27 results on '"Gundlach S"'
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2. Resistive solenoid development at the NHMFL
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Jingping Chen, Bird, M.D., Bole, S., Gundlach, S., O'Reilly, J., and Viouchkov, Y.L.
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Solenoids -- Design and construction ,Superconducting magnets -- Design and construction ,Technical institutes -- Research ,Business ,Electronics ,Electronics and electrical industries - Published
- 2010
3. Selection of important and related variables in omics data with surrogate minimal depth (SMD)
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Seifert, S., primary, Gundlach, S., additional, and Szymczak, S., additional
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- 2020
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4. Design of 30 T split-pair pulse coils for LANSCE
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Painter, T., Bole, S., Eyssa, Y., Dixon, I., Williams, V., Maier, S., Gundlach, S., Tozer, S., Hascicek, Y., and Ammerman, C.
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Magnetic circuits -- Design and construction ,Business ,Electronics ,Electronics and electrical industries - Abstract
The development of a high frequency split-pair coil system for the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center is discussed and coil fatigue performance is predicted.
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- 2000
5. Are international small business owners really that different?
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Gundlach, S, Sammartino, A, Gundlach, S, and Sammartino, A
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Purpose: This paper investigates the impact of individual traits and attributes on the entrepreneurial and internationalization actions of Australian businesswomen, many of whom run small businesses. Design/methodology/approach: This exploratory quantitative study interrogates a survey of 323 Australian businesswomen. The study explores two micro-foundational relationships– (1) personality and capability assessment differences between female business owners and their employed counterparts, and (2) the impact of such traits and assessments on their internationalization. Differentials in perceptions of barriers to internationalization are also investigated. Findings: The study finds few differences on key personality dimensions between female business owners and their employed counterparts, or between women who are engaged internationally and those yet to do so. The findings around tolerance for ambiguity and management efficacy are notably counter-intuitive. This prompts the development of testable propositions on the dynamic interplay between perceptions and internationalization. Practical implications: The study questions the distinctiveness of entrepreneurs’ personalities, at least for female businesswomen. Starting and internationalizing a small business may have a transformative effect, however. Originality/value: By including small business owners and employees, women who have engaged internationally and those that are yet to do so, the study avoids some of the potential self-selection and confirmation biases inherent in studies of only entrepreneurs or small business owners. The investigation of individual traits, attributes and experiences as micro-foundations for internationalization motivations challenges existing theories of small business expansion and refocuses attention on how self-perceptions may alter over time.
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- 2019
6. Comparison of pathway guided random forests approaches for the integration of biological knowledge
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Seifert, S, Gundlach, S, Junge, O, Szymczak, S, Seifert, S, Gundlach, S, Junge, O, and Szymczak, S
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- 2019
7. The effect of skin surface topography and skin colouration cues on perception of male facial age, health and attractiveness
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Fink, B., primary, Matts, P. J., additional, Brauckmann, C., additional, and Gundlach, S., additional
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- 2018
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8. Women, Global Trade and What it Takes to Succeed
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SAMMARTINO, A, Gundlach, S, SAMMARTINO, A, and Gundlach, S
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This report is the second emanating from the five year partnership between Women in Global Business (WIGB) and the University of Melbourne to annually survey Australia’s international businesswomen. It fills a critical gap in data about Australian businesswomen engaging in international business and expands our understanding of their successes, challenges and motivations. It provides unique insights and captures the views and opinions of these entrepreneurial women with global ambitions. We look at their significant but under recognised contribution to Australia’s economic growth and job creation. These women remain very optimistic about future growth. Our survey of 416 women, reveals a dynamic community of entrepreneurs and senior decision‐makers guiding organisations into markets around the world.
