TY - JOUR A1 - Diethelm, Ira A1 - Syrbe, Jörn T1 - Let’s talk about CS! BT - Towards a suitable Classroom Language and Terminology of CS for Teaching JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - To communicate about a science is the most important key competence in education for any science. Without communication we cannot teach, so teachers should reflect about the language they use in class properly. But the language students and teachers use to communicate about their CS courses is very heterogeneous, inconsistent and deeply influenced by tool names. There is a big lack of research and discussion in CS education regarding the terminology and the role of concepts and tools in our science. We don’t have a consistent set of terminology that we agree on to be helpful for learning our science. This makes it nearly impossible to do research on CS competencies as long as we have not agreed on the names we use to describe these. This workshop intends to provide room to fill with discussion and first ideas for future research in this field. KW - Terminology KW - classroom language KW - CS concepts KW - competencies KW - tools Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82983 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 411 EP - 414 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegner, Christian A1 - Zender, Raphael A1 - Lucke, Ulrike T1 - ProtoSense BT - Interactive Paper Prototyping with Multi-Touch Tables JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT KW - Interface design KW - paper prototyping KW - NUI Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82970 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 405 EP - 407 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiller, Thomas T1 - Teaching Information Security (as Part of Key Competencies) BT - The Situation in Austria JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - The poster and abstract describe the importance of teaching information security in school. After a short description of information security and important aspects, I will show, how information security fits into different guidelines or models for computer science educations and that it is therefore on of the key competencies. Afterwards I will present you a rough insight of teaching information security in Austria. KW - Teaching information security KW - key competencies KW - computer science education KW - Austria Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82960 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 401 EP - 404 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Opel, Simone T1 - On the Way to a “General Model of Contextualised Computer Science Education” BT - A Criteria-based Comparison of “Computer Science in Context” and the Concept of “Learning Fields” JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT KW - Vocational Education KW - Secondary Education KW - Computer Science Education KW - Learning Fields KW - Contextualisation KW - Computer Science in Context KW - Activity-orientated Learning Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82953 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 397 EP - 400 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Büchner, Steffen T1 - Empirical and Normative Research on Fundamental Ideas of Embedded System Development JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT KW - Theory KW - Embedded Systems KW - Fundamental Ideas Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82949 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 393 EP - 396 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zieris, Holger A1 - Gerstberger, Herbert A1 - Müller, Wolfgang T1 - Using Arduino-Based Experiments to Integrate Computer Science Education and Natural Science JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Current curricular trends require teachers in Baden- Wuerttemberg (Germany) to integrate Computer Science (CS) into traditional subjects, such as Physical Science. However, concrete guidelines are missing. To fill this gap, we outline an approach where a microcontroller is used to perform and evaluate measurements in the Physical Science classroom. Using the open-source Arduino platform, we expect students to acquire and develop both CS and Physical Science competencies by using a self-programmed microcontroller. In addition to this combined development of competencies in Physical Science and CS, the subject matter will be embedded in suitable contexts and learning environments, such as weather and climate. KW - Computer Science Education KW - Natural Science Education KW - Inquiry-based Learning KW - Physical Science KW - Measurement KW - Arduino KW - Sensors Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82938 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 381 EP - 389 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sysło, Maciej M. A1 - Kwiatkowska, Anna Beata T1 - Think logarithmically! JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - We discuss here a number of algorithmic topics which we use in our teaching and in learning of mathematics and informatics to illustrate and document the power of logarithm in designing very efficient algorithms and computations – logarithmic thinking is one of the most important key competencies for solving real world practical problems. We demonstrate also how to introduce logarithm independently of mathematical formalism using a conceptual model for reducing a problem size by at least half. It is quite surprising that the idea, which leads to logarithm, is present in Euclid’s algorithm described almost 2000 years before John Napier invented logarithm. KW - Logarithm KW - binary search KW - binary representation KW - exponentiation KW - Euclid’s algorithm KW - Fibonacci numbers KW - divide and conquer KW - complexity Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82923 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 371 EP - 380 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reynolds, Nicholas A1 - Swainston, Andrew A1 - Bendrups, Faye T1 - Music Technology and Computational Thinking BT - Young People displaying Competence JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - A project involving the composition of a number of pieces of music by public participants revealed levels of engagement with and mastery of complex music technologies by a number of secondary student volunteers. This paper reports briefly on some initial findings of that project and