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W Süss

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PubMed2005

[Integrated sustainability-oriented reporting--key indicators for communities and cities. Results of a research and development project].

In our research project -- supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) - 35 key indicators were developed in an ongoing process in co-operation with 10 East German cities, which are all members in the German cities healthy network. With these indicators the cities should take up integrated sustainability - oriented health reporting, from which actions and projects for health promotion and prevention can be derived. The conceptual background for the research project and the reports to be made by the project in co-operation with the cities, are the three policy programmes that to be realised on a county level: Healthy Cities, Local Agenda 21 and the German city development programme "Soziale Stadt (socially oriented city)". The common goal of these programmes is the sustainable improvement of the quality of life in the counties. The project is part of the BMBF-supported research field "problem - oriented regional reporting systems", in which other projects are involved which are mainly being conducted in the newly-formed East German "Lander". In this article we describe the co-operative process of the development of the indicators. A synopsis of already applied or proposed sets of indicators for municipal reporting was the basis for the development of the project's set of 35 key indicators. The set of indicators is presented according to its usefulness for planning and realisation of actions for health promotion on county level. For each of the 35 indicators a meta - data description was made to support the counties and cities in our project for health reporting. These indicator profiles are also helpful and supportive for all counties and citiesaiming at such health reporting. The project started in May 2002 and lasts till Mai 2005, so that most reports should be completed in the spring of 2005.

Community Health Services↗
PubMed2002

Charge-exchange-induced two-electron satellite transitions from autoionizing levels in dense plasmas.

Order-of-magnitude anomalously high intensities for two-electron (dielectronic) satellite transitions, originating from the He-like 2s(2) 1S0 and Li-like 1s2s(2) (2)S(1/2) autoionizing states of silicon, have been observed in dense laser-produced plasmas at different laboratories. Spatially resolved, high-resolution spectra and plasma images show that these effects are correlated with an intense emission of the He-like 1s3p 1P-1s(2) 1S lines, as well as the K(alpha) lines. A time-dependent, collisional-radiative model, allowing for non-Maxwellian electron-energy distributions, has been developed for the determination of the relevant nonequilibrium level populations of the silicon ions, and a detailed analysis of the experimental data has been carried out. Taking into account electron density and temperature variations, plasma optical-depth effects, and hot-electron distributions, the spectral simulations are found to be not in agreement with the observations. We propose that highly stripped target ions (e.g., bare nuclei or H-like 1s ground-state ions) are transported into the dense, cold plasma (predominantly consisting of L- and M-shell ions) near the target surface and undergo single- and double-electron charge-transfer processes. The spectral simulations indicate that, in dense and optically thick plasmas, these charge-transfer processes may lead to an enhancement of the intensities of the two-electron transitions by up to a factor of 10 relative to those of the other emission lines, in agreement with the spectral observations.

Journal Article↗
PubMed1995

[Health promotion and prevention by urban renewal?].

This article is based on a study using different approaches to examine the links between urban development on the one hand and health promotion on the other. The background and basic concepts underlying this study are briefly explained. Programmatic papers from both spheres of approach result in the basic thesis that both urban development and health promotion are aiming at improving the quality of life in city districts (objective conditions of living and subjective feeling tone, i.e. subjective well-being) in the overall sense of a health-promoting general policy. Because of these common goals cooperation between both spheres is hypothesised. However, the study as a whole shows (especially an analysis of the documents of the files of the sanitation committee) that this is not so. To understand this finding better the freedom of both parties concerned to act as they should, is analysed, namely, that of the sanitation committee and of the regional health and environmental office. It becomes evident that in both these spheres the requisite monitoring capacities, such as legal support, finances, information service and counselling activities, are fundamentally lacking or indeed limited. Hence, there are limited chances of success in the spheres of health promotion and preventive care by means of sanitation of city districts. Finally, the authors point to long-term trends and developments that would make a future approach between the two spheres mandatory and (at least partially) possible.