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- 2015
9. Impact of Trapped Helium Gas Bubble in Liquid Helium on the Cooling in High Magnetic Field
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Bai, Hongyu, primary, Markiewicz, W. D., additional, Weijers, H. W., additional, Voran, A., additional, Noyes, P. D., additional, Jarvis, B., additional, Sheppard, W. R., additional, Johnson, Z. L., additional, Gundlach, S. R., additional, and Hannahs, S. T., additional
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- 2015
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10. Progress in the Development of a Superconducting 32 T Magnet With REBCO High Field Coils
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Weijers, H. W., primary, Kandel, H., additional, Bai, H., additional, Gavrilin, A. V., additional, Viouchkov, Y. L., additional, Larbalestier, D. C., additional, Abraimov, D. V., additional, Markiewicz, W. D., additional, Voran, A. J., additional, Gundlach, S. R., additional, Sheppard, W. R., additional, Jarvis, B., additional, Johnson, Z. L., additional, Noyes, P. D., additional, and Lu, J., additional
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- 2014
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11. Australia's Underestimated Resource: Women Doing Business Globally
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SAMMARTINO, A, Gundlach, S, SAMMARTINO, A, and Gundlach, S
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This Report reveals, for the first time, the wide-ranging successes of women-owned Australian organisations in the global marketplace, and the speed with which new women-owned organisations are venturing internationally. We also capture the experiences of Australian women contributing to their organisations’ global expansion strategies in senior management roles.
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- 2013
12. „Vergessene“ Geschwister? – Lebensqualität von Geschwistern von an Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 erkrankten Kindern und Jugendlichen
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Würz, J, primary, Gundlach, S, additional, Hiermann, P, additional, Kapellen, T, additional, Galler, A, additional, Wudy, S, additional, Hauschild, M, additional, Brähler, E, additional, and Kiess, W, additional
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- 2006
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13. Nef variants from non-pathogenic lentiviral strains inhibit iron uptake through an AP2-dependent inhibition of transferrin endocytosis
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Koppensteiner H, Höhne K, Mv, Gondim, Francois-Xavier Gobert, Widder M, Gundlach S, Heigele A, Kirchhoff F, Winkler M, Benaroch P, and Schindler M
14. Comportamiento del cristiano ante el problema de la coexistencia
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Gundlach, S. J., G., primary
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- 1955
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15. Il contributo di Cesare Colucci alla psicotecnica
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SAVA, Gabriella, M. Sinatra, G. Tanucci, M. M. Sokal, V. Bongiorno, G. Ceccarelli, F. Ceglie, A. D'Alessandro, S. Degni, L. Dibattista, R. Foschi, H. Gundlach, S. Intorrella, F. Herrero, E. Lafuente, G. P. Lombardo, E. Cicciola, L. Monacis, L. Traetta, D. Voboril, P. Kveton, M. Jeline., and Sava, Gabriella
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Storia della psicologia Storia della scienza Psicotecnica - Abstract
Cesare Colucci è stato uno dei primi docenti di Psicologia, avendo ricoperto una delle prime tre Cattedre di Psicologia istituite in Italia. Allievo e collaboratore di Leonardo Bianchi, Colucci è vivamente interessato alla psicotecnica, con particolare riferimento all'ambito scolastico e a quello industriale.
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- 2007
16. The chemicals between us-First results of the cluster analyses on anatomy embalming procedures in the German-speaking countries.
