The complement system is a long and complicated event of reactions where activation leads to cleavage of different factors and ends with either inflammation or cell lysis.     Recent studies have shown that the complement system and coagulation have some elements in common. Therefore in this study it was relevant to look at the inhibition of the complement system in two different whole blood analyses of coagulation activation, thromboelastography and impedance aggregometry. Thromboelastography, or TEG®, measures the clot forming properties of whole blood and the impedance aggregometry, or Multiplate®, measures platelets’ ability to adhere and aggregate to an electrode. Four different inhibitors where used: Eculizumab, C1 inhibitor, Compstatin and OMS721, which all inhibits different parts of the complement system.     The curves from Multiplate® was presented in standard deviation and the number of reduction, while the results from TEG® was presented in before and after added inhibitor in graphs.     In conclusion, impedance aggregometry show a more specific and secure results of the inhibitors effect, which was seen by that both C1 inihibitor and Compstatin had a major influence on the area under the curve (AUC). In TEG® there were no detectable difference, which could mean TEG® is not specific enough for platelets efficiency, which is affected by the complement inhibition.

The genetic structure of 25 wild populations and five hatchery stocks from Czech Republic and Slovakia were analysed using mitochondrial (control region) and nuclear DNA (microsatellites, LDH-C1*) markers to elucidate the impact of stocking on central European populations of brown trout and to outline further management strategies. It seems that stocking practices have caused massive hybridisation between the Atlantic and Danube brown trout populations in the middle Danube basin and have led to a loss of among-population genetic variability in Slovakia and Moravia. Certain effect of stocking was detected also in the upper Danube, Vistula, Oder and Elbe River basins. However, the populations from the Elbe River basin keep certain level of among-population variability and seem to be less affected by stocking in comparison with the Danube River basin populations. There are some indications of late or post-Pleistocene penetration of the Atlantic basin trout to the Danube River basin. However, it is not clear to which extent the natural contact participated to the present distribution of Atlantic haplotypes and alleles in the Danube River basin. Samples from lower parts of the Danube River basin were therefore analysed using the same mitochondrial and microsatellite markers. Samples from Aegean Sea basin were included in order to reveal genetic variability of eastern Balkan populations and to estimate an impact of stocking in this area. Very low levels of introgression from Atlantic and other non-indigenous trout were found in the eastern Balkan populations. The genetic differentiation among the populations is substantially higher in this area compared to the central European populations. The populations in headwaters of the Otava River (Elbe River basin) were analysed using microsatellites in order to reveal origin of these populations and evaluate the current management strategies of brown trout in Šumava National Park and Protected Landscape Area. The analysed populations were substantially differentiated from the remaining Elbe River basin populations and there was also certain level of genetic structure within trout from the headwaters of the Otava River associated with isolation by a migration barrier and geographic distance. However, stocking with hatchery trout also contributed to the pattern of genetic variability. The population of Borová Lada hatchery, which is used for stocking in Šumava exhibited higher genetic variability compared to the wild populations and it seems to be of heterogeneous origin. Comparisons of the analysed populations with populations from other areas and results from other studies indicated that mtDNA haplotypes from the lower Danube River and southern Black Sea basins differ considerably from a subclade of the Danubian lineage consisting of haplotypes found so far in the most of the Danube River basin and in the Caspian and Aral Sea basins. The results thus evidence a complex evolutionary history of brown trout in the southern and western parts of the Black Sea basin.

