Roadmap on specialty optical fibers by Mário F S Ferreira, Mohd Rehan, Vishwatosh Mishra, Shailendra Kumar Varshney, Francesco Poletti, Nguyen Phuoc Trung Hoa, Weichao Wang, Qinyuan Zhang, Wenyu Du, Benli Yu, Zhijia Hu, Xian Feng, Jindan Shi, Anjali, Sunil Kumar, Michal Kamrádek, Mukul Chandra Paul, Kazi Abedin, Bertrand Kibler, Frédéric Smektala, Xiushan Zhu, Andrey Pryamikov, Stephan Reitzenstein

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Diagnosis and management of de novo non-specific spinal infections: European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) Spine Section Delphi consensus recommendations by Andreas Kramer, Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam, Jonathan Neuhoff, Benjamin Davies, Giuseppe Barbagallo, Bertrand Debono, Bart Depreitere, Sven O. Eicker, Nikolay Gabrovsky, Marisa L. Gandia-Gonzalez, Marcel Ivanov, Radek Kaiser, Stanislav Kaprovoy, Nikolay Konovalov, Jesus Lafuente, Andrzej Maciejczak, Bernhard Meyer, Paulo Pereira, Yana Petrova, Wilco C. Peul, Carla Reizinho, Yu-Mi Ryang, Nico Sampron, Ralph Schär, Enrico Tessitore, Claudius Thomé, Jake Timothy, Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp, Andreas K. Demetriades, Ehab Shiban, Florian Ringel

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Apheresis for the treatment of relapses in MS and NMOSD: reduced antibody reactivities, gene expression changes and potential clinical response indicators by Michael Hecker, Brit Fitzner, Isis Ludwig-Portugall, Friederike Bohne, Edmar Heyland, Juliane Klehmet, Matthias Grothe, Matthias Schwab, Alexander Winkelmann, Stefanie Meister, Ales Dudesek, Hannah Wurm, Ilya Ayzenberg, Ingo Kleiter, Ingo Kleiter, Corinna Trebst, Martin W. Hümmert, Bernhard Neumann, Bernhard Neumann, Klaus Eulitz, Dirk Koczan, Uwe K. Zettl

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Therapeutic depletion of CCR8+ tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells elicits antitumor immunity and synergizes with anti-PD-1 therapy by James Dooley, Bart Neyns, Elizabeth Allen, Frank Tacke, Louis Boon, Damya Laoui, Julia Katharina Schwarze, Helena Van Damme, Bruno Dombrecht, Máté Kiss, Heleen Roose, Eva Van Overmeire, Daliya Kancheva, Liesbet Martens, Aleksandar Murgaski, Pauline Madeleine Rachel Bardet, Gillian Blancke, Maude Jans, Evangelia Bolli, Maria Solange Martins, Yvon Elkrim, Kiavash Movahedi, Niels Vandamme, Sebahat Ocak, Isabelle Scheyltjens, Lars Vereecke, Frank Aboubakar Nana, Pascal Merchiers, Jo Agnes Van Ginderachter

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Identification of TTLL8, POTEE, and PKMYT1 as immunogenic cancer-associated antigens and potential immunotherapy targets in ovarian cancer by Esen Yonca Bassoy, Remya Raja, Thomas E. Rubino, Fabian Coscia, Krista Goergen, Paul Magtibay, Kristina Butler, Alessandra Schmitt, Ann L. Oberg, Marion Curtis

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Frequency and Treatment Outcome of Invasive Fungal Infections in Children with Hematological Malignancies by Rabiha Manzoor, Rabia Tariq, Awais Arshed, Qurat Ul Ain Ali, Ajaz Ahmed, Fozia Sayed Rasool

“…Children of either gender aged less than 18 years diagnosed with hematological malignancies were included adopting a non-probability consecutive sampling technique. Treatment followed “Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM)” based protocols. Outcome in the form of mortality was noted by the end of the study period. …”
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Black Orpheus by Hlonipha Mokoena

“… Although it’s only been thirty years since the Berlin Wall was torn down, the term “Cold War” has become something of an antique. …”
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Comparison of creatinine‐based methods for estimating glomerular filtration rate in patients with heart failure by Anna Jonsson, Ida Viklund, Andreas Jonsson, Fredrik Valham, Ellinor Bergdahl, Krister Lindmark, Helena Norberg