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Kerner AM, Biedermann U, Bräuer L, Caspers S, Doll S, Engelhardt M, Filler TJ, Ghebremedhin E, Gundlach S, Hayn-Leichsenring GU, Heermann S, Hettwer-Steeger I, Hiepe L, Hirt B, Hirtler L, Hörmann R, Kulisch C, Lange T, Leube R, Meuser AH, Müller-Gerbl M, Nassenstein C, Neckel PH, Nimtschke U, Paulsen F, Prescher A, Pretterklieber M, Schliwa S, Schmidt K, Schmiedl A, Schomerus C, Schulze-Tanzil G, Schumacher U, Schumann S, Spindler V, Streicher J, Tschernig T, Unverzagt A, Valentiner U, Viebahn C, Wedel T, Weigner J, Weninger WJ, Westermann J, Weyers I, Waschke J, and Hammer N
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- Humans, Fixatives, Embalming methods, Cadaver, Formaldehyde chemistry, Ethanol, Anatomy education
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Hands-on courses utilizing preserved human tissues for educational training offer an important pathway to acquire basic anatomical knowledge. Owing to the reevaluation of formaldehyde limits by the European Commission, a joint approach was chosen by the German-speaking anatomies in Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to find commonalities among embalming protocols and infrastructure. A survey comprising 537 items was circulated to all anatomies in German-speaking Europe. Clusters were established for "ethanol"-, formaldehyde-based ("FA"), and "other" embalming procedures, depending on the chemicals considered the most relevant for each protocol. The logistical framework, volumes of chemicals, and infrastructure were found to be highly diverse between the groups and protocols. Formaldehyde quantities deployed per annum were three-fold higher in the "FA" (223 L/a) compared to the "ethanol" (71.0 L/a) group, but not for "other" (97.8 L/a), though the volumes injected per body were similar. "FA" was strongly related to table-borne air ventilation and total fixative volumes ≤1000 L. "Ethanol" was strongly related to total fixative volumes >1000 L, ceiling- and floor-borne air ventilation, and explosion-proof facilities. Air ventilation was found to be installed symmetrically in the mortuary and dissection facilities. Certain predictors exist for the interplay between the embalming used in a given infrastructure and technical measures. The here-established cluster analysis may serve as decision supportive tool when considering altering embalming protocols or establishing joint protocols between institutions, following a best practice approach to cater toward best-suited tissue characteristics for educational purposes, while simultaneously addressing future demands on exposure limits., (© 2023 The Authors. Anatomical Sciences Education published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association for Anatomy.)
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- 2023
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17. Mechanisms of CD8+ T-cell failure in chronic hepatitis E virus infection.
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Kemming J, Gundlach S, Panning M, Huzly D, Huang J, Lütgehetmann M, Pischke S, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Emmerich F, Llewellyn-Lacey S, Price DA, Tanriver Y, Warnatz K, Boettler T, Thimme R, Hofmann M, Fischer N, and Neumann-Haefelin C
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- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, Humans, Interferon-gamma, Liver Cirrhosis, Ribavirin, Hepatitis E, Hepatitis E virus, Liver Failure
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Background & Aims: In immunosuppressed patients, persistent HEV infection is common and may lead to cirrhosis and liver failure. HEV clearance depends on an effective virus-specific CD8+ T-cell response; however, the knowledge gap around HEV-specific CD8+ T-cell epitopes has hindered analysis of the mechanisms of T-cell failure in persistent infection., Methods: We comprehensively studied HEV-specific CD8+ T-cell responses in 46 patients with self-limiting (n = 34) or chronic HEV infection (n = 12), by epitope-specific expansion, functional testing, ex vivo peptide HLA class I tetramer multi-parametric staining, and viral sequence analysis., Results: We identified 25 HEV-specific CD8+ T-cell epitopes restricted by 9 different HLA class I alleles. In self-limiting HEV infection, HEV-specific CD8+ T cells were vigorous, contracted after resolution of infection, and formed functional memory responses. In contrast, in chronic infection, the HEV-specific CD8+ T-cell response was diminished, declined over time, and displayed phenotypic features of exhaustion. However, improved proliferation of HEV-specific CD8+ T cells, increased interferon-γ production and evolution of a memory-like phenotype were observed upon reduction of immunosuppression and/or ribavirin treatment and were associated with viral clearance. In 1 patient, mutational viral escape in a targeted CD8+ T-cell epitope contributed to CD8+ T-cell failure., Conclusion: Chronic HEV infection is associated with HEV-specific CD8+ T-cell exhaustion, indicating that T-cell exhaustion driven by persisting antigen recognition also occurs in severely immunosuppressed hosts. Functional reinvigoration of virus-specific T cells is at least partially possible when antigen is cleared. In a minority of patients, viral escape also contributes to HEV-specific CD8+ T-cell failure and thus needs to be considered in personalized immunotherapeutic approaches., Lay Summary: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is usually cleared spontaneously (without treatment) in patients with fully functioning immune systems. In immunosuppressed patients, chronic HEV infection is common and can progress rapidly to cirrhosis and liver failure. Herein, we identified the presence of HEV-specific CD8+ T cells (a specific type of immune cell that can target HEV) in immunosuppressed patients, but we show that these cells do not function properly. This dysfunction appears to play a role in the development of chronic HEV infection in vulnerable patients., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest that pertain to this work. Please refer to the accompanying ICMJE disclosure forms for further details., (Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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18. Integrating biological knowledge and gene expression data using pathway-guided random forests: a benchmarking study.
