TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abramowski, Attila
A1  - Acero, F.
A1  - Aharonian, Felix A.
A1  - Benkhali, Faical  Ait
A1  - Akhperjanian, A. G.
A1  - Angüner, Ekrem Oǧuzhan
A1  - Anton, Gisela
A1  - Balenderan, Shangkari
A1  - Balzer, Arnim
A1  - Barnacka, Anna
A1  - Becherini, Yvonne
A1  - Tjus, J. Becker
A1  - Bernlöhr, K.
A1  - Birsin, E.
A1  - Bissaldi, E.
A1  - Biteau, Jonathan
A1  - Boisson, Catherine
A1  - Bolmont, J.
A1  - Bordas, Pol
A1  - Brucker, J.
A1  - Brun, Francois
A1  - Brun, Pierre
A1  - Bulik, Tomasz
A1  - Carrigan, Svenja
A1  - Casanova, Sabrina
A1  - Cerruti, M.
A1  - Chadwick, Paula M.
A1  - Chalme-Calvet, R.
A1  - Chaves, Ryan C. G.
A1  - Cheesebrough, A.
A1  - Chretien, M.
A1  - Colafrancesco, Sergio
A1  - Cologna, Gabriele
A1  - Conrad, Jan
A1  - Couturier, C.
A1  - Dalton, M.
A1  - Daniel, M. K.
A1  - Davids, I. D.
A1  - Degrange, B.
A1  - Deil, C.
A1  - deWilt, P.
A1  - Dickinson, H. J.
A1  - Djannati-Ataï, A.
A1  - Domainko, W.
A1  - Drury, L. O'C.
A1  - Dubus, G.
A1  - Dutson, K.
A1  - Dyks, J.
A1  - Dyrda, M.
A1  - Edwards, T.
A1  - Egberts, Kathrin
A1  - Eger, P.
A1  - Espigat, P.
A1  - Farnier, C.
A1  - Fegan, S.
A1  - Feinstein, F.
A1  - Fernandes, M. V.
A1  - Fernandez, D.
A1  - Fiasson, A.
A1  - Fontaine, G.
A1  - Foerster, A.
A1  - Fuessling, M.
A1  - Gajdus, M.
A1  - Gallant, Y. A.
A1  - Garrigoux, T.
A1  - Gast, H.
A1  - Giebels, B.
A1  - Glicenstein, J. F.
A1  - Goering, D.
A1  - Grondin, M. -H.
A1  - Grudzinska, M.
A1  - Haeffner, S.
A1  - Hague, J. D.
A1  - Hahn, J.
A1  - Harris, J.
A1  - Heinzelmann, G.
A1  - Henri, G.
A1  - Hermann, G.
A1  - Hervet, O.
A1  - Hillert, A.
A1  - Hinton, James Anthony
A1  - Hofmann, W.
A1  - Hofverberg, P.
A1  - Holler, Markus
A1  - Horns, D.
A1  - Jacholkowska, A.
A1  - Jahn, C.
A1  - Jamrozy, M.
A1  - Janiak, M.
A1  - Jankowsky, F.
A1  - Jung, I.
A1  - Kastendieck, M. A.
A1  - Katarzynski, K.
A1  - Katz, U.
A1  - Kaufmann, S.
A1  - Khelifi, B.
A1  - Kieffer, M.
A1  - Klepser, S.
A1  - Klochkov, D.
A1  - Kluzniak, W.
A1  - Kneiske, T.
A1  - Kolitzus, D.
A1  - Komin, Nu.
A1  - Kosack, K.
A1  - Krakau, S.
A1  - Krayzel, F.
A1  - Krueger, P. P.
A1  - Laffon, H.
A1  - Lamanna, G.
A1  - Lefaucheur, J.
A1  - Lemoine-Goumard, M.
A1  - Lenain, J-P.
A1  - Lennarz, D.
A1  - Lohse, T.
A1  - Lopatin, A.
A1  - Lu, C-C.
A1  - Marandon, V.
A1  - Marcowith, Alexandre
A1  - Marx, R.
A1  - Maurin, G.
A1  - Maxted, N.
A1  - Mayer, M.
A1  - McComb, T. J. L.
A1  - Medina, M. C.
A1  - Mehault, J.
A1  - Menzler, U.
A1  - Meyer, M.
A1  - Moderski, R.
A1  - Mohamed, M.
A1  - Moulin, Emmanuel
A1  - Murach, T.
A1  - Naumann, C. L.
A1  - de Naurois, M.
A1  - Nedbal, D.
A1  - Niemiec, J.
A1  - Nolan, S. J.
A1  - Oakes, L.
A1  - Ohm, S.
A1  - Wilhelmi, E. de Ona
A1  - Opitz, B.
A1  - Ostrowski, M.
A1  - Oya, I.
A1  - Panter, M.
A1  - Parsons, R. D.
A1  - Arribas, M. Paz
A1  - Pekeur, N. W.
A1  - Pelletier, G.
A1  - Perez, J.
A1  - Petrucci, P-O.
A1  - Peyaud, B.
A1  - Pita, S.
A1  - Poon, H.
A1  - Puehlhofer, G.
A1  - Punch, M.
A1  - Quirrenbach, A.
A1  - Raab, S.
A1  - Raue, M.
A1  - Reimer, A.
A1  - Reimer, O.
A1  - Renaud, M.
A1  - de los Reyes, R.
A1  - Rieger, F.
A1  - Rob, L.
A1  - Rosier-Lees, S.
A1  - Rowell, G.
A1  - Rudak, B.
A1  - Rulten, C. B.
A1  - Sahakian, V.
A1  - Sanchez, David M.
A1  - Santangelo, Andrea
A1  - Schlickeiser, R.
A1  - Schuessler, F.
A1  - Schulz, A.
A1  - Schwanke, U.
A1  - Schwarzburg, S.
A1  - Schwemmer, S.
A1  - Sol, H.
A1  - Spengler, G.
A1  - Spiess, F.
A1  - Stawarz, L.
A1  - Steenkamp, R.
A1  - Stegmann, Christian
A1  - Stinzing, F.
A1  - Stycz, K.
A1  - Sushch, Iurii
A1  - Szostek, A.
A1  - Tavernet, J-P.
A1  - Terrier, R.
A1  - Tluczykont, M.
A1  - Trichard, C.
A1  - Valerius, K.
A1  - van Eldik, C.
A1  - Vasileiadis, G.
A1  - Venter, C.
A1  - Viana, A.
A1  - Vincent, P.
A1  - Voelk, H. J.
A1  - Volpe, F.
A1  - Vorster, M.
A1  - Wagner, S. J.
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Ward, M.
A1  - Weidinger, M.
A1  - Weitzel, Q.
A1  - White, R.
A1  - Wierzcholska, A.
A1  - Willmann, P.
A1  - Woernlein, A.
A1  - Wouters, D.
A1  - Zacharias, M.
A1  - Zajczyk, A.
A1  - Zdziarski, A. A.
A1  - Zech, Alraune
A1  - Zechlin, H-S.
T1  - Constraints on axionlike particles with HESS from the irregularity of the PKS 2155-304 energy spectrum
JF  - Physical review : D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
N2  - Axionlike particles (ALPs) are hypothetical light (sub-eV) bosons predicted in some extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. In astrophysical environments comprising high-energy gamma rays and turbulent magnetic fields, the existence of ALPs can modify the energy spectrum of the gamma rays for a sufficiently large coupling between ALPs and photons. This modification would take the form of an irregular behavior of the energy spectrum in a limited energy range. Data from the H. E. S. S. observations of the distant BL Lac object PKS 2155 - 304 (z = 0.116) are used to derive upper limits at the 95% C. L. on the strength of the ALP coupling to photons, g(gamma a) < 2.1 x 10(-11) GeV-1 for an ALP mass between 15 and 60 neV. The results depend on assumptions on the magnetic field around the source, which are chosen conservatively. The derived constraints apply to both light pseudoscalar and scalar bosons that couple to the electromagnetic field.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.102003
SN  - 1550-7998
SN  - 1550-2368
VL  - 88
IS  - 10
PB  - American Physical Society
CY  - College Park
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abramowski, Attila
A1  - Acero, F.
A1  - Akhperjanian, A. G.
A1  - Anton, Gisela
A1  - Balenderan, Shangkari
A1  - Balzer, Arnim
A1  - Barnacka, Anna
A1  - Becherini, Yvonne
A1  - Tjus, J. Becker
A1  - Behera, B.
A1  - Bernlöhr, K.
A1  - Birsin, E.
A1  - Biteau, Jonathan
A1  - Bochow, A.
A1  - Boisson, Catherine
A1  - Bolmont, J.
A1  - Bordas, Pol
A1  - Brucker, J.
A1  - Brun, Francois
A1  - Brun, Pierre
A1  - Bulik, Tomasz
A1  - Carrigan, Svenja
A1  - Casanova, Sabrina
A1  - Cerruti, M.
A1  - Chadwick, Paula M.
A1  - Chaves, Ryan C. G.
A1  - Cheesebrough, A.
A1  - Colafrancesco, Sergio
A1  - Cologna, Gabriele
A1  - Conrad, Jan
A1  - Couturier, C.
A1  - Dalton, M.
A1  - Daniel, M. K.
A1  - Davids, I. D.
A1  - Degrange, B.
A1  - Deil, C.
A1  - deWilt, P.
A1  - Dickinson, H. J.
A1  - Djannati-Ataï, A.
A1  - Domainko, W.
A1  - Drury, L. O&rsquo
A1  - C., 
A1  - Dubus, G.
A1  - Dutson, K.
A1  - Dyks, J.
A1  - Dyrda, M.
A1  - Egberts, Kathrin
A1  - Eger, P.
A1  - Espigat, P.
A1  - Fallon, L.
A1  - Farnier, C.
A1  - Fegan, S.
A1  - Feinstein, F.
A1  - Fernandes, M. V.
A1  - Fernandez, D.
A1  - Fiasson, A.
A1  - Fontaine, G.
A1  - Foerster, A.
A1  - Fussling, Matthias
A1  - Gajdus, M.
A1  - Gallant, Y. A.
A1  - Garrigoux, T.
A1  - Gast, H.
A1  - Giebels, B.
A1  - Glicenstein, J. F.
A1  - Glueck, B.
A1  - Goering, D.
A1  - Grondin, M. -H.
A1  - Grudzinska, M.
A1  - Haeffner, S.
A1  - Hague, J. D.
A1  - Hahn, J.
A1  - Hampf, D.
A1  - Harris, J.
A1  - Heinz, S.
A1  - Heinzelmann, G.
A1  - Henri, G.
A1  - Hermann, G.
A1  - Hillert, A.
A1  - Hinton, James Anthony
A1  - Hofmann, W.
A1  - Hofverberg, P.
A1  - Holler, M.
A1  - Horns, D.
A1  - Jacholkowska, A.
A1  - Jahn, C.
A1  - Jamrozy, M.
A1  - Jung, I.
A1  - Kastendieck, M. A.
A1  - Katarzynski, K.
A1  - Katz, U.
A1  - Kaufmann, S.
A1  - Khelifi, B.
A1  - Klepser, S.
A1  - Klochkov, D.
A1  - Kluzniak, W.
A1  - Kneiske, T.
A1  - Kolitzus, D.
A1  - Komin, Nu
A1  - Kosack, K.
A1  - Kossakowski, R.
A1  - Krayzel, F.
A1  - Krueger, P. P.
A1  - Laffon, H.
A1  - Lamanna, G.
A1  - Lefaucheur, J.
A1  - Lemoine-Goumard, M.
A1  - Lenain, J. -P.
A1  - Lennarz, D.
A1  - Lohse, T.
A1  - Lopatin, A.
A1  - Lu, C. -C.
A1  - Marandon, V.
A1  - Marcowith, Alexandre
A1  - Masbou, J.
A1  - Maurin, G.
A1  - Maxted, N.
A1  - Mayer, M.
A1  - McComb, T. J. L.
A1  - Medina, M. C.
A1  - Mehault, J.
A1  - Menzler, U.
A1  - Moderski, R.
A1  - Mohamed, M.
A1  - Moulin, Emmanuel
A1  - Naumann, C. L.
A1  - Naumann-Godo, M.
A1  - de Naurois, M.
A1  - Nedbal, D.
A1  - Nguyen, N.
A1  - Niemiec, J.
A1  - Nolan, S. J.
A1  - Ohm, S.
A1  - Wilhelmi, E. de Ona
A1  - Opitz, B.
A1  - Ostrowski, M.
A1  - Oya, I.
A1  - Panter, M.
A1  - Parsons, R. D.
A1  - Arribas, M. Paz
A1  - Pekeur, N. W.
A1  - Pelletier, G.
A1  - Perez, J.
A1  - Petrucci, P. -O.
A1  - Peyaud, B.
A1  - Pita, S.
A1  - Puehlhofer, G.
A1  - Punch, M.
A1  - Quirrenbach, A.
A1  - Raab, S.
A1  - Raue, M.
A1  - Reimer, A.
A1  - Reimer, O.
A1  - Renaud, M.
A1  - de los Reyes, R.
A1  - Rieger, F.
A1  - Ripken, J.
A1  - Rob, L.
A1  - Rosier-Lees, S.
A1  - Rowell, G.
A1  - Rudak, B.
A1  - Rulten, C. B.
A1  - Sahakian, V.
A1  - Sanchez, David M.
A1  - Santangelo, Andrea
A1  - Schlickeiser, R.
A1  - Schulz, A.
A1  - Schwanke, U.
A1  - Schwarzburg, S.
A1  - Schwemmer, S.
A1  - Sheidaei, F.
A1  - Skilton, J. L.
A1  - Sol, H.
A1  - Spengler, G.
A1  - Stawarz, L.
A1  - Steenkamp, R.
A1  - Stegmann, Christian
A1  - Stinzing, F.
A1  - Stycz, K.
A1  - Sushch, Iurii
A1  - Szostek, A.
A1  - Tavernet, J. -P.
A1  - Terrier, R.
A1  - Tluczykont, M.
A1  - Trichard, C.
A1  - Valerius, K.
A1  - van Eldik, C.
A1  - Vasileiadis, G.
A1  - Venter, C.
A1  - Viana, A.
A1  - Vincent, P.
A1  - Voelk, H. J.
A1  - Volpe, F.
A1  - Vorobiov, S.
A1  - Vorster, M.
A1  - Wagner, S. J.
A1  - Ward, M.
A1  - White, R.
A1  - Wierzcholska, A.
A1  - Wouters, D.
A1  - Zacharias, M.
A1  - Zajczyk, A.
A1  - Zdziarski, A. A.
A1  - Zech, Alraune
A1  - Zechlin, H. -S.
A1  - Pelat, D.
T1  - Discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from PKS 0447-439 and derivation of
 an upper limit on its redshift
JF  - ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
N2  - Very high-energy gamma-ray emission from PKS 0447-439 was detected with the H. E. S. S. Cherenkov telescope array in December 2009. This blazar is one of the brightest extragalactic objects in the Fermi bright source list and has a hard spectrum in the MeV to GeV range. In the TeV range, a photon index of 3.89 +/- 0.37 (stat) +/- 0.22 (sys) and a flux normalisation at 1 TeV, phi(1) (TeV) = (3.5 +/- 1.1(stat) +/- 0.9(sys)) x 10(-13) cm(-2) s(-1) TeV-1 were found. The detection with H. E. S. S. triggered observations in the X-ray band with the Swift and RXTE telescopes. Simultaneous UV and optical data from Swift UVOT and data from the optical telescopes ATOM and ROTSE are also available. The spectrum and light curve measured with H. E. S. S. are presented and compared to the multi-wavelength data at lower energies. A rapid flare is seen in the Swift XRT and RXTE data, together with a flux variation in the UV band, at a time scale of the order of one day. A firm upper limit of z < 0.59 on the redshift of PKS 0447-439 is derived from the combined Fermi-LAT and H. E. S. S. data, given the assumptions that there is no upturn in the intrinsic spectrum above the Fermi-LAT energy range and that absorption on the extragalactic background light (EBL) is not weaker than the lower limit provided by current models. The spectral energy distribution is well described by a simple one-zone synchrotron self-Compton scenario, if the redshift of the source is less than z less than or similar to 0.4.
KW  - galaxies: active
KW  - BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 0447-439
KW  - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
KW  - gamma rays: galaxies
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321108
SN  - 0004-6361
VL  - 552
IS  - 4
PB  - EDP SCIENCES S A
CY  - LES ULIS CEDEX A
ER  - 
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A1  - Tibolla, O.
A1  - Tiengo, A.
A1  - Tluczykont, M.
A1  - Todero Peixoto, C. J.
A1  - Tokanai, F.
A1  - Tokarz, M.
A1  - Toma, K.
A1  - Torii, K.
A1  - Tornikoski, M.
A1  - Torres, D. F.
A1  - Torres, M.
A1  - Tosti, G.
A1  - Totani, T.
A1  - Toussenel, C.
A1  - Tovmassian, G.
A1  - Travnicek, P.
A1  - Trifoglio, M.
A1  - Troyano, I.
A1  - Tsinganos, K.
A1  - Ueno, H.
A1  - Umehara, K.
A1  - Upadhya, S. S.
A1  - Usher, T.
A1  - Uslenghi, M.
A1  - Valdes-Galicia, J. F.
A1  - Vallania, P.
A1  - Vallejo, G.
A1  - van Driel, W.
A1  - van Eldik, C.
A1  - Vandenbrouke, J.
A1  - Vanderwalt, J.
A1  - Vankov, H.
A1  - Vasileiadis, G.
A1  - Vassiliev, V.
A1  - Veberic, D.
A1  - Vegas, I.
A1  - Vercellone, S.
A1  - Vergani, S.
A1  - Veyssiere, C.
A1  - Vialle, J. P.
A1  - Viana, A.
A1  - Videla, M.
A1  - Vincent, P.
A1  - Vincent, S.
A1  - Vink, J.
A1  - Vlahakis, N.
A1  - Vlahos, L.
A1  - Vogler, P.
A1  - Vollhardt, A.
A1  - von Gunten, H. P.
A1  - Vorobiov, S.
A1  - Vuerli, C.
A1  - Waegebaert, V.
A1  - Wagner, R.
A1  - Wagner, R. G.
A1  - Wagner, S.
A1  - Wakely, S. P.
A1  - Walter, R.
A1  - Walther, T.
A1  - Warda, K.
A1  - Warwick, R.
A1  - Wawer, P.
A1  - Wawrzaszek, R.
A1  - Webb, N.
A1  - Wegner, P.
A1  - Weinstein, A.
A1  - Weitzel, Q.
A1  - Welsing, R.
A1  - Werner, M.
A1  - Wetteskind, H.
A1  - White, R.
A1  - Wierzcholska, A.
A1  - Wiesand, S.
A1  - Wilkinson, M.
A1  - Williams, D. A.
A1  - Willingale, R.
A1  - Winiarski, K.
A1  - Wischnewski, R.
A1  - Wisniewski, L.
A1  - Wood, M.
A1  - Woernlein, A.
A1  - Xiong, Q.
A1  - Yadav, K. K.
A1  - Yamamoto, H.
A1  - Yamamoto, T.
A1  - Yamazaki, R.
A1  - Yanagita, S.
A1  - Yebras, J. M.
A1  - Yelos, D.
A1  - Yoshida, A.
A1  - Yoshida, T.
A1  - Yoshikoshi, T.
A1  - Zabalza, V.
A1  - Zacharias, M.
A1  - Zajczyk, A.
A1  - Zanin, R.
A1  - Zdziarski, A.
A1  - Zech, Alraune
A1  - Zhao, A.
A1  - Zhou, X.
A1  - Zietara, K.
A1  - Ziolkowski, J.
A1  - Ziolkowski, P.
A1  - Zitelli, V.
A1  - Zurbach, C.
A1  - Zychowski, P.
T1  - Introducing the CTA concept
T2  - Astroparticle physics
N2  - The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a new observatory for very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA has ambitions science goals, for which it is necessary to achieve full-sky coverage, to improve the sensitivity by about an order of magnitude, to span about four decades of energy, from a few tens of GeV to above 100 TeV with enhanced angular and energy resolutions over existing VHE gamma-ray observatories. An international collaboration has formed with more than 1000 members from 27 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. In 2010 the CTA Consortium completed a Design Study and started a three-year Preparatory Phase which leads to production readiness of CTA in 2014. In this paper we introduce the science goals and the concept of CTA, and provide an overview of the project.
KW  - TeV gamma-ray astronomy
KW  - Air showers
KW  - Cherenkov Telescopes
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.01.007
SN  - 0927-6505
SN  - 1873-2852
VL  - 43
IS  - 2
SP  - 3
EP  - 18
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Adelsberger, Joseph
A1  - Grillo, Isabelle
A1  - Kulkarni, Amit
A1  - Sharp, Melissa
A1  - Bivigou Koumba, Achille Mayelle
A1  - Laschewsky, André
A1  - Müller-Buschbaum, Peter
A1  - Papadakis, Christine M.
T1  - Kinetics of aggregation in micellar solutions of thermoresponsive triblock copolymers - influence of concentration, start and target temperatures
JF  - Soft matter
N2  - In aqueous solution, symmetric triblock copolymers with a thermoresponsive middle block and hydrophobic end blocks form flower-like core-shell micelles which collapse and aggregate upon heating through the cloud point (CP). The collapse of the micellar shell and the intermicellar aggregation are followed in situ and in real-time using time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), while heating micellar solutions of a poly((styrene-d(8))-b-(N-isopropyl acrylamide)-b-(styrene-d(8))) triblock copolymer in D2O rapidly through their CP. The influence of polymer concentration as well as of the start and target temperatures is addressed. In all cases, the micellar collapse is very fast. The collapsed micelles immediately form small clusters which contain voids. They densify which slows down or even stops their growth. For low concentrations and target temperatures just above the CP, i.e. shallow temperature jumps, the subsequent growth of the clusters is described by diffusion-limited aggregation. In contrast, for higher concentrations and/or higher target temperatures, i.e. deep temperature jumps, intermicellar bridges dominate the growth. Eventually, in all cases, the clusters coagulate which results in macroscopic phase separation. For shallow temperature jumps, the cluster surfaces stay rough; whereas for deep temperature jumps, a concentration gradient develops at late stages. These results are important for the development of conditions for thermal switching in applications, e.g. for the use of thermoresponsive micellar systems for transport and delivery purposes.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm27152d
SN  - 1744-683X
VL  - 9
IS  - 5
SP  - 1685
EP  - 1699
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Adhikari, Rishi Ram
T1  - Quantification of total microbial biomass and metabolic activity in subsurface sediments
T1  - Quantification of total microbial biomass and metabolic activity in subsurface sediments
N2  - Metabolically active microbial communities are present in a wide range of subsurface environments. Techniques like enumeration of microbial cells, activity measurements with radiotracer assays and the analysis of porewater constituents are currently being used to explore the subsurface biosphere, alongside with molecular biological analyses. However, many of these techniques reach their detection limits due to low microbial activity and abundance. Direct measurements of microbial turnover not just face issues of insufficient sensitivity, they only provide information about a single specific process but in sediments many different process can occur simultaneously. Therefore, the development of a new technique to measure total microbial activity would be a major improvement. A new tritium-based hydrogenase-enzyme assay appeared to be a promising tool to quantify total living biomass, even in low activity subsurface environments. In this PhD project total microbial biomass and microbial activity was quantified in different subsurface sediments using established techniques (cell enumeration and pore water geochemistry) as well as a new tritium-based hydrogenase enzyme assay. By using a large database of our own cell enumeration data from equatorial Pacific and north Pacific sediments and published data it was shown that the global geographic distribution of subseafloor sedimentary microbes varies between sites by 5 to 6 orders of magnitude and correlates with the sedimentation rate and distance from land. Based on these correlations, global subseafloor biomass was estimated to be 4.1 petagram-C and ~0.6 % of Earth's total living biomass, which is significantly lower than previous estimates. Despite the massive reduction in biomass the subseafloor biosphere is still an important player in global biogeochemical cycles. To understand the relationship between microbial activity, abundance and organic matter flux into the sediment an expedition to the equatorial Pacific upwelling area and the north Pacific Gyre was carried out. Oxygen respiration rates in subseafloor sediments from the north Pacific Gyre, which are deposited at sedimentation rates of 1 mm per 1000 years, showed that microbial communities could survive for millions of years without fresh supply of organic carbon. Contrary to the north Pacific Gyre oxygen was completely depleted within the upper few millimeters to centimeters in sediments of the equatorial upwelling region due to a higher supply of organic matter and higher metabolic activity. So occurrence and variability of electron acceptors over depth and sites make the subsurface a complex environment for the quantification of total microbial activity. Recent studies showed that electron acceptor processes, which were previously thought to thermodynamically exclude each other can occur simultaneously. So in many cases a simple measure of the total microbial activity would be a better and more robust solution than assays for several specific processes, for example sulfate reduction rates or methanogenesis. Enzyme or molecular assays provide a more general approach as they target key metabolic compounds. Since hydrogenase enzymes are ubiquitous in microbes, the recently developed tritium-based hydrogenase radiotracer assay is applied to quantify hydrogenase enzyme activity as a parameter of total living cell activity. Hydrogenase enzyme activity was measured in sediments from different locations (Lake Van, Barents Sea, Equatorial Pacific and Gulf of Mexico). In sediment samples that contained nitrate, we found the lowest cell specific enzyme activity around 10^(-5) nmol H_(2) cell^(-1) d^(-1). With decreasing energy yield of the electron acceptor used, cell-specific hydrogenase activity increased and maximum values of up to 1 nmol H_(2) cell^(-1) d^(-1) were found in samples with methane concentrations of >10 ppm. Although hydrogenase activity cannot be converted directly into a turnover rate of a specific process, cell-specific activity factors can be used to identify specific metabolism and to quantify the metabolically active microbial population. In another study on sediments from the Nankai Trough microbial abundance and hydrogenase activity data show that both the habitat and the activity of subseafloor sedimentary microbial communities have been impacted by seismic activities. An increase in hydrogenase activity near the fault zone revealed that the microbial community was supplied with hydrogen as an energy source and that the microbes were specialized to hydrogen metabolism.
