TY - JOUR A1 - Faber, Eike T1 - Rezension zu: Jorge Martínez-Pinna Nieto: Las leyendas de fundación de Roma. De Eneas a Rómulo, Barcelona: Publicacions. Universitat de Barcelona, 2011. - 186 S. - ISBN 978-84-475-3502-6 JF - Sehepunkte : Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften Y1 - 2012 UR - http://www.sehepunkte.de /2012/03/19737.html SN - 1618-6168 VL - 12 IS - 3 PB - Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. CY - München ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kaplan, Aaron A1 - Harel, Moshe A1 - Kaplan-Levy, Ruth N. A1 - Hadas, Ora A1 - Sukenik, Assaf A1 - Dittmann-Thünemann, Elke T1 - The languages spoken in the water body (or the biological role of cyanobacterial toxins) JF - Frontiers in microbiology N2 - Although intensification of toxic cyanobacterial blooms over the last decade is a matter of growing concern due to bloom impact on water quality, the biological role of most of the toxins produced is not known. In this critical review we focus primarily on the biological role of two toxins, microcystins and cylindrospermopsin, in inter- and intra-species communication and in nutrient acquisition. We examine the experimental evidence supporting some of the dogmas in the field and raise several open questions to be dealt with in future research. We do not discuss the health and environmental implications of toxin presence in the water body. KW - aoa KW - cylindrospermopsin KW - microcystin KW - cyr KW - mcy Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00138 SN - 1664-302X VL - 3 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Koss, Michael T1 - The role of governments in legislative agenda setting JF - West European politics Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2011.648482 SN - 0140-2382 VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 436 EP - 437 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Diedrich, Ira T1 - Edible letters, Book burning destruction of writings in literature in modern times JF - Zeitschrift für Germanistik Y1 - 2012 SN - 0323-7982 VL - 22 IS - 2 SP - 475 EP - 476 PB - Lang CY - Bern ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbian, Sabine T1 - Variation in the grammar of black south African English JF - Southern African linguistics and applied language studies Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2012.693721 SN - 1607-3614 VL - 30 IS - 1 SP - 131 EP - 135 PB - NISC CY - Grahamstown ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Juchler, Ingo T1 - Critical political Education a guidebook JF - Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft Y1 - 2012 SN - 0032-3470 VL - 53 IS - 1 SP - 162 EP - 164 PB - Nomos CY - Hannover ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sachse, Dirk A1 - Billault, Isabelle A1 - Bowen, Gabriel J. A1 - Chikaraishi, Yoshito A1 - Dawson, Todd E. A1 - Feakins, Sarah J. A1 - Freeman, Katherine H. A1 - Magill, Clayton R. A1 - McInerney, Francesca A. A1 - van der Meer, Marcel T. J. A1 - Polissar, Pratigya A1 - Robins, Richard J. A1 - Sachs, Julian P. A1 - Schmidt, Hanns-Ludwig A1 - Sessions, Alex L. A1 - White, James W. C. A1 - West, Jason B. A1 - Kahmen, Ansgar ED - Jeanloz, R T1 - Molecular Paleohydrology interpreting the Hydrogen- Isotopic Composition of Lipid Biomarkers from Photosynthesizing Organisms JF - Annual review of earth and planetary sciences JF - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences N2 - Hydrogen-isotopic abundances of lipid biomarkers are emerging as important proxies in the study of ancient environments and ecosystems. A decade ago, pioneering studies made use of new analytical methods and demonstrated that the hydrogen-isotopic composition of individual lipids from aquatic and terrestrial organisms can be related to the composition of their growth (i.e., environmental) water. Subsequently, compound-specific deuterium/hydrogen (D/H) ratios of sedimentary biomarkers have been increasingly used as paleohydrological proxies over a range of geological timescales. Isotopic fractionation observed between hydrogen in environmental water and hydrogen in lipids, however, is sensitive to biochemical, physiological, and environmental influences on the composition of hydrogen available for biosynthesis in cells. Here we review the factors and processes that are known to influence the hydrogen-isotopic compositions of lipids-especially n-alkanes-from photosynthesizing organisms, and we provide a framework for interpreting their