Thomas Meyer

Surgical aspects of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: two case reports (2009)

Schröpfer, Engelbert, Meyer, Thomas

Abstract Introduction Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare disease usually caused by an underlying condition. It is defined as air filled cysts within the wall of the gastrointestinal tract....

Characterizing Bentgrass Distribution with Spatial and Biological Data To Support Ecological Risk Assessment in Connecticut (2009)

Auer, Carol, Ahrens, Collin, Chung, Jinwon, Meyer, Thomas

Genetically-modified (GM) crops must be assessed before they are released into the environment. Our research examines the potential for gene flow and negative ecological impacts from the release of...

Modeling and Solving Semiring Constraint Satisfaction Problems by Transformation to Weighted Semiring Max-SAT (2008)

Louise Leenen, Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose

Abstract. We present a variant of the Weighted Maximum Satisfiability Problem (Weighted Max-SAT), which is a modeling of the Semiring Constraint Satisfaction framework. We show how to encode a...

Diagnosis and misdiagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infections: three case reports (2008)

Schröpfer, Engelbert, Rauthe, Stephan, Meyer, Thomas

Abstract Background Today, gas gangrene is rare, but still many of the patients die, despite having received timely treatment. Case presentation This report highlights the cases of three different...

Modelling your domain using ontologies (2008)

Meyer, Thomas

The Post-Proceedings of this Festschrift will be formally published in The South African Computer Journal number 41.

Modelling your domain using ontologies (2008)

Meyer, Thomas

The Post-Proceedings of this Festschrift will be formally published in The South African Computer Journal number 41.

Non-pdontised ranked belief change (2008)

Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose, Samir Chopra

Traditional accounts of belief change have been crificised for placing undue emphasis on the new belief provided as input. A recent proposal to address Such issues is the framework of Ghose and...

Relaxations of Semiring Constraint Satisfaction Problems (2008)

Louise Leenen, Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose

Abstract. The Semiring Constraint Satisfaction Problem (SCSP) framework is a popular approach for the representation of partial constraint satisfaction problems. In this framework preferences can be...

schopra©sc±, brooklyn, cuny. edu (2008)

Richard Booth, Aditya Ghose, Samir Chopra, Thomas Meyer

tmeyer©cse, unsw. edu. au We provide a formal study of belief retraction operators that do not necessarily satisfy the (Inclusion) postulate. Our intuition is that a rational description of belief...

Aims (2008)

Patrick Green Oxcert, Thomas Meyer, Garaidh Cochrane

Please Note this Document is updated frequently.

Some Logics of Belief and Disbelief (2008)

Samir Chopra, Johannes Heidema, Thomas Meyer

The introduction of explicit notions of rejection, or disbelief, into logics for knowledge representation can be justified in a number of ways. Motivations range from the need for versions of...

Virtual Environments For Exposure Therapy (2007)

Larry F. Hodges, Barbara O. Rothbaum, Rob Kooper, Dan Opdyke, Thomas Meyer, ...

We have conducted a controlled study on the use of virtual reality for the treatment of acrophobia--the fear of heights. Subjects experienced a range of physical anxiety symptoms consistent with the...

Correct Code-Generation in a Generic Framework (2007)

Burkhart Wolff, Thomas Meyer

. One major motivation for theorem provers is the development of veried programs. In particular, synthesis or transformational development techniques aim at a formalised conversion of the original...

Generic Transformation Systems for Formal Methods (2007)

Christoph Lüth, Thomas Meyer, Burkhart Wolff

Introduction We will present two tools, TAS and IsaWin, for transformational program development and theorem proving respectively, based on the theorem prover Isabelle. Their distinguishing feature...

Withdrawal and Entrenchment (2007)

Thomas Meyer

Ever since the introduction of AGM theory change [Alchourr6n and Makinson, 1985, Alchourr6n et al., 1985], strong connections have been shown to exist between various forms of belief removal...

Knowledge Systems Group (2007)

Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose, Samir Chopra

Some recent research suggests that it is useful to conduct information merging on the level of epistemic states as an alternative to the usual approach of knowledge base merging [Benferhat et al.,...

