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Harald Iver Andreas Raasløff (4. oktober 1810 i København – 4. november 1893 på Frederiksberg) var en dansk minister. Han var broder til krigsminister Waldemar Raasløff.

H.I.A. Raasløff var søn af kaptajnløjtnant, senere indrulleringschef, Andreas Raasløff (1774-1851) og Johanne Catharine f. Hansen (1785-1874). Ved faderens forflyttelse til Altona 1813 fulgte han med og tilbragte sin barndom i Holsten; kom senere til Sorø Akademi og blev 1828 student herfra. 1834 blev han juridisk kandidat, arbejdede i nogle år på stiftamtmandens kontor i København og blev 1838 volontær i Kancelliet, 1841 kancellist og 1845 kancellisekretær. 1847 blev han assessor i Kriminalretten og 1851 medlem af overjustitskommissionen for Slesvig, den senere appellationsret i Flensborg. Her fra forflyttedes han i foråret 1854 til departementschef i det slesvigske ministerium og udnævntes samtidig til konferensråd. Han havde hidtil holdt sig uden for det offentlige liv (var kun i nogle år, 1847-51, formand for Frederiksberg Sogneforstanderskab) og kun deltaget i litteraturen med et lille juridisk skrift, Om Mundtlighedsprincippets Anvendelse i den kriminelle Retspleje (1846), og med et politisk flyveskrift, Det slesvigske Spørgsmaal, et Bidrag af Theophilus (november 1848). I dette sidste, der synes at være blevet aldeles upåagtet, fremhæver han med stor uhildethed de tyske sydslesvigeres naturlige krav på at forblive i forbindelse med Holsten som ligestillet med de danske nordslesvigeres ønske om tilslutning til kongeriget og sammenstiller det danske forlangende om Slesvigs indlemmelse under en fælles forfatning med slesvig-holstenernes om Slesvigs optagelse i Det tyske Forbund. Som den rette løsning tilråder han en deling af Slesvig (med delingslinje Slien-Husum), således at den sydlige del knyttes til Holsten, medens resten forbliver et selvstændigt, dog nærmest til Danmark knyttet mellemled. Den nærmere ordning burde ske ved en forsamling af 8 danskere, 8 holstenere og 12 slesvigere samt 7 svensk-norske og 7 tyske voldgiftsmænd. Som man ser, søgte han med største upartiskhed at opnå en virkelig løsning af den nationale strid.

Da L.N. Scheele i december 1854 skulle danne et nyt ministerium, tilbød han Raasløff posten som minister for Slesvig. Kun modstræbende gik han ind derpå, og allerede 18. februar 1856 tog han sin afsked, fordi han misbilligede den afskedigelse, Scheele havde foretaget af Preusser og en anden holstensk overappellationsretsråd. Det hed den gang almindelig, at hans afgang skyldtes en artikel i Berlingske Tidende under mærket R., hvori der krævedes ændring af sprogreskripterne for nogle få sognes vedkommende, og som han regnedes at være forfatter til. Dette var han dog ikke; men at han i grunden delte denne opfattelse, fremgik af et skrift, han udgav 1858: Die schleswigsche Sprachsache, ligeledes under mærket Theophilus (oversat 1860). Thi her udtalte han sig bestemt imod den tankegang, der til dels lå i sprogreskripterne 1850-51, i modsætning til, hvad der havde været formålet for deres uudførte forløber 1810. Da ville man nemlig kun værge og frede det danske sprog, hvor det endnu var fuldt levende, medens man nu forsøgte at fordanske på ny egne, i hvilke det i virkeligheden var gået til grunde; dette gjaldt især om Angel, der formentlig var mere tysk end dansk. Han krævede derfor, med henvisning til N.F.S. Grundtvig og A.F. Tscherning, at man skulle indrømme den størst mulige sprogfrihed og lade den naturlige udvikling råde. Endnu samme år udgav han Die Verfassungszustände der dänischen Monarchie und der deutsch-dänische Konflict og hævdede heri med stor styrke den konstitutionelle helstat, som den var ordnet 1852-55, afviste de slesvig-holstenske klager og fandt den lovede ligestilling gennemført netop ved repræsentationen i Rigsrådet efter folketallet. Den samme mening udvikledes videre i Die deutschen Forderungen und die dänische Monarchie (1859), der særlig betegnede det såkaldte kuriesystem som praktisk uudførligt og politisk, konstitutionelt og statslig umuligt.

Et halvt år efter dette skrifts udgivelse, 24. februar 1860, blev Raasløff optaget i det omdannede hall'ske ministerium som minister for Holsten og Lauenborg, og uagtet han altså ingenlunde havde udtalt sig gunstig om holstenernes krav, modtoges han dog med velvilje af dem for sit kendskab til tysk sprog og tankegang. Det samme var tilfældet, da han i marts 1861 mødte som kongelig kommissarius ved stænderforsamlingen i Itzehoe. Dog her brast det for ham. Thi da han ikke gav så klare og bestemte svar på de faldne udtalelser, som man kunne have ventet efter de instruktioner, han havde fået, og tvært imod kastede et skær af tvetydighed og tvetungethed over den øvrige regering og særlig over C.C. Hall, blev han straks efter sin tilbagekomst til København afskediget som minister (30. marts) og hans færd offentlig dadlet i en indberetning fra ministeriet til kongen. For at retfærdiggøre sig udgav han Mit Tilsvar med skarpe angreb på Hall, der ikke havde sat ham ind i regeringens opfattelse, og den samme bitterhed kom til orde i Det slesvigske Spørgsmaal (marts 1863) og Den hallske Politik (december 1864), i det han skånselløst angreb hele den nationalliberale styrelse, særlig i Slesvig. 1864 var han en af Augustforeningens stiftere og ledere, og i et par småskrifter, han senere udgav, Londoner-Konferencen, Nordslesvigs Tilbagegivelse og Avgustforeningen (1865) og De konservative, Kongedømmet og Demokratiet (1868), søgte han at godtgøre nødvendigheden af en konservativ politik, særlig med fast tilslutning til kongedømmet. Fremdeles udtalte han sig 1870 i en tidsskriftartikel om "nationalitetssagen" skarpt imod skandinavismen og imod nationalhad mod tyskerne, i det Danmarks kald fremstilledes som kosmopolitisk og dets naturlige bestemmelse at være en i national henseende neutral jordbund. 1865 havde han søgt valg i Aalborg til Rigsrådets Folketing, men havde lige så lidt held hermed som med at opnå valg til dets Landsting, og han kom således ikke til at spille nogen ny politisk rolle. Han var derfor helt forglemt, da han døde 4. november 1893.

Dannebrogordenens Kommandørkors havde han fået 1855. 1842 havde han ægtet Agnete Cathrine Thora Toft (23. december 1814 – 23. december 1891), datter af byskriver i Thisted Nicolai Peter Georg Toft (1786-1832).

Under sit ophold i Flensborg lod han i 1851 arkitekten J.D. Herholdt udarbejde tegninger til en villa på Duborggade (Duburger Strasse) i Rosenborg-stil. Den er enten nedrevet eller blev aldrig opført.

Han er begravet på Solbjerg Parkkirkegård.

