Carl gustav jung, quantum physics and the spiritual mind: a mystical vision of the twenty-first century.

We describe similarities in the ontology of quantum physics and of Carl Gustav Jung's psychology. In spite of the fact that physics and psychology are usually considered as unrelated, in the last century, both of these disciplines have led at the same time to revolutionary changes in the Western understanding of the cosmic order, discovering a non-empirical realm of the universe that doesn't consist of material things but of forms. These forms are real, even though they are invisible, because they have the potential to appear in the empirical world and act in it. We present arguments that force us to believe, that the empirical world is an emanation out of a cosmic realm of potentiality, whose forms can appear as physical structures in the external world and as archetypal concepts in our mind. Accordingly, the evolution of life now appears no longer as a process of the adaptation of species to their environment, but as the adaptation of minds to increasingly complex forms that exist in the cosmic potentiality. The cosmic connection means that the human mind is a mystical mind.

Status of bariatric surgery in Germany--results of the nationwide survey on bariatric surgery 2005-2007.

BACKGROUND: Most studies on bariatric surgery outcomes are performed as clinical trials or reflect the clinical experience in single centers. The status of bariatric surgery in Germany has been examined with the cooperation of clinics and hospitals at the Institute of Quality Assurance in Surgery at the Ottovon-Guericke University of Magdeburg (Germany) since January 1, 2005. METHODS: In this prospective multicenter observational study, the data obtained for all primary bariatric procedures, including all repeated operations, performed on consecutive patients with morbid obesity at participating hospitals from 2005 to 2007 were prospectively collected using an internet online data registry. Perioperative characteristics such as the spectrum of diagnostic measurements, type of surgical procedures, and short- and long-term outcomes were investigated. RESULTS: During the study period 3,123 surgical procedures were performed. In 2005 and 2006, gastric banding (GB) was the operation performed most frequently, followed by the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP). In 2007, a RYGBP was carried out in 42.1% of all bariatric procedures. Among all patients, 74.4% were female. The mean BMI ranged from 48.5 kg/m2 in 2005 to 48.0 kg/m2 in 2007. Follow-up data after 12 months were available for 63.8% of the patients operated in 2005 and 2006. The mortality was 0.1% (30 days) and 0.16% (overall). CONCLUSION: As indicated by the worldwide trend, there is an ongoing change from GB to sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and malabsorptive procedures. The BMI of German bariatric surgical patients is substantially higher than that of patients from most other countries. There were no differences in overall outcomes during follow-up as compared to published studies.

Construction and test of a moving boundary model for negative streamer discharges.

Starting from the minimal model for the electrically interacting densities of electrons and ions in negative streamer discharges, we derive a moving boundary approximation for the ionization fronts. Solutions of the moving boundary model have already been discussed, but the derivation of the model was postponed to the present paper. The key ingredient of the model is the boundary condition on the moving front. It is found to be of kinetic undercooling type, and the relation to other moving boundary models is discussed. Furthermore, the model is compared to two-dimensional simulations of the underlying density model. The results suggest that our moving boundary approximation adequately represents the essential dynamics of negative streamer fronts.

Regularization of moving boundaries in a laplacian field by a mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition: exact results.

The dynamics of ionization fronts that generate a conducting body are in the simplest approximation equivalent to viscous fingering without regularization. Going beyond this approximation, we suggest that ionization fronts can be modeled by a mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition. We derive exact uniformly propagating solutions of this problem in 2D and construct a single partial differential equation governing small perturbations of these solutions. For some parameter value, this equation can be solved analytically, which shows rigorously that the uniformly propagating solution is linearly convectively stable and that the asymptotic relaxation is universal and exponential in time.

Solids modeled by ab initio crystal field methods, part 22: the Fock matrix transformed supermolecule model and the structure determination of D-erythronic acid-3,4-carbonate.

To eliminate the cutoff effects in the supermolecule model (SM), the Fock matrix transformed supermolecule model (FTSM) is developed. In this model a cyclization of the cluster is performed by means of transformations of elements of the Fock matrix, thereby restoring the translational symmetry. Besides this fundamental enhancement, significant CPU time savings are realized because, in this new procedure, not all Fock matrix elements need to be calculated. The method is applied in a study of the structure of D-erythronic acid-3,4-carbonate in the crystal phase, where the new model is compared to the supermolecule model as well as the XRD experiment. The results are found to be in good agreement with experimental data.

Coherent scattering function in the reptation model: analysis beyond asymptotic limits.

We calculate the coherent dynamical scattering function S(c)(q,t;N) of a flexible chain of length N, diffusing through an ordered background of topological obstacles. As an instructive generalization, we also calculate the scattering function S(c)(q,t;M,N) for the central piece of length M infinity, M fixed. The results do not support the model of a "Rouse chain in a tube." We trace this back to the nonequilibrium initial conditions of the latter model. Second, in the limit of long chains (M=N--> infinity ) and times large compared to the internal relaxation time (t/N(2)--> infinity ), our theory reproduces the results of the primitive chain model. This limiting form applies only to extremely long chains, and for chain lengths accessible in practice, effects of, e.g., tube length fluctuations are not negligible.