BACKGROUND With the introduction of laparoscopic antireflux surgery (LARS) for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) along with the increasing efficacy of modern medical treatment, a direct comparison is warranted. The 3-year interim results of a randomised study comparing both the efficacy and safety of LARS and esomeprazole (ESO) are reported. METHODS LOTUS is an open, parallel-group mul...

Ahlström, Håkan Alegre Castellanos, Alvaro Algin, Oktay Andersen, Poul Attiná, Dome Baba, Yasutaka Bagenholm, Anna Battal, Bilal Bertolotto, Michele Bolvig, Lars Christoforidis, Emmanuel Clemmesen, Otto Court-Payen, Michel Cwikiel, Wojciech de Foer, Bert Derchi, Lorenzo E Di Mario, Carlo Dobrocky, Tomas Dorenberg, Eric Ekberg, Olle El-Diasty, Tarek Eriksson, Mats-Ola Eryilmaz, Mehmet Eshed, Iri...

Despite the increasing popularity in the academic and practical fields of digital gaming, little has been explored and documented about gaming experience, especially firsthand account. This study uses Bruno Latour's concept of the Thing while investigating digital gaming experience from frequent gamers' standpoint using focus groups methodology. Additionally in-depth interviews were conducted w...

Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag stellen wir das LArS-Modul C („Critical Incidents“) vor. Wir geben zunächst einen Überblick über den allgemeinen Aufbau und gehen auf die einzelnen Modulteile ein. Anschließend werden theoretische Hintergründe der Gestaltung diskutiert praktische Möglichkeiten zum Einsatz Videos Lehr-/Lernmaterialien aufgezeigt. Die Auswahl Unterrichtssituationen Aufgaben erfol...

Productivity measurement is considered in the context of incomplete output information. Only a value measure of output is assumed to be available, which is typical for many service industries. Input markets are assumed competitive while the output market is allowed to be non--competitive, potential markups being assumed to be either known or constant. It is shown that if production technologies...

1 The material presented here draws heavily upon the Bank's internal review of the 1991-1998 business cycle, and papers that have been prepared by the Bank for the Independent Review of the Operation of Monetary Policy in New Zealand, which is being conducted by Professor Lars Svensson at the current time. These papers may be obtained at Any remaining errors and omissions are the sole responsib...