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Helbig M, Steinmann M, Jaschinski S, Seckl M, Meier W, Fehm T, Volkmer A. Primary hepatic metastatic epitheloid trophoblastic tumor of the uterus treated with multimodal therapy including pembrolizumab and thermoablation. Case report of an extremely rare disease and review of the literature. Gynecol Oncol Rep 2023; 49:101281. [PMID: 37822711 PMCID: PMC10562736 DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2023.101281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT) is a rare gestational trophoblastic tumor, first described by Shih and Kurman in 1998. ETT often present as abnormal vaginal bleeding in women of reproductive age, but unlike more common forms of GTN tend to produce much less human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for the volume of disease present. ETT can occur after any gestational event and can occur in both intrauterine and extrauterine sites. We present a case of a 46-year-old female patient incidentally diagnosed with ETT and hepatic metastasis. Therapy was multimodal and involved chemotherapy, operation, thermoablation of liver metastases and immunocheckpoint inhibitor. The patient remains disease free for almost four years now. ETT presents a diagnostic challenge due to their rarity and histologic resemblance to other pathologies. ETT can be relatively chemo resistant and are therefore often treated surgically. Misdiagnosis might delay effective treatment and affects survival.
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- M. Helbig
- University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Germany
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- Medical Practice for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Institute of Pathology, Germany
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- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease and Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor Services, Charing Cross Hospital Campus of Imperial College London, London, UK
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- University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Germany
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- University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Germany
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- University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Germany
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Arsenault J, Talbot J, Brown LE, Helbig M, Holden J, Hoyos-Santillan J, Jolin É, Mackenzie R, Martinez-Cruz K, Sepulveda-Jauregui A, Lapierre JF. Climate-driven spatial and temporal patterns in peatland pool biogeochemistry. Glob Chang Biol 2023; 29:4056-4068. [PMID: 37114848 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Peatland pools are freshwater bodies that are highly dynamic aquatic ecosystems because of their small size and their development in organic-rich sediments. However, our ability to understand and predict their contribution to both local and global biogeochemical cycles under rapidly occurring environmental change is limited because the spatiotemporal drivers of their biogeochemical patterns and processes are poorly understood. We used (1) pool biogeochemical data from 20 peatlands in eastern Canada, the United Kingdom, and southern Patagonia and (2) multi-year data from an undisturbed peatland of eastern Canada, to determine how climate and terrain features drive the production, delivering and processing of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in peatland pools. Across sites, climate (24%) and terrain (13%) explained distinct portions of the variation in pool biogeochemistry, with climate driving spatial differences in pool dissolved organic C (DOC) concentration and aromaticity. Within the multi-year dataset, DOC, carbon dioxide (CO2 ), total N concentrations, and DOC aromaticity were highest in the shallowest pools and at the end of the growing seasons, and increased gradually from 2016 to 2021 in relation to a combination of increases in summer precipitation, mean air temperature for the previous fall, and number of extreme summer heat days. Given the contrasting effects of terrain and climate, broad-scale terrain characteristics may offer a baseline for the prediction of small-scale pool biogeochemistry, while broad-scale climate gradients and relatively small year-to-year variations in local climate induce a noticeable response in pool biogeochemistry. These findings emphasize the reactivity of peatland pools to both local and global environmental change and highlight their potential to act as widely distributed climate sentinels within historically relatively stable peatland ecosystems.
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- Julien Arsenault
- Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie (GRIL), Montréal, Canada
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- Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie (GRIL), Montréal, Canada
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- water@Leeds, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- water@Leeds, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, UK
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- Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie (GRIL), Montréal, Canada
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- Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Puerto Williams, Chile
- Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Santiago, Chile
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- Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
- Environmental Physics, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie (GRIL), Montréal, Canada
- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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Watts JD, Farina M, Kimball JS, Schiferl LD, Liu Z, Arndt KA, Zona D, Ballantyne A, Euskirchen ES, Parmentier FJW, Helbig M, Sonnentag O, Tagesson T, Rinne J, Ikawa H, Ueyama M, Kobayashi H, Sachs T, Nadeau DF, Kochendorfer J, Jackowicz-Korczynski M, Virkkala A, Aurela M, Commane R, Byrne B, Birch L, Johnson MS, Madani N, Rogers B, Du J, Endsley A, Savage K, Poulter B, Zhang Z, Bruhwiler LM, Miller CE, Goetz S, Oechel WC. Carbon uptake in Eurasian boreal forests dominates the high-latitude net ecosystem carbon budget. Glob Chang Biol 2023; 29:1870-1889. [PMID: 36647630 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Arctic-boreal landscapes are experiencing profound warming, along with changes in ecosystem moisture status and disturbance from fire. This region is of global importance in terms of carbon feedbacks to climate, yet the sign (sink or source) and magnitude of the Arctic-boreal carbon budget within recent years remains highly uncertain. Here, we provide new estimates of recent (2003-2015) vegetation gross primary productivity (GPP), ecosystem respiration (Reco ), net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE; Reco - GPP), and terrestrial methane (CH4 ) emissions for the Arctic-boreal zone using a satellite data-driven process-model for northern ecosystems (TCFM-Arctic), calibrated and evaluated using measurements from >60 tower eddy covariance (EC) sites. We used TCFM-Arctic to obtain daily 1-km2 flux estimates and annual carbon budgets for the pan-Arctic-boreal region. Across the domain, the model indicated an overall average NEE sink of -850 Tg CO2 -C year-1 . Eurasian boreal zones, especially those in Siberia, contributed to a majority of the net sink. In contrast, the tundra biome was relatively carbon neutral (ranging from small sink to source). Regional CH4 emissions from tundra and boreal wetlands (not accounting for aquatic CH4 ) were estimated at 35 Tg CH4 -C year-1 . Accounting for additional emissions from open water aquatic bodies and from fire, using available estimates from the literature, reduced the total regional NEE sink by 21% and shifted many far northern tundra landscapes, and some boreal forests, to a net carbon source. This assessment, based on in situ observations and models, improves our understanding of the high-latitude carbon status and also indicates a continued need for integrated site-to-regional assessments to monitor the vulnerability of these ecosystems to climate change.
