Thomas Schneider

Publication List Details

Period

1916 - 2009

Number

130

Co-Authors

Easy Keys for OWL (2009)

Bijan Parsia, Ulrike Sattler, Thomas Schneider

Abstract. One of the commonly requested features for OWL is some form of key support, generally phrased as allowing inverse-functional datatype properties. For a variety of technical reasons, these...

Transplantation of selected or transgenic blood stem cells – a future treatment for HIV/AIDS? (2009)

Hütter, Gero, Schneider, Thomas, Thiel, Eckhard

Abstract Interaction with the chemokine receptor, CCR5, is a necessary precondition for maintaining HIV-1 infection. Individuals with the CCR5-delta32 deletion who lack this receptor are highly...

The Complexity of Satisfiability for Fragments of Hybrid Logic -- Part I (2009)

Meier, Arne, Mundhenk, Martin, Schneider, Thomas, Thomas, Michael, Weber, Volker, Weiss, Felix

The satisfiability problem of hybrid logics with the downarrow binder is known to be undecidable. This initiated a research program on decidable and tractable fragments. In this paper, we investigate...

Wideband impedance spectrum analyzer with arbitrary fine frequency resolution for in situ sensor applications (2009)

Thomas Schneider, Schneider, Thomas

The application of modern sensor devices requires appropriate measurement methods and sophisticated electronic instruments in order to precisely determine the sensor response with regard to the...

Wideband impedance spectrum analyzer with arbitrary fine frequency resolution for in situ sensor applications (2009)

Thomas Schneider, Schneider, Thomas

The application of modern sensor devices requires appropriate measurement methods and sophisticated electronic instruments in order to precisely determine the sensor response with regard to the...

Mistletoe treatment in cancer-related fatigue: a case report (2009)

Wode, Kathrin, Schneider, Thomas, Lundberg, Ingrid, Kienle, Gunver S

Abstract Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a major and very common disabling condition in cancer patients. Treatment options do exist but have limited therapeutic effects. Mistletoe extracts are...

Chronic norovirus infection in renal transplant recipients (2009)

Westhoff, Timm H., Vergoulidou, Maria, Loddenkemper, Christoph, Schwartz, Stefan, Hofmann, Jörg, Schneider, Thomas, ...

Norovirus infection is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis. In immunocompetent subjects, norovirus infection is a self-limiting disease of short duration. The present report provides first...

Measuring strategies and monitoring of the indoor environment† (2008)

Thomas Schneider

This paper presents key elements on which to base the design of a strategy for a particular indoor environment measurement task. Starting from a general strategy for responding to occupant complaints...

The Complexity of Generalized Satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (2008)

Bauland, Michael, Schneider, Thomas, Schnoor, Henning, Schnoor, Ilka, Vollmer, Heribert

In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete, depending on the set of temporal operators used....

Safe and Economic Re-Use of Ontologies: A Logic-Based Methodology and Tool Support (2008)

Ernesto Jiménez-ruiz, Bernardo Cuenca Grau, Ulrike Sattler, Thomas Schneider, Rafael Berlanga

Abstract Driven by application requirements and using well-understood theoretical results, we describe a novel methodology and a tool for modular ontology design. We support the user in the safe use...

Aetiology of community-acquired, acute gastroenteritis in hospitalised adults: a prospective cohort study (2008)

Jansen, Andreas, Stark, Klaus, Kunkel, Jan, Schreier, Eckart, Ignatius, Ralf, Liesenfeld, Oliver, ...

Abstract Background The aetiology of severe gastroenteritis leading to hospitalisation in adults frequently remains unclear. Our objective was to study the causes and characteristics of...

Aetiology of community-acquired, acute gastroenteritis in hospitalised adults: a prospective cohort study (2008)

Jansen, Andreas, Stark, Klaus, Kunkel, Jan, Schreier, Eckart, Ignatius, Ralf, Liesenfeld, Oliver, ...

Background The aetiology of severe gastroenteritis leading to hospitalisation in adults frequently remains unclear. Our objective was to study the causes and characteristics of community-acquired,...

