This study sought to evaluate the characteristics of clinical-pharmacological (CP) medication reviews conducted by the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology of Hannover Medical School for older, multimorbid, polymedicated insurants of the German statutory health insurance fund Kaufmännische Krankenkasse (KKH). Special emphasis was put on potential sex-specific differences between female and male insurants, prescriptions of poten...

Formaldehyde is highly reactive, causing irritation and acute and chronic toxicity in target tissues (the eyes, respiratory tract, and skin) following inhalation and/or skin contact. Moreover, formaldehyde is a local carcinogen after inhalation exposure. It induces nasal squamous cell carcinoma in laboratory animals and nasopharyngeal carcinoma in humans, albeit less convincingly. While formaldehyde has been evaluated and clas...

In the automotive sector, the so-called hairpin technology currently dominates the copper winding of stators in traction drives. In addition to the advantages of higher power density and deterministic production process steps, the winding technology also entails complexities and disadvantages. The production of hairpin stators requires high investments for production machines and their highly complex tools for manufacturing th...

Replacing fishmeal, a finite resource with high market demand, in the diet of carnivorous rainbow trout with proteins from alternative sources may be a challenge for these fish. Therefore, this study investigated whether replacing fishmeal with protein derived from Hermetia illucens or Arthrospira platensis could promote disease susceptibility in local trout populations with different growth performance. This was assessed in v...

Heart transplantation is often an unrealizable therapeutic option for end-stage heart failure, which is why mechanical left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) become an increasingly important therapeutic alternative. Currently, there is a lack of information about molecular mechanisms which are influenced by LVADs, particularly regarding the pathophysiologically critical renin angiotensin system (RAS). We, therefore, determine...

Recent studies assessing the role of biological diversity for ecosystem functioning indicate that the diversity of functional traits and the evolutionary history of species in a community, not the number of taxonomic units, ultimately drives the biodiversity–ecosystem‐function relationship. Here, we simultaneously assessed the importance of plant functional trait and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of major trophic groups...