samples obtained every 15 min. Interictal epileptiform discharges were determined in the same time periods. We investigated the relationship between cortisol levels and the epileptiform discharges distinguishing persons with from those without stress-precipitated seizures (linear mixed model), and analysed the contribution of individual, epilepsy and recording characteristics with multivariable analysis. Twenty-nine recordings were performed in 21 individuals. Cortisol was positively related to incidence of epileptiform discharges (β = 0.26, P = 0.002) in people reporting stress-sensitive seizures, but not those who did not report stress sensitivity (β = -0.07, P = 0.64). The relationship between cortisol and epileptiform discharges was positively associated only with stress sensitivity of seizures (β = 0.31, P = 0.005). The relationship between cortisol levels and incidence of interictal epileptiform discharges in people with stress-sensitive seizures suggests that stress hormones influence disease activity in epilepsy, also under basal conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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159. Identifying fasciculation potentials in motor neuron disease: A matter of probability.
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Sleutjes, Boudewijn T.H.M., Gligorijević, Ivan, Montfoort, Inger, van Doorn, Pieter A., Visser, Gerhard H., and Blok, Joleen H.
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Introduction: Fasciculations, the spontaneous activity of single motor units (MUs) are characteristic, but nonspecific for motor neuron disease (MND). We aimed to identify MU discharge properties to optimally differentiate MND patients from healthy controls.Methods: High-density surface electromyography recordings were performed in the thenar muscles during 10 min of rest. MU discharges were classified as "isolated" when the interspike intervals (ISIs) before and after were > 250 ms, "continual" when both ISIs were ≤ 250 ms, or as "other".Results: In patients (n = 30) compared with controls (n = 14), more MUs were active (9 vs. 3, P < 0.001) and generated relatively more isolated discharges (35% vs. 10%, P = 0.01). Two or more MUs with isolated discharges occurred more frequently in patients compared with controls (24% vs. <1% of 10-s windows, P < 0.001).Conclusions: More frequent occurrence of multiple MUs showing isolated discharges may improve identification of patients with MND. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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160. Electrically evoked multiplet discharges are associated with more marked clinical deterioration in motor neuron disease.
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Sleutjes, Boudewijn T.H.M., Maathuis, Ellen M., van Doorn, Pieter A., Blok, Joleen H., and Visser, Gerhard H.
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ACTION potentials , *ELECTROMYOGRAPHY , *LONGITUDINAL method , *MOTOR neuron diseases , *SKELETAL muscle - Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine whether electrically evoked multiplet discharges (MDs) are related to severity of clinical deterioration in motor neuron disease (MND).Methods: Stimulated high-density surface electromyographic (HDsEMG) recordings were performed in thenar muscles. Data were collected from 31 MND patients. MDs from the HDsEMG recordings were determined at baseline. ALSFRS-R scores were obtained at baseline and at a maximum of 16 weeks follow-up.Results: The presence of MDs was associated with progressive deterioration of ALSFRS-R score (P = 0.02) and fine motor function (FMF) (P < 0.001). Patients who had a higher number of motor units that generated MDs (r = 0.61, P < 0.001) and patients who had a higher number of MDs (as percentage of applied stimuli) (r = 0.59, P = 0.001) had a more severe decline in FMF.Conclusions: Electrically evoked MDs are associated with more marked clinical deterioration in patients with MND. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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161. Diagnostic accuracy of electrically elicited multiplet discharges in patients with motor neuron disease.
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Sleutjes, Boudewijn T. H. M., Montfoort, Inger, van Doorn, Pieter A., Visser, Gerhard H., and Blok, Joleen H.
