Thomas Schubert University of Jena, Germany Käthe-Kollwitz-Str. 6, 07743 Jena, Germany Tel. +49 3641 945260 (Office) or +49 3641 664616 (Home), Fax +49 3641 664617 Email [email protected] Frank Friedmann University of Jena, Germany Grafengasse 1, 99084 Erfurt, Germany Email [email protected] Holger Regenbrecht Bauhaus-University of Weimar, Germany Paul-Schneider-Str. 4, 99423 Weimar, Germa...

Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Municipal Hospital of Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt, Germany Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Neurosurgery, Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Erlangen, Germany Siemens AG, Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany Institute for Graphic Data Processing, Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Erlangen, Germany Inside, Functional Diagnostic Inc., Schweinfu...

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND The annual number of joint replacement operations in Germany is high. The introduction of an arthroplasty register promises an important contribution to the improvement of the quality of patient's care. RESEARCH QUESTIONS The presented report addresses the questions on organization and functioning, benefits and cost-benefits as well as on legal, ethical and social aspect...

Elementary education in Germany includes all institutions which cater for children until they begin school. Its position is ambivalent: On the one hand, it is part of the educational system (elementary level), on the other hand it is part of the welfare system as it is provided by nonpublic and public youth welfare services. Therefore one can also speak of child care institutions, which, howeve...

Albert Einstein discovered the theoretical foundations on which photovoltaic cells are based a hundred years ago — it was a spin-off from his annus mirabilis. Half a century ago, Bell labs built solar cells out of silicon, which soon came to be used in space flight. But the real breakthrough in solar cells was neither theoretical, nor experimental. It was a simple pecuniary reward. Since the 19...

Of the 82.5 million inhabitants in 2003, 3.4 million lived in the formerly divided capital of Berlin, another 13.5 million lived in the 5 Länder succeeding the former GDR, situated in the eastern part of the country, and 66.6 million lived in the old FRG, situated in the western part. From 1993 until 2003, the share of elderly above 65 years increased from 15% to 18%; the share of elderly above...

Drug Delivery (DDEL), Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrücken, Germany; Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany; Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Saarland University, Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital, Homburg/Saar, Germany; SHG Clinics, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Voelklingen Hea...

1Department of Internal Medicine III and Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; 2Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ulm, Germany; 3Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany; 4Clinical Cooperative Group Leukemia, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Munich, Germany; 5Department of Medicin...

The Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) program is an injury prevention program set up in 2011 at a Level-1 trauma center in Germany. Its objective is the prevention of road traffic accidents among young road users. Our goal is to enable adolescents to recognize risks and to improve life-changing behavior to reduce the severity of injury and the number of killed young ...