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- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), ISB 415, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA
- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), ISB 415, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
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- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
- Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- Global Change Research Group, Department of Biology, Physical Sciences 240, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Global Climate and Ecology Laboratory, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
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- Department of Geosciences, Center for Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
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- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, NARO, Sapporo, Japan
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- JAMSTEC-Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric and Turbulent Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
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- Biospheric Science Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
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- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), ISB 415, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
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- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), ISB 415, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
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- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- Global Change Research Group, Department of Biology, Physical Sciences 240, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Küppers L, Schaffer C, Helbig M, Ritz-Timme S. Skeletal injuries after cesarean section - a rare differential diagnosis of child abuse. Int J Legal Med 2023; 137:671-677. [PMID: 36781443 PMCID: PMC10085884 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-023-02965-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
Abstract
Birth-related fractures are an important differential diagnosis of child abuse in early infancy. While fractures associated to vaginal deliveries are well known, cesarean section is not necessarily known to cause such injuries. Nevertheless neonatal fractures have been described after cesarean sections. To give an overview over the frequency and typical locations of such fractures, the appearance of symptoms and the timespan until diagnosis, a literature research was conducted via Google scholar and Pubmed, using the key words "cesarean section" and "fractures". Birth-related fractures after cesarean sections are rare but can occur, with the long bones being particularly affected. Therefore, birth injuries should always be considered in the forensic medical assessment of fractures in early infancy, even after cesarean section. To enable a differentiation between birth trauma and physical abuse, birth and operation records should be checked for surgical manoeuvres, possible difficulties during the procedure or other risk factors. Birth-related fractures are usually detected early; in rare cases, the diagnosis is made only weeks after birth.
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- L Küppers
- Institute of Legal Medicine, University Clinic Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, University Clinic Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Clinic Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, University Clinic Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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Helbig M, Majschak JP, Köhler H. Direct measurement of the cohesive strength of whey protein gel in contact with NaOH by wire cutting experiments. Food and Bioproducts Processing 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2022.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Chang KY, Riley WJ, Knox SH, Jackson RB, McNicol G, Poulter B, Aurela M, Baldocchi D, Bansal S, Bohrer G, Campbell DI, Cescatti A, Chu H, Delwiche KB, Desai AR, Euskirchen E, Friborg T, Goeckede M, Helbig M, Hemes KS, Hirano T, Iwata H, Kang M, Keenan T, Krauss KW, Lohila A, Mammarella I, Mitra B, Miyata A, Nilsson MB, Noormets A, Oechel WC, Papale D, Peichl M, Reba ML, Rinne J, Runkle BRK, Ryu Y, Sachs T, Schäfer KVR, Schmid HP, Shurpali N, Sonnentag O, Tang ACI, Torn MS, Trotta C, Tuittila ES, Ueyama M, Vargas R, Vesala T, Windham-Myers L, Zhang Z, Zona D. Substantial hysteresis in emergent temperature sensitivity of global wetland CH 4 emissions. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2266. [PMID: 33859182 PMCID: PMC8050324 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22452-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Wetland methane (CH4) emissions ([Formula: see text]) are important in global carbon budgets and climate change assessments. Currently, [Formula: see text] projections rely on prescribed static temperature sensitivity that varies among biogeochemical models. Meta-analyses have proposed a consistent [Formula: see text] temperature dependence across spatial scales for use in models; however, site-level studies demonstrate that [Formula: see text] are often controlled by factors beyond temperature. Here, we evaluate the relationship between [Formula: see text] and temperature using observations from the FLUXNET-CH4 database. Measurements collected across the globe show substantial seasonal hysteresis between [Formula: see text] and temperature, suggesting larger [Formula: see text] sensitivity to temperature later in the frost-free season (about 77% of site-years). Results derived from a machine-learning model and several regression models highlight the importance of representing the large spatial and temporal variability within site-years and ecosystem types. Mechanistic advancements in biogeochemical model parameterization and detailed measurements in factors modulating CH4 production are thus needed to improve global CH4 budget assessments.
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- Kuang-Yu Chang
- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND, USA
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Département de Géographie & Centre d'Études Nordiques, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
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- National Center for AgroMeteorology, Seoul, South Korea
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- Institute for Atmosphere and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsink, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Atmosphere and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsink, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
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- DIBAF, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Largo dell'Università, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Delta Water Management Research Service, Jonesboro, AR, USA
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- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Institute of Meteorology and Climatology - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Production Systems, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Maaninka, Finland
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- Département de Géographie & Centre d'Études Nordiques, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- DIBAF, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Largo dell'Università, Viterbo, Italy
- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, CMCC IAFES, Viterbo, Italy
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Institute for Atmosphere and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsink, Helsinki, Finland
- Institute for Atmosphere and Earth System Research, Forest Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Liu J, Helbig M, Majschak JP, Böl M. Whey protein gel — mechanical cleaning capability through modelling and experimental testing including compression and wire cutting investigation. J FOOD ENG 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Helbig M, Haas D, Reinhardt F, Steinmann M, Volkmer AK, Seckl M, Meier W, Fehm T. Primär hepatisch metastasierter epithelioider Trophoblasttumor des Uterus. Fallbericht über ein extrem seltenes Krankheitsbild. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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- M Helbig
- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Frauenklinik
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- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Frauenklinik
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- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Frauenklinik
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- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Frauenklinik
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- Charing Cross Hospital Campus of Imperial College London, Department of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease and Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumour
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- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Frauenklinik
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- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Frauenklinik
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Liu Z, Kimball JS, Parazoo NC, Ballantyne AP, Wang WJ, Madani N, Pan CG, Watts JD, Reichle RH, Sonnentag O, Marsh P, Hurkuck M, Helbig M, Quinton WL, Zona D, Ueyama M, Kobayashi H, Euskirchen ES. Increased high-latitude photosynthetic carbon gain offset by respiration carbon loss during an anomalous warm winter to spring transition. Glob Chang Biol 2020; 26:682-696. [PMID: 31596019 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Arctic and boreal ecosystems play an important role in the global carbon (C) budget, and whether they act as a future net C sink or source depends on climate and environmental change. Here, we used complementary in situ measurements, model simulations, and satellite observations to investigate the net carbon dioxide (CO2 ) seasonal cycle and its climatic and environmental controls across Alaska and northwestern Canada during the anomalously warm winter to spring conditions of 2015 and 2016 (relative to 2010-2014). In the warm spring, we found that photosynthesis was enhanced more than respiration, leading to greater CO2 uptake. However, photosynthetic enhancement from spring warming was partially offset by greater ecosystem respiration during the preceding anomalously warm winter, resulting in nearly neutral effects on the annual net CO2 balance. Eddy covariance CO2 flux measurements showed that air temperature has a primary influence on net CO2 exchange in winter and spring, while soil moisture has a primary control on net CO2 exchange in the fall. The net CO2 exchange was generally more moisture limited in the boreal region than in the Arctic tundra. Our analysis indicates complex seasonal interactions of underlying C cycle processes in response to changing climate and hydrology that may not manifest in changes in net annual CO2 exchange. Therefore, a better understanding of the seasonal response of C cycle processes may provide important insights for predicting future carbon-climate feedbacks and their consequences on atmospheric CO2 dynamics in the northern high latitudes.