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Seifert S, Gundlach S, Junge O, and Szymczak S
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- Gene Expression, Humans, Benchmarking, Software
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Motivation: High-throughput technologies allow comprehensive characterization of individuals on many molecular levels. However, training computational models to predict disease status based on omics data is challenging. A promising solution is the integration of external knowledge about structural and functional relationships into the modeling process. We compared four published random forest-based approaches using two simulation studies and nine experimental datasets., Results: The self-sufficient prediction error approach should be applied when large numbers of relevant pathways are expected. The competing methods hunting and learner of functional enrichment should be used when low numbers of relevant pathways are expected or the most strongly associated pathways are of interest. The hybrid approach synthetic features is not recommended because of its high false discovery rate., Availability and Implementation: An R package providing functions for data analysis and simulation is available at GitHub (https://github.com/szymczak-lab/PathwayGuidedRF). An accompanying R data package (https://github.com/szymczak-lab/DataPathwayGuidedRF) stores the processed and quality controlled experimental datasets downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)., Supplementary Information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online., (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press.)
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- 2020
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19. Surrogate minimal depth as an importance measure for variables in random forests.
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Seifert S, Gundlach S, and Szymczak S
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- Machine Learning
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Motivation: It has been shown that the machine learning approach random forest can be successfully applied to omics data, such as gene expression data, for classification or regression and to select variables that are important for prediction. However, the complex relationships between predictor variables, in particular between causal predictor variables, make the interpretation of currently applied variable selection techniques difficult., Results: Here we propose a new variable selection approach called surrogate minimal depth (SMD) that incorporates surrogate variables into the concept of minimal depth (MD) variable importance. Applying SMD, we show that simulated correlation patterns can be reconstructed and that the increased consideration of variable relationships improves variable selection. When compared with existing state-of-the-art methods and MD, SMD has higher empirical power to identify causal variables while the resulting variable lists are equally stable. In conclusion, SMD is a promising approach to get more insight into the complex interplay of predictor variables and outcome in a high-dimensional data setting., Availability and Implementation: https://github.com/StephanSeifert/SurrogateMinimalDepth., Supplementary Information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online., (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press.)
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- 2019
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20. Comparison of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Software for the Evolutionary Analysis of Y-Chromosomal Microsatellite Data.
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Gundlach S, Junge O, Wienbrandt L, Krawczak M, and Caliebe A
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The evolutionary analysis of genetic data is an important subject of modern bioscience, with practical applications in diverse fields. Parameters of interest in this context include effective population sizes, mutation rates, population growth rates and the times to most recent common ancestors. Studying Y-chromosomal microsatellite data, in particular, has proven useful to unravel the recent patrilineal history of Homo sapiens populations. We compared the individual analysis options and technical details of four software tools that are widely used for this purpose, namely BATWING, BEAST, IMa2 and LAMARC, all of which use Bayesian coalescent-based Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods for parameter estimation. More specifically, we simulated datasets for either eight or 20 hypothetical Y-chromosomal microsatellites, assuming a mutation rate of 0.0030 per generation and a constant or exponentially increasing population size, and used these data to evaluate the parameter estimation capacity of each tool. The datasets comprised between 100 and 1000 samples. In addition to runtime, the practical utility of the tools of interest can also be expected to depend critically upon the convergence behavior of the actual MCMC implementation. In fact, we found that runtime increased, and convergence rate decreased, with increasing sample size as expected. BATWING performed best with respect to runtime and convergence behavior, but only supports simple evolutionary models. As regards the spectrum of evolutionary models covered, and also in terms of cross-platform usability, BEAST provided the greatest flexibility. Finally, IMa2 and LAMARC turned out best to incorporate elaborate migration models in the analysis process.