“…Methods and results One hundred forty‐six HF patients (mean age 68 ± 13 years, mean left ventricular ejection fraction 45% ± 15) within a single‐centre hospital that underwent 51Cr‐EDTA clearance between 2010 and 2018 were included in this retrospective study. eGFR was estimated by means of Cockcroft–Gault ideal and actual weight, the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study (MDRD), simplified MDRD with isotope dilution mass spectroscopy traceable calibration, the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration, revised Lund–Malmö, full age spectrum, and the Berlin Initiative Study 1. Mean measured glomerular filtration rate was 42 mL/min/1.73 m2. …”
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Importance of complement system components in ovarian endometriomas. A comparative cohort study by Anna V. Chizhova, Elena V. Kudryavtseva, Larisa G. Polushina, Maksim A. Kopenkin

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Integrated risk analyses as part of national climate risk assessments: lessons learnt from the climate risk assessment of Germany by Walter Kahlenborn, Maike Voss, Luise Porst, Marc Zebisch, Kathrin Renner, Inke Schauser

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Prevalence of Anemia in Pediatric IBD Patients and Impact on Disease Severity: Results of the Pediatric IBD-Registry CEDATA-GPGE® by Jan de Laffolie, Martin W. Laass, Dietmar Scholz, Klaus-Peter Zimmer, Stephan Buderus, CEDATA-GPGE Study Group

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Modulation of physical exercise intensity in motor‐cognitive training of adults using the SKILLCOURT technology by Gülsa Erdogan, Bettina Karsten, Lutz Vogt, Andreas Mierau, Thorben Hülsdünker

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Sublingual Buprenorphine and Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Three-Year Follow-Up of Quality of Life Assessment by Salvatore M. Giacomuzzi, Markus Ertl, Georg Kemmler, Yyvonne Riemer, Alexander Vigl

“…The QOL status of opioid-dependent patients was assessed using the German version (“Berlin Quality of Life Profile”) of the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile. …”
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Healthy enough to work up to age 67 and beyond? A longitudinal population-based study on time trends in working life expectancy free of cardiovascular diseases based on German heal... by Fabian Tetzlaff, Jelena Epping, Juliane Tetzlaff, Lieselotte Mond

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Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosing Pituitary Micro-Adenoma, Taking Histopathology as Gold Standard by Sehar Sarfraz, Tayyaba Ali, Pakeeza Shafiq, Zartashia Khan, Waqar Azeem, Ghazala Rasool, Ehsan Ul Haq

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Anthology of Ukrainian Poetry “Strings” by Bohdan Lepky as a Text in Contextual Reading by Lilia Оvdiichuk

“…Lepky's place of residence and sphere of activity: 20 years of the 20th century, Rastatt, Vetzlar and Berlin. He taught Ukrainian literature in camps for prisoners of war, at teaching courses at the Embassy of the Ukrainian People's Republic and worked in the editorial office of "Ukrainian Word" as a publisher, compiler and commentator of the works of Ukrainian writers. …”
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Vascular Occlusions following Ocular Surgical Procedures: A Clinical Observation of Vascular Complications after Ocular Surgery by Charlotte Fischer, Anne Bruggemann, Annette Hager, Josep Callizo Planas, Johann Roider, Hans Hoerauf

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Healthcare needs among unaccompanied minor refugees: a study protocol of a qualitative study explaining access and utilisation across place and gender by Matthias Richter, Jacob Spallek, Hanna-Sophie Ulrich, Emma Kohler, Eva-Maria Fach, Martin Mlinarić

“…The aims of this gender-sensitive qualitative study will be to build on the existing body of literature and to provide qualitative evidence on the contexts and mechanisms of PSC for male and female UMRs in Germany by comparing two German regions.Methods and analysis Following the study preparing realist review, a qualitative study will be undertaken in Berlin and Central German cities. Approximately 24 experts from the field of PSC and 12 lay UMRs will participate in face-to-face, semistructured interviews. …”
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Sullo “stato di salute” delle varietà romene all’alba del nuovo millennio by Alvise Andreose

“…Les changements causés par les deux conflits mondiaux, par les nationalismes de droite et de gauche et par l'impérialisme soviétique ont été beaucoup plus radicaux et traumatisants. La chute du mur de Berlin, avec la fin de l'URSS et la désagrégation de la Yougoslavie, a signifié pour quelques groupes minoritaires la reconnaissance de leur spécificité linguistique (Roumains d'Ukraine et de la Voïvodine en Serbie, Aroumains de la République de Macédoine). …”
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Transverse Coupled Cavity VCSELs: Bridging Ultrabroadband Dynamics to Optical Supermodes by Martino D'Alessandro, Valerio Torrelli, Francesco Bertazzi, Michele Goano, Nikolay N. Ledentsov, Markus Lindemann, Mariangela Gioannini, Pierluigi Debernardi, Alberto Tibaldi

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