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- Zhihua Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
- Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Département de géographie and Centre d'études nordiques, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Département de géographie and Centre d'études nordiques, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Global Change Research Group, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Natali SM, Watts JD, Rogers BM, Potter S, Ludwig SM, Selbmann AK, Sullivan PF, Abbott BW, Arndt KA, Birch L, Björkman MP, Bloom AA, Celis G, Christensen TR, Christiansen CT, Commane R, Cooper EJ, Crill P, Czimczik C, Davydov S, Du J, Egan JE, Elberling B, Euskirchen ES, Friborg T, Genet H, Göckede M, Goodrich JP, Grogan P, Helbig M, Jafarov EE, Jastrow JD, Kalhori AAM, Kim Y, Kimball J, Kutzbach L, Lara MJ, Larsen KS, Lee BY, Liu Z, Loranty MM, Lund M, Lupascu M, Madani N, Malhotra A, Matamala R, McFarland J, McGuire AD, Michelsen A, Minions C, Oechel WC, Olefeldt D, Parmentier FJW, Pirk N, Poulter B, Quinton W, Rezanezhad F, Risk D, Sachs T, Schaefer K, Schmidt NM, Schuur EA, Semenchuk PR, Shaver G, Sonnentag O, Starr G, Treat CC, Waldrop MP, Wang Y, Welker J, Wille C, Xu X, Zhang Z, Zhuang Q, Zona D. Large loss of CO 2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region. Nat Clim Chang 2019; 9:852-857. [PMID: 35069807 PMCID: PMC8781060 DOI: 10.1038/s41558-019-0592-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Recent warming in the Arctic, which has been amplified during the winter1-3, greatly enhances microbial decomposition of soil organic matter and subsequent release of carbon dioxide (CO2)4. However, the amount of CO2 released in winter is highly uncertain and has not been well represented by ecosystem models or by empirically-based estimates5,6. Here we synthesize regional in situ observations of CO2 flux from arctic and boreal soils to assess current and future winter carbon losses from the northern permafrost domain. We estimate a contemporary loss of 1662 Tg C yr-1 from the permafrost region during the winter season (October through April). This loss is greater than the average growing season carbon uptake for this region estimated from process models (-1032 Tg C yr-1). Extending model predictions to warmer conditions in 2100 indicates that winter CO2 emissions will increase 17% under a moderate mitigation scenario-Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5-and 41% under business-as-usual emissions scenario-RCP 8.5. Our results provide a new baseline for winter CO2 emissions from northern terrestrial regions and indicate that enhanced soil CO2 loss due to winter warming may offset growing season carbon uptake under future climatic conditions.
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- Susan. M. Natali
- Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA
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- Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK 99508. USA
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- Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, PO Box 460, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA
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- Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT. The Arctic University of Norway, N9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Dept. of Geological Sciences and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Sweden
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- Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Northeast Science Station, Pacific Geographical Institute, Cherskii, Russia
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- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- McMaster University, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1
- Université de Montréal, Département de géographie & Centre d’études nordiques, 520 chemin de la Côte Sainte Catherine, Montréal, QC H2V 2B8
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Institute of Soil Science, Universät Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea)
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
- University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- NASA GSFC, Biospheric Sciences Lab., Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Ecohydrology Research Group, Water Institute and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
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- National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Arctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA
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- Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Département de géographie & Centre d’études nordiques, 520 chemin de la Côte Sainte Catherine, Montréal, QC H2V 2B8
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Science, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
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- Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
- Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland and UArctic
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
- University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Helbig M, Zahn S, Böttcher K, Rohm H, Majschak JP. Laboratory methods to predict the cleaning behaviour of egg yolk layers in a flow channel. Food and Bioproducts Processing 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Helbig M, Borgmeier F, Volkmer A, Hagenbeck C, Fehm T. 29-jährige GI in der 21+1 SSW mit intrauterinem Fruchttod (IUFT) und Erstdiagnose einer thrombotisch-thrombozytopenischen Purpura (TTP). Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1671543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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- M Helbig
- Universitäts-Frauenklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Universitäts-Frauenklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Universitäts-Frauenklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Universitäts-Frauenklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Universitäts-Frauenklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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Helbig M, Chasmer LE, Desai AR, Kljun N, Quinton WL, Sonnentag O. Direct and indirect climate change effects on carbon dioxide fluxes in a thawing boreal forest-wetland landscape. Glob Chang Biol 2017; 23:3231-3248. [PMID: 28132402 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
In the sporadic permafrost zone of northwestern Canada, boreal forest carbon dioxide (CO2 ) fluxes will be altered directly by climate change through changing meteorological forcing and indirectly through changes in landscape functioning associated with thaw-induced collapse-scar bog ('wetland') expansion. However, their combined effect on landscape-scale net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEELAND ), resulting from changing gross primary productivity (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER), remains unknown. Here, we quantify indirect land cover change impacts on NEELAND and direct climate change impacts on modeled temperature- and light-limited NEELAND of a boreal forest-wetland landscape. Using nested eddy covariance flux towers, we find both GPP and ER to be larger at the landscape compared to the wetland level. However, annual NEELAND (-20 g C m-2 ) and wetland NEE (-24 g C m-2 ) were similar, suggesting negligible wetland expansion effects on NEELAND . In contrast, we find non-negligible direct climate change impacts when modeling NEELAND using projected air temperature and incoming shortwave radiation. At the end of the 21st century, modeled GPP mainly increases in spring and fall due to reduced temperature limitation, but becomes more frequently light-limited in fall. In a warmer climate, ER increases year-round in the absence of moisture stress resulting in net CO2 uptake increases in the shoulder seasons and decreases during the summer. Annually, landscape net CO2 uptake is projected to decline by 25 ± 14 g C m-2 for a moderate and 103 ± 38 g C m-2 for a high warming scenario, potentially reversing recently observed positive net CO2 uptake trends across the boreal biome. Thus, even without moisture stress, net CO2 uptake of boreal forest-wetland landscapes may decline, and ultimately, these landscapes may turn into net CO2 sources under continued anthropogenic CO2 emissions. We conclude that NEELAND changes are more likely to be driven by direct climate change rather than by indirect land cover change impacts.
