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Eidel M, Pfeiffer M, Ziebell P, Kübler A. Recording the tactile P300 with the cEEGrid for potential use in a brain-computer interface. Front Hum Neurosci 2024; 18:1371631. [PMID: 38957693 PMCID: PMC11218745 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1371631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are scientifically well established, but they rarely arrive in the daily lives of potential end-users. This could be in part because electroencephalography (EEG), a prevalent method to acquire brain activity for BCI operation, is considered too impractical to be applied in daily life of end-users with physical impairment as an assistive device. Hence, miniaturized EEG systems such as the cEEGrid have been developed. While they promise to be a step toward bridging the gap between BCI development, lab demonstrations, and home use, they still require further validation. Encouragingly, the cEEGrid has already demonstrated its ability to record visually and auditorily evoked event-related potentials (ERP), which are important as input signal for many BCIs. With this study, we aimed at evaluating the cEEGrid in the context of a BCI based on tactually evoked ERPs. To compare the cEEGrid with a conventional scalp EEG, we recorded brain activity with both systems simultaneously. Forty healthy participants were recruited to perform a P300 oddball task based on vibrotactile stimulation at four different positions. This tactile paradigm has been shown to be feasible for BCI repeatedly but has never been tested with the cEEGrid. We found distinct P300 deflections in the cEEGrid data, particularly at vertical bipolar channels. With an average of 63%, the cEEGrid classification accuracy was significantly above the chance level (25%) but significantly lower than the 81% reached with the EEG cap. Likewise, the P300 amplitude was significantly lower (cEEGrid R2-R7: 1.87 μV, Cap Cz: 3.53 μV). These results indicate that a tactile BCI using the cEEGrid could potentially be operated, albeit with lower efficiency. Additionally, participants' somatosensory sensitivity was assessed, but no correlation to the accuracy of either EEG system was shown. Our research contributes to the growing amount of literature comparing the cEEGrid to conventional EEG systems and provides first evidence that the tactile P300 can be recorded behind the ear. A BCI based on a thus simplified EEG system might be more readily accepted by potential end-users, provided the accuracy can be substantially increased, e.g., by training and improved classification.
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Asmus E, Karle W, Brack MC, Wittig C, Behrens F, Reinshagen L, Pfeiffer M, Schulz S, Mandzimba-Maloko B, Erfinanda L, Perret PL, Michalick L, Smeele PJ, Lim EHT, van den Brom CE, Vonk ABA, Kaiser T, Suttorp N, Hippenstiel S, Sander LE, Kurth F, Rauch U, Landmesser U, Haghikia A, Preissner R, Bogaard HJ, Witzenrath M, Kuebler WM, Szulcek R, Simmons S. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulators attenuate platelet activation and aggregation in blood of healthy donors and COVID-19 patients. Eur Respir J 2023; 61:13993003.02009-2022. [PMID: 36958745 PMCID: PMC10033930 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02009-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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Tischer N, Zemova E, Maamri A, Pfeiffer M, Reinert U, Sideroudi H, Seitz B. [Immune reaction after penetrating keratoplasty depending on graft size and centration]. DIE OPHTHALMOLOGIE 2023; 120:36-42. [PMID: 35925343 DOI: 10.1007/s00347-022-01672-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Immune reaction (IR) after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) is a serious complication with a high risk of graft failure. The aim of this study was to analyze and evaluate the risk factors for IR, in particular, the influence of graft size and centration. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 2133 patients who underwent PKP between January 2009 and July 2019 were included in this retrospective study. The following endpoints were analyzed: frequency of IR, graft origin, donor and patient age, diagnosis, corneal diameter and ratio of the graft size to the recipient cornea size. In addition, the role of graft centration, with the help of distance measurements of the graft margins to the vascularized limbus at four locations, was investigated in detail. RESULTS Overall, 8.25% of patients suffered from IR during the observational period. The frequency of IR was significantly correlated (p < 0.001) with the ratio of the graft size to the recipient cornea size. In addition, a statistically significant correlation was found between the occurrence of IR and a small distance to the limbal margins in the Y‑axis (inferior and superior). In particular, the correlation coefficient was larger at the inferior limbus (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION An IR after PKP is a not uncommon complication and is significantly related to graft size and centration. A large graft chosen in relation to the recipient cornea and the proximity of the graft to the vascularized limbus at the inferior and superior sites significantly correlate with the occurrence of IR. These are important risk factors for graft survival, which can be influenced by the corneal microsurgeon and could possibly be further optimized in the future.