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MOTOR neuron diseases , *DIAGNOSIS , *NEURAL stimulation , *ELECTROMYOGRAPHY , *SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics) , *AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis , *SPINAL muscular atrophy , *DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis , *ELECTRIC stimulation , *MOTOR neurons ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
Objective: To determine and compare the diagnostic accuracy of electrically elicited multiplet discharges (MDs) and fasciculation potentials (FPs) in motor neuron disease (MND).Methods: Patients were eligible when they had MND in their differential diagnosis and were referred for electromyogram (EMG). Stimulated high-density surface EMG of the thenar muscles was performed on the same day as standard EMG examination. High-density recordings were analysed for presence of MDs and needle EMG of any muscle investigated in the cervical region for presence of FPs.Results: Of the 61 patients enrolled in this diagnostic study, 24 patients were clinically diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and 11 patients with progressive muscular atrophy (PMA). Another diagnosis was made in 26 patients. Sixteen patients in whom MDs were detected were diagnosed with either ALS (n = 11) or PMA (n = 5; sensitivity = 47.1%, PPV = 94.1%). MDs were detected in only one patient initially diagnosed with PMA, but in whom later on, multifocal motor neuropathy could not be excluded (specificity = 96.2%). Electrically elicited MDs had a higher specificity than FPs (96.2% vs 53.9%, p < 0.001, n = 26) and lower sensitivity (47.1% vs 85.3%, p = 0.002, n = 34). When considering presence of MDs in MND as neurogenic EMG abnormality, lower motor neuron involvement of ≥ 1 EMG region increased from 50% to 73.5% (p = 0.008, n = 34).Conclusions: Electrically evoked MDs are highly specific for ALS and PMA and are an early sign of lower motor neuron dysfunction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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162. Cortisol fluctuations relate to interictal epileptiform discharges in stress sensitive epilepsy
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163. Cortisol fluctuations relate to interictal epileptiform discharges in stress sensitive epilepsy
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164. Electroencephalography in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancies and subsequent quality of life
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Objectives: To compare electroencephalography (EEG) findings during pregnancy and postpartum in women with normotensive pregnancies and pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders. Also the health related quality of life postpartum was related to these EEG findings. Materials and Methods: An observational case-control study in a university hospital in the Netherlands. Twenty-nine normotensive and 58 hypertensive pregnant women were included. EEG's were recorded on several occasions during pregnancy and 6-8 weeks postpartum. Postpartum, the women filled out health related quality of life questionnaires. Main outcome measures were qualitative and quantitative assessments on EEG, multidimensional fatigue inventory, Short Form (36) Health Survey and EuroQol visual analogue scale. Results: In women with severe preeclampsia significantly lower alpha peak frequency, more delta and theta activity bilaterally and a higher EEG Sum Score were seen. Postpartum, these women showed impaired mental health, mental fatigue and social functioning, which could not be related to the EEG findings. Conclusions: Severe preeclamptic patients show more EEG abnormalities and have impaired mental wellbeing postpartum, but these findings are not correlated.
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165. Cortisol fluctuations relate to interictal epileptiform discharges in stress sensitive epilepsy
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166. Increased supernormality in patients with multiplet discharges: Evidence for a common pathophysiological mechanism behind multiplets and fasciculations.
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Sleutjes, Boudewijn T.H.M., Montfoort, Inger, van Doorn, Pieter A., Visser, Gerhard H., and Blok, Joleen H.
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MOTOR neuron diseases , *EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology) , *MUSCLE contraction , *PATHOLOGICAL physiology , *DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis , *AXONS - Abstract
Objective To determine whether there is a relation between electrically evoked multiplet discharges (MDs) and motor axonal excitability properties. We hypothesized that electrically evoked MDs share their underlying pathophysiological mechanism with fasciculations. Methods High-density surface EMG and motor nerve excitability recordings of the thenar muscles were performed in 22 patients with motor neuron disease (MND) in their differential diagnosis and who were referred for EMG examination. Results Supernormality (hyperexcitable phase following the refractory period) was significantly increased in patients with MDs ( n = 10) compared to patients without MDs ( n = 12) (25.5% vs 17.0%; p = 0.02). Depolarizing threshold electrotonus differed significantly between both groups as well (TEdpeak, 76.6% vs 66.6%, p < 0.01; TEd90-100 ms, 51.7% vs 44.3%, p < 0.01) Conclusions Our findings imply that the same pathophysiological excitability changes are involved in generating MDs and fasciculations. Yet, MDs may be quantified more easily, and may be more specific for abnormal distal excitability than fasciculations, because fasciculations may originate along the motor axon as well as in the neuron cell body. Significance MDs are potentially useful as objective measure of increased distal axonal excitability at individual motor unit level and might complement clinical studies in MND. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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167. European Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome-2019 Update
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Eren Özek, Richard Plavka, Ola Didrik Saugstad, Gorm Greisen, Arjan B. te Pas, Christian P. Speer, Gerard H. A. Visser, Virgilio P. Carnielli, Máximo Vento, David G. Sweet, Mikko Hallman, Henry L. Halliday, Charles Christoph Roehr, Umberto Simeoni, Sweet, David G., Carnielli, Virgilio, Greisen, Gorm, Hallman, Mikko, Ozek, Eren, te Pas, Arjan, Plavka, Richard, Roehr, Charles C., Saugstad, Ola D., Simeoni, Umberto, Speer, Christian P., Vento, Maximo, Visser, Gerhard H. A., and Halliday, Henry L.