N2  - Mikrobielle Gesellschaften und ihre aktiven Stoffwechselprozesse treten in einer Vielzahl von Sedimenten unterschiedlichster Herkunft auf. In der Erforschung dieser tiefen Biosphäre werden derzeit Techniken wie Zellzählungen, Aktivitätsmessungen mit Radiotracer-Versuchen und Analysen der Porenwasserzusammensetzung angewendet, darüber hinaus auch molekularbiologische Analysen. Viele dieser Methoden stoßen an ihre Nachweisgrenze, wenn Sedimente mit geringer Zelldichte und mikrobieller Aktivität untersucht werden. Bei der Untersuchung von Stoffwechselprozessen mit herkömmlichen Techniken kommt dazu, dass von mehreren Prozessen, die zeitgleich ablaufen können, jeweils nur einer erfasst wird. Deswegen wäre die Entwicklung einer neuartigen Messtechnik für die gesamte mikrobielle Aktivität ein wesentlicher Fortschritt für die Erforschung der tiefen Biosphäre. Ein vielversprechender Ansatz, um die gesamte lebende Biomasse auch in Proben mit geringer Aktivität zu bestimmen, ist eine Hydrogenase-Enzym-Versuchsanordnung mit Tritium als quantifizierbarer Messgröße. In dieser Doktorarbeit wurde die gesamte mikrobielle Biomasse und Aktivität von unterschiedlichen Sedimentproben einerseits mit herkömmlichen Methoden (Zellzählungen, Analyse der Porenwasserzusammensetzung) als auch mit einer neu entwickelten Hydrogenase-Enzym-Versuchsanordnung quantifiziert. Mit einer großen Anzahl eigener Zellzählungsdaten von Sedimenten aus dem Äquatorialpazifik und dem Nordpazifik und ergänzenden publizierten Daten konnte gezeigt werden, dass Zellzahlen sich in ihrer globalen geographischen Verteilung je nach Bohrlokation um 5 bis 6 Größenordnungen unterscheiden. Dabei bestehen Korrelationen zur Sedimentationsrate und zur Entfernung zum Land, mit deren Hilfe sich die Gesamtbiomasse in Tiefseesedimenten zu 4,1 Petagramm-C abschätzen lässt. Das entspricht ~0,6 % der Gesamtbiomasse der Erde und ist damit erheblich weniger als in früheren Schätzungen angegeben. Trotz der Korrektur auf diesen Wert spielt die Biomasse der tiefen Biosphäre weiterhin eine erhebliche Rolle in biogeochemischen Kreisläufen. Um die Zusammenhänge zwischen Aktivität der Mikroben, der Häufigkeit ihres Auftretens und Zustrom von organischem Material zu verstehen, wurde eine Expedition ins Auftriebsgebiet des Äquatorialpazifiks und zum nordpazifischen Wirbel durchgeführt. Daten der Sauerstoffaufnahme in Sedimenten des nordpazifischen Wirbels, die mit Sedimentationsraten von 1 mm pro 1000 Jahren abgelagert werden, zeigen, dass mikrobielle Gesellschaften über Millionen von Jahren ohne Zufuhr von frischem organischen Kohlenstoff überleben konnten. Im Gegensatz zum nordpazifischen Wirbel wird in Sedimenten des äquatorialpazifischen Auftriebsgebiets Sauerstoff bei höherer mikrobieller Aktivität und Verfügbarkeit organischer Verbindungen oberflächennah in den ersten Milli- bis Zentimetern komplett umgesetzt. Auftreten und Variabilität von Elektronenakzeptoren nach Tiefe und Bohrlokation machen die tiefe Biosphäre zu einer komplexen Umgebung für die Quantifizierung der gesamten mikrobiellen Aktivität. Aktuelle Studien zeigen das verschiedene Elektronenakzeptorprozesse gleichzeitig ablaufen können, obwohl man bisher davon ausgegangen war, dass diese sich thermodynamisch ausschließen. In vielen Fällen wäre also eine einfache Methode zur Messung der gesamten mikrobiellen Aktivität eine bessere und verlässlichere Lösung aktueller Analyseaufgaben als Messungen mehrerer Einzelprozesse wie beispielsweise Sulfatreduktion und Methanogenese. Enzym-oder Molekular-Versuchsanordnungen sind ein prozessumfassender Ansatz, weil hier Schlüsselkomponenten der Stoffwechselprozesse untersucht werden. Das Hydrogenase-Enzym ist eine solche Schlüsselkomponente und in Mikroben allgegenwärtig. Deshalb kann die Quantifizierung seiner Aktivität mit der neu entwickelten Hydrogenase-Enzym-Versuchsanordnung als Parameter für die gesamte mikrobielle Aktivität der lebenden Zellen verwendet werden. Hydrogenase-Aktivitäten wurden in Sedimenten unterschiedlicher Lokationen (Vansee, Barentssee, Äquatorialpazifik, und Golf von Mexico) gemessen. In Sedimentproben, die Nitrat enthielten, haben wir mit ca. 10^(-5) nmol H_(2) cell^(-1) d^(-1) die geringste zellspezifische Hydrogenase-Aktivität gefunden. Mit geringerem Energiegewinn des genutzten Elektronenakzeptors steigt die zellspezifische Hydrogenase-Aktivität. Maximalwerte von bis zu 1 nmol H_(2) cell^(-1) d^(-1) wurden in Sedimentproben mit >10 ppm Methankonzentration gefunden. Auch wenn die Hydrogenase-Aktivität nicht direkt in die Umsatzrate eines spezifischen Prozesses konvertierbar ist, können zellspezifische Aktivitätsfaktoren verwendet werden, um die metabolisch aktive Mikrobenpopulation zu quantifizieren. In einer weiteren Studie mit Sedimenten des Nankai-Grabens zeigen Daten der Zelldichte und der Hydrogenase-Aktivität einen Einfluss von seismischen Ereignissen auf Lebensraum und Aktivität der mikrobiellen Gesellschaften. Ein Anstieg der Hydrogenase-Aktivität nahe der Verwerfungszone machte deutlich, dass die mikrobiellen Gesellschaften mit Wasserstoff als Energiequelle versorgt wurden und dass die Mikroben auf einen Wasserstoff-Stoffwechsel spezialisiert waren.
KW  - Hydrogenase
KW  - Tritium Versuchsanordnung
KW  - Untergrunduntersuchung der Biosphäre
KW  - Hydrogenase
KW  - Tritium Assay
KW  - Subsurface Biosphere
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-67773
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aguzzi, Jacopo
A1  - Costa, C.
A1  - Ketmaier, V.
A1  - Angelini, C.
A1  - Antonucci, F.
A1  - Menesatti, P.
A1  - Company, J. B.
T1  - Light-dependent genetic and phenotypic differences in the squat lobster Munida tenuimana (Crustacea: Decapoda) along deep continental margins
JF  - Progress in oceanography
N2  - The levels of environmental light experienced by organisms during the behavioral activity phase deeply influence the performance of important ecological tasks. As a result, their shape and coloring may experience a light-driven selection process via the day-night rhythmic behavior. In this study, we tested the phenotypic and genetic variability of the western Mediterranean squat lobster (Munida tenuimana). We sampled at depths with different photic conditions and potentially, different burrow emergence rhythms. We performed day-night hauling at different depths, above and below the twilight zone end (i.e., 700 m, 1200 m, 1350 m, and 1500 m), to portray the occurrence of any burrow emergence rhythmicity. Collected animals were screened for shape and size (by geometric morphometry), spectrum and color variation (by photometric analysis), as well as for sequence variation at the mitochondria] DNA gene encoding for the NADH dehydrogenase subunit I. We found that a weak genetic structuring and shape homogeneity occurred together with significant variations in size, with the smaller individuals living at the twilight zone inferior limit and the larger individuals above and below. The infra-red wavelengths of spectral reflectance varied significantly with depth while the blue-green ones were size-dependent and expressed in smaller animals, which has a very small spectral reflectance. The effects of solar and bioluminescence lighting are discussed as depth-dependent evolutionary forces likely influencing the behavioral rhythms and coloring of M. tenuimana.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.011
SN  - 0079-6611
VL  - 118
IS  - 4
SP  - 199
EP  - 209
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - BOOK
A1  - Al-Saffar, Loay Talib Ahmed
T1  - Where girls the role of boys in CS - attitudes of CS students in a female-dominated environment
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 978-3-86956-220-9
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Albrecht, Alexander
T1  - Understanding and managing extract-transform-load systems
Y1  - 2013
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Albrecht, Torsten
T1  - A dynamic memory of fracture processes in ice shelves
Y1  - 2013
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ali, Mostafa
A1  - Homann, Thomas
A1  - Khalil, Mahmoud
A1  - Kruse, Hans-Peter
A1  - Rawel, Harshadrai Manilal
T1  - Milk whey protein modification by coffee-specific phenolics effect on structural and functional properties
JF  - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry : a publication of the American Chemical Society
N2  - A suitable vehicle for integration of bioactive plant constituents is proposed. It involves modification of proteins using phenolics and applying these for protection of labile constituents. It dissects the noncovalent and covalent interactions of beta-lactoglobulin with coffee-specific phenolics. Alkaline and polyphenol oxidase modulated covalent reactions were compared. Tryptic digestion combined with MALDI-TOF-MS provided tentative allocation of the modification type and site in the protein, and an in silico modeling of modified beta-lactoglobulin is proposed. The modification delivers proteins with enhanced antioxidative properties. Changed structural properties and differences in solubility, surface hydrophobicity, and emulsification were observed. The polyphenol oxidase modulated reaction provides a modified beta-lactoglobulin with a high antioxidative power, is thermally more stable, requires less energy to unfold, and, when emulsified with lutein esters, exhibits their higher stability against UV light. Thus, adaptation of this modification provides an innovative approach for functionalizing proteins and their uses in the food industry.
KW  - coffee phenolic compounds
KW  - whey proteins
KW  - antioxidants
KW  - protein-phenol interactions
KW  - modeling
KW  - functionalizing proteins
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/jf402221m
SN  - 0021-8561
VL  - 61
IS  - 28
SP  - 6911
EP  - 6920
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aliu, E.
A1  - Archambault, S.
A1  - Arlen, T.
A1  - Aune, T.
A1  - Beilicke, M.
A1  - Benbow, W.
A1  - Bird, R.
A1  - Boettcher, Markus
A1  - Bouvier, A.
A1  - Bugaev, V.
A1  - Byrum, K.
A1  - Cesarini, A.
A1  - Ciupik, L.
A1  - Collins-Hughes, E.
A1  - Connolly, M. P.
A1  - Cui, W.
A1  - Dickherber, R.
A1  - Duke, C.
A1  - Dumm, J.
A1  - Errando, M.
A1  - Falcone, A.
A1  - Federici, Simone
A1  - Feng, Q.
A1  - Finley, J. P.
A1  - Finnegan, G.
A1  - Fortson, L.
A1  - Furniss, A.
A1  - Galante, N.
A1  - Gall, D.
A1  - Gillanders, G. H.
A1  - Griffin, S.
A1  - Grube, J.
A1  - Gyuk, G.
A1  - Hanna, D.
A1  - Holder, J.
A1  - Hughes, G.
A1  - Humensky, T. B.
A1  - Kaaret, P.
A1  - Kertzman, M.
A1  - Khassen, Y.
A1  - Kieda, D.
A1  - Krawczynski, H.
A1  - Krennrich, F.
A1  - Lang, M. J.
A1  - Madhavan, A. S.
A1  - Maier, G.
A1  - Majumdar, P.
A1  - McArthur, S.
A1  - McCann, A.
A1  - Moriarty, P.
A1  - Mukherjee, R.
A1  - Nelson, T.
A1  - de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain
A1  - Ong, R. A.
A1  - Orr, M.
A1  - Otte, A. N.
A1  - Park, N.
A1  - Perkins, J. S.
A1  - Pichel, A.
A1  - Pohl, Martin
A1  - Popkow, A.
A1  - Prokoph, H.
A1  - Quinn, J.
A1  - Ragan, K.
A1  - Reyes, L. C.
A1  - Reynolds, P. T.
A1  - Roache, E.
A1  - Saxon, D. B.
A1  - Schroedter, M.
A1  - Sembroski, G. H.
A1  - Skole, C.
A1  - Smith, A. W.
A1  - Staszak, D.
A1  - Telezhinsky, Igor O.
A1  - Theiling, M.
A1  - Tyler, J.
A1  - Varlotta, A.
A1  - Vassiliev, V. V.
A1  - Wakely, S. P.
A1  - Weekes, T. C.
A1  - Weinstein, A.
A1  - Welsing, R.
A1  - Williams, D. A.
A1  - Zitzer, B.
T1  - Multiwavelenght observations and modeling of 1ES 1959+650 in a low flux state
JF  - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics
N2  - We report on the VERITAS observations of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 in the period 2007-2011. This source is detected at TeV energies by VERITAS at 16.4 standard deviation (sigma) significance in 7.6 hr of observation in a low flux state. A multiwavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) is constructed from contemporaneous data from VERITAS, Fermi-LAT, RXTE PCA, and Swift UVOT. Swift XRT data is not included in the SED due to a lack of simultaneous observations with VERITAS. In contrast to the orphan gamma-ray flare exhibited by this source in 2002, the X-ray flux of the source is found to vary by an order of magnitude, while other energy regimes exhibit less variable emission. A quasi-equilibrium synchrotron self-Compton model with an additional external radiation field is used to describe three SEDs corresponding to the lowest, highest, and average X-ray states. The variation in the X-ray spectrum is modeled by changing the electron injection spectral index, with minor adjustments of the kinetic luminosity in electrons. This scenario produces small-scale flux variability of the order of less than or similar to 2 in the high energy (E > 1MeV) and very high energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray regimes, which is corroborated by the Fermi-LAT, VERITAS, and Whipple 10 m telescope light curves.
KW  - BL Lacertae objects: general
KW  - BL Lacertae objects: individual (1ES 1959+650=VER J1959+651)
KW  - galaxies: active
KW  - gamma rays: galaxies
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/775/1/3
SN  - 0004-637X
VL  - 775
IS  - 1
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aliu, E.
A1  - Archambault, S.
A1  - Arlen, T.
A1  - Aune, T.
A1  - Beilicke, M.
A1  - Benbow, W.
A1  - Bird, R.
A1  - Bouvier, A.
A1  - Buckley, J. H.
A1  - Bugaev, V.
A1  - Cesarini, A.
A1  - Ciupik, L.
A1  - Connolly, M. P.
A1  - Cui, W.
A1  - Dumm, J.
A1  - Errando, M.
A1  - Falcone, A.
A1  - Federici, Simone
A1  - Feng, Q.
A1  - Finley, J. P.
A1  - Fortin, P.
A1  - Fortson, L.
A1  - Furniss, A.
A1  - Galante, N.
A1  - Gerard, L.
A1  - Gillanders, G. H.
A1  - Griffin, S.
A1  - Grube, J.
A1  - Gyuk, G.
A1  - Hanna, D.
A1  - Holder, J.
A1  - Hughes, G.
A1  - Humensky, T. B.
A1  - Kaaret, P.
A1  - Kertzman, M.
A1  - Khassen, Y.
A1  - Kieda, D.
A1  - Krawczynski, H.
A1  - Krennrich, F.
A1  - Lang, M. J.
A1  - Madhavan, A. S.
A1  - Maier, G.
A1  - Majumdar, P.
A1  - McArthur, S.
A1  - McCann, A.
A1  - Moriarty, P.
A1  - Mukherjee, R.
A1  - Nieto, D.
A1  - De Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain
A1  - Ong, R. A.
A1  - Orr, M.
A1  - Otte, A. N.
A1  - Park, N.
A1  - Perkins, J. S.
A1  - Pohl, Martin
A1  - Popkow, A.
A1  - Prokoph, H.
A1  - Quinn, J.
A1  - Ragan, K.
A1  - Reyes, L. C.
A1  - Reynolds, P. T.
A1  - Richards, G. T.
A1  - Roache, E.
A1  - Saxon, D. B.
A1  - Sembroski, G. H.
A1  - Skole, C.
A1  - Smith, A. W.
A1  - Soares-Furtado, M.
A1  - Staszak, D.
A1  - Telezhinsky, Igor O.
A1  - Tesic, G.
A1  - Theiling, M.
A1  - Varlotta, A.
A1  - Vassiliev, V. V.
A1  - Vincent, S.
A1  - Wakely, S. P.
A1  - Weekes, T. C.
A1  - Weinstein, A.
A1  - Welsing, R.
A1  - Williams, D. A.
A1  - Zitzer, B.
A1  - Böttcher, Markus
A1  - Fumagalli, M.
A1  - Jadhav, J.
T1  - Long term observations of B2 1215+30 with veritas
JF  - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics
N2  - We report on VERITAS observations of the BL Lac object B2 1215+30 between 2008 and 2012. During this period, the source was detected at very high energies (VHEs; E > 100 GeV) by VERITAS with a significance of 8.9s and showed clear variability on timescales larger than months. In 2011, the source was found to be in a relatively bright state and a power-law fit to the differential photon spectrum yields a spectral index of 3.6 +/- 0.4(stat) +/- 0.3(syst) with an integral flux above 200 GeV of (8.0 +/- 0.9(stat) +/- 3.2(syst)) x 10(-12) cm(-2) s(-1). No short term variability could be detected during the bright state in 2011. Multi-wavelength data were obtained contemporaneously with the VERITAS observations in 2011 and cover optical (Super-LOTIS, MDM, Swift/UVOT), X-ray (Swift/XRT), and gamma-ray (Fermi-LAT) frequencies. These were used to construct the spectral energy distribution (SED) of B2 1215+30. A one-zone leptonic model is used to model the blazar emission and the results are compared to those of MAGIC from early 2011 and other VERITAS-detected blazars. The SED can be reproduced well with model parameters typical for VHE-detected BL Lac objects.
KW  - BL Lacertae objects: general
KW  - BL Lacertae objects: individual (B2 1215+30, VER J1217+301)
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/92
SN  - 0004-637X
SN  - 1538-4357
VL  - 779
IS  - 2
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aliu, E.
A1  - Archambault, S.
A1  - Arlen, T.
A1  - Aune, T.
A1  - Beilicke, M.
A1  - Benbow, W.
A1  - Bouvier, A.
A1  - Buckley, J. H.
A1  - Bugaev, V.
A1  - Cesarini, A.
A1  - Ciupik, L.
A1  - Collins-Hughes, E.
A1  - Connolly, M. P.
A1  - Cui, W.
A1  - Dickherber, R.
A1  - Duke, C.
A1  - Dumm, J.
A1  - Dwarkadas, Vikram V.
A1  - Errando, M.
A1  - Falcone, A.
A1  - Federici, S.
A1  - Feng, Q.
A1  - Finley, J. P.
A1  - Finnegan, G.
A1  - Fortson, L.
A1  - Furniss, A.
A1  - Galante, N.
A1  - Gall, D.
A1  - Gillanders, G. H.
A1  - Godambe, S.
A1  - Gotthelf, E. V.
A1  - Griffin, S.
A1  - Grube, J.
A1  - Gyuk, G.
A1  - Hanna, D.
A1  - Holder, J.
A1  - Hughes, G.
A1  - Humensky, T. B.
A1  - Kaaret, P.
A1  - Kargaltsev, O.
A1  - Karlsson, N.
A1  - Khassen, Y.
A1  - Kieda, D.
A1  - Krawczynski, H.
A1  - Krennrich, F.
A1  - Lang, M. J.
A1  - Lee, K.
A1  - Madhavan, A. S.
A1  - Maier, G.
A1  - Majumdar, P.
A1  - McArthur, S.
A1  - McCann, A.
A1  - Moriarty, P.
A1  - Mukherjee, R.
A1  - Nelson, T.
A1  - de Bhroithe, A. O&rsquo
A1  - Faolain, 
A1  - Ong, R. A.
A1  - Orr, M.
A1  - Otte, A. N.
A1  - Park, N.
A1  - Perkins, J. S.
A1  - Pohl, M.
A1  - Prokoph, H.
A1  - Quinn, J.
A1  - Ragan, K.
A1  - Reyes, L. C.
A1  - Reynolds, P. T.
A1  - Roache, E.
A1  - Roberts, M.
A1  - Saxon, D. B.
A1  - Schroedter, M.
A1  - Sembroski, G. H.
A1  - Slane, P.
A1  - Smith, A. W.
A1  - Staszak, D.
A1  - Telezhinsky, Igor O.
A1  - Tesic, G.
A1  - Theiling, M.
A1  - Thibadeau, S.
A1  - Tsurusaki, K.
A1  - Tyler, J.
A1  - Varlotta, A.
A1  - Vassiliev, V. V.
A1  - Vincent, S.
A1  - Vivier, M.
A1  - Wakely, S. P.
A1  - Weekes, T. C.
A1  - Weinstein, A.
A1  - Welsing, R.
A1  - Williams, D. A.
A1  - Zitzer, B.
T1  - DISCOVERY OF TeV GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM CTA 1 BY VERITAS
JF  - ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
N2  - We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission coincident with the shell-type radio supernova remnant (SNR) CTA 1 using the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory. The source, VER J0006+729, was detected as a 6.5 standard deviation excess over background and shows an extended morphology, approximated by a two-dimensional Gaussian of semimajor (semiminor) axis 0.degrees 30 (0.degrees 24) and a centroid 5&rsquo; from the Fermi gamma-ray pulsar PSR J0007+7303 and its X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The photon spectrum is well described by a power-law dN/dE = N-0(E/3 TeV)(-Gamma), with a differential spectral index of Gamma = 2.2 +/- 0.2(stat) +/- 0.3(sys), and normalization N-0 = (9.1 +/- 1.3(stat) +/- 1.7(sys)) x 10(-14) cm(-2) s(-1) TeV-1. The integral flux, F-gamma = 4.0 x 10(-12) erg cm(-2) s(-1) above 1 TeV, corresponds to 0.2% of the pulsar spin-down power at 1.4 kpc. The energetics, colocation with the SNR, and the relatively small extent of the TeV emission strongly argue for the PWN origin of the TeV photons. We consider the origin of the TeV emission in CTA 1.
KW  - gamma-rays: stars
KW  - pulsars: individual (PSR J0007+7303)
KW  - supernovae: individual (G119.5+10.2)
KW  - X-rays: individual (RX J0007.0+7303)
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/764/1/38
SN  - 0004-637X
VL  - 764
IS  - 1
PB  - IOP PUBLISHING LTD
CY  - BRISTOL
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aliu, E.
A1  - Archambault, S.
A1  - Behera, B.
A1  - Berger, K.
A1  - Beilicke, M.
A1  - Benbow, W.
A1  - Bird, R.
A1  - Bouvier, A.
A1  - Bugaev, V.
A1  - Cerruti, M.
A1  - Chen, Xuhui
A1  - Ciupik, L.
A1  - Connolly, M. P.
A1  - Cui, W.
A1  - Dumm, J.
A1  - Falcone, A.
A1  - Federici, Simone
A1  - Feng, Q.
A1  - Finley, J. P.
A1  - Fortin, P.
A1  - Fortson, L.
A1  - Furniss, A.
A1  - Galante, N.
A1  - Gillanders, G. H.
A1  - Griffin, S.
A1  - Griffiths, S. T.
A1  - Grube, J.
A1  - Gyuk, G.
A1  - Hanna, D.
A1  - Holder, J.
A1  - Hughes, G.
A1  - Humensky, T. B.
A1  - Kaaret, P.
A1  - Kertzman, M.
A1  - Khassen, Y.
A1  - Kieda, D.
A1  - Krennrich, F.
A1  - Lang, M. J.
A1  - Maier, G.
A1  - Majumdar, P.
A1  - McArthur, S.
A1  - McCann, A.
A1  - Moriarty, P.
A1  - Mukherjee, R.
A1  - de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain
A1  - Ong, R. A.
A1  - Otte, A. N.
A1  - Park, N.
A1  - Perkins, J. S.
A1  - Pohl, Martin
A1  - Popkow, A.
A1  - Prokoph, H.
A1  - Quinn, J.
A1  - Ragan, K.
A1  - Rajotte, J.
A1  - Ratliff, G.
A1  - Reynolds, P. T.
A1  - Richards, G. T.
A1  - Roache, E.
A1  - Sembroski, G. H.
A1  - Sheidaei, F.
A1  - Skole, C.
A1  - Smith, A. W.
A1  - Staszak, D.
A1  - Telezhinsky, Igor O.
A1  - Tyler, J.
A1  - Varlotta, A.
A1  - Vincent, S.
A1  - Wakely, S. P.
A1  - Weekes, T. C.
A1  - Weinstein, A.
A1  - Welsing, R.
A1  - Zajczyk, A.
A1  - Zitzer, B.
T1  - Multiwavelemght oservatons of the TeV binary LS I+61 degrees 303 with veritas, fermi-lat, and swift/XRT during a TeV outburst
JF  - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics
N2  - We present the results of a multiwavelength observational campaign on the TeV binary system LS I +61 degrees 303 with the VERITAS telescope array (>200 GeV), Fermi-LAT (0.3-300 GeV), and Swift/XRT (2-10 keV). The data were taken from 2011 December through 2012 January and show a strong detection in all three wavebands. During this period VERITAS obtained 24.9 hr of quality selected livetime data in which LS I +61 degrees 303 was detected at a statistical significance of 11.9 sigma. These TeV observations show evidence for nightly variability in the TeV regime at a post-trial significance of 3.6 sigma. The combination of the simultaneously obtained TeV and X-ray fluxes do not demonstrate any evidence for a correlation between emission in the two bands. For the first time since the launch of the Fermi satellite in 2008, this TeV detection allows the construction of a detailed MeV-TeV spectral energy distribution from LS I +61 degrees 303. This spectrum shows a distinct cutoff in emission near 4 GeV, with emission seen by the VERITAS observations following a simple power-law above 200 GeV. This feature in the spectrum of LS I +61 degrees 303, obtained from overlapping observations with Fermi-LAT and VERITAS, may indicate that there are two distinct populations of accelerated particles producing the GeV and TeV emission.
KW  - acceleration of particles
KW  - binaries: general
KW  - gamma rays: stars
KW  - relativistic processes
KW  - X-rays: binaries
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/1/88
SN  - 0004-637X
SN  - 1538-4357
VL  - 779
IS  - 1
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Allan, Eric
A1  - Weisser, Wolfgang W.
A1  - Fischer, Markus
A1  - Schulze, Ernst-Detlef
A1  - Weigelt, Alexandra
A1  - Roscher, Christiane
A1  - Baade, Jussi
A1  - Barnard, Romain L.
A1  - Bessler, Holger
A1  - Buchmann, Nina
A1  - Ebeling, Anne
A1  - Eisenhauer, Nico
A1  - Engels, Christof
A1  - Fergus, Alexander J. F.
A1  - Gleixner, Gerd
A1  - Gubsch, Marlen
A1  - Halle, Stefan
A1  - Klein, Alexandra-Maria
A1  - Kertscher, Ilona
A1  - Kuu, Annely
A1  - Lange, Markus
A1  - Le Roux, Xavier
A1  - Meyer, Sebastian T.
A1  - Migunova, Varvara D.
A1  - Milcu, Alexandru
A1  - Niklaus, Pascal A.
A1  - Oelmann, Yvonne
A1  - Pasalic, Esther
A1  - Petermann, Jana S.
A1  - Poly, Franck
A1  - Rottstock, Tanja
A1  - Sabais, Alexander C. W.
A1  - Scherber, Christoph
A1  - Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael
A1  - Scheu, Stefan
A1  - Steinbeiss, Sibylle
A1  - Schwichtenberg, Guido
A1  - Temperton, Vicky
A1  - Tscharntke, Teja
A1  - Voigt, Winfried
A1  - Wilcke, Wolfgang
A1  - Wirth, Christian
A1  - Schmid, Bernhard
T1  - A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions
JF  - Oecologia
N2  - In order to predict which ecosystem functions are most at risk from biodiversity loss, meta-analyses have generalised results from biodiversity experiments over different sites and ecosystem types. In contrast, comparing the strength of biodiversity effects across a large number of ecosystem processes measured in a single experiment permits more direct comparisons. Here, we present an analysis of 418 separate measures of 38 ecosystem processes. Overall, 45 % of processes were significantly affected by plant species richness, suggesting that, while diversity affects a large number of processes not all respond to biodiversity. We therefore compared the strength of plant diversity effects between different categories of ecosystem processes, grouping processes according to the year of measurement, their biogeochemical cycle, trophic level and compartment (above- or belowground) and according to whether they were measures of biodiversity or other ecosystem processes, biotic or abiotic and static or dynamic. Overall, and for several individual processes, we found that biodiversity effects became stronger over time. Measures of the carbon cycle were also affected more strongly by plant species richness than were the measures associated with the nitrogen cycle. Further, we found greater plant species richness effects on measures of biodiversity than on other processes. The differential effects of plant diversity on the various types of ecosystem processes indicate that future research and political effort should shift from a general debate about whether biodiversity loss impairs ecosystem functions to focussing on the specific functions of interest and ways to preserve them individually or in combination.
KW  - Bottom-up effects
KW  - Carbon cycling
KW  - Ecological synthesis
KW  - Ecosystem processes
KW  - Grasslands
KW  - Jena experiment
KW  - Nitrogen cycling
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2589-0
SN  - 0029-8549
VL  - 173
IS  - 1
SP  - 223
EP  - 237
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Alsadeh, Ahmad
T1  - Augmented secure neighbor discovery: aligning security, privacy and usability
Y1  - 2013
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Altenberger, Uwe
A1  - Prosser, Giacomo
A1  - Grande, Atonella
A1  - Günter, Christina
A1  - Langone, Antonio
T1  - A seismogenic zone in the deep crust indicated by pseudotachylytes and ultramylonites in granulite-facies rocks of Calabria (Southern Italy)
JF  - Contributions to mineralogy and petrology
N2  - Pseudotachylyte veins frequently associated with mylonites and ultramylonites occur within migmatitic paragneisses, metamonzodiorites, as well as felsic and mafic granulites at the base of the section of the Hercynian lower crust exposed in Calabria (Southern Italy). The crustal section is tectonically superposed on lower grade units. Ultramylonites and pseudotachylytes are particularly well developed in migmatitic paragneisses, whereas sparse fault-related pseudotachylytes and thin mylonite/ultramylonite bands occur in granulite-facies rocks. The presence of sillimanite and clinopyroxene in ultramylonites and mylonites indicates that relatively high-temperature conditions preceded the formation of pseudotachylytes. We have analysed pseudotachylytes from different rock types to ascertain their deep crustal origin and to better understand the relationships between brittle and ductile processes during deformation of the deeper crust. Different protoliths were selected to test how lithology controls pseudotachylyte composition and textures. In migmatites and felsic granulites, euhedral or cauliflower-shaped garnets directly crystallized from pseudotachylyte melts of near andesitic composition. This indicates that pseudotachylytes originated at deep crustal conditions (> 0.75 GPa). In mafic protoliths, quenched needle-to-feather-shaped high-alumina orthopyroxene occurs in contact with newly crystallized plagioclase. The pyroxene crystallizes in garnet-free and garnet-bearing veins. The simultaneous growth of orthopyroxene and plagioclase as well as almandine, suggests lower crustal origin, with pressures in excess of 0.85 GPa. The existence of melts of different composition in the same vein indicates the stepwise, non-equilibrium conditions of frictional melting. Melt formed and intruded into pre-existing anisotropies. In mafic granulites, brittle faulting is localized in a previously formed thin high-temperature mylonite bands. migmatitic gneisses are deformed into ultramylonite domains characterized by s-c fabric. Small grain size and fluids lowered the effective stress on the c planes favouring a seismic event and the consequent melt generation. Microstructures and ductile deformation of pseudotachylytes suggest continuous ductile flow punctuated by episodes of high-strain rate, leading to seismic events and melting.