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Pfeiffer M, Garmirian F, Gorji MH. Exponential Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook integrator for multiscale particle-based kinetic simulations. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:025303. [PMID: 36109928 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.025303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Despite the development of an extensive toolbox of multiscale rarefied flow simulators, such simulations remain challenging due to the significant disparity of collisional and macroscopic spatiotemporal scales. Our study offers a novel and consistent numerical scheme for a coupled treatment of particles advection and collision governed by the BGK evolution, honoring positivity of the velocity distribution. Our method shares its framework, in spirit, with the unified gas kinetic class of multiscale schemes. Yet it provides attractive features for particle-based stochastic simulations, readily implementable to existing direct simulation Monte Carlo codes. Two main innovations are integrated in the presented BGK particle method. The first ingredient is a high-order time integration that can be interpreted probabilistically, independent of the time step size. The next one is identifying modified particle distributions that remain invariant under the advection-relaxation evolution. We demonstrate accuracy and performance of the devised scheme for prototypic gas flows over a wide range of rarefaction parameters. Due to the resulting robustness and flexibility of the devised exponential BGK integrator, the scheme paves the way towards more affordable simulations of large-scale and multiscale rarefied gas phenomena.
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Pfeiffer M, Schreglmann S, Roothans J, Lange F, Eldebakey H, Reich M. P 23 The overlap of lesions placed by MRIgFUS with the cerebellothalamic tract does not adequately explain symptom control in ET. Clin Neurophysiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.01.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Demichev V, Tober-Lau P, Nazarenko T, Lemke O, Kaur Aulakh S, Whitwell HJ, Röhl A, Freiwald A, Mittermaier M, Szyrwiel L, Ludwig D, Correia-Melo C, Lippert LJ, Helbig ET, Stubbemann P, Olk N, Thibeault C, Grüning NM, Blyuss O, Vernardis S, White M, Messner CB, Joannidis M, Sonnweber T, Klein SJ, Pizzini A, Wohlfarter Y, Sahanic S, Hilbe R, Schaefer B, Wagner S, Machleidt F, Garcia C, Ruwwe-Glösenkamp C, Lingscheid T, Bosquillon de Jarcy L, Stegemann MS, Pfeiffer M, Jürgens L, Denker S, Zickler D, Spies C, Edel A, Müller NB, Enghard P, Zelezniak A, Bellmann-Weiler R, Weiss G, Campbell A, Hayward C, Porteous DJ, Marioni RE, Uhrig A, Zoller H, Löffler-Ragg J, Keller MA, Tancevski I, Timms JF, Zaikin A, Hippenstiel S, Ramharter M, Müller-Redetzky H, Witzenrath M, Suttorp N, Lilley K, Mülleder M, Sander LE, Kurth F, Ralser M. A proteomic survival predictor for COVID-19 patients in intensive care. PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH 2022; 1:e0000007. [PMID: 36812516 PMCID: PMC9931303 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Global healthcare systems are challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to optimize allocation of treatment and resources in intensive care, as clinically established risk assessments such as SOFA and APACHE II scores show only limited performance for predicting the survival of severely ill COVID-19 patients. Additional tools are also needed to monitor treatment, including experimental therapies in clinical trials. Comprehensively capturing human physiology, we speculated that proteomics in combination with new data-driven analysis strategies could produce a new generation of prognostic discriminators. We studied two independent cohorts of patients with severe COVID-19 who required intensive care and invasive mechanical ventilation. SOFA score, Charlson comorbidity index, and APACHE II score showed limited performance in predicting the COVID-19 outcome. Instead, the quantification of 321 plasma protein groups at 349 timepoints in 50 critically ill patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation revealed 14 proteins that showed trajectories different between survivors and non-survivors. A predictor trained on proteomic measurements obtained at the first time point at maximum treatment level (i.e. WHO grade 7), which was weeks before the outcome, achieved accurate classification of survivors (AUROC 0.81). We tested the established predictor on an independent validation cohort (AUROC 1.0). The majority of proteins with high relevance in the prediction model belong to the coagulation system and complement cascade. Our study demonstrates that plasma proteomics can give rise to prognostic predictors substantially outperforming current prognostic markers in intensive care.