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How is 2012 starting? As usual, with political hints and wishful thinking. It's not the first time I am writing about Mr. Sebastian Lazaroiu, former presidential adviser, former Labor Minister (he had a rather miniature mandate…), former strategist for the ruling party and president Traian Basescu – although pretended being an independent.
Well, Lazaroiu could not refrain from stating the new year with an interview meant to stir up the political life right from the very first days. He granted an interview to RFI, telling us about his preoccupations. Lazaroiu believes the revision of the constitution will not be completed this year, as two thirds of votes in parliament are needed (and general elections are right behind the corner, I would add).
Furthermore, Lazaroiu is confident the Social Liberal Union (USL) – the main opposition alliance – will continue to fall down in opinion polls, much below the needed 50 per cent.
As I was saying, I constantly read Mr. Lazaroiu's public thoughts. Last time I said about him he is a wishful thinker. I was right, partially. Now, as we notice – according to the latest opinion polls – that USL is slowly going down in the electorates' references, I am tempted to say he is right.
However, I have doubts. Sebastian Lazaroiu is going even further, anticipating USL will break before the November elections and that the ruling PDL, together with the social-democrats (PSD), member of USL, and current ruling companions UNPR are to form the next government. That's sheer wishful thinking!
It is possible that USL might break into pieces, i.e. PSD, PNL (the liberals) and PC (the conservatives). But it is hard to believe that the ruling PDL, quoted lately at less that 20 per cent of votes would be able to win the elections anyway. That is why Lazaroiu hints at an impossible PDL-PSD alliance (we've already seen where such an alliance could lead to during January-September 2009). Furthermore, a broken USL does not mean that the parties could not cooperate. By the way, it is rather probable PSD would win some 30-32 per cent of votes, PNL maybe some 20, while PDL could get 18-22 per cent. What now? President Traian Basescu would have no choice but to appoint a prime-minister representing the party with most votes. I believe any of the opposition parties would go along with an 'unreliable friend' – such as a former partner within USL – than with a 'reliable enemy' such as the current ruling partner PDL.
I'd think twice if I were in the opposition's shoes.
Mr. Lazaroiu's doubts are related only to the pace at which USL will go down in opinion polls.
My only doubts are related to Mr. Lazaroiu's sense of anticipation. And good sense. Mr. Lazaroiu's real target is 'poisoning' the relations between the USL parties. He does that bit by bit, constantly suggesting a split as the elections are getting nearer. Is he to succeed?


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Valuation of patents is a practice influenced by commonly adopted theories and approaches. Most patent valuation theories are similar to those used in the valuation of any tangible property, such as a car or a house. One common approach is comparing the asset in question to other similar assets. For example, an individual may be shopping for a new car and see that a particular car has a list price of $40,000. To determine that the car is offered at a fair price, the individual might compare that car with commensurately priced cars having similar attributes. This concept is the bedrock of the "market approach" to patent valuation—deriving the value of a patent by comparing the patent to comparable patents that have been recently sold or licensed.
Another common approach to patent valuation is referred to as the "cost approach," which focuses on the theory that the maximum a purchaser will pay for an asset is the cost to create or replace that asset. For example, a company that desires to sell or license its patent may ask "what is the cost of research, development, equipment, and implementation of an equally effective technology?" The company may then offer to sell or license the patent at approximately the amount derived from this inquiry. One potential issue with the cost approach is that certain technology fields may not have alternate technologies (e.g., pharmaceutical technologies). This lack of alternatives may foreclose the use of the cost approach when determining a patent's value.
The final common approach to patent valuation is the "income approach." The income approach centers on the future income flow the patent will generate. For example, if a patent is expected to generate $5 million in future royalties, the patent could be reasonably valued at $5 million. One problem with this method is it can be difficult to calculate future income generation unless there are already executed licenses in place for the patent in question.
The combination of the market, cost, and income approaches drives much of the patent valuation landscape. However, due to the problems of each approach discussed above, there has been a trend to use patent data analytic techniques as a supplement to the traditional valuation approaches to provide a more accurate representation of a patent's value. These data analytic techniques may include evaluating the legal status of the patent (e.g., potential challenges under 35 U.S.C. § 101, etc.), the prior art cited during prosecution of the patent, the existence and outcome of any oppositions and litigations involving the patent, the technological scope of the patent, the breadth of the patent's claims, and the patent filing strategy (e.g., overall number of continuations, divisionals, etc.).
While these data analytic techniques may provide meaningful information when combined with the traditional valuation approaches, they are almost wholly inapplicable to a particular class of patents—newly issued patents that do not have any of the aforementioned data points associated with them.
This article focuses on how patent prosecution data analytics can be applied to the valuation of patents. Because there are a variety of methodologies for such valuations, and each method uses multiple metrics for establishing patent value, the scope of this discussion will be limited to a base case scenario involving a newly-issued patent associated with little or no relevant litigation data. Further, it is assumed that the patent can be evaluated relative to a statistically significant data set of patents in the same or similar technology spaces. Finally, the patent is assumed to be valid. With this context in mind, throughout this article multiple patent prosecution statistics will be evaluated for use in valuing the patent, including allowance rate, number of office actions, and Patent Trademark and Appeal Board (PTAB) review disposition.
As described above, comparing an allowed patent to others in similar technology spaces may provide insight into the patent's relative value. For instance, in a particular art unit having a low allowance rate, any patent allowed by that art unit might have a disproportionately high value in the market. By way of example, the most allowance adverse art unit at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is a data processing unit, 3689, most commonly associated with business methods. As of April 2018, that art unit's allowance rate was 8.6%, and only 78 applications have been allowed in the last three years. Accordingly, a patent prosecuted and allowed by art unit 3689 may have a higher value relative to patents issued by more allowance friendly art units.
Similarly, allowed patents that were prosecuted before particularly discerning examiners might have relatively high values. There is a wide variance in patent examining practice, and allowance rates for individual examiners reflect this. While the average allowance rate at the USPTO is about 70%, some examiners have allowance rates lower than 5%. Accordingly, patents that are ultimately allowed by these examiners might be vetted more thoroughly than their counterparts. To the extent that likelihood of validity plays a role in valuing a patent, the allowance rate of the examiner can be indicative of the allowed patent's value. However, practitioners should note that examiners with low allowance rates may have undesirable statistics in other relevant metrics, so the allowance rate of the reviewing examiner for a patent should be weighed in view of other patent prosecution statistics, as discussed below.
Comparing the number of office actions in an allowed patent to patent prosecution statistics can also be effective in determining the value of the patent. Because patent applicants often make amendments to claims when responding to office actions, the number of office actions also correlates to the breadth of issued claims. Additionally, because patent applicants provide remarks in each office action response, increasing the number of received office actions also increases the likelihood of explicit disclaimer of claim scope during prosecution. Each of these factors will generally weigh against the value of an issued patent.
Given that the number of office actions issued for a given patent application generally weighs against the value of that patent, a newly-issued patent can be compared to those in relevant art units. For example, receiving a first action allowance in an art unit where applications typically receive three or more office actions may indicate that the claimed invention is particularly novel. Such a conclusion may be bolstered if the application was evaluated by a particularly difficult examiner. In contrast, receiving a first action allowance from a particularly lenient examiner is less compelling, even though the allowed application did not require any amendments or remarks.
Practitioners can also compare changes to the claims of the allowed patent with those of other patent applications. Amendments to patent applications in different technology spaces can range from concise to verbose depending on what is required to overcome prior art rejections. For example, amendments to applications in the Data Processing class, on average, have lengthier amendments than applications in the Drug, Bio-affecting, and Body Treating Compositions class. An allowed patent whose independent claims stay substantially the same might be worth more than typical patents in an art unit where the average independent claim grows by 100 words or more. As an illustration, the average change in claim length for patents examined in art unit 3689 between publication and disposition hovers around 150 words. Accordingly, a patent that escapes this art unit with little to no amendment may be more valuable relative to those that required substantial change throughout prosecution.
PTAB statistics for a particular examiner or art unit may also be effective during the valuation of a patent. As discussed above, obtaining a granted patent from an examiner with a low allowance rate does not alone indicate that the patent has a high value. This is due in part to the PTAB's ability to reverse examiners on appeal. For example, an examiner may have a low allowance rate (e.g., 25%), but may get reversed by the PTAB 75% of the time. This high reversal rate may indicate the examiner lacks technical understanding within the art unit, is inexperienced, or exhibits stubbornness during patent prosecution. Any of these factors may result in a less valuable patent because the patent may be vulnerable to a validity challenge via an IPR or during district court litigation. In contrast, obtaining a granted patent from an examiner with a low allowance rate and a low reversal rate may be particularly valuable. Because the examiner correctly allows a low percentage of patents, the patent can be said to be more likely to withstand validity challenges.
Further, a low reversal rate may increase a patent evaluator's confidence in other metrics. For example, a low reversal rate may indicate that a particular examiner's average number of office actions is the optimal amount of prosecution necessary to grant a high quality patent. A low reversal rate may also increase confidence in the granted patent's claim breadth because the claims are less likely to be amended due to unnecessary office actions. Conversely, a high reversal rate may indicate the examiner causes unnecessary prosecution that can result in a higher average number of office actions or unnecessarily narrow claim breadth.
Utilizing these PTAB statistics, patent valuation experts can feel confident relying on the other metrics including allowance rate, number of office actions, and amendments to the claims.
Using prosecution data analytic techniques also allows an evaluator to independently analyze the patent's value instead of having to use a comparative approach (e.g., comparable patents' claim scope, litigation history, etc.). While the comparisons contemplated in this article focus on using entire art units or classes to perform this evaluation, more targeted analysis can be performed. For example, patent prosecution statistics are readily applicable to the market approach of patent valuation. In this context, rather than comparing the patent to an art unit as a whole, a patent landscape review can be performed using keywords found in the patent, and each patent prosecution metric can be compared between the patent and others that fall in the patent landscape. Alternatively, the patent can be compared to others within the same portfolio, or with patents that contracting parties consider particularly valuable.
In sum, if used together to paint the whole picture, data analytic techniques remain a reliable means for evaluating patents, even where litigation data is not available for a given patent. In scenarios where a patent has just issued, patent prosecution analytics can indicate the likelihood that the patent is valid, and generally inform the relative value of the patent compared to others in its technology space. And, while each metric may only incrementally further a practitioner's understanding of the patent, patent prosecution data can collectively provide robust insight into the patent's value.
 Federico Munari & Raffaele Oriani, The Economic Valuation of Patents, Methods and Applications 111 (2011).
 See James Cosgrove, The Most Difficult Art Units at the USPTO, Juristat (July 20, 2016), https://blog.juristat.com/2016/7/19/the-most-difficult-art-units-at-the-uspto.
 James Cosgrove, The Most Difficult Examiners at the USPTO (2016), Juristat (July 8, 2016), https://blog.juristat.com/2016/7/8/the-most-difficult-examiners-at-the-uspto.


