Brandhorst Museum

Material of interest: NBK terracotta façade panels. Material used: multiple layers - horizontally-folded sheet metal with perforations; attached to this are 36,000 ceramic rods fixed vertically, finished with 23 colored glazes. Properties of material: System moves water away from building envelope; helps save energy.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1011/thumbnail.jp

Shock-wave therapy of gastric outlet syndrome caused by a gallstone

A patient with gastric outlet syndrome (Bouveret's syndrome) caused by a large gallstone impacted in the duodenal bulb was successfully treated by extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. Thus, open abdominal surgery could be avoided. For disintegration of the stone, three consecutive lithotripsy procedures were necessary. Thereafter, stone fragments could be extracted endoscopically. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy could become a non-surgical alternative in patients with obstruction of the duodenum caused by a gallstone

Ampliación de las oficinas centrales de la GSW, Berlín Mitte

El proyecto consiste en la ampliación de una torre de oficinas, tratando de combinar los fragmentos para re integrarlos a su contexto. El nuevo edificio se caracteriza por el control pasivo de consumo de energía.Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanism

Ampliación de las oficinas centrales de la GSW, Berlín Mitte

El proyecto consiste en la ampliación de una torre de oficinas, tratando de combinar los fragmentos para re integrarlos a su contexto. El nuevo edificio se caracteriza por el control pasivo de consumo de energía.Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanism

Evidence for down-regulation of beta-2-adreno-ceptors in cirrhotic patients with severe ascites

The density and affinity of beta-2-adrenoceptors on mononuclear cells from peripheral blood were studied in fifteen patients with cirrhosis of different severity and in thirteen controls. There was no significant difference between cirrhotic patients and controls in density or affinity of beta-2 binding sites. Within the cirrhotic group, however, the number of binding sites per cell was significantly lower in patients with severe ascites than in patients with mild to moderate or no ascites. This down-regulation of beta-adrenoceptors could influence the haemodynamic response to beta-blockers