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Sep 1, 2008

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A Computational Framework for Modelling Solid Tumour Growth

Bryn A. Lloyd, Dominik Szczerba, Markus Rudin and Gábor Székely, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Volume 366, Issue 1879, pp. 3301–3318, September 2008

 

 
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Sep 1, 2008

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The Expression of PHOX2A, PHOX2B and of Their Target Gene dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DβH) is Not Modified by Exposure to Extremely-Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field (ELF-EMF) in a Human Neuronal Model

Roberta Benfante, Ruth Adele Antonini, Niels Kuster, Juergen Schuderer, Christian Maercker, Franz Adlkofer, Francesco Clementi and Diego Fornasari, in Toxicology in Vitro, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp. 1489–1495, September 2008

 
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Aug 28, 2008

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IT'IS: Two New PhD Defenses

Esra Neufeld and Stefan Schild successfully defended their theses at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ)

 
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Aug 1, 2008

 

Effective EM Simulations with Micro-λ Resolution in Macro-λ Objects – Generalized Huygens Box Method

Nicolas Chavannes et al, Microwave Engineering Europe, July/August 2008

 

 
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Jul 15, 2008

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Mechanism and Localization of Wall Failure During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation

Dominik Szczerba, Robert McGregor, Krishnamurthy Muralidhar, and Gábor Székely, Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Biomedical Simulation 5104/2008, pp. 119–126, July 2008

 

 
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Jul 1, 2008

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Awards

Jun 12, 2008

 

BEMS 2008 Student Award

IT'IS PhD student Sven Kühn wins a student award at the 2008 meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS2008), in San Diego, California, USA

 
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Jun 11, 2008

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Niels Kuster Appointed President of BEMS

IT'IS Foundation Director Prof. Niels Kuster began his term as President of the Bioelectromagnetics Society.

 
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Jun 3, 2008

 

Tumor Promotion by Chronic UMTS-Modulated Radiofrequency Exposure in Mice Prenatally Treated with ENU

Thomas Tillmann, Heinrich Ernst, Tina Reinhardt, Andreas Bitz, Joachim Streckert, Volkert Hansen, Ulrich Mohr and Clemens Dasenbrock, in Abstract Booklet, IMBA-FGF-Workshop/Omics for Assessing Unclear Risks, Berlin, Germany, May 26–28, 2008

 
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May 24, 2008

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Studies of Prof. Hugo Rüdiger's Group at the University of Vienna Were Not Blinded; Urged the Group to Withdraw the Papers

The RF studies of Prof. Hugo Rüdiger's group at the University of Vienna were apparently not blinded and therefore the University urged the group to withdraw its papers

 
Virtual Population

May 19, 2008

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Enhanced Virtual Family Models: Ella, Duke, Billie, Thelonious

The enhanced models from the Virtual Family Project with unprecedented anatomical detail and accuracy are now available to the scientific community through the IT'IS Foundation.

 

 
Annual Reports

Apr 30, 2008

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IT'IS Annual Report 2007

The Annual Report 2007 features key figures for 2007 and overviews of selected projects:

Full-Wave Spice Based EM-Circuit Co-Simulator in Time Domain Engineering and Medicine Meets Virtual Reality EM Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics NIEHS/NTP – RF Radiation Research Program In Vivo Exposure Facility

 
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Apr 15, 2008

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Mastering Conformal Meshing for Complex CAD-Based C-FDTD Simulations

Stefan Benkler, Nicolas Chavannes and Niels Kuster, in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp. 45–57, April 2008

 
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Apr 15, 2008

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The Effects of 884 MHz GSM Wireless Communication Signals on Headache and Other Symptoms: An Experimental Provocation Study

Lena Hillert, Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Arne Lowden, Clairy Wiholm, Niels Kuster, Sven Ebert, Clementine Boutry, Scott Douglas Moffat, Mats Berg, and Bengt Birger Arnetz, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp. 185–196, April 2008

 

 
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Apr 4, 2008

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Neufeld (2008) Thesis

Esra Neufeld, “High Resolution Hyperthermia Treatment Planning,” PhD Thesis, Swiss Federal Insititute of Technology, Thesis No. 17947, Zurich, 2008

 
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Apr 4, 2008

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Schild (2008) Thesis

Stefan Schild, “Advances in Material Modeling in EM-FDTD,” PhD Thesis, Swiss Federal Insititute of Technology, Thesis No. 17969, Zurich, 2008

 
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Mar 23, 2008

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Cellular Phone Use and Risk of Benign and Malignant Parotid Gland Tumors-A Nationwide Case-Control Study