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Hammerfest (nordsamisch: Hámmerfeastta) ist eine Kommune und Stadt im Norden Norwegens.

Geographie
Hammerfest liegt auf der Insel Kvaløya im Fylke Troms og Finnmark. Hammerfest galt bisweilen als die nördlichste Stadt der Welt, zumindest bis Honningsvåg (circa 2500 Einwohner) 1998 den Status einer Stadt erhielt. Die Bezeichnung "nördlichste Stadt der Welt" ist allerdings mangels einheitlicher Definition des Begriffes "Stadt" strittig. Es gibt alleine in Norwegen weitere Städte oder Siedlungen, die sich noch weiter nördlich befinden, wie neben Honningsvåg auch Longyearbyen auf Spitzbergen mit ebenfalls circa 2000 Einwohnern. Ungeachtet dessen wirbt Hammerfest weiterhin mit dem Slogan "nördlichste Stadt Europas".

Das Gemeindegebiet von Hammerfest erstreckt sich auch über Teile der Inseln Sørøya (nordöstliche Hälfte) und Seiland (nördlicher Teil). Hinzu kommen einige kleinere Inseln wie Melkøya und Håja. Der höchste Berg ist der Seilandstuva (1078 m).

Wappen
Beschreibung: In Rot ein weißer stehender Eisbär, über dem Schild eine dreitürmige goldene Mauerkrone.

Geschichte
Seine Stadtrechte erhielt Hammerfest am 17. Juli 1789. Die Stadt ist nach einem alten Schiffsanlegeplatz benannt. Der erste Teil des Wortes, "hammer", bezieht sich auf die Anlegemöglichkeiten für Boote und Schiffe am "Berghammer"; der zweite steht für das "Festmachen" der Boote. Mit Vardø (1789) ist Hammerfest die älteste Stadt Nordnorwegens.

1807 wurde Nordnorwegen von Schweden beherrscht, weshalb auch Hammerfest in den Vierten Koalitionskrieg hineingezogen und 1809 von britischen Kriegsschiffen angegriffen wurde. Nach einem kurzen Bombardement kapitulierten die Einwohner; die Briten nahmen den Ort ein und plünderten ihn aus. Nach dem Abzug der Eroberer 1810 richteten die Hammerfester eine Verteidigungsschanze (skansen) mit Kanonen ein. Das Bollwerk ist noch heute in der Hafeneinfahrt zu sehen. Bis zur Jahrhundertwende des 19. Jahrhunderts hatte der Ort vor allem als Anlaufhafen für Wal- und Robbenfänger Bedeutung sowie in der Fassherstellung und im Küstenhandel der Pomoren. Für die Expeditionen Fridtjof Nansens war Hammerfest der Starthafen. Die letzten Mannschaftsmitglieder seiner Fram wurden in Hammerfest angeheuert.

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde Hammerfest von der deutschen Kriegsmarine als Versorgungshafen genutzt. Vor dem Kriegsende wurde Hammerfest ebenso wie andere besetzte Hafenstädte im Norden von Norwegen von deutschen Wehrmachtstruppen zwangsevakuiert und dann völlig zerstört, um den heranrückenden sowjetischen Truppen keine funktionierende Infrastruktur zu hinterlassen (Prinzip der verbrannten Erde). Als einziges Gebäude blieb die Grabkapelle erhalten. Die etwa 50.000 Zwangsevakuierten in der ehemaligen Provinz Finnmark wurden größtenteils mit dem Boot nach Tromsø gebracht und von dort aus weiter in den Süden geschickt und bei anderen Menschen untergebracht. Die Exilregierung in Norwegen forderte die Bevölkerung im Radio dazu auf, sich der Evakuierung zu widersetzen, weshalb etwa 25.000 Menschen sich ihr entzogen und stattdessen in Gebirgshöhlen Schutz suchten. Dort mussten sie ohne Hilfe der Alliierten den Winter verbringen, weswegen später die Aufforderung der Exilregierung kritisiert wurde.

Nachdem der Krieg endete, lebten die meisten Bürger zunächst in Baracken. In den 1950er-Jahren wurden die Dörfer und Städte in Nordnorwegen wieder vollständig aufgebaut. Der Wiederaufbau der zum Großteil niedergebrannten Provinz Finnmark wurde zu einer wichtigen gesamtnorwegischen Aufgabe und es wurden hohe Summen für den Aufbau gespendet. So finanzierte etwa Trondheim einen Teil des neuen Rathauses von Hammerfest. Beim Wiederaufbau wurde sehr auf eine moderne Gestaltung der Bebauung geachtet, was auch auf Kosten der samischen und kvenischen Kultur ging. Der Wiederaufbau wurde etwa 1960 abgeschlossen. Die letzte Baracke in Hammerfest stand jedoch bis 1972. Der neue Stadtplan ist dem alten Plan ähnlich. In den 1960er-Jahren entstanden neue Stadtteile.