seeks to illuminate an understanding of computational thinking across the curriculum. KW - Computational Thinking KW - Music Technology KW - ICT Competence KW - Young People Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82913 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 363 EP - 370 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Przybylla, Mareen A1 - Romeike, Ralf T1 - Key Competences with Physical Computing JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Physical computing covers the design and realization of interactive objects and installations and allows students to develop concrete, tangible products of the real world that arise from the learners’ imagination. This way, constructionist learning is raised to a level that enables students to gain haptic experience and thereby concretizes the virtual. In this paper the defining characteristics of physical computing are described. Key competences to be gained with physical computing will be identified. KW - Defining characteristics of physical computing KW - key competences in physical computing KW - physical computing tools Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82904 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 351 EP - 361 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Preston, Christina A1 - Younie, Sarah T1 - Mentoring in a Digital World BT - What are the Issues? JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - This paper focuses on the results of the evaluation of the first pilot of an e-mentoring unit designed by the Hands-On ICT consortium, funded by the EU LLL programme. The overall aim of this two-year activity is to investigate the value for professional learning of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and Community Online Open Courses (COOCs) in the context of a ‘community of practice’. Three units in the first pilot covered aspects of using digital technologies to develop creative thinking skills. The findings in this paper relate to the fourth unit about e-mentoring, a skill that was important to delivering the course content in the other three units. Findings about the e-mentoring unit included: the students’ request for detailed profiles so that participants can get to know each other; and, the need to reconcile the different interpretations of e-mentoring held by the participants when the course begins. The evaluators concluded that the major issues were that: not all professional learners would self-organise and network; and few would wish to mentor their colleagues voluntarily. Therefore, the e-mentoring issues will need careful consideration in pilots two and three to identify how e-mentoring will be organised. KW - MOOCs KW - e-mentoring KW - professional development KW - ICT skills KW - user-centred Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82895 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 343 EP - 350 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Or-Bach, Rachel T1 - Programming for Non-Programmers BT - Fostering Comprehension Capabilities by Employing a PRS JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - The study reported in this paper involved the employment of specific in-class exercises using a Personal Response System (PRS). These exercises were designed with two goals: to enhance students’ capabilities of tracing a given code and of explaining a given code in natural language with some abstraction. The paper presents evidence from the actual use of the PRS along with students’ subjective impressions regarding both the use of the PRS and the special exercises. The conclusions from the findings are followed with a short discussion on benefits of PRS-based mental processing exercises for learning programming and beyond. KW - Novice programmers KW - comprehension KW - tracing KW - personal response systems Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82875 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 335 EP - 342 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ohrndorf, Laura T1 - Assignments in Computer Science Education BT - Results of an Analysis of Textbooks, Curricula and other Resources JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - In this paper we describe the recent state of our research project concerning computer science teachers’ knowledge on students’ cognition. We did a comprehensive analysis of textbooks, curricula and other resources, which give teachers guidance to formulate assignments. In comparison to other subjects there are only a few concepts and strategies taught to prospective computer science teachers in university. We summarize them and given an overview on our empirical approach to measure this knowledge. KW - Pedagogical content knowledge KW - computer science teachers KW - students’ knowledge KW - students’ conceptions Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82868 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 327 EP - 333 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maina, Anthony Gioko A1 - Angondi, Enos Kiforo A1 - Waga, Rosemary T1 - How does the Implementation of a Literacy Learning Tool Kit influence Literacy Skill Acquisition? JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - This study aimed at following how teachers transfer skills into results while using ABRA literacy software. This was done in the second part of the pilot study whose aim was to provide equity to control group teachers and students by exposing them to the ABRACADABRA treatment after the end of phase 1. This opportunity was used to follow the phase 1 teachers to see how the skills learned were being transformed into results. A standard three-day initial training and planning session on how to use ABRA to teach literacy was held at the beginning of each phase for ABRA teachers (phase 1 experimental and phase 2 delayed ABRA). Teachers were provided with teaching materials including a tentative ABRA curriculum developed to align with the Kenyan English Language requirements for year 1 and 3 students. Results showed that although there was no significant difference between the groups in vocabulary-related subscales which include word reading and meaning as well as sentence comprehension, students in ABRACADABRA classes improved their scores at a significantly higher rate than students in control classes in comprehension related scores. An average student in the ABRACADABRA group improved by 12 and 16 percentile points respectively compared to their counterparts