Information Theory Primer – With an Appendix on Logarithms”, version 2.48, postscript version ftp://ftp.ncifcrf.gov/pub/delila/primer.ps, web version http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/paper/primer/ (a very clear and simple introduction that can also be co (2008)

Thomas Schneider

This primer is written for molecular biologists who are unfamiliar with information theory. Its purpose is to introduce you to these ideas so that you can understand how to apply them to binding...

M4M 2007 The Tractability of Model-Checking for LTL: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Fragments (2008)

Michael Bauland, Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider, Henning Schnoor D

In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that the model-checking problem for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete, depending on the set of temporal...

Complexity of Hybrid Logics over Transitive Frames (2008)

Mundhenk, Martin, Schneider, Thomas, Schwentick, Thomas, Weber, Volker

This paper examines the complexity of hybrid logics over transitive frames, transitive trees, and linear frames. We show that satisfiability over transitive frames for the hybrid language extended...

The Tractability of Model-Checking for LTL: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Fragments (2008)

Bauland, Michael, Mundhenk, Martin, Schneider, Thomas, Schnoor, Henning, Schnoor, Ilka, Vollmer, Heribert

In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that the model-checking problem for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete, depending on the set of temporal...

The Complexity of Generalized Satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (2008)

Michael Baul, Thomas Schneider, Henning Schnoor, Ilka Schnoor, Heribert Vollmer

Abstract. In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete, depending on the set of temporal...

The Complexity of Generalized Satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (2008)

Michael Baul, Thomas Schneider, Henning Schnoor, Ilka Schnoor, Heribert Vollmer

Abstract. In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete, depending on the set of temporal...

A Practical Universal Circuit Construction and Secure Evaluation of Private Functions (2008)

Vladimir Kolesnikov, Thomas Schneider

Abstract. We consider general secure function evaluation (SFE) of private functions (PF-SFE). Recall, privacy of functions is often most efficiently achieved by general SFE [17,18,9] of a Universal...

The Complexity of Generalized Satisfiability forLinearTemporalLogic (2008)

Michael Baul, Thomas Schneider, Henning Schnoor, Ilka Schnoor, Heribert Vollmer

Abstract. In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete, depending on the set of temporal...

Undecidability of Multi-modal Hybrid Logics ⋆ Abstract (2008)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider

This paper establishes undecidability of satisfiability for multi-modal logic equipped with the hybrid binder ↓ , with respect to frame classes over which the same language with only one modality...

The Complexity of Generalized Satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (2008)

Michael Baul, Thomas Schneider, Henning Schnoor, Ilka Schnoor, Heribert Vollmer

Abstract. In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that satisfiability for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete, depending on the set of temporal...

Fast and simple high resolution optical spectrum analyser (2008)

Lauterback, Kai-Uwe, Schneider, Thomas, Henker, Ronny, Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacher, Andreas Thomas

A simple method for fast optical spectroscopy with high resolution is shown. The method is based on the narrowband Brillouin gain process in optical fibers.

1 Gbit/s radio over fiber downlink at a 32 GHz carrier (2008)

Junker, Marcus, Schneider, Thomas, Lauterbach, Kai-Uwe, Henker, Ronny, Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacker, Andreas

The carrier frequency of the presented radio over fiber downlink at 32 GHz is generated by stimulated Brillouin scattering and an error free 1 Gbit/s data transmission is realized.

Optimization of the Brillouin spectrum for fiber based slow light systems (2008)

Henker, Ronny, Wiatrek, Andrzej, Lauterbach, Kai-Uwe, Schneider, Thomas, Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacker, Andreas

This article shows simulation results and first practical investigations of the optimization of a Brillouin spectrum with the natural bandwidth superimposed with two losses for fiber based slow light...

Group velocity dispersion reduction in fibre-based slow-light systems via stimulated Brillouin scattering (2008)

Henker, Ronny, Wiatrek, A., Lauterbach, K. U., Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacher, Andreas Thomas, Schneider, Thomas

Presented are theoretical investigations and simulations of a reduction of the group velocity dispersion (GVD) in slow-light systems by an optimisation of the gain spectrum of the stimulated...