KW  - Pseudotachylyte
KW  - Calabria
KW  - Lower crust
KW  - Palaeo-seismicity
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-013-0904-3
SN  - 0010-7999
VL  - 166
IS  - 4
SP  - 975
EP  - 994
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Amour, Frederic
A1  - Mutti, Maria
A1  - Christ, Nicolas
A1  - Immenhauser, Adrian
A1  - Benson, Gregory S.
A1  - Agar, Susan M.
A1  - Tomas, Sara
A1  - Kabiri, Lahcen
T1  - Outcrop analog for an oolitic carbonate ramp reservoir a scale-dependent geologic modeling approach based on stratigraphic hierarchy
JF  - AAPG bulletin
N2  - Considerable effort has been devoted to the development of simulation algorithms for facies modeling, whereas a discussion of how to combine those techniques has not existed. The integration of multiple geologic data into a three-dimensional model, which requires the combination of simulation techniques, is yet a current challenge for reservoir modeling. This article presents a thought process that guides the acquisition and modeling of geologic data at various scales. Our work is based on outcrop data collected from a Jurassic carbonate ramp located in the High Atlas mountain range of Morocco. The study window is 1 km (0.6 mi) wide and 100 m (328.1 ft) thick. We describe and model the spatial and hierarchical arrangement of carbonate bodies spanning from largest to smallest: (1) stacking pattern of high-frequency depositional sequences, (2) facies association, and (3) lithofacies. Five sequence boundaries were modeled using differential global position system mapping and light detection and ranging data. The surface-based model shows a low-angle profile with modest paleotopographic relief at the inner-to-middle ramp transition. Facies associations were populated using truncated Gaussian simulation to preserve ordered trends between the inner, middle, and outer ramps. At the lithofacies scale, field observations and statistical analysis show a mosaiclike distribution that was simulated using a fully stochastic approach with sequential indicator simulation.
 This study observes that the use of one single simulation technique is unlikely to correctly model the natural patterns and variability of carbonate rocks. The selection and implementation of different techniques customized for each level of the stratigraphic hierarchy will provide the essential computing flexibility to model carbonate settings. This study demonstrates that a scale-dependent modeling approach should be a common procedure when building subsurface and outcrop models.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1306/10231212039
SN  - 0149-1423
VL  - 97
IS  - 5
SP  - 845
EP  - 871
PB  - American Association of Petroleum Geologists
CY  - Tulsa
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Amour, Frédéric
T1  - 3-D modeling of shallow-water carbonate systems : a scale-dependent approach based on quantitative outcrop studies
T1  - 3-D Modellierung von Flachwasser-Karbonat-Sytemen : eine skalenabhängige Herangehensweise basierend auf quantitativen Aufschlussstudien
N2  - The study of outcrop modeling is located at the interface between two fields of expertise, Sedimentology and Computing Geoscience, which respectively investigates and simulates geological heterogeneity observed in the sedimentary record. During the last past years, modeling tools and techniques were constantly improved. In parallel, the study of Phanerozoic carbonate deposits emphasized the common occurrence of a random facies distribution along single depositional domain. Although both fields of expertise are intrinsically linked during outcrop simulation, their respective advances have not been combined in literature to enhance carbonate modeling studies. The present study re-examines the modeling strategy adapted to the simulation of shallow-water carbonate systems, based on a close relationship between field sedimentology and modeling capabilities. In the present study, the evaluation of three commonly used algorithms Truncated Gaussian Simulation (TGSim), Sequential Indicator Simulation (SISim), and Indicator Kriging (IK), were performed for the first time using visual and quantitative comparisons on an ideally suited carbonate outcrop. The results show that the heterogeneity of carbonate rocks cannot be fully simulated using one single algorithm. The operating mode of each algorithm involves capabilities as well as drawbacks that are not capable to match all field observations carried out across the modeling area. Two end members in the spectrum of carbonate depositional settings, a low-angle Jurassic ramp (High Atlas, Morocco) and a Triassic isolated platform (Dolomites, Italy), were investigated to obtain a complete overview of the geological heterogeneity in shallow-water carbonate systems. Field sedimentology and statistical analysis performed on the type, morphology, distribution, and association of carbonate bodies and combined with palaeodepositional reconstructions, emphasize similar results. At the basin scale (x 1 km), facies association, composed of facies recording similar depositional conditions, displays linear and ordered transitions between depositional domains. Contrarily, at the bedding scale (x 0.1 km), individual lithofacies type shows a mosaic-like distribution consisting of an arrangement of spatially independent lithofacies bodies along the depositional profile. The increase of spatial disorder from the basin to bedding scale results from the influence of autocyclic factors on the transport and deposition of carbonate sediments. Scale-dependent types of carbonate heterogeneity are linked with the evaluation of algorithms in order to establish a modeling strategy that considers both the sedimentary characteristics of the outcrop and the modeling capabilities. A surface-based modeling approach was used to model depositional sequences. Facies associations were populated using TGSim to preserve ordered trends between depositional domains. At the lithofacies scale, a fully stochastic approach with SISim was applied to simulate a mosaic-like lithofacies distribution. This new workflow is designed to improve the simulation of carbonate rocks, based on the modeling of each scale of heterogeneity individually. Contrarily to simulation methods applied in literature, the present study considers that the use of one single simulation technique is unlikely to correctly model the natural patterns and variability of carbonate rocks. The implementation of different techniques customized for each level of the stratigraphic hierarchy provides the essential computing flexibility to model carbonate systems. Closer feedback between advances carried out in the field of Sedimentology and Computing Geoscience should be promoted during future outcrop simulations for the enhancement of 3-D geological models.
N2  - Das Modellieren von geologischen Aufschlüssen liegt der Schnittstelle zwischen zwei geo-logischen Teildisziplinen, der Sedimentologie und der geologischen Modellierung. Hierbei werden geologische Heterogenitäten untersucht und simuliert, welche im Aufschluss beobachtet wurden. Während der letzten Jahre haben sich die Werkzeuge und die Technik der Modellierung stetig weiter-entwickelt. Parallel dazu hat die Untersuchung der phanerozoischen Karbonatablagerungen ihren Fokus auf gemeinsamen Vorkommen von zufälligen Faziesverteilungen in beiden Ablagerungs-gebieten. Obwohl beide Teildisziplinen durch die Aufschlussmodellierung eigentlich verbunden sind, wurden ihre jeweiligen Vorteile in der Literatur nicht miteinander verbunden, um so eine Verbesserung ähnlicher Studien zu erreichen. Die vorliegende Studie überprüft erneut die Modellierungsstrategie, angepasst an die Simulation von Flachwasser-Karbonat-Systemen und basierend auf einer engen Beziehung zwischen Sedimentologie und Modellierung. Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt erstmals die Evaluierung der drei am häufigsten verwendeten Algorithmen „Truncated Gaussian Simulation (TGSim)“, „Sequential Indicator Simulation (SISim)“ und „Indicator Kriging (IK)“, um sie visuell und quantitativ mit dem entsprechenden Aufschluss zu vergleichen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Heterogenität von Karbonatgesteinen nicht komplett mit nur einem Algorithmus simuliert werden kann. Die Eigenschaften jedes einzelnen Algorithmus beinhalten Vor- und Nachteile, sodass kein Algorithmus alle Beobachtungen aus dem Aufschluss widerspiegelt. Die zwei Endglieder im Spektrum der Ablagerungsbedingungen von Karbonaten, eine flachwinklige, jurassische Karbonat-Rampe (Hoher Atlas, Marokko) und eine isolierte, triassische Plattform (Dolomiten, Italien), wurden untersucht, um einen kompletten Überblick über die verschiedenen Heterogenitäten in Flachwasser-Karbonat- Systemen zu erhalten. Sedimentologische und statistische Analysen wurden für die verschiedenen Typen, Morphologien, Verteilungen und Assoziationen von Karbonatablagerungen durchgeführt und mit paläogeografischen Rekonstruktionen kombiniert und zeigen ähnliche Ergebnisse. Im Beckenmaßstab zeigen die Faziesassoziationen, bestehend aus Fazieszonen mit ähnlichen Ablagerungsbedingungen, einen linearen und kontinuierlichen Übergang zwischen den einzelnen Ablagerungsbereichen. Im Gegensatz dazu zeigt für einzelne Lithofaziestypen im Maßstab einzelner Schichten eine mosaikartige Verteilung, bestehend aus einer Anordnung räumlich unabhängiger Lithofazieszonen entlang des Ablagerungsprofils. Das Ansteigen der räumlichen Unordnung von der beckenweiten Ablagerung zur Ablagerung einzelner Schichten resultiert aus dem Einfluss autozyklischer Faktoren bei der Ablagerung von Karbonaten. Die Skalenabhängigkeit von Karbonat-Heterogenität ist mit der Auswertung der Algorithmen verknüpft um eine Modellierungsstrategie zu etablieren, welche sowohl die sedimentären Charakteristiken des Aufschlusses als auch die Modellierfähigkeit berücksichtigt. Für die Modellierung der Ablagerungssequenzen wurde ein flächenbasierter Ansatz verwendet. Die Faziesassoziationen wurden durch die Benutzung des TGSim-Algorithmus simuliert, um die regulären Trends zwischen den einzelnen Ablagerungsgebieten zu erhalten. Im Bereich der verschiedenen Lithofazien wurde mit dem SISim-Algorithmus, ein voll stochastischer Ansatz angewendet, um die mosaikartige Verteilung der Lithofazies-Typen zu simulieren. Dieser neue Arbeitsablauf wurde konzipiert, um die Simulierung von Karbonaten auf Basis der einzelnen Heterogenitäten in verschiedenen Größenordnungen zu verbessern. Im Gegensatz zu den in der Literatur angewendeten Simulationsmethoden berücksichtigt diese Studie, dass eine einzelne Modellierungstechnik die natürlichen Ablagerungsmuster und Variabilität von Karbonaten wahrscheinlich nicht korrekt abbildet. Die Einführung verschiedener Techniken, angepasst auf die verschiedenen Ebenen der stratigrafischen Hierarchie, liefert die notwendige Flexibilität um Karbonatsysteme korrekt zu modellieren. Eine enge Verknüpfung zwischen den Fortschritten auf dem Gebieten der Sedimentologie und dem Gebiet der modellierenden Geowissenschaften sollte weiterhin bestehen, um auch zukünftig bei der Simulation von geologischen Gelände-Aufschlüssen eine Verbesserung der 3-D-Modellierung zu erreichen.
KW  - Karbonat
KW  - 3-D Modellierung
KW  - Aufschluss-Modellierung
KW  - Quantitative Daten
KW  - Skala
KW  - Stochastischer Algorithmus
KW  - Carbonate
KW  - 3-D outcrop modeling
KW  - quantitative data
KW  - scale
KW  - stochastic algorithms
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66621
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Andree, Kai
T1  - A note on merger in mixed duopoly - Bertrand versus Cournot
JF  - Journal of economics
N2  - In this note we analyze the incentives to merge in a mixed duopoly if firms compete in prices or quantities. Our model framework mainly follows Barcena-Ruiz and Garzon (J Econ 80:27-42, 2003) who set up the model with quantity competition. We extend their analysis by analyzing the case of competition in prices. Further we compare the incentives to merge with Bertrand and Cournot competition. Comparing quantity with price competition we can show that a merger is more likely with Cournot competition than with Bertrand competition.
KW  - Merger
KW  - Price competition
KW  - Mixed duopoly
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-012-0280-x
SN  - 0931-8658
VL  - 108
IS  - 3
SP  - 291
EP  - 298
PB  - Springer
CY  - Wien
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Andres, Dorothee
A1  - Gohlke, Ulrich
A1  - Bröker, Nina Kristin
A1  - Schulze, Stefan
A1  - Rabsch, Wolfgang
A1  - Heinemann, Udo
A1  - Barbirz, Stefanie
A1  - Seckler, Robert
T1  - An essential serotype recognition pocket on phage P22 tailspike protein forces Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A O-antigen fragments to bind as nonsolution conformers
JF  - Glycobiology
N2  - Bacteriophage P22 recognizes O-antigen polysaccharides of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (S.) with its tailspike protein (TSP). In the serovars S. Typhimurium, S. Enteritidis, and S. Paratyphi A, the tetrasaccharide repeat units of the respective O-antigens consist of an identical main chain trisaccharide but different 3,6-dideoxyhexose substituents. Here, the epimers abequose, tyvelose and paratose determine the specific serotype. P22 TSP recognizes O-antigen octasaccharides in an extended binding site with a single 3,6-dideoxyhexose binding pocket. We have isolated S. Paratyphi A octasaccharides which were not available previously and determined the crystal structure of their complex with P22 TSP. We discuss our data together with crystal structures of complexes with S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis octasaccharides determined earlier. Isothermal titration calorimetry showed that S. Paratyphi A octasaccharide binds P22 TSP less tightly, with a difference in binding free energy of similar to 7 kJ mol(-1) at 20 degrees C compared with S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis octasaccharides. Individual protein-carbohydrate contacts were probed by amino acid replacements showing that the dideoxyhexose pocket contributes to binding of all three serotypes. However, S. Paratyphi A octasaccharides bind in a conformation with an energetically unfavorable phi/epsilon glycosidic bond angle combination. In contrast, octasaccharides from the other serotypes bind as solution-like conformers. Two water molecules are conserved in all P22 TSP complexes with octasaccharides of different serotypes. They line the dideoxyhexose binding pocket and force the S. Paratyphi A octasaccharides to bind as nonsolution conformers. This emphasizes the role of solvent as part of carbohydrate binding sites.
KW  - bacterial O-antigen
KW  - carbohydrate interaction
KW  - paratose
KW  - structural thermodynamics
KW  - tailspike protein
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cws224
SN  - 0959-6658
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
SP  - 486
EP  - 494
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Cary
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Anggraini, Ade
T1  - The 26 May 2006 yogyakarta earthquake, aftershocks and interactions
Y1  - 2013
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Anis, Muhammad Rehan
T1  - Climate change effects on overland flow
Y1  - 2013
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Anoop, Ambili
A1  - Prasad, S.
A1  - Plessen, Birgit
A1  - Basavaiah, Nathani
A1  - Gaye, B.
A1  - Naumann, R.
A1  - Menzel, P.
A1  - Weise, S.
A1  - Brauer, Achim
T1  - Palaeoenvironmental implications of evaporative gaylussite crystals from Lonar Lake, central India
JF  - Journal of quaternary science
N2  - We have undertaken petrographic, mineralogical, geochemical and isotopic investigations on carbonate minerals found within a 10-m-long core from Lonar Lake, central India, with the aim of evaluating their potential as palaeoenvironmental proxies. The core encompasses the entire Holocene and is the first well-dated high-resolution record from central India. While calcite and/or aragonite were found throughout the core, the mineral gaylussite was found only in two specific intervals (46303890 and 2040560 cal a BP). Hydrochemical and isotope data from inflowing streams and lake waters indicate that evaporitic processes play a dominant role in the precipitation of carbonates within this lake. Isotopic (18O and 13C) studies on the evaporative gaylussite crystals and residual bulk carbonates (calcite) from the long core show that evaporation is the major control on 18O enrichment in both the minerals. However, in case of 13C additional mechanisms, for example methanogenesis (gaylussite) and phytoplankton productivity (calcium carbonate), play an additional important role in some intervals. We also discuss the relevance of our investigation for palaeoclimate reconstruction and late Holocene monsoon variability.
KW  - evaporites
KW  - gaylussite
KW  - isotopes
KW  - Lonar Lake
KW  - monsoon
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2625
SN  - 0267-8179
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
SP  - 349
EP  - 359
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Anoop, Ambili
A1  - Prasad, Sushma
A1  - Krishnan, R.
A1  - Naumann, Rudolf
A1  - Dulski, Peter
T1  - Intensified monsoon and spatiotemporal changes in precipitation patterns in the NW Himalaya during the early-mid holocene
JF  - Quaternary international : the journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research
N2  - We have undertaken a high resolution palaeoclimate reconstruction on radiocarbon dated palaeolake sediments from the Spiti valley, NW Himalaya. This site lies in the climatically sensitive winter westerlies and Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) transitional regime and provides an opportunity to reconstruct the precipitation seasonality, and extreme precipitation events that are characterised by intensified erosion. The lake sediments reveal distinct lithofacies that provide evidence of changes in depositional environment and climate during early to mid Holocene (8.7-6.1 cal ka BP). We have identified three stages during the period of lake's existence: the Stage I (8.7-7.6 cal ka BP) is marked by lake establishment; Stage II (similar to 7.6-6.8 cal ka BP) by sustained cooler periods and weakened summer monsoon, and Stage III (similar to 6.8-6.1 cal ka BP) by a shift from colder to warmer climate with stronger ISM. We have identified several short term cooler periods at ca. 8.7, 8.5, 8.3 and 7.2-6.9 cal ka BP. Based on an overview of regional climate records we show that there is an abrupt switch in precipitation seasonality ca. 6.8 cal ka BP that is followed by the onset of the intensified monsoon in the NW Himalaya. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.014
SN  - 1040-6182
VL  - 313
SP  - 74
EP  - 84
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Archambault, S.
A1  - Arlen, T.
A1  - Aune, T.
A1  - Behera, B.
A1  - Beilicke, M.
A1  - Benbow, W.
A1  - Bird, R.
A1  - Bouvier, A.
A1  - Buckley, J. H.
A1  - Bugaev, V.
A1  - Byrum, K.
A1  - Cesarini, A.
A1  - Ciupik, L.
A1  - Connolly, M. P.
A1  - Cui, W.
A1  - Errando, M.
A1  - Falcone, A.
A1  - Federici, Simone
A1  - Feng, Q.
A1  - Finley, J. P.
A1  - Fortson, L.
A1  - Furniss, A.
A1  - Galante, N.
A1  - Gall, D.
A1  - Gillanders, G. H.
A1  - Griffin, S.
A1  - Grube, J.
A1  - Gyuk, G.
A1  - Hanna, D.
A1  - Holder, J.
A1  - Hughes, G.
A1  - Humensky, T. B.
A1  - Kaaret, P.
A1  - Kertzman, M.
A1  - Khassen, Y.
A1  - Kieda, D.
A1  - Krawczynski, H.
A1  - Krennrich, F.
A1  - Kumar, S.
A1  - Lang, M. J.
A1  - Madhavan, A. S.
A1  - Maier, G.
A1  - Majumdar, P.
A1  - McArthur, S.
A1  - McCann, A.
A1  - Millis, J.
A1  - Moriarty, P.
A1  - Mukherjee, R.
A1  - de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain
A1  - Ong, R. A.
A1  - Otte, A. N.
A1  - Park, N.
A1  - Perkins, J. S.
A1  - Pohl, Martin
A1  - Popkow, A.
A1  - Prokoph, H.
A1  - Quinn, J.
A1  - Ragan, K.
A1  - Reyes, L. C.
A1  - Reynolds, P. T.
A1  - Richards, G. T.
A1  - Roache, E.
A1  - Saxon, D. B.
A1  - Sembroski, G. H.
A1  - Smith, A. W.
A1  - Staszak, D.
A1  - Telezhinsky, Igor O.
A1  - Theiling, M.
A1  - Varlotta, A.
A1  - Vassiliev, V. V.
A1  - Vincent, S.
A1  - Wakely, S. P.
A1  - Weekes, T. C.
A1  - Weinstein, A.
A1  - Welsing, R.
A1  - Williams, D. A.
A1  - Zitzer, B.
A1  - Boettcher, Markus
A1  - Fegan, S. J.
A1  - Fortin, P.
A1  - Halpern, J. P.
A1  - Kovalev, Y. Y.
A1  - Lister, M. L.
A1  - Liu, J.
A1  - Pushkarev, A. B.
A1  - Smith, P. S.
T1  - Discovery of a new tev Gamma-Ray source - VER J0521+211
JF  - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics
N2  - We report the detection of a new TeV gamma-ray source, VER J0521+211, based on observations made with the VERITAS imaging atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Array. These observations were motivated by the discovery of a cluster of >30 GeV photons in the first year of Fermi Large Area Telescope observations. VER J0521+211 is relatively bright at TeV energies, with a mean photon flux of (1.93 +/- 0.13(stat) +/- 0.78(sys)) x 10(-11) cm(-2) s(-1) above 0.2 TeV during the period of the VERITAS observations. The source is strongly variable on a daily timescale across all wavebands, from optical to TeV, with a peak flux corresponding to similar to 0.3 times the steady Crab Nebula flux at TeV energies. Follow-up observations in the optical and X-ray bands classify the newly discovered TeV source as a BL Lac-type blazar with uncertain redshift, although recent measurements suggest z = 0.108. VER J0521+211 exhibits all the defining properties of blazars in radio, optical, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths.
KW  - BL Lacertae objects: individual (VER J0521+211)
KW  - gamma rays: galaxies
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/69
SN  - 0004-637X
SN  - 1538-4357
VL  - 776
IS  - 2
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Archambault, S.
A1  - Beilicke, M.
A1  - Benbow, W.
A1  - Berger, K.
A1  - Bird, R.
A1  - Bouvier, A.
A1  - Buckley, J. H.
A1  - Bugaev, V.
A1  - Byrum, K.
A1  - Cerruti, M.
A1  - Chen, Xuhui
A1  - Ciupik, L.
A1  - Connolly, M. P.
A1  - Cui, W.
A1  - Duke, C.
A1  - Dumm, J.
A1  - Errando, M.
A1  - Falcone, A.
A1  - Federici, Simone
A1  - Feng, Q.
A1  - Finley, J. P.
A1  - Fortson, L.
A1  - Furniss, A.
A1  - Galante, N.
A1  - Gillanders, G. H.
A1  - Griffin, S.
A1  - Griffiths, S. T.
A1  - Grube, J.
A1  - Gyuk, G.
A1  - Hanna, D.
A1  - Holder, J.
A1  - Hughes, G.
A1  - Humensky, T. B.
A1  - Kaaret, P.
A1  - Kertzman, M.
A1  - Khassen, Y.
A1  - Kieda, D.
A1  - Krawczynski, H.
A1  - Lang, M. J.
A1  - Madhavan, A. S.
A1  - Maier, G.
A1  - Majumdar, P.
A1  - McArthur, S.
A1  - McCann, A.
A1  - Moriarty, P.
A1  - Mukherjee, R.
A1  - Nieto, D.
A1  - de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain
A1  - Ong, R. A.
A1  - Otte, A. N.
A1  - Pandel, D.
A1  - Park, N.
A1  - Perkins, J. S.
A1  - Pohl, Martin
A1  - Popkow, A.
A1  - Prokoph, H.
A1  - Quinn, J.
A1  - Ragan, K.
A1  - Rajotte, J.
A1  - Reyes, L. C.
A1  - Reynolds, P. T.
A1  - Richards, G. T.
A1  - Roache, E.
A1  - Sembroski, G. H.
A1  - Sheidaei, F.
A1  - Smith, A. W.
A1  - Staszak, D.
A1  - Telezhinsky, Igor O.
A1  - Theiling, M.
A1  - Tucci, J. V.
A1  - Tyler, J.
A1  - Varlotta, A.
A1  - Vincent, S.
A1  - Wakely, S. P.
A1  - Weekes, T. C.
A1  - Weinstein, A.
A1  - Williams, D. A.
A1  - Zitzer, B.
A1  - McCollough, M. L.
T1  - Veritas observatons of the microquasar cygnus  X-3
JF  - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics
N2  - We report results from TeV gamma-ray observations of the microquasar Cygnus X-3. The observations were made with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) over a time period from 2007 June 11 to 2011 November 28. VERITAS is most sensitive to gamma rays at energies between 85 GeV and 30 TeV. The effective exposure time amounts to a total of about 44 hr, with the observations covering six distinct radio/X-ray states of the object. No significant TeV gamma-ray emission was detected in any of the states, nor with all observations combined. The lack of a positive signal, especially in the states where GeV gamma rays were detected, places constraints on TeV gamma-ray production in Cygnus X-3. We discuss the implications of the results.
KW  - acceleration of particles
KW  - binaries: close
KW  - gamma rays: stars
KW  - X-rays: individual (Cygnus X-3)
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/150
SN  - 0004-637X
SN  - 1538-4357
VL  - 779
IS  - 2
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Arlen, T.
A1  - Aune, T.
A1  - Beilicke, M.
A1  - Benbow, W.
A1  - Bouvier, A.
A1  - Buckley, J. H.
A1  - Bugaev, V.
A1  - Cesarini, A.
A1  - Ciupik, L.
A1  - Connolly, M. P.
A1  - Cui, W.
A1  - Dickherber, R.
A1  - Dumm, J.
A1  - Errando, M.
A1  - Falcone, A.
A1  - Federici, S.
A1  - Feng, Q.
A1  - Finley, J. P.
A1  - Finnegan, G.
A1  - Fortson, L.
A1  - Furniss, A.
A1  - Galante, N.
A1  - Gall, D.
A1  - Griffin, S.
A1  - Grube, J.
A1  - Gyuk, G.
A1  - Hanna, D.
A1  - Holder, J.
A1  - Humensky, T. B.
A1  - Kaaret, P.
A1  - Karlsson, N.
A1  - Kertzman, M.
A1  - Khassen, Y.
A1  - Kieda, D.
A1  - Krawczynski, H.
A1  - Krennrich, F.
A1  - Maier, G.
A1  - Moriarty, P.
A1  - Mukherjee, R.
A1  - Nelson, T.
A1  - de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain
A1  - Ong, R. A.
A1  - Orr, M.
A1  - Park, N.
A1  - Perkins, J. S.
A1  - Pichel, A.
A1  - Pohl, Martin
A1  - Prokoph, H.
A1  - Quinn, J.
A1  - Ragan, K.
A1  - Reyes, L. C.
A1  - Reynolds, P. T.
A1  - Roache, E.
A1  - Saxon, D. B.
A1  - Schroedter, M.
A1  - Sembroski, G. H.
A1  - Staszak, D.
A1  - Telezhinsky, Igor O.
A1  - Tesic, G.
A1  - Theiling, M.
A1  - Tsurusaki, K.
A1  - Varlotta, A.
A1  - Vincent, S.
A1  - Wakely, S. P.
A1  - Weekes, T. C.
A1  - Weinstein, A.
A1  - Welsing, R.
A1  - Williams, D. A.
A1  - Zitzer, B.
A1  - Jorstad, S. G.
A1  - MacDonald, N. R.
A1  - Marscher, A. P.
A1  - Smith, P. S.
A1  - Walker, R. C.
A1  - Hovatta, T.
A1  - Richards, J.
A1  - Max-Moerbeck, W.
A1  - Readhead, A.
A1  - Lister, M. L.
A1  - Kovalev, Y. Y.
A1  - Pushkarev, A. B.
A1  - Gurwell, M. A.
A1  - Lahteenmaki, A.
A1  - Nieppola, E.
A1  - Tornikoski, M.
A1  - Jarvela, E.
T1  - Rapid TeV Gamma-Ray flaring of bl lacertae
JF  - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics
N2  - We report on the detection of a very rapid TeV gamma-ray flare from BL Lacertae on 2011 June 28 with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). The flaring activity was observed during a 34.6 minute exposure, when the integral flux above 200 GeV reached (3.4 +/- 0.6) x 10(-6) photons m(-2) s(-1), roughly 125% of the Crab Nebula flux measured by VERITAS. The light curve indicates that the observations missed the rising phase of the flare but covered a significant portion of the decaying phase. The exponential decay time was determined to be 13 +/- 4 minutes, making it one of the most rapid gamma-ray flares seen from a TeV blazar. The gamma-ray spectrum of BL Lacertae during the flare was soft, with a photon index of 3.6 +/- 0.4, which is in agreement with the measurement made previously by MAGIC in a lower flaring state. Contemporaneous radio observations of the source with the Very Long Baseline Array revealed the emergence of a new, superluminal component from the core around the time of the TeV gamma-ray flare, accompanied by changes in the optical polarization angle. Changes in flux also appear to have occurred at optical, UV, and GeV gamma-ray wavelengths at the time of the flare, although they are difficult to quantify precisely due to sparse coverage. A strong flare was seen at radio wavelengths roughly four months later, which might be related to the gamma-ray flaring activities. We discuss the implications of these multiwavelength results.
KW  - galaxies: active
KW  - galaxies: individual (BL Lacertae, VER J2202+422)
KW  - gamma rays: galaxies
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/762/2/92
SN  - 0004-637X
VL  - 762
IS  - 2
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Arnison, Paul G.
A1  - Bibb, Mervyn J.
A1  - Bierbaum, Gabriele
A1  - Bowers, Albert A.
A1  - Bugni, Tim S.
A1  - Bulaj, Grzegorz
A1  - Camarero, Julio A.
A1  - Campopiano, Dominic J.
A1  - Challis, Gregory L.
A1  - Clardy, Jon
A1  - Cotter, Paul D.
A1  - Craik, David J.
A1  - Dawson, Michael
A1  - Dittmann-Thünemann, Elke
A1  - Donadio, Stefano
A1  - Dorrestein, Pieter C.
A1  - Entian, Karl-Dieter
A1  - Fischbach, Michael A.
A1  - Garavelli, John S.
A1  - Goeransson, Ulf
A1  - Gruber, Christian W.
A1  - Haft, Daniel H.
