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Es wurde die zeitabhängige Relaxation der Elektronenverteilung in einem Metall-Halbleiter (Galliumarsenid-Gold) Kontakt nach Anregung durch einen Femtosekundenlaserpuls untersucht. Der Einfluss von internen Photoströmen und extern angelegten Spannungen auf die zeitaufgelöste Messung der Elektronenverteilung durch ein Flugzeitspektrometer wird bestimmt und simuliert.
Die Arbeit behandelt die physikalische Charakterisierung der Herstellung einer Tetracalciumphosphat (TTCP) / Calciumhydrogenphosphat (DCPA) Pulvermischung zur Anwendung als Knochenzement. Ziel war die Gewinnung einer Korrelation von Prozessparametern mit anwendungsrelevanten Zementeigenschaften, also hohe mechanische Festigkeit, definierte Abbindezeit, physiologischer pH-Wert-Verlauf und Reproduzierbarkeit. Die Einstellung eines physiologischen pH-Werts im Bereich 7-8 der Zementpaste erfordert eine geeignete Lösungsrate beider Pulverkomponenten. Dies gelingt durch Mahlung mit einer Einstellung der mittleren Partikelgröße von 10-20 µm (TTCP) und 0,5-2 µm (DCPA). DCPA wird nass gemahlen; das Suspensionsmedium dient der Agglomerationsverminderung, da bei Partikelgrößen von 0,5-2 µm interpartikuläre Kräfte gegenüber der Gewichtskraft dominieren. TTCP wurde durch Sinterung von DCPA und Calciumcarbonat bei 1500°C hergestellt und trocken vermahlen. Die Ermittlung der mittleren Partikelgrößen und relativen Breite der Partikelgrößenverteilungen, der sogenannten Spanne, nach Mahlung erfolgte durch Laserstreuung und Auswertung der Streumuster nach der Mie-Theorie. Mahlungen von TTCP führen zu Feinkornanteilen mit Partikelgrößen < 1 µm, die eine gleichmäßige Lösungsrate zu Beginn der Abbindereaktion verhindern. Durch Variation der Mahlparameter kann dieser Feinkornanteil minimiert werden. Dennoch besteht die Notwendigkeit, Abbinde-Beschleuniger auf Natriumphosphat (NaP)-Basis zu verwenden, um die erhöhte Lösungsrate der TTCP-Komponente zu kompensieren. Kriterium für die Auswahl des geeigneten Suspensionsmediums für die Nassmahlung von DCPA ist das Zetapotential von DCPA-Partikeln in flüssiger Phase, welches durch Laser-Doppler-Elektrophorese gemessen wird. Die Messungen zeigen, dass sich das Zetapotential mit Partikelgröße und Spanne korrelieren lässt. Hohe Zetapotential-Werte zu Beginn der Mahlung führen zu kleiner Endpartikelgröße. Das Zetapotential von gemahlenen DCPA-Pulvern steigt bei der Mahlung an und bestimmt die minimale Spanne. Partikelgröße und Spanne bestimmen über die effektive Viskosität außerdem das Ende des Mahlvorgangs. Als Suspensionsmedium zur Einstellung kleiner Partikelgröße bei gleichzeitig geringer Spanne eignet sich Reinstwasser, gefolgt von Ethylenglykol und Ethanol. Es lassen sich mittlere Partikelgrößen von 0,6 µm bei einer Spanne von 1,0 realisieren. Die Mahlung setzt neben der Partikelgröße die Kristallinität von DCPA und TTCP herab, durch eine mechanisch induzierte Phasenumwandlung in den amorphen Zustand. Röntgendiffraktometrische Untersuchungen, XRD, der Pulver zeigen eine Abnahme der Intensität der Beugungsreflexe um ca. 50% für TTCP und ca. 30% für DCPA nach 24h. Die Auswertung der Beugungsspektren durch Rietveld-Analyse ergibt gleichzeitig eine kontinuierliche Abnahme der mittleren Kristallitgröße. Die Bildung amorpher Anteile resultiert für TTCP in abbindefähigen, einkomponentigen Zementen, die im stark basischen Bereich mit 2.5%iger Na2HPO4-Lösung Hydroxylapatit und Calciumhydroxid bilden. Hochkristallines TTCP ist dagegen nicht reaktiv, bedingt durch die Ausbildung einer Hydroxylapatitschicht um die Partikel. Suspensionsmedium und Luftfeuchtigkeit bewirken eine Kontamination der feinkörnigen Pulver. Stickstoffadsorptions-Messungen, BET, zeigen die Lokalisation des Kontaminats auf der kompakten, nicht