@article{KeutmannStaatLaack2018,
  author    = {Keutmann, Sabine and Staat, Manfred and Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Untersuchung der thermischen Auswirkung von therapeutischem Ultraschall},
  volume    = {7},
  number    = {10},
  publisher = {Deutscher {\"A}rzte-Verl.},
  address   = {K{\"o}ln},
  issn      = {2193-5793},
  pages     = {518 -- 522},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Zusammenfassung: In der Orthop{\"a}die z{\"a}hlt der therapeutische Ultraschall als Mittel zur Pr{\"a}vention und Therapiebegleitung. Er hat mechanische, thermische und physiko-chemische Auswirkungen auf den menschlichen K{\"o}rper. Um mehr Erkenntnisse {\"u}ber die thermischen Auswirkungen zu erlangen, wurden Versuche an einem Hydrogel-Phantom und an Probanden durchgef{\"u}hrt. Dabei entstand eine signifikante Erw{\"a}rmung des Gewebes, welche beim Probandenversuch an der Oberfl{\"a}che und beim Hydrogelversuch in der Tiefe gemessen wurde. Summary: In orthopaedics, therapeutic ultrasound is a tool of prevention and therapy support. It has mechanical, thermal and physico-chemical effects on the human body. Tests with a hydrogel phantom and with human probands have been performed in order to obtain more knowledge about their thermal effects. Both tests measured temperature increases in cell tissue, on the surface with the human proband test and in depth with the hydrogel phantom test.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Laack2017,
  author    = {Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Neurophysiologisch ist das nicht alles zu erkl{\"a}ren : Nahtoderfahrungen aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht},
  series = {Der Allgemeinarzt},
  volume    = {38},
  journal   = {Der Allgemeinarzt},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Universimed Deutschland GmbH},
  address   = {Mainz},
  issn      = {0172-7249},
  pages     = {4 -- 7},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{LeversStaatLaack2016,
  author    = {Levers, A. and Staat, Manfred and Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Analysis of the long-term effect of the MBST® nuclear magnetic resonance therapy on gonarthrosis},
  series = {Orthopedic Practice},
  volume    = {47},
  journal   = {Orthopedic Practice},
  number    = {11},
  pages     = {521 -- 528},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KnobeGiesenPlateetal.2016,
  author    = {Knobe, M. and Giesen, M. and Plate, S. and Gradl-Dietsch, G. and Buecking, B. and Eschbach, D. and Laack, Walter van and Pape, H.-C.},
  title     = {The Aachen mobility and balance index to measure physiological falls risk: a comparison with the Tinetti POMA scale},
  series = {European Journal Of Trauma And Emergency Surgery},
  volume    = {42},
  journal   = {European Journal Of Trauma And Emergency Surgery},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1863-9941},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00068-016-0693-2},
  pages     = {537 -- 545},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Purpose The most commonly used mobility assessments for screening risk of falls among older adults are rating scales such as the Tinetti performance oriented mobility assessment (POMA). However, its correlation with falls is not always predictable and disadvantages of the scale include difficulty to assess many of the items on a 3-point scale and poor specificity. The purpose of this study was to describe the ability of the new Aachen Mobility and Balance Index (AMBI) to discriminate between subjects with a fall history and subjects without such events in comparison to the Tinetti POMA Scale. Methods For this prospective cohort study, 24 participants in the study group and 10 in the control group were selected from a population of patients in our hospital who had met the stringent inclusion criteria. Both groups completed the Tinetti POMA Scale (gait and balance component) and the AMBI (tandem stance, tandem walk, ten-meter-walk-test, sit-to-stand with five repetitions, 360° turns, timed-up-and-go-test and measurement of the dominant hand grip strength). A history of falls and hospitalization in the past year were evaluated retrospectively. The relationships among the mobility tests were examined with Bland-Altmananalysis. Receiver-operated characteristics curves, sensitivity and specificity were calculated. Results The study showed a strong negative correlation between the AMBI (17 points max., highest fall risk) and Tinetti POMA Scale (28 points max., lowest fall risk; r = -0.78, p < 0.001) with an excellent discrimination between community-dwelling older people and a younger