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LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY ,Hyaline membrane disease ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Patent ductus arteriosus ,Antenatal steroids ,0302 clinical medicine ,Mechanical ventilation ,Neonatologists ,Obstetrics and gynaecology ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Continuous positive airway pressure ,PREMATURE-INFANTS ,Respiratory distress ,Disease Management ,Consensus Guidelines ,Evidence-based practice ,Europe ,Distress ,Preterm infant ,PATENT DUCTUS-ARTERIOSUS ,Infant, Premature ,BIRTH-WEIGHT INFANTS ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Consensus ,Respiratory distress syndrome ,POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE ,OXYGEN-SATURATION TARGETS ,Lung injury ,HIGH-FLOW THERAPY ,Surfactant therapy ,Thermoregulation ,03 medical and health sciences ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Humans ,Intensive care medicine ,Nutrition ,Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn ,EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Pulmonary Surfactants ,BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA ,RANDOMIZED-TRIAL ,Oxygen supplementation ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,business ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
As management of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) advances, clinicians must continually revise their current practice. We report the fourth update of "European Guidelines for the Management of RDS" by a European panel of experienced neonatologists and an expert perinatal obstetrician based on available literature up to the end of 2018. Optimising outcome for babies with RDS includes prediction of risk of preterm delivery, need for appropriate maternal transfer to a perinatal centre and timely use of antenatal steroids. Delivery room management has become more evidence-based, and protocols for lung protection including initiation of CPAP and titration of oxygen should be implemented immediately after birth. Surfactant replacement therapy is a crucial part of management of RDS, and newer protocols for its use recommend early administration and avoidance of mechanical ventilation. Methods of maintaining babies on non-invasive respiratory support have been further developed and may cause less distress and reduce chronic lung disease. As technology for delivering mechanical ventilation improves, the risk of causing lung injury should decrease, although minimising time spent on mechanical ventilation using caffeine and, if necessary, postnatal steroids are also important considerations. Protocols for optimising general care of infants with RDS are also essential with good temperature control, careful fluid and nutritional management, maintenance of perfusion and judicious use of antibiotics all being important determinants of best outcome. (c) 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel
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- 2019
168. Somatosensory evoked potentials are of additional prognostic value in certain patterns of brain injury in term birth asphyxia
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Swarte, Renate M.C., Cherian, Perumpillichira J., Lequin, Maarten, Visser, Gerhard H., and Govaert, Paul
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SOMATOSENSORY evoked potentials , *ASPHYXIA neonatorum , *BRAIN injury diagnosis , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging of the brain , *ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY , *BRAIN imaging , *HEALTH outcome assessment - Abstract
Abstract: Objective: (a) To relate MRI patterns of brain injury to somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), and (b) to determine the prognostic value of SEPs in addition to continuous EEG monitoring (cEEG) and cerebral imaging, in term asphyxiated newborns. Methods: Fifty one consecutive neonates were studied. Survivors were followed for at least 2years. cEEG, started within 24h, was done for ⩾24h and scored. SEPs and MRIs were performed in the first week. Brain injury patterns were classified. Results: Bilaterally abnormal SEPs had a sensitivity of 90% (28/31) and specificity of 85% (17/20) in predicting a poor outcome, defined as death or severe handicap. SEPs were of particular value in predicting outcome in isolated symmetrical white matter injury and predicting the development of hemiparesis in isolated asymmetrical watershed injury. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed a significant relation to outcome separately for cEEG, deep grey matter injury on MRI and SEPs. SEPs provided additional value when added to cEEG and MRI in the model (p =0.034). Conclusions: SEPs are of additional prognostic value after term birth asphyxia. Significance: In certain patterns of postasphyxial neonatal brain injury like asymmetrical watershed lesions and symmetrical white matter injury, EPs are complementary to information obtained from cEEG and MRI for prognostication. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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169. Minimum Message Length and Statistically Consistent Invariant (Objective?) Bayesian Probabilistic Inference—From (Medical) “Evidence”.