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- Manuel Helbig
- Département de géographie & Centre d'études nordiques, Université de Montréal, 520 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H2V 2B8, Canada
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- Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA28PP, UK
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- Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada
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- Département de géographie & Centre d'études nordiques, Université de Montréal, 520 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H2V 2B8, Canada
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Fuchs E, Helbig M, Pfister M, Majschak JP. Erhöhung der Reinigungseffizienz bei der Cleaning-in-Place-Reinigung durch diskontinuierliche Flüssigkeitsstrahlen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201600105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Enrico Fuchs
- Technische Universität Dresden; Institut für Naturstofftechnik; Professur für Verarbeitungsmaschinen/Verarbeitungstechnik; Bergstraße 120 01069 Dresden Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Dresden; Institut für Naturstofftechnik; Professur für Verarbeitungsmaschinen/Verarbeitungstechnik; Bergstraße 120 01069 Dresden Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Dresden; Institut für Naturstofftechnik; Professur für Verarbeitungsmaschinen/Verarbeitungstechnik; Bergstraße 120 01069 Dresden Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Dresden; Institut für Naturstofftechnik; Professur für Verarbeitungsmaschinen/Verarbeitungstechnik; Bergstraße 120 01069 Dresden Deutschland
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Helbig M, Chasmer LE, Kljun N, Quinton WL, Treat CC, Sonnentag O. The positive net radiative greenhouse gas forcing of increasing methane emissions from a thawing boreal forest-wetland landscape. Glob Chang Biol 2017; 23:2413-2427. [PMID: 27689625 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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At the southern margin of permafrost in North America, climate change causes widespread permafrost thaw. In boreal lowlands, thawing forested permafrost peat plateaus ('forest') lead to expansion of permafrost-free wetlands ('wetland'). Expanding wetland area with saturated and warmer organic soils is expected to increase landscape methane (CH4 ) emissions. Here, we quantify the thaw-induced increase in CH4 emissions for a boreal forest-wetland landscape in the southern Taiga Plains, Canada, and evaluate its impact on net radiative forcing relative to potential long-term net carbon dioxide (CO2 ) exchange. Using nested wetland and landscape eddy covariance net CH4 flux measurements in combination with flux footprint modeling, we find that landscape CH4 emissions increase with increasing wetland-to-forest ratio. Landscape CH4 emissions are most sensitive to this ratio during peak emission periods, when wetland soils are up to 10 °C warmer than forest soils. The cumulative growing season (May-October) wetland CH4 emission of ~13 g CH4 m-2 is the dominating contribution to the landscape CH4 emission of ~7 g CH4 m-2 . In contrast, forest contributions to landscape CH4 emissions appear to be negligible. The rapid wetland expansion of 0.26 ± 0.05% yr-1 in this region causes an estimated growing season increase of 0.034 ± 0.007 g CH4 m-2 yr-1 in landscape CH4 emissions. A long-term net CO2 uptake of >200 g CO2 m-2 yr-1 is required to offset the positive radiative forcing of increasing CH4 emissions until the end of the 21st century as indicated by an atmospheric CH4 and CO2 concentration model. However, long-term apparent carbon accumulation rates in similar boreal forest-wetland landscapes and eddy covariance landscape net CO2 flux measurements suggest a long-term net CO2 uptake between 49 and 157 g CO2 m-2 yr-1 . Thus, thaw-induced CH4 emission increases likely exert a positive net radiative greenhouse gas forcing through the 21st century.
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- Manuel Helbig
- Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal & Centre d'études nordiques, 520 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H2V 2B8, Canada
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- Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA28PP, UK
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- Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada
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- Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA
- U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal & Centre d'études nordiques, 520 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H2V 2B8, Canada
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Helbig M, Wischnewski K, Kljun N, Chasmer LE, Quinton WL, Detto M, Sonnentag O. Regional atmospheric cooling and wetting effect of permafrost thaw-induced boreal forest loss. Glob Chang Biol 2016; 22:4048-4066. [PMID: 27153776 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In the sporadic permafrost zone of North America, thaw-induced boreal forest loss is leading to permafrost-free wetland expansion. These land cover changes alter landscape-scale surface properties with potentially large, however, still unknown impacts on regional climates. In this study, we combine nested eddy covariance flux tower measurements with satellite remote sensing to characterize the impacts of boreal forest loss on albedo, eco-physiological and aerodynamic surface properties, and turbulent energy fluxes of a lowland boreal forest region in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Planetary boundary layer modelling is used to estimate the potential forest loss impact on regional air temperature and atmospheric moisture. We show that thaw-induced conversion of forests to wetlands increases albedo: and bulk surface conductance for water vapour and decreases aerodynamic surface temperature. At the same time, heat transfer efficiency is reduced. These shifts in land surface properties increase latent at the expense of sensible heat fluxes, thus, drastically reducing Bowen ratios. Due to the lower albedo of forests and their masking effect of highly reflective snow, available energy is lower in wetlands, especially in late winter. Modelling results demonstrate that a conversion of a present-day boreal forest-wetland to a hypothetical homogeneous wetland landscape could induce a near-surface cooling effect on regional air temperatures of up to 3-4 °C in late winter and 1-2 °C in summer. An atmospheric wetting effect in summer is indicated by a maximum increase in water vapour mixing ratios of 2 mmol mol-1 . At the same time, maximum boundary layer heights are reduced by about a third of the original height. In fall, simulated air temperature and atmospheric moisture between the two scenarios do not differ. Therefore, permafrost thaw-induced boreal forest loss may modify regional precipitation patterns and slow down regional warming trends.