Multi-agent context-based merging (2007)

Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose

Intelligent agents have to be able to merge (possibly conflicting) pieces of information obtained from different sources to produce a coherent picture of the world. In this paper we propose a...

Knowledge Systems Group (2007)

Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose, Samir Chopra

Abstract. Intelligent agents have to be able to merge inputs received from different sources in a coherent and rational way. Recently, several proposals have been made for the merging of structures...

Abstract (2007)

Thomas Meyer, Samir Chopra, Aditya Ghose

Traditional accounts of belief change have often been criticised for placing undue emphasis on the new belief provided as input. A recent proposal to address such issues is Ghose and Goebel’s [6]...

Withdrawal and Entrenchment (2007)

Thomas Meyer

Ever since the introduction of AGM theory change [Alchourron and Makinson, 1985, Alchourron et al., 1985], strong connections have been shown to exist between various forms of belief removal...

PERIODS FOR STOCK MARKET (2007)

Thomas Meyer

In practice, there exist three different "religions " about stock market prediction. First of all, there is the Random Walk hypothesis, which basically says that the stock market is...

Social Choice Theory, Belief Merging and Elections (2007)

Thomas Meyer Aditya, Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose, Samir Chopra

Intelligent agents have to be able to merge inputs received from different sources in a coherent and rational way. Several proposals have been made for the merging of structures in which it is...

India's specialisation in IT exports: Offshoring can't defy gravity (2007)

Meyer, Thomas

India’s actual export specialisation in IT services is unrivalled by any comparable country and it is evidence of a strong comparative advantage. This paper finds that India owes its IT...

Guidelines for the preclinical in vivo evaluation of pharmacological active drugs for ALS/MND: report on the 142nd ENMC international workshop (2007)

Bendotti, Caterina, Blaugrund, Eran, Hengerer, Bastian, Löffler, Jean-Philippe, Martin, Joanne, ...

A transgenic animal model for anterior horn cell loss was established in 1994. This model is based on the insertion of a high copy number of disease-causing human Cu/Zn SOD mutations into the intact...

Implications of Web 2.0 for financial institutions: Be a driver, not a passenger (2007)

Heng, Stefan, Meyer, Thomas, Stobbe, Antje

Web 2.0 heralds a new era of communication with a massive increase in information supply and where news, opinion and services flow directly from user to user. Financial institutions can take...

Die aktiven Zentren der Cytochrom-Oxidase: Strukturuntersuchungen mit EXAFS-Spektroskopie an Metalloenzymen und Modellkomplexen (2007)

Meyer, Thomas

Die Dissertation ist parallel im Verlag Simmering, Lilienthal erschienen: 2003. - 179 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. ; 21 cm ISBN 3-927723-55-X kart. This thesis deals with investigations on the metal...

● Selfhealing systems – Case studies (2007)

Lidia Yamamoto, Christian Tschudin, Thomas Meyer

– Upcoming exercise:  preliminary announcement – Summary and assessment

Offshoring to new shores: Nearshoring to Central and Eastern Europe (2006)

Meyer, Thomas

Offshoring of IT services and back-office services to low-wage countries is a fast-growing market. Besides India, the pacesetter and dominant insourcer, there are numerous other countries and regions...

Identification of differentially expressed genes in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by microarray expression profiling (2006)

Nindl, Ingo, Dang, Chantip, Forschner, Tobias, Kuban, Ralf J, Meyer, Thomas, Sterry, Wolfram, ...

Abstract Background Carcinogenesis is a multi-step process indicated by several genes up- or down-regulated during tumor progression. This study examined and identified differentially expressed genes...

Breakpoint cloning and haplotype analysis indicate a single origin of the common Inv(10)(p11.2q21.2) mutation among northern Europeans (2006)

Gilling, Mette, Dullinger, Jörn S., Gesk, Stefan, Metzke-Heidemann, Simone, Siebert, Reiner, Meyer, Thomas, ...

The pericentric inv(10)(p11.2q21.2) mutation has been frequently identified in cytogenetic laboratories, is phenotypically silent, and is considered to be a polymorphic variant. Cloning and...