porösen Partikeloberfläche. Der Anteil an nicht entfernbarem Suspensionsmedium, bestimmt durch Thermogravimetrie, liegt bei 3-5% nach Trocknung an Luft und lässt sich auf < 1% bei Vakuumtrocknung reduzieren. Während organische wasserlösliche Kontaminationen keinen Einfluss auf die Lösungsrate und Reaktivität von DCPA ergeben, führt Wasser als Suspensionsmedium bzw. das Einwirken von Luftfeuchtigkeit auf die getrockneten Pulver zu einer starken Herabsetzung der Reaktivität. Ursache ist die Ausbildung einer diffusionshemmenden Hydroxylapatit-Schicht um die Partikel durch Hydrolyse der Calciumphosphate. DCPA, durch Mahlung in Wasser inaktivierend kontaminiert, zeigt die niedrigste Lösungsrate, trotz großer spezifischer Oberfläche. Die Mischung der Pulver erfolgt durch Selbstmischung bei geringer mechanischer Krafteinleitung; die hochdispersen DCPA-Partikel agglomerieren aufgrund interpartikulärer van-der-Waals-Kräfte an den großen TTCP-Partikeln. Ausgehärtete Zemente zeigen eine Korrelation zwischen der Druckfestigkeit und der Partikelgröße, sowie eine Korrelation von Zugfestigkeit und Spanne der Partikelgrößenverteilung von DCPA. Ein erhöhter Feinkornanteil des TTCP-Pulvers führt zur Reduktion der mechanischen Festigkeit. Die vorgestellte physikalische Charakterisierung der TTCP/DCPA- Pulverherstellung führt zu einem Medizinprodukt mit Druckfestigkeiten von 75 MPa und Zugfestigkeiten von 12 MPa. Abbindezeit und pH-Wert-Verlauf bei der Aushärtung lassen sich durch die Konzentration von NaP-Abbindebeschleunigern einstellen.
The analysis of real data by means of statistical methods with the aid of a software package common in industry and administration usually is not an integral part of mathematics studies, but it will certainly be part of a future professional work. The present book links up elements from time series analysis with a selection of statistical procedures used in general practice including the statistical software package SAS Statistical Analysis System). Consequently this book addresses students of statistics as well as students of other branches such as economics, demography and engineering, where lectures on statistics belong to their academic training. But it is also intended for the practician who, beyond the use of statistical tools, is interested in their mathematical background. Numerous problems illustrate the applicability of the presented statistical procedures, where SAS gives the solutions. The programs used are explicitly listed and explained. No previous experience is expected neither in SAS nor in a special computer system so that a short training period is guaranteed. This book is meant for a two semester course (lecture, seminar or practical training) where the first two chapters can be dealt with in the first semester. They provide the principal components of the analysis of a time series in the time domain. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 deal with its analysis in the frequency domain and can be worked through in the second term. In order to understand the mathematical background some terms are useful such as convergence in distribution, stochastic convergence, maximum likelihood estimator as well as a basic knowledge of the test theory, so that work on the book can start after an introductory lecture on stochastics. Each chapter includes exercises. An exhaustive treatment is recommended. This book is consecutively subdivided in a statistical part and an SAS-specific part. For better clearness the SAS-specific part, including the diagrams generated with SAS, always starts with a computer symbol, representing the beginning of a session at the computer, and ends with a printer symbol for the end of this session. This book is an open source project under the GNU Free Documentation License.