Realisierungen Hilbertscher Liniensysteme (2008)

Schneider, Thomas

Die vorliegende Arbeit soll einen Beitrag zur weiteren Erforschung nichtklassischer Geometrien leisten. Hierzu wird ein auf D. Hilbert (1899) bzw. H. Mohrmann (1922) zurückgehendes und von M....

and Economic Re-Use of Ontologies: A Logic-Based Methodology and Tool Support. European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC (2008)

Ernesto Jiménez-ruiz, Bernardo Cuenca Grau, Ulrike Sattler, Thomas Schneider, Rafael Berlanga

Ontology design and maintenance require an expertise in both the domain of application and the ontology language. Realistic ontologies typically model different aspects of an application domain at...

Combined Single-Drop and Rotating Drum Dustiness Test of Fine to Nanosize Powders Using a Small Drum (2008)

Schneider, Thomas, Jensen, Keld Alstrup

A dustiness test has been developed that performs both a single-drop and a continuous rotation test using a 6-g sample. Tests were completed on pigment-grade and ultrafine TiO2, two grades of...

Conceptual Model for Assessment of Inhalation Exposure: Defining Modifying Factors (2008)

Tielemans, Erik, Schneider, Thomas, Goede, Henk, Tischer, Martin, Warren, Nick, Kromhout, Hans, ...

The present paper proposes a source–receptor model to schematically describe inhalation exposure to help understand the complex processes leading to inhalation of hazardous substances. The model...

GonioExp06 - A field goniometer intercomparison campaign, in support of physical model inversion and upscaling methods for hyperspectral, multidirectional RS data. (2007)

Schneider, Thomas, Schopfer, Jürg, Oppelt, Natascha, Dorigo, Wouter, Vreeling, Willem, Gege, Peter

The GonioExp06 field campaign from 19th to 24th of June 2006 is part of a strategic initiative to improve biogeo- chemo-physical parameter estimation from optical remote sensing data. The focus of...

Enhancement of maximum time delay in one fiber segment slow light systems based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (2007)

Henker, Ronny, Schneider, Thomas, Junker, Markus, Lauterbach, Kai-Uwe, Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacker, Andreas Thomas

An effective method to enhance the time delay in SBS-based slow-light systems by decoupling the delay from the Brillouin gain is shown. A drastic improvement of the time delay in one fiber segment...

High quality millimeter wave generation via stimulated Brillouin scattering (2007)

Junker, Marcus, Schneider, Thomas, Lauterbach, Kai-Uwe, Henker, Ronny, Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacker, Andreas

A new and simple method for the generation and modulation of Millimeter waves is presented. Based on frequency upconversion via Stimulated Brillouin Scattering, it is very flexible in its output...

Investigation of fast light in long optical fibers based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (2007)

Lauterback, Kai-Uwe, Schneider, Thomas, Henker, Ronny, Junker, Marcus, Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacker, Andreas

A simple method to generate a negative time delay in SBS-based fast-light systems using Brillouin gain and loss is shown. We achieved a maximum negative time delay of 32.4 ns in one long fiber...

Slow and fast-light in optical fibers:an overview (2007)

Henker, Ronny, Schneider, Thomas, Lauterbach, Kai-Uwe, Junker, Markus, Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacker, Andreas

Slow- and fast-light is the control of the velocity of light in a medium by light. As a fascinating new field in physics there is a fundamental interest on this effect on the one side, but on the...

The tractability of model-checking for LTL: The good, the bad, and the ugly fragments (2007)

Michael Baul, Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider, Henning Schnoor, Ilka Schnoor, Heribert Vollmer

vollmerATthi.uni-hannover.de Abstract. In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that the model-checking problem for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete,...

The tractability of model-checking for LTL: The good, the bad, and the ugly fragments (2007)

Michael Baul, Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider, Henning Schnoor, Ilka Schnoor, Heribert Vollmer

Abstract. In a seminal paper from 1985, Sistla and Clarke showed that the model-checking problem for Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is either NP-complete or PSPACE-complete, depending on the set of...

The complexity of hybrid logics over equivalence relations (2007)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider

This paper examines and classifies the computational complexity of model checking and satisfiability for hybrid logics over frames with equivalence relations. The considered languages contain all...

The complexity of hybrid logics over equivalence relations (2007)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider

This paper examines and classifies the computational complexity of model checking and satisfiability for hybrid logics over frames with equivalence relations. The considered languages contain all...