Consolidation, Delimitation and Stalemate: Disruptive Interplay and Strategic Incentives in the CBD-TRIPS Relationship (2006)

Jungcurt, Stefan, Meyer, Thomas

"The relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is characterized by a persistent...

Breakpoint cloning and haplotype analysis indicate a single origin of the common Inv(10)(p11.2q21.2) mutation among Northern Europeans (2006)

Gilling, Mette, Dullinger, Jörn S., Gesk, Stefan, Metzke-Heidemann, Simone, Siebert, Reiner, Meyer, Thomas, ...

The pericentric inv(10)(p11.2q21.2) mutation has been frequently identified in cytogenetic laboratories, is phenotypically silent, and is considered to be a polymorphic variant. Cloning and...

Finding maximally satisfiable terminologies for the description logic ALC (2006)

Thomas Meyer, Kevin Lee

For ontologies represented as Description Logic Tboxes, optimised DL reasoners are able to detect logical errors, but there is comparatively limited support for resolving such problems. One possible...

Admissible and restrained revision (2006)

Richard Booth, Thomas Meyer

As partial justification of their framework for iterated belief revision Darwiche and Pearl convincingly argued against Boutilier’s natural revision and provided a prototypical revision operator...

Finding maximally satisfiable terminologies for the description logic ALC (2006)

Kevin Lee, Thomas Meyer, Jeff Z. Pan

Existing description logic reasoners provide the means to detect logical errors in ontologies, but lack the capability to resolve them. We present a tableaubased algorithm for computing maximally...

Was ist Politik? (2006)

Meyer, Thomas

Anmerkung des Umsetzungsdienstes: Das Werk ist zitierfähig

Die aktiven Zentren der Cytochrom-Oxidase: Strukturuntersuchungen mit EXAFS-Spektroskopie an Metalloenzymen und Modellkomplexen (2005)

Meyer, Thomas

Die Dissertation ist parallel im Verlag Simmering, Lilienthal erschienen: 2003. - 179 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. ; 21 cm ISBN 3-927723-55-X kart. This thesis deals with investigations on the metal...

A new survival model for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in tumor-bearing rats in the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis (2005)

Pelz, Joerg OW, Doerfer, Joerg, Hohenberger, Werner, Meyer, Thomas

Abstract Background Cytoreduction followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) improves survival in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin. Animal models are...

Knowledge Integration for Description Logics (2005)

Thomas Meyer, Kevin Lee, Richard Booth

Description logic reasoners are able to detect incoherences (such as logical inconsistency and concept unsatisfiability) in knowledge bases, but provide little support for resolving them. We propose...

Knowledge Integration for Description Logics (2005)

Thomas Meyer, Kevin Lee, Richard Booth

Description logic reasoners are able to detect incoherences (such as logical inconsistency and concept unsatisfiability) in knowledge bases, but provide little support for resolving them. We propose...

The impact of surgery and mild hyperthermia on tumor response and angioneogenesis of malignant melanoma in a rat perfusion model (2004)

Pelz, Joerg, Mollwitz, Marco, Stremmel, Christian, Goehl, Jonas, Dimmler, Arno, Hohenberger, Werner, ...

Abstract Background The aim of this experimental study was to determine the effect of mild hyperthermia on tumor response and angioneogenesis in an isolated limb perfusion model with a human melanoma...

Chromosal translocation t(18;21)(q23;q22.1) indicates novel susceptibility loci for frontotemporal dementia with ALS (2004)

Prudlo,Johannes, Alber,Burkhard, Kalscheuer,Vera M., Roemer,Klaus, Martin,Thomas, Dullinger,Joern, ...

A chromosomal translocation t(18;21)(q23;q22) is reported in a patient with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We exclude the physical involvement and silencing of...

Chromosal translocation t(18;21)(q23;q22.1) indicates novel susceptibility loci for frontotemporal dementia with ALS (2004)

Prudlo, Johannes, Alber, Burkhard, Kalscheuer, Vera M., Roemer, Klaus, Martin, Thomas, Dullinger, Joern, ...