A1  - Hemscheidt, Thomas K.
A1  - Hertweck, Christian
A1  - Hill, Colin
A1  - Horswill, Alexander R.
A1  - Jaspars, Marcel
A1  - Kelly, Wendy L.
A1  - Klinman, Judith P.
A1  - Kuipers, Oscar P.
A1  - Link, A. James
A1  - Liu, Wen
A1  - Marahiel, Mohamed A.
A1  - Mitchell, Douglas A.
A1  - Moll, Gert N.
A1  - Moore, Bradley S.
A1  - Mueller, Rolf
A1  - Nair, Satish K.
A1  - Nes, Ingolf F.
A1  - Norris, Gillian E.
A1  - Olivera, Baldomero M.
A1  - Onaka, Hiroyasu
A1  - Patchett, Mark L.
A1  - Piel, Jörn
A1  - Reaney, Martin J. T.
A1  - Rebuffat, Sylvie
A1  - Ross, R. Paul
A1  - Sahl, Hans-Georg
A1  - Schmidt, Eric W.
A1  - Selsted, Michael E.
A1  - Severinov, Konstantin
A1  - Shen, Ben
A1  - Sivonen, Kaarina
A1  - Smith, Leif
A1  - Stein, Torsten
A1  - Suessmuth, Roderich D.
A1  - Tagg, John R.
A1  - Tang, Gong-Li
A1  - Truman, Andrew W.
A1  - Vederas, John C.
A1  - Walsh, Christopher T.
A1  - Walton, Jonathan D.
A1  - Wenzel, Silke C.
A1  - Willey, Joanne M.
A1  - van der Donk, Wilfred A.
T1  - Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature
JF  - Natural product reports : a journal of current developments in bio-organic chemistry
N2  - This review presents recommended nomenclature for the biosynthesis of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs), a rapidly growing class of natural products. The current knowledge regarding the biosynthesis of the >20 distinct compound classes is also reviewed, and commonalities are discussed.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2np20085f
SN  - 0265-0568
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SP  - 108
EP  - 160
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - INPR
A1  - Asendorpf, Jens B.
A1  - Conner, Mark
A1  - De Fruyt, Filip
A1  - De Houwer, Jan
A1  - Denissen, Jaap J. A.
A1  - Fiedler, Klaus
A1  - Fiedler, Susann
A1  - Funder, David C.
A1  - Kliegl, Reinhold
A1  - Nosek, Brian A.
A1  - Perugini, Marco
A1  - Roberts, Brent W.
A1  - Schmitt, Manfred
A1  - Van Aken, Marcel A. G.
A1  - Weber, Hannelore
A1  - Wicherts, Jelte M.
T1  - Replication is more than hitting the lottery twice
T2  - European journal of personality
N2  - The main goal of our target article was to provide concrete recommendations for improving the replicability of research findings. Most of the comments focus on this point. In addition, a few comments were concerned with the distinction between replicability and generalizability and the role of theory in replication. We address all comments within the conceptual structure of the target article and hope to convince readers that replication in psychological science amounts to much more than hitting the lottery twice.
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0890-2070
VL  - 27
IS  - 2
SP  - 138
EP  - 144
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Asendorpf, Jens B.
A1  - Conner, Mark
A1  - De Fruyt, Filip
A1  - De Houwer, Jan
A1  - Denissen, Jaap J. A.
A1  - Fiedler, Klaus
A1  - Fiedler, Susann
A1  - Funder, David C.
A1  - Kliegl, Reinhold
A1  - Nosek, Brian A.
A1  - Perugini, Marco
A1  - Roberts, Brent W.
A1  - Schmitt, Manfred
A1  - vanAken, Marcel A. G.
A1  - Weber, Hannelore
A1  - Wicherts, Jelte M.
T1  - Recommendations for increasing replicability in psychology
JF  - European journal of personality
N2  - Replicability of findings is at the heart of any empirical science. The aim of this article is to move the current replicability debate in psychology towards concrete recommendations for improvement. We focus on research practices but also offer guidelines for reviewers, editors, journal management, teachers, granting institutions, and university promotion committees, highlighting some of the emerging and existing practical solutions that can facilitate implementation of these recommendations. The challenges for improving replicability in psychological science are systemic. Improvement can occur only if changes are made at many levels of practice, evaluation, and reward.
KW  - replicability
KW  - confirmation bias
KW  - publication bias
KW  - generalizability
KW  - research transparency
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1919
SN  - 0890-2070
VL  - 27
IS  - 2
SP  - 108
EP  - 119
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Ast, Cindy
T1  - Design and photophysical characterization of single fluorophore-based ammonium sensors
Y1  - 2013
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ast, Sandra
A1  - Fischer, Tobias
A1  - Müller, Holger
A1  - Mickler, Wulfhard
A1  - Schwichtenberg, Mathias
A1  - Rurack, Knut
A1  - Holdt, Hans-Jürgen
T1  - Integration of the 1,2,3-Triazole "Click" Motif as a potent signalling element in metal ion responsive fluorescent probes
JF  - Chemistry - a European journal
N2  - In a systematic approach we synthesized a new series of fluorescent probes incorporating donoracceptor (D-A) substituted 1,2,3-triazoles as conjugative -linkers between the alkali metal ion receptor N-phenylaza-[18]crown-6 and different fluorophoric groups with different electron-acceptor properties (4-naphthalimide, meso-phenyl-BODIPY and 9-anthracene) and investigated their performance in organic and aqueous environments (physiological conditions). In the charge-transfer (CT) type probes 1, 2 and 7, the fluorescence is almost completely quenched by intramolecular CT (ICT) processes involving charge-separated states. In the presence of Na+ and K+ ICT is interrupted, which resulted in a lighting-up of the fluorescence in acetonitrile. Among the investigated fluoroionophores, compound 7, which contains a 9-anthracenyl moiety as the electron-accepting fluorophore, is the only probe which retains light-up features in water and works as a highly K+/Na+-selective probe under simulated physiological conditions. Virtually decoupled BODIPY-based 6 and photoinduced electron transfer (PET) type probes 35, where the 10-substituted anthracen-9-yl fluorophores are connected to the 1,2,3-triazole through a methylene spacer, show strong ion-induced fluorescence enhancement in acetonitrile, but not under physiological conditions. Electrochemical studies and theoretical calculations were used to assess and support the underlying mechanisms for the new ICT and PET 1,2,3-triazole fluoroionophores.
KW  - charge transfer
KW  - click chemistry
KW  - electron transfer
KW  - fluorescent probes
KW  - metal ions
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201201575
SN  - 0947-6539
VL  - 19
IS  - 9
SP  - 2990
EP  - 3005
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ast, Sandra
A1  - Schwarze, Thomas
A1  - Müller, Holger
A1  - Sukhanov, Aleksey
A1  - Michaelis, Stefanie
A1  - Wegener, Joachim
A1  - Wolfbeis, Otto S.
A1  - Körzdörfer, Thomas
A1  - Dürkop, Axel
A1  - Holdt, Hans-Jürgen
T1  - A highly K+-Selective Phenylaza-[18]crown-6-Lariat-Ether-Based Fluoroionophore and its application in the sensing of K+ Ions with an optical sensor film and in cells
JF  - Chemistry - a European journal
N2  - Herein, we report the synthesis of two phenylaza-[18]crown-6 lariat ethers with a coumarin fluorophore (1 and 2) and we reveal that compound 1 is an excellent probe for K+ ions under simulated physiological conditions. The presence of a 2-methoxyethoxy lariat group at the ortho position of the anilino moiety is crucial to the substantially increased stability of compounds 1 and 2 over their lariat-free phenylaza-[18] crown-6 ether analogues. Probe 1 shows a high K+/Na+ selectivity and a 2.5-fold fluorescence enhancement was observed in the presence of 100 mm K+ ions. A fluorescent membrane sensor, which was prepared by incorporating probe 1 into a hydrogel, showed a fully reversible response, a response time of 150 s, and a signal change of 7.8% per 1 mm K+ within the range 1-10 mm K+. The membrane was easily fabricated (only a single sensing layer on a solid polyester support), yet no leaching was observed. Moreover, compound 1 rapidly permeated into cells, was cytocompatible, and was suitable for the fluorescent imaging of K+ ions on both the extracellular and intracellular levels.
KW  - crown compounds
KW  - fluorescence
KW  - gels
KW  - potassium
KW  - sensors
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201302350
SN  - 0947-6539
SN  - 1521-3765
VL  - 19
IS  - 44
SP  - 14911
EP  - 14917
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Attermeyer, Katrin
T1  - Effects of allochthonous organic carbon on bacterial metabolism and community structure, and consequences for carbon cycling in smal, shallow lakes
Y1  - 2013
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Attermeyer, Katrin
A1  - Premke, Katrin
A1  - Hornick, Thomas
A1  - Hilt, Sabine
A1  - Grossart, Hans-Peter
T1  - Ecosystem-level studies of terrestrial carbon reveal contrasting bacterial metabolism in different aquatic habitats
JF  - Ecology : a publication of the Ecological Society of America
N2  - In aquatic systems, terrestrial dissolved organic matter (t-DOM) is known to stimulate bacterial activities in the water column, but simultaneous effects of autumnal leaf input on water column and sediment microbial dynamics in littoral zones of lakes remain largely unknown. The study's objective was to determine the effects of leaf litter on bacterial metabolism in the littoral water and sediment, and subsequently, the consequences for carbon cycling and food web dynamics. Therefore, in late fall, we simultaneously measured water and sediment bacterial metabolism in the littoral zone of a temperate shallow lake after adding terrestrial particulate organic matter (t-POM), namely, maize leaves. To better evaluate bacterial production (BP) and community respiration (CR) in sediments, we incubated sediment cores with maize leaves of different quality (nonleached and leached) under controlled laboratory conditions. Additionally, to quantify the incorporated leaf carbon into microbial biomass, we determined carbon isotopic ratios of fatty acids from sediment and leaf-associated microbes from a laboratory experiment using C-13-enriched beech leaves. The concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) increased significantly in the lake after the addition of maize leaves, accompanied by a significant increase in water BP. In contrast, sediment BP declined after an initial peak, showing no positive response to t-POM addition. Sediment BP and CR were also not stimulated by t-POM in the laboratory experiment, either in short-term or in long-term incubations, except for a short increase in CR after 18 hours. However, this increase might have reflected the metabolism of leaf-associated microorganisms. We conclude that the leached t-DOM is actively incorporated into microbial biomass in the water column but that the settling leached t-POM (t-POML) does not enter the food web via sediment bacteria. Consequently, t-POML is either buried in the sediment or introduced into the aquatic food web via microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) directly associated with t-POML and via benthic macroinvertebrates by shredding of t-POML. The latter pathway represents a benthic shortcut which efficiently transfers t-POML to higher trophic levels.
KW  - bacterial production
KW  - carbon turnover
KW  - community respiration
KW  - leaf litter
KW  - phospholipid-derived fatty acid
KW  - PLFA
KW  - Schulzensee
KW  - Germany
KW  - sediments
KW  - shallow lakes
KW  - stable isotopes
KW  - terrestrial subsidies
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0420.1
SN  - 0012-9658
SN  - 1939-9170
VL  - 94
IS  - 12
SP  - 2754
EP  - 2766
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Awasthi, Neha
A1  - Ritschel, Thomas
A1  - Lipowsky, Reinhard
A1  - Knecht, Volker
T1  - Standard gibbs energies of formation and equilibrium constants from ab-initio calculations covalent dimerization of NO2 and synthesis of NH3
JF  - The journal of chemical thermodynamics
N2  - Standard quantum chemical methods are used for accurate calculation of thermochemical properties such as enthalpies of formation, entropies and Gibbs energies of formation. Equilibrium reactions are widely investigated and experimental measurements often lead to a range of reaction Gibbs energies and equilibrium constants. It is useful to calculate these equilibrium properties from quantum chemical methods in order to address the experimental differences. Furthermore, most standard calculation methods differ in accuracy and feasibility of the system size. Hence, asystematic comparison of equilibrium properties calculated with different numerical algorithms would provide a useful reference. We select two well-known gas phase equilibrium reactions with small molecules: covalent dimer formation of NO2 (2NO(2) reversible arrow N2O4) and the synthesis of NH3 (N-2 + 3 H-2 reversible arrow 2NH(3)). We test four quantum chemical methods denoted by G3B3, CBS-APNO, W1 and CCSD(T) with aug-cc-pVXZ basis sets (X = 2, 3, and 4), to obtain thermochemical data for NO2, N2O4, and NH3. The calculated standard formation Gibbs energies Delta(f)G degrees are used to calculate standard reaction Gibbs energies Delta(r)G degrees and standard equilibrium constants K-eq for the two reactions. Standard formation enthalpies Delta H-f degrees are calculated in a more reliable way using high-level methods such as W1 and CCSD(T). Standard entropies S degrees for the molecules are calculated well within the range of experiments for all methods, however, the values of standard formation Gibbs energies Delta(f)G degrees show some dependence on the choice of the method. High-level methods perform better for the calculation of molecular energies, however, simpler methods such as G3B3 and CBS-APNO perform quite well in the calculation of total reaction energies and equilibrium constants, provided that the chemical species involved do not exhibit molecular geometries that are difficult to handle by the applied method. The temperature dependence of standard reaction Gibbs energy Delta(r)G degrees for the NH3 reaction is discussed by using the calculated standard formation Gibbs energies Delta(f)G degrees of the reaction species at 298.15 K. The corresponding equilibrium constant K-eq as a function of temperature is found to be close to experimental values.
KW  - Equilibrium constants
KW  - Thermochemical properties
KW  - Ab-initio calculations
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2013.03.011
SN  - 0021-9614
VL  - 62
IS  - 3
SP  - 211
EP  - 221
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Bach, Christoph
T1  - Improving statistical seismicity models
T1  - Weiterentwicklung statistischer Seismizitätsmodelle
N2  - Several mechanisms are proposed to be part of the earthquake triggering process, including static stress interactions and dynamic stress transfer. Significant differences of these mechanisms are particularly expected in the spatial distribution of aftershocks. However, testing the different hypotheses is challenging because it requires the consideration of the large uncertainties involved in stress calculations as well as the appropriate consideration of secondary aftershock triggering which is related to stress changes induced by smaller pre- and aftershocks. In order to evaluate the forecast capability of different mechanisms, I take the effect of smaller--magnitude earthquakes into account by using the epidemic type aftershock sequence (ETAS) model where the spatial probability distribution of direct aftershocks, if available, is correlated to alternative source information and mechanisms. Surface shaking, rupture geometry, and slip distributions are tested. As an approximation of the shaking level, ShakeMaps are used which are available in near real-time after a mainshock and thus could be used for first-order forecasts of the spatial aftershock distribution. Alternatively, the use of empirical decay laws related to minimum fault distance is tested and Coulomb stress change calculations based on published and random slip models. For comparison, the likelihood values of the different model combinations are analyzed in the case of several well-known aftershock sequences (1992 Landers, 1999 Hector Mine, 2004 Parkfield). The tests show that the fault geometry is the most valuable information for improving aftershock forecasts. Furthermore, they reveal that static stress maps can additionally improve the forecasts of off--fault aftershock locations, while the integration of ground shaking data could not upgrade the results significantly. In the second part of this work, I focused on a procedure to test the information content of inverted slip models. This allows to quantify the information gain if this kind of data is included in aftershock forecasts. For this purpose, the ETAS model based on static stress changes, which is introduced in part one, is applied. The forecast ability of the models is systematically tested for several earthquake sequences and compared to models using random slip distributions. The influence of subfault resolution and segment strike and dip is tested. Some of the tested slip models perform very good, in that cases almost no random slip models are found to perform better. Contrastingly, for some of the published slip models, almost all random slip models perform better than the published slip model. Choosing a different subfault resolution hardly influences the result, as long the general slip pattern is still reproducible. Whereas different strike and dip values strongly influence the results depending on the standard deviation chosen, which is applied in the process of randomly selecting the strike and dip values.
N2  - Verschiedene Mechanismen werden für das Triggern von Erdbeben verantwortlich gemacht, darunter statische Spannungsänderungen und dynamischer Spannungstransfer. Deutliche Unterschiede zwischen diesen Mechanismen werden insbesondere in der räumlichen Nachbebenverteilung erwartet. Es ist allerdings schwierig diese Hypothesen zu überprüfen, da die großen Unsicherheiten der Spannungsberechnungen berücksichtigt werden müssen, ebenso wie das durch lokale sekundäre Spannungsänderungen hervorgerufene initiieren von sekundären Nachbeben. Um die Vorhersagekraft verschiedener Mechanismen zu beurteilen habe ich die Effekte von Erdbeben kleiner Magnitude durch Benutzen des "epidemic type aftershock sequence" (ETAS) Modells berücksichtigt. Dabei habe ich die Verteilung direkter Nachbeben, wenn verfügbar, mit alternativen Herdinformationen korreliert. Bodenbewegung, Bruchgeometrie und Slipmodelle werden getestet. Als Aproximation der Bodenbewegung werden ShakeMaps benutzt. Diese sind nach großen Erdbeben nahezu in Echtzeit verfügbar und können daher für vorläufige Vorhersagen der räumlichen Nachbebenverteilung benutzt werden. Alternativ können empirische Beziehungen als Funktion der minimalen Distanz zur Herdfläche benutzt werden oder Coulomb Spannungsänderungen basierend auf publizierten oder zufälligen Slipmodellen. Zum Vergleich werden die Likelihood Werte der Hybridmodelle im Falle mehrerer bekannter Nachbebensequenzen analysiert (1992 Landers, 1999 Hector Mine, 2004 Parkfield). Die Tests zeigen, dass die Herdgeometrie die wichtigste Zusatzinformation zur Verbesserung der Nachbebenvorhersage ist. Des Weiteren können statische Spannungsänderungen besonders die Vorhersage von Nachbeben in größerer Entfernung zur Bruchfläche verbessern, wohingegen die Einbeziehung von Bodenbewegungskarten die Ergebnisse nicht wesentlich verbessern konnte. Im zweiten Teil meiner Arbeit führe ich ein neues Verfahren zur Untersuchung des Informationsgehaltes von invertierten Slipmodellen ein. Dies ermöglicht die Quantifizierung des Informationsgewinns, der durch Einbeziehung dieser Daten in Nachbebenvorhersagen entsteht. Hierbei wird das im ersten Teil eingeführte erweiterte ETAS Modell benutzt, welches statische Spannungsänderung zur Vorhersage der räumlichen Nachbebenverteilung benutzt. Die Vorhersagekraft der Modelle wird systematisch anhand mehrerer Erdbebensequenzen untersucht und mit Modellen basierend auf zufälligen Slipverteilungen verglichen. Der Einfluss der Veränderung der Auflösung der Slipmodelle, sowie Streich- und Fallwinkel der Herdsegmente wird untersucht. Einige der betrachteten Slipmodelle korrelieren sehr gut, in diesen Fällen werden kaum zufällige Slipmodelle gefunden, welche die Nachbebenverteilung besser erklären. Dahingegen korrelieren bei einigen Beispielen nahezu alle zufälligen Slipmodelle besser als das publizierte Modell. Das Verändern der Auflösung der Bewegungsmodelle hat kaum Einfluss auf die Ergebnisse, solange die allgemeinen Slipmuster noch reproduzierbar sind, d.h. ein bis zwei größere Slipmaxima pro Segment. Dahingegen beeinflusst eine zufallsbasierte Änderung der Streich- und Fallwinkel der Segmente die Resultate stark, je nachdem welche Standardabweichung gewählt wurde.
KW  - Nachbeben
KW  - ETAS
KW  - Vorhersage
KW  - aftershock
KW  - ETAS
KW  - forecast
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-70591
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Badalyan, Artavazd
T1  - Bioelectrochemistry of molybdenum hydroxylases : aldehyde oxidoreductase PaoABC from escherichia coli and xanthine dehydrogenase from rhodobacter capsulatus
Y1  - 2013
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Badalyan, Artavazd
A1  - Neumann-Schaal, Meina
A1  - Leimkühler, Silke
A1  - Wollenberger, Ursula
T1  - A Biosensor for aromatic aldehydes comprising the mediator dependent PaoABC-Aldehyde oxidoreductase
JF  - Electroanalysis : an international journal devoted to fundamental and practical aspects of electroanalysis
N2  - A novel aldehyde oxidoreductase (PaoABC) from Escherichia coli was utilized for the development of an oxygen insensitive biosensor for benzaldehyde. The enzyme was immobilized in polyvinyl alcohol and currents were measured for aldehyde oxidation with different one and two electron mediators with the highest sensitivity for benzaldehyde in the presence of hexacyanoferrate(III). The benzaldehyde biosensor was optimized with respect to mediator concentration, enzyme loading and pH using potassium hexacyanoferrate(III). The linear measuring range is between 0.5200 mu M benzaldehyde. In correspondence with the substrate selectivity of the enzyme in solution the biosensor revealed a preference for aromatic aldehydes and less effective conversion of aliphatic aldehydes. The biosensor is oxygen independent, which is a particularly attractive feature for application. The biosensor can be applied to detect contaminations with benzaldehyde in solvents such as benzyl alcohol, where traces of benzaldehyde in benzyl alcohol down to 0.0042?% can be detected.
KW  - Aldehyde oxidoreductase
KW  - Benzaldehyde
KW  - Biosensor
KW  - Aromatic aldehydes
KW  - Molybdenum cofactor
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201200362
SN  - 1040-0397
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
SP  - 101
EP  - 108
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Badalyan, Artavazd
A1  - Yoga, Etienne Galemou
A1  - Schwuchow, Viola
A1  - Pöller, Sascha
A1  - Schuhmann, Wolfgang
A1  - Leimkühler, Silke
A1  - Wollenberger, Ursula
T1  - Analysis of the interaction of the molybdenum hydroxylase PaoABC from Escherichia coli with positively and negatively charged metal complexes
JF  - Electrochemistry communications : an international journal dedicated to rapid publications in electrochemistry
N2  - An unusual behavior of the periplasmic aldehyde oxidoreductase (PaoABC) from Escherichia coil has been observed from electrochemical investigations of the enzyme catalyzed oxidation of aromatic aldehydes with different mediators under different conditions of ionic strength. The enzyme has similarity to other molybdoenzymes of the xanthine oxidase family, but the catalytic behavior turned out to be very different. Under steady state conditions the turnover of PaoABC is maximal at pH 4 for the negatively charged ferricyanide and at pH 9 for a positively charged osmium complex. Stopped-flow kinetic measurements of the catalytic half reaction showed that oxidation of benzaldehyde proceeds also above pH 7. Thus, benzaldehyde oxidation can proceed under acidic and basic conditions using this enzyme, a property which has not been described before for molybdenum hydroxylases. It is also suggested that the electron transfer with artificial electron acceptors and PaoABC can proceed at different protein sites and depends on the nature of the electron acceptor in addition to the ionic strength. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW  - Electron transfer
KW  - Multi-cofactor enzymes
KW  - Molybdoenzymes
KW  - Aldehyde oxidoreductase
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2013.09.017
SN  - 1388-2481
SN  - 1873-1902
VL  - 37
SP  - 5
EP  - 7
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bagdahn, Christian
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Ionogel fiber mats - functional materials via electrospinning of PMMA and the ionic liquid bis(1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium) Tetrachloridocuprate(II), [Bmim](2)[CuCl4]
JF  - Zeitschrift für Naturforschung : B, Chemical sciences
N2  - Ionogel fiber mats were made by electrospinning poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) and the ionic liquid (IL) bis(1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium) tetrachloridocupraten, [Bmim](2)[CuCl4], from acetone. The morphology of the electrospun ionogels strongly depends on the spinning parameters. Dense and uniform fiber mats were only obtained at concentrations of 60 to 70 g of polymer and IL mass combined. Lower concentrations led to a low number of poorly defined fibers. High voltages of 20 to 25 kV led to well-defined and uniform fibers; voltages between 15 and 20 kV again led to less uniform and less dense fibers. At 10 kV and lower, no spinning could be induced. Finally, PMMA fibers electrospun without IL show a less well-defined morphology combining fibers and oblong droplets indicating that the IL has a beneficial effect on the electrospinning process. The resulting materials are prototypes for new functional materials, for example in sterile filtration.
KW  - Ionic Liquid
KW  - Ionogel
KW  - Electrospinning
KW  - Fiber
KW  - Hydrogen Production
KW  - Filtration
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5560/ZNB.2013-3195
SN  - 0932-0776
SN  - 1865-7117
VL  - 68
IS  - 10
SP  - 1163
EP  - 1171
PB  - De Gruyter
CY  - Tübingen
ER  - 
TY  - INPR
A1  - Bagderina, Yulia Yu.
A1  - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich
T1  - Differential invariants of a class of Lagrangian systems with two degrees of freedom
N2  - We consider systems of Euler-Lagrange equations with two degrees of freedom and with Lagrangian being quadratic in velocities. For this class of equations the generic case of the equivalence problem is solved with respect to point transformations. Using Lie's infinitesimal method we construct a basis of differential invariants and invariant differentiation operators for such systems. We describe certain types of Lagrangian systems in terms of their invariants. The results are illustrated by several examples.
T3  - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 2 (2013) 2 
KW  - equivalence
KW  - invariant
KW  - Euler-Lagrange equations
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-63129
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Baier, Heiko
A1  - Kelling, Alexandra
A1  - Jackstell, Ralf
A1  - Holdt, Hans-Jürgen
T1  - Rhodium(I) and Silver(I) Complexes of 4,5-Dicyano-1,3-dimesityl- and 4,5-Dicyano-1,3-dineopentylimidazol-2-ylidene
JF  - Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
N2  - The new N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) precursors 4,5-dicyano-1, -dimesityl- (9) and 4, 5-dicyano-1, 3-dineopentyl-2-(pentafluorophenyl)imidazoline (14) were synthesized. 9 could be determined by X-ray crystallography. With the 2-pentafluorophenyl-substituted imidazolines 9 and 14, the [AgCl(NHC)], [RhCl(COD)(NHC)], and [RhCl(CO)(2)(NHC)] complexes [NHC = 4, 5-dicyano-1, 3-dimesitylimidazol-2-ylidene (3) and 4, 5-dicyano-1, 3-dineopentylimidazol-2-ylidene (4)] were obtained. Crystal structures of [AgCl(3)] (15), [RhCl(COD)(3)] (17), [RhCl(COD)(4)] (18), and [RhCl(CO)(2)(3)] (19) were solved and with the crystal data of 19, the percent buried volume (%V-bur) of 31.8(+/- 0.1)% was determined for NHC 3. Infrared spectra of the imidazolines 9 and 14 and of the complexes 15-20 were recorded and the CO stretching frequencies of complexes 19 and 20 were used to determine the 3 ( (-1)) and 4 ( (-1)), thus proving that 1, 3-substitution of maleonitrile-NHCs does not have a significant effect for the high -acceptor strength of these carbenes.
KW  - Carbenes
KW  - Rhodium
KW  - Silver
KW  - Crystal structure
KW  - Diaminomaleonitrile
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.201300250
SN  - 0044-2313
SN  - 1521-3749
VL  - 639
IS  - 10
SP  - 1731
EP  - 1739
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bailleul, Frederic
A1  - Grimm, Volker
A1  - Chion, Clement
A1  - Hammill, Mike
T1  - Modeling implications of food resource aggregation on animal migration phenology
JF  - Ecology and evolution
N2  - The distribution of poikilotherms is determined by the thermal structure of the marine environment that they are exposed to. Recent research has indicated that changes in migration phenology of beluga whales in the Arctic are triggered by changes in the thermal structure of the marine environment in their summering area. If sea temperatures reflect the spatial distribution of food resources, then changes in the thermal regime will affect how homogeneous or clumped food is distributed. We explore, by individual-based modelling, the hypothesis that changes in migration phenology are not necessarily or exclusively triggered by changes in food abundance, but also by changes in the spatial aggregation of food. We found that the level of food aggregation can significantly affect the relationship between the timing of the start of migration to the winter grounds and the total prey capture of individuals. Our approach strongly indicates that changes in the spatial distribution of food resources should be considered for understanding and quantitatively predicting changes in the phenology of animal migration.