The complexity of hybrid logics over equivalence relations (2007)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider

This paper examines and classifies the computational complexity of model checking and satisfiability for hybrid logics over frames with equivalence relations. The considered languages contain all...

Komplexität modaler Logiken (2006)

Schneider, Thomas

In dieser Arbeit wird das Erfüllbarkeitsproblem von Systemen der modalen Aussagenlogik komplexitätstheoretisch untersucht. Um dies vorzubereiten, wird auf die erforderlichen Aspekte der Theorie...

Konzeption einer 3D-CAD-Datenstruktur für eine benutzergerechte Handhabung von sehr großen, komplexen Baugruppen (2006)

Schneider, Thomas

In den letzten Jahren haben sich 3D-CAD-Systeme zunehmend von reinen Konstruktions­systemen hin zu integrierten Werkzeugen entwickelt, die den gesamten Konstruktionsprozeß unterstützen. Für das...

A comparative test of Brillouin amplification and Erbium-doped fiber amplification for the generation of millimeter waves with low phase noise properties (2006)

Junker, Markus, Ammann, Max, Schwarzbacher, Andreas, Klinger, Jens, Lauterback, Kai-Utwe, Schneider, Thomas

Measurements of phase noise of a 40-GHz carrier signal are presented. The carrier is generated by the amplification of harmonics due to stimulated Brillouin scattering. An analogy to a generation of...

Undecidability of multi-modal hybrid logics (2006)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider

This paper establishes undecidability of satisfiability for multi-modal logic equipped with the hybrid binder ↓ , with respect to frame classes over which the same language with only one modality...

Modellierung und Simulation elektrischer Maschinen für Hybridfahrzeuge - Entwurf und Bewertung von Betriebsstrategien für einen Parallelhybrid - (2005)

Schneider, Thomas

Die vorliegende Diplomarbeit "Modellierung und Simulation elektrischer Maschinen für Hybridfahrzeuge - Entwurf und Bewertung von Betriebsstrategien für einen Parallelhybrid" beschäftigt sich mit...

Localisation and recycling in rural food systems - impact and solutions (2005)

Kahiluoto, Helena, Granstedt, Artur, Bäckman, Stefan, Fischer, Holger, Hannula, Annamari, Kakriainen, Salla, ...

The aim of the study was to assess the impact of an increased share of local organic food based on local resources, especially on increased recycling (i.e. the impact of increased locality or...

The potential of ecological recycling agriculture (ERA) for improved nature resource conservation and reduced environmental impacts in the Baltic Sea drainage area (2005)

Granstedt, Artur, Schneider, Thomas, Seuri, Pentti, Thomsson, Olof

By integrating crop and animal production on a farm or farms in closed cooperation combined with soil formation legume crops in balanced crop-rotations it will be possible to maximize the efficient...

Nitrogen and phosphorus leakage in ecological recycling agriculture (2005)

Schneider, Thomas, Kuisma, Miia, Seuri, Pentti

In this report we quantify nitrogen and phosphorus leakage on three farms in the BERAS project. The study is based on direct measurements of nitrogen and phosphorus concentration in drainage water...

Complexity of hybrid logics over transitive frames (2005)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider, Thomas Schwentick, Volker Weber

Abstract. This paper examines the complexity of hybrid logics over transitive frames and transitive trees. We show that satisfiability over transitive frames for the hybrid language extended with ↓...

Complexity of Hybrid Logics over Transitive Frames (2005)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider, Thomas Schwentick, Volker Weber

This paper examines the complexity of hybrid logics over transitive frames and transitive trees. We show that satisfiability over transitive frames for the hybrid language extended with is...

Complexity of hybrid logics over transitive frames (2005)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider, Thomas Schwentick, Volker Weber

Abstract. This paper examines the complexity of hybrid logics over transitive frames and transitive trees. We show that satisfiability over transitive frames for the hybrid language extended with #...

Complexity of hybrid logics over transitive frames (2005)

Martin Mundhenk, Thomas Schneider, Thomas Schwentick, Volker Weber

Abstract. This paper examines the complexity of hybrid logics over transitive frames and transitive trees. We show that satisfiability over transitive frames for the hybrid language extended with ↓...