Environmental Exposure↗
PubMed1994

[Role of the public health (and environmental) office in urban development--current status and perspectives].

Our central question is how the local public health services can influence urban development and urban renewal policies. The need for a three-way cooperation between departments of urban planning and development, environmental affairs and health is now being widely acknowledged. In practice, however, it has to face manifold and serious problems. We suggest that there are basically three essential "instruments" which could lead to a new and defined role of health departments in urban development: environmental and health audits, local health profiles and "health promotion committees" or similar bodies for closer cooperation at the local level. These three "instruments" are described in terms of the present state of development and dissemination by analysing empirical studies from public health research. The results indicate that the "new role" of local health services in urban planning and development is presently fulfilled only in a few pilot cases. The lack of basic requirements particularly in terms of resources, motivation and qualifications is the main cause for the inability to implement the three "instruments" on a broader level in local health services.

City Planning↗
PubMed1992

[The content of Hb in the blood and of different constituents in the plasma of lambs with low and normal increase in body mass].

In lambs with a very restricted intake of nutrients and an increase of the body mass of less than 60 g per day (group A) and in those with an increase of more than 220 g/day (group B), analyses of components of the blood and the plasma were performed at certain intervals. In the lambs of group A an anemia developed in the course of 77 days. The concentrations of alpha-amino-N, non-protein-N, urea, glucose and insulin as well as the activity of the alkaline phosphatase of the plasma of the lambs of group A were always lower than those of group B. The beta-hydroxybutyrate concentration of the lambs of group A on the 7th and 21st day of the experiment was higher than that of group B. The concentrations of inorganic phosphate and iron in the plasma of group A at most points during the study were lower than that in group B.

Amino Acids↗
PubMed1987

[Preparations of acetylsalicylic acid sustained-release tablets on hydrophilic matrix forms].

The aim of this study was to prepare a tablet with acetylsalicylic acid based on hydrophilic matrix form by means of polyvinyl alcohol. The liberation was carried out with the column dissolution-rate method. In contrast to other studies, the percentage of the cumulative liberation is decreased by increasing the drug concentration. Acetylsalicylic acid caused a decrease of the wetting and the rate of swelling.

Aspirin↗
PubMed1986

A case of Sjögren's syndrome with severe anemia due to myelitis.

An unusual case of Sjögren's syndrome presenting with severe anemia as the predominant clinical feature is described. Histological examination of a bone marrow biopsy specimen demonstrated that the patient's anemia was caused by myelitis and vasculitis of the small intraosseous vessels. Our report might stimulate a more thorough investigation of bone marrow in patients with connective tissue diseases and anemia.

Anemia↗
PubMed1984

[The influence of drug liberation from drug forms on local therapy of infected bone cavities].

With regard to an optimum local pharmaco-therapy in infected bone cavities, in vitro examinations by means of a flow model based on the half-change method had been performed to liberate Gentamycin from globular embeddings in polymethylmethacrylate. The Gentamycin had been determined in a micro-biological manner. The release behaviour of the polymere carrier could be controlled by adding Polyethylenglycol 400 as softener or butane dioldimethacrylate as wettener. Adding 20 vol.-% of Polyethylenglycol 400, the Gentamycin release could be increased to the 8-fold, whereas the addition of 5 vol.-% of butane dioldimethacrylate resulted in a decrease amounting to 7/8 exit value.

Bacterial Infections↗
PubMed1983

[Production of delayed-release formulations based on hydrophilic matrix forms using polyvinyl alcohol].

By increasing the drug concentration or the porosity of the mouldings, the liberation rate of the drug is increased. Dependently on their wetting behaviour and concentration, insoluble solids may exert varied effects on the liberation rate. The rate of swelling and, thus, the disintegration time and the release can be controlled by the addition of magnesium stearate or potato starch.

Chemistry, Pharmaceutical↗