control group. However, there were no differences in any of the mobility and balance measurements between participants with and without a fall history with equal characteristics in test comparison (AMBI vs. Tinetti POMA Scale: AUC 0.570 vs. 0.598; p = 0.762). The Tinetti POMA Scale (cut-off <20 points) showed a sensitivity of 0.45 and a specificity of 0.69, the AMBI a sensitivity of 0.64 and a specificity of 0.46 (cut-off >5 points). Conclusion The AMBI comprises mobility and balance tasks with increasing difficulty as well as a measurement of the dominant hand-grip strength. Its ability to identify fallers was comparable to the Tinetti POMA Scale. However, both measurement sets showed shortcomings in discrimination between fallers and non-fallers based on a self-reported retrospective falls-status.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Laack2014,
  author    = {Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Nahtoderfahrungen aus medizinischer Sicht},
  series = {Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift : DMW},
  volume    = {Jg. 139},
  journal   = {Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift : DMW},
  number    = {H. 51/52},
  publisher = {Thieme},
  address   = {Stuttgart},
  issn      = {1439-4413 (E-Journal); 0012-0472 (Print); 1437-5982 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1055/s-0034-1387363},
  pages     = {2651 -- 2654},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Nah- versus Nachtoderfahrungen Nahtoderfahrungen (NTE) sind ein Ph{\"a}nomen aus der Kategorie „außergew{\"o}hnliche Bewusstseinserfahrungen". Sie treten in unmittelbarer N{\"a}he des eigenen Todes auf. Oft, aber nicht immer, handelt es sich dabei um Erfahrungen von Personen, die durch {\"a}rztliche Maßnahmen wiederbelebt wurden und sp{\"a}ter davon berichten (NTE-ler). Jedoch kommen solche Ph{\"a}nomene auch bei Menschen vor, die w{\"a}hrend einer schweren Erkrankung eine lebensbedrohliche Krise haben, hiervon aber spontan genesen. Den NTE {\"a}hnlich sind auch sogenannte Nachtod-erfahrungen sowie spontane Erlebnisse, die im Rahmen anderer außergew{\"o}hnlicher Stresssituationen auftreten. Von Nachtoderfahrungen spricht man, wenn die Betroffenen anl{\"a}sslich des Todes von geliebten Angeh{\"o}rigen oder Freunden Erlebnisse haben, die inhaltlich ebenfalls, zumindest aber teilweise, denen von NTE entsprechen. Nachtoderfahrungen sowie spontane NTE-{\"a}hnliche Erlebnisse unterscheiden sich jedoch von den echten NTE zumeist sowohl quantitativ als auch qualitativ. Unter einem quantitativen Unterschied versteht man in diesem Zusammenhang eine in der Regel geringer ausgepr{\"a}gte Komplexit{\"a}t, als sie sehr vielen NTE zu eigen ist. Da sich aber auch viele NTE selbst bez{\"u}glich ihrer Komplexit{\"a}t unterscheiden, ist der Hauptunterschied qualitativer Natur: Echte NTE besitzen gegen{\"u}ber den anderen hier erw{\"a}hnten Ph{\"a}nomenen eine gr{\"o}ßere inhaltliche und emotionale Tiefe. Sie begleiten die Betroffenen anschließend ein Leben lang - zumeist mit positiven, in Einzelf{\"a}llen aber auch mit negativen Folgen, die bis zu einem sp{\"a}teren Suizid reichen k{\"o}nnen. Die genannten außergew{\"o}hnlichen Bewusstseinsph{\"a}nomene lassen sich in ihrer Gesamtheit bei rund 5 \% der Bev{\"o}lkerung finden. NTE im Speziellen haben hiervon einen durchaus bedeutenden Anteil. Je nach Studie geben zwischen 18 \% und 40 \% aller Personen, die reanimiert wurden, an, w{\"a}hrenddessen eine NTE erlebt zu haben. Dass nicht alle eine solche Erfahrung machen, wird von Kritikern gern dahingehend interpretiert, NTE seien rein physiologischer und keineswegs spiritueller Natur. Jedoch sollte man bedenken, dass im Fall einer rein neurophysiologischen Grundlage von NTE dann bei jedem ein solches Ph{\"a}nomen zu erwarten w{\"a}re, so wie beispielsweise auch die Symptome einer Hypoglyk{\"a}mie im Wesentlichen immer dieselben sind.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Laack2014,
  author    = {Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Therefore Fermat is right},
  series = {American journal of humanities and social sciences : AJHSS},
  volume    = {2},
  journal   = {American journal of humanities and social sciences : AJHSS},
  number    = {2},
  issn      = {2329-079X (E-Journal); 2329-0781 (Print)},