1992 wurde die Kommune Sørøysund in die Kommune Hammerfest eingegliedert. Nachdem die beiden Kommunen Hammerfest und Kvalsund beschlossen, im Rahmen der norwegischen Kommunalreform zu einer Kommune zusammengeführt zu werden, bestätigte das norwegische Parlament Storting im Juni 2017 diese Entscheidung. Die neue Regelung gilt seit dem 1. Januar 2020.

In der Kommune kam es mehrfach zu spürbaren Bevölkerungsanstiegen. Nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges kamen bis etwa 1980 viele neue Bürger in die neu aufgebaute Gegend. 1992 stieg durch die Eingliederung von Sørøysund die Zahl der Einwohner von 6940 auf 9410. Zu Beginn der 2000er-Jahre entstand ein erneuter Anstieg durch die beginnende Förderung im Gasfeld Snøhvit und die Entdeckung des Ölfeldes Goliat.

Klima
Da die Stadt nördlich des Polarkreises liegt, geht zwischen dem 19. Mai und dem 26. Juli die Sonne nicht unter, im Winter dagegen vom 22. November bis zum 21. Januar nicht auf. Nicht zuletzt wegen der langen Winternächte bekam die Stadt als eine der ersten in Europa 1891 eine elektrische Straßenbeleuchtung.

Das Klima der Stadt ist insgesamt entsprechend der Lage subpolar, jedoch vom Golfstrom deutlich abgemildert. Dies führt dazu, dass es an mehr als 200 Tagen pro Jahr Niederschläge gibt. Im Winter liegen die Temperaturen bei −5 °C oder etwas darunter, das Meer bleibt jedoch eisfrei. Im Sommer steigen die Temperaturen nur zögerlich über 10 °C, der wärmste Monat ist mit Tageshöchstwerten von 13–14 °C der Juli.

Die Sonne scheint an etwa 1400 Stunden pro Jahr, von denen 250 auf den Juni fallen und keine auf den Dezember. Die Temperaturextreme liegen bei −20 °C im Januar und +23 °C im Juli.

Wirtschaft

Wichtigster Produktionszweig ist die Fischerei, früher auch der Walfang. Daneben eröffnet die Hochschule Finnmark in zahlreichen Ausbildungsberufen eine Perspektive für junge Menschen.

Auf der vor Hammerfest gelegenen Insel Melkøya hat das internationale Snøhvit-Konsortium unter der Leitung des Statoil-Norsk-Hydro-Konzerns die größte Erdgasverflüssigungsanlage (LNG) Europas errichtet. Damit werden ca. 350 Arbeitsplätze in Hammerfest geschaffen. Von der Insel Melkøya soll das Erdgas aus dem Feld Snøhvit sowie weiteren Gasfeldern in der Barentssee mit Tankschiffen nach Südeuropa und den USA gelangen. Die Anlage, deren Verfahren und ein Großteil des Engineerings aus Deutschland geliefert wurden, wurde im Herbst 2007 fertiggestellt, war aber aufgrund technischer Schwierigkeiten im Februar 2008 noch nicht im Vollbetrieb. Die Fabrik ist ein Symbol für den Aufbruch der Energie-Industrie in die Arktis.

Zusätzliche Erweiterungen, unter anderem eine Raffinerie, welche das erdölhaltige Goliathfeld anzapft, sind beim norwegischen Statoil-Konzern in Planung.

Verkehr
Im Hafen von Hammerfest legen die Schiffe auf den Hurtigruten an. Die lokale Fähr- und Busgesellschaft FFR bedient mit den Katamaran-Schnellbooten die Siedlungen auf den umliegenden Inseln sowie die angrenzenden Gemeinden per regelmäßiger Busverbindung. Den Flughafen Hammerfest nutzen zwischen 120.000 und 130.000 Passagiere im Jahr (Stand 2019). Er besitzt eine der kürzesten Start- und Landebahnen (880 m), die für den Linienflugbetrieb zugelassen sind. Die Fluggesellschaft Widerøe bedient ihn mehrmals täglich mit De Havilland DHC-8-100-Maschinen. Der Ort ist über die R94 mit der ca. 58 km entfernten E 6 verbunden. Ein Eisenbahnanschluss besteht nicht.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

 Eisbärenclub: Dieser Verein hat über 270.628 Mitglieder (Juni 2019). Jeder Besucher der Ausstellung über die Geschichte der Stadt, das Eismeer und den Walfang kann mit einem einmaligen Beitrag Mitglied werden (Isbjørnklubben). Der Eisbärenclub liegt am Hafen in der Nähe des Hurtigruten-Anlegers.
 Meridianstein in dem Vorort Fuglenes, der an ein großes Vermessungsprojekt (Struve-Bogen) von Schweden, Russland und Norwegen im 19. Jahrhundert erinnert.
 Aussichtspunkt Salen: 80 Meter über der Stadt hat man eine schöne Aussicht auf die Stadt und die Umgebung.
 Das Wiederaufbaumuseum zeigt den Aufbau Hammerfests nach der Zerstörung im Zweiten Weltkrieg durch deutsche Truppen.
 Lutherische Kirche von Hammerfest und die gegenüber liegende Kapelle, das einzige Gebäude, das den Zweiten Weltkrieg überstanden hat.
 Kirche St. Michael, erbaut von deutschen Freiwilligen. Das Mosaik in der Kirche besteht aus ca. 10.000 Teilen.

Städtepartnerschaften
Hammerfest unterhält folgende Städtepartnerschaften:
  – Haparanda
  – Ikast
  – Kola
  – Mokpo
  – Petersburg (Alaska)
  – Tornio
  – Trelleborg
  – Ushuaia

Persönlichkeiten

 Ole Olsen (1850–1927), Komponist
 Sissel Rønbeck (* 1950), Politikerin
 Fred Børre Lundberg (* 1969), Nordischer Kombinierer
 Marianne Sivertsen Næss (* 1974), Politikerin
 Elin Kåven (* 1979), Sängerin
 Marcus Pedersen (* 2000), Fußballspieler

Sonstiges
Im Jahr 2011 wurde der deutsche Spielfilm Gnade, mit Jürgen Vogel und Birgit Minichmayr in den Hauptrollen, an Originalschauplätzen in Hammerfest gedreht.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Struve-Bogen
Ort in Troms og Finnmark