KW  - Animal migration
KW  - food structuring
KW  - global change
KW  - individual-based model
KW  - polar environment
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.656
SN  - 2045-7758
VL  - 3
IS  - 8
SP  - 2535
EP  - 2546
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Bajerski, Felizitas
T1  - Bacterial communities in glacier forefields of the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica : structure, development & adaptation
T1  - Bakterielle Gemeinschaften in Gletschervorfeldern der Larsemann Berge der Ostantarktis : Struktur, Entwicklung & Anpassung
N2  - Antarctic glacier forfields are extreme environments and pioneer sites for ecological succession. The Antarctic continent shows microbial community development as a natural laboratory because of its special environment, geographic isolation and little anthropogenic influence. Increasing temperatures due to global warming lead to enhanced deglaciation processes in cold-affected habitats and new terrain is becoming exposed to soil formation and accessible for microbial colonisation. This study aims to understand the structure and development of glacier forefield bacterial communities, especially how soil parameters impact the microorganisms and how those are adapted to the extreme conditions of the habitat. To this effect, a combination of cultivation experiments, molecular, geophysical and geochemical analysis was applied to examine two glacier forfields of the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Culture-independent molecular tools such as terminal restriction length polymorphism (T-RFLP), clone libraries and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) were used to determine bacterial diversity and distribution. Cultivation of yet unknown species was carried out to get insights in the physiology and adaptation of the microorganisms. Adaptation strategies of the microorganisms were studied by determining changes of the cell membrane phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) inventory of an isolated bacterium in response to temperature and pH fluctuations and by measuring enzyme activity at low temperature in environmental soil samples. The two studied glacier forefields are extreme habitats characterised by low temperatures, low water availability and small oligotrophic nutrient pools and represent sites of different bacterial succession in relation to soil parameters. The investigated sites showed microbial succession at an early step of soil formation near the ice tongue in comparison to closely located but rather older and more developed soil from the forefield. At the early step the succession is influenced by a deglaciation-dependent areal shift of soil parameters followed by a variable and prevalently depth-related distribution of the soil parameters that is driven by the extreme Antarctic conditions. The dominant taxa in the glacier forefields are Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria and Chloroflexi. The connection of soil characteristics with bacterial community structure showed that soil parameter and soil formation along the glacier forefield influence the distribution of certain phyla. In the early step of succession the relative undifferentiated bacterial diversity reflects the undifferentiated soil development and has a high potential to shift according to past and present environmental conditions. With progressing development environmental constraints such as water or carbon limitation have a greater influence. Adapting the culturing conditions to the cold and oligotrophic environment, the number of culturable heterotrophic bacteria reached up to 108 colony forming units per gram soil and 148 isolates were obtained. Two new psychrotolerant bacteria, Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans PB1T and Chryseobacterium frigidisoli PB4T, were characterised in detail and described as novel species in the family of Oxalobacteraceae and Flavobacteriaceae, respectively. The isolates are able to grow at low temperatures tolerating temperature fluctuations and they are not specialised to a certain substrate, therefore they are well-adapted to the cold and oligotrophic environment. The adaptation strategies of the microorganisms were analysed in environmental samples and cultures focussing on extracellular enzyme activity at low temperature and PLFA analyses. Extracellular phosphatases (pH 11 and pH 6.5), β-glucosidase, invertase and urease activity were detected in the glacier forefield soils at low temperature (14°C) catalysing the conversion of various compounds providing necessary substrates and may further play a role in the soil formation and total carbon turnover of the habitat. The PLFA analysis of the newly isolated species C. frigidisoli showed that the cold-adapted strain develops different strategies to maintain the cell membrane function under changing environmental conditions by altering the PLFA inventory at different temperatures and pH values. A newly discovered fatty acid, which was not found in any other microorganism so far, significantly increased at decreasing temperature and low pH and thus plays an important role in the adaption of C. frigidisoli. This work gives insights into the diversity, distribution and adaptation mechanisms of microbial communities in oligotrophic cold-affected soils and shows that Antarctic glacier forefields are suitable model systems to study bacterial colonisation in connection to soil formation.
N2  - Gletschervorfelder der Antarktis stellen extreme Habitate dar und sind Pionierstandorte biologischer Sukzession. Insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung zuletzt beobachteter und vorausgesagter Erwärmungstrends in der Antarktis und der Relevanz der Mikroorganismen für das Antarktische Ökosystem, ist es essentiell mehr Informationen über die Entwicklung frisch exponierter Gletschervorfelder zu erlangen. Ziel dieser Studie ist es, die Struktur und Entwicklung bakterieller Gletschervorfeldgemeinschaften zu verstehen, insbesondere wie die Mikroorganismen von den Bodenparametern beeinflusst werden und wie diese sich an die extremen Bedingungen des Habitats anpassen. Für die Untersuchung der Proben von zwei Gletschervorfeldern aus den Larsemann Bergen der Ostantarktis diente eine Kombination aus Kultivierungsexperimenten und molekularen, geophysikalischen und geochemischen Analysen. Die untersuchten Gletschervorfelder sind durch extrem niedrige Temperaturen, einer geringen biologischen Wasserverfügbarkeit und oligotrophe Nährstoffgehalte charakterisiert und zeigen unterschiedliche Entwicklungsstufen in Verbindung zu den Bodenparametern. In einem frühen Schritt der Bodenbildung in der Nähe der Gletscherzunge sind die Gemeinschaften undifferenziert, doch mit fortschreitender Entwicklung nimmt de Einfluss von Wasser- und Nährstofflimitationen zu. Nachdem die Kultivierungsbedingungen den kalten und nährstoffarmen Bedingungen des Habitats angepasst wurden, konnten 108 koloniebildende Einheiten heterotropher Bakterien pro Gramm Boden angereichert und daraus 148 Isolate gewonnen werden. Zwei neue psychrotolerante Bakterien, Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans PB1T und Chryseobacterium frigidisoli PB4T, wurden detailiert charakterisiert und als jeweils neue Spezies beschrieben. Die Anpassungsstrategien der Mikroorganismen an die extremen antarktischen Bedingungen zeigten sich in der Aktivität extrazellulärer Enzyme bei niedriger Temperatur, die mit derer temperierter Habitate vergleichbar ist, und in der Fähigkeit der Mikroorganismen, die Fettsäurezusammensetzung der Zellmembran zu ändern. Eine neue Fettsäure, die bisher in keinen anderen Mikroorganismus gefunden wurde, spielt eine entscheidende Rolle in der Anpassung des neu-beschriebenen Bakteriums C. frigidisoli an niedrige Temperaturen und saure pH-Werte. Diese Arbeit gibt einen Einblick in die Vielfalt, Verteilung und Anpassung mikrobieller Gemeinschaften in nährstoffarmen und Kälte-beeinflussten Habitaten und zeigt, dass Antarktische Gletschervorfelder geeignete Modellsysteme, um bakterielle Besiedelung in Verbindung zu Bodenbildung zu untersuchen.
KW  - Antarktis
KW  - Gletschervorfeld
KW  - mikrobielle Gemeinschaften
KW  - Anpassung
KW  - Kultivierung
KW  - Antarctica
KW  - glacier forefield
KW  - microbial communities
KW  - adaptation
KW  - cultivation
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-67424
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Balderjahn, Ingo
A1  - Buerke, Anja
A1  - Kirchgeorg, Manfred
A1  - Peyer, Mathias
A1  - Seegebarth, Barbara
A1  - Wiedmann, Klaus-Peter
T1  - Consciousness for sustainable consumption : scale development and new insights in the economic dimension of consumers’ sustainability
JF  - AMS review : official publication of the Academy of Marketing Scienc
N2  - The “triple bottom line” concept (planet, people, and profit) represents an important guideline for the sustainable, hence future-oriented, development of societies and for the behaviors of all societal members. For institutions promoting societal change, as well as for companies being confronted with growing expectations regarding compelling contributions to sustainable changes, it is of great importance to know if, and to what extent, consumers have already internalized the idea of sustainability. Against the background of existing research gaps regarding a comprehensive measurement of the consciousness for sustainable consumption (CSC), the authors present the result of a scale development. Consciousness was operationalized by weighting personal beliefs with the importance attached by consumers to sustainability dimensions. Four separate tests of the CSC scale indicated an appropriate psychometric quality of the scale and provided support for this new measurement approach that incorporates the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability.
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Consciousness for sustainable consumption
KW  - Scale development
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13162-013-0057-6
SN  - 1869-814X
SN  - 1869-8182
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SP  - 181
EP  - 192
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Balderjahn, Ingo
A1  - Peyer, Mathias
A1  - Paulssen, Marcel
T1  - Consciousness for fair consumption : conceptualization, scale development and empirical validation
JF  - International Journal of Consumer Studies
N2  - Sustainable consumption means that consumers act in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Compared with the vast amount of studies concerning environmentally conscious consumer behaviour, relatively little is known about socially conscious consumption. The present paper focuses on fair consumption as an important aspect of social consumption. In our study, consciousness for fair consumption (CFC) is defined as a latent disposition of consumers to prefer products that are produced and traded in compliance with fair labour and business practices. A scale to measure CFC was conceptualized and tested in three independent empirical studies. Two studies were conducted at European universities (2010 and 2012) and used 352 and 362 undergraduate business students respectively. The third study, conducted in 2011, used 141 employees at a European university. The results confirmed the reliability and validity of the new CFC scale across samples. While being moderately related to other aspects of sustainable consumption such as ecological concern and moral reasoning, CFC was significantly distinct from those concepts. Most importantly, it was established that the CFC, as measured by the new CFC scale, is a strong determinant of consumption of fair trade products that has been neglected in existing research.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12030
SN  - 1470-6431
SN  - 1470-6423
VL  - 37
IS  - 5
SP  - 546
EP  - 555
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Balderjahn, Ingo
A1  - Peyer, Mathias
A1  - Paulssen, Marcel
T1  - Consciousness for fair consumption - conceptualization, scale development and empirical validation
JF  - International journal of consumer studies
N2  - Sustainable consumption means that consumers act in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Compared with the vast amount of studies concerning environmentally conscious consumer behaviour, relatively little is known about socially conscious consumption. The present paper focuses on fair consumption as an important aspect of social consumption. In our study, consciousness for fair consumption (CFC) is defined as a latent disposition of consumers to prefer products that are produced and traded in compliance with fair labour and business practices. A scale to measure CFC was conceptualized and tested in three independent empirical studies. Two studies were conducted at European universities (2010 and 2012) and used 352 and 362 undergraduate business students respectively. The third study, conducted in 2011, used 141 employees at a European university. The results confirmed the reliability and validity of the new CFC scale across samples. While being moderately related to other aspects of sustainable consumption such as ecological concern and moral reasoning, CFC was significantly distinct from those concepts. Most importantly, it was established that the CFC, as measured by the new CFC scale, is a strong determinant of consumption of fair trade products that has been neglected in existing research.
KW  - Sustainable consumption
KW  - socially conscious consumption
KW  - consciousness for fair consumption
KW  - scale development
KW  - fair trade
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12030
SN  - 1470-6423
VL  - 37
IS  - 5
SP  - 546
EP  - 555
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ballato, Paolo
A1  - Stockli, Daniel F.
A1  - Ghassemi, Mohammad R.
A1  - Landgraf, Angela
A1  - Strecker, Manfred
A1  - Hassanzadeh, Jamshid
A1  - Friedrich, Anke M.
A1  - Tabatabaei, Saeid H.
T1  - Accommodation of transpressional strain in the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone new constraints from (U-Th)/He thermochronology in the Alborz mountains, north Iran
JF  - Tectonics
N2  - The Alborz range of N Iran provides key information on the spatiotemporal evolution and characteristics of the Arabia-Eurasia continental collision zone. The southwestern Alborz range constitutes a transpressional duplex, which accommodates oblique shortening between Central Iran and the South Caspian Basin. The duplex comprises NW-striking frontal ramps that are kinematically linked to inherited E-W-striking, right-stepping lateral to obliquely oriented ramps. New zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He data provide a high-resolution framework to unravel the evolution of collisional tectonics in this region. Our data record two pulses of fast cooling associated with SW-directed thrusting across the frontal ramps at similar to 18-14 and 9.5-7.5 Ma, resulting in the tectonic repetition of a fossil zircon partial retention zone and a cooling pattern with a half U-shaped geometry. Uniform cooling ages of similar to 7-6 Ma along the southernmost E-W striking oblique ramp and across its associated NW-striking frontal ramps suggests that the ramp was reactivated as a master throughgoing, N-dipping thrust. We interpret this major change in fault kinematics and deformation style to be related to a change in the shortening direction from NE to N/NNE. The reduction in the obliquity of thrusting may indicate the termination of strike-slip faulting (and possibly thrusting) across the Iranian Plateau, which could have been triggered by an increase in elevation. Furthermore, we suggest that similar to 7-6-m.y.-old S-directed thrusting predated inception of the westward motion of the South Caspian Basin. Citation: Ballato, P., D. F. Stockli, M. R. Ghassemi, A. Landgraf, M. R. Strecker, J. Hassanzadeh, A. Friedrich, and S. H. Tabatabaei (2012), Accommodation of transpressional strain in the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone: new constraints from (U-Th)/He thermochronology in the Alborz mountains.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1029/2012TC003159
SN  - 0278-7407
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 18
PB  - American Geophysical Union
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Balling, Philipp
A1  - Maystrenko, Yuriy
A1  - Scheck-Wenderoth, Magdalena
T1  - The deep thermal field of the Glückstadt Graben
JF  - Environmental earth sciences
N2  - With this paper, we assess the present-day conductive thermal field of the Glueckstadt Graben in NW Germany that is characterized by large salt walls and diapirs structuring the graben fill. We use a finite element method to calculate the 3D steady-state conductive thermal field based on a lithosphere-scale 3D structural model that resolves the first-order structural characteristics of the graben and its underlying lithosphere. Model predictions are validated against measured temperatures in six deep wells. Our investigations show that the interaction of thickness distributions and thermal rock properties of the different geological layers is of major importance for the distribution of temperatures in the deep subsurface of the Glueckstadt Graben. However, the local temperatures may result from the superposed effects of different controlling factors. Especially, the upper sedimentary part of the model exhibits huge lateral temperature variations, which correlate spatially with the shape of the thermally highly conductive Permian salt layer. Variations in thickness and geometry of the salt cause two major effects, which provoke considerable lateral temperature variations for a given depth. (1) The "chimney effect" causes more efficient heat transport within salt diapirs. As a consequence positive thermal anomalies develop in the upper part and above salt structures, where the latter are covered by much less conductive sediments. In contrast, negative thermal anomalies are noticeable underneath salt structures. (2) The "thermal blanketing effect" is caused by thermally low conductive sediments that provoke the local storage of heat where these insulating sediments are present. The latter effect leads to both local and regional thermal anomalies. Locally, this translates to higher temperatures where salt margin synclines are filled with thick insulating clastic sediments. For the regional anomalies the cumulative insulating effects of the entire sediment fill results in a long-wavelength variation of temperatures in response to heat refraction effects caused by the contrast between insulating sediments and highly conductive crystalline crust. Finally, the longest wavelength of temperature variations is caused by the depth position of the isothermal lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary defining the regional variations of the overall geothermal gradient. We find that a conductive thermal model predicts observed temperatures reasonably well for five of the six available wells, whereas the steady-state conductive approach appears not to be valid for the sixth well.
KW  - Conductive thermal field
KW  - 3D thermal modelling
KW  - Zechstein salt
KW  - Lithosphereasthenosphere boundary
KW  - Schleswig-Holstein
KW  - Glueckstadtgraben
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2750-z
SN  - 1866-6280
SN  - 1866-6299
VL  - 70
IS  - 8
SP  - 3505
EP  - 3522
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Banbara, Mutsunori
A1  - Soh, Takehide
A1  - Tamura, Naoyuki
A1  - Inoue, Katsumi
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - Answer set programming as a modeling language for course timetabling
JF  - Theory and practice of logic programming
N2  - The course timetabling problem can be generally defined as the task of assigning a number of lectures to a limited set of timeslots and rooms, subject to a given set of hard and soft constraints. The modeling language for course timetabling is required to be expressive enough to specify a wide variety of soft constraints and objective functions. Furthermore, the resulting encoding is required to be extensible for capturing new constraints and for switching them between hard and soft, and to be flexible enough to deal with different formulations. In this paper, we propose to make effective use of ASP as a modeling language for course timetabling. We show that our ASP-based approach can naturally satisfy the above requirements, through an ASP encoding of the curriculum-based course timetabling problem proposed in the third track of the second international timetabling competition (ITC-2007). Our encoding is compact and human-readable, since each constraint is individually expressed by either one or two rules. Each hard constraint is expressed by using integrity constraints and aggregates of ASP. Each soft constraint S is expressed by rules in which the head is the form of penalty (S, V, C), and a violation V and its penalty cost C are detected and calculated respectively in the body. We carried out experiments on four different benchmark sets with five different formulations. We succeeded either in improving the bounds or producing the same bounds for many combinations of problem instances and formulations, compared with the previous best known bounds.
KW  - answer set programming
KW  - educational timetabling
KW  - course timetabling
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1471068413000495
SN  - 1471-0684
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SP  - 783
EP  - 798
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Banbara, Mutsunori
A1  - Soh, Takehide
A1  - Tamura, Naoyuki
A1  - Inoue, Katsumi
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - Answer set programming as a modeling language for course timetabling
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - The course timetabling problem can be generally defined as the task of assigning a number of lectures to a limited set of timeslots and rooms, subject to a given set of hard and soft constraints. The modeling language for course timetabling is required to be expressive enough to specify a wide variety of soft constraints and objective functions. Furthermore, the resulting encoding is required to be extensible for capturing new constraints and for switching them between hard and soft, and to be flexible enough to deal with different formulations. In this paper, we propose to make effective use of ASP as a modeling language for course timetabling. We show that our ASP-based approach can naturally satisfy the above requirements, through an ASP encoding of the curriculum-based course timetabling problem proposed in the third track of the second international timetabling competition (ITC-2007). Our encoding is compact and human-readable, since each constraint is individually expressed by either one or two rules. Each hard constraint is expressed by using integrity constraints and aggregates of ASP. Each soft constraint S is expressed by rules in which the head is the form of penalty (S, V, C), and a violation V and its penalty cost C are detected and calculated respectively in the body. We carried out experiments on four different benchmark sets with five different formulations. We succeeded either in improving the bounds or producing the same bounds for many combinations of problem instances and formulations, compared with the previous best known bounds.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 594 
KW  - answer set programming
KW  - educational timetabling
KW  - course timetabling
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-415469
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 594
SP  - 783
EP  - 798
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Banerjee, Shiladitya
A1  - Saalfrank, Peter
T1  - Vibrationally resolved absorption, emission and resonance Raman spectra of diamondoids
BT  - a study based on time-dependent correlation functions
N2  - The time-dependent approach to electronic spectroscopy, as popularized by Heller and coworkers in the 1980's, is applied here in conjunction with linear-response, time-dependent density functional theory to study vibronic absorption, emission and resonance Raman spectra of several diamondoids. Two-state models, the harmonic and the Condon approximations, are used for the calculations, making them easily applicable to larger molecules. The method is applied to nine pristine lower and higher diamondoids: adamantane, diamantane, triamantane, and three isomers each of tetramantane and pentamantane. We also consider a hybrid species “Dia = Dia” – a shorthand notation for a recently synthesized molecule comprising two diamantane units connected by a C[double bond, length as m-dash]C double bond. We resolve and interpret trends in optical and vibrational properties of these molecules as a function of their size, shape, and symmetry, as well as effects of “blending” with sp2-hybridized C-atoms. Time-dependent correlation functions facilitate the computations and shed light on the vibrational dynamics following electronic transitions.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 238 
KW  - adamantane
KW  - models
KW  - molecules
KW  - states
KW  - thermochemistry
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-94542
SP  - 144
EP  - 158
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Barbosa Pfannes, Eva Katharina
A1  - Anielski, Alexander
A1  - Gerhardt, Matthias
A1  - Beta, Carsten
T1  - Intracellular photoactivation of caged cGMP induces myosin II and actin responses in motile cells
N2  - Cyclic GMP (cGMP) is a ubiquitous second messenger in eukaryotic cells. It is assumed to regulate the association of myosin II with the cytoskeleton of motile cells. When cells of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum are exposed to chemoattractants or to increased osmotic stress, intracellular cGMP levels rise, preceding the accumulation of myosin II in the cell cortex. To directly investigate the impact of intracellular cGMP on cytoskeletal dynamics in a living cell, we released cGMP inside the cell by laser-induced photo-cleavage of a caged precursor. With this approach, we could directly show in a live cell experiment that an increase in intracellular cGMP indeed induces myosin II to accumulate in the cortex. Unexpectedly, we observed for the first time that also the amount of filamentous actin in the cell cortex increases upon a rise in the cGMP concentration, independently of cAMP receptor activation and signaling. We discuss our results in the light of recent work on the cGMP signaling pathway and suggest possible links between cGMP signaling and the actin system.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 239 
KW  - cyclic-gmp
KW  - dictyostelium-discoideum
KW  - ena/vasp proteins
KW  - osmotic-stress
KW  - chemotaxis
KW  - phosphorylation
KW  - amp
KW  - cytoskeleton
KW  - oscillations
KW  - chemoattractant
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-94984
SP  - 1456
EP  - 1463
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Barbosa Pfannes, Eva Katharina
A1  - Anielski, Alexander
A1  - Gerhardt, Matthias
A1  - Beta, Carsten
T1  - Intracellular photoactivation of caged cGMP induces myosin II and actin responses in motile cells
JF  - Integrative biology
N2  - Cyclic GMP (cGMP) is a ubiquitous second messenger in eukaryotic cells. It is assumed to regulate the association of myosin II with the cytoskeleton of motile cells. When cells of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum are exposed to chemoattractants or to increased osmotic stress, intracellular cGMP levels rise, preceding the accumulation of myosin II in the cell cortex. To directly investigate the impact of intracellular cGMP on cytoskeletal dynamics in a living cell, we released cGMP inside the cell by laser-induced photo-cleavage of a caged precursor. With this approach, we could directly show in a live cell experiment that an increase in intracellular cGMP indeed induces myosin II to accumulate in the cortex. Unexpectedly, we observed for the first time that also the amount of filamentous actin in the cell cortex increases upon a rise in the cGMP concentration, independently of cAMP receptor activation and signaling. We discuss our results in the light of recent work on the cGMP signaling pathway and suggest possible links between cGMP signaling and the actin system.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ib40109j
SN  - 1757-9694
SN  - 1757-9708
VL  - 5
IS  - 12
SP  - 1456
EP  - 1463
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Barkai, Eli
A1  - Garini, Yuval
A1  - Metzler, Ralf
T1  - Electrostatic effects in living cells Reply
T2  - PHYSICS TODAY
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0031-9228
SN  - 1945-0699
VL  - 66
IS  - 7
SP  - 11
EP  - 11
PB  - AMER INST PHYSICS
CY  - MELVILLE
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Baroni, Gabriele
A1  - Ortuani, B.
A1  - Facchi, A.
A1  - Gandolfi, C.
T1  - The role of vegetation and soil properties on the spatio-temporal variability of the surface soil moisture in a maize-cropped field
JF  - Journal of hydrology
N2  - Soil moisture dynamics are affected by complex interactions among several factors. Understanding the relative importance of these factors is still an important challenge in the study of water fluxes and solute transport in unsaturated media. In this study, the spatio-temporal variability of surface soil moisture was investigated in a 10 ha flat cropped field located in northern Italy. Soil moisture was measured on a regular 50 x 50 m grid on seven dates during the growing season. For each measurement campaign, the spatial variability of the soil moisture was compared with the spatial variability of the soil texture and crop properties. In particular, to better understand the role of the vegetation, the spatio-temporal variability of two different parameters - leaf area index and crop height - was monitored on eight dates at different crop development stages. Statistical and geostatistical analysis was then applied to explore the interactions between these variables. In agreement with other studies, the results show that the soil moisture variability changes according to the average value within the field, with the standard deviation reaching a maximum value under intermediate mean soil moisture conditions and the coefficient of variation decreasing exponentially with increasing mean soil moisture. The controls of soil moisture variability change according to the average soil moisture within the field. Under wet conditions, the spatial distribution of the soil moisture reflects the variability of the soil texture. Under dry conditions, the spatial distribution of the soil moisture is affected mostly by the spatial variability of the vegetation. The interaction between these two factors is more important under intermediate soil moisture conditions. These results confirm the importance of considering the average soil moisture conditions within a field when investigating the controls affecting the spatial variability of soil moisture. This study highlights the importance of considering the spatio-temporal variability of the vegetation in investigating soil moisture dynamics, especially under intermediate and dry soil moisture conditions. The results of this study have important implications in different hydrological applications, such as for sampling design, ranking stability application, indirect measurements of soil properties and model parameterisation.
KW  - Soil moisture
KW  - Spatio-temporal variability
KW  - Controlling factors
KW  - Principal component analysis
KW  - Geostatistics
KW  - Agricultural field
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.007
SN  - 0022-1694
SN  - 1879-2707
VL  - 489
IS  - 7
SP  - 148
EP  - 159
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Barthelme, Simon
A1  - Trukenbrod, Hans Arne
A1  - Engbert, Ralf
A1  - Wichmann, Felix A.
T1  - Modeling fixation locations using spatial point processes
JF  - Journal of vision
N2  - Whenever eye movements are measured, a central part of the analysis has to do with where subjects fixate and why they fixated where they fixated. To a first approximation, a set of fixations can be viewed as a set of points in space; this implies that fixations are spatial data and that the analysis of fixation locations can be beneficially thought of as a spatial statistics problem. We argue that thinking of fixation locations as arising from point processes is a very fruitful framework for eye-movement data, helping turn qualitative questions into quantitative ones. We provide a tutorial introduction to some of the main ideas of the field of spatial statistics, focusing especially on spatial Poisson processes. We show how point processes help relate image properties to fixation locations. In particular we show how point processes naturally express the idea that image features' predictability for fixations may vary from one image to another. We review other methods of analysis used in the literature, show how they relate to point process theory, and argue that thinking in terms of point processes substantially extends the range of analyses that can be performed and clarify their interpretation.
KW  - eye movements
KW  - fixation locations
KW  - saliency
KW  - modeling
KW  - point process
KW  - spatial statistics
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1167/13.12.1
SN  - 1534-7362
VL  - 13
IS  - 12
PB  - Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology
CY  - Rockville
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Barthold, Frauke Katrin
A1  - Wiesmeier, Martin
A1  - Breuer, L.
A1  - Frede, Hans-Georg
A1  - Wu, J.
A1  - Blank, F. Benjamin
T1  - Land use and climate control the spatial distribution of soil types in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia
JF  - Journal of arid environments
N2  - The spatial distribution of soil types is controlled by a set of environmental factors such as climate, organisms, parent material and topography as well as time and space. A change of these factors will lead to a change in the spatial distribution of soil types. In this study, we use a digital soil mapping approach to improve our knowledge about major soil type distributing factors in the steppe regions of Inner Mongolia (China) which currently undergo tremendous environmental change, e.g. climate and land use change. We use Random Forests in an effort to map Reference Soil Groups according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) in the Xilin River catchment. We benefit from the superior prediction capabilities of RF and additional interpretive results in order to identify the major environmental factors that control spatial patterns of soil types. The nine WRB soil groups that were identified and spatially predicted for the study area are Arenosol, Calcisol, Cambisol, Chernozem, Cryosol, Gleysol, Kastanozem, Phaeozem and Regosol.
 Model and prediction performances of the RF model are high with an Out-of-Bag error of 51.6% for the model and a misclassification error for the predicted map of 28.9%. The main controlling factors of soil type distribution are land use, a set of topographic variables, geology and climate. However, land use and climate are of major importance and topography and geology are of minor importance. The visualizations of the predictions, the variable importance measures as result of RF and the comparisons of these with the spatial distribution of the environmental factors delivered additional, quantitative information of these controlling factors and revealed that intensively grazed areas are subjected to soil degradation. However, most of the area is still governed by natural soil forming processes which are driven by climate, topography and geology. Most importantly though, our study revealed that a shift towards warmer temperatures and lower precipitation regimes will lead to a change of the spatial distribution of RSGs towards steppe soils that store less carbon, i.e. a decrease of spatial extent of Phaeozems and an increase of spatial extent of Chernozems and Kastanozems.
KW  - Random Forests
KW  - Soil-environmental relationships
KW  - Steppe
KW  - Inner Mongolia
KW  - Land use change
KW  - Climate change
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.08.004
SN  - 0140-1963
VL  - 88
IS  - 1
SP  - 194
EP  - 205
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Basel, Nicolai
A1  - Harms, Ute
A1  - Prechtl, Helmut
T1  - Analysis of students' arguments on evolutionary theory
JF  - Journal of biological education
N2  - A qualitative exploratory study was conducted to reveal students' argumentation skills in the context of the topic of evolution. Transcripts from problem-centred interviews on secondary students' beliefs about evolutionary processes of adaptation were analysed using a content analysis approach. For this purpose two categorical systems were deductively developed: one addressing the complexity of students' arguments, the other focusing on students' use of argumentation schemes. Subsequently, the categorical systems were inductively elaborated upon the basis of the analysed material showing a satisfactory inter-rater reliability. Regarding the arguments' complexity, students produced mainly single claims or claims with a single justification consisting of either data or warrants. With regard to argumentation schemes students drew their arguments mainly using causal schemes, analogies, or illustrative examples. Results are discussed in light of possible implications for teaching evolutionary theory using classroom argumentation.
KW  - evolutionary theory
KW  - reasoning
KW  - argumentation
KW  - argumentation schemes
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2013.799078
SN  - 0021-9266
SN  - 2157-6009
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
SP  - 192
EP  - 199
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Basso, Heitor Cury
A1  - Monteiro, Jose Roberto B. de A.