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- Manuel Helbig
- Département de géographie & Centre d'études nordiques, Université de Montréal, 520 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H2V 2B8, Canada
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- Département de géographie & Centre d'études nordiques, Université de Montréal, 520 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H2V 2B8, Canada
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- Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA28PP, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Luis Clement Ave., Bldg. 401 Tupper, Balboa Ancon, Panama, Republica de Panama
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- Département de géographie & Centre d'études nordiques, Université de Montréal, 520 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H2V 2B8, Canada
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Ley S, Helbig M, Sachs J. Preliminary investigations of magnetic modulated nanoparticles for microwave breast cancer detection. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/cdbme-2015-0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This paper investigates the potential of magnetic modulated iron oxide nanoparticles in terms of a contrast enhancement for Ultra-wideband (UWB) breast imaging. The work is motivated by the low dielectric contrast between tumor and normal glandular/fibroconnective tissue. The influence of an external polarizing magnetic field on pure and coated magnetite nanoparticles is investigated in this contribution. Measurements were conducted using M-sequence UWB technology and an oil-gelatin phantom. It is shown that a coating, which is necessary for clinical use, results in a lower signal response, and thus leads to a lower detectability of magnetic modulated nanoparticles.
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- S. Ley
- Biosignal Processing Group, Technische Universität Ilmenau
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- Biosignal Processing Group, Technische Universität Ilmenau
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- Electronic Measurement Engineering Group, Technische Universität Ilmenau
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Föste H, Helbig M, Wesche M, Majschak JP, Augustin W, Scholl S. Ressourcenschonende Reinigung geschlossener Fluidsysteme mittels pulsierender Strömung. CHEM-ING-TECH 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201450285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Lüchtenberg M, Tratz F, Schalnus R, Helbig M, May A. [Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomies with transillumination and intubation in patients with combined pathologies of the nose and after revision]. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2012. [PMID: 23208804 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1327955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The results of endonasal dacryocystorhinostomies (DCR) with transillumination and intubation are presented. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the period from 1999 to 2009 follow-up examinations of 50 endonasal DCRs were carried out. All patients over 18 were included. The files were systematically evaluated. The follow-up examinations were performed after a minimum of 6 months with anamnesis of epiphora. RESULTS 50 endonasal DCRs were performed on 40 patients. Initial surgery was performed on 27 lacrimal ducts, 16 patients had already had operations. Corrective surgery was required in 8 cases (7 endonasal DCRs, 1 external DCRs). 78 % women and 22 % men were included. The median age at the time of operation was 48 years; the median duration of preoperative symptoms was 24 months. In 42 % of the cases a chronic dacryocystitis was found. Pre-existing conditions were sarcoidosis in three cases and one case of Wegener's granulomatosis. As well as lacrimal duct obstruction, additional pathologies were treated in the same session [septoplasty (n = 12), sinus operations (n = 10), and cauterisation of the nasal concha (n = 7), removal of a dacryocele (n = 1), conchectomy (n = 1)]. 20 operations were performed on the right side, 26 on the left side and two bilateral. The median duration of the operation was 51 minutes. No operative complications were encountered. The length of stay in hospital was on average four days. The median of follow-up was 23 months. The success rate was 78 %. DISCUSSION The success rate of endonasal DCRs is about 70 to 95 %. Thus, the achieved rate in this study is acceptable, especially as 16 of 40 patients underwent revision surgery. Probably this is attributed to the technique of transillumination. The safe intraoperative localisation of the lacrimal sac with a light probe seems to have a positive effect on the removal of obstructions.
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- Bürgerhospital, Klinik für Kinderaugenheilkunde, Schielbehandlung und plastisch-rekonstruktive Lidchirurgie, Frankfurt.
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- Institute for Information Technology, Ilmenau University of Technology, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital – FSU Jena, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital – FSU Jena, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Information Technology, Ilmenau University of Technology, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Institute for Information Technology, Ilmenau University of Technology, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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BACKGROUND Several methods are well established for the imaging of salivary glands. Excluding the invasive method sialendoscopy all other methods show the salivary duct system inadequately. The aim of this study is to demonstrate a method to visualize the salivary duct system by B-mode ultrasound. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 10 parotid glands of common pig cadavers the ultrasound contrast agent Levovist (®), which is galactose stabilized by palmitic acid was applied into the main salivary ducts while simultaneously performing a transcutaneous B-mode ultrasound. RESULTS In all cadavers a visualization of the salivary duct system could be achieved by the application of Levovist (®) because of contrast enhancement. This effect arises as a result of an increased reflection of ultrasound waves on the surface of the microbubbles contained in the contrast agent. CONCLUSION A reproducible visualization of the salivary duct system with B-mode ultrasound is possible by an intraductal application of an ultrasound contrast agent. In future this could be established as a reliable and fast method for imaging of the salivary ducts without ionizing radiation for the patient.
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf-Halschirurgie und Plastische Operationen des Universitätsklinikums Gießen & Marburg, Standort Gießen.
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Kozak J, Krysztoforski K, Kroll T, Helbig S, Helbig M. Error analysis for determination of accuracy of an ultrasound navigation system for head and neck surgery. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 14:69-82. [PMID: 20121587 DOI: 10.3109/10929080903230901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The use of conventional CT- or MRI-based navigation systems for head and neck surgery is unsatisfactory due to tissue shift. Moreover, changes occurring during surgical procedures cannot be visualized. To overcome these drawbacks, we developed a novel ultrasound-guided navigation system for head and neck surgery. A comprehensive error analysis was undertaken to determine the accuracy of this new system. MATERIALS AND METHODS The evaluation of the system accuracy was essentially based on the method of error definition for well-established fiducial marker registration methods (point-pair matching) as used in, for example, CT- or MRI-based navigation. This method was modified in accordance with the specific requirements of ultrasound-guided navigation. The Fiducial Localization Error (FLE), Fiducial Registration Error (FRE) and Target Registration Error (TRE) were determined. RESULTS In our navigation system, the real error (the TRE actually measured) did not exceed a volume of 1.58 mm(3) with a probability of 0.9. A mean value of 0.8 mm (standard deviation: 0.25 mm) was found for the FRE. The quality of the coordinate tracking system (Polaris localizer) could be defined with an FLE of 0.4 +/- 0.11 mm (mean +/- standard deviation). The quality of the coordinates of the crosshairs of the phantom was determined with a deviation of 0.5 mm (standard deviation: 0.07 mm). CONCLUSION The results demonstrate that our newly developed ultrasound-guided navigation system shows only very small system deviations and therefore provides very accurate data for practical applications.
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- Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, Germany.