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Demichev V, Tober-Lau P, Lemke O, Nazarenko T, Thibeault C, Whitwell H, Röhl A, Freiwald A, Szyrwiel L, Ludwig D, Correia-Melo C, Aulakh SK, Helbig ET, Stubbemann P, Lippert LJ, Grüning NM, Blyuss O, Vernardis S, White M, Messner CB, Joannidis M, Sonnweber T, Klein SJ, Pizzini A, Wohlfarter Y, Sahanic S, Hilbe R, Schaefer B, Wagner S, Mittermaier M, Machleidt F, Garcia C, Ruwwe-Glösenkamp C, Lingscheid T, Bosquillon de Jarcy L, Stegemann MS, Pfeiffer M, Jürgens L, Denker S, Zickler D, Enghard P, Zelezniak A, Campbell A, Hayward C, Porteous DJ, Marioni RE, Uhrig A, Müller-Redetzky H, Zoller H, Löffler-Ragg J, Keller MA, Tancevski I, Timms JF, Zaikin A, Hippenstiel S, Ramharter M, Witzenrath M, Suttorp N, Lilley K, Mülleder M, Sander LE, Ralser M, Kurth F. A time-resolved proteomic and prognostic map of COVID-19. Cell Syst 2021; 12:780-794.e7. [PMID: 34139154 PMCID: PMC8201874 DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2021.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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COVID-19 is highly variable in its clinical presentation, ranging from asymptomatic infection to severe organ damage and death. We characterized the time-dependent progression of the disease in 139 COVID-19 inpatients by measuring 86 accredited diagnostic parameters, such as blood cell counts and enzyme activities, as well as untargeted plasma proteomes at 687 sampling points. We report an initial spike in a systemic inflammatory response, which is gradually alleviated and followed by a protein signature indicative of tissue repair, metabolic reconstitution, and immunomodulation. We identify prognostic marker signatures for devising risk-adapted treatment strategies and use machine learning to classify therapeutic needs. We show that the machine learning models based on the proteome are transferable to an independent cohort. Our study presents a map linking routinely used clinical diagnostic parameters to plasma proteomes and their dynamics in an infectious disease.
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Schulte-Schrepping J, Reusch N, Paclik D, Baßler K, Schlickeiser S, Zhang B, Krämer B, Krammer T, Brumhard S, Bonaguro L, De Domenico E, Wendisch D, Grasshoff M, Kapellos TS, Beckstette M, Pecht T, Saglam A, Dietrich O, Mei HE, Schulz AR, Conrad C, Kunkel D, Vafadarnejad E, Xu CJ, Horne A, Herbert M, Drews A, Thibeault C, Pfeiffer M, Hippenstiel S, Hocke A, Müller-Redetzky H, Heim KM, Machleidt F, Uhrig A, Bosquillon de Jarcy L, Jürgens L, Stegemann M, Glösenkamp CR, Volk HD, Goffinet C, Landthaler M, Wyler E, Georg P, Schneider M, Dang-Heine C, Neuwinger N, Kappert K, Tauber R, Corman V, Raabe J, Kaiser KM, Vinh MT, Rieke G, Meisel C, Ulas T, Becker M, Geffers R, Witzenrath M, Drosten C, Suttorp N, von Kalle C, Kurth F, Händler K, Schultze JL, Aschenbrenner AC, Li Y, Nattermann J, Sawitzki B, Saliba AE, Sander LE. Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment. Cell 2020; 182:1419-1440.e23. [PMID: 32810438 PMCID: PMC7405822 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 964] [Impact Index Per Article: 241.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a mild to moderate respiratory tract infection, however, a subset of patients progress to severe disease and respiratory failure. The mechanism of protective immunity in mild forms and the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19 associated with increased neutrophil counts and dysregulated immune responses remain unclear. In a dual-center, two-cohort study, we combined single-cell RNA-sequencing and single-cell proteomics of whole-blood and peripheral-blood mononuclear cells to determine changes in immune cell composition and activation in mild versus severe COVID-19 (242 samples from 109 individuals) over time. HLA-DRhiCD11chi inflammatory monocytes with an interferon-stimulated gene signature were elevated in mild COVID-19. Severe COVID-19 was marked by occurrence of neutrophil precursors, as evidence of emergency myelopoiesis, dysfunctional mature neutrophils, and HLA-DRlo monocytes. Our study provides detailed insights into the systemic immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and reveals profound alterations in the myeloid cell compartment associated with severe COVID-19.