A1  - Mazulquim, Daniel Baladelli
A1  - de Paula, Geyverson Teixeira
A1  - Goncalves Neto, Luiz
A1  - Gerhard, Reimund
T1  - Alternating current-generated plasma discharges for the controlled direct current charging of ferroelectrets
JF  - Journal of applied physics
N2  - The standard charging process for polymer ferroelectrets, e. g., from polypropylene foams or layered film systems involves the application of high DC fields either to metal electrodes or via a corona discharge. In this often-used process, the DC field triggers the internal breakdown and limits the final charge densities inside the ferroelectret cavities and, thus, the final polarization. Here, an AC + DC charging procedure is proposed and demonstrated in which a high-voltage high-frequency (HV-HF) wave train is applied together with a DC poling voltage. Thus, the internal dielectric-barrier discharges in the ferroelectret cavities are induced by the HV-HF wave train, while the final charge and polarization level is controlled separately through the applied DC voltage. In the new process, the frequency and the amplitude of the HV-HF wave train must be kept within critical boundaries that are closely related to the characteristics of the respective ferroelectrets. The charging method has been tested and investigated on a fluoropolymer-film system with a single well-defined cylindrical cavity. It is found that the internal electrical polarization of the cavity can be easily controlled and increases linearly with the applied DC voltage up to the breakdown voltage of the cavity. In the standard charging method, however, the DC voltage would have to be chosen above the respective breakdown voltage. With the new method, control of the HV-HF wave-train duration prevents a plasma-induced deterioration of the polymer surfaces inside the cavities. It is observed that the frequency of the HV-HF wave train during ferroelectret charging and the temperature applied during poling of ferroelectrics serve an analogous purpose. The analogy and the similarities between the proposed ferroelectret charging method and the poling of ferroelectric materials or dipole electrets at elevated temperatures with subsequent cooling under field are discussed.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4821113
SN  - 0021-8979
SN  - 1089-7550
VL  - 114
IS  - 10
PB  - American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Basso, Heitor Cury
A1  - Qiu, Xunlin
A1  - Wirges, Werner
A1  - Gerhard, Reimund
T1  - Temporal evolution of the re-breakdown voltage in small gaps from nanoseconds to milliseconds
JF  - Applied physics letters
N2  - A detailed understanding of electric breakdown in dielectrics is of scientific and technological interest. In gaseous dielectrics, a so-called re-breakdown is sometimes observed after extinction of the previous discharge. Although time-dependent re-breakdown voltage is essentially known, its behavior immediately after the previous discharge is not precisely understood. We present an electronic circuit for accurate measurements of the time-dependent re-breakdown voltage in small gaps from tens of nanoseconds to several milliseconds after the previous spark. Results from such experiments are compared with earlier findings, and relevant physical mechanisms such as heating of the gas, decay of the plasma, and ionization of excited atoms and molecules are discussed. It is confirmed that the thermal model is not valid at times below several microseconds.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773518
SN  - 0003-6951
VL  - 102
IS  - 1
PB  - American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bathke, Hannes
A1  - Sudhaus, Henriette
A1  - Holohan, E. P.
A1  - Walter, T. R.
A1  - Shirzaei, M.
T1  - An active ring fault detected at Tendurek volcano by using InSAR
JF  - JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
N2  - Although ring faults are present at many ancient, deeply eroded volcanoes, they have been detected at only very few modern volcanic centers. At the so far little studied Tendurek volcano in eastern Turkey, we generated an ascending and a descending InSAR time series of its surface displacement field for the period from 2003 to 2010. We detected a large (similar to 105km(2)) region that underwent subsidence at the rate of similar to 1cm/yr during this period. Source modeling results show that the observed signal fits best to simulations of a near-horizontal contracting sill located at around 4.5km below the volcano summit. Intriguingly, the residual displacement velocity field contains a steep gradient that systematically follows a system of arcuate fractures visible on the volcano&rsquo;s midflanks. RapidEye satellite optical images show that this fracture system has deflected Holocene lava flows, thus indicating its presence for at least several millennia. We interpret the arcuate fracture system as the surface expression of an inherited ring fault that has been slowly reactivated during the detected recent subsidence. These results show that volcano ring faults may not only slip rapidly during eruptive or intrusive phases, but also slowly during dormant phases.
KW  - Tendurek volcano
KW  - caldera subsidence
KW  - arcuate fracture system
KW  - fault reactivation
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50305
SN  - 2169-9313
VL  - 118
IS  - 8
SP  - 4488
EP  - 4502
PB  - AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
CY  - WASHINGTON
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Bauckmann, Jana
T1  - Dependency discovery for data integration
T1  - Erkennen von Datenabhängigkeiten zur Datenintegration
N2  - Data integration aims to combine data of different sources and to provide users with a unified view on these data. This task is as challenging as valuable. In this thesis we propose algorithms for dependency discovery to provide necessary information for data integration. We focus on inclusion dependencies (INDs) in general and a special form named conditional inclusion dependencies (CINDs): (i) INDs enable the discovery of structure in a given schema. (ii) INDs and CINDs support the discovery of cross-references or links between schemas. An IND “A in B” simply states that all values of attribute A are included in the set of values of attribute B. We propose an algorithm that discovers all inclusion dependencies in a relational data source. The challenge of this task is the complexity of testing all attribute pairs and further of comparing all of each attribute pair's values. The complexity of existing approaches depends on the number of attribute pairs, while ours depends only on the number of attributes. Thus, our algorithm enables to profile entirely unknown data sources with large schemas by discovering all INDs. Further, we provide an approach to extract foreign keys from the identified INDs. We extend our IND discovery algorithm to also find three special types of INDs: (i) Composite INDs, such as “AB in CD”, (ii) approximate INDs that allow a certain amount of values of A to be not included in B, and (iii) prefix and suffix INDs that represent special cross-references between schemas. Conditional inclusion dependencies are inclusion dependencies with a limited scope defined by conditions over several attributes. Only the matching part of the instance must adhere the dependency. We generalize the definition of CINDs distinguishing covering and completeness conditions and define quality measures for conditions. We propose efficient algorithms that identify covering and completeness conditions conforming to given quality thresholds. The challenge for this task is twofold: (i) Which (and how many) attributes should be used for the conditions? (ii) Which attribute values should be chosen for the conditions? Previous approaches rely on pre-selected condition attributes or can only discover conditions applying to quality thresholds of 100%. Our approaches were motivated by two application domains: data integration in the life sciences and link discovery for linked open data. We show the efficiency and the benefits of our approaches for use cases in these domains.
N2  - Datenintegration hat das Ziel, Daten aus unterschiedlichen Quellen zu kombinieren und Nutzern eine einheitliche Sicht auf diese Daten zur Verfügung zu stellen. Diese Aufgabe ist gleichermaßen anspruchsvoll wie wertvoll. In dieser Dissertation werden Algorithmen zum Erkennen von Datenabhängigkeiten vorgestellt, die notwendige Informationen zur Datenintegration liefern. Der Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit liegt auf Inklusionsabhängigkeiten (inclusion dependency, IND) im Allgemeinen und auf der speziellen Form der Bedingten Inklusionsabhängigkeiten (conditional inclusion dependency, CIND): (i) INDs ermöglichen das Finden von Strukturen in einem gegebenen Schema. (ii) INDs und CINDs unterstützen das Finden von Referenzen zwischen Datenquellen. Eine IND „A in B“ besagt, dass alle Werte des Attributs A in der Menge der Werte des Attributs B enthalten sind. Diese Arbeit liefert einen Algorithmus, der alle INDs in einer relationalen Datenquelle erkennt. Die Herausforderung dieser Aufgabe liegt in der Komplexität alle Attributpaare zu testen und dabei alle Werte dieser Attributpaare zu vergleichen. Die Komplexität bestehender Ansätze ist abhängig von der Anzahl der Attributpaare während der hier vorgestellte Ansatz lediglich von der Anzahl der Attribute abhängt. Damit ermöglicht der vorgestellte Algorithmus unbekannte Datenquellen mit großen Schemata zu untersuchen. Darüber hinaus wird der Algorithmus erweitert, um drei spezielle Formen von INDs zu finden, und ein Ansatz vorgestellt, der Fremdschlüssel aus den erkannten INDs filtert. Bedingte Inklusionsabhängigkeiten (CINDs) sind Inklusionsabhängigkeiten deren Geltungsbereich durch Bedingungen über bestimmten Attributen beschränkt ist. Nur der zutreffende Teil der Instanz muss der Inklusionsabhängigkeit genügen. Die Definition für CINDs wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit generalisiert durch die Unterscheidung von überdeckenden und vollständigen Bedingungen. Ferner werden Qualitätsmaße für Bedingungen definiert. Es werden effiziente Algorithmen vorgestellt, die überdeckende und vollständige Bedingungen mit gegebenen Qualitätsmaßen auffinden. Dabei erfolgt die Auswahl der verwendeten Attribute und Attributkombinationen sowie der Attributwerte automatisch. Bestehende Ansätze beruhen auf einer Vorauswahl von Attributen für die Bedingungen oder erkennen nur Bedingungen mit Schwellwerten von 100% für die Qualitätsmaße. Die Ansätze der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden durch zwei Anwendungsbereiche motiviert: Datenintegration in den Life Sciences und das Erkennen von Links in Linked Open Data. Die Effizienz und der Nutzen der vorgestellten Ansätze werden anhand von Anwendungsfällen in diesen Bereichen aufgezeigt.
KW  - Datenabhängigkeiten-Entdeckung
KW  - Datenintegration
KW  - Schema-Entdeckung
KW  - Link-Entdeckung
KW  - Inklusionsabhängigkeit
KW  - dependency discovery
KW  - data integration
KW  - schema discovery
KW  - link discovery
KW  - inclusion dependency
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66645
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bauer, Barbara
A1  - Sommer, Ulrich
A1  - Gaedke, Ursula
T1  - High predictability of spring phytoplankton biomass in mesocosms at the species, functional group and community level
JF  - Freshwater biology
N2  - 1. Models aim to predict phytoplankton dynamics based on observed initial conditions and a set of equations and parameters. However, our knowledge about initial conditions in nature is never perfect. Thus, if phytoplankton dynamics are sensitive to small variations in initial conditions, they are difficult to predict. 2. We used time-series data from indoor mesocosm experiments with natural phyto- and zooplankton communities to quantify the extent to which small initial differences in the species, functional group and community biomass in parallel treatments were amplified or buffered over time. We compared the differences in dynamics between replicates and among all mesocosms of 1year. 3. Temperature-sensitive grazing during the exponential growth phase of phytoplankton caused divergence. In contrast, negative density dependence caused convergence. 4. Mean differences in biomass between replicates were similar for all hierarchical levels. This indicates that differences in their initial conditions were amplified to the same extent. Even though large differences in biomass occasionally occurred between replicates for a short time, dynamics returned to the same path at all hierarchical levels. This suggests that internal feedback mechanisms make the spring development of phytoplankton highly predictable.
KW  - divergence
KW  - hierarchical level
KW  - mesocosms
KW  - predictability
KW  - replicates
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02780.x
SN  - 0046-5070
VL  - 58
IS  - 3
SP  - 588
EP  - 596
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bauer, Maximilian
A1  - Metzler, Ralf
T1  - In vivo facilitated diffusion model
JF  - PLoS one
N2  - Under dilute in vitro conditions transcription factors rapidly locate their target sequence on DNA by using the facilitated diffusion mechanism. However, whether this strategy of alternating between three-dimensional bulk diffusion and one-dimensional sliding along the DNA contour is still beneficial in the crowded interior of cells is highly disputed. Here we use a simple model for the bacterial genome inside the cell and present a semi-analytical model for the in vivo target search of transcription factors within the facilitated diffusion framework. Without having to resort to extensive simulations we determine the mean search time of a lac repressor in a living E. coli cell by including parameters deduced from experimental measurements. The results agree very well with experimental findings, and thus the facilitated diffusion picture emerges as a quantitative approach to gene regulation in living bacteria cells. Furthermore we see that the search time is not very sensitive to the parameters characterizing the DNA configuration and that the cell seems to operate very close to optimal conditions for target localization. Local searches as implied by the colocalization mechanism are only found to mildly accelerate the mean search time within our model.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053956
SN  - 1932-6203
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
PB  - PLoS
CY  - San Fransisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Baumann, Otto
A1  - Bauer, Alexandra
T1  - Development of apical membrane organization and V-ATPase regulation in blowfly salivary glands
JF  - The journal of experimental biology
N2  - Secretory cells in blowfly salivary gland are specialized via morphological and physiological attributes in order to serve their main function, i.e. the transport of solutes at a high rate in response to a hormonal stimulus, namely serotonin (5-HT). This study examines the way that 5-HT-insensitive precursor cells differentiate into morphologically complex 5-HT-responsive secretory cells. By means of immunofluorescence microscopy, immunoblotting and measurements of the transepithelial potential changes, we show the following. (1) The apical membrane of the secretory cells becomes organized into an elaborate system of canaliculi and is folded into pleats during the last pupal day and the first day of adulthood. (2) The structural reorganization of the apical membrane is accompanied by an enrichment of actin filaments and phosphorylated ERM protein (phospho-moesin) at this membrane domain and by the deployment of the membrane-integral part of vacuolar-type H+-ATPase (V-ATPase). These findings suggest a role for phospho-moesin, a linker between actin filaments and membrane components, in apical membrane morphogenesis. (3) The assembly and activation of V-ATPase can be induced immediately after eclosion by way of 8-CPT-cAMP, a membrane-permeant cAMP analogue. (4) 5-HT, however, produces the assembly and activation of V-ATPase only in flies aged for at least 2 h after eclosion, indicating that, at eclosion, the 5-HT receptor/adenylyl cyclase/cAMP signalling pathway is inoperative upstream of cAMP. (5) 5-HT activates both the Ca2+ signalling pathway and the cAMP signalling cascade in fully differentiated secretory cells. However, the functionality of these signalling cascades does not seem to be established in a tightly coordinated manner during cell differentation.
KW  - secretory cell
KW  - moesin
KW  - morphogenesis
KW  - serotonin
KW  - vacuolar ATPase
KW  - cAMP
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.077420
SN  - 0022-0949
VL  - 216
IS  - 7
SP  - 1225
EP  - 1234
PB  - Company of Biologists Limited
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Baumann, Tobias
T1  - Stability and Interconnected protein properties studied with TEM ß-lactamase
Y1  - 2013
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Baumann, Tobias
A1  - Arndt, Katja Maren
A1  - Müller, Kristian M.
T1  - Directional cloning of DNA fragments using deoxyinosine-containing oligonucleotides and endonuclease V
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Background: DNA fragments carrying internal recognition sites for the restriction endonucleases intended for cloning into a target plasmid pose a challenge for conventional cloning.

Results: A method for directional insertion of DNA fragments into plasmid vectors has been developed. The target sequence is amplified from a template DNA sample by PCR using two oligonucleotides each containing a single deoxyinosine base at the third position from the 5' end. Treatment of such PCR products with endonuclease V generates 3' protruding ends suitable for ligation with vector fragments created by conventional restriction endonuclease reactions.

Conclusions: The developed approach generates terminal cohesive ends without the use of Type II restriction endonucleases, and is thus independent from the DNA sequence. Due to PCR amplification, minimal amounts of template DNA are required. Using the robust Taq enzyme or a proofreading Pfu DNA polymerase mutant, the method is applicable to a broad range of insert sequences. Appropriate primer design enables direct incorporation of terminal DNA sequence modifications such as tag addition, insertions, deletions and mutations into the cloning strategy. Further, the restriction sites of the target plasmid can be either retained or removed.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 983 
KW  - cohesive ends
KW  - DNA cleavage
KW  - genetic vectors
KW  - modified primers
KW  - molecular methods
KW  - polymerase chain reaction
KW  - recombinant Escherichia coli
KW  - restriction enzymes
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-431085
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 983
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Baumann, Tobias
A1  - Arndt, Katja Maren
A1  - Müller, Kristian M.
T1  - Directional cloning of DNA fragments using deoxyinosine-containing oligonucleotides and endonuclease V
JF  - BMC biotechnology
N2  - Background: DNA fragments carrying internal recognition sites for the restriction endonucleases intended for cloning into a target plasmid pose a challenge for conventional cloning.
 Results: A method for directional insertion of DNA fragments into plasmid vectors has been developed. The target sequence is amplified from a template DNA sample by PCR using two oligonucleotides each containing a single deoxyinosine base at the third position from the 5' end. Treatment of such PCR products with endonuclease V generates 3' protruding ends suitable for ligation with vector fragments created by conventional restriction endonuclease reactions.
 Conclusions: The developed approach generates terminal cohesive ends without the use of Type II restriction endonucleases, and is thus independent from the DNA sequence. Due to PCR amplification, minimal amounts of template DNA are required. Using the robust Taq enzyme or a proofreading Pfu DNA polymerase mutant, the method is applicable to a broad range of insert sequences. Appropriate primer design enables direct incorporation of terminal DNA sequence modifications such as tag addition, insertions, deletions and mutations into the cloning strategy. Further, the restriction sites of the target plasmid can be either retained or removed.
KW  - Cohesive ends
KW  - DNA cleavage
KW  - Genetic vectors
KW  - Modified primers
KW  - Molecular methods
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Recombinant Escherichia coli
KW  - Restriction enzymes
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-13-81
SN  - 1472-6750
VL  - 13
IS  - 10
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Baumann-Wilke, Maria
T1  - Combining body wave tomography, surface wave inversion, seismic interferometry and laboratory measurements to characterize the black shales on Bornholm at different scales
T1  - Anwendung von Raumwellentomographie, Inversion von Oberflächenwellen, seismischer Interferometrie und Labormessungen zur Charakterisierung der Schwarzschiefer auf Bornholm auf verschiedenen Skalen
N2  - Black shales are sedimentary rocks with a high content of organic carbon, which leads to a dark grayish to black color. Due to their potential to contain oil or gas, black shales are of great interest for the support of the worldwide energy supply. An integrated seismic investigation of the Lower Palaeozoic black shales was carried out at the Danish island Bornholm to locate the shallow-lying Alum Shale layer and its surrounding formations and to characterize its potential as a source rock. Therefore, two seismic experiments at a total of three crossing profiles were carried out in October 2010 and in June 2012 in the southern part of the island. Two different active measurements were conducted with either a weight drop source or a minivibrator. Additionally, the ambient noise field was recorded at the study location over a time interval of about one day, and also a laboratory analysis of borehole samples was carried out. The seismic profiles were positioned as close as possible to two scientific boreholes which were used for comparative purposes. The seismic field data was analyzed with traveltime tomography, surface wave inversion and seismic interferometry to obtain the P-wave and S-wave velocity models of the subsurface. The P-wave velocity models which were determined for all three profiles clearly locate the Alum Shale layer between the Komstad Limestone layer on top and the Læså Sandstone Formation at the base of the models. The black shale layer has P-wave velocities around 3 km/s which are lower compared to the adjacent formations. Due to a very good agreement of the sonic log and the vertical velocity profiles of the two seismic lines, which are directly crossing the borehole where the sonic log was conducted, the reliability of the traveltime tomography is proven. A correlation of the seismic velocities with the content of organic carbon is an important task for the characterization of the reservoir properties of a black shale formation. It is not possible without calibration but in combination with a full 2D tomographic image of the subsurface it gives the subsurface distribution of the organic material. The S-wave model obtained with surface wave inversion of the vibroseis data of one of the profiles images the Alum Shale layer also very well with S-wave velocities around 2 km/s. Although individual 1D velocity models for each of the source positions were determined, the subsurface S-wave velocity distribution is very uniform with a good match between the single models. A really new approach described here is the application of seismic interferometry to a really small study area and a quite short time interval. Also new is the selective procedure of only using time windows with the best crosscorrelation signals to achieve the final interferograms. Due to the small scale of the interferometry even P-wave signals can be observed in the final crosscorrelations. In the laboratory measurements the seismic body waves were recorded for different pressure and temperature stages. Therefore, samples of different depths of the Alum Shale were available from one of the scientific boreholes at the study location. The measured velocities have a high variance with changing pressure or temperature. Recordings with wave propagation both parallel and perpendicular to the bedding of the samples reveal a great amount of anisotropy for the P-wave velocity, whereas the S-wave velocity is almost independent of the wave direction. The calculated velocity ratio is also highly anisotropic with very low values for the perpendicular samples and very high values for the parallel ones. Interestingly, the laboratory velocities of the perpendicular samples are comparable to the velocities of the field experiments indicating that the field measurements are sensitive to wave propagation in vertical direction. The velocity ratio is also calculated with the P-wave and S-wave velocity models of the field experiments. Again, the Alum Shale can be clearly separated from the adjacent formations because it shows overall very low vP/vS ratios around 1.4. The very low velocity ratio indicates the content of gas in the black shale formation. With the combination of all the different methods described here, a comprehensive interpretation of the seismic response of the black shale layer can be made and the hydrocarbon source rock potential can be estimated.
N2  - Schwarzschiefer sind Sedimentgesteine, die einen hohen Gehalt an organischem Kohlenstoff aufweisen, was zu einer dunkelgrauen bis schwarzen Färbung führt. Da Schwarzschiefer das Potenzial besitzen, Öl oder Gas zu enthalten und somit zur weltweiten Energieversorgung beitragen könnten, sind sie von großem Interesse. Mit Hilfe der Kombination verschiedener seismischer Messverfahren wurden die Schwarzschiefer des Unteren Paläozoikums auf der dänischen Insel Bornholm untersucht um den oberflächennahen Alaunschiefer und dessen Umgebungsgestein dort zu lokalisieren und sein Potenzial als Muttergestein abzuschätzen. Dafür wurden im Oktober 2010 und im Juni 2012 im südlichen Teil der Insel zwei seismische Experimente auf insgesamt drei sich kreuzenden Profilen durchgeführt. Für zwei aktive seismische Messungen wurden ein Fallgewicht und ein Minivibrator als Quellen genutzt. Zusätzlich wurde im Messgebiet noch das Wellenfeld des umgebenden Rauschens über einen Zeitraum von etwa einem Tag aufgezeichnet. Außerdem wurden Labormessungen an Bohrkernen aus dem Alaunschiefer durchgeführt. Die seismischen Messprofile befanden sich so nah wie möglich an zwei wissenschaftlichen Bohrungen, die für Vergleichszwecke genutzt wurden. Um die P- und S-Wellengeschwindigkeitsmodelle des Untergrundes zu erhalten wurden die seismischen Felddaten mittels Laufzeittomographie, Oberflächenwelleninversion und seismischer Interferometrie ausgewertet. Die P-Wellenmodelle, die für alle drei seismischen Profile erstellt wurden, zeigen den Alaunschiefer zwischen dem Komstad Kalkstein, der den Alaunschiefer überdeckt, und der Læså Sandsteinformation, die die Basis der Modelle bildet. Für die Schwarzschieferschicht ergeben sich mit rund 3 km/s deutlich geringere P-Wellengeschwindigkeiten als für die umgebenden Gesteine. Zwei seismische Profile liegen direkt an einer der Bohrungen, für die verschiedene Bohrloch-Logs durchgeführt wurden. Der Vergleich des Sonic-Logs mit den vertikalen Geschwindigkeitsprofilen beider Modelle am Bohrpunkt zeigt eine sehr gute übereinstimmung aller Geschwindigkeiten. Dies ist ein Indiz für die Plausibilität der durchgeführten Laufzeittomographie. Um die Reservoireigenschaften der Schwarzschieferschicht einordnen zu können, wurde versucht, die seismischen Geschwindigkeiten mit dem Gehalt an organischem Material zu korrelieren. Ohne geeignete Kalibrierung ist diese Korrelation schwierig, kann aber mit Hilfe der Tomographieergebnisse ein zweidimensionales Abbild der Verteilung des organischen Materials im Untergrund liefern. Auch das S-Wellengeschwindigkeitsmodell, welches mit der Oberflächenwelleninversion der Vibroseisdaten erstellt wurde, bildet den Alaunschiefer gut ab. Hierbei zeigen sich S-Wellengeschwindigkeiten um 2 km/s. Obwohl jeweils nur 1D-Modelle für jede Quellposition bestimmt wurden, ergibt sich für die gesamte Untergrundstruktur des untersuchten Profils ein einheitliches Bild der Geschwindigkeiten. Einen sehr neuen Ansatz bildet die Anwendung der seismischen Interferometrie auf ein sehr kleines Untersuchungsgebiet und über einen sehr kurzen Zeitraum. Neu ist außerdem, dass für die Bestimmung der endgültigen Interferogramme nur Zeitfenster der Kreuzkorrelationen ausgewählt werden, in denen die Signalqualität hinreichend gut ist. In den berechneten Kreuzkorrelationen sind sogar P-Wellen enthalten, was auf die geringen Abstände der seismischen Rekorder zurück zu führen ist. Bei den Labormessungen wurden die Raumwellen für verschiedene Drücke und Temperaturen aufgezeichnet. Die Messungen der Geschwindigkeiten sowohl parallel als auch senkrecht zur Schichtung der Proben zeigen eine starke Anisotropie für die P-Welle. Dagegen scheint die S-Wellengeschwindigkeit fast unabhängig von der Ausbreitungsrichtung der Wellen zu sein. Auch das Verhältnis der Geschwindigkeiten weist starke Anisotropie auf. Für die Wellenausbreitung senkrecht zur Schichtung zeigen sich sehr niedrige Werte, die Werte für die Messungen parallel zur Schichtung sind dagegen deutlich erhöht. Ein interessanter Aspekt der aus den Labormessungen resultiert ist, dass die Geschwindigkeit der Messungen senkrecht zur Schichtung mit den Geschwindigkeitswerten der Feldmessungen übereinstimmen. Damit scheinen die Feldmessungen besonders die Ausbreitung der Wellen in vertikaler Richtung zu registrieren. Das Geschwindigkeitsverhältnis wurde auch mit den P- und S-Wellenmodellen der Feldexperimente berechnet. Auch hier hebt sich der Alaunschiefer mit deutlich verringerten Werten um 1.4 vom Umgebungsgestein ab. Solch geringe Werte für das Verhältnis der Geschwindigkeiten deutet auf den Gehalt von Gas im Schwarzschiefer. Mit der Kombination der verschiedenen Methoden ist es möglich, die seismische Antwort der Schwarzschieferschicht umfassend zu beschreiben und Schlussfolgerungen darüber zu ziehen, ob die hier untersuchte Schwarzschieferschicht das Potenzial hat als Kohlenwasserstofflagerstätte zu fungieren.
KW  - Seismische Tomographie
KW  - Seismische Interferometrie
KW  - Alaunschiefer
KW  - Seismische Geschwindigkeiten
KW  - seismic tomography
KW  - seismic interferometry
KW  - Alum shale
KW  - seismic velocities
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-69007
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Baushev, Anton N.
T1  - Extragalactic dark matter and direct detection experiments
JF  - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics
N2  - Recent astronomical data strongly suggest that a significant part of the dark matter content of the Local Group and Virgo Supercluster is not incorporated into the galaxy halos and forms diffuse components of these galaxy clusters. A portion of the particles from these components may penetrate the Milky Way and make an extragalactic contribution to the total dark matter containment of our Galaxy. We find that the particles of the diffuse component of the Local Group are apt to contribute similar to 12% to the total dark matter density near Earth. The particles of the extragalactic dark matter stand out because of their high speed (similar to 600 km s(-1)), i.e., they are much faster than the galactic dark matter. In addition, their speed distribution is very narrow (similar to 20 km s(-1)). The particles have an isotropic velocity distribution (perhaps, in contrast to the galactic dark matter). The extragalactic dark matter should provide a significant contribution to the direct detection signal. If the detector is sensitive only to the fast particles (v > 450 km s(-1)), then the signal may even dominate. The density of other possible types of the extragalactic dark matter (for instance, of the diffuse component of the Virgo Supercluster) should be relatively small and comparable with the average dark matter density of the universe. However, these particles can generate anomaly high-energy collisions in direct dark matter detectors.