Localisation and recycling in rural food systems - impact and solutions (2005)

Kahiluoto, Helena, Granstedt, Artur, Bäckman, Stefan, Fischer, Holger, Hannula, Annamari, Kakriainen, Salla, ...

The aim of the study was to assess the impact of an increased share of local organic food based on local resources, especially on increased recycling (i.e. the impact of increased locality or...

The potential of ecological recycling agriculture (ERA) for improved nature resource conservation and reduced environmental impacts in the Baltic Sea drainage area (2005)

Granstedt, Artur, Schneider, Thomas, Seuri, Pentti, Thomsson, Olof

By integrating crop and animal production on a farm or farms in closed cooperation combined with soil formation legume crops in balanced crop-rotations it will be possible to maximize the efficient...

Nitrogen and phosphorus leakage in ecological recycling agriculture (2005)

Schneider, Thomas, Kuisma, Miia, Seuri, Pentti

In this report we quantify nitrogen and phosphorus leakage on three farms in the BERAS project. The study is based on direct measurements of nitrogen and phosphorus concentration in drainage water...

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan : zur Logik des politischen Körpers / (2003)

Schneider, Thomas.

Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral) -- Dortmund, 2002.

Modellierung der Festigkeit poröser Keramiken / (2002)

Schneider, Thomas.

Erlangen, Nürnberg, Universität, Thesis (doctoral), 2001.

Evolution of Biological Information (2001)

Thomas D. Schneider, Thomas Schneider

How do genetic systems gain information by evolutionary processes? Answering this question precisely requires a robust, quantitative measure of information. Fortunately, fty years ago Claude Shannon...

Dermal exposure assessment (2000)

Schneider, Thomas, Cherrie, John W., Vermeulen, Roel, Kromhout, Hans

Assessing dermal exposure is a complex task. Even the most commonly used methods face fundamental problems and there are large gaps in the documentation and validation of sampling methods. Still...

Validation of a New Method for Structured Subjective Assessment of Past Concentrations (1999)

Cherrie, John W., Schneider, Thomas

A new method has been developed to assess the level of exposure from airborne hazardous substances. The method provides subjective exposure assessments using a structured approach, based on...

A Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of the Structure of Electroactive Self-Assembled Monolayers of Viologen Derivatives. (1998)

Tang, Xiaoyan, Schneider, Thomas, Buttry, Daniel A.

Surface Enhanced Raman and glancing angle FTIR are used to characterize the structure of self-assembled monolayers of viologen derivatives at electrode surfaces. Both techniques rely on the surface...

Kinetics of Mediated Electron Transfer Between Viologen Groups in a Self-Assembled Monolayer and Metal Complexes in Solution. (1998)

Schneider, Thomas, Hiley, Shauna, Buttry, Daniel A.

Self-assembled monolayers are used in an experimental configuration which allows the extraction of the cross reaction electron exchange rate constant for the electron transfer between a viologen...

Differences in the Self-Assembly of Thiol and Disulfide Derivatives of Viologens on Au. (1998)

Schneider, Thomas, Buttry, Daniel A.

A direct comparison of the self-assembly on Au of thiol and disulfide derivatives of viologens bearing long n-alkyl chains was made in order to ascertain the relative efficiency of monolayer...

New Approaches in Mathematical Biology: Information Theory and Molecular Machines (1996)

Thomas Schneider, Thomas D. Schneider

. My research uses classical information theory to study genetic systems. Information theory, founded by Claude Shannon in the 1940's, has had an enormous impact on communications engineering...

AIRBORNE FIBRE CONCENTRATION DURING STANDARDIZED BUILDING INSULATION WITH BONDED MAN-MADE VITREOUS FIBRE INSULATION MATERIAL HAVING DIFFERENT NOMINAL DIAMETERS AND OIL CONTENT (1993)

SCHNEIDER, THOMAS, HUSEMOEN, THOR, OLSEN, ERIK, CHRISTENSENT, VERMUND, KAMSTRUPT, OLE

A method for a priori determination of fibre concentration during work with man-made vitreous fibres (MMVF) is suggested as an alternative to measurements during actual use at construction sites or...

Über die zentrale Innervation der Zirbeldrüse von Säugern : licht- u. elektronenmikroskop. Unters. am Meerschweinchen. (1981)

Schneider, Thomas.