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Dowe, DavidL.
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MINIMUM message length (Information theory) ,BAYESIAN field theory ,EVIDENCE-based medicine ,INVARIANT sets ,ECONOMETRICS ,MANAGEMENT science - Abstract
“Evidence” in the form of data collected and analysis thereof is fundamental to medicine, health and science. In this paper, we discuss the “evidence-based” aspect of evidence-based medicine in terms of statistical inference, acknowledging that this latter field of statistical inference often also goes by various near-synonymous names—such as inductive inference (amongst philosophers), econometrics (amongst economists), machine learning (amongst computer scientists) and, in more recent times, data mining (in some circles). Three central issues to this discussion of “evidence-based” are (i) whether or not the statistical analysis can and/or should be objective and/or whether or not (subjective) prior knowledge can and/or should be incorporated, (ii) whether or not the analysis should be invariant to the framing of the problem (e.g. does it matter whether we analyse the ratio of proportions of morbidity to non-morbidity rather than simply the proportion of morbidity?), and (iii) whether or not, as we get more and more data, our analysis should be able to converge arbitrarily closely to the process which is generating our observed data. For many problems of data analysis, it would appear that desiderata (ii) and (iii) above require us to invoke at least some form of subjective (Bayesian) prior knowledge. This sits uncomfortably with the understandable but perhaps impossible desire of many medical publications that at least all the statistical hypothesis testing has to be classical non-Bayesian—i.e. it is not permitted to use any (subjective) prior knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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170. Author Index.
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171. Optimal stimulation settings for CMAP scan registrations
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BACKGROUND: The CMAP (Compound Muscle Action Potential) scan is a non-invasive electrodiagnostic tool, which provides a quick and visual assessment of motor unit potentials as electrophysiological components that together constitute the CMAP. The CMAP scan records the electrical activity of the muscle (CMAP) in response to transcutaneous stimulation of the motor nerve with gradual changes in stimulus intensity. Large MUs, including those that result from collateral reinnervation, appear in the CMAP scan as so-called steps, i.e., clearly visible jumps in CMAP amplitude. The CMAP scan also provides information on nerve excitability. This study aims to evaluate the influence of the stimulation protocol used on the CMAP scan and its quantification.METHODS: The stimulus frequency (1, 2 and 3 Hz), duration (0.05, 0.1 and 0.3 ms), or number (300, 500 and 1000 stimuli) in CMAP scans of 23 subjects was systematically varied while the other two parameters were kept constant. Pain was measured by means of a visual analogue scale (VAS). Non-parametric paired tests were used to assess significant differences in excitability and step variables and VAS scores between the different stimulus parameter settings.RESULTS:We found no effect of stimulus frequency on CMAP scan variables or VAS scores. Stimulus duration affected excitability variables significantly, with higher stimulus intensity values for shorter stimulus durations. Step variables showed a clear trend towards increasing values with decreasing stimulus number.CONCLUSIONS:A protocol delivering 500 stimuli at a frequency of 2 Hz with a 0.1 ms pulse duration optimized CMAP scan quantification with a minimum of subject discomfort, artefact and duration of the recording. CMAP scan variables were influenced by stimulus duration and number; hence, these need to be standardized in future studies.
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172. LIST OF REVIEWERS 2010.
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A list of the journal's reviewers for 2010 is presented including Ganesh Acharya, Anuprily Agarwal and Mark Alanis.