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Ziel dieser Studie war es, neue Erkenntnisse über die epidemiologischen Merkmale von Patienten mit Atlasfrakturen zu gewinnen und die Komplikationsraten nach operativer und nichtoperativer Behandlung retrospektiv zu bewerten.:Inhaltsverzeichnis Abkürzungsverzeichnis ................................................................................................... 2 Einführung ......................................................................................................................3 1. Bedeutung der Halswirbelsäulenverletzungen............................................................3 2. Der 1. Halswirbel (Atlas)............................................................................................3 2.1 Anatomischer Aufbau ...........................................................................................3 2.2 Frakturen des Atlas................................................................................................5 2.2.1 Häufigkeit und Ursache......................................................................................5 2.2.2 Frakturtypen und Klassifikationen.....................................................................5 2.2.2.1 Jefferson-Fraktur....................................................................................6 2.2.3 Patientenpopulation............................................................................................7 2.2.4 Symptome ..........................................................................................................7 2.2.5 Diagnostik .......................................................................................................... 8 2.2.6 Therapie..............................................................................................................8 3. Zielsetzung der Arbeit...............................................................................................11 Publikation ....................................................................................................................12 4. Zusammenfassung der Arbeit ...................................................................................20 5. Abbildungsverzeichnis..............................................................................................23 6. Literaturverzeichnis ..................................................................................................24 7. Anlagen.....................................................................................................................27 7.1 Spezifizierung des eigenen wissenschaftlichen Beitrags ....................................27 7.2 Selbständigkeitserklärung ...................................................................................28 7.4 Danksagung.........................................................................................................31 / The purpose of this study was to gain new insights into the epidemiologic characteristics of patients with atlas fractures and to retrospectively evaluate complication rates after surgical and non-surgical treatment.:Inhaltsverzeichnis Abkürzungsverzeichnis ................................................................................................... 2 Einführung ......................................................................................................................3 1. Bedeutung der Halswirbelsäulenverletzungen............................................................3 2. Der 1. Halswirbel (Atlas)............................................................................................3 2.1 Anatomischer Aufbau ...........................................................................................3 2.2 Frakturen des Atlas................................................................................................5 2.2.1 Häufigkeit und Ursache......................................................................................5 2.2.2 Frakturtypen und Klassifikationen.....................................................................5 2.2.2.1 Jefferson-Fraktur....................................................................................6 2.2.3 Patientenpopulation............................................................................................7 2.2.4 Symptome ..........................................................................................................7 2.2.5 Diagnostik .......................................................................................................... 8 2.2.6 Therapie..............................................................................................................8 3. Zielsetzung der Arbeit...............................................................................................11 Publikation ....................................................................................................................12 4. Zusammenfassung der Arbeit ...................................................................................20 5. Abbildungsverzeichnis..............................................................................................23 6. Literaturverzeichnis ..................................................................................................24 7. Anlagen.....................................................................................................................27 7.1 Spezifizierung des eigenen wissenschaftlichen Beitrags ....................................27 7.2 Selbständigkeitserklärung ...................................................................................28 7.4 Danksagung.........................................................................................................31

Serum levels of apolipoprotein ApoC1 have been described in a number of systemic tumor entities as potential biomarkers, but little is known about ApoC1 in neurosurgical patients. A total of 230 serum samples from 96 patients were analyzed using an ELISA technique. Patient diagnoses comprised 70 glioblastomas WHO IV◦ , 10 anaplastic astrocytomas III◦ , one anaplastic oligodendroglioma III◦ , one oligodendroglioma II◦ , one diffuse astrocytoma II◦ , one pilocytic astrocytoma I◦ , and a single case of a spindle cell tumor without WHO grading, as well as 11 spinal interventions. The mean ApoC1 level of the 230 samples was 132.03 µg/mL (median 86.83, SD 292.91). In the 176 glioblastoma samples, the mean ApoC1 level was 130.0 µg/mL (median 86.23, SD 314.9), which was neither different from the whole group nor from patients with spinal interventions (215.1 µg/mL, median 63.6, SD 404.9). In the postoperative samples, the mean ApoC1 level was significantly lower (85.81 µg/mL) than in the preoperative samples (129.64 µg/mL) and in samples obtained during adjuvant chemotherapy (168.44 µg/mL). While absolute ApoC1 serum levels in a patient do not allow for the distinction between neurosurgical histological entities, future analyses will examine whether the time course of ApoC1 in an individual patient can be related to certain treatment stages.

No / Surface blending with tangential continuity is most widely applied in computer-aided design, manufacturing systems, and geometric modeling. In this paper, we propose a new blending method to effectively control the shape of blending surfaces, which can also satisfy the blending constraints of tangent continuity exactly. This new blending method is based on the concept of swept surfaces controlled by a vector-valued fourth order ordinary differential equation (ODE). It creates blending surfaces by sweeping a generator along two trimlines and making the generator exactly satisfy the tangential constraints at the trimlines. The shape of blending surfaces is controlled by manipulating the generator with the solution to a vector-valued fourth order ODE. This new blending methods have the following advantages: (1) exact satisfaction of C1C1 continuous blending boundary constraints, (2) effective shape control of blending surfaces, (3) high computing efficiency due to explicit mathematical representation of blending surfaces, and (4) ability to blend multiple (more than two) primary surfaces.