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- 2019
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21. VarWatch-A stand-alone software tool for variant matching.
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Fredrich B, Schmöhl M, Junge O, Gundlach S, Ellinghaus D, Pfeufer A, Bettecken T, Siddiqui R, Franke A, Wienker TF, Hoeppner MP, and Krawczak M
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- Datasets as Topic, Genetic Diseases, Inborn genetics, Genetic Variation, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Humans, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Computational Biology instrumentation, Genetic Diseases, Inborn diagnosis, Genetic Testing instrumentation, Genomics instrumentation, Software
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Massively parallel DNA sequencing of clinical samples holds great promise for the gene-based diagnosis of human inherited diseases because it allows rapid detection of putatively causative mutations at genome-wide level. Without additional evidence complementing their initial bioinformatics evaluation, however, the clinical relevance of such candidate genetic variants often remains unclear. In consequence, dedicated 'matching' services have been established in recent years that aim at the discovery of other, comparable case reports to facilitate individual diagnoses. However, legal concerns have been raised about the global sharing of genetic data, particularly in Europe where the recently enacted General Data Protection Regulation EU-2016/679 classifies genetic data as highly sensitive. Hence, unrestricted sharing of genetic data from clinical cases on platforms outside the national jurisdiction increasingly may be perceived as problematic. To allow collaborative data producers, particularly large consortia of diagnostic laboratories, to acknowledge these concerns while still practicing efficient case matching internally, novel tools are required. To this end, we developed VarWatch, an easy-to-deploy and highly scalable case matching software that provides users with comprehensive programmatic tools and a user-friendly interface to fulfil said purpose., Competing Interests: AP acknowledges support from Myriad GmbH, Planegg, Germany, and MZV für Molekulare Diagnostik, Munich, Germany. TB acknowledges support from MZV für. Molekulare Diagnostik, Munich, Germany. Myriad and MVZ provided support in the form of salaries for authors AP and TB. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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- 2019
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22. Recommendations of the working group of the Anatomische Gesellschaft on reduction of formaldehyde exposure in anatomical curricula and institutes.
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Waschke J, Bergmann M, Bräuer L, Brenner E, Buchhorn A, Deutsch A, Dokter M, Egu DT, Ergün S, Fassnacht U, Fietz D, Gundlach S, Heermann S, Hirt B, Kugelmann D, Müller-Gerbl M, Neiss W, Nimtschke U, Plendl J, Pretterklieber M, Redies C, Scaal M, Schmidt MHH, Schmiedl A, Schnittler HJ, Schomerus C, Sebestény T, Spittau B, Steiniger B, Tschernig T, Unverzagt A, Viebahn C, Voigt E, Weigner J, Weyers I, Winkelmann A, Winkler M, and Paulsen F
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- Humans, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Anatomy education, Formaldehyde adverse effects, Occupational Exposure prevention & control, Respiratory Hypersensitivity prevention & control
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The practice of human and veterinary medicine is based on the science of anatomy and dissection courses are still irreplaceable in the teaching of anatomy. Embalming is required to preserve body donors, for which process formaldehyde (FA) is the most frequently used and well characterized biocidal substance. Since January 2016, a new occupational exposure limit (OEL) for FA of 0.37mg/m
3 issued by the European Committee on Hazardous Substances is obligatory since FA has been classified as a human 1B carcinogen. The anatomical institutes in the German-speaking region are called upon to consolidate efforts to reduce use of FA in anatomical curricula and body donations. As a result, the Anatomische Gesellschaft (AG) has formed a "Working Group for Reduction of Formaldehyde Exposure in Dissection Courses" tasked with discussion and recommendation of measures to reduce FA. Based on the assessment of the Working Group, the AG has issued an official opinion to the effect that, at this point in time, embalming of body donors without FA completely is not feasible. Therefore, a combination of approaches are to be used to reduce FA exposure, including technical and structural (architectural) adaptations, modification of protocols for fixation and