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173. Microbial Processes and Products
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José-Luis Barredo
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Metabolic engineering ,Yeast in winemaking ,biology ,medicine ,Heavy metals ,Saccharopolyspora erythraea ,medicine.disease_cause ,biology.organism_classification ,Escherichia coli ,Yeast ,Microbiology ,Corynebacterium glutamicum ,Vitamin b2 - Abstract
Development of Improved Strains and Optimization of Fermentation Processes Lei Han and Sarad R. Parekh Experimental Design in Microbiology Guillaume E. Vanot and Michelle Sergent Metabolic Engineering of Acremonium chrysogenum to Produce Deacetoxycephalosporin C and Bioconversion to 7-Aminodeacetoxycephalosporanic Acid Marta Rodriguez-Saiz, Juan-Luis de la Fuente, and Jose-Luis Barredo Production of Erythromycin With Saccharopolyspora erythraea Wolfgang Minas The Phenylacetyl-CoA Catabolon: Genetic, Biochemical, and Biotechnological Approaches Jose M. Luengo, Belen Garcia, Angel Sandoval, Elsa Arias-Barrau, Sagrario Arias, Francisco Bermejo, and Elias R. Olivera Recombinant Microorganisms for the Biosynthesis of Glycosylated Antitumor Compounds Carmen Mendez and Jose A. Salas Assay Methods for Detection and Quantification of Antimicrobial Metabolites Produced by Streptomyces clavuligerus Paloma Liras and Juan F. Martin Purification of Plasmid DNA Vectors Produced in Escherichia coli for Gene Therapy and DNA Vaccination Applications Maria Margarida Diogo, Joao Antonio Queiroz, and Duarte Miguel F. Prazeres Genome Breeding of an Amino Acid-Producing Corynebacterium glutamicum Mutant Masato Ikeda, Junko Ohnishi, and Satoshi Mitsuhashi Metabolic Activity Profiling by 13C Tracer Experiments and Mass Spectrometry in Corynebacterium glutamicum Christoph Wittmann and Elmar Heinzle Protein and Vitamin Production in Bacillus megaterium Heiko Barg, Marco Malten, Martina Jahn, and Dieter Jahn Strategies for Large-Scale Production of Recombinant Proteins in Filamentous Fungi Heidi Sisniega, Jose-Luis del Rio, Maria-Jose Amaya, and Ignacio Faus Strain and Culture Conditions Improvement for b-Carotene Production With Mucor Enrique A. Iturriaga, Tamas Papp, Jesper Breum,Jose Arnau, and Arturo P. Eslava Xanthophylls in Fungi: Metabolic Engineering of the Astaxanthin Biosynthetic Pathway in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous Hans Visser, Gerhard Sandmann, and Jan C. Verdoes Methodologies for the Analysis of Fungal Carotenoids Paul D. Fraser and Peter M. Bramley Insertional Mutagenesis in the Vitamin B2 Producer Fungus Ashbya gossypii Maria A. Santos, Laura Mateos, Karl-Peter Stahmann, and Jose-Luis Revuelta Improved Polysaccharide Production Using Strain Improvement Thomas P. West Use of the Morganella morganii phoC Gene as Reporter in Bacterial and Yeast Hosts Stefania Cresti, Cesira L. Galeotti, Serena Schippa, Gian Maria Rossolini, and Maria C. Thaller Gene Expression Arrays in Food Bart Weimer, Yi Xie, Lan-szu Chou, and Adele Cutler Optimization of Proteome Analysis for Wine Yeast Strains Tammi L. Olineka, Apostolos Spiropoulos, Paula A. Mara, and Linda F. Bisson Bacteriocin-Producing Strains in a Meat Environment Frederic Leroy and Luc De Vuyst In Vitro and In Vivo Interactions of Nonpathogenic Bacteria With Immunocompetent Cells Eduardo J. Schiffrin, Nabila Ibnou-Zekri, Jean M. Ovigne, Thierry von der Weid, and Stephanie Blum Volatile Sulfur Detection in Fermented Foods Bart Weimer and Ben Dias Bioleaching: Analysis of Microbial Communities Dissolving Metal Sulfides Axel Schippers and Klaus Bosecker Use of PhoN Phosphatase to Remediate Heavy Metals Marion Paterson-Beedle and Lynne E. Macaskie Safe Dispatch and Transport of Biological Material Vera Weihs and Christine Rohde How to Deposit Biological Material for Patent Purposes Vera Weihs Laws and Regulations for the Protection of Biotechnological Inventions Uwe Fitzner Index
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174. Author Index.
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175. Author Index.
