Even though decision-making in small teams is pervasive in business and in private life, little is known about subjects' preferences with respect to individual and team decision-making and about the consequences of respecting these preferences. This paper reports the results from an experimental beauty-contest game, where subjects could endogenously choose...
Migraine patients face a higher risk for developing a blood clot in their veins, a team of Austrian and Italian researchers reports. known as venous thrombosis or thromboembolism -- while having little or no impact on the risk for developing any hardening or narrowing of the arteries. "Our study refutes...
MUNICH, Germany -- For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have? In research presented Monday at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Munich, experts concluded that...
1 Which TV sitcom featured Thora Hird as proprietor of an undertaker's? 2 Which ex-Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band member provided the musical content for TV spoof series The Rutles? 3 Innsbruck is the capital of which Austrian Alpine state? 4 The Inland Sea...
PARIS AFP — An Austrian government report charges that clinical trials conducted by researchers at a major medical school in Austria were riddled with procedural and ethical problems, the Nature Publishing Group said Monday. The Agency for Health and Food Safety report says University of Innsbruck Professor Hannes...
Felicitas Hoppe. Johanna. Frankfurt a. M. S. Fischer. 2006. 171 pages. 17.90 [euro]. ISBN 978-3-10-032450-4 FELICITAS HOPPE (b. 1960) has avoided the themes and problematics of postwar German writers. In an interview in Die Zeit, when asked about the public roles taken on by Gunter Grass and Martin...
AMSTERDAM -- Recent European guidelines classifying actinic keratoses as in situ squamous cell carcinoma came under fire in a panel discussion at the 11th World Congress on Cancers of the Skin. "Since our histopathologist started calling AKs carcinoma in situ I've had four patients in my outpatient clinic...
Innsbruck University is a funny place to be for a child of the North Sea flatlands who feels more comfortable among winding streets and slow moving rivers: when the surrounding mountains are bearing down on you. A funny place that is increasingly playing host to some of the most interesting...
ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- An exacting procedure to deliver autologous muscle-derived stem cells to the lower urinary tract proved highly successful in treating stress urinary incontinence in men and women in studies unveiled at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association. The procedure begins with a skeletal muscle...
Developer of the Low Carbohydrate Diet Honored with the Freedom of the City of London Award LONDON -- Dr. Wolfgang Lutz, Chancellor, Professor, Dr. Med. Hebil, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science of Dublin Metropolitan University and author of books and medical articles has been recognized by...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caffeine does more than wake you up--it gets your brain buzzing by boosting brain waves and stimulating regions involved in higher mental activity. The caffeine contained in a few cups of coffee can triple the frequency of fast brain waves called gamma rhythms, according...
CLEVELAND -- Imalux Corporation announced that it has initiated a series of major European clinical trials to help identify the earliest signs of bladder cancer. A prospective bladder cancer study in smokers, first of its kind, is being conducted under the direction of Prof. Georg Bartsch, Chairman of...
VIENNA AFP — Austrian skier Marlies Schild was airlifted to hospital on Wednesday after suffering concussion during a training crash, according to her doctor. This season's slalom World Cup winner was training at Stubai, 450km from Vienna, when she suffered the crash, that also saw her injure her...
Today, the General Meeting ofShareholders appointed Mr Stephan B. Tanda as Member of the Managing Boardof DSM as of 1 May 2007. Stephan Tanda (41) was born in Innsbruck, Austria. He studiedmechanical and plastics engineering at the University of Leoben,Austria, and Business Administration at the Wharton Business Schoolof the University...
CHICAGO -- Injection of adult autologous stem cells shows an excellent success rate for the treatment of urinary stress incontinence, compared with collagen injections, Dr. Matthias Schurich said at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. In the study of both women and men, 50...
A recent study led by Dr Gears Kaser, a glaciologist from the University of Innsbruck in Austria, has revealed that the rate at which glaciers are melting has significantly accelerated during the past five years and could lead to water shortages in as little as three decades. Kaser...
IRVINE, Calif. -- eGene Inc. (OTCBB:EGEI), developer of revolutionary high-performance bio-analytical instruments, announced today that a new instrument has been developed for carbohydrate analysis and sequencing. The fully functional system has been tested by Prof. Andras Guttman, Marie Curie Chair of the European Commission, head of the HorvEith Laboratory of...
The European research initiative EUREKA has extended the Lillehammer Award for the electrochemical dyeing project carried out by DyStar in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck's Institute for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics TID in Dornbirn, Austria, and Getzner Textil AG. The award is made annually for projects supported...
A complete cement mantle is important for the longevity of a total hip replacement. In the minimally-invasive direct anterior approach used at the Innsbruck University hospital, the femoral component has to be inserted into the femoral canal by an angulated movement. In a cadaver study, the quality and the extent...
D-16 G Falkensammer1. R. Hiemetzberger2, O. Pachinger2, A. Oriesmacher1, J. Mair2. 1 Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics. University, Hospital of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. Objective: B-lype natriuretic peptide BNP and N-terminal NT -proBNP have been proposed...
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