preservation as well as organizational measures. One structural measure considered unavoidable is the integration of air supply and exhaust of individual dissecting tables into the ventilation system of the anatomy building. To embalm human body donors, intra-arterial perfusion fixation with up to 4% FA and a total fluid volume of 150mL/kg body weight will suffice. For animals where body weights and biology of bodies vary widely (i.e. special needs of fixation for ruminants, large animals as horses) perfusion fixation with up to 4% FA and a quantity of fixative solution of 10-15% of the body weight may be required. Preservation of body donors in storage (immersion) can be done with 40% ethanol or in a full bath preservation containing up to 2% FA. Corpse humidification in the dissecting room is possible with 2% phenoxyethanol, in each case without FA. In veterinary anatomy, microbiological burden is often higher and therefore might lead to a need of FA in long-time storage. Compliance with the current OEL in all institutes would appear to be feasible in combination with various organizational measures., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2019
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23. HEV-positive blood donations represent a relevant infection risk for immunosuppressed recipients.
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Westhölter D, Hiller J, Denzer U, Polywka S, Ayuk F, Rybczynski M, Horvatits T, Gundlach S, Blöcker J, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Fischer N, Addo MM, Peine S, Göke B, Lohse AW, Lütgehetmann M, and Pischke S
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- Adult, Female, Germany epidemiology, Hepatitis E epidemiology, Hepatitis E transmission, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Retrospective Studies, Transfusion Reaction epidemiology, Young Adult, Blood Donors, Hepatitis E virology, Hepatitis E virus genetics, Immunocompromised Host, Mass Screening methods, RNA, Viral analysis, Transfusion Reaction virology
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Background & Aims: Routine HEV testing of blood products has recently been implemented in Great Britain and the Netherlands. The relevance of transfusion-transmitted HEV infections is still controversially discussed in Europe., Methods: All blood donations at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf were prospectively tested for HEV RNA by pooled PCR from October 2016 to May 2017. Reactive samples were individually retested. Additionally, stored samples from previous donations of positive donors were tested to determine the duration of HEV viraemia. HEV RNA-positive donors and a control cohort were asked to answer a questionnaire., Results: Twenty-three out of 18,737 HEV RNA-positive donors were identified (0.12%). Only two of the positive donors (8.7%) presented with elevated aminotransferases at time of donation (alanine aminotransferase: 192 and 101 U/L). The retrospective analysis of all positive donors revealed that four asymptomatic donors had been HEV viraemic for up to three months with the longest duration of HEV viraemia exceeding four months. Despite the HEV-testing efforts, 14 HEV RNA-positive blood products were transfused into 12 immunocompromised and two immunocompetent patients. One recipient of these products developed fatal acute-on-chronic liver failure complicated by Pseudomonas septicemia. The questionnaire revealed that HEV RNA-positive donors significantly more often consumed raw pork meat (12 out of 18; 67%) than controls (89 out of 256; 35%; p = 0.01). In two donors, undercooked pork liver dishes were identified as the source of infection. HEV genotyping was possible in 7 out of 23 of HEV viraemic donors and six out of seven isolates belonged to HEV Genotype 3, Group 2., Conclusions: Prolonged HEV viraemia can be detected at a relatively high rate in Northern German blood donors, leading to transfusion-transmitted HEV infections in several patients with the risk of severe and fatal complications. Eating raw pork tartare represented a relevant risk for the acquisition of HEV infection., Lay Summary: The relevance of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E virus infections has been discussed controversially. Herein, we present the first report on routine hepatitis E virus screening of blood donations at a tertiary care centre in Germany. Hepatitis E viraemia was found at a relatively high rate of 0.12% among blood donors, which represents a relevant transfusion-related risk for vulnerable patient populations., (Copyright © 2018 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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24. Establishment of serological herd profiles for zoonoses and production diseases in pigs by "meat juice multi-serology".