KW  - astroparticle physics
KW  - dark matter
KW  - elementary particles
KW  - Local Group
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/771/2/117
SN  - 0004-637X
VL  - 771
IS  - 2
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Bayer, Anita
T1  - Methodological developments for mapping soil constituents using imaging spectroscopy
T1  - Methodische Entwicklungen zur Kartierung von Bodenparametern mittels Abbildender Spektroskopie
N2  - Climatic variations and human activity now and increasingly in the future cause land cover changes and introduce perturbations in the terrestrial carbon reservoirs in vegetation, soil and detritus. Optical remote sensing and in particular Imaging Spectroscopy has shown the potential to quantify land surface parameters over large areas, which is accomplished by taking advantage of the characteristic interactions of incident radiation and the physico-chemical properties of a material. The objective of this thesis is to quantify key soil parameters, including soil organic carbon, using field and Imaging Spectroscopy. Organic carbon, iron oxides and clay content are selected to be analyzed to provide indicators for ecosystem function in relation to land degradation, and additionally to facilitate a quantification of carbon inventories in semiarid soils. The semiarid Albany Thicket Biome in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is chosen as study site. It provides a regional example for a semiarid ecosystem that currently undergoes land changes due to unadapted management practices and furthermore has to face climate change induced land changes in the future. The thesis is divided in three methodical steps. Based on reflectance spectra measured in the field and chemically determined constituents of the upper topsoil, physically based models are developed to quantify soil organic carbon, iron oxides and clay content. Taking account of the benefits limitations of existing methods, the approach is based on the direct application of known diagnostic spectral features and their combination with multivariate statistical approaches. It benefits from the collinearity of several diagnostic features and a number of their properties to reduce signal disturbances by influences of other spectral features. In a following step, the acquired hyperspectral image data are prepared for an analysis of soil constituents. The data show a large spatial heterogeneity that is caused by the patchiness of the natural vegetation in the study area that is inherent to most semiarid landscapes. Spectral mixture analysis is performed and used to deconvolve non-homogenous pixels into their constituent components. For soil dominated pixels, the subpixel information is used to remove the spectral influence of vegetation and to approximate the pure spectral signature coming from the soil. This step is an integral part when working in natural non-agricultural areas where pure bare soil pixels are rare. It is identified as the largest benefit within the multi-stage methodology, providing the basis for a successful and unbiased prediction of soil constituents from hyperspectral imagery. With the proposed approach it is possible (1) to significantly increase the spatial extent of derived information of soil constituents to areas with about 40 % vegetation coverage and (2) to reduce the influence of materials such as vegetation on the quantification of soil constituents to a minimum. Subsequently, soil parameter quantities are predicted by the application of the feature-based soil prediction models to the maps of locally approximated soil signatures. Thematic maps showing the spatial distribution of the three considered soil parameters in October 2009 are produced for the Albany Thicket Biome of South Africa. The maps are evaluated for their potential to detect erosion affected areas as effects of land changes and to identify degradation hot spots in regard to support local restoration efforts. A regional validation, carried out using available ground truth sites, suggests remaining factors disturbing the correlation of spectral characteristics and chemical soil constituents. The approach is developed for semiarid areas in general and not adapted to specific conditions in the study area. All processing steps of the developed methodology are implemented in software modules, where crucial steps of the workflow are fully automated. The transferability of the methodology is shown for simulated data of the future EnMAP hyperspectral satellite. Soil parameters are successfully predicted from these data despite intense spectral mixing within the lower spatial resolution EnMAP pixels. This study shows an innovative approach to use Imaging Spectroscopy for mapping of key soil constituents, including soil organic carbon, for large areas in a non-agricultural ecosystem and under consideration of a partially vegetation coverage. It can contribute to a better assessment of soil constituents that describe ecosystem processes relevant to detect and monitor land changes. The maps further provide an assessment of the current carbon inventory in soils, valuable for carbon balances and carbon mitigation products.
N2  - Klimatische und anthropogene Faktoren verursachen bereits jetzt und verstärkt in Zukunft Änderungen der Landbedeckung und Landnutzung natürlicher Ökosysteme, die sich direkt auf die terrestrischen Kohlenstoffspeicher in Vegetation, Böden und biogenen Resten auswirken. Optische Fernerkundung und im Besonderen die Abbildende Spektroskopie sind etablierte Methoden, die basierend auf der charakteristischen Wechselwirkung der Sonnenstrahlung mit physikalisch-chemischen Materialeigenschaften eine quantitative Abschätzung degradationsrelevanter Parameter der Landoberfläche erlauben. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die Quantifizierung maßgeblicher Bodeninhaltsstoffe unter Verwendung von Feld- und abbildender Spektroskopie. Dabei stehen organischer Kohlenstoff, Eisenoxide und Ton im Fokus der Betrachtung, da ihre Gehalte im Boden als Indikatoren für Landoberflächenveränderungen verwendet werden können und ihre Analyse gleichzeitig eine direkte Abschätzung des bodengebundenen Kohlenstoffreservoirs ermöglicht. Das semiaride Albany Thicket in der östlichen Kapprovinz Südafrikas wurde als Arbeitsgebiet ausgewählt. Es steht beispielhaft für einen Naturraum, der sich gegenwärtig durch nicht angepasste Landnutzung verändert und der voraussichtlich auch in Zukunft hochfrequenten, durch den Klimawandel bedingten, Schwankungen unterliegen wird. Die Arbeit ist in drei methodische Schritte untergliedert. Die einzelnen Prozessierungsschritte der entwickelten Methodik sind in Softwaremodulen umgesetzt, in denen die wichtigsten Schritte voll automatisiert sind. Unter Verwendung von im Feld gemessenen Reflektanzspektren und chemisch bestimmten Gehalten der obersten Bodenschicht wird ein Modell zur Bestimmung der drei ausgewählten Bodenparameter erstellt. Der gewählte Ansatz basiert auf der direkten Verwendung bekannter spektraler Merkmale in Verbindung mit multivariaten Verfahren. In nächsten Schritt werden die großflächig aufgenommenen Hyperspektraldaten vorbereitet, die die für semiaride Räume typischen kleinräumigen Landbedeckungsänderungen wiederspiegeln. Auf subpixel-Basis erlaubt eine spektrale Entmischungsanalyse die Zerlegung nicht homogener Bildspektren in ihre spektralen Bestandteile. Dadurch kann für Pixel, die signifikante Anteile an unbedecktem Boden aufweisen, die reine spektrale Signatur des Bodens in Näherung bestimmt werden. Diese Vorgehensweise kennzeichnet einen wesentlichen Gewinn, da er eine Anwendung auf heterogene Naturräume abseits landwirtschaftlicher Flächen erlaubt, die Ausdehnung des Gültigkeitsbereichs, für den Bodeneigenschaften vorhergesagt werden können, deutlich steigert und den Einfluss von Fremdmaterialien wie Vegetation auf eine Bestimmung minimiert. Daran anknüpfend erfolgt die Vorhersage von Bodeninhaltsstoffen. Die räumliche Verteilung von organischem Kohlenstoff, Eisenoxiden und der Tongehalte wie sie sich im Oktober 2009 im südafrikanischen Albany Thicket darstellte, wurde in thematischen Karten erfasst. Sie wurden hinsichtlich ihres Potentials ausgewertet, Bereiche zu erkennen, die in Folge von Landbedeckungsänderungen von Erosion betroffen sind. Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt einen innovativen Ansatz zur Verwendung Abbildender Spektroskopie zur Kartierung wichtiger Bodeneigenschaften in einem semiariden Naturraum. Die Methodik liefert einen Beitrag zur verbesserten Abschätzung ökosystemrelevanter Bodeneigenschaften sowie eine direkte Abschätzung vorhandener Kohlenstoffspeicher im Boden, Parameter, die zur Erkennung und Überwachung von Landbedeckungsänderungen verwendet werden können.
KW  - Bodenparameter
KW  - Abbildende Spektroskopie
KW  - organischer Kohlenstoff
KW  - Regressionsanalyse
KW  - lineare spektrale Entmischung
KW  - Imaging spectroscopy
KW  - soil constituents mapping
KW  - soil organic carbon
KW  - regression analysis
KW  - spectral unmixing
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-64399
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Becher, Matthias A.
A1  - Osborne, Juliet L.
A1  - Thorbek, Pernille
A1  - Kennedy, Peter J.
A1  - Grimm, Volker
T1  - Towards a systems approach for understanding honeybee decline - a stocktaking and synthesis of existing models
JF  - Journal of applied ecology : an official journal of the British Ecological Society
N2  - 1. The health of managed and wild honeybee colonies appears to have declined substantially in Europe and the United States over the last decade. Sustainability of honeybee colonies is important not only for honey production, but also for pollination of crops and wild plants alongside other insect pollinators. A combination of causal factors, including parasites, pathogens, land use changes and pesticide usage, are cited as responsible for the increased colony mortality. 2. However, despite detailed knowledge of the behaviour of honeybees and their colonies, there are no suitable tools to explore the resilience mechanisms of this complex system under stress. Empirically testing all combinations of stressors in a systematic fashion is not feasible. We therefore suggest a cross-level systems approach, based on mechanistic modelling, to investigate the impacts of (and interactions between) colony and land management. 3. We review existing honeybee models that are relevant to examining the effects of different stressors on colony growth and survival. Most of these models describe honeybee colony dynamics, foraging behaviour or honeybee - varroa mite - virus interactions. 4. We found that many, but not all, processes within honeybee colonies, epidemiology and foraging are well understood and described in the models, but there is no model that couples in-hive dynamics and pathology with foraging dynamics in realistic landscapes. 5. Synthesis and applications. We describe how a new integrated model could be built to simulate multifactorial impacts on the honeybee colony system, using building blocks from the reviewed models. The development of such a tool would not only highlight empirical research priorities but also provide an important forecasting tool for policy makers and beekeepers, and we list examples of relevant applications to bee disease and landscape management decisions.
KW  - Apis mellifera
KW  - colony decline
KW  - feedbacks
KW  - integrated model
KW  - multiple stressors
KW  - predictive systems ecology
KW  - review
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12112
SN  - 0021-8901
VL  - 50
IS  - 4
SP  - 868
EP  - 880
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beck, Jan
A1  - Holloway, Jeremy D.
A1  - Schwanghart, Wolfgang
T1  - Undersampling and the measurement of beta diversity
JF  - Methods in ecology and evolution : an official journal of the British Ecological Society
N2  - Beta diversity is a conceptual link between diversity at local and regional scales. Various additional methodologies of quantifying this and related phenomena have been applied. Among them, measures of pairwise (dis)similarity of sites are particularly popular. Undersampling, i.e. not recording all taxa present at a site, is a common situation in ecological data. Bias in many metrics related to beta diversity must be expected, but only few studies have explicitly investigated the properties of various measures under undersampling conditions. On the basis of an empirical data set, representing near-complete local inventories of the Lepidoptera from an isolated Pacific island, as well as simulated communities with varying properties, we mimicked different levels of undersampling. We used 14 different approaches to quantify beta diversity, among them dataset-wide multiplicative partitioning (i.e. true beta diversity') and pairwise site x site dissimilarities. We compared their values from incomplete samples to true results from the full data. We used these comparisons to quantify undersampling bias and we calculated correlations of the dissimilarity measures of undersampled data with complete data of sites. Almost all tested metrics showed bias and low correlations under moderate to severe undersampling conditions (as well as deteriorating precision, i.e. large chance effects on results). Measures that used only species incidence were very sensitive to undersampling, while abundance-based metrics with high dependency on the distribution of the most common taxa were particularly robust. Simulated data showed sensitivity of results to the abundance distribution, confirming that data sets of high evenness and/or the application of metrics that are strongly affected by rare species are particularly sensitive to undersampling. The class of beta measure to be used should depend on the research question being asked as different metrics can lead to quite different conclusions even without undersampling effects. For each class of metric, there is a trade-off between robustness to undersampling and sensitivity to rare species. In consequence, using incidence-based metrics carries a particular risk of false conclusions when undersampled data are involved. Developing bias corrections for such metrics would be desirable.
KW  - Bray-Curtis
KW  - Chao
KW  - Effective number of species
KW  - Incomplete inventories
KW  - Jaccard
KW  - Macrolepidoptera
KW  - Morisita
KW  - Morisita-Horn
KW  - NESS
KW  - Norfolk Island
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12023
SN  - 2041-210X
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
SP  - 370
EP  - 382
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Becker, Basil
T1  - Architectural modelling and verification of open service-oriented systems of systems
T1  - Architekturmodellierung und Verifikation von offenen und service-orientierten Systems of Systems
N2  - Systems of Systems (SoS) have received a lot of attention recently. In this thesis we will focus on SoS that are built atop the techniques of Service-Oriented Architectures and thus combine the benefits and challenges of both paradigms. For this thesis we will understand SoS as ensembles of single autonomous systems that are integrated to a larger system, the SoS. The interesting fact about these systems is that the previously isolated systems are still maintained, improved and developed on their own. Structural dynamics is an issue in SoS, as at every point in time systems can join and leave the ensemble. This and the fact that the cooperation among the constituent systems is not necessarily observable means that we will consider these systems as open systems. Of course, the system has a clear boundary at each point in time, but this can only be identified by halting the complete SoS. However, halting a system of that size is practically impossible. Often SoS are combinations of software systems and physical systems. Hence a failure in the software system can have a serious physical impact what makes an SoS of this kind easily a safety-critical system. The contribution of this thesis is a modelling approach that extends OMG's SoaML and basically relies on collaborations and roles as an abstraction layer above the components. This will allow us to describe SoS at an architectural level. We will also give a formal semantics for our modelling approach which employs hybrid graph-transformation systems. The modelling approach is accompanied by a modular verification scheme that will be able to cope with the complexity constraints implied by the SoS' structural dynamics and size. Building such autonomous systems as SoS without evolution at the architectural level --- i. e. adding and removing of components and services --- is inadequate. Therefore our approach directly supports the modelling and verification of evolution.
N2  - Systems of Systems (SoS) sind ein seit längerem bekanntes Konzept, das jedoch in letzter Zeit vermehrt Aufmerksamkeit erhielt. Das Hauptaugenmerk dieser Arbeit wird auf SoS liegen, die mit Hilfe von Techniken aus Service-Orientierten Architekturen erstellt werden. Somit vereinen die hier betrachteten SoS die Vorteile und Herausforderungen beider Paradigmen. SoS können definiert werden als Zusammenschlüsse einzelner, autonomer Systeme, die zu einem größeren System integriert werden. In diesem Zusammenhang interessant ist, dass die ehemals isolierten Systeme nach wie vor isoliert voneinander weiterentwickelt und gewartet werden. Desweiteren kommt der Strukturdynamik innerhalb des SoS eine beachtliche Bedeutung zu, da jederzeit Systeme dem SoS beitreten und es verlassen können. Zusammen mit der Tatsache, dass die Kooperationen zwischen den konstituierenden Systemen nicht immer beobachtbar sind, führt dies dazu, dass wir diese Systeme als offene Systeme bezeichnen. Wobei das System natürlich jederzeit eine klar definierte Grenze besitzt, diese aber nur durch ein Anhalten des Systems zu bestimmen ist. Dies jedoch ist, von einer praktischen Perspektive aus betrachtet, unmöglich. Häufig stellen SoS eine Kombination aus Softwaresystemen und pyhsikalischen Systemen dar mit der Folge, dass ein Fehler in der Software eine SoS schnell eine immense physikalische Wirkung entwickeln kann. Von daher fallen SoS leicht in die Klasse der sicherheitskritischen Systeme. In dieser Arbeit werden wir einen Modellierungsansatz vorstellen, der die Sprache SoaML der OMG erweitert. Die grundlegenden Konzepte dieses Ansatzes sind die Modellierung mit Kollaborationen und Rollen als Abstraktionsebene über Komponenten. Der vorgestellte Ansatz erlaubt es uns SoS auf einer architekturellen Ebene zu betrachten. Die formale Semantik unseres Modellierungsansatzes ist durch hybride Graphtransformationssysteme gegeben. Abgestimmt auf die Modellierung werden wir ebenfalls ein Verfahren zu Verifikation von SoS vorstellen, welches trotz der inhärenten Komplexität von SoS, diese zu verifizieren. Die Modellierung und Verifikation von Evolution wird von unserem Ansatz direkt unterstützt.
KW  - Modellierung
KW  - Verifikation
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Systems of Systems
KW  - Service-orientierte Systeme
KW  - modelling
KW  - verification
KW  - evolution
KW  - systems of systems
KW  - service-oriented systems
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-70158
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beijersbergen, Chantal M. I.
A1  - Granacher, Urs
A1  - Vandervoort, A. A.
A1  - DeVita, P.
A1  - Hortobagyi, Tibor
T1  - The biomechanical mechanism of how strength and power training improves walking speed in old adults remains unknown
JF  - Ageing research reviews : ARR
N2  - Maintaining and increasing walking speed in old age is clinically important because this activity of daily living predicts functional and clinical state. We reviewed evidence for the biomechanical mechanisms of how strength and power training increase gait speed in old adults. A systematic search yielded only four studies that reported changes in selected gait biomechanical variables after an intervention. A secondary analysis of 20 studies revealed an association of r(2) = 0.21 between the 22% and 12% increase, respectively, in quadriceps strength and gait velocity in 815 individuals age 72. In 6 studies, there was a correlation of r(2) = 0.16 between the 19% and 9% gains in plantarflexion strength and gait speed in 240 old volunteers age 75. In 8 studies, there was zero association between the 35% and 13% gains in leg mechanical power and gait speed in 150 old adults age 73. To increase the efficacy of intervention studies designed to improve gait speed and other critical mobility functions in old adults, there is a need for a paradigm shift from conventional (clinical) outcome assessments to more sophisticated biomechanical analyses that examine joint kinematics, kinetics, energetics, muscle-tendon function, and musculoskeletal modeling before and after interventions.
KW  - Aging
KW  - Strength training
KW  - Power training
KW  - Gait biomechanics
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2013.03.001
SN  - 1568-1637
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
SP  - 618
EP  - 627
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Clare
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ben-Abdallah, Philippe
A1  - Messina, Riccardo
A1  - Biehs, Svend-Age
A1  - Tschikin, Maria
A1  - Joulain, Karl
A1  - Henkel, Carsten
T1  - Heat superdiffusion in plasmonic nanostructure networks
JF  - Physical review letters
N2  - The heat transport mediated by near-field interactions in networks of plasmonic nanostructures is shown to be analogous to a generalized random walk process. The existence of superdiffusive regimes is demonstrated both in linear ordered chains and in three-dimensional random networks by analyzing the asymptotic behavior of the corresponding probability distribution function. We show that the spread of heat in these networks is described by a type of Levy flight. The presence of such anomalous heat-transport regimes in plasmonic networks opens the way to the design of a new generation of composite materials able to transport heat faster than the normal diffusion process in solids.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.174301
SN  - 0031-9007
SN  - 1079-7114
VL  - 111
IS  - 17
PB  - American Physical Society
CY  - College Park
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Benina, Maria
A1  - Obata, Toshihiro
A1  - Mehterov, Nikolay
A1  - Ivanov, Ivan
A1  - Petrov, Veselin
A1  - Toneva, Valentina
A1  - Fernie, Alisdair R.
A1  - Gechev, Tsanko S.
T1  - Comparative metabolic profiling of Haberlea rhodopensis, Thellungiella halophyla, and Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to low temperature
JF  - Frontiers in plant science
N2  - Haberlea rhodopensis is a resurrection species with extreme resistance to drought stress and desiccation but also with ability to withstand low temperatures and freezing stress. In order to identify biochemical strategies which contribute to Haberlea's remarkable stress tolerance, the metabolic reconfiguration of H. rhodopensis during low temperature (4 degrees C) and subsequent return to optimal temperatures (21 degrees C) was investigated and compared with that of the stress tolerant Thellungiella halophyla and the stress sensitive Arabidopsis thaliana. Metabolic analysis by GC-MS revealed intrinsic differences in the metabolite levels of the three species even at 21 degrees C. H. rhodopensis had significantly more raffinose, melibiose, trehalose, rhamnose, myo-inositol, sorbitol, galactinol, erythronate, threonate, 2-oxoglutarate, citrate, and glycerol than the other two species. A. thaliana had the highest levels of putrescine and fumarate, while T halophila had much higher levels of several amino acids, including alanine, asparagine, beta-alanine, histidine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, and valine. In addition, the three species responded differently to the low temperature treatment and the subsequent recovery, especially with regard to the sugar metabolism. Chilling induced accumulation of maltose in H. rhodopensis and raffinose in A. thaliana but the raffinose levels in low temperature exposed Arabidopsis were still much lower than these in unstressed Haberlea. While all species accumulated sucrose during chilling, that accumulation was transient in H. rhodopensis and A. thaliana but sustained in T halophila after the return to optimal temperature. Thus, Haberlea's metabolome appeared primed for chilling stress but the low temperature acclimation induced additional stress-protective mechanisms. A diverse array of sugars, organic acids, and polyols constitute Haberlea's main metabolic defence mechanisms against chilling, while accumulation of amino acids and amino acid derivatives contribute to the low temperature acclimation in Arabidopsis and Thellungiella. Collectively, these results show inherent differences in the metabolomes under the ambient temperature and the strategies to respond to low temperature in the three species.
KW  - Arabidopsis thaliana
KW  - Haberlea rhodopensis
KW  - low temperature stress
KW  - metabolite profiling
KW  - Thellungiella halophila
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2013.00499
SN  - 1664-462X
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Bentele, Kajetan
A1  - Saffert, Paul
A1  - Rauscher, Robert
A1  - Ignatova, Zoya
A1  - Bluethgen, Nils
T1  - Efficient translation initiation dictates codon usage at gene start
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - The genetic code is degenerate; thus, protein evolution does not uniquely determine the coding sequence. One of the puzzles in evolutionary genetics is therefore to uncover evolutionary driving forces that result in specific codon choice. In many bacteria, the first 5-10 codons of protein-coding genes are often codons that are less frequently used in the rest of the genome, an effect that has been argued to arise from selection for slowed early elongation to reduce ribosome traffic jams. However, genome analysis across many species has demonstrated that the region shows reduced mRNA folding consistent with pressure for efficient translation initiation. This raises the possibility that unusual codon usage is a side effect of selection for reduced mRNA structure. Here we discriminate between these two competing hypotheses, and show that in bacteria selection favours codons that reduce mRNA folding around the translation start, regardless of whether these codons are frequent or rare. Experiments confirm that primarily mRNA structure, and not codon usage, at the beginning of genes determines the translation rate.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 912 
KW  - codon usage
KW  - mRNA structure
KW  - translation
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-441337
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 912
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bentele, Kajetan
A1  - Saffert, Paul
A1  - Rauscher, Robert
A1  - Ignatova, Zoya
A1  - Bluethgen, Nils
T1  - Efficient translation initiation dictates codon usage at gene start
JF  - Molecular systems biology
N2  - The genetic code is degenerate; thus, protein evolution does not uniquely determine the coding sequence. One of the puzzles in evolutionary genetics is therefore to uncover evolutionary driving forces that result in specific codon choice. In many bacteria, the first 5-10 codons of protein-coding genes are often codons that are less frequently used in the rest of the genome, an effect that has been argued to arise from selection for slowed early elongation to reduce ribosome traffic jams. However, genome analysis across many species has demonstrated that the region shows reduced mRNA folding consistent with pressure for efficient translation initiation. This raises the possibility that unusual codon usage is a side effect of selection for reduced mRNA structure. Here we discriminate between these two competing hypotheses, and show that in bacteria selection favours codons that reduce mRNA folding around the translation start, regardless of whether these codons are frequent or rare. Experiments confirm that primarily mRNA structure, and not codon usage, at the beginning of genes determines the translation rate.
KW  - codon usage
KW  - mRNA structure
KW  - translation
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2013.32
SN  - 1744-4292
VL  - 9
IS  - 6
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Berenstein, Igal
A1  - Beta, Carsten
T1  - Cross-diffusion in the two-variable Oregonator model
JF  - Chaos : an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science
N2  - We explore the effect of cross-diffusion on pattern formation in the two-variable Oregonator model of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. For high negative cross-diffusion of the activator (the activator being attracted towards regions of increased inhibitor concentration) we find, depending on the values of the parameters, Turing patterns, standing waves, oscillatory Turing patterns, and quasi-standing waves. For the inhibitor, we find that positive cross-diffusion (the inhibitor being repelled by increasing concentrations of the activator) can induce Turing patterns, jumping waves and spatially modulated bulk oscillations. We qualitatively explain the formation of these patterns. With one model we can explain Turing patterns, standing waves and jumping waves, which previously was done with three different models.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4816937
SN  - 1054-1500
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
PB  - American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Berg, Gregor
T1  - Virtual prototypes for the model-based elicitation and validation of collaborative scenarios
T1  - Virtuelle Prototypen für die Modellbasierte Erhebung und Validierung kollaborativer Szenarien
N2  - Requirements engineers have to elicit, document, and validate how stakeholders act and interact to achieve their common goals in collaborative scenarios. Only after gathering all information concerning who interacts with whom to do what and why, can a software system be designed and realized which supports the stakeholders to do their work. To capture and structure requirements of different (groups of) stakeholders, scenario-based approaches have been widely used and investigated. Still, the elicitation and validation of requirements covering collaborative scenarios remains complicated, since the required information is highly intertwined, fragmented, and distributed over several stakeholders. Hence, it can only be elicited and validated collaboratively. In times of globally distributed companies, scheduling and conducting workshops with groups of stakeholders is usually not feasible due to budget and time constraints. Talking to individual stakeholders, on the other hand, is feasible but leads to fragmented and incomplete stakeholder scenarios. Going back and forth between different individual stakeholders to resolve this fragmentation and explore uncovered alternatives is an error-prone, time-consuming, and expensive task for the requirements engineers. While formal modeling methods can be employed to automatically check and ensure consistency of stakeholder scenarios, such methods introduce additional overhead since their formal notations have to be explained in each interaction between stakeholders and requirements engineers. Tangible prototypes as they are used in other disciplines such as design, on the other hand, allow designers to feasibly validate and iterate concepts and requirements with stakeholders. This thesis proposes a model-based approach for prototyping formal behavioral specifications of stakeholders who are involved in collaborative scenarios. By simulating and animating such specifications in a remote domain-specific visualization, stakeholders can experience and validate the scenarios captured so far, i.e., how other stakeholders act and react. This interactive scenario simulation is referred to as a model-based virtual prototype. Moreover, through observing how stakeholders interact with a virtual prototype of their collaborative scenarios, formal behavioral specifications can be automatically derived which complete the otherwise fragmented scenarios. This, in turn, enables requirements engineers to elicit and validate collaborative scenarios in individual stakeholder sessions – decoupled, since stakeholders can participate remotely and are not forced to be available for a joint session at the same time. This thesis discusses and evaluates the feasibility, understandability, and modifiability of model-based virtual prototypes. Similarly to how physical prototypes are perceived, the presented approach brings behavioral models closer to being tangible for stakeholders and, moreover, combines the advantages of joint stakeholder sessions and decoupled sessions.
N2  - Anforderungsingenieure erheben, dokumentieren und validieren wie Bedarfsträger in einzelnen und gemeinsamen Aktivitäten die Ziele ihrer kollaborativen Szenarios erreichen. Auf Grundlage von Angaben darüber, wer warum mit wem zusammen was erledigt, kann anschließend ein Softwaresystem spezifiziert und umgesetzt werden, welches die Bedarfsträger bei der Durchführung ihrer Abläufe unterstützt. Um Anforderungen verschiedener (Gruppen von) Bedarfsträger zu erfassen und zu strukturieren, werden szenariobasierte Ansätze genutzt und erforscht. Die Erhebung und Validierung von Anforderungen, die kollaborative Szenarios abdecken, ist dennoch kompliziert, da derartige Informationen hochgradig verknüpft, fragmentiert und über mehrere Bedarfsträger verteilt sind, wodurch sie nur in Gruppensitzungen effizient erhoben und validiert werden können. In Zeiten global verteilter Firmen ist die Planung und Durchführung solcher Workshops mit Gruppen von Bedarfsträgern nur selten praktikabel. Mit einzelnen Bedarfsträgern zu sprechen ist hingegen oft realisierbar, führt aber zu fragmentierten, unvollständigen Szenariobeschreibungen. Durch eine Vielzahl von Einzelgesprächen mit wechselnden Bedarfsträgern kann diese Fragmentierung aufgelöst werden – dies ist aber eine fehleranfällige und zeitaufwändige Aufgabe. Zwar bieten formale Modellierungsmethoden z.B. automatische Konsistenzchecks für Szenarios, doch führen derartige Methoden zu Mehraufwand in allen Gesprächen mit Bedarfsträgern, da diesen die verwendeten formalen Notationen jedes Mal erläutert werden müssen. Handfeste Prototypen, wie sie in anderen Disziplinen eingesetzt werden, ermöglichen es Designern, ihre Konzepte und erhobenen Anforderungen ohne viel Aufwand mit Bedarfsträgern zu validieren und zu iterieren. In dieser Dissertation wird ein modellbasierter Generierungsansatz vorgeschlagen, der kollaborative Szenarios prototypisch auf Grundlage von formalen Verhaltensmodellen für die beteiligten Bedarfsträger darstellt. Durch die Simulation dieses Verhaltens und dessen Animation innerhalb einer webbasierten, domänenspezifischen Visualisierung, können Bedarfsträger diese Modelle erleben und die bisher erfassten Szenarios validieren. Eine derartige interaktive Szenariosimulation wird als modellbasierter virtueller Prototyp bezeichnet. Basierend auf den Interaktionen zwischen Bedarfsträgern und einem virtuellen Prototypen ihrer Szenarios können zudem formale Verhaltensspezifikationen automatisch abgeleitet werden, die wiederum die fragmentierten kollaborativen Szenarios vervollständigen. Dies ermöglicht es den Anforderungsingenieuren, die kollaborativen Szenarios in individuellen Sitzungen mit einzelnen Bedarfsträgern zu erheben und zu validieren – entkoppelt voneinander, da Bedarfsträger webbasiert teilnehmen können und dabei nicht darauf angewiesen sind, dass andere Bedarfsträger ebenfalls in der gleichen Sitzung teilnehmen. Diese Dissertation diskutiert und evaluiert die Machbarkeit, Verständlichkeit sowie die Änderbarkeit der modellbasierten virtuellen Prototypen. Auf die gleiche Art wie physikalische Prototypen wahrgenommen werden, erlaubt es der vorgestellte Ansatz, Verhaltensmodelle für Bedarfsträger erlebbar zu machen und so die Vorteile von Gruppensitzungen mit denen entkoppelter Sitzungen zu verbinden.