A chromosomal translocation t(18;21)(q23;q22) is reported in a patient with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We exclude the physical involvement and silencing of...

Ein Beitrag zur Auslegung temperierter Tiefziehwerkzeuge für die Umformung von Magnesiumfeinblechen / (2004)

Meyer, Thomas.

Freiberg (Sachsen), Techn. Universiẗat, Diss., 2005 (Nicht für den Austausch).

Negotiation as mutual belief revision (2004)

Foo, N. Y. (Norman Y.), Meyer, Thomas, Kwok, Rex

This paper presents a logical framework for negotiation based on belief revision theory. We consider that a negotiation process is a course or multiple courses of mutual belief revision. A set of...

Negotiation as mutual belief revision (2004)

Foo, N. Y. (Norman Y.), Meyer, Thomas, Kwok, Rex

This paper presents a logical framework for negotiation based on belief revision theory. We consider that a negotiation process is a course or multiple courses of mutual belief revision. A set of...

Negotiation as mutual belief revision (2004)

Dongmo Zhang, Norman Foo, Thomas Meyer, Rex Kwok

This paper presents an axiomatic approach to negotiation protocol analysis. We consider a negotiation procedure as multiple stages of mutual belief revision. A set of postulates in AGM-style of...

Logical foundations of negotiation: Strategies and preferences (2004)

Thomas Meyer, Norman Foo

This paper is a contribution towards the body of literature which views negotiation in a qualitative light. It builds on an existing logical framework for negotiation between rational, cooperative,...

Logical foundations of negotiation: Strategies and preferences (2004)

Thomas Meyer, Norman Foo

This paper is a contribution towards the body of literature which views negotiation in a qualitative light. It builds on an existing logical framework for negotiation between rational, cooperative,...

Negotiation as mutual belief revision (2004)

Dongmo Zhang, Norman Foo, Thomas Meyer, Rex Kwok

This paper presents a logical framework for negotiation based on belief revision theory. We consider that a negotiation process is a course or multiple courses of mutual belief revision. A set of...

Logical foundations of negotiation : outcome, concession and adaptation (2004)

Meyer, Thomas, Foo, N. Y. (Norman Y.), Kwok, Rex, Zhang, Dongmo

This paper provides a logical framework for negotiation between agents that are assumed to be rational, cooperative and truthful. We present a characterisation of the permissible outcomes of a...

Negotiation as mutual belief revision (2004)

Zhang, Dongmo, Foo, N. Y. (Norman Y.), Meyer, Thomas, Kwok, Rex

This paper presents a logical framework for negotiation based on belief revision theory. We consider that a negotiation process is a course or multiple courses of mutual belief revision. A set of...

Logical foundations of negotiation : outcome, concession and adaptation (2004)

Meyer, Thomas, Foo, N. Y. (Norman Y.), Kwok, Rex, Zhang, Dongmo

This paper provides a logical framework for negotiation between agents that are assumed to be rational, cooperative and truthful. We present a characterisation of the permissible outcomes of a...

Renewing Democracy in an Era of Globalisation: Negative and Positive Integration (2003)

Meyer, Thomas; University Of Dortmund, Department Of Social Sciences And Humanities, Dortmund, Germany; Meyer@fb14.uni-dortmund.de

In his essay, the author refers to Jan Tinbergen and distinguishes positive from negative globalisation. Negative globalisation has been happening for the last two decades and is characterized by...

PKC412 overcomes resistance to imatinib in a murine model of FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha-induced myeloproliferative disease (2003)

Stover, Elizabeth H, Boulton, Christina L, Gotlib, Jason, Legare, Robert D, Amaral, Sonia M, ...

FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha causes hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) and is inhibited by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib (Gleevec). Imatinib is a potent inhibitor of ABL, ARG, PDGFRalpha, PDGFRbeta, and...

Dielectric studies of a laterally-linked siloxane ester dimer (2003)

Diez, Sergio, Dunmur, David A., De La Fuente, M. Rosario, Karahaliou, Panagiota K., Mehl, Georg, Meyer, Thomas, ...