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Meemken D, Tangemann AH, Meermeier D, Gundlach S, Mischok D, Greiner M, Klein G, and Blaha T
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- Abattoirs, Animals, Antibodies analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Germany epidemiology, Meat virology, Prevalence, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Swine, Swine Diseases microbiology, Swine Diseases parasitology, Swine Diseases virology, Zoonoses microbiology, Zoonoses parasitology, Zoonoses virology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay veterinary, Meat microbiology, Swine Diseases epidemiology, Zoonoses epidemiology
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The most important pork-borne zoonotic diseases in humans such as Salmonelloses and Yersinioses cause only latent infections in pigs. Thus, the infection of pigs does not result in apparent or palpable alterations in the pig carcasses. This is the major reason, why the traditional meat inspection with adspection, palpation and incision is not able to control the food safety risks of today. The objective of this paper is to evaluate a set of serological tests, which provides a classification of pig herds into "zoonoses risk categories" as demanded by EU law and into "herd health risk categories" by using meat juice as diagnostic specimen for ELISA tests. Serological data that were obtained by testing meat juice samples from various pig herds were analyzed as proof of the "meat juice multi-serology" concept. For that, at least 60 meat juice samples from 49 pig herds each were taken between September 2010 and March 2011 and tested for antibodies against zoonotic pathogens (Salmonella spp., Trichinella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica and Toxoplasma gondii) and against pathogens causing production diseases (Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, influenza A virus subtype H1N1, influenza A virus subtype H3N2 and PRRSV). Apparent and true animal prevalence, herd prevalence values and intra-herd seroprevalence values as well as the predictive values for the herd and the animal prevalence values were calculated for each pathogen and each of the 49 randomly selected herds. The herd seroprevalence values (one seropositive sample per herd determined a "positive herd") for Y. enterocolitica, Salmonella spp., T. gondii, M. hyopneumoniae and PRRSV were higher than 80%, respectively, for the influenza A viruses between 60% and 14% and for Trichinella spp. 0%. Although all herds were located in the same area in the Northwest of Germany within a radius of 250 km, the intra-herd seroprevalence values for all tested pathogens, except for Trichinella spp., varied remarkably from herd to herd. In the case of Y. enterocolitica and T. gondii the intra-herd seroprevalence values varied even from zero to 100%. This shows that a serological risk categorization of pig herds regarding zoonoses and production diseases is meaningful if used for risk-based decisions in the framework of the new meat inspection concept and as part of the herd health management system. Thus, the development of a cost-efficient, time- and labour-saving test system for simultaneously detecting various antibodies should be the next step for an extensive implementation of the meat juice multi-serology concept., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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25. Lentiviral Nef suppresses iron uptake in a strain specific manner through inhibition of Transferrin endocytosis.
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Koppensteiner H, Höhne K, Gondim MV, Gobert FX, Widder M, Gundlach S, Heigele A, Kirchhoff F, Winkler M, Benaroch P, and Schindler M
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- Animals, Haplorhini, Endocytosis drug effects, Gene Products, nef metabolism, Iron metabolism, Receptors, Transferrin antagonists & inhibitors, Simian Immunodeficiency Virus physiology, Transferrin metabolism
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Background: Increased cellular iron levels are associated with high mortality in HIV-1 infection. Moreover iron is an important cofactor for viral replication, raising the question whether highly divergent lentiviruses actively modulate iron homeostasis. Here, we evaluated the effect on cellular iron uptake upon expression of the accessory protein Nef from different lentiviral strains., Results: Surface Transferrin receptor (TfR) levels are unaffected by Nef proteins of HIV-1 and its simian precursors but elevated in cells expressing Nefs from most other primate lentiviruses due to reduced TfR internalization. The SIV Nef-mediated reduction of TfR endocytosis is dependent on an N-terminal AP2 binding motif that is not required for downmodulation of CD4, CD28, CD3 or MHCI. Importantly, SIV Nef-induced inhibition of TfR endocytosis leads to the reduction of Transferrin uptake and intracellular iron concentration and is accompanied by attenuated lentiviral replication in macrophages., Conclusion: Inhibition of Transferrin and thereby iron uptake by SIV Nef might limit viral replication in myeloid cells. Furthermore, this new SIV Nef function could represent a virus-host adaptation that evolved in natural SIV-infected monkeys.