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176. Personenreferenz im Dialekt : Grammatik und Pragmatik inoffizieller Personennamen in Dialekten des Deutschen
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Theresa Schweden and Theresa Schweden
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Systeme zur Referenz auf Personen sind in den meisten deutschen Dialekten komplexer als im Standard. So werden in gut vernetzten dörflichen Sprechgemeinschaften zusätzlich zur offiziellen Abfolge im Gesamtnamen (Rufname Familienname) Strukturen mit vorangestellten Familiennamen verwendet (die Müller Anna bzw. (s) Müllers Anna), Sie enthalten Reste ehemaliger Genitivflexion und stellen eine der letzten Domänen des Genitivs in deutschen Dialekten dar. Diese Monografie befasst sich mit der strukturellen und soziopragmatischen Variation in der Abfolge von Ruf- und Familienname großflächig sowie in Einzeldialektstudien mithilfe von syn- und diachronen Daten. Dabei bedient sich die Untersuchung eines Mixed Methods-Ansatzes aus direkten und indirekten Erhebungsmethoden. Auf struktureller Ebene werden morphosyntaktische Besonderheiten und Entwicklungstendenzen in Arealen und einzelnen Dialektsystemen analysiert. Mithilfe von Fragebogendaten werden soziolinguistische Steuerungsfaktoren für die beiden Abfolgen herausgearbeitet. Referenztheoretische sowie kulturhistorische Perspektiven auf vorangestellte Familiennamen tragen zur Erklärung des Genitiverhalts bei. Auf der Basis von Fokusgruppeninterviews werden Verwendungskontexte der Familiennamenvoranstellung untersucht. Somit leistet die Arbeit einen Beitrag zur Etablierung geeigneter empirischer Methoden zur Erhebung dialektpragmatischer Phänomene.
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- 2023
177. Verschieden - im Einssein : Eine interdisziplinare Untersuchung zu Meister Eckharts Verstandnis von Wirklichkeit
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C. Buchner and C. Buchner
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This volume argues that the on-going fascination for the middle-age mystic, philosopher and theologian Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) has to do with his understanding of reality as a complex relationship of plurality and unity: as such it defies one-dimensional views and guides to approach it from plural ways. The contributions from different scholarly perspectives (philosophy, theology, history, philology) take this complexity into account and, ipso facto, demonstrate a paradigmatic shift in recent Eckhart research: away from closed terminologies (and attempts to place Eckhart's thought therein) towards more process-oriented dynamic understandings of his work and the object of his work.
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178. English Historical Syntax
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David Denison and David Denison
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- English language--Syntax, English language--Grammar, Historical
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This study brings together many of the resources needed for the exploration of English historical syntax and deals with many of the important changes in English sentence structure from Old English to present. It also features a survey of published research from both classical and modern linguistic traditions, as well as new research by the author. Provides guidance on methodology, important reference materials, and the general history of the English language.
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179. Cognitive Models and Intelligent Environments for Learning Programming
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Enrica Lemut, Benedict DuBoulay, Giuliana Dettori, Enrica Lemut, Benedict DuBoulay, and Giuliana Dettori
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- Computer programming--Congresses
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At present, there is a general consensus on the nature of learning programming, but there are different opinions on what forms an effective environment for it. It is generally recognized that the development of a mental model is a formidable task for the student and that learning programming is a complex activity that depends heavily on metacognitive skills. This book, based on a NATO workshop, presents both pure cognitive models and experimental learning environments, and discusses what characteristics can make a learning model effective, especially in relation to the learning environment (natural or computerized). The papers cover cognitive models related to different aspects of programming, classes of learners, and types of environment, and are organized in three groups: theoretical and empirical studies on understanding programming, environments for learning programming, and learning programming in school environments. Comprehension, design, construction, testing, debugging, and verification are recognized as interdependent skills, which require complicated analysis and may develop independently, and indifferent orders, in novices. This book shows that there is unlikely to be asingle path from novice to expert and that the structure of the final product (the program) may not constrain the process by which it comes into being as much as some would advocate.
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180. AI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 22nd Australasian Joint Conference, Melbourne, Australia, December 1-4, 2009, Proceedings
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Ann Nicholson, Xiaodong Li, Ann Nicholson, and Xiaodong Li
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- Artificial intelligence, Computer science, Data mining, Information storage and retrieval systems, Natural language processing (Computer science), User interfaces (Computer systems), Human-computer interaction
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2009, held in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2009. The 68 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 174 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on agents; AI applications; computer vision and image processing; data mining and statistical learning; evolutionary computing; game playing; knowledge representation and reasoning; natural language and speech processing; soft computing; and user modelling.