The Src homology 3 domain (SH3) and cysteine rich domain (C1) 3 (Stac3) gene is a novel gene copiously expressed in skeletal muscle. The objective of this research was to determine the role of Stac3 in development, specifically in skeletal muscle. We achieved this objective by evaluating the phenotypic effects of Stac3 gene inactivation on development in mice. At birth homozygous Stac3 null (Stac3-/-) mice died perinatally and remained in fetal position with limp limbs, but possessed otherwise normal organs based on gross and histological evaluations. The primary phenotypes displayed at term in Stac3-/- mice were reduced late gestational body weights, increased prevalence of myotubes with centrally located nuclei and severe deformities throughout all skeletal muscles. At embryonic day 18.5 (E18.5) Stac3-/- mice displayed a 12.7% reduction (P < 0.001) in weight compared to wild type (Stac3+/+) or heterozygous (Stac3+/-) littermates while at E15.5 body weights and morphology were similar. At birth (P0) and at E17.5, Stac3-/- mice had 59% and 24% (P < 0.001) more myotubes with centrally located nuclei, respectively, than Stac3+/- or Stac3+/+ littermates. Stac3-/- mice also displayed increased myotube and myofiber cross sectional area at P0 (P < 0.001) and E17.5 (P < 0.05) with disorganized fiber bundling. Overall, these data show Stac3 is necessary for development of viable offspring and suggest Stac3 plays a critical role in fetal development where its primary phenotype is exhibited in skeletal muscle. / Master of Science

Ce projet de recherche consiste en l’étude de la réactivité et de la sélectivité de nouveaux catalyseurs de métathèse d’oléfines à base de ruthénium lors de réaction de fermeture de cycle par métathèse d’oléfines (RCM). L’emphase de cette étude repose sur l’évaluation de nouveaux catalyseurs possédant un ligand NHC (carbène N-hétérocyclique) C1-symétrique développés par le laboratoire Collins pour des réactions de désymétrisations asymétriques de méso-triènes par ARCM. Le projet a été séparé en deux sections distinctes. La première section concerne la formation d’oléfines trisubstituées par ARCM de méso-triènes. La seconde section consiste en la formation d’oléfines tétrasubstituées par le biais de la RCM de diènes et de la ARCM de méso-triènes. Il est à noter qu’il n’y a aucun précédent dans la littérature concernant la formation d’oléfines tétrasubstituées suite à une désymétrisation par ARCM. Lors de l’étude concernant la formation d’oléfines trisubstituées, une étude de cinétique a été entreprise dans le but de mieux comprendre la réactivité des différents catalyseurs. Il a été possible d’observer que le groupement N-alkyle a une grande influence sur la réactivité du catalyseur. Une étude de sélectivité a ensuite été entreprise pour déterminer si le groupement N-alkyle génère aussi un effet sur la sélectivité des catalyseurs. Cette étude a été effectuée par l’entremise de réactions de désymétrisation d’une variété de méso-triènes. En ce qui a trait à la formation d’oléfines tétrasubstituées, une étude de la réactivité des différents catalyseurs a été effectuée par l’intermédiaire de malonates de diéthyldiméthallyle. Il a encore une fois a été possible d’observer que le groupement N-alkyle possède un effet important sur la réactivité du catalyseur. Une étude de sélectivité a ensuite été entreprise pour déterminer si le groupement iv N-alkyle génère aussi un effet sur la sélectivité des catalyseurs. Cette étude a été effectuée par l’entremise de réactions de désymétrisation de différents mésotriènes. / This research consists in the study of the reactivity and selectivity of new chiral Ru-based olefin metathesis catalysts in ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reactions. The study focused on evaluating new catalysts possessing C1- symmetric NHC (N-heterocyclic carbene) ligands developed in our laboratories for asymmetric desymmetrization reactions of meso-trienes. The research was divided into two distinct sections, the first concerns the asymmetric ring closing metathesis (ARCM) processes that form trisubstituted olefins from meso-trienes. The second concerns the RCM and ARCM processes that form tetrasubstituted olefins from meso-trienes. It can be observed that there is no precedent in the literature concerning the formation of tetrasubstituted olefins via ARCM. During the investigation concerning the formation of trisubstituted olefins, a kinetic study was done to have better understanding of the catalyst selectivity. With this study in hand, it was possible to observe the effect induced by the N-alkyl group on the catalysts’ reactivity. A selectivity study was done to observe if the Nalkyl group could affects the catalysts’ selectivity. These investigations were done using a variety of meso-trienes in desymmetrization reactions to afford trisubstituted olefins. Concerning the formation of tetrasubstituted olefins, the catalysts’ reactivity was investigated in RCM processes involving diethyldimethallyl malonates. Once again, an effect induced by the N-alkyl group was observed concerning the reactivity of the catalysts. A selectivity study was performed. As for ARCM processes forming trisubstituted olefins, the N-alkyl group also had an impact on the selectivity of the catalysts. This investigation was done with ARCM desymmetrization of meso-trienes.