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Sulk S, Pistrosch F, Köhler C, Helbig M, Hoffmann C, Landgraf W, Hanefeld M. Untersuchung der Glukoseschwankungen von gesunden Probanden, Prädiabetikern und Diabetikern erhoben mittels continuous glucose measurement system (CGMS). DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1221991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Helbig M, Krysztoforski K, Kroll T, Kucharski J, Popek M, Helbig S, Gstoettner W, May A, Kozak J. Navigation-supported and sonographically-controlled fine-needle puncture in soft tissues of the neck. Ultrasound Med Biol 2009; 35:436-442. [PMID: 19056160 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Revised: 08/13/2008] [Accepted: 09/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In surgery, sonography has been a well-accepted means of orientation for years. The immediate vicinity of many vital structures in the head and neck region calls for a very exact visualization of the surgical instrument in the 2-D ultrasonic picture. We report on the development of a new method for navigation-supported and sonographically-controlled fine-needle puncture in soft tissues of the neck. Our system comprises a navigated ultrasound probe, a navigated fine-puncture needle and a coordinate sensor. A personal computer with specially-developed software assists calibration and surgical application. The applicability test for the system is described. In vitro, a model lymph node of 9 mm in diameter had been hit. It is shown that the target structure can be aimed at very precisely by the navigated puncture needle. An accuracy of 97% and a specificity of 99% could be demonstrated. The development of a very precise and easy-to-handle method for navigation-supported fine-needle puncture in the neck region is presented. The outstanding advantage of this method is that no rigid reference gadget fixed to the patient's body is necessary. That makes this method very suitable for surgery in the neck region. Contrary to other sonographically-supported navigation methods in the head and neck region, preoperative imaging (CT or MRT) is dispensable.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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Helbig M, Krysztoforski K, Kucharski J, Popek M, Kroll T, Helbig S, May A, Gstoettner W, Kozak J. [Navigation-assisted sonography for soft tissues in the head and neck region]. HNO 2008; 57:1010-5. [PMID: 18846356 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-008-1801-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND In soft tissue surgery of the head and neck region tissue shifts limit the usefulness of conventional CT/MRI-based navigation procedures. Furthermore, changes caused by invasive measures cannot be visualized. METHODS A novel navigation device for sonography of soft tissues was developed. This consists of a navigated ultrasound scanner, a navigated surgical instrument, and a personal computer with custom-made software. Its use makes an additional visualization by means of CT or MRI dispensable. RESULTS The system deviation (three-dimensional error) of this newly developed prototype was less than 1 mm. The practical application in a model setup showed good handling properties of the system. Orientation and approach of the surgical instrument to the sonographically visualized target structure were rapid and accurate. CONCLUSION This new navigation system does not require additional CT or MRI images. The navigated ultrasound probe shows tissue changes in real time. This navigation system is especially suitable for invasive procedures in soft tissues.
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- M Helbig
- Zentrum für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main.
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Geyer C, Helbig M, Schwarz U, Sachs J, Hein MA, Kaiser WA, Hilger I. Can ultra-wideband (UWB) radar be used for imaging purposes? Preliminary in vitro investigations. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Geyer C, Helbig M, Schwarz U, Sachs J, Hein MA, Kaiser WA, Hilger I. Ultrabreitband (UWB)-Radar-Technologie in der Bildgebenden Tumordiagnostik – erste Untersuchungen. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1073932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Helbig M, Helbig S, Knecht R, Kahla-Witzsch HA, Gstöttner W. [Quality management: reduced waiting time and enhanced efficiency in a university ear, nose, and throat outpatient department]. HNO 2007; 55:29-35. [PMID: 16622694 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-006-1400-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The introduction of Diagnosis-Related Groups, which standardize payment for each clinical service, entails keeping the inpatient treatment as short as possible. Thus outpatient treatment is gaining in importance. To cope with this change, organizational and structural modifications of clinic routine are necessary. METHODS In the ear, nose, and throat outpatient clinic of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, a hotline was established that allows patients to make appointments and get advice based on quality management guidelines according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000. The development of this project is described here step by step, from planning to inclusion in the daily clinic routine. RESULTS Patient visits became more effective despite increasing demand. This resulted in high satisfaction of patients and clinic personnel alike. CONCLUSION This model may contribute considerably to coping with the increasing demand for clinic appointments and to optimal use of a clinic's human resources.
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- Zentrum für HNO-Heilkunde des Universitätsklinikums Frankfurt/Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt/Main.
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Helbig M, Kahla-Witzsch HA, Helbig S, Knecht R, Gstöttner W. [Quality assessment according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000: certification in a university ENT department]. HNO 2007; 54:922-8. [PMID: 17041776 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-006-1467-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND In 2003, our department inaugurated a quality management system. The certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 as required by the hospital management was achieved in August 2005. The aims were optimization of internal operating schedules and standardization of procedures according to logistic interfaces with external structures. METHODS Since 2000, the implementation of an internal quality management system is required by German law and threatened by penalty in case of non-implementation. Beside a basic audit and optimization of all organizational procedures, all core processes were determined and the approvals checked. These aims involve both the quality of operational procedures, in and outpatient treatment, research, study and teaching and aspects of service such as quickness of scheduling and forwarding of reports as well as economic aspects and efficiency. The department of "quality management", whose main tasks are the professional guidance and the training of the quality management representatives, plays an important role. RESULTS Realization of the new regulations and restructuring resulted in an increase in effectiveness and an improvement in operational procedures. In particular, patients and staff have benefited from the reorganized and modified sequence of operations. CONCLUSION Implementation of a quality management system in different hospital departments is recommended.
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- M Helbig
- Zentrum für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde des Klinikums der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 , Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.
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Schwab K, Eiselt M, Putsche P, Helbig M, Witte H. Time-variant parametric estimation of transient quadratic phase couplings between heart rate components in healthy neonates. Med Biol Eng Comput 2006; 44:1077-83. [PMID: 17093954 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0120-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 10/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The heart rate variability (HRV) can be taken as an indicator of the coordination of the cardio-respiratory rhythms. Bispectral analysis using a direct (fast Fourier transform based) and time-invariant approach has shown the occurrence of a quadratic phase coupling (QPC) between a low-frequency (LF: 0.1 Hz) and a high-frequency (HF: 0.4-0.6 Hz) component of the HRV during quiet sleep in healthy neonates. The low-frequency component corresponds to the Mayer-Traube-Hering waves in blood pressure and the high-frequency component to the respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). Time-variant, parametric estimation of the bispectrum provides the possibility of quantifying QPC in the time course. Therefore, the aim of this work was a parametric, time-variant bispectral analysis of the neonatal HRV in the same neonates used in the direct, time-invariant approach. For the first time rhythms in the time course of QPC between the HF component and the LF component could be shown in the neonatal HRV.