D/H ratios from ancient sediments and identify future research opportunities. KW - paleoclimate KW - paleoclimate proxy KW - deuterium KW - organic geochemistry Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-0-8243-2040-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-042711-105535 SN - 0084-6597 VL - 40 IS - 1 SP - 221 EP - 249 PB - Annual Reviews CY - Palo Alto ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Suriyanarayanan, Subramanian A1 - Cywinski, Piotr J. A1 - Moro, Artur J. A1 - Mohr, Gerhard J. A1 - Kutner, Wlodzimierz ED - Haupt, K T1 - Chemosensors based on molecularly imprinted polymers JF - Topics in current chemistry JF - Topics in Current Chemistry Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-642-28421-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2010_92 SN - 0340-1022 VL - 325 IS - 4 SP - 165 EP - 265 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heidler, Maria-Dorothea T1 - Clock test in patients with severe aphasia JF - Nervenheilkunde : Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Fortbildung N2 - Objective: How do patients with severe aphasia perform in the clock test? Methods:Ten patients with severe aphasia performed the clock test in two modes: copy a given clock (copy condition) and set a clock by drawing the clock hands, where a given digital display (11:10) should be transformed into an analogue display (time setting condition). Results: Not a single patient with severe aphasia was able to master any mode of the clock test. Both copy and time conditions were severely impaired by executive, conceptual, motoric visuospatial and apraxic disorders - impairments of language system were only one of numerous influencing factors. Conclusions and clinical relevance:The clock test measures and requires for its execution so many different cognitive, motoric and perceptual functions that it cannot adequately differentiate between patients with severe aphasia and other severe brain damage. KW - Clock test KW - aphasia KW - apraxia KW - executive functions Y1 - 2012 SN - 0722-1541 VL - 31 IS - 11 SP - 837 EP - 843 PB - Schattauer CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sommer, Ulrich A1 - Adrian, Rita A1 - Domis, Lisette Nicole de Senerpont A1 - Elser, James J. A1 - Gaedke, Ursula A1 - Ibelings, Bas A1 - Jeppesen, Erik A1 - Lurling, Miquel A1 - Molinero, Juan Carlos A1 - Mooij, Wolf M. A1 - van Donk, Ellen A1 - Winder, Monika ED - Futuyma, DJ T1 - Beyond the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) Model mechanisms driving plankton succession JF - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics JF - Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics N2 - The seasonal succession of plankton is an annually repeated process of community assembly during which all major external factors and internal interactions shaping communities can be studied. A quarter of a century ago, the state of this understanding was described by the verbal plankton ecology group (PEG) model. It emphasized the role of physical factors, grazing and nutrient limitation for phytoplankton, and the role of food limitation and fish predation for zooplankton. Although originally targeted at lake ecosystems, it was also adopted by marine plankton ecologists. Since then, a suite of ecological interactions previously underestimated in importance have become research foci: overwintering of key organisms, the microbial food web, parasitism, and food quality as a limiting factor and an extended role of higher order predators. A review of the impact of these novel interactions on plankton seasonal succession reveals limited effects on gross seasonal biomass patterns, but strong effects on species replacements. KW - lakes KW - oceans KW - seasonal patterns KW - pelagic zone KW - light KW - overwintering KW - grazing KW - parasitism KW - food quality Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-0-8243-1443-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110411-160251 SN - 1543-592X VL - 43 IS - 2-4 SP - 429 EP - 448 PB - Annual Reviews CY - Palo Alto ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Küppers, Patrick T1 - Ingo Stöckmann: Der Wille zum Willen. Der Naturalismus und die Gründung der literarischen Moderne 1880-1900, Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter 2009, 561 S. JF - Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte T2 - The will to will naturalism and the founding of modern literature 1880-1900 Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1163/15700739-90000016 SN - 0044-3441 SN - 1570-0739 VL - 64 IS - 3 SP - 303 EP - 304 PB - Brill CY - Leiden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stecker, Christian T1 - The role of governments in legislative agenda setting JF - Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft Y1 - 2012 SN - 0032-3470 VL - 53 IS - 4 SP - 703 EP - 705 PB - Nomos CY - Hannover ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ganghof, Steffen T1 - The order of public reason a theory of freedom and morality in a diverse and bounded world JF - Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft Y1 - 2012 SN - 0032-3470 VL - 53 IS - 4 SP - 692 EP - 695 PB - Nomos CY - Hannover ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Küppers, Patrick T1 - Ingo Stöckmann: Naturalismus. Lehrbuch Germanistik, Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler 2011, 198+IX S. JF - Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte T2 - Naturalism textbook German studies Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1163/15700739-90000030 SN - 0044-3441 SN - 1570-0739 VL - 64 IS - 4 SP - 412 EP - 413 PB - Brill CY - Leiden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hocher, Berthold A1 - Reichetzeder, Christoph A1 - Alter, Markus L. T1 - Renal and cardiac effects of DPP-4 inhibitors - from preclinical development to clinical research JF - Kidney & blood pressure research : official organ of the Gesellschaft für Nephrologie N2 - Inhibitors of type 4 dipeptidyl peptidase (DDP-4) were developed and approved for the oral treatment of type 2 diabetes. Its mode of action is to inhibit the degradation of incretins, such as type 1 glucagon like peptide (GLP-1), and GIP. GLP-1 stimulates glucose-dependent insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells and suppresses glucagon release from alpha-cells, thereby improving glucose control. Besides its action on the pancreas type 1 glucagon like peptide has direct effects on the heart, vessels and kidney mainly via the type 1 glucagon like peptide receptor (GLP-1R). Moreover, there are substrates of DPP-4 beyond incretins that have proven renal and cardiovascular effects such as BNP/ANP, NPY, PYY or SDF-1 alpha. Preclinical evidence suggests that DPP-4 inhibitors may be effective in acute and chronic renal failure as well as in cardiac diseases like myocardial infarction and heart failure. Interestingly, large cardiovascular meta-analyses of combined Phase II/III clinical trials with DPP-4 inhibitors point all in the same direction: a potential reduction of cardiovascular events in patients treated with these agents. A pooled analysis of pivotal Phase III, placebo-controlled, registration studies of linagliptin further showed a significant reduction of urinary albumin excretion after 24 weeks of treatment. The observation suggests direct renoprotective effects of DPP-4 inhibition that may go beyond its glucose-lowering potential. Type 4 dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors have been shown to be very well tolerated in general, but for those excreted via the kidney dose adjustments according to renal function are needed to avoid side effects. In conclusion, the direct cardiac and renal effects seen in preclinical studies as well as meta-analysis of clinical trials may offer additional potentials - beyond improvement of glycemic control - for this newer class of drugs, such as acute kidney failure, chronic kidney failure as well as acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. KW - DDP-4 inhibition KW - Diabetes KW - GLP-1 KW - Cardiovascular effects KW - Myocardial infarction KW - Kidney KW - Diabetic nephropathy KW - Acute renal failure Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1159/000339028 SN - 1420-4096 VL - 36 IS - 1 SP - 65 EP - 84 PB - Karger CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Welker, Martin A1 - Dittmann-Thünemann, Elke A1 - von Doehren, Hans ED - Hopwood, DA T1 - Cyanobacteria as a source of natural products JF - Methods in enzymology JF - Methods in Enzymology N2 - Cyanobacteria or blue-green algae from various environments have been recognized as sources of a variety of bioactive metabolites. Strategies of strain isolation from aquatic habitats, and cultivation and harvesting for metabolite production are described. Strategies for screening of compounds are discussed, including their direct MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric detection in whole cells. Genetic approaches including genomic mining, mutagenesis including transcriptional activation, heterologous expression, and in vitro. reconstitution of pathways are presented. Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-0-12-404634-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-404634-4.00002-4 SN - 0076-6879 VL - 517 IS - 1 SP - 23 EP - 46 PB - Elsevier CY - San Diego ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mulder, Christian A1 - Boit, Alice A1 - Mori, Shigeta A1 - Vonk, J. Arie A1 - Dyer, Scott D. A1 - Faggiano, Leslie A1 - Geisen, Stefan A1 - Gonzalez, Angelica L. A1 - Kaspari, Michael A1 - Lavorel, Sandra A1 - Marquet, Pablo A. A1 - Rossberg, Axel G. A1 - Sterner, Robert W. A1 - Voigt, Winfried A1 - Wall, Diana H. ED - Jacob, U ED - Woodward, G T1 - Distributional (In)Congruence of Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning JF - Advances in ecological research JF - Advances in Ecological Research N2 - The majority of research on biodiversity ecosystem functioning in laboratories has concentrated on a few traits, but there is increasing evidence from the field that functional diversity controls ecosystem functioning more often than does species number. Given the importance of traits as predictors of niche complementarity and community structures, we (1) examine how the diversity sensu lato of forest trees, freshwater fishes and soil invertebrates might support ecosystem functioning and (2) discuss the relevance of productive biota for monophyletic assemblages (taxocenes). In terrestrial ecosystems, correlating traits to abiotic factors is complicated by the appropriate choice of body-size distributions. Angiosperm and gymnosperm trees, for example, show metabolic incongruences in their respiration rates despite their pronounced macroecological scaling. Scaling heterotrophic organisms within their monophyletic assemblages seems more difficult than scaling autotrophs: in contrast to the generally observed decline of mass-specific metabolic rates with body mass within metazoans, soil organisms such as protozoans show opposite mass-specific trends. At the community level, the resource demand of metazoans shapes multitrophic interactions. Hence, population densities and their food web relationships reflect functional diversity, but the influence of biodiversity on stability and ecosystem functioning remains less clear. We focused on fishes in 18 riverine food webs, where the ratio of primary versus secondary extinctions (hereafter, 'extinction partitioning') summarizes the responses of fish communities to primary species loss (deletions) and its consequences. Based on extinction partitioning, our high-diversity food webs were just as (or even more) vulnerable to extinctions as low-diversity food webs. Our analysis allows us to assess consequences of the relocation or removal of fish species and to help with decision-making in sustainable river management. The study highlights that the topology of food webs (and not simply taxonomic diversity) plays a greater role in stabilizing the food web and enhancing ecological services than is currently acknowledged. Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-0-12-396992-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-396992-7.00001-0 SN - 0065-2504 VL - 46 SP - 1 EP - 88 PB - Elsevier CY - San Diego ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lokstein, Heiko A1 - Betke, Alexander A1 - Krikunova, Maria A1 - Teuchner, Klaus A1 - Voigt, Bernd T1 - Elucidation of structure-function relationships in plant major light-harvesting complex (LHC II) by nonlinear spectroscopy JF - Photosynthesis research N2 - Conventional linear and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques are often not appropriate to elucidate specific pigment-pigment interactions in light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes (LHCs). Nonlinear (laser-) spectroscopic techniques, including nonlinear polarization spectroscopy in the frequency domain (NLPF) as well as step-wise (resonant) and simultaneous (non-resonant) two-photon excitation spectroscopies may be advantageous in this regard. Nonlinear spectroscopies have been used to elucidate substructure(s) of very complex spectra, including analyses of strong excitonic couplings between chlorophylls and of interactions between (bacterio) chlorophylls and "optically dark'' states of carotenoids in LHCs, including the major antenna complex of higher