The analysis of real data by means of statistical methods with the aid of a software package common in industry and administration usually is not an integral part of mathematics studies, but it will certainly be part of a future professional work. The present book links up elements from time series analysis with a selection of statistical procedures used in general practice including the statistical software package SAS Statistical Analysis System). Consequently this book addresses students of statistics as well as students of other branches such as economics, demography and engineering, where lectures on statistics belong to their academic training. But it is also intended for the practician who, beyond the use of statistical tools, is interested in their mathematical background. Numerous problems illustrate the applicability of the presented statistical procedures, where SAS gives the solutions. The programs used are explicitly listed and explained. No previous experience is expected neither in SAS nor in a special computer system so that a short training period is guaranteed. This book is meant for a two semester course (lecture, seminar or practical training) where the first two chapters can be dealt with in the first semester. They provide the principal components of the analysis of a time series in the time domain. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 deal with its analysis in the frequency domain and can be worked through in the second term. In order to understand the mathematical background some terms are useful such as convergence in distribution, stochastic convergence, maximum likelihood estimator as well as a basic knowledge of the test theory, so that work on the book can start after an introductory lecture on stochastics. Each chapter includes exercises. An exhaustive treatment is recommended. This book is consecutively subdivided in a statistical part and an SAS-specific part. For better clearness the SAS-specific part, including the diagrams generated with SAS, always starts with a computer symbol, representing the beginning of a session at the computer, and ends with a printer symbol for the end of this session. This book is an open source project under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Troponin-I-Freisetzung bei kardiochirurgischen Bypassoperationen mit und ohne Herz-Lungen-Maschine
(2006)
In dieser Studie wurden der Troponin-I-Verlauf, sowie die Serumwerte von Myoglobin, CK und CK-MB prä- und postoperativ nach einem Bypasseingriff am Herzen untersucht. Die Patienten wurden entweder mit Hilfe der Herz-Lungen-Maschine oder im sogenannten Off-Pump-Verfahren operiert. Bei den Patienten der Off-Pump-Gruppe wurde ebenfalls eine Koronarbypassoperation durchgeführt, jedoch am schlagenden Herzen ohne den Einsatz einer Herz-Lungen-Maschine. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie zeigten, dass es deutliche Unterschiede in den postoperativen Troponin-I-Verläufen zwischen Koronarbypassoperationen mit Herz-Lungen-Maschine und Bypassoperationen am schlagenden Herzen ohne Herz-Lungen-Maschine (Off-Pump-Methode) gibt. Der Troponin-I-Verlauf zeigte in der HLM-Gruppe einen deutlich höheren Troponin-I-Anstieg im gesamten untersuchten postoperativen Verlauf im Vergleich zu den Konzentrationsverläufen des Troponin-I in der Off-Pump-Gruppe. Die weiteren untersuchten Parameter CK, CK-MB und Myoglobin zeigten diese deutlichen Unterschiede in den Konzentrationsverläufen zwischen den beiden Gruppen, wahrscheinlich aufgrund des Gewebeschadens durch die Operation z.B. durch Muskelverletzung, Mediastinaleröffnung, Perikarderöffnung, nicht. In Bezug auf den prozentualen CK-MB-Anteil der beiden Gruppen lag sogar ein annähernd deckungsgleicher Verlauf vor.
