TY - JOUR A1 - Laubrock, Jochen A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold A1 - Rolfs, Martin A1 - Engbert, Ralf T1 - When do microsaccades follow spatial attention? N2 - Following up on an exchange about the relation between microsaccades and spatial attention (Horowitz, Fencsik, Fine, Yurgenson, & Wolfe, 2007; Horowitz, Fine, Fencsik, Yurgenson, & Wolfe, 2007; Laubrock, Engbert, Rolfs, & Kliegl, 2007), we examine the effects of selection criteria and response modality. We show that for Posner cuing with saccadic responses, microsaccades go with attention in at least 75% of cases (almost 90% if probability matching is assumed) when they are first (or only) microsaccades in the cue target interval and when they occur between 200 and 400 msec after the cue. The relation between spatial attention and the direction of microsaccades drops to chance level for unselected microsaccades collected during manual-response conditions. Analyses of data from four cross-modal cuing experiments demonstrate an above-chance, intermediate link for visual cues, but no systematic relation for auditory cues. Thus, the link between spatial attention and direction of microsaccades depends on the experimental condition and time of occurrence, but it can be very strong. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://app.psychonomic-journals.org/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.3758/APP.72.3.683 SN - 1943-3921 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brandt-Kobele, Oda-Christina A1 - Höhle, Barbara T1 - What asymmetries within comprehension reveal about asymmetries between comprehension and production : the case of verb inflection in language acquisition N2 - Two recent studies (Johnson et al., 2005; Perez-Leroux, 2006) found that English- and Spanish-learning children do not show the ability to use verb inflection as a cue to subject number before the age of 5 to 6 years. These findings suggest an asymmetric development as verb inflections are usually correctly produced before this age. In the present study we investigated whether German 3- to 4-year-olds take advantage of the information provided by the verb inflection in sentence comprehension. In a first study, children's looking behavior at two pictures was measured after presentation of a sentence in which the subject number was coded only by the verb inflection. The results from this study suggest that children's looks reflect correct interpretation of the sentences and thus show their ability to make use of verb inflection. In a second experiment, preferential looking was combined with an additional task in which the children had to point to the matching picture. in this case children did not perform above chance level. Our results underline the relevance that specific task demands have on the performance of children in comprehension testing. These have to be accounted for when interpreting findings on production and comprehension asymmetries in language acquisition. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00243841 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2010.02.008 SN - 0024-3841 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Glatzel, Stefan A1 - Badi, Nezha A1 - Paech, Michael A1 - Laschewsky, André A1 - Lutz, Jean-Francois T1 - Well-defined synthetic polymers with a protein-like gelation behavior in water N2 - Homopolymers of N-acryloyl glycinamide were prepared by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization in water. The formed macromolecules exhibit strong polymer-polymer interactions in aqueous milieu and therefore form thermoreversible physical hydrogels in pure water, physiological buffer or cell medium. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://xlink.rsc.org/jumptojournal.cfm?journal_code=CC U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/C0cc00038h SN - 1359-7345 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Appelhagen, Ingo A1 - Huep, Gunnar A1 - Lu, Gui-Hua A1 - Strompen, Georg A1 - Weisshaar, Bernd A1 - Sagasser, Martin T1 - Weird fingers : functional analysis of WIP domain proteins N2 - WIP proteins form a plant specific subfamily of C2H2 zinc finger (ZF) proteins. In this study, we functionally characterized the WIP domain, which consists of four ZF motifs, and discuss molecular functions for WIP proteins. Mutations in each of the ZFs lead to loss of function of the TT1/WIP1 protein in Arabiopsis thaliana. SV40 type nuclear localisation signals were detected in two of the ZFs and functionally characterized using GFP fusions as well as new mutant alleles identified by TILLING. Promoter swap experiments showed that selected WIP proteins are partially able to take over TT1 function. Activity of the AtBAN promoter, a potential TT1 target, could be increased by the addition of TT1 to the TT2-TT8-TTG1 regulatory complex. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00145793 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2010.06.007 SN - 0014-5793 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Glebov, Sergei A1 - Kiselev, Oleg A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich T1 - Weakly nonlinear dispersive waves under parametric resonance perturbation N2 - We consider a solution of the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation perturbed by a parametric driver. The frequency of parametric perturbation varies slowly and passes through a resonant value, which leads to a solution change. We obtain a new connection formula for the asymptotic solution before and after the resonance. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/issn?DESCRIPTOR=PRINTISSN&VALUE=0022-2526 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9590.2009.00460.x SN - 0022-2526 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vitagliano, Giuseppe A1 - Riera, Arnau A1 - Latorre, José Ignacio T1 - Volume-law scaling for the entanglement entropy in spin-1/2 chains N2 - Entanglement entropy obeys area law scaling for typical physical quantum systems. This may naively be argued to follow from the locality of interactions. We show that this is not the case by constructing an explicit simple spin chain Hamiltonian with nearest-neighbor interactions that presents an entanglement volume scaling law. This non- translational model is contrived to have couplings that force the accumulation of singlet bonds across the half-chain. This configuration of the couplings is suggested by real-space renormalization group arguments. Computation of the entanglement entropy is performed by mapping the system to free fermions and diagonalizing numerically its correlation matrix. An analytical relationship between the entanglement entropy and the Frobenius norm of the correlation matrix is also established. Our result is complementary to the known relationship between non-translational invariant, nearest- neighbor interacting Hamiltonians and quantum Merlin-Arthur (QMA)complete problems. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/12/11/113049 SN - 1367-2630 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Drechsler, Christiane A1 - Pilz, Stefan A1 - Obermayer-Pietsch, Barbara A1 - Verduijn, Marion A1 - Tomaschitz, Andreas A1 - Krane, Vera A1 - Espe, Katharina A1 - Dekker, Friedo A1 - Brandenburg, Vincent A1 - Maerz, Winfried A1 - Ritz, Eberhard A1 - Wanner, Christoph T1 - Vitamin D deficiency is associated with sudden cardiac death, combined cardiovascular events, and mortality in haemodialysis patients N2 - Dialysis patients experience an excess mortality, predominantly of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Accumulating evidence suggests a role of vitamin D for myocardial and overall health. This study investigated the impact of vitamin D status on cardiovascular outcomes and fatal infections in haemodialysis patients. 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] was measured in 1108 diabetic haemodialysis patients who participated in the German Diabetes and Dialysis Study and were followed up for a median of 4 years. By Cox regression analyses, we determined hazard ratios (HR) for pre-specified, adjudicated endpoints according to baseline 25(OH)D levels: SCD (n = 146), myocardial infarction (MI, n = 174), stroke (n = 89), cardiovascular events (CVE, n = 414), death due to heart failure (n = 37), fatal infection (n = 111), and all- cause mortality (n = 545). Patients had a mean age of 66 +/- 8 years (54% male) and median 25(OH)D of 39 nmol/L (interquartile range: 28-55). Patients with severe vitamin D deficiency [25(OH)D of < 25 nmol/L] had a 3-fold higher risk of SCD compared with those with sufficient 25(OH)D levels > 75 nmol/L [HR: 2.99, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.39- 6.40]. Furthermore, CVE and all-cause mortality were strongly increased (HR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.18-2.69, and HR: 1.74, 95% CI: 1.22-2.47, respectively), all persisting in multivariate models. There were borderline non-significant associations with stroke and fatal infection while MI and deaths due to heart failure were not meaningfully affected. Severe vitamin D deficiency was strongly associated with SCD, CVE, and mortality, and there were borderline associations with stroke and fatal infection. Whether vitamin D supplementation decreases adverse outcomes requires further evaluation. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehq246 SN - 0195-668X ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerecke, Christian A1 - Schneider, Mandy A1 - Scholtka, Bettina T1 - Vimentin promoter methylation analysis is a suitable complement of a gene mutation marker panel for the detection of preneoplastic and neoplastic colonic lesions N2 - Abstracts: Strukturen veraendern - Heilung verbessern. 29. Deutscher Krebskongress. Berlin 24.-27. Februar 201 Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.karger.com/onk U6 - https://doi.org/10.1159/000290860 SN - 0378-584X ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Havemann, Anna T1 - Victorian Women Artists BT - their Quest for Independence and Professional Artistic Training JF - Victorian highways, Victorian byways : new approaches to nineteenth century British literature and culture Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-89626-939-3 SP - 15 EP - 40 PB - Trafo CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haßler, Sibylle Kathrin A1 - Kreyling, Jürgen A1 - Beierkuhnlein, Carl A1 - Eisold, Jenny A1 - Samimi, Cyrus A1 - Wagenseil, H. A1 - Jentsch, A. T1 - Vegetation pattern divergence between dry and wet season in a semiarid savanna : spatio-temporal dynamics of plant diversity in northwest Namibia N2 - African savannas are primarily used as pastures and are subject to changes in climate and management strategies. For sustainable management of these landscapes ecological knowledge on seasonal and long-term variability in plant community composition and the availability of green biomass is essential. In this study, we assessed the effects of dry and wet season on species richness and beta diversity for three sites along a gradient of increasing vegetation cover and precipitation in northwest Namibia. A hexagonal systematic sampling design was used to record floristic data. The Simple Matching, Soerensen, and multi-plot similarity coefficient and distance decay analyses were applied for examining beta diversity. Analyses were repeated while separating the plots according to the presence of woody vegetation. Species richness nearly doubled from dry to wet season; compositional similarity increased from dry to wet season and with increasing aridity of the study sites: distance decay was more pronounced in the dry season without any link to the precipitation gradient. Woody elements in the landscape, which occur along drainage lines or as tree islands, govern spatial and seasonal plant diversity fluctuations. Monitoring them is important for conservation strategies and for establishing grazing rules that ensure a sustainable use of savanna ecosystems. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01401963 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.021 SN - 0140-1963 ER -