KW  - requirements engineering
KW  - behavioral specification
KW  - interactive simulation
KW  - model-based prototyping
KW  - rapid prototyping
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-69729
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Berger, Anja
A1  - Krahé, Barbara
T1  - Negative attributes are gendered too - conceptualizing and measuring positive and negative facets of sex-role identity
JF  - European journal of social psychology
N2  - Measures of gender identity have almost exclusively relied on positive aspects of masculinity and femininity, although conceptually the self-concept is not limited to positive attributes. A theoretical argument is made for considering negative attributes of gender identity, followed by five studies developing the Positive-Negative Sex-Role Inventory (PN-SRI) as a new measure of gender identity. Study 1 demonstrated that many of the attributes of a German version of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory are no longer considered to differ in desirability for men and women. For the PN-SRI, Study 2 elicited attributes characterizing men and women in today's society, for which ratings of typicality and desirability as well as self-ratings by men and women were obtained in Study 3. Study 4 examined the reliability and factorial structure of the four subscales of positive and negative masculinity and femininity and demonstrated the construct and discriminant validity of the PN-SRI by showing that the negative masculinity and femininity scales were unique predictors of select validation constructs. Study 5 showed that the new instrument explained variance in the validation constructs beyond earlier measures of gender identity. Key message: Even in the construction of negative aspects of gender identity, individuals prefer gender-congruent attributes. Negative masculinity and femininity make a unique contribution to understanding gender-related differences in psychological outcome variables.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1970
SN  - 0046-2772
VL  - 43
IS  - 6
SP  - 516
EP  - 531
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bertilsson, Stefan
A1  - Burgin, Amy
A1  - Carey, Cayelan C.
A1  - Fey, Samuel B.
A1  - Grossart, Hans-Peter
A1  - Grubisic, Lorena M.
A1  - Jones, Ian D.
A1  - Kirillin, Georgiy
A1  - Lennon, Jay T.
A1  - Shade, Ashley
A1  - Smyth, Robyn L.
T1  - The under-ice microbiome of seasonally frozen lakes
JF  - Limnology and oceanography
N2  - Compared to the well-studied open water of the "growing" season, under-ice conditions in lakes are characterized by low and rather constant temperature, slow water movements, limited light availability, and reduced exchange with the surrounding landscape. These conditions interact with ice-cover duration to shape microbial processes in temperate lakes and ultimately influence the phenology of community and ecosystem processes. We review the current knowledge on microorganisms in seasonally frozen lakes. Specifically, we highlight how under-ice conditions alter lake physics and the ways that this can affect the distribution and metabolism of auto-and heterotrophic microorganisms. We identify functional traits that we hypothesize are important for understanding under-ice dynamics and discuss how these traits influence species interactions. As ice coverage duration has already been seen to reduce as air temperatures have warmed, the dynamics of the under-ice microbiome are important for understanding and predicting the dynamics and functioning of seasonally frozen lakes in the near future.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.1998
SN  - 0024-3590
SN  - 1939-5590
VL  - 58
IS  - 6
SP  - 1998
EP  - 2012
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Waco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bertz, Andreas
A1  - Wöhl-Bruhn, Stefanie
A1  - Miethe, Sebastian
A1  - Tiersch, Brigitte
A1  - Koetz, Joachim
A1  - Hust, Michael
A1  - Bunjes, Heike
A1  - Menzel, Henning
T1  - Encapsulation of proteins in hydrogel carrier systems for controlled drug delivery influence of network structure and drug size on release rate
JF  - Journal of biotechnology
N2  - Novel hydrogels based on hydroxyethyl starch modified with polyethylene glycol methacrylate (HES-P(EG)(6)MA) were developed as delivery system for the controlled release of proteins. Since the drug release behavior is supposed to be related to the pore structure of the hydrogel network the pore sizes were determined by cryo-SEM, which is a mild technique for imaging on a nanometer scale. The results showed a decreasing pore size and an increase in pore homogeneity with increasing polymer concentration. Furthermore, the mesh sizes of the hydrogels were calculated based on swelling data. Pore and mesh size were significantly different which indicates that both structures are present in the hydrogel. The resulting structural model was correlated with release data for bulk hydrogel cylinders loaded with FITC-dextran and hydrogel microspheres loaded with FITC-IgG and FITC-dextran of different molecular size. The initial release depended much on the relation between hydrodynamic diameter and pore size while the long term release of the incorporated substances was predominantly controlled by degradation of the network of the much smaller meshes.
KW  - Hydrogel
KW  - Hydrogel microspheres
KW  - Network structure
KW  - Release studies
KW  - Protein delivery
KW  - Mesh size
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.06.036
SN  - 0168-1656
VL  - 163
IS  - 2
SP  - 243
EP  - 249
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bescherer, Klaus
A1  - Munzke, Dorit
A1  - Reich, Oliver
A1  - Loock, Hans-Peter
T1  - Fabrication and modeling of multimode fiber lenses
JF  - Applied optics
N2  - We report on the fabrication, modeling, and experimental verification of the emission of fiber lenses fabricated on multimode fibers in different media. Concave fiber lenses with a radius of 150 mu m were fabricated onto a multimode silica fiber (100 mu m core) by grinding and polishing against a ruby sphere template. In our theoretical model we assume that the fiber guides light from a Lambertian light source and that the emission cone is governed solely by the range of permitted emission angles. We investigate concave and convex lenses at 532 nm with different radii and in a variety of surrounding media from air (n(0) = 1.00) to sapphire (n(0) = 1.77). It was found that noticeable focusing or defocusing effects of a silica fiber lens in ethanol (n(0) = 1.36) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) (n(0) = 1.48) are only observed when the fiber lens radius was less than the fiber diameter.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.000B40
SN  - 1559-128X
SN  - 2155-3165
VL  - 52
IS  - 4
SP  - B40
EP  - B45
PB  - Optical Society of America
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beye, Martin
A1  - Anniyev, Toyli
A1  - Coffee, Ryan
A1  - Dell'Angela, Martina
A1  - Föhlisch, Alexander
A1  - Gladh, J.
A1  - Katayama, T.
A1  - Kaya, S.
A1  - Krupin, O.
A1  - Mogelhoj, A.
A1  - Nilsson, A.
A1  - Nordlund, D.
A1  - Norskov, J. K.
A1  - Oberg, H.
A1  - Ogasawara, H.
A1  - Pettersson, Lars G. M.
A1  - Schlotter, W. F.
A1  - Sellberg, J. A.
A1  - Sorgenfrei, Nomi
A1  - Turner, J. J.
A1  - Wolf, M.
A1  - Wurth, Wilfried
A1  - Ostrom, H.
T1  - Selective ultrafast probing of transient hot chemisorbed and precursor States of CO on Ru(0001)
JF  - Physical review letters
N2  - We have studied the femtosecond dynamics following optical laser excitation of CO adsorbed on a Ru surface by monitoring changes in the occupied and unoccupied electronic structure using ultrafast soft x-ray absorption and emission. We recently reported [M. Dell'Angela et al. Science 339, 1302 (2013)] a phonon-mediated transition into a weakly adsorbed precursor state occurring on a time scale of >2 ps prior to desorption. Here we focus on processes within the first picosecond after laser excitation and show that the metal-adsorbate coordination is initially increased due to hot-electron-driven vibrational excitations. This process is faster than, but occurs in parallel with, the transition into the precursor state. With resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy, we probe each of these states selectively and determine the respective transient populations depending on optical laser fluence. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of CO adsorbed on Ru(0001) were performed at 1500 and 3000 K providing insight into the desorption process.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.186101
SN  - 0031-9007
VL  - 110
IS  - 18
PB  - American Physical Society
CY  - College Park
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beye, Martin
A1  - Föhlisch, Alexander
T1  - Soft X-ray probes of ultrafast dynamics for heterogeneous catalysis
JF  - Chemical physics : a journal devoted to experimental and theoretical research involving problems of both a chemical and physical nature
N2  - Soft X-ray spectroscopy is one of the best tools to directly address the electronic structure, the driving force of chemical reactions. It enables selective studies on sample surfaces to single out reaction centers in heterogeneous catalytic reactions. With core-hole clock methods, specific dynamics are related to the femtosecond life time of a core-hole. Typically, this method is used with photoemission spectroscopy, but advancements in soft X-ray emission techniques render more specific studies possible. With the advent of bright femtosecond pulsed soft X-ray sources, highly selective pump-probe X-ray emission studies are enabled with temporal resolutions down to tens of femtoseconds. This finally allows to study dynamics in the electronic structure of adsorbed reaction centers on the whole range of relevant time scales - closing the gap between kinetic soft X-ray studies and the atto- to femtosecond core-hole clock techniques.
KW  - Core-hole clock
KW  - Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
KW  - Ultrafast surface science
KW  - Photoelectron spectroscopy
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.03.023
SN  - 0301-0104
SN  - 1873-4421
VL  - 414
IS  - 5
SP  - 130
EP  - 138
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beye, Martin
A1  - Schreck, S.
A1  - Sorgenfrei, Nomi
A1  - Trabant, C.
A1  - Pontius, N.
A1  - Schüßler-Langeheine, C.
A1  - Wurth, W.
A1  - Föhlisch, Alexander
T1  - Stimulated X-ray emission for materials science
JF  - Nature : the international weekly journal of science
N2  - Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering and X-ray emission spectroscopy can be used to probe the energy and dispersion of the elementary low-energy excitations that govern functionality in matter: vibronic, charge, spin and orbital excitations(1-7). A key drawback of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering has been the need for high photon densities to compensate for fluorescence yields of less than a per cent for soft X-rays(8). Sample damage from the dominant non-radiative decays thus limits the materials to which such techniques can be applied and the spectral resolution that can be obtained. A means of improving the yield is therefore highly desirable. Here we demonstrate stimulated X-ray emission for crystalline silicon at photon densities that are easily achievable with free-electron lasers(9). The stimulated radiative decay of core excited species at the expense of non-radiative processes reduces sample damage and permits narrow-bandwidth detection in the directed beam of stimulated radiation. We deduce how stimulated X-ray emission can be enhanced by several orders of magnitude to provide, with high yield and reduced sample damage, a superior probe for low-energy excitations and their dispersion in matter. This is the first step to bringing nonlinear X-ray physics in the condensed phase from theory(10-16) to application.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12449
SN  - 0028-0836
VL  - 501
IS  - 7466
SP  - 191
EP  - +
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beye, Martin
A1  - Wernet, Ph.
A1  - Schüßler-Langeheine, Christian
A1  - Föhlisch, Alexander
T1  - Time resolved resonant inelastic X-ray scattering: a supreme tool to understand dynamics in solids and molecules
JF  - Journal of electron spectroscopy and related phenomena : the international journal on theoretical and experimental aspects of electron spectroscopy
N2  - Dynamics in materials typically involve different degrees of freedom, like charge, lattice, orbital and spin in a complex interplay. Time-resolved resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) as a highly selective tool can provide unique insight and follow the details of dynamical processes while resolving symmetries, chemical and charge states, momenta, spin configurations, etc. In this paper, we review examples where the intrinsic scattering duration time is used to study femtosecond phenomena. Free-electron lasers access timescales starting in the sub-ps range through pump-probe methods and synchrotrons study the time scales longer than tens of ps. In these examples, time-resolved resonant inelastic X-ray scattering is applied to solids as well as molecular systems.
KW  - Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
KW  - Ultrafast spectroscopy
KW  - Phase transitions
KW  - Molecular dynamics
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2013.04.013
SN  - 0368-2048
VL  - 188
IS  - 3
SP  - 172
EP  - 182
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beyene, Yonas
A1  - Katoh, Shigehiro
A1  - Wolde Gabriel, Giday
A1  - Hart, William K.
A1  - Uto, Kozo
A1  - Sudo, Masafumi
A1  - Kondo, Megumi
A1  - Hyodo, Masayuki
A1  - Renne, Paul R.
A1  - Suwa, Gen
A1  - Asfaw, Berhane
T1  - The characteristics and chronology of the earliest. Acheulean at Konso, Ethiopia
JF  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
N2  - The Acheulean technological tradition, characterized by a large (>10 cm) flake-based component, represents a significant technological advance over the Oldowan. Although stone tool assemblages attributed to the Acheulean have been reported from as early as circa 1.6-1.75 Ma, the characteristics of these earliest occurrences and comparisons with later assemblages have not been reported in detail. Here, we provide a newly established chronometric calibration for the Acheulean assemblages of the Konso Formation, southern Ethiopia, which span the time period similar to 1.75 to <1.0 Ma. The earliest Konso Acheulean is chronologically indistinguishable from the assemblage recently published as the world's earliest with an age of similar to 1.75 Ma at Kokiselei, west of Lake Turkana, Kenya. This Konso assemblage is characterized by a combination of large picks and crude bifaces/unifaces made predominantly on large flake blanks. An increase in the number of flake scars was observed within the Konso Formation handaxe assemblages through time, but this was less so with picks. The Konso evidence suggests that both picks and handaxes were essential components of the Acheulean from its initial stages and that the two probably differed in function. The temporal refinement seen, especially in the handaxe forms at Konso, implies enhanced function through time, perhaps in processing carcasses with long and stable cutting edges. The documentation of the earliest Acheulean at similar to 1.75 Ma in both northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia suggests that behavioral novelties were being established in a regional scale at that time, paralleling the emergence of Homo erectus-like hominid morphology.
KW  - chronostratigraphy
KW  - Early Pleistocene
KW  - lithic technology development
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1221285110
SN  - 0027-8424
VL  - 110
IS  - 5
SP  - 1584
EP  - 1591
PB  - National Acad. of Sciences
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bhabak, Krishna P.
A1  - Kleuser, Burkhard
A1  - Huwiler, Andrea
A1  - Arenz, Christoph
T1  - Effective inhibition of acid and neutral ceramidases by novel B-13 and LCL-464 analogues
JF  - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry : a Tetrahedron publication for the rapid dissemination of full original research papers and critical reviews on biomolecular chemistry, medicinal chemistry and related disciplines
N2  - Induction of apoptosis mediated by the inhibition of ceramidases has been shown to enhance the efficacy of conventional chemotherapy in several cancer models. Among the inhibitors of ceramidases reported in the literature, B-13 is considered as a lead compound having good in vitro potency towards acid ceramidase. Furthermore, owing to the poor activity of B-13 on lysosoamal acid ceramidase in living cells, LCL-464 a modified derivative of B-13 containing a basic omega-amino group at the fatty acid was reported to have higher potency towards lysosomal acid ceramidase in living cells. In a search for more potent inhibitors of ceramidases, we have designed a series of compounds with structural modifications of B-13 and LCL-464. In this study, we show that the efficacy of B-13 in vitro as well as in intact cells can be enhanced by suitable modification of functional groups. Furthermore, a detailed SAR investigation on LCL-464 analogues revealed novel promising inhibitors of aCDase and nCDase. In cell culture studies using the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231, some of the newly developed compounds elevated endogenous ceramide levels and in parallel, also induced apoptotic cell death. In summary, this study shows that structural modification of the known ceramidase inhibitors B-13 and LCL-464 generates more potent ceramidase inhibitors that are active in intact cells and not only elevates the cellular ceramide levels, but also enhances cell death.
KW  - Sphingolipids
KW  - Ceramide
KW  - Ceramidase inhibitors
KW  - Structure-activity-relationship
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2012.12.014
SN  - 0968-0896
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
SP  - 874
EP  - 882
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bhatara, Anjali
A1  - Boll-Avetisyan, Natalie
A1  - Unger, Annika
A1  - Nazzi, Thierry
A1  - Höhle, Barbara
T1  - Native language affects rhythmic grouping of speech
JF  - The journal of the Acoustical Society of America
N2  - Perceptual attunement to one's native language results in language-specific processing of speech sounds. This includes stress cues, instantiated by differences in intensity, pitch, and duration. The present study investigates the effects of linguistic experience on the perception of these cues by studying the Iambic-Trochaic Law (ITL), which states that listeners group sounds trochaically (strong-weak) if the sounds vary in loudness or pitch and iambically (weak-strong) if they vary in duration. Participants were native listeners either of French or German; this comparison was chosen because French adults have been shown to be less sensitive than speakers of German and other languages to word-level stress, which is communicated by variation in cues such as intensity, fundamental frequency (F0), or duration. In experiment 1, participants listened to sequences of co-articulated syllables varying in either intensity or duration. The German participants were more consistent in their grouping than the French for both cues. Experiment 2 was identical to experiment 1 except that intensity variation was replaced by pitch variation. German participants again showed more consistency for both cues, and French participants showed especially inconsistent grouping for the pitch-varied sequences. These experiments show that the perception of linguistic rhythm is strongly influenced by linguistic experience.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4823848
SN  - 0001-4966
SN  - 1520-8524
VL  - 134
IS  - 5
SP  - 3828
EP  - 3843
PB  - American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Bilitewski, Ursula
A1  - Kaba, H.
A1  - Heilmann, Katja
A1  - Mayer, Yvonne
A1  - Hofmann, B.
A1  - Mueller, P.
A1  - van den Heuvel, J.
T1  - Monoclonal antibodies against specific peptides derived from the 1,3-beta-glucosyltransferase Bgl2p allow detection of Candida albicans cells
T2  - Mycoses : diagnosis, therapy and prophylaxis of fungal diseases
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0933-7407
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
SP  - 27
EP  - 27
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bindschadler, Robert A.
A1  - Nowicki, Sophie
A1  - Abe-Ouchi, Ayako
A1  - Aschwanden, Andy
A1  - Choi, Hyeungu
A1  - Fastook, Jim
A1  - Granzow, Glen
A1  - Greve, Ralf
A1  - Gutowski, Gail
A1  - Herzfeld, Ute
A1  - Jackson, Charles
A1  - Johnson, Jesse
A1  - Khroulev, Constantine
A1  - Levermann, Anders
A1  - Lipscomb, William H.
A1  - Martin, Maria A.
A1  - Morlighem, Mathieu
A1  - Parizek, Byron R.
A1  - Pollard, David
A1  - Price, Stephen F.
A1  - Ren, Diandong
A1  - Saito, Fuyuki
A1  - Sato, Tatsuru
A1  - Seddik, Hakime
A1  - Seroussi, Helene
A1  - Takahashi, Kunio
A1  - Walker, Ryan
A1  - Wang, Wei Li
T1  - Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project)
JF  - Journal of glaciology
N2  - Ten ice-sheet models are used to study sensitivity of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to prescribed changes of surface mass balance, sub-ice-shelf melting and basal sliding. Results exhibit a large range in projected contributions to sea-level change. In most cases, the ice volume above flotation lost is linearly dependent on the strength of the forcing. Combinations of forcings can be closely approximated by linearly summing the contributions from single forcing experiments, suggesting that nonlinear feedbacks are modest. Our models indicate that Greenland is more sensitive than Antarctica to likely atmospheric changes in temperature and precipitation, while Antarctica is more sensitive to increased ice-shelf basal melting. An experiment approximating the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's RCP8.5 scenario produces additional first-century contributions to sea level of 22.3 and 8.1 cm from Greenland and Antarctica, respectively, with a range among models of 62 and 14 cm, respectively. By 200 years, projections increase to 53.2 and 26.7 cm, respectively, with ranges of 79 and 43 cm. Linear interpolation of the sensitivity results closely approximates these projections, revealing the relative contributions of the individual forcings on the combined volume change and suggesting that total ice-sheet response to complicated forcings over 200 years can be linearized.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J125
SN  - 0022-1430
VL  - 59
IS  - 214
SP  - 195
EP  - 224
PB  - International Glaciological Society
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Bischoff, Juliane
T1  - Microbial communities and their response to Pleistocene and Holocene climate variabilities in the Russian Arctic
T1  - Mikrobielle Gemeinschaften und ihre Reaktion auf Klimaeveränderungen des Pleistozäns und Holozäns in der Russischen Arktis
N2  - The Arctic is considered as a focal region in the ongoing climate change debate. The currently observed and predicted climate warming is particularly pronounced in the high northern latitudes. Rising temperatures in the Arctic cause progressive deepening and duration of permafrost thawing during the arctic summer, creating an ‘active layer’ with high bioavailability of nutrients and labile carbon for microbial consumption. The microbial mineralization of permafrost carbon creates large amounts of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, which can be released to the atmosphere, creating a positive feedback to global warming. However, to date, the microbial communities that drive the overall carbon cycle and specifically methane production in the Arctic are poorly constrained. To assess how these microbial communities will respond to the predicted climate changes, such as an increase in atmospheric and soil temperatures causing increased bioavailability of organic carbon, it is necessary to investigate the current status of this environment, but also how these microbial communities reacted to climate changes in the past. This PhD thesis investigated three records from two different study sites in the Russian Arctic, including permafrost, lake shore and lake deposits from Siberia and Chukotka. A combined stratigraphic approach of microbial and molecular organic geochemical techniques were used to identify and quantify characteristic microbial gene and lipid biomarkers. Based on this data it was possible to characterize and identify the climate response of microbial communities involved in past carbon cycling during the Middle Pleistocene and the Late Pleistocene to Holocene. It is shown that previous warmer periods were associated with an expansion of bacterial and archaeal communities throughout the Russian Arctic, similar to present day conditions. Different from this situation, past glacial and stadial periods experienced a substantial decrease in the abundance of Bacteria and Archaea. This trend can also be confirmed for the community of methanogenic archaea that were highly abundant and diverse during warm and particularly wet conditions. For the terrestrial permafrost, a direct effect of the temperature on the microbial communities is likely. In contrast, it is suggested that the temperature rise in scope of the glacial-interglacial climate variations led to an increase of the primary production in the Arctic lake setting, as can be seen in the corresponding biogenic silica distribution. The availability of this algae-derived carbon is suggested to be a driver for the observed pattern in the microbial abundance. This work demonstrates the effect of climate changes on the community composition of methanogenic archae. Methanosarcina-related species were abundant throughout the Russian Arctic and were able to adapt to changing environmental conditions. In contrast, members of Methanocellales and Methanomicrobiales were not able to adapt to past climate changes. This PhD thesis provides first evidence that past climatic warming led to an increased abundance of microbial communities in the Arctic, closely linked to the cycling of carbon and methane production. With the predicted climate warming, it may, therefore, be anticipated that extensive amounts of microbial communities will develop. Increasing temperatures in the Arctic will affect the temperature sensitive parts of the current microbiological communities, possibly leading to a suppression of cold adapted species and the prevalence of methanogenic archaea that tolerate or adapt to increasing temperatures. These changes in the composition of methanogenic archaea will likely increase the methane production potential of high latitude terrestrial regions, changing the Arctic from a carbon sink to a source.
N2  - Die Arktis ist in den gegenwärtigen Diskussionen zum Klimawandel von besonderem Interesse. Die derzeitig beobachtete globale Erwärmung ist in den hohen nördlichen Breiten besonders ausgeprägt. Dies führt dazu, dass ehemals gefrorene Böden zunehmend tiefer auftauen und daher im Boden enthaltene Kohlenstoffquellen für die mikrobielle Umsetzung und Mineralisierung zur Verfügung stehen. Aufgrund dieser Prozesse entstehen klimarelevant Gase, darunter Kohlendioxid und Methan, die aus den Böden und Sedimenten freigesetzt werden können. Wenn man bedenkt, dass in den nördlichen Permafrostgebieten die Hälfte des weltweit unter der Bodenoberfläche gelagerten Kohlenstoffs gelagert ist, wird die Bedeutung dieser Region für das Verständnis des globalen Kohlenstoffkreislaufes und der möglichen Treibhaus-gasemissionen sichtbar. Trotz dieser Relevanz, sind die am Kohlenstoffumsatz beteiligten Mikroorganismen in der Arktis wenig untersucht und ihre Anpassungsfähigkeit an die gegenwärtigen Klimaveränderungen unbekannt. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht daher, wie sich Klimaveränderungen in der Vergangenheit auf die Anzahl und Zusammensetzung der mikrobiellen Gemeinschaften ausgewirkt haben. Dabei liegt ein besonderer Fokus auf die methanbildenden Archaeen, um das Verständnis der mikrobiellen Methandynamik zu vertiefen. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden drei Bohrkerne aus zwei verschiedenen Standorten in der russischen Arktis untersucht, darunter terrestrischer Permafrost und Seesedimente aus Sibirien und Chukotka, Russland. Mittels der Identifikation und Quantifizierung von mikrobiellen Genen und charakteristischen Bestandteilen der mikrobiellen Zellmembran war es möglich, fossile mikrobielle Gemeinschaften in Seesedimenten mit einem Alter von bis zu 480 000 Jahren und in Permafrostablagerungen mit einem Alter von bis zu 42 000 Jahren zu rekonstruieren. Es wurde gezeigt, dass es während vergangener warmen Perioden zu einem Wachstum von Bakterien und Archaeen in allen untersuchten Standorten gekommen ist. Dieser Trend konnte auch für die Gemeinschaft der methanogenen Archaeen gezeigt werden, die während warmen und insbesondere feuchten Klimabedingungen in großer Anzahl und Diversität vorhanden waren, was wiederrum Rückschlüsse auf mögliche Methanemissionen erlaubt. In den terrestrischen Permafroststandorten wird der Temperaturanstieg als direkte Ursache für die gefundene Reaktion der mikrobiellen Gemeinschaft vermutet. Im Gegenzug dazu, führte der Temperaturanstieg im untersuchten arktischen See wahrscheinlich zu einer erhöhten Primärproduktion von organischem Kohlenstoff, die wiederum das Wachstum der Mikroorganismen antrieb. Weiterhin konnte im Rahmen dieser Arbeit gezeigt werden, dass Methanosarcina-verwandte Spezies in der Russischen Arktis weit verbreitet sind und sich an veränderte Umweltbedingungen gut anpassen können. Im Gegensatz dazu stehen Vertreter von Methanocellales und Methano-microbiales, die nicht in der Lage sich an veränderte Lebensbedingungen anzupassen. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit konnte erstmalig gezeigt werden, dass es in früheren Warmphasen zu einem vermehrten Wachstum der an der Umsetzung des organischen Kohlenstoffs beteiligten Mikroorganismen in der Russischen Arktis gekommen ist. Im Zusammenhang mit der zukünftigen Erwärmung der Arktis kann also von einer Veränderung der am Kohlenstoffkreislauf beteiligten Mikroorganismen ausgegangen werden kann. Mit den steigenden Temperaturen werden sich einige Vertreter der methanproduzierenden Mikroorganismen an die veränderten Bedingungen anpassen können, während Temperatur-empfindliche Vertreter aus dem Habitat verdrängt werden. Diese Veränderungen in der mikrobiellen Gemeinschaft können die Methanproduktion der hohen noerdlichen Breiten erhoehen und dazu beitragen, dass aus der Arktis als eine Kohlenstoffsenke eine Kohlenstoffquelle wird.
KW  - Arctic
KW  - climate change
KW  - microbial communities
KW  - lipid biomarkers
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-68895
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bleek, Katrin
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - New developments in polymer-controlled, bioinspired calcium phosphate mineralization from aqueous solution
JF  - Acta biomaterialia
N2  - The polymer-controlled and bioinspired precipitation of inorganic minerals from aqueous solution at near-ambient or physiological conditions avoiding high temperatures or organic solvents is a key research area in materials science. Polymer-controlled mineralization has been studied as a model for biomineralization and for the synthesis of (bioinspired and biocompatible) hybrid materials for a virtually unlimited number of applications. Calcium phosphate mineralization is of particular interest for bone and dental repair. Numerous studies have therefore addressed the mineralization of calcium phosphate using a wide variety of low- and high-molecular-weight additives. In spite of the growing interest and increasing number of experimental and theoretical data, the mechanisms of polymer-controlled calcium phosphate mineralization are not entirely clear to date, although the field has made significant progress in the last years. A set of elegant experiments and calculations has shed light on some details of mineral formation, but it is currently not possible to preprogram a mineralization reaction to yield a desired product for a specific application. The current article therefore summarizes and discusses the influence of (macro)molecular entities such as polymers, peptides, proteins and gels on biomimetic calcium phosphate mineralization from aqueous solution. It focuses on strategies to tune the kinetics, morphologies, final dimensions and crystal phases of calcium phosphate, as well as on mechanistic considerations.
KW  - Calcium phosphate
KW  - Biomimetics
KW  - Mineralization
KW  - Polymers
KW  - Bioinspired
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2012.12.027
SN  - 1742-7061
SN  - 1878-7568
VL  - 9
IS  - 5
SP  - 6283
EP  - 6321
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Bleek, Katrin
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - New developments in polymer-controlled, bio-inspired calcium phosphate mineralization from aqueous solution
T2  - Acta biomaterialia
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2013.05.007
SN  - 1742-7061
VL  - 9
IS  - 9
SP  - 8466
EP  - 8466
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -