Extracorporeal circulation: "Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains one of the most common and, arguably, the most important operation that cardiac surgeons perform. As such, the surgeon and the perfusionist should have an open dialogue regarding cannulation and cardioplegia strategies prior to each case," j.C. Grimm and W.Y. Szeto emphasize (in their contribution to ´Extracorporeal circulation in theory and practice´, edited by Rudolf Tschaut et al.).

Since 1991, the ‘European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (EBCP)’ has played a vital role in the European healthcare system by overseeing and promoting the field of cardiovascular clinical perfusion.

The idea of an animal that can count or do math might sound like something out of a viral news story or TikTok video. But a sense of quantity, sometimes called "numerosity," appears across a surprising range of species.

So, which animals can count and understand simple math?

For many generations violent conflicts have characterized people´s lives in Middle East. Psychological trauma is passed on from generation to generation - often violently. Therefore, targeted trauma therapy is essential; having the same cultural background or understanding the patient´s culture is an important advantage. The Jeside psychotherapist Prof. Dr. Jan Ilhan Kizilhan - together with Iraqi and German colleagues - has compiled the theoretical and practical knowledge for trauma treatment and focused it on the specific conditions in the Middle East. The textbook is available in two different editions: one in English, the other in Persian (Farsi).

"Many transplant clinicians have experienced that allografts from elderly donors (predominantly deceased donors rather than living donors) elicit a stronger immune response in the early period after organtransplantation associated with reduced allograft function. These observations may not only be due to the increased oxidizing conditions of old donor age, but also may be influenced by a decline of the antioxidative defense system during aging," Prof. Dr. Walter Land reports in his textbook ´Innate Alloimmunity, Part 2: Innate Immunity and Allograft Rejection´.

Innate immunity provides much more than an initial host defense against microbial infection, Professor Dr. Walter Land emphasises in his textbook ´Innate Alloimmunity - Part 1: Innate Immunity and Host defense´.