Les ligands de carbènes N-hétérocycliques (NHC) qui possèdent une symétrie C1 attirent beaucoup l’attention dans la littérature. Le présent projet de recherche propose de synthétiser une nouvelle série de ligands NHC C1-symétriques avec deux groupements N-alkyles qui exploitent un relais chiral. Un protocole modulaire et efficace pour la synthèse des sels d’imidazolium chiraux qui servent comme préligands pour les NHC a été développé. Quelques-uns de ces nouveaux ligands ont été installés sur le cuivre et de l’or, créant de nouveaux complexes chiraux. Les nouveaux complexes à base de cuivre ont été évalués comme catalyseurs pour le couplage oxydatif de 2-naphthols. Les ligands C1-symmétriques ont fourni des meilleurs rendements que les ligands C2-symmétriques. Au cours de l’optimisation, des additifs ont été évalués; les additifs à base de pyridine ont fourni des énantiosélectivités modérées tandis que les additifs à base de malonate ont donné des meilleurs rendements de la réaction de couplage oxydatif. Ultérieurement, les additifs à base de malonate ont été appliqués envers l’hétérocouplage de 2-naphthols. Le partenaire de couplage qui est riche en électrons est normalement en grand excès à cause de sa tendance à dégrader. Avec le bénéfice de l’additif, les deux partenaires de couplage peuvent être utilisés dans des quantités équivalentes. La découverte de l’effet des additifs a permis le développement d’un protocole général pour l’hétérocouplage de 2-naphthols. / A new class of C1-symmetric N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands has been developed. The new ligands exploit a biaryl methyne as a chiral relay, and an N-methyl group as a reactivity controlling element. The precursors for the new ligands were synthesized via a modular scheme that allows for facile diversification. Several of the new ligands were installed onto both copper and gold, generating mono N-heterocyclic carbene transition metal complexes. The new C1-symmetric copper complexes were tested as catalysts for the synthesis of binaphthols via the oxidative coupling of electron poor 2-naphthols. The new C1-symmetric ligands afforded higher yields than their C2-symmetric counterparts. During the course of the optimization, small molecule additives were found to modulate the reactivity of the copper catalyst. Pyridine additives, such as 2-picoline, were found to induce low to moderate enantioselectivity in the oxidative coupling reaction, while diethylmalonate was found to improve the reaction yield without affecting the selectivity. The malonate additive was employed in the catalytic oxidative heterocoupling of electronically dissimilar 2-naphthols. The electron-rich coupling partner is normally added in a large excess due to its tendency to degrade. When the malonate additive is used, the coupling partners can be used in equimolar quantities. The discovery resulted in the development of a general protocol for the additive assisted aerobic oxidative heterocoupling of electronically dissimilar 2-naphthols.

: The theses deals with long-distance contacts in Bylany culture in the Early Iron Age (Ha C1-Ha D1). The research is based on detailed typological and chronological analysis of exogenous material artefacts and their comparation with other analogical european finds. The invisible evidence of long-distance contacts (technology, art, burial practices, life style) is also included.