Stadtrechtsverleihung 1789

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A: range() accepts 3 arguments: start, stop and step. You should try
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This should get you 0, 120, 240, 360...1080
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Charlie Appleby claims first Champion Trainer title after remarkable year
News | 6th December 2021
Charlie Appleby will today be crowned Champion Flat Trainer for the first time in his career at the HWPA Derby Awards at the Royal Lancaster in London to cap a memorable year.
Charlie Appleby, 46, a retained trainer for Godolphin based at Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket, has enjoyed a remarkable season with 17 Group/Grade 1 victories worldwide, including five British Group 1s and four QIPCO British Champions Series races.
The Trainers' Championship runs from 1st January – 31st December 2021 and is based on prize money won in that period.
However, with Appleby on £4,888,314 (*as of before racing Monday 6th December) worth of prize money and £570,507 ahead of his nearest challenger Andrew Balding, fellow trainers and title rivals Balding, John/Thady Gosden and William Haggas have conceded the title with less than a month of the Championship remaining.
On winning his first Trainers' Championship, Appleby said: "It's huge for myself and the team at Moulton Paddocks."
"Most importantly, from the get-go back in 2013, we set our stall out on what we'd like to try to achieve and that was getting the success back into Godolphin and getting the big race winners on the board, while also taking on stallions and broodmares to bolster the future."
"We began growing steadily with winners and then the nicer horses started to come into the yard. Thankfully, we've been able to make the most of it."
"The success over the last three to four years has improved year on year after a breakthrough year in 2018 with Masar winning the Derby and Cross Counter winning the Melbourne Cup."
"Going into the start of this season we were confident our three-year-olds had wintered well as two-year-olds, but like everyone in the spring you're trying to get a feeling of what you're dealing with."
"We felt early doors that our Middle Distance horses were coming to the fore and on the evidence of the Trials we were very competitive. We went on to win the Derby, the Irish Derby, the King George and ended up with the St Leger on British soil, so we really did tick all the boxes."
2021 saw standout performances from several of Appleby's stars, including Adayar, who became the first Cazoo Derby winner since Galileo in 2001 to follow up with victory in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes at Ascot, partnered by Adam Kirby and then latterly William Buick.
Appleby added: "I'd have to say the King George win gave us the most satisfaction this year. We were very lucky to win the Derby again, but to repeat history in terms of Adayar going on to win the King George, which hadn't been done in 20 years, that was a very proud moment for the team. A lot of people here at Moulton Paddocks took a lot of pleasure from that."
Appleby also succeeded in landing the world's oldest Classic in 2021 for the first time, the Cazoo St Leger at Doncaster, with Hurricane Lane, who had previously claimed Group 1 prizes in Ireland (Irish Derby) and France (Grand Prix de Paris).
Also pivotal to the Newmarket-based trainer's success was Creative Force's landmark win in the QIPCO British Champion Sprint Stakes on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot, which saw the trainer pull further clear of trainer Andrew Balding and his Kingsclere team in cumulative prize money, with just over two months of the year remaining.
Overall, Appleby has had 113 domestic winners, at a strike rate of 29%, and 196 places in 2021 from 389 runs, with further international top-level success in Canada, France, Ireland and a famous treble at the Breeders' Cup in Del Mar, USA to top off a stellar year for the trainer.
Newmarket-based jockey Buick, retained rider for Appleby and close runner-up in this year's Flat Jockeys' Championship, said, "It's a fantastic achievement for Charlie and very well deserved."
"I feel very privileged to be working so closely with him and the great team at Moulton Paddocks and Godolphin. Charlie's management of his horses and team has been a pleasure to witness and his CV as a young trainer is outstanding. Many congratulations Charlie."
Charlie's wife, Aisling, said: "As a family all five of us are very proud of Charlie and this award. He may have missed a few Pony Club meets and bath times but this makes it all worthwhile!"
Hugh Anderson, Managing Director at Godolphin (UK and Dubai) said: "Everyone at Godolphin is delighted for Charlie and very proud of his success this season."
"It has been a superb year for Godolphin and he has led the charge with his handling of superstars like Adayar, Hurricane Lane and Native Trail as well as his exceptional campaigning across the Atlantic and elsewhere."
"He fully deserves the accolade of Champion Trainer and now joins the greats of the sport. We couldn't be happier for him and his whole team."
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Amazing pics,and totally new for me,thanks really dianab.
that's a great compliment coming from you that know so many pix of & events that Grace attended in her life.
wow in that second pic she looks a bit like a blond Jacky O, gloves the pilbox hat and all.
That was a rather frank interview from a royal back in the day, nice to see.
Yes it is quite open, I love hearing her voice.
whatever "it" is she had it! Granted she was an very beautiful woman - but she still has such style and elegance - she looks elegant in casual clothes! It strikes me that as old as some of the pics are - her clothes do not look outdated - I am guessing that is because she wore clothes that were classic in style and so never really go out of style.
@dianab thanks for posting all the lovely pictures!
When Prince Albert was born, did Princess Grace want his first name to be Gregory?
^This is the first time I had found out Mrs. John Kelly was abusive.
What was the name of the garden club that Princess Grace dedicated?


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Magic Happens at Shakori Hills Fest! Fall fest is October 7-10th
Posted in Donna the Buffalo, Shakori Hills Festival, tagged collaboration, collaborations, concert, Donna the Buffalo, entertainment, fest, festival, Grassroots, GrassRoots festival, Homegrown Music Network, Jeb Puryear, John Paul Jones, Magic, Music, north carolina, October, Paul Kerr, Shakori, Shakori Hills, Sunday night set, Tara Nevins, traditional music, Uncle Earl, Video on September 24, 2010| 1 Comment »
Super pumped about Shakori Hills Fest being right around the corner! It's October 7-10th in Silk Hope North Carolina.
You never know what will happen at Shakori as the magic sets in… I've seen plenty of rainbows & blue skies (as well as a few muddy dancing rainstorms…) I've seen one of the longest shooting stars ever that lasted at least a minute and flew over the mainstage as Donna the Buffalo was playing on one of the famous Sunday night sets… and I've seen some of the best musical collaborations EVER on stage! Everything goes and the festival is always amazing!
On the lineup for this fall are Donna the Buffalo, Preston Frank, Toubab Krewe, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Snake Oil Medicine Show,Woody Pines, Amelia's Mechanics, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Lizzy Ross Band, Mandolin Orange and lots more! See the complete lineup here: http://www.shakorihills.org/performers/
At every Shakori, the last set on Sunday night is always one that everyone looks forward to as host band Donna the Buffalo brings out many guests from other bands that have played all weekend. Last spring one of the biggest hits was when John Paul Jones had randomly appeared at Shakori because his overseas flight to England was delayed from the volcanic ashes that were in the air from the eruption in Iceland. He sat in with Donna the Buffalo and played several songs on bass, keys, and mandolin. Here is a great video of one of them:
Check out this very in depth and personal interview that Paul Kerr from Homegrown Music Network did with DtB's Tara Nevins on the DtB bus at the festival just before that Sunday night set. At the point of the interview, Tara did not know that John Paul Jones was there again and ready to play:
HGMN: How did [Led Zeppelin bassist] John Paul Jones end up coming to Shakori Hills?
Nevins: He really likes traditional music. He always did, and he plays the mandolin. He produced that all-girl old-time band Uncle Earl. He produced one of their records, and I play triangle on it actually. I got to work with him in the studio. He was at MerleFest a few times and was just checking everything out. Because I had played triangle and was in the studio and had met him and worked with him, I think I might have said, "Hey we're doing a dance in the dance tent later, why don't you come by and sit in?" And everyone wanted him to sit in, you know? But he actually showed up and my drummer almost fell off his stool.
She told me later that when she left the bus to get on stage Jeb said, "Hey, Tara, John Paul Jones is here and wants to sit in". She said something like, "yeah right Jeb" and then he said, "No, really, turn around" and she did and there he was. Funny because she was just telling a story about him at the interview a few minutes before and had no clue about his delayed flight or that he was even at the festival at all… Well.. That's just some of the magic that happens at Shakori Hills!
Archive: David Gans interview with Yes! Weekly
Posted in David Gans, tagged Author, band, Beatles, Bobby Miller, Dave McCracken, David Gans, Dead, Deadhead, Dj, GDH, grateful dead hour, guitarist, Jay Sanders, looping, Mike Rhodes, music journalist, musician, north carolina, Playing In the Band, Shakori on April 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
David Gans is starting off this weekend with a his run of Shows in North Carolina. He starts off at the Shakori Hills Festival in Silk Hope. Then he heads over to Asheville, Greensboro, Boone, and one secret surprise show that has not yet been announced. Check out this article from a recent interview with Ryan Snyder from Yes! Weekly in Greensboro:
'Dead Hour' DJ and guitarist gets a little help from friends for NC shows
By Ryan Snyder
Yes! Weekly
Songwriter, DJ and Deadhead David Gans trips out east for a run of fullband shows (photo by Bob Minkin).
It's been a long, strange trip for David Gans. The quirky, inventive guitarist and songwriter has affixed innumerable other designations to his name over his 40-year career, all in the course of just trying to write a few songs and play a few shows. Among them are writer and author — Gans was a music journalist who wrote for several San Francisco publications in the '70s and has published books on the Grateful Dead and the Talking Heads. But Deadheads who like their doses — the musical kind mind you — straight from the heart know Gans as the founder and still-host of the long-running and widely syndicated "Grateful Dead Radio Hour." Gans has been in the booth for over 1000 broadcasts and as of a recent YES! Weekly interview, was working on episode no. 1127, but his journey into the booth doesn't quite play out like one might expect.
Gans saw his first Dead show in 1972 at the behest of his then roommate and songwriting partner and it was only a few months later, he said, that he started to get a handle on what the band was doing.
"I grew up on the Beatles and was a big fan of early '70s singer/ songwriters, the acoustic pop/folk/rock back then. The Dead expanded my horizons, so I began to get more into playing guitar and improvising," Gans said. "It also just made me realize that songwriting could be literature. You could write stuff with depth to that that took a little more work to engage it than the pop stuff that just kind of tells you everything it knows in the first couple of listens."
A few years later, while promoting his book Playing In the Band in 1985, Gans went onto a local radio show to produce a series of documentaries for the station and eventually began contributing regularly. They eventually asked him to take over the show and after other stations expressed interest in carrying it, it led to the "Grateful Dead Hour"'s eventual syndication.
"Without ever making a plan to do so, I sort of wandered into this thing of being the producer and host and still am 25 years later," Gans said. "I never lost interest making my own music or all the other music out there in the world, but it became a pretty fun way to make a living."
Though he insists that he never became a full-blown Deadhead, the band's influence is felt all throughout Gans' own music, from his ragged, witty Americana lyrical repertoire to his brazenly adventurous solo stage act to the Dead covers he weaves into it with regularity. Gans has become both known and celebrated for his live looping techniques, playing the role of his own rhythmic accompaniment, but for an upcoming trek to the Southeast for a string of shows, Gans will be meeting up with a few friends from North Carolina for a somewhat rare run of full-band shows on the East Coast.
Among them are Donna the Buffalo keyboardist and Greensboro resident Dave McCracken, Donna the Buffalo and Acoustic Syndicate bassist Jay Sanders, Virginia Daredevils mandolin player Bobby Miller, Biscuit Burners steel player Bill Cardine and Blue Rags drummer Mike Rhodes, who Gans has never performed alongside. With such a talented cast behind him, Gans will be setting his loop station aside for this occasion for obvious reasons, though he will be teaching a looping clinic this Saturday afternoon at the Shakori Hills Festival. [Gans and Friends performs on Wednesday, April 28th at the Blind Tiger]
"When you're playing with a looping device, it's like playing with a musician who's a real dick. It can't hear you and it can't adjust," Gans emphasized." When you're playing with a human, nothing's perfect of course, but everybody listens to each other and the feel for what you're doing sort of adjusts. It's also just much more fun when you're playing live to have others with you."
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.yesweekly.com/article-9235-dead-hour-dj-and-guitarist-gets-a-little-help-from-friends-for-nc-shows.html


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Ланаделумаб (, відомий під торговою назвою Тахізіро — гуманізоване моноклональне антитіло (класу IgG1 каппа) проти калікреїнів плазми крові, та застосовується для попередження загострення хвороби у хворих із спадковим набряком Квінке. Ланаделумаб схвалений у США як перше з моноклональних антитіл, що застосовується для попередження загострень хвороби у хворих із спадковим набряком Квінке. Препарат є також першим лікарським засобом для лікування спадкового ангіоневротичного набряку, створений цитологічними методами в лабораторії, а не з людської плазми. 23 серпня 2018 року Управління з контролю за продуктами і ліками США схвалило використання ланаделумабу для хворих старших 12 років зі спадковим набряком Квінке I або II типу. Препарат застосовується підшкірно 1 раз на 2 тижні в дозі 300 мг (у частини хворих можна розглянути введення препарату 1 раз на 4 тижні).

У І фазі клінічних досліджень ланаделумаб добре переносився і, за повідомленням про результати дослідження, зменшував розщеплення кініногену в плазмі хворих зі спадковим набряком Квінке, та зменшував кількість хворих, у яких спостерігалися загострення ангіоневротичного набряку. Схвалення ланаделумаба в США засноване на даних Ib фази багатоцентрового, подвійного сліпого, плацебо-контрольованого, кількаразового дослідження. За результатами цього дослідження FDA надало ланаделумабу статус пріорітетного препарату, інноваційного препарату, та орфанного препарату. Клінічне дослідження ІІІ фази HELP оцінювало ефективність та безпечність ланаделумабу. Ланаделумаб розроблений компанією «Dyax Corp», пізніше права на виробництво та маркетинг препарату передані компанії «Shire».

Найчастішими побічними ефектами препарату є реакції у місці ін'єкції, у тому числі синці у місці ін'єкції, інфекції верхніх дихальних шляхів, головний біль, шкірний висип, міалгія, запаморочення та діарея.

Медичне застосування
У США ланаделумаб застосовується у хворих старших 12 років для профілактики загострень спадковим набряком Квінке. Немає даних щодо ефективності або безпеки ланаделумабу у хворих віком до 12 років. Не проводились дослідження ланаделумабу щодо його безпечності у вагітних або годуючих жінок.

Побічна дія
Протягом рандомізованого контрольованого клінічного дослідження ІІІ фази, яке вивчало ефективність та безпечність ланаделумабу для запобігання загострень спадкового ангіоневротичного набряку, найбільш поширеними побічними ефектами, які спостерігались у хворих, які лікувалися препаратом, були біль у місці ін'єкції (у 42,9 % хворих), вірусна інфекція верхніх дихальних шляхів (у 23,8 % хворих), головний біль (у 20,2 % хворих), еритема в місці ін'єкції (у 95 % хворих), синці в місці ін'єкції (у 7,1 % хворих), запаморочення (у 6,0 % хворих).

Механізм дії
Механізм дії ланаделумабу полягає у зв'язуванні з ферментом плазми крові калікреїном, що призводить до пригнічення його активності. Калікреїн є протеазою, яка розщеплює кініноген, з якого згодом утворююється потужний вазодилататор брадикінін. Хворі зі спадковим набряком Квінке мають дефіцит або зниження активності інгібітора С1, який є ферментом, що регулює активність калікреїн-кінінового каскаду. Зниження активності інгібітора С1 призводить до підвищення рівня калікреїну та подальшого протеолізу кініногену. Протеоліз кініногену призводить до збільшення виробництва брадикініну та кініногену у хворого. Підвищення рівня брадикініну спричинює вазодилатацію, підвищення проникності судин, а також загострення ангіоневротичного набряку та появу болю, спричиненого загостренням спадкового ангіоневротичного набряку.

Дослідження ефективності
У клінічне дослідження ІІІ фази, яке отримало назву «Effect of Lanadelumab», препарат порівнювався з плацебо щодо ефективності запобігання загострення спадкового набряку Квінке, це дослідження також відоме під назворю HELP. Метою рандомізованого контрольованого дослідження було вивчити ефективність ланаделумабу щодо запобігання загострень спадкового ангіоневротичного набряку.