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- 2014
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26. Single Nef proteins from HIV type 1 subtypes C and F fail to upregulate invariant chain cell surface expression but are active for other functions.
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Turk G, Gundlach S, Carobene M, Schindler M, Salomon H, and Benaroch P
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Cells, Cultured, Gene Expression Regulation, Genotype, HIV-1 classification, HIV-1 immunology, HeLa Cells, Humans, Jurkat Cells, Leukocytes, Mononuclear immunology, Leukocytes, Mononuclear virology, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Sequence Alignment, nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus genetics, Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte biosynthesis, HIV-1 physiology, Histocompatibility Antigens Class II biosynthesis, Receptors, Immunologic biosynthesis, nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus physiology
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HIV-1 Nef protein plays a major role in viral immunopathogenesis, modulating surface expression of several immune receptors, altering signal transduction pathways, and enhancing viral infectivity, among other activities. Nef also exhibits great intersubtype diversity, but most studies have been focused only on Nef proteins from subtype B. Thus, little is known about the functional capacities of nonsubtype B Nef proteins in host cells. Here, we investigated cell surface regulation of MHC-I, MHC-II, the MHC-II-associated chaperone invariant chain (Ii), CD4, CD3, and CD28 in cells transfected or infected with five different Nef alleles including one HIV-1 subtype C and F allele. No significant difference among the Nef proteins regarding CD3, CD28, and MHC-II downregulation was observed. The NefC showed a slightly, yet significant, diminished capacity to downregulate MHC-I in all cells, as well as to downregulate CD4 in Jurkat cells and PBMCs. Strikingly, the two alleles from NefC and NefF were unable to upregulate the Ii chain both in transfected and infected cells. Moreover, the internalization rate of the surface Ii chain was only slightly affected by NefC and NefF, whereas it was drastically reduced by NefB. Nef domains known to be involved in Ii chain upregulation were conserved among the five alleles analyzed here. In summary, we identified two primary HIV-1 NefC and NefF alleles that are selectively impaired for Ii upregulation and that may help to elucidate the mechanism of this Nef function in the future. It will be important to determine whether the observed differences are HIV-1 subtype dependent and influence viral immunopathogenesis.
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- 2009
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27. [Health-related quality of life of siblings of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus].
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Gundlach S, Würz J, Schmutzer G, Hiermann P, Kapellen T, Galler A, Wudy S, Hauschild M, Kiess W, and Brähler E
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- Adolescent, Case-Control Studies, Child, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 genetics, Family, Female, Humans, Male, Sex Characteristics, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 rehabilitation, Health Status, Quality of Life, Siblings
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Background Information: A chronic illness in childhood or adolescents constitutes a drastic event for the whole family, especially for the healthy siblings. This could impair their quality of life., Patients and Methods: We designed a case-control-study in three centres (Leipzig, Giessen and Augsburg) with questionaires sent to 72 diabetic children, 71 of their siblings and 63 children of neighbourhood (controls) aged between 8 and 16 years. KINDL-Questionnaire was used for the study of the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents, supplemented by other appropriate items., Results: The results indicate a positive health related quality of life of the healthy siblings of families with a child who has type 1 diabetes. Differences in the quality of life depend on factors such as age and gender of the children and relate to specific items of sibling relationship (e. g. "worried about sibling", "looked after sibling"). Generally, there was a great similarity with regard to the quality of life of healthy brothers and sisters from affected families compared with children of families without a child suffering from chronic illness., Conclusions: The results indicate that the health related quality of life of healthy siblings of children with diabetes only differs insignificantly from brothers and sisters of "healthy" families.
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- 2006
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