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Thermal and morphometric correlates of the extremely low rate of energy use in a wild frugivorous primate, the Mayotte lemur by Simmen, B., Quintard, B., Lefaux, B., Tarnaud, L., Correa-Pimpao, G., Ibanez, R., Blanc, S., Zahariev, A.

“…Primates spend on average half as much energy as other placental mammals while expressing a wide range of lifestyles. However, little is known about how…”
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Age- and Gender-Specific Normative Data of Grip and Pinch Strength in a Healthy Adult Swiss Population by WERLE, S., GOLDHAHN, J., DRERUP, S., SIMMEN, B. R., SPROTT, H., HERREN, D. B.

“…Assessment of hand strength is used in a wide range of clinical settings especially during treatment of diseases affecting the function of the hand. This…”
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Fruits, foliage and the evolution of primate colour vision by Regan, B C, Julliot, C, Simmen, B, Viénot, F, Charles-Dominique, P, Mollon, J D

“…Primates are apparently unique amongst the mammals in possessing trichromatic colour vision. However, not all primates are trichromatic. Amongst the haplorhine…”
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Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the German Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) by Angst, F., Goldhahn, J., Pap, G., Mannion, A. F., Roach, K. E., Siebertz, D., Drerup, S., Schwyzer, H. K., Simmen, B. R.

“…Objective. To cross-culturally adapt the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) from English into German, and to test the reliability and validity of the…”
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Characteristics and outcome of 27 elbow periprosthetic joint infections: results from a 14-year cohort study of 358 elbow prostheses by Achermann, Y., Vogt, M., Spormann, C., Kolling, C., Remschmidt, C., Wüst, J., Simmen, B., Trampuz, A.

“…Elbow arthroplasty is increasingly performed in patients with rheumatic and post-traumatic arthritis. Data on elbow periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) are…”
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Trichostatin A sensitises rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts for TRAIL-induced apoptosis by Jüngel, A, Baresova, V, Ospelt, C, Simmen, B R, Michel, B A, Gay, R E, Gay, S, Seemayer, C A, Neidhart, M

“…Background: Histone acetylation/deacetylation has a critical role in the regulation of transcription by altering the chromatin structure. Objective: To analyse…”
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Rupture of the subscapularis tendon (isolated or in combination with supraspinatus tear): When is a repair indicated? by Flury, Matthias P., John, M., Goldhahn, J., Schwyzer, H.-K., Simmen, B.R.

“…Ruptures of the subscapularis tendon, isolated or combined, are rare, and the treatment modalities are controversial. Of 1345 patients who underwent rotator…”
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The Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE) : cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties by JOHN, M, ANGST, F, AWISZUS, F, PAP, G, MACDERMID, J. C, SIMMEN, B. R

“…To cross-culturally adapt the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation form (PRWE) into German (PRWE-G) and to evaluate its reliability and validity. A cross-cultural…”
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Changes in surgical intervention patterns in rheumatoid arthritis over 10 years in one centre by Kolling, C, Herren, D B, Simmen, B R, Goldhahn, J

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S100A4 is expressed at site of invasion in rheumatoid arthritis synovium and modulates production of matrix metalloproteinases by Šenolt, L, Grigorian, M, Lukanidin, E, Simmen, B, Michel, B A, Pavelka, K, Gay, R E, Gay, S, Neidhart, M

“…The metastasis-associated protein S100A4 promotes the progression of cancer by regulating the remodelling of the extracellular matrix. The expression of S100A4…”
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Molecular ophthalmology: an update on animal models for retinal degenerations and dystrophies by HAFEZI, F, GRIMM, C, SIMMEN, B C, WENZEL, A, REMÉ, C E

“…[...]they serve as a platform for the establishment of experimental somatic gene therapy, probably the most promising approach to photoreceptor rescue…”
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New perspectives on taste and primate evolution: The dichotomy in gustatory coding for perception of beneficent versus noxious substances as supported by correlations among human thresholds by Hladik, Claude-Marcel, Pasquet, P., Simmen, B.

“…In various environments where primates are presently observed, as well as in forests and savannas which have been inhabited by australopithecines and early…”
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Palmar approach in flexible implant arthroplasty of the proximal interphalangeal joint by Herren, D B, Simmen, B R

“…Joint replacement is an established method in the treatment of destroyed, painful, proximal interphalangeal joints. A palmar approach was used in which the…”
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Development of a predictive model for estimating the probability of treatment success one year after total shoulder replacement – cohort study by Simmen, B.R., M.D, Bachmann, L.M., M.D., Ph.D, Drerup, S, Schwyzer, H.-K., M.D, Burkhart, A., M.D, Goldhahn, J., M.D

“…Summary Objective To Estimate the probability of treatment success 1 year after a total shoulder arthroplasty by developing a model based on preoperative…”
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Late complications in elbow arthroplasty by Gschwend, Norbert, Simmen, Beat R., Matejovsky, Z.

“…The world literature (1986 to 92) reports an amazingly high complication rate of elbow arthroplasty, amounting to 43%. Accordingly, we also find a high…”
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Frugivory and colour vision in Alouatta seniculus, a trichromatic platyrrhine monkey by Regan, B.C, Julliot, C, Simmen, B, Viénot, F, Charles-Dominique, P, Mollon, J.D

“…It is a long-standing hypothesis that primate trichromacy evolved to help fruit-eating primates find fruits amongst leaves. We measured the reflectance spectra…”
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Discrepancy between mRNA and protein expression of tumour suppressor maspin in synovial tissue may contribute to synovial hyperplasia in rheumatoid arthritis by Schedel, J, Distler, O, Woenckhaus, M, Gay, R E, Simmen, B, Michel, B A, Müller-Ladner, U, Gay, S

“…Objective: To investigate the expression of maspin in RA synovial tissue and compare it with the expression in osteoarthritis (OA) and normal synovial tissue…”
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Analysis of a retrieved Delta III total shoulder prosthesis by NYFFELER, R. W, WERNER, C. M. L, SIMMEN, B. R, GERBER, C

“…A reversed Delta III total shoulder prosthesis was retrieved post-mortem, eight months after implantation. A significant notch was evident at the inferior pole…”
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227 DIFFERENTIAL ‘PAIN' GENE EXPRESSION AND MODULATION EXERTED BY ATP IN SYNOVIAL FIBROBLASTS FROM PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC OSTEOARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by Marinova, K., Toma, V., Aeschlimann, A., Gay, R., Simmen, B., Michel, B., Gay, S., Sprott, H.

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Taste thresholds and suprathreshold responses to tannin-rich plant extracts and quinine in a primate species (Microcebus murinus) by IACONELLI, S, SIMMEN, B

“…Theories of plant chemical defenses discriminate between quantitative digestibility reducers (e.g., tannins) and qualitative toxins (e.g., alkaloids). Since…”
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