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In the paper methods and devices for measurement and evaluation of grasping in the rehabilitation environment are proposed. Investigation of grasping was divided into three phases: reaching to grasp an object, exerting force on the object, and changing the orientation of the grasped object. The original methods are computer-based and provide quantitative evaluation of grasping. Reference pattern of grasping was

Rectal cancer is a common malignant disease. Its incidence has been rapidly increasing dur­ing the last decades. With improved preoperative diagnostic procedures and histopathological evaluation, rectal cancers can be divided into several groups according to various treatment options. Well differentiated (G1/G2) small cancers without lymph node involvement (T1, N0) can be cured with local full wall excision. G3/G4 tumors require

Hereditary elliptocytosis is a clinically, biochemically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders of red blood cells. It is characterised by the presence of elongated, oval or elliptically shaped erythrocytes on the peripheral blood smear. The elliptocytic pheno­type has been shown to result from various defects of proteins that constitute membrane skeletal network. This network and molecules that bind it

The incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer is rising and primary prevention, including the use of sunscreens, has been proven inadequate. Skin cancer strongly correlates with chron­ic sun exposure. Here we first describe the effects of ultraviolet light on skin: ultraviolet B light can initiate skin tumor development through direct DNA damage and mutation in tumor suppressor and prooncogenes whereas ultraviolet

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women in Slovenia. Male breast cancer, how­ever, is a rare disease comprising less than 1% of breast cancer patients in Slovenia. The causes for some of inherited cases are mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. BRCA2 gene muta­tion carriers have an increased risk of breast cancer. It is estimated that 15%

Cardiac arrest is the most common cause of sudden natural death. Ischemia during cardiac arrest and reperfusion damage after resuscitation are often the source of permanent neurological impairment in survivors. Induced hypothermia opened the possibility of effective causal prevention of neurological damage. Induced hypothermia has been used as a standard treat­ment at the Center for Intesive Internal Medicine (CIIM) since