This paper reports measurements of the dielectric response over the frequency range 10(2) to 10(9) Hz of a liquid crystal dimer consisting of two ester mesogens laterally linked by an alkoxy chain...

Non-prioritized ranked belief change (2003)

Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose, Samir Chopra

Traditional accounts of belief change have often been criticised for placing undue emphasis on the new belief provided as input. A recent proposal to address such issues is the framework for...

Non-prioritized ranked belief change (2003)

Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose, Samir Chopra

Traditional accounts of belief change have been criticised for placing undue emphasis on the new belief provided as input. A recent proposal to address such issues is the framework of Ghose and...

Belief Liberation (and Retraction) (2003)

Richard Booth, Aditya Ghose, Samir Chopra, Thomas Meyer

We provide a formal study of belief retraction operators that do not necessarily satisfy the (Inclusion) postulate. Our intuition is that a rational description of belief change must do justice to...

DNA binding controls inactivation and nuclear accumulation of the transcription factor Stat1 (2003)

Meyer, Thomas, Marg, Andreas, Lemke, Petra, Wiesner, Burkhard, Vinkemeier, Uwe

Cytokine-dependent gene transcription greatly depends on the tyrosine phosphorylation (“activation”) of Stat proteins at the cell membrane. This rapidly leads to their accumulation in the nucleus...

Some logics of belief and disbelief (2002)

Chopra, Samir, Heidema, Johannes, Meyer, Thomas

The introduction of explicit notions of rejection, or disbelief, into logics for knowledge representation can be justified in a number of ways. Motivations range from the need for versions of...

Iterated revision and the axiom of recovery: a unified treatment via epistemic states (2002)

Chopra, Samir, Ghose, Aditya, Meyer, Thomas

The axiom of recovery, while capturing a central intuition regarding belief change, has been the source of much controversy. We argue briefly against putative counterexamples to the axiom--while...

Die aktiven Zentren der Cytochrom-c-Oxidase : Strukturuntersuchungen mit EXAFS-Spektroskopie an Metalloenzymen und Modellkomplexen - The Active Sites Of Cytochrome-c Oxidase : Structural Studies With EXAFS Spectroscopy On Metallo Enzymes and Model Complexes (2002)

Meyer, Thomas

Die Dissertation ist parallel im Verlag Simmering, Lilienthal erschienen: 2003. - 179 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. ; 21 cm ISBN 3-927723-55-X kart. This thesis deals with investigations on the metal...

Die aktiven Zentren der Cytochrom-c-Oxidase : Strukturuntersuchungen mit EXAFS-Spektroskopie an Metalloenzymen und Modellkomplexen - The Active Sites Of Cytochrome-c Oxidase : Structural Studies With EXAFS Spectroscopy On Metallo Enzymes and Model Complexes (2002)

Meyer, Thomas

Die Dissertation ist parallel im Verlag Simmering, Lilienthal erschienen: 2003. - 179 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. ; 21 cm ISBN 3-927723-55-X kart. This thesis deals with investigations on the metal...

First-Person Knowledge: Wittgenstein, Cavell, and ‘Therapy’ (2002)

Meyer, Thomas

The recent publication of The New Wittgenstein signals the arrival of a distinctive ‘therapeutic’ reading of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophical enterprise. As announced in its Preface, this...

Syntactic representations of semantic merging operations (2002)

Thomas Meyer, Aditya Ghose

Recent research on information merging suggests that it should be conducted on the level of epistemic states and not knowledge bases [Benferhat et al., 1999; 2000; Meyer, 2000]. One way in which to...

Die Sozialstruktur Deutschland (2002)

Geissler, Rainer, Meyer, Thomas

Anmerkung des Umsetzungsdienstes: Das Werk ist zitierfähig

On the semantics of merging (2000)

Meyer, Thomas

Intelligent agents are often faced with the problem of trying to merge possibly conflicting pieces of information obtained from different sources into a consistent view of the world. We propose a...

Untersuchungen zur Hemmung nativer und heterolog exprimierter K+-Kanäle durch G-Protein gekoppelte Rezeptoren (2000)

Meyer, Thomas

In der Arbeit wird die Regulation des muskarinergen K+ -Stromes an kultivierten Zellen des Vorhofmyokards adulter Ratten untersucht. Hierzu wurden elektrophysiologische und molekularbiologische...