plants, LHC II. This article shortly reviews our previous study and outlines perspectives regarding the application of selected nonlinear laser-spectroscopic techniques to disentangle structure-function relationships in LHCs and other pigment-protein complexes. KW - Excitonic interactions KW - Laser spectroscopy KW - Light-harvesting complex (LHC II) Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-011-9700-y SN - 0166-8595 VL - 111 IS - 1-2 SP - 227 EP - 235 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gvaramadze, V. V. A1 - Kniazev, A. Y. A1 - Miroshnichenko, A. S. A1 - Berdnikov, Leonid N. A1 - Langer, N. A1 - Stringfellow, G. S. A1 - Todt, Helge Tobias A1 - Hamann, Wolf-Rainer A1 - Grebel, E. K. A1 - Buckley, D. A1 - Crause, L. A1 - Crawford, S. A1 - Gulbis, A. A1 - Hettlage, C. A1 - Hooper, E. A1 - Husser, T. -O. A1 - Kotze, P. A1 - Loaring, N. A1 - Nordsieck, K. H. A1 - O'Donoghue, D. A1 - Pickering, T. A1 - Potter, S. A1 - Colmenero, E. Romero A1 - Vaisanen, P. A1 - Williams, T. A1 - Wolf, M. A1 - Reichart, D. E. A1 - Ivarsen, K. M. A1 - Haislip, J. B. A1 - Nysewander, M. C. A1 - LaCluyze, A. P. T1 - Discovery of two new Galactic candidate luminous blue variables with Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer JF - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society N2 - We report the discovery of two new Galactic candidate luminous blue variable (LBV) stars via detection of circular shells (typical of confirmed and candidate LBVs) and follow-up spectroscopy of their central stars. The shells were detected at 22 mu m in the archival data of the Mid-Infrared All Sky Survey carried out with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Follow-up optical spectroscopy of the central stars of the shells conducted with the renewed Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) showed that their spectra are very similar to those of the well-known LBVs P Cygni and AG Car, and the recently discovered candidate LBV MN112, which implies the LBV classification for these stars as well. The LBV classification of both stars is supported by detection of their significant photometric variability: one of them brightened in the R and I bands by 0.68 +/- 0.10 and 0.61 +/- 0.04 mag, respectively, during the last 1318 years, while the second one (known as Hen 3-1383) varies its B, V, R, I and Ks brightnesses by similar or equal to 0.50.9 mag on time-scales from 10 d to decades. We also found significant changes in the spectrum of Hen 3-1383 on a time-scale of similar or equal to 3 months, which provides additional support for the LBV classification of this star. Further spectrophotometric monitoring of both stars is required to firmly prove their LBV status. We discuss a connection between the location of massive stars in the field and their fast rotation, and suggest that the LBV activity of the newly discovered candidate LBVs might be directly related to their possible runaway status. KW - line: identification KW - circumstellar matter KW - stars: emission-line, Be KW - stars: evolution KW - stars: individual: Hen 3-1383 KW - stars: massive Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20556.x SN - 0035-8711 VL - 421 IS - 4 SP - 3325 EP - 3337 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laschewsky, André T1 - Recent trends in the synthesis of polyelectrolytes JF - Current opinion in colloid & interface science : current chemistry N2 - Recent developments in the synthesis of polyelectrolytes are highlighted, with respect to the nature of the ionic groups, the polymer backbones, synthetic methods, and additional functionality given to the polyelectrolytes. In fact, the synthesis of new polyelectrolytes is mostly driven by material aspects, currently. The article pays particular attention to strong polyelectrolytes, and the new methods of controlled polymerization. These methods and the so-called click reactions have enabled novel designs of polyelectrolytes. Nevertheless, the polymerization of unprotected ionic monomers is still challenging and limits the synthetic possibilities. The structural aspects are complemented by considerations with respect to the aspired uses of the new polyelectrolytes. KW - Polyelectrolytes KW - Synthesis KW - Ionic monomers KW - Controlled polymerization KW - "click" chemistry Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2011.08.001 SN - 1359-0294 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 56 EP - 63 PB - Elsevier CY - London ER -