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- Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Sciences and Documentation, Medical Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Bachstr. 18, 07740 Jena, Germany.
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BACKGROUND Exact estimation of a tumor's size and the definition of adequate resection margins in carcinomas of the tongue are often difficult because of the tumor's extension and deep infiltration. METHODS We have developed a method that allows intraoperative visualisation and marking of tumor margins. Intra-operative endosonography was performed on nine patients with carcinomas of the tongue using a 8-12 MHz linear array transducer. The oral cavity was flooded with normal saline solution and the transducer was immersed therein. This allowed scanning in a non-contact mode. The tumor margins were marked with a surgical suture under endosonographic monitoring. RESULTS In the nine patients studied, the histological margins corresponded to the sonographic margins. The sonographic marking proved to be useful during the resection of the tumor and histological safety margins were respected in each case. CONCLUSIONS This non-invasive procedure provides a quick and reliable orientation during the resection of tongue carcinoma, and a more precise and individual definition of resection margins is possible. Intraoperative non-contact use of endosonography is a promising method.
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- Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Universität Heidelberg.
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Dietz A, Logothetis CA, Helbig M, Flechtenmacher C, Rudat V, Dollner R, Wallner F, Bosch FX. Prognostic impact of EBV-related LMP-1, histologic type, and environmental factors in nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a German population. Oncol Res Treat 2004; 27:345-50. [PMID: 15347888 DOI: 10.1159/000079086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION This retrospective study addressed the possible involvement of latent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, in particular LMP-1 expression, and further exogenous factors, i.e. tobacco, alcohol and occupational hazardous substances, in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in a German population. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 1980 to 2000, 44 patients suffering from histologically confirmed NPC were entered into the study. 33 specimens were available for immunostaining (IHC) to analyze LMP-1 expression. Information about environmental exposures were obtained employing a detailed standardized questionnaire. RESULTS Outcome of patients with squamous cell NPC (SC-NPC) was significant worse than that of those with non-keratinizing NPC (NK-NPC). Age and tumor size correlated with response to therapy. The group with negative conventional LMP-1 staining showed better overall survival after 5 years compared to the group with positive or marginally positive LMP-1 detection (not significant). Nevertheless, after staining by tyramid-augmented IHC (TSA-IHC), nearly all specimens with negative LMP-1-staining in conventional IHC were found to be clearly positive. All patients with SC-NPC were smokers. The distribution of smokers and non-smokers in the group of NK-NPC was balanced. Comparable to the tobacco observation, there was also a correlation between high alcohol consumption and SC-NPC. CONCLUSION Prognosis of NPC is mainly dependent on histologic type. Prognostic impact of LMP-1 is still unclear since LMP-1 was detected in all specimens using TSA-IHC. Therefore, TSA-IHC-LMP-1 detection might be interesting for diagnostic specification and development of new therapeutic strategies in NPC.
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- Klinik und Poilklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Plastische Operationen, Universität Leipzig, Germany.
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Witte H, Putsche P, Schwab K, Eiselt M, Helbig M, Suesse T. On the spatio-temporal organisation of quadratic phase-couplings in ‘tracé alternant’ EEG pattern in full-term newborns. Clin Neurophysiol 2004; 115:2308-15. [PMID: 15351372 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/07/2004] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The time courses of quadratic phase-coupling (QPC) of electroencephalographic burst and interburst patterns of the 'trace alternant' (TA) in full-term newborns have been quantified. METHODS Using the Gabor expansion, a fast Fourier transformation based method, biamplitude, bicoherence and phase-bicoherence time courses of both burst and interburst patterns have been determined (common average reference EEG recordings). With a frequency resolution of 0.25 Hz and a frequency grid of 1-1.5 <==> 3.5-4.5 Hz (region-of-interest), a number of 15 frequency pairs result. These pairs have been investigated. RESULTS The burst and the interburst patterns are characterized by temporally and topographically different QPC profiles. All differences are dominant at the electrode Fp1 followed by Fp2. There is a significant difference (combined multiple and global test strategy) in the QPC characteristics between both patterns within the time period from 0.75 to 1.5 s after the pattern onset at electrode Fp1. The maximal QPC in burst patterns (especially at Fp1) can be observed during this time period. In contrast to this finding, maximal QPC in interburst patterns (at Fp1) are reached immediately after the onset and at 3 s. Summarising all findings, a QPC-rhythm of 0.1 Hz during TA can be assumed. CONCLUSIONS It can be assumed that the QPC rhythm of the TA is generated by a pattern-spanning time-variant phase-locking process and there are indications for a possible correspondence between the QPC rhythm and vegetative rhythms. SIGNIFICANCE This study showed that advanced, time-variant analysis methods quantifying QPC rhythms are able to add new scientific information to the understanding of nature, characteristics and significance of TA in the neonatal EEG.
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- Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Science and Documentation, Friedrich Schiller University, 07740 Jena, Germany.
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Nuerk M, Reißer C, Helbig M, Klingmann C. Der cervicale Epiduralabszess in der Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, zwei Fallberichte. Laryngorhinootologie 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-823273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Helbig M, Logothetis C, Dietz A, Bosch FX. Prognostische Betrachtung des Nasopharynxkarzinoms unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Latenten Membranprotein 1 (LMP1). Laryngorhinootologie 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-823505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Klingmann C, Schellinger P, Helbig M, Knauth M. Behandlung akuter cochleovestibulärer Schädigungen nach dem Tauchen. Laryngorhinootologie 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-823314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE With the help of dynamic magnetic resonance tomography (dMRT) the status of tissue microcirculation can be visualized. METHODS Dynamic MRI was performed in 13 patients with advanced, nonresectable oro- or hypopharynx carcinoma at the beginning and the end of therapy. Maximal signal intensity and exchange rate constant in the tissue of the tumor and the lymph node metastases were analyzed using a pharmacokinetic two-compartment model. RESULTS In all six patients with clinical complete response (CR), the maximal signal intensity increased after therapy in the tissue of the primary tumor and the lymph node metastases. Furthermore, a high decrease in the parameter k(21) was associated with a better prognosis and could be observed especially after combined radiochemotherapy. CONCLUSION Our first results indicate that contrast-enhanced dynamic MRI studies before and after radio- or combined radiochemotherapy offer important information about the changes of microcirculation in the tissue of the tumor and lymph node metastases. Furthermore, this information seems to be a promising predictor for clinical outcome of therapy.
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- HNO-Klinik, Universität, Heidelberg.