У рандомізованому подвійному сліпому плацебо-контрольованому дослідженні з паралельними групами досліджували 125 хворих протягом 26 тижнів. Хворі були рандомізовані щодо лікування ланаделумабом або отриманні плацебо у співвідношенні 1:2. Особи, які отримували ланаделумаб, були далі рандомізовані у співвідношенні 1:1:1 щодо отримання дози 150 мг кожні 4 тижні, 300 мг кожні 4 тижні або 300 мг кожні 2 тижні. Хворі, які отримували препарат, мали статистично значуще зниження частоти загострень спадкового ангіоневротичного набряку за місяць. Хворі, які приймали ланаделумаб кожні 2 тижні, мали на 83 % менше помірних та важких загострень. Результати дослідження показали, що всі 3 схеми дозування ланаделумабу були більш ефективними, ніж плацебо.

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Empyema and pyogenic spondylitis caused by direct Streptococcus gordonii infection after a compression fracture: a case report
Daisuke Nakamura ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-29021,
Ryoichi Kondo1,
Akiko Makiuchi1 &
Kenichi Isobe2
Empyema and pyogenic spondylitis are common diseases that are often caused by oral pathogens in direct or hematogenous infection. However, there exists no report describing empyema and pyogenic spondylitis caused by oral pathogens after a compression fracture of the vertebral body. Herein, we report a case of empyema and pyogenic spondylitis caused by direct Streptococcus gordonii infection after a compression fracture of the vertebral body.
A 74-year-old man had back pain while working. At 1 week after experiencing back pain, he underwent periodontal debridement. At 3 weeks after periodontal debridement, he visited our hospital owing to the absence of improvement in back pain. He was admitted on the same day with a diagnosis of compression fracture of the 12th thoracic vertebral body. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a compression fracture of the 12th thoracic vertebral body and a hematoma anterior to the vertebral body. Computed tomography (CT) showed no findings suggestive of infection. After admission, antibiotic therapy was initiated, as the patient developed fever and his blood cultures grew S. gordonii. CT performed after antibiotic therapy revealed a right-sided pleural effusion, and drainage was performed. As the inflammation did not improve after thoracic drainage for empyema, surgical debridement through video-assisted thoracic surgery was performed. Intraoperative pleural effusion cultures also grew S. gordonii. Postoperative MRI showed low T1-weighted signals and high T2-weighted signals in the 12th thoracic vertebral body, and the signals spread to the upper and lower intervertebral disk space; hence, a diagnosis of empyema and pyogenic spondylitis due to direct infection spread was established. Intravenous antibiotic therapy was continued for 6 weeks and then was switched to oral antibiotic treatment. His C-reactive protein level and erythrocyte sedimentation rate gradually decreased and remained within normal limits. Neither empyema nor pyogenic spondylitis had recurred at 12 months after surgery.
Compression fracture with dental procedures possibly results in the thoracic cavity and spinal infection caused by oral pathogens. We emphasize the importance of early imaging examinations, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment for patients with compression fractures who develop a fever.
Empyema and pyogenic spondylitis are common diseases, and their early diagnosis and appropriate treatment can shorten hospital stay and reduce mortality. Both empyema and pyogenic spondylitis are often caused by oral pathogens in direct or hematogenous infection. However, there exists no report describing empyema and pyogenic spondylitis caused by oral pathogens after a compression fracture of the vertebral body. Herein, we report a case of empyema and pyogenic spondylitis caused by direct Streptococcus gordonii infection after a compression fracture of the vertebral body.
A 74-year-old man had back pain while working. At 1 week after experiencing back pain, he underwent periodontal debridement. He did not take antibiotics despite their prescription and developed a fever after debridement. At 3 weeks after periodontal debridement, he visited our hospital because back pain had not improved. He was admitted on the same day in the Department of Orthopedics with a diagnosis of compression fracture of the 12th thoracic vertebral body. He had never smoked and had no history of diabetes mellitus or steroid therapy. Physical examination revealed a temperature of 38.5 °C and severe lumbar back pain. His laboratory test results indicated a peripheral white blood cell (WBC) count of 8760/μL, an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of 75 mm/h, and a C-reactive protein (CRP) level of 9.9 mg/dL. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a compression fracture of the 12th thoracic vertebral body and a hematoma anterior to the vertebral body (Fig. 1). Chest and abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed no findings suggestive of infection and hematoma anterior to the vertebral body. Orthopedic surgeons initially managed the compression fracture using a corset. Furthermore, we performed a percutaneous biopsy of the vertebral body at 15 days after admission because the patient's fever did not resolve. Cytological findings revealed no malignancy, and biopsy cultures were negative. During follow-up observation without antibiotic therapy, blood culture was performed at 20 days after admission because his inflammation worsened (peripheral WBC count, 9490/μL; CRP level, 22.4 mg/dL). Two blood cultures grew S. gordonii susceptible to cefaclor (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC], 0.5), cefotaxime (MIC, 0.12), erythromycin (MIC, 0.12), meropenem (MIC, 0.12), clindamycin (MIC, 0.25), and vancomycin (MIC, 1). Cardiac ultrasonography showed no infective endocarditis. Immediately after the detection of S. gordonii in blood cultures, we initiated empirical antibiotic therapy with intravenous (IV) meropenem (1.5 g/day) at 26 days after admission. As the patient verbalized an increase in back pain, CT was performed at 5 days after initial antibiotic therapy, which showed right-sided pleural effusion encapsulated in the right thoracic cavity (Fig. 2a, b). Thoracic surgeons were consulted about pleural effusion, and we placed a 20-Fr thoracic drain at the dorsal side of the right thoracic cavity from the right fifth intercostal space. We established a diagnosis of empyema because the effluent from the drain was purulent and the pleural effusion culture yielded S. gordonii. The inflammation did not improve (peripheral WBC count, 12,320/μL; CRP level, 20.0 mg/dL), and pleural effusion encapsulated in the thoracic cavity was still observed on chest CT at 4 days after drainage; hence, we performed surgical debridement through video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). The lungs had extensively adhered to the chest wall. When we peeled the adhesion, a large amount of purulent pleural effusion was observed in the space anterior to the vertebral body and was drained as much as possible. Adhesion was severe at the dorsal side of the thoracic cavity, particularly at the anterior aspect of the vertebral body. No evidence of apparent vertebral body fracture or damage to the parietal pleura was observed during surgery. After drainage, one drain was placed in the space anterior to the vertebral body and another drain in the lung apex, and the operation was completed. Intraoperative pleural effusion cultures also yielded S. gordonii. A drainage tube was displaced at 4 days after surgery. Because of the patient's mild but persistent back pain, MRI was performed at 10 days after surgery to evaluate the compression fracture. MRI showed low T1-weighted signals and high T2-weighted signals in the 12th thoracic vertebral body, and the signals spread to the upper and lower intervertebral disk space (Fig. 3a, b). We diagnosed bacteremia and an infected hematoma resulting from periodontal debridement after a compression fracture; the infected site directly spread and caused empyema and pyogenic spondylitis. The patient postoperatively received IV antibiotic therapy with meropenem (1.5 g/day) and clindamycin (1200 mg/day) for 2 weeks and with ceftriaxone (3.0 g/day) and clindamycin (1200 mg/day) for another 4 weeks. A dentist was consulted for dental caries assessment after surgery and provided continuous treatment for dental caries during hospitalization. Follow-up CT after treatment revealed resolution of pleural effusion, and the patient's back pain gradually decreased after surgery. After discharge, oral treatment with clindamycin (600 mg/day) and minocycline (200 mg/day) was maintained for 5 weeks. Because of a taste disorder and reduced renal function due to minocycline, the oral treatment was changed from clindamycin and minocycline to cefcapene (300 mg/day). Treatment with cefcapene was continued for 9 weeks and completed. CRP level and ESR gradually decreased and remained within normal limits. Neither empyema nor pyogenic spondylitis had recurred at 12 months after surgery.
Lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on admission. MRI revealed a compression fracture of the 12th thoracic vertebral body and hematoma anterior to the vertebral body (white arrowheads)
Preoperative enhanced chest computed tomography (CT). Enhanced chest CT revealed a right-sided encapsulated pleural effusion (white arrowheads) and hematoma anterior to the compression fracture of the vertebral body (yellow arrowheads). a Axial view. b Sagittal view
Postoperative lumbar MRI. a, b MRI revealed low T1-weighted signals and high T2-weighted signals in the 12th thoracic vertebral body, and the signals spread to the upper and lower intervertebral disk space (white arrowheads)
We reported a case of empyema and pyogenic spondylitis caused by direct S. gordonii infection after a compression fracture of the vertebral body. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing empyema and pyogenic spondylitis due to oral pathogen infection after a compression fracture.
Empyema is a common disease resulting from pneumonia, postoperative complications, and trauma, particularly in elderly individuals, diabetic patients, and immunocompromised patients. Early diagnosis and complete drainage through VATS can shorten the hospital stay and reduce mortality. Empyema is relatively frequently caused by oral pathogens; however, empyema caused by S. gordonii is extremely rare, with only one case being reported in the literature [1]. S. gordonii is a Gram-positive, non-motile, coccus belonging to the viridians streptococcal group [2]. Generally present in the mouth and upper airway, this facultative anaerobe is capable of spreading to extraoral sites and causing infective endocarditis, septic arthritis, and toxic shock-like syndrome [3, 4]. Furthermore, some reports have described empyema caused by periodontal disease [5]. A route for dental infection to spread to the mediastinum and thoracic cavity via the neck and a route for bacteria to reach the thoracic cavity via blood are possible.
Pyogenic spondylitis is also usually due to hematogenous infection via the arterial and venous routes and direct infection spread. Essential elements for the successful treatment of pyogenic spondylitis include fixation of the affected section of the spinal column and antibiotic therapy. Pyogenic spondylitis after a compression fracture of the vertebral body is rare, with only 14 cases reported in the literature [6]. Further, there is no report on empyema after a compression fracture of the vertebral body. In order for pyogenic spondylitis to develop after a compression fracture, the coexistence of both fracture and bacteremia is required. Some areas of blood stagnation have been observed with vertebral fracture under these conditions. Once blood stagnation occurs, bacterial inoculation could arise through the end-arterial arcades, resulting in pyogenic spondylitis [7]. Circulation to the endplates of the collapsed vertebral bodies is impaired by the bone fragments, and the same site becomes easily infected with further formation of hematoma [8].
Temporary bacteremia often develops after tooth extraction or periodontal debridement at a rate of 60–80%, as confirmed by blood cultures performed immediately after dental treatment [9]. Oral bacteria have been well reported to hematogenously spread after dental procedures, leading to spinal infection [10]. In our case, the patient underwent periodontal debridement after a compression fracture of the vertebral body. Similar to the mechanism of pyogenic spondylitis formation, the compression fracture resulted in an easily infected site. In addition, periodontal debridement led to bacteremia and infected hematoma. It is thought that this infected lesion directly spreads into the thoracic cavity and vertebral body, resulting in empyema and pyogenic spondylitis (Fig. 4). Because the vertebral body may show high T2-weighted signals on MRI even in the case of a typical compression fracture and the upper and lower intervertebral discs of the vertebral bodies with compression fracture were not examined for damage using lumbar MRI on admission, we initially did not consider infection. In addition to compression fractures, hematologic diseases such as malignant lymphoma and myeloma were considered as causes of fever and CRP level elevation. Various blood tests and biopsy for differential diagnosis were performed after hospitalization; nonetheless, no significant blood test or cytological findings were observed. Even if it was an infectious disease, the target bacteria were unknown in biopsy cultures; hence, follow-up observation was continued without antibiotic therapy. Consequently, the non-provision of antibiotic therapy despite persistent fever during hospitalization was one of the reasons for the spread of infection; hence, antibiotic therapy should be initiated as soon as possible. We diagnosed empyema and pyogenic spondylitis, performed surgical debridement through VATS, and provided antibiotic therapy as soon as possible. With these treatments, inflammation could be reduced, and a good course was achieved.
Schema shows the mechanism by which infected hematoma caused empyema and pyogenic spondylitis
In conclusion, the lack of typical imaging findings led to a delay in diagnosis. Compression fracture with dental procedures possibly results in the thoracic cavity and spinal infection caused by oral pathogens. We emphasize the importance of early imaging examinations, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment for cases in which patients with compression fracture develop a fever.
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We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.jp) for English language editing.
None of the authors have any funding to disclose.
The authors declare that all the data in this article are available within the article.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Matsumoto Medical Center, 2-20-30 Murai-Machi-Minami, Matsumoto, 399-0021, Japan
Daisuke Nakamura, Ryoichi Kondo & Akiko Makiuchi
Department of Orthopedics, National Hospital Organization Matsumoto Medical Center, 2-20-30 Murai-Machi-Minami, Matsumoto, 399-0021, Japan
Kenichi Isobe
Daisuke Nakamura
Ryoichi Kondo
Akiko Makiuchi
DN drafted the manuscript. RK and DN performed the operation. DN, RK, AM, and KI managed the perioperative course. RK revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Daisuke Nakamura.
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images.
Nakamura, D., Kondo, R., Makiuchi, A. et al. Empyema and pyogenic spondylitis caused by direct Streptococcus gordonii infection after a compression fracture: a case report. surg case rep 5, 52 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-019-0613-x
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Egmont von Hosstrup (Hamburgo, 1 de outubro de 1813 - 1876) foi um editor alemão, diretor de teatro e chefe do Hamburger Börsenhalle.