Struktur und Regulation der Glutamattransporter im normalen ZNS und bei der Neurodegeneration / (2000)

Meyer, Thomas.

Enth. ausserdem 10 Sonderabdr. aus verschiedenen Zeitschr. - Beitr. teilw. dt., teilw. engl.

WordNet 1.6 Reference Manual, Section 7: Miscellaneous Topics, WordNet database statistics -- wnstats(7WN). Available in the World-Wide Web at http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn (2000)

Burkhart Wolff, Thomas Meyer

tminformatik.uni-bremen.de Abstract. One major motivation for theorem provers is the development of verified programs. In particular, synthesis or transformational development techniques aim at a...

Basic infobase change (1999)

Thomas Meyer

Abstract. Generalisations of theory change involving arbitrary sets of wffs instead of belief sets have become known as base change. In one view, a base should be thought of as providing more...

Updating logic programs (1998)

Norman Foo, Thomas Meyer, Yan Zhang, Dongmo Zhang

Negotiation between two agents is modelled as a one-time encounter between two extended logic programs. Each offers an answer set. Their mutual deal can be regarded as a trade on their answer sets....

Presence as The Defining Factor in a VR Application: Virtual Reality Graded Exposure in the Treatment of Acrophobia (1994)

Larry F. Hodges, Barbara O. Rothbaum, Rob Kooper, Dan Opdyke, Thomas Meyer, ...

The sense of presence that a user experiences in a virtual environment is perhaps the bestknown attribute of virtual reality. It is an appeal to this sense of presence that is used to distinguish...

The choice of cytostatic in hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion. Chemosensitivity testing on five human melanoma cell lines (1993)

Meyer, Thomas, Goehl, Jonas, Hohenberger, Werner, Christl, Claudia, Bernhardt, Günther, Spruss, Thilo, ...

Sensitivity of 5 human melanoma cell lines towards melphalan (L-PAM), dacarbazine (DIC), methotrexate (MTX), vinblastine (VBL), dactinomycin (DACT), doxorubicin (ADM), mitoxantrone (DHAQ), cisplatin...

Prognostic significance of repetitive ventricular response during programmed ventricular stimulation. (1982)

Meyer, Thomas.

Aus: The American Journal of Cardiology. Vol. 49. 1982, S. 693 - 698 zus. mit Günter Breithardt, Ludger Seipel, Rolf R. Abendroth

The feasibility of pulp and paper production in Utah / (1968)

Meyer, Thomas.

Thesis (M.S.)--Utah State University. Dept. of Economics, 1968.

Platons "Apologie". (1957)

Meyer, Thomas.

Tübingen, Phil. F., Diss. v. 4. Juli 1957 (Nicht f. d. Aust.).

In vitro and in vivo evidence for orphan nuclear receptor RORα function in bone metabolism

Meyer, Thomas, Kneissel, Michaela, Mariani, Jean, Fournier, Brigitte

Bone is a major target site for steroid hormone action. Steroid hormones like cortisol, vitamin D, and estradiol are responsible for principal events associated with bone formation and resorption....

Nucleocytoplasmic translocation of Stat1 is regulated by a leucine-rich export signal in the coiled-coil domain

Begitt, Andreas, Meyer, Thomas, Van Rossum, Marleen, Vinkemeier, Uwe

Signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) proteins are latent transcription factors that reside in the cytoplasm before activation. On cytokine-induced tyrosine phosphorylation, these...

Mice Are Protected from Helicobacter pylori Infection by Nasal Immunization with Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium phoPc Expressing Urease A and B Subunits

Corthésy-Theulaz, Irène E., Hopkins, Sally, Bachmann, Daniel, Saldinger, Pierre F., Porta, Nadine, Haas, Rainer, ...

Live Salmonella typhimurium phoPc bacteria were tested as mucosal vaccine vectors to deliver Helicobacter pylori antigens. The genes encoding the A and B subunits of H. pylori urease were introduced...