The analysis of real data by means of statistical methods with the aid of a software package common in industry and administration usually is not an integral part of mathematics studies, but it will certainly be part of a future professional work. The present book links up elements from time series analysis with a selection of statistical procedures used in general practice including the statistical software package SAS. Consequently this book addresses students of statistics as well as students of other branches such as economics, demography and engineering, where lectures on statistics belong to their academic training. But it is also intended for the practician who, beyond the use of statistical tools, is interested in their mathematical background. Numerous problems illustrate the applicability of the presented statistical procedures, where SAS gives the solutions. The programs used are explicitly listed and explained. No previous experience is expected neither in SAS nor in a special computer system so that a short training period is guaranteed. This book is meant for a two semester course (lecture, seminar or practical training) where the first three chapters can be dealt within the first semester. They provide the principal components of the analysis of a time series in the time domain. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 deal with its analysis in the frequency domain and can be worked through in the second term. In order to understand the mathematical background some terms are useful such as convergence in distribution, stochastic convergence, maximum likelihood estimator as well as a basic knowledge of the test theory, so that work on the book can start after an introductory lecture on stochastics. Each chapter includes exercises. An exhaustive treatment is recommended. Chapter 7 (case study) deals with a practical case and demonstrates the presented methods. It is possible to use this chapter independent in a seminar or practical training course, if the concepts of time series analysis are already well understood. This book is consecutively subdivided in a statistical part and an SAS-specific part. For better clearness the SAS-specific parts are highlighted. This book is an open source project under the GNU Free Documentation License.
The analysis of real data by means of statistical methods with the aid of a software package common in industry and administration usually is not an integral part of mathematics studies, but it will certainly be part of a future professional work. The present book links up elements from time series analysis with a selection of statistical procedures used in general practice including the statistical software package SAS. Consequently this book addresses students of statistics as well as students of other branches such as economics, demography and engineering, where lectures on statistics belong to their academic training. But it is also intended for the practician who, beyond the use of statistical tools, is interested in their mathematical background. Numerous problems illustrate the applicability of the presented statistical procedures, where SAS gives the solutions. The programs used are explicitly listed and explained. No previous experience is expected neither in SAS nor in a special computer system so that a short training period is guaranteed. This book is meant for a two semester course (lecture, seminar or practical training) where the first three chapters can be dealt within the first semester. They provide the principal components of the analysis of a time series in the time domain. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 deal with its analysis in the frequency domain and can be worked through in the second term. In order to understand the mathematical background some terms are useful such as convergence in distribution, stochastic convergence, maximum likelihood estimator as well as a basic knowledge of the test theory, so that work on the book can start after an introductory lecture on stochastics. Each chapter includes exercises. An exhaustive treatment is recommended. Chapter 7 (case study) deals with a practical case and demonstrates the presented methods. It is possible to use this chapter independent in a seminar or practical training course, if the concepts of time series analysis are already well understood. This book is consecutively subdivided in a statistical part and an SAS-specific part. For better clearness the SAS-specific parts are highlighted. This book is an open source project under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Aims: Cardiac hypertrophy is a common and often lethal complication of arterial hypertension. Elevation of myocyte cyclic GMP levels by local actions of endogenous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) or by pharmacological inhibition of phosphodiesterase-5 was shown to counter-regulate pathological hypertrophy. It was suggested that cGMP-dependent protein kinase I (cGKI) mediates this protective effect, although the role in vivo is under debate. Here, we investigated whether cGKI modulates myocyte growth and/or function in the intact organism.
Methods and results: To circumvent the systemic phenotype associated with germline ablation of cGKI, we inactivated the murine cGKI gene selectively in cardiomyocytes by Cre/loxP-mediated recombination. Mice with cardiomyocyte-restricted cGKI deletion exhibited unaltered cardiac morphology and function under resting conditions. Also, cardiac hypertrophic and contractile responses to β-adrenoreceptor stimulation by isoprenaline (at 40 mg/kg/day during 1 week) were unaltered. However, angiotensin II (Ang II, at 1000 ng/kg/min for 2 weeks) or transverse aortic constriction (for 3 weeks) provoked dilated cardiomyopathy with marked deterioration of cardiac function. This was accompanied by diminished expression of the \([Ca^{2+}]_i\)-regulating proteins SERCA2a and phospholamban (PLB) and a reduction in PLB phosphorylation at Ser16, the specific target site for cGKI, resulting in altered myocyte \(Ca^{2+}_i\) homeostasis. In isolated adult myocytes, CNP, but not ANP, stimulated PLB phosphorylation, \(Ca^{2+}_i\)-handling, and contractility via cGKI.