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Messner CB, Demichev V, Wendisch D, Michalick L, White M, Freiwald A, Textoris-Taube K, Vernardis SI, Egger AS, Kreidl M, Ludwig D, Kilian C, Agostini F, Zelezniak A, Thibeault C, Pfeiffer M, Hippenstiel S, Hocke A, von Kalle C, Campbell A, Hayward C, Porteous DJ, Marioni RE, Langenberg C, Lilley KS, Kuebler WM, Mülleder M, Drosten C, Suttorp N, Witzenrath M, Kurth F, Sander LE, Ralser M. Ultra-High-Throughput Clinical Proteomics Reveals Classifiers of COVID-19 Infection. Cell Syst 2020; 11:11-24.e4. [PMID: 32619549 PMCID: PMC7264033 DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2020.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 361] [Impact Index Per Article: 90.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global challenge, and point-of-care diagnostic classifiers are urgently required. Here, we present a platform for ultra-high-throughput serum and plasma proteomics that builds on ISO13485 standardization to facilitate simple implementation in regulated clinical laboratories. Our low-cost workflow handles up to 180 samples per day, enables high precision quantification, and reduces batch effects for large-scale and longitudinal studies. We use our platform on samples collected from a cohort of early hospitalized cases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and identify 27 potential biomarkers that are differentially expressed depending on the WHO severity grade of COVID-19. They include complement factors, the coagulation system, inflammation modulators, and pro-inflammatory factors upstream and downstream of interleukin 6. All protocols and software for implementing our approach are freely available. In total, this work supports the development of routine proteomic assays to aid clinical decision making and generate hypotheses about potential COVID-19 therapeutic targets.
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Otto-Knapp R, Häcker B, Breuer C, Diel R, Kaufmann SHE, Korr G, Pfeiffer M, Schaberg T, Schönfeld N, Witte P, Bauer T. [DZK Recommendations for Tuberculosis, BCG and COVID-19 in Germany - (Official Abbreviation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Caused by the New Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2)]. Pneumologie 2020; 74:412-416. [PMID: 32674189 DOI: 10.1055/a-1199-6721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Perry M, Pfeiffer M, VanOverbeke D, Ramanathan R, Mafi G. Effects of Finishing Diet and Packaging on Longissimus Dorsi Color. MEAT AND MUSCLE BIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.22175/mmb.10779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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ObjectivesMeat color is extremely influential in purchasing decisions as consumers associate a bright-red color with freshness. The type of finishing diet can influence beef color. Previous studies have shown that grass-finished cattle have darker muscle color than grain-finished cattle. With the use of modified atmospheric packaging (MAP), beef purveyors are able to vary the gas compositions within a package and enhance beef color. However, limited studies have determined the effects of modified atmospheric packaging on grass-finished beef color. The objective of this study was to determine how finishing diet and packaging type affects the color of the longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle.Materials and MethodsDuring the stocker period, all of the cattle were on a forage diet. Cattle were then randomly assigned to either a conventional grain-based diet or an alfalfa pasture diet for finishing. Both conventionally and pasture-finished cattle were fed for 91 d. Cattle were slaughtered on the same day at a commercial beef processing facility under normal conditions and chilled for approximately 30 h. After grading, one strip loin from each carcass was collected and transported to Oklahoma State University. At 11 d postmortem, one steak (n = 60) from each strip loin was vacuum packaged and randomly assigned to display. Those steaks were then randomly assigned to PVC, HiOx-MAP (80% oxygen and 20% carbon dioxide), or CO-MAP (0.4% carbon monoxide, 69.5% nitrogen, and 30% carbon dioxide) packaging and were displayed under retail conditions for 5 d. Muscle darkening (MD), muscle color (MC), and surface discoloration (SD) were all analyzed by a trained panel (n = 6). MD was evaluated only on d 0 and MC and SD were scored once every 24 h for 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 d. Lipid oxidation was measured by thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) assay on d 4. Data were analyzed using the Mixed Procedure of SAS.ResultsThere was a significant display day by finishing diet by packaging interaction (P < 0.05) for muscle color and surface discoloration. There was also a significant finishing diet by packaging interaction (P < 0.05) for muscle darkening. Steaks packaged in HiOx-MAP remained the most stable in color and the brightest cherry-red colored throughout display time (P < 0.05) compared with other packaging types. PVC was the most discolored (P < 0.05) on d 3 and 4 when compared to HiOx-MAP and CO-MAP with the grain-finished PVC packaged steaks showing the most discoloration on d 4. Pasture-finished steaks packaged in CO-MAP displayed the darkest colored muscle (P < 0.05) on d 0. Steaks packaged in PVC had a higher amount of lipid oxidation (P < 0.05) compared with other packaging types.ConclusionThese results indicate that HiOx-MAP more effectively maintains the desired beef color of bright cherry-red for pasture-finished beef. The results also indicate that the use of appropriate packaging type can minimize the losses due to discoloration of steaks from either grain or grass-finished beef.