Constitutive and IFN-γ-induced nuclear import of STAT1 proceed through independent pathways

Meyer, Thomas, Begitt, Andreas, Lödige, Inga, Rossum, Marleen Van, Vinkemeier, Uwe

STAT1 functions as both a constitutive transcriptional regulator and, in response to cytokine stimulation of cells, as an inducible tyrosine-phosphorylated transcription factor. Here, we identify and...

DNA binding controls inactivation and nuclear accumulation of the transcription factor Stat1

Meyer, Thomas, Marg, Andreas, Lemke, Petra, Wiesner, Burkhard, Vinkemeier, Uwe

Cytokine-dependent gene transcription greatly depends on the tyrosine phosphorylation (“activation”) of Stat proteins at the cell membrane. This rapidly leads to their accumulation in the nucleus...

PKC412 inhibits the zinc finger 198-fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 fusion tyrosine kinase and is active in treatment of stem cell myeloproliferative disorder

Chen, Jing, DeAngelo, Daniel J., Kutok, Jeffery L., Williams, Ifor R., Lee, Benjamin H., Wadleigh, Martha, ...

Human stem cell leukemia-lymphoma syndrome usually presents itself as a myeloproliferative disorder (MPD) that evolves to acute myeloid leukemia and/or lymphoma. The syndrome associated with...

Breakpoint Cloning and Haplotype Analysis Indicate a Single Origin of the Common Inv(10)(p11.2q21.2) Mutation among Northern Europeans

Gilling, Mette, Dullinger, Jörn S., Gesk, Stefan, Metzke-Heidemann, Simone, Siebert, Reiner, Meyer, Thomas, ...

The pericentric inv(10)(p11.2q21.2) mutation has been frequently identified in cytogenetic laboratories, is phenotypically silent, and is considered to be a polymorphic variant. Cloning and...

In vitro and in vivo evidence for orphan nuclear receptor RORα function in bone metabolism

Meyer, Thomas, Kneissel, Michaela, Mariani, Jean, Fournier, Brigitte

Bone is a major target site for steroid hormone action. Steroid hormones like cortisol, vitamin D, and estradiol are responsible for principal events associated with bone formation and resorption....

Nucleocytoplasmic translocation of Stat1 is regulated by a leucine-rich export signal in the coiled-coil domain

Begitt, Andreas, Meyer, Thomas, Van Rossum, Marleen, Vinkemeier, Uwe

Signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) proteins are latent transcription factors that reside in the cytoplasm before activation. On cytokine-induced tyrosine phosphorylation, these...

Mice Are Protected from Helicobacter pylori Infection by Nasal Immunization with Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium phoPc Expressing Urease A and B Subunits

Corthésy-Theulaz, Irène E., Hopkins, Sally, Bachmann, Daniel, Saldinger, Pierre F., Porta, Nadine, Haas, Rainer, ...

Live Salmonella typhimurium phoPc bacteria were tested as mucosal vaccine vectors to deliver Helicobacter pylori antigens. The genes encoding the A and B subunits of H. pylori urease were introduced...

Constitutive and IFN-γ-induced nuclear import of STAT1 proceed through independent pathways

Meyer, Thomas, Begitt, Andreas, Lödige, Inga, Rossum, Marleen Van, Vinkemeier, Uwe

STAT1 functions as both a constitutive transcriptional regulator and, in response to cytokine stimulation of cells, as an inducible tyrosine-phosphorylated transcription factor. Here, we identify and...

DNA binding controls inactivation and nuclear accumulation of the transcription factor Stat1

Meyer, Thomas, Marg, Andreas, Lemke, Petra, Wiesner, Burkhard, Vinkemeier, Uwe

Cytokine-dependent gene transcription greatly depends on the tyrosine phosphorylation (“activation”) of Stat proteins at the cell membrane. This rapidly leads to their accumulation in the nucleus...

PKC412 inhibits the zinc finger 198-fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 fusion tyrosine kinase and is active in treatment of stem cell myeloproliferative disorder

Chen, Jing, DeAngelo, Daniel J., Kutok, Jeffery L., Williams, Ifor R., Lee, Benjamin H., Wadleigh, Martha, ...

