Cohort study of somatostatin-based radiopeptide therapy with [(90)Y-DOTA]-TOC versus [(90)Y-DOTA]-TOC plus [(177)Lu-DOTA]-TOC in neuroendocrine cancers

Radiopeptide therapy is commonly performed with a single radioisotope. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of somatostatin-based radiopeptide therapy with a single versus a combination of radioisotopes.

Faszination, Bedeutung, Zustand und Zukunft unserer Lebensgrundlage: Eine Einführung in Fragen zur biologischen Vielfalt

Die Erde beherbergt eine faszinierende und dynamische Vielfalt von Genen, Individuen, Populationen, Arten, Lebensgemeinschaften und Ökosystemen, die im Lauf der Jahrmilliarden entstanden ist. Während diese Vielfalt schon immer ethische und ästhetische Wertschätzung erfuhr, werden ihr immenser ökologischer und ökonomischer Wert erst jetzt erkannt. Faszinierend und wertvoll ist also die biologische Vielfalt – doch auch stark unter Druck. Änderungen der Landnutzung, Klimawandel und biologische Invasionen setzen ihr zu. Wie wird es weitergehen? Die damit verbundenen Forschungsfragen werden in diesem Buch durch interessante Beispiele illustriert.

Rapid climate change during the Weichselian Lateglacial in Ireland: Chironomid-inferred summer temperatures from Fiddaun, Co. Galway

A lacustrine sediment core from Fiddaun, western Ireland was studied to reconstruct summer temperature changes during the Weichselian Lateglacial. This site is located close to the Atlantic Ocean; and so is potentially sensitive to climatic changes associated with changes in ocean circulation. The record, comprising the end of the Weichselian Pleniglacial to the early Holocene, was analysed for fossil chironomids, lithology, and oxygen and carbon isotopes in the sedimentary carbonates. These proxies clearly show rapid warming at the onset of the Lateglacial Interstadial, relatively high summer temperatures during the Interstadial, pronounced cooling during the Younger Dryas, and subsequent warming at the transition to the Holocene. Chironomid-inferred mean July air temperatures for the Interstadial are ~12.5–14.5 °C, ~7.5 °C for the Younger Dryas, and ~15.0 °C for the early Holocene. Furthermore, this research provides evidence for at least two cold events during the Interstadial. These more moderate temperature oscillations can be correlated to Greenland Interstadial events 1b and 1d, on the basis of the age-depth model for the Fiddaun sequence. Based on multiple proxies, the first cold oscillation (GI-1d) was the more severe of the two in Ireland.