  pages     = {117 -- 120},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {It was Fernat's idea to investigate how many numbers would fulfill the equation according to the Pythagorean Theorem if the exponent were increased to random, e.g. to a3 + b3 = c3. His question became therefore: are there two whole numbers the cubes of which add up to the volume of the cube of a third whole number? He posed this same question, of course, for all kinds of higher exponents, so that the equation could be generalized: is there an integral solution for the equation an + bn = cn, if the exponent n is higher than 2? Although in 1993, the English mathematician Andrew Wiles was able to produce an arithmetical proof for Fermat's famous theorem, I will show that there is a simple logical explanation which is also pragmatic and plausible and what is the result of a fundamental alternative idea how our world seems to be constructed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Laack2014,
  author    = {Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Nature is much smarter than expected: the Genetic Code is not degenerate},
  series = {American journal of humanities and social sciences},
  volume    = {Vol. 2},
  journal   = {American journal of humanities and social sciences},
  number    = {No. 1},
  issn      = {2329-0781 (Print) ; 2329-079X (Online)},
  pages     = {10 -- 12},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {In any books about genetics it can still today be read that our genetic code is called "degenerate" because it is still believed that 43 = 64 triplets encode the 20 essential amino acids. Indeed we have to assume the inverse law, what means that 34 = 81 exact code positions are really effective for our genetic code and encode the amino acids, compiled to proteins. This very important discovery leads to two completely new results that are limits-overlooking: 1) 34 (=81) genetic code positions mean exactly the same number as there are stable and naturally existing chemical elements in our universe. This famous argument should now lead to some alternative, as well as new fundamental conclusions about our existence. 2) A genetic code positioning system shows that nature is much smarter than expected: mutations are made less dangerous than believed, because they won't be that easily able any more to cause severe damages in the protein-synthesis. This should also lead to some alternative views upon evolution of life.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Laack2013,
  author    = {Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Our world is well ordered in measurement and number : or why natural constants are as they are},
  series = {American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS)},
  volume    = {1},
  journal   = {American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS)},
  number    = {4},
  issn      = {2329-079X},
  doi       = {10.11634/232907811301390},
  pages     = {219 -- 221},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {All the important natural constants can be logically explained with and derived from the first four ordinal numbers, 1, 2, 3 and 4, its addition to ten and finally the standard values for obviously maximal feasibility Ω and the optimum in our world, the Golden Section (GS), i.e. the number sequences 273 and 618. They both are the first three numbers of irrational results by an arithmetical transformation of simple geometrical relationships by creating multiplicity out of singularity. Both of them show that the infinite is inherent in finiteness and explain in a simple way the smallest deviations and fluctuations between the physical AS-IS state and the obvious spiritual ideal behind: Wherever we look in this world, and especially in important key-positions, we regularly find these sequences. All of the above mentioned numbers so seem to be key players in our world, what can be demonstrated by the derivation of natural constants.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Laack2013,
  author    = {Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Why natural constants are as they are},
  series = {British journal of arts and social sciences},
  volume    = {Vol. 15},
  journal   = {British journal of arts and social sciences},
  number    = {Nr. 2},
  publisher = {BritishJournal Publ. Inc},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {2046-9578 (E-Journal)},
  pages     = {198 -- 203},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Laack2013,
  author    = {Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Ist der Tod das Ende? In: Sterben - wie f{\"u}hlt sich das an / Ines Elsenhans},
  series = {Via medici : Fachmagazin f{\"u}r junge Mediziner},
  volume    = {Vol. 18},
  journal   = {Via medici : Fachmagazin f{\"u}r junge Mediziner},
  number    = {Ausg. 5},
  publisher = {Thieme},
  address   = {Stuttgart},
  issn      = {0949-2488},
  pages     = {38},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {de}
}