Human stem cell leukemia-lymphoma syndrome usually presents itself as a myeloproliferative disorder (MPD) that evolves to acute myeloid leukemia and/or lymphoma. The syndrome associated with...

Breakpoint Cloning and Haplotype Analysis Indicate a Single Origin of the Common Inv(10)(p11.2q21.2) Mutation among Northern Europeans

Gilling, Mette, Dullinger, Jörn S., Gesk, Stefan, Metzke-Heidemann, Simone, Siebert, Reiner, Meyer, Thomas, ...

The pericentric inv(10)(p11.2q21.2) mutation has been frequently identified in cytogenetic laboratories, is phenotypically silent, and is considered to be a polymorphic variant. Cloning and...

Implications of Web 2.0 for financial institutions: Be a driver, not a passenger

Heng, Stefan, Meyer, Thomas, Stobbe, Antje

Web 2.0 heralds a new era of communication with a massive increase in information supply and where news, opinion and services flow directly from user to user. Financial institutions can take...

Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling by nucleoporins Nup153 and Nup214 and CRM1-dependent nuclear export control the subcellular distribution of latent Stat1

Marg, Andreas, Shan, Ying, Meyer, Thomas, Meissner, Torsten, Brandenburg, Martin, Vinkemeier, Uwe

Interferon stimulation of cells leads to the tyrosine phosphorylation of latent Stat1 and subsequent transient accumulation in the nucleus that requires canonical transport factors. However, the...

New Risks Ahead:The Eastward Enlargement of the Eurozone

Michael Bolle, Christian Fahrholz, Hanns-D. Jacobsen, Thomas Meyer

Eastward enlargement is one of the hot topics in European economics. The accession of central and eastern European Countries (CEEC) into the European Union (EU) is accompanied by an extension of the...

Consolidation, Delimitation and Stalemate - Disruptive Interplay and Strategic Incentives in the CBD-TRIPS Relationship

Stefan Jungcurt, Thomas Meyer

The relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is characterized by a persistent potential...

Oxidative switches in functioning of mammalian copper chaperone Cox17

Voronova, Anastassia, Meyer-Klaucke, Wolfram, Meyer, Thomas, Rompel, Annette, Krebs, Bernt, Kazantseva, Jekaterina, ...

Cox17, a copper chaperone for cytochrome-c oxidase, is an essential and highly conserved protein in eukaryotic organisms. Yeast and mammalian Cox17 share six conserved cysteine residues, which are...

India's specialisation in IT exports: Offshoring can't defy gravity

Meyer, Thomas

India’s actual export specialisation in IT services is unrivalled by any comparable country and it is evidence of a strong comparative advantage. This paper finds that India owes its IT...

Offshoring to new shores: Nearshoring to Central and Eastern Europe

Meyer, Thomas

Offshoring of IT services and back-office services to low-wage countries is a fast-growing market. Besides India, the pacesetter and dominant insourcer, there are numerous other countries and regions...

CONSOLIDATION, DELIMITATION AND STALEMATE. Disruptive Interplay and Strategic Incentives in the CBD-TRIPS Relationship

Jungcurt, Stefan, Meyer, Thomas

The relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is characterized by a persistent potential...

Higher lung deposition with Respimat® Soft Mist™ Inhaler than HFA-MDI in COPD patients with poor technique

Brand, Peter, Hederer, Bettina, Austen, George, Dewberry, Helen, Meyer, Thomas

Aerosols delivered by Respimat® Soft Mist™ Inhaler (SMI) are slower-moving and longer-lasting than those from pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs), improving the efficiency of pulmonary drug...

Credit and economic recovery

Michael Biggs, Thomas Meyer, Andreas Pick

It has become almost a stylized fact that after financial crises, economic activity recovers without a rebound in credit. We investigate the relationship between credit and economic activity over the...

Private equity: spice for European economies

Meyer, Thomas

Private equity has become a substantial force in the European financial system. This paper describes some of the recent developments and looks at the structural relationship between private equity...