Many different heritable connective tissue disorders (HCTD) have been described over the
past decades. These syndromes often affect the connective tissue of various organ systems, …

Average nitrogen (N) deposition across Europe has declined since the 1990s. This resulted
in decreased N inputs to forest ecosystems especially in Central and Western Europe where …

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare, autosomal‐dominant, multisystem disorder, presenting with
skeletal, ocular, skin, and cardiovascular symptoms. Significant clinical overlap with other …

The response of forest ecosystems to increased atmospheric CO 2 is constrained by nutrient
availability. It is thus crucial to account for nutrient limitation when studying the forest …

Explaining the large-scale diversity of soil organisms that drive biogeochemical processes—and
their responses to environmental change—is critical. However, identifying consistent …

Through litter decomposition enormous amounts of carbon is emitted to the atmosphere.
Numerous large-scale decomposition experiments have been conducted focusing on this …

Atmospheric deposition to forests has been monitored within the International Cooperative
Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests) …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi are major ecological players in temperate forests, but they are rarely
used in measures of forest condition because large‐scale, high‐resolution, standardized and …

Although there is no agreement on the optimal treatment of patients presenting with a first
episode of primary spontaneous pneumothorax, the majority of physicians prefer chest tube …

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a common congenital heart defect (population incidence, 1–2%)
1 , 2 – 3 that frequently presents with ascending aortic aneurysm (AscAA) 4 . BAV/AscAA …