Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies

Effects of urban building structures on the distribution of breeding sites and ovitrap egg counts of Aedes albopictus in Pfaffengrund, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract Background In recent years, the increased abundance and expansion of the invasive species Aedes albopictus has become a nuisance and health threat in urban areas of Germany. While intensive control and monitoring measures have shown promising results to reduce population...

Effectiveness of an interactive music tablet intervention to reduce procedural anxiety in children: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Procedural anxiety in children is common and associated with maladaptive behavior, reduced cooperation, and increased perioperative stress. Although music-based interventions show promise, few are designed for routine clinical care. We evaluated an interactive tablet-bas...

Fast-Forward: Automatic Assignment and Assessment of Bonded Parameters for the Martini Force Field

Abstract Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of bio- and macromolecular systems offer a method of accessing otherwise unobtainable time and length scales, compared to atomistic simulation techniques. However, a limiting step is often the generation and validation of the...

Review of Particle Physics *

The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous editions, plus 3,200 new measurements from 903 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons and the recently discovered Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, mesons, and b...