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Mouth guards and mouth pieces are widely used in many fields of applica-tions. Mouth guards can prevent or reduce injury to…
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Hyperphosphatemia is a complication of chronic kidney disease. Patients with renal insufficiency have an abnormal phosphate…
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Radio carbon dating is a method for determining the age of organic material by measuring the ratio of the naturally occurring…
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Many industrial processes rely on metal oxides with high surface area. Thin porous metal oxide films offer unique physical,…
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Iron oxide nanoparticles are described for usage in therapeutic hyperthermia as well as for magnetic particle imaging and…
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The pre-patterning of a surface to obtain locally arranged nanostructures is usually done by complex patterning techniques…
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Exact control of laser pulses is required for a wide variety of applications, particularly in medical devices. Depending on…
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The presence and concentration of a number of gases can be detected by measuring the absorption of mid-infrared light with…
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The compactness, ruggedness, high beam quality, and efficiency of fiber lasers make them attractive devices for applications…
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Structural elements which are deformed under load occur in many fields of technology. Conventional resilient elastic…
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Stents are small tubes or tubular shaped meshes which are used to keep or rebuild the luminal size of passages in the human…
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Semiconductor lasers generate a significant amount of heat during operation, which causes a number of undesirable effects…
In Germany alone every year about 400.000 people develop cancer. The radiation ther-apy is widely used as a method of treat-ment. Cancer cells will be harmed…
This novel DNA methylation system allows the targeted generation of economic plants with a requested phenotype by gene silencing. What is special is that the…
Fetal congenital lower urinary tract obstructions affect between 1:250 to 1:1000 pregnancies and are often associated with high perinatal mortality and varying…
Preterm premature rupture of membranes
(PPROM) is one of the leading causes of
perinatal morbidity and mortality. It complicates
…