193 research outputs found
Einige Worte des Trostes aus der Alles umfassenden Vorsehung Gottes / gesprochen am Neujahrstage 1786 in der Landkirche zu Appricken von Carl Gotthard Elverfeld
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Am Grabe der Weiland Hochedelgebornen Frau, Frau Doktorinn Blumenthal gebornen Hübner
TÜR-i eksemplari R Est.A-4675(I) (konvoluut) 14. alligaathttp://tartu.ester.ee/record=b1290039~S1*es
Predigt zur Feyer des eintretenden Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts
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Sendschreiben an Sr. Hochwohlgebohrnen den Herrn Freyherrn von Lüdinghausen-Wolff, ... auf dem bis zum 2ten December d. J. limitirten Landtage ... : Eine Stelle in Hochdesselben Appel an Kurlands Edle und Rechtschaffene betreffend
TÜR-i eksemplari R Est.A-14257 (konvoluut) 18. alligaathttp://tartu.ester.ee/record=b2414739~S1*es
C. G. Elverfeld's, Predigers zu Appricken, Erklärung über ein Paar Stellen in seiner Neujahrspredigt 1786, nebst einem kleinen Beytrage über die göttlichen Strafgerichte
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Anxiety and depression in patients aged 80 years and older following aortic valve therapy. A six‑month follow‑up study
Background
Little is known about mental health following advanced cardiac procedures in the oldest patients.
Aims
To study changes in anxiety and depression from baseline to one- and six-month follow-up in older patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).
Methods
Prospective cohort study of patients ≥ 80 years undergoing elective TAVI or SAVR in a tertiary university hospital. Anxiety and depression were assessed with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Differences between TAVI/SAVR were analyzed using Welch’s t test or chi-squared. Changes over time and group differences were established with longitudinal models using generalized least squares.
Results
In 143 patients (83.5 ± 2.7 years), 46% (n = 65) received TAVI. Anxiety was identified in 11% of TAVI patients at baseline. One- and six-months later, percentages were 8% and 9%. In SAVR patients, 18% had baseline scores indicating anxiety. One and six-months later, percentages were 11% and 9%. Depression was identified in 15% of TAVI patients. One- and six-months later, percentages were 11% and 17%. At baseline, 11% of SAVR patients had scores indicating depression. One- and six-months after SAVR, percentages were 15% and 12%. Longitudinal analyses showed reductions (P < 0.001) in anxiety from baseline to one-month, and stable scores between one- and six-months for both treatment groups. There was no change over time for depression among treatment groups (P = 0.21).
Discussion and conclusions
SAVR or TAVI in patients ≥ 80 years was associated with anxiety reduction between baseline and follow-up. For depression, there was no evidence of change over time in either treatment group.publishedVersio
Rapid Growth Reduces Cold Resistance: Evidence from Latitudinal Variation in Growth Rate, Cold Resistance and Stress Proteins
Background: Physiological costs of rapid growth may contribute to the observation that organisms typically grow at submaximal rates. Although, it has been hypothesized that faster growing individuals would do worse in dealing with suboptimal temperatures, this type of cost has never been explored empirically. Furthermore, the mechanistic basis of the physiological costs of rapid growth is largely unexplored. Methodology/Principal Finding: Larvae of the damselfly Ischnura elegans from two univoltine northern and two multivoltine southern populations were reared at three temperatures and after emergence given a cold shock. Cold resistance, measured by chill coma recovery times in the adult stage, was lower in the southern populations. The faster larval growth rates in the southern populations contributed to this latitudinal pattern in cold resistance. In accordance with their assumed role in cold resistance, Hsp70 levels were lower in the southern populations, and faster growing larvae had lower Hsp70 levels. Yet, individual variation in Hsp70 levels did not explain variation in cold resistance. Conclusions/Significance: We provide evidence for a novel cost of rapid growth: reduced cold resistance. Our results indicate that the reduced cold resistance in southern populations of animals that change voltinism along the latitudinal gradient may not entirely be explained by thermal selection per se but also by the costs of time constraint-induced higher growth rates. This also illustrates that stressors imposed in the larval stage may carry over and shape fitness in the adul
Local adaptation and ecological genetics of host-plant specialization in a leaf beetle
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