Siegal Sadetzki, Angela Chetrit, Avital Jarus-Hakak, Elisabeth Cardis, Yonit Deutch, Shay Duvdevani, Ahuva Zultan, Ilya Novikov, Laurence Freedman and Michael Wolf, in American Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 167, Issue 4, pp. 457–467, February 2008

 
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Feb 15, 2008

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Analysis and Optimization of Mobile Phone Antenna Radiation Performance in the Presence of Head and Hand Phantoms

Erdem Ofli, Chung-Huan Li, Nicolas Chavannes and Niels Kuster, in Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Vol.16, No.1 2008. Available online 5 February 2008

 

 
Awards

Feb 1, 2008

 

Best Papers of Physics in Medicine and Biology in 2007

IT'IS PhD student Esra Neufeld's paper is awarded the distinction of being among the best papers of Physics in Medicine and Biology in 2007

 
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Feb 1, 2008

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Reliable Prediction of Mobile Phone Performance for Realistic In-use Conditions Using the FDTD Method

Peter Futter, Nicolas Chavannes, Roger Tay, Mike Meili, Anja Klingenböck, Katja Pokovic and Niels Kuster, in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp. 87–96, February 2008

 

 
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Feb 1, 2008

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Continuous Wave and Simulated GSM Exposure at 1.8 W/kg and 1.8 GHz do not Induce hsp16-1 Heat-shock Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans

Adam S. Dawe, Reetta Nylund, Dariusz Leszczynski, Niels Kuster, Tom Reader, and David I. De Pomerai, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 29, Issue 2, pp. 92–99. February 2008. Published online September 20, 2007

 
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Jan 15, 2008

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Study on Potential Effects of '902-MHz GSM-type Wireless Communication Signals' on DBMA-induced Mammary Tumours in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Robert Hruby, Georg Neubauer, Niels Kuster and Michael Frauscher, in Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, Volume 649, Issue 1-2, pp. 34–44, January 2008

 
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Jan 1, 2008

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Dosimetric Evaluation and Comparison of Different RF Exposure Apparatuses Used in Human Volunteer Studies

Clémentine M. Boutry, Sven Kühn, Peter Achermann, Albert Romann, Jafar Keshvari, and Niels Kuster, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 29, Issue 1, pp. 11–19, January 2008. Published online August 10, 2007

 
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Dec 14, 2007

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New Head Exposure System for Use in Human Provocation Studies with EEG Recording During GSM900- and UMTS-like Exposure

Gernot Schmid, Stefan Cecil, Christoph Goger, Michael Trimmel, Niels Kuster, and Hamid Molla-Djafari, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 28, Issue 8, pp. 636–647, December 2007. Published online 24 July

 

 
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Dec 12, 2007

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sXv – NTP/NIEHS Project

The US government (NIEHS funded) NTP study on possible health risks from high dose GSM and CDMA mobile phone exposures utilizes special reverberation chambers designed and manufactured by IT'IS Foundation.

 
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Dec 1, 2007

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A Robust Method to Accurately Treat Arbitrarily Curved 3-D Thin Conductive Sheets in FDTD

Stefan Schild, Nicolas Chavannes, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 3587–3594, December 2007

 

 
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Dec 1, 2007

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Experimental EMF Exposure Assessment

Sven Kühn and Niels Kuster, in “Biological and Medical Aspects of Electromagnetic Fields,” Frank S. Barnes and Ben Greenebaum, Eds., CRC Press, London, 2007

 

 
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Nov 15, 2007

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A Patch Antenna Design for Application in a Phased-array Head and Neck Hyperthermia Applicator

Margarethus M. Paulides, Jurriaan F. Bakker, Nicolas Chavannes, and Gerard C. van Rhoon, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Volume 54, Issue 11, pp. 2057–2063, November 2007

 

 
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Nov 15, 2007

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The Hypercollar: a Novel Applicator for Hyperthermia in the Head and Neck

Margarethus M. Paulides, Jurriaan F. Bakker, Esra Neufeld, Peter P. Jansen, Peter C. Levendag, and Gerard C. van Rhoon, International Journal of Hyperthermia, Volume 23, Issue 8, pp. 567–576, November 2007

 

 
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Oct 31, 2007

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GSM and DCS Wireless Communication Signals: Combined Chronic Toxicity/Carcinogenicity Study in the Wistar Rat

Paul Smith, Niels Kuster, Sven Ebert, and Hans-Jörg Chevalier, in Radiation Research, Volume 168, Issue 4, pp. 480–492, October 2007

 

 
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