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Black W, Cunningham N, Peugh J, Lynch-Jordan A, Pfeiffer M, Ting T, Kashikar-Zuck S. (100) Long-Term Outcomes of Adolescents with Juvenile-Onset Fibromyalgia into Adulthood, and Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Functioning Over Time. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Perry M, Pfeiffer M, VanOverbeke D, Ramanathan R, Mafi G. Effects of Finishing Diet and Packaging on Longissimus Dorsi Color. MEAT AND MUSCLE BIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.22175/mmb2019.0040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Kreuter M, Ochmann U, Koschel D, Behr J, Bonella F, Claussen M, Costabel U, Jungmann S, Kolb M, Nowak D, Petermann F, Pfeiffer M, Polke M, Prasse A, Schreiber J, Wälscher J, Wirtz H, Kirsten D. Patientenfragebogen zur Erfassung der Ursachen interstitieller und seltener Lungenerkrankungen – klinische Sektion der DGP. Pneumologie 2018; 72:446-457. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-100207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund Interstitielle Lungenerkrankungen (ILD) umfassen verschiedenste heterogene, zumeist chronische Erkrankungen des Interstitiums und/oder der Alveolen mit bekannten und unbekannten Ursachen. Die Diagnostik der ILD ist sehr komplex und sollte interdisziplinär erfolgen. Eine der wesentlichen Basisuntersuchungen ist eine umfangreiche Anamnese. Hierzu kam im deutschsprachigen Raum bisher der Frankfurter Bogen von 1985 zur Anwendung, der mittlerweile jedoch sprachlich und inhaltlich einer Überarbeitung bedurfte.
Methode Unter Schirmherrschaft der klinischen Sektion der DGP erfolgte die Erstellung eines neuen Patientenfragebogens zur Diagnostik interstitieller und seltener Lungenerkrankungen. Der Fragebogen entstand unter Mitarbeit von Pneumologen mit ILD-Expertise, Arbeitsmedizinern und Psychologen sowie der Unterstützung von Selbsthilfegruppen. Abschließend wurde der Fragebogen mithilfe von Patienten sprachlich optimiert.
Ergebnisse Der neu erstellte Patientenfragebogen zur Diagnostik interstitieller und seltener Lungenerkrankungen umfasst mehrere Bereiche: Initiale und aktuelle Symptome, Fragen zur Vorgeschichte inklusive Medikation, pulmonale und extrapulmonale Vorerkrankungen, mögliche Expositionen im häuslichen, privatem und beruflichem Umfeld sowie Familienanamnese und Reisetätigkeiten.
Schlussfolgerung Der neu erstellte Fragebogen kann in der klinischen Routine die Diagnostik bei Patienten mit Verdacht auf eine interstitielle Lungenerkrankung wesentlich erleichtern.
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Cassens A, Wills K, Pfeiffer M, Mafi G, VanOverbeke D, Ramanathan R. Effects of Antioxidant/Beef Flavor-Enhancement and Modified Atmosphere Packaging of Dark-Cutting Beef on Retail Display, Flavor, and Tenderness. MEAT AND MUSCLE BIOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.22175/rmc2018.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Senkovskiy BV, Pfeiffer M, Alavi SK, Bliesener A, Zhu J, Michel S, Fedorov AV, German R, Hertel D, Haberer D, Petaccia L, Fischer FR, Meerholz K, van Loosdrecht PHM, Lindfors K, Grüneis A. Making Graphene Nanoribbons Photoluminescent. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:4029-4037. [PMID: 28358214 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We demonstrate the alignment-preserving transfer of parallel graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) onto insulating substrates. The photophysics of such samples is characterized by polarized Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies. The Raman scattered light and the PL are polarized along the GNR axis. The Raman cross section as a function of excitation energy has distinct excitonic peaks associated with transitions between the one-dimensional parabolic subbands. We find that the PL of GNRs is intrinsically low but can be strongly enhanced by blue laser irradiation in ambient conditions or hydrogenation in ultrahigh vacuum. These functionalization routes cause the formation of sp3 defects in GNRs. We demonstrate the laser writing of luminescent patterns in GNR films for maskless lithography by the controlled generation of defects. Our findings set the stage for further exploration of the optical properties of GNRs on insulating substrates and in device geometries.