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- 2009
181. The Age of Alternative Logics : Assessing Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics Today
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Johan van Benthem, Gerhard Heinzmann, Manuel Rebuschi, Henk Visser, Johan van Benthem, Gerhard Heinzmann, Manuel Rebuschi, and Henk Visser
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- Nonclassical mathematical logic--Congresses, Logic, Symbolic and mathematical--Congresses, Knowledge, Theory of--Congresses, Mathematics--Philosophy, Logic, Symbolic and mathematical, Categories (Philosophy), Proof theory
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In the last century developments in mathematics, philosophy, physics, computer science, economics and linguistics have proven important for the development of logic. There has been an influx of new ideas, concerns, and logical systems reflecting a great variety of reasoning tasks in the sciences. This volume reflects the multi-dimensional nature of the interplay between logic and science. It presents contributions from the world's leading scholars under the following headings: - Proof, Knowledge and Computation - Truth Values beyond Bivalence - Category-Theoretic Structures - Independence, Evaluation Games, and Imperfect Information - Dialogue and Pragmatics. The contents exemplify the liveliness of modern perspectives on the philosophy of logic and mathematics and demonstrate the growth of the discipline. It describes new trends, possible developments for research and new issues not normally raised in the standard agenda of the philosophy of logic and mathematics. It transforms rigid classical partitions into a more open field for improvisation.
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- 2006
182. Verschieden - im Einssein : Eine interdisziplinare Untersuchung zu Meister Eckharts Verstandnis von Wirklichkeit
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Büchner, Christine, HERAUSGEGEBEN VON and Büchner, Christine
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- 2018
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183. Microbial Processes and Products
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Barredo, José-Luis and Barredo, José-Luis
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- Microbial biotechnology--Methodology
- Abstract
The development of recombinant DNA techniques over the last 20 years has greatly expanded the opportunities for using microorganisms to produce a broad range of valuable substances. In Microbial Processes and Products, outstanding leaders in using microorganisms as cell factories describe in detail their best laboratory procedures for many processes and products mediated by microorganisms. An overview chapter describes how to develop strain improvement programs and strategies to optimize fermentation processes. Taking advantage of the most recent developments in such processes, the authors offer step-by-step experimental methods for the optimal design of microbial metabolite production, including semisynthetic derivatives of cephalosporins, erythromycin, antitumor compounds, plasmids for gene therapy and DNA vaccination, L-lysine, vitamins B2 and B12, the sweet-tasting protein thaumatin, the carotenoids b-carotene and astaxanthin, the polysaccharide gellan, and bacteria-producing bacteria for sausage fermentation. Additionally, the use of phenylacetyl-CoA catabolon for enzymatic synthesis of penicillins, aromatic biotransformations, synthesis of new bioplastics, biosensor design, or synthesis of drug vehicles, and the development of a phosphate encoding gene as a reporter and to monitor gene expression are illustrated. The diverse chemicals and biochemicals produced can be used in human health, nutrition, and environmental protection. Additional chapters offer techniques for analysis of antimicrobial metabolites and carotenoids, volatile sulfur compounds, metabolic pathway fluxes, gene expression arrays, proteome analysis, bacterial modulation of the innate immune response, bioleaching activity, and heavy metal remediation. Finally, three overview chapters on transport of biological material, deposit of biological material for patent purposes, and protection of biotechnological inventions are shown. The protocols follow the successful Methods in Biotechnology series format, each offering step-by-step laboratory instructions, an introduction outlining the principle behind the technique, lists of the necessary equipment and reagents, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. A companion volume, Microbial Enzymes and Biotransformations, describes in detail cutting-edge techniques for the screening, evolution, production, immobilization, and use of enzymes. Wide-ranging and practical, Microbial Processes and Products offers laboratory and industrial scientists a wealth of readily reproducible techniques for the successful microbial generation of biochemical products to serve the needs of human health, nutrition, and environmental protection.
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- 2005
184. Intelligent Information Integration for the Semantic Web
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Ubbo Visser and Ubbo Visser
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- Semantic Web
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The semantic Web offers new opportunities for information processes. This book is devoted to the core issue of data integration at the semantic level and demonstrates the applicability of the techniques developed to spatio-temporal representation and reasoning and geographic information systems. Preceded by a motivating introduction and an overview of the state of the art in the field of information integration, fundamental problems of terminological representation, terminological reasoning, and semantic translation are treated in detail. The theoretical results and techniques developed are applied to intelligent conceptual and spatio-temporal queries of heterogeneous geographic information systems.
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- 2004
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