Conclusion: These results indicate that the loss of cGKI in cardiac myocytes compromises the hypertrophic program to pathological stimulation, rendering the heart more susceptible to dysfunction. In particular, cGKI mediates stimulatory effects of CNP on myocyte \(Ca^{2+}_i\) handling and contractility.
Background
Oncolytic virotherapy of tumors is an up-coming, promising therapeutic modality of cancer therapy. Unfortunately, non-invasive techniques to evaluate the inflammatory host response to treatment are rare. Here, we evaluate \(^{19}\)F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which enables the non-invasive visualization of inflammatory processes in pathological conditions by the use of perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions (PFC) for monitoring of oncolytic virotherapy.
Methodology/Principal Findings
The Vaccinia virus strain GLV-1h68 was used as an oncolytic agent for the treatment of different tumor models. Systemic application of PFC emulsions followed by \(^1H\)/\(^{19}\)F MRI of mock-infected and GLV-1h68-infected tumor-bearing mice revealed a significant accumulation of the \(^{19}\)F signal in the tumor rim of virus-treated mice. Histological examination of tumors confirmed a similar spatial distribution of the \(^{19}\)F signal hot spots and \(CD68^+\)-macrophages. Thereby, the \(CD68^+\)-macrophages encapsulate the GFP-positive viral infection foci. In multiple tumor models, we specifically visualized early inflammatory cell recruitment in Vaccinia virus colonized tumors. Furthermore, we documented that the \(^{19}\)F signal correlated with the extent of viral spreading within tumors.
Conclusions/Significance
These results suggest \(^{19}\)F MRI as a non-invasive methodology to document the tumor-associated host immune response as well as the extent of intratumoral viral replication. Thus, \(^{19}\)F MRI represents a new platform to non-invasively investigate the role of the host immune response for therapeutic outcome of oncolytic virotherapy and individual patient response.
Background
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is associated with advanced stages of lung cancer and is mainly dependent on invasion of the pleura and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by cancer cells. As MPE indicates an incurable disease with limited palliative treatment options and poor outcome, there is an urgent need for new and efficient treatment options.
Methods
In this study, we used subcutaneously generated PC14PE6 lung adenocarcinoma xenografts in athymic mice that developed subcutaneous malignant effusions (ME) which mimic pleural effusions of the orthotopic model. Using this approach monitoring of therapeutic intervention was facilitated by direct observation of subcutaneous ME formation without the need of sacrificing mice or special imaging equipment as in case of MPE. Further, we tested oncolytic virotherapy using Vaccinia virus as a novel treatment modality against ME in this subcutaneous PC14PE6 xenograft model of advanced lung adenocarcinoma.
Results
We demonstrated significant therapeutic efficacy of Vaccinia virus treatment of both advanced lung adenocarcinoma and tumor-associated ME. We attribute the efficacy to the virus-mediated reduction of tumor cell-derived VEGF levels in tumors, decreased invasion of tumor cells into the peritumoral tissue, and to viral infection of the blood vessel-invading tumor cells. Moreover, we showed that the use of oncolytic Vaccinia virus encoding for a single-chain antibody (scAb) against VEGF (GLAF-1) significantly enhanced mono-therapy of oncolytic treatment.
Conclusions
Here, we demonstrate for the first time that oncolytic virotherapy using tumor-specific Vaccinia virus represents a novel and promising treatment modality for therapy of ME associated with advanced lung cancer.