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Pfeiffer M, Spangenberg HJ. Normalschwingungen, Kraftkonstanten und thermodynamische Eigenschaften des Disilans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-1966-23206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Spangenberg HJ, Pfeiffer M. Berechnung von Normalschwingungen und thermodynamischen Funktionen verschiedener Fluormethyl- und Methylsilane. Z PHYS CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-1966-23230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pfeiffer M. Kraftkonstanten und Potentialenergie-Verteilung für die Normalschwingungen der Sulfurylhalogenide F2SO2 und Cl2SO2 und genäherte Berechnung der Normalschwingungen des FClSO2. Z PHYS CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-1969-24041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Wills K, Mitacek R, Pfeiffer M, Mafi G, VanOverbeke D, Jaroni D, Ramanathan R. Aging, Antioxidant-Enhancement, and Modified Atmospheric Packaging Improves Appearance of Dark-Cutting Beef. MEAT AND MUSCLE BIOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.22175/rmc2017.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Pelka M, Kölling S, Ferrauti A, Meyer T, Pfeiffer M, Kellmann M. Acute effects of psychological relaxation techniques between two physical tasks. J Sports Sci 2016; 35:216-223. [DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1161208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kölling S, Ferrauti A, Pfeiffer M, Meyer T, Kellmann M. Schlaf im Sport: Eine kurze Zusammenfassung über Veränderungen im Schlafverhalten und den Einfluss von Schlafmangel und Jet-Lag. DEUTSCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR SPORTMEDIZIN 2016. [DOI: 10.5960/dzsm.2016.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pfeiffer M. Chirurgische Behandlung des medialen Epikanthus durch Hautersatz. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2016; 233:50-3. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-109404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Jolie J, Régis JM, Wilmsen D, Ahmed S, Pfeiffer M, Saed-Samii N, Warr N, Blanc A, Jentschel M, Köster U, Mutti P, Soldner T, Simpson G, De France G, Urban W, Drouet F, Vancraeyenest A, Baczyk P, Czerwinski M, Korgul A, Mazzocchi C, Rzaca-Urban T, Bruce A, Roberts O, Fraile L, Mach H, Paziy V, Ignatov A, Ilieva S, Kröll T, Scheck M, Thürauf M, Ivanova D, Kisyov S, Lalkovski S, Podolyák Z, Regan P, Korten W, Zielinska M, Salsac M, Habs D, Thirolf P, Ur CA, Bernards C, Casten R, Cooper N, Werner V, Cakirli R, Leoni S, Benzoni G, Bocchi G, Bottoni S, Crespi F, Fornal B, Cieplicka N, Szpak B, Petrache C, Leguillon R, John R, Lorenz C, Massarczyk R, Schwengner R, Curien D, Lozeva R, Sengele L, Marginean N, Lica R. The (n,γ) campaigns at EXILL. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159301014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ullrich B, Holzinger S, Soleimani M, Pelzer T, Stening J, Pfeiffer M. Neuromuscular Responses to 14 Weeks of Traditional and Daily Undulating Resistance Training. Int J Sports Med 2015; 36:554-62. [PMID: 25760153 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1398529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
This study compared traditional (TP) and daily undulating (DUP) periodization on muscle strength, EMG-estimated neural drive and muscle architecture of the quadriceps femoris (QF). 10 non-athletic females (24.4±3.2 years) performed 14 weeks of isometric training for the QF exercising 1 leg using TP and the contralateral leg using DUP. Intensities varied from 60% to 80% of MVC and the intensity zones and training volume were equated for each leg. Knee extension MVC, maximal voluntary QF-EMG activity and vastus lateralis (VL) muscle architecture were measured in both legs before, after 6 weeks and after 14 weeks of training using dynamometry, surface EMG and ultrasonography. Isometric MVC and maximal QF-EMG remained unaltered after 6 weeks of training, but were significantly (P<0.05) enhanced after 14 weeks in both legs (MVC: TP 24%, DUP 23%; QF-EMG: TP 45%, DUP 46%). VL-architecture remained unchanged following 6 weeks of training, but VL-muscle thickness (TP 17%, DUP 16%) and fascicle length (TP 16%, DUP 17%) displayed significant (P<0.05) enlargements after 14 weeks in both legs. Importantly, these temporal neuromuscular alterations displayed no significant differences between the training legs. Therefore, periodization may not act as a key trigger for neuromuscular adaptations.
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