Teildr. in: J. Neural Transmission. 50. 1981, S. 247 - 266 u.d.T.: Semm, P., T. Schneider and L. Vollrath: Morphological and electrophysiological evidence for habenular influence on the Guinea-pig...

"Kind" und "Blume", Rilkes Vergleiche / (1977)

Schneider, Thomas.

Zugl.: Univ. of Colorado, Fac. of the Graduate School, Diss., 1976.

"Kind" und "Blume" : Rilkes Vergleiche / (1976)

Schneider, Thomas.

Thesis--University of Colorado at Boulder.

Angeborene Gelenkskontrakturen der Extremitäten. (1943)

Schneider, Thomas.

Würzburg, Med. F., Diss., 1943 (Nicht f. d. Austausch).

Claude Shannon: Biologist The Founder of Information Theory Used Biology to Formulate the Channel Capacity (1916)

Thomas Schneider

Claude Shannon founded information theory in the 1940s. The theory has long been known to be closely related to thermodynamics and physics through the similarity of Shannon’s uncertainty measure to...

Helicobacter pylori: Clonal Population Structure and Restricted Transmission within Families Revealed by Molecular Typing

Han, Shan-Rui, Zschausch, Hans-Christoph E., Meyer, Heinz-Georg W., Schneider, Thomas, Loos, Michael, Bhakdi, Sucharit, ...

Helicobacter pylori infects up to 50% of the human population worldwide. The infection occurs predominantly in childhood and persists for decades or a lifetime. H. pylori is believed to be...

Helicobacter pylori: Clonal Population Structure and Restricted Transmission within Families Revealed by Molecular Typing

Han, Shan-Rui, Zschausch, Hans-Christoph E., Meyer, Heinz-Georg W., Schneider, Thomas, Loos, Michael, Bhakdi, Sucharit, ...

Helicobacter pylori infects up to 50% of the human population worldwide. The infection occurs predominantly in childhood and persists for decades or a lifetime. H. pylori is believed to be...

Identification of a Vacuolar Sucrose Transporter in Barley and Arabidopsis Mesophyll Cells by a Tonoplast Proteomic Approach1

Endler, Anne, Meyer, Stefan, Schelbert, Silvia, Schneider, Thomas, Weschke, Winfriede, Peters, Shaun W., ...

The vacuole is the main cellular storage pool, where sucrose (Suc) accumulates to high concentrations. While a limited number of vacuolar membrane proteins, such as V-type H+-ATPases and...

Mistletoe treatment in cancer-related fatigue: a case report

Wode, Kathrin, Schneider, Thomas, Lundberg, Ingrid, Kienle, Gunver S

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a major and very common disabling condition in cancer patients. Treatment options do exist but have limited therapeutic effects. Mistletoe extracts are widely-used...

Brucella endocarditis in prosthetic valves

Dahouk, Sascha Al, Schneider, Thomas, Jansen, Andreas, Nöckler, Karsten, Tomaso, Herbert, Hagen, Ralf M, ...

Human brucellosis is a multiple organ disease that presents with fever and is most often transmitted via contaminated, unpasteurized goat milk and cheese. In chronic cases, focal complications (eg,...

Transplantation of selected or transgenic blood stem cells – a future treatment for HIV/AIDS?

Hütter, Gero, Schneider, Thomas, Thiel, Eckhard

Interaction with the chemokine receptor, CCR5, is a necessary precondition for maintaining HIV-1 infection. Individuals with the CCR5-delta32 deletion who lack this receptor are highly resistant to...

Leptospirosis in Urban Wild Boars, Berlin, Germany

Jansen, Andreas, Luge, Enno, Guerra, Beatriz, Wittschen, Petra, Gruber, Achim D., Loddenkemper, Christoph, ...

We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12–25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p =...

Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Human Intestinal Spirochetosis by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization▿

Schmiedel, Dinah, Epple, Hans-Jörg, Loddenkemper, Christoph, Ignatius, Ralf, Wagner, Jutta, Hammer, Bettina, ...

Human intestinal spirochetosis (HIS) is associated with overgrowth of the large intestine by spirochetes of the genus Brachyspira. The microbiological diagnosis of HIS is hampered by the fastidious...