Era filho de Gerhard von Hosstrup (1771-1851) e Sophie Henriette Elisabeth (Betty) Seyler (1789-1837), neta de Abel Seyler, e estudou direito em Göttingen e Heidelberg, com diploma de doutor em Direito em Heidelberg, na Alemanha. 1836. Em 1845, casou-se com Luise Auguste Thesdorp, filha do advogado de Hamburgo no tribunal supremo (Obergerichtsadvokat) A. Stulmann. Após a morte de seu pai, ele se tornou diretor do Hamburger Börsenhalle. Foi o editor de Liste der Börsenhalle e Literarische und Kritische Blätter der Börsenhalle.

Era primo de Johann Ernst Pinckernelle, fundador da empresa de corretagem de navios G. & J. E. Pinckernelle, em Hamburgo.

Editores da Alemanha


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Osvaldo Langini (* 5. März 1922 in Varese; † 18. Juni 2016) war ein italienischer Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor.

Leben
Langini schloss ein Studium in Rechtswissenschaften ab und war Schüler des Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Lange Jahre war er in verschiedenen europäischen Staaten als Regieassistent aktiv. In seinem Heimatland inszenierte er zwei Filme nach eigenem Drehbuch selbst; seinem Debüt Il richiamo del ghiacciaio von 1952 folgte vier Jahre später der Kriegsfilm Ciao pais….

Daneben veröffentlichte Langini mehrere Bücher über Flüsse und die Alpen.

Filmografie
 1952: Il richiamo del ghiacciaio
 1956: Ciao pais…

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)
 1962: Garda, in: L'Universo Bd. 42. Istituto geografico militare.
 1977: Valsesia - la verde valle del Monte Rosa. IGDA Novara.
 1982: Rhone: la vie d'un grand fleuve. Editions Troislangues.

Weblinks

 Langini bei mymovies (italienisch)

Einzelnachweise

Filmregisseur
Drehbuchautor
Italiener
Geboren 1922
Gestorben 2016
Mann