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Dietz A, Esser D, Helbig M, Bosch FX. [Gene therapy with p53 tumor suppressors]. HNO 2003; 51:365-8. [PMID: 12835851 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-003-0850-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- A Dietz
- Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Universitätsklinik Heidelberg.
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Helbig M, Griessbach G, Witte H, Schack B. [Time variant bispectral analysis based on adaptive recursive Fourier transformation]. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2003; 47 Suppl 1 Pt 2:585-7. [PMID: 12465244 DOI: 10.1515/bmte.2002.47.s1b.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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An appropriate investigation of quadratic phase couplings (QPC) in non-stationary signals requires time-variant methods of bispectral analysis. A new approach for time-variant estimation of power spectrum and bispectrum based on an adaptively, recursively estimated Fourier transform (ADFT) is presented in this paper. A reduced calculation effort and the possibility of the calculation of the bispectrum for selected frequency triples are important advantages of this method. Because of the recursive calculation, the ADFT is convenient for analysing ongoing signals. This will be demonstrated for simulated and real biomedical signals.
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- Institut für Biomed. Technik u. Informatik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Deutschland.
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Helbig M, Witte H, Schack B. ZEITVARIANTE KREUZBISPEKTRALANALYSE IN DER BIOSIGNALANALYSE. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2003. [DOI: 10.1515/bmte.2003.48.s1.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Schack B, Witte H, Helbig M, Schelenz C, Specht M. Time-variant non-linear phase-coupling analysis of EEG burst patterns in sedated patients during electroencephalic burst suppression period. Clin Neurophysiol 2001; 112:1388-99. [PMID: 11459678 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(01)00577-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The quadratic phase-coupling (QPC) within burst patterns during electroencephalic burst suppression has been quantified. METHODS It can be shown that a QPC exists between the frequency ranges 0-2.5 and 3-7.5 Hz and between the frequency ranges 0-2.5 and 8-12 Hz. By means of time-variant bicoherence analysis, a strong phase-locking between the modulating and the modulated component can be identified. The phase-locking is demonstrable within the first 250 ms after the burst onset and comes up to the maximum between 750 and 1250 ms. RESULTS The effect is maintained over the whole first part of the burst (2 s) with a decreasing tendency after 1250 ms. All these effects cannot be found in the EEG before entering the burst suppression period (BSP). The transient coupling phenomena in the EEG bursts during BSP can be regarded as indicators for short-term interrelations between the underlying electrophysiologic processes. CONCLUSIONS It can be suggested that the method introduced for the quantification of the sedation depth should be used.
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- B Schack
- Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Sciences and Documentation, Medical Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, D-07740, Jena, Germany.
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BACKGROUND Exact estimation of a tumor's size and definition of adequate resection margins in carcinomas of the tongue are often difficult because of the tumor's extension and deep infiltration. METHODS We developed a method that allows intraoperative visualization and marking of tumor margins: intraoperative endosonography was performed in five patients with carcinomas of the tongue with an 8- to 12-MHz linear array transducer. The oral cavity was flooded with normal saline solution, and the transducer was immersed therein. This allowed scanning in a noncontact mode. The tumor margins were marked with a surgical suture under endosonographic monitoring. RESULTS In the five patients studied, histologic margins corresponded to sonographic margins. The sonographic marking proved to be useful during the resection of the tumor, and histologic safety margins were respected in each case. CONCLUSIONS This noninvasive procedure provides a quick and reliable orientation during resection of tongue carcinoma, and a more precise and individual definition of resection margins is possible. Intraoperative noncontact use of endosonography is a promising method, and further studies may confirm this.
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- M Helbig
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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Witte H, Schack B, Helbig M, Putsche P, Schelenz C, Schmidt K, Specht M. QUANTFICATION OF TRANSIENT QUADRATIC PHASE COUPLINGS BETWEEN EEG COMPONENTS. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2001. [DOI: 10.1515/bmte.2001.46.s1.316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Witte H, Schack B, Helbig M, Putsche P, Schelenz C, Schmidt K, Specht M. Quantification of transient quadratic phase couplings within EEG burst patterns in sedated patients during electroencephalic burst-suppression period. J Physiol Paris 2000; 94:427-34. [PMID: 11165910 DOI: 10.1016/s0928-4257(00)01086-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The time dynamics of the quadratic phase coupling within burst patterns during electroencephalic burst-suppression has been quantified. It can be shown that a transient quadratic phase coupling (QPC) exists between the frequency ranges 0 to 2.5 and 3 to 7.5 Hz and between the frequency ranges 0 to 2.5 and 8 to 12 Hz. The QPC can be explained by an amplitude modulation, where the slow rhythm modulates the rhythmic activities with a higher frequency. By means of time-variant bicoherence analysis, a strong phase-locking between the modulating and the modulated component can be identified. The phase-locking is demonstrable within the first 250 ms after the burst onset and comes up to the maximum between 750 and 1250 ms. The effect is maintained over the whole first part of the burst (2 s) with a decreasing tendency after 1250 ms. All these effects cannot be found in the EEG before entering the burst suppression period (BSP). The transient coupling phenomena in the EEG bursts during BSP can be regarded as indicators for short-term interrelations between the underlying electrophysiologic processes.
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- H Witte
- Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Sciences and Documentation, Medical Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller, University Jena, 07740, Jena, Germany.
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The amorphous or wide nasal tip is the most commonly encountered nasal tip deformity, but little has been done to measure the effect of standard rhinoplasty techniques on nasal tip width. In the clinical routine, nasal tip width and soft-tissue cover thickness are estimated by inspection and palpation rather than by measurement. In this study, a B-mode sonograph with a 12-MHz transducer was used in a noncontact mode to measure tip width 0.5 cm occipital to the tip defining point, distance between the alar cartilage domes, and thickness of the soft-tissue cover overlying the lower lateral cartilages. These parameters were measured 3 to 8 weeks before and 56 days to 19 months after a transdomal suture tip plasty in 18 patients. The distance between the alar cartilage domes seemed to be an important factor for tip width because interdomal distance, not soft-tissue cover thickness, correlated with tip width before surgery (correlation: 0.53). Conversely, the degree of tip refinement correlated with preoperative soft-tissue cover thickness (correlation: 0.75), but not with interdomal distance. Ultrasonic imaging of nasal soft tissues may help to assess the effect of different tip refining procedures and other soft-tissue changes after rhinoplasty.
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- A J Tasman
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Germany.
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