in the control group. KW - ABRACADABRA KW - Early Literacy KW - Achievement KW - Teachers KW - Learners Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82856 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 319 EP - 326 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Christensen, Rhonda A1 - Knezek, Gerald T1 - The Technology Proficiency Self-Assessment Questionnaire (TPSA) BT - Evolution of a Self-Efficacy Measure for Technology Integration JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - The Technology Proficiency Self-Assessment (TPSA) questionnaire has been used for 15 years in the USA and other nations as a self-efficacy measure for proficiencies fundamental to effective technology integration in the classroom learning environment. Internal consistency reliabilities for each of the five-item scales have typically ranged from .73 to .88 for preservice or inservice technology-using teachers. Due to changing technologies used in education, researchers sought to renovate partially obsolete items and extend self-efficacy assessment to new areas, such as social media and mobile learning. Analysis of 2014 data gathered on a new, 34 item version of the TPSA indicates that the four established areas of email, World Wide Web (WWW), integrated applications, and teaching with technology continue to form consistent scales with reliabilities ranging from .81 to .93, while the 14 new items gathered to represent emerging technologies and media separate into two scales, each with internal consistency reliabilities greater than .9. The renovated TPSA is deemed to be worthy of continued use in the teaching with technology context. KW - Technology proficiency KW - self-efficacy KW - teacher competencies Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82838 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 311 EP - 318 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bottino, Rosa A1 - Chioccariello, Augusto T1 - Computational Thinking BT - Videogames, Educational Robotics, and other Powerful Ideas to Think with JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Digital technology has radically changed the way people work in industry, finance, services, media and commerce. Informatics has contributed to the scientific and technological development of our society in general and to the digital revolution in particular. Computational thinking is the term indicating the key ideas of this discipline that might be included in the key competencies underlying the curriculum of compulsory education. The educational potential of informatics has a history dating back to the sixties. In this article, we briefly revisit this history looking for lessons learned. In particular, we focus on experiences of teaching and learning programming. However, computational thinking is more than coding. It is a way of thinking and practicing interactive dynamic modeling with computers. We advocate that learners can practice computational thinking in playful contexts where they can develop personal projects, for example building videogames and/or robots, share and discuss their construction with others. In our view, this approach allows an integration of computational thinking in the K-12 curriculum across disciplines. KW - Computational thinking KW - programming in context KW - informatics education Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82820 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 301 EP - 309 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weigend, Michael T1 - How Things Work BT - Recognizing and Describing Functionality JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Recognizing and defining functionality is a key competence adopted in all kinds of programming projects. This study investigates how far students without specific informatics training are able to identify and verbalize functions and parameters. It presents observations from classroom activities on functional modeling in high school chemistry lessons with altogether 154 students. Finally it discusses the potential of functional modelling to improve the comprehension of scientific content. KW - Function KW - programming KW - parameter KW - competence KW - abstraction Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82814 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 285 EP - 298 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Webb, Mary T1 - Considerations for the Design of Computing Curricula JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - This paper originated from discussions about the need for important changes in the curriculum for Computing including two focus group meetings at IFIP conferences over the last two years. The paper examines how recent developments in curriculum, together with insights from curriculum thinking in other subject areas, especially mathematics and science, can inform curriculum design for Computing. The analysis presented in the paper provides insights into the complexity of curriculum design as well as identifying important constraints and considerations for the ongoing development of a vision and framework for a Computing curriculum. KW - Curriculum KW - Computer Science KW - Informatics KW - curriculum theory Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82723 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 267 EP - 283 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Saito, Toshinori T1 - The Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT viewed from Nussbaum’s Ten Central Capabilities JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - This article shows a discussion about the key competencies in informatics and ICT viewed from a philosophical foundation presented by Martha Nussbaum, which is known as ‘ten central capabilities’. Firstly, the outline of ‘The Capability Approach’, which has been presented by Amartya Sen and Nussbaum as a theoretical framework of assessing the state of social welfare, will be explained. Secondly, the body of Nussbaum’s ten central capabilities and the reason for being applied as the basis of discussion will be shown. Thirdly, the relationship between the concept of ‘capability’ and ‘competency’ is to be discussed. After that, the author’s assumption of the key competencies in informatics and ICT led from the examination of Nussbaum’s ten capabilities will be presented. KW - Capability approach KW - competency KW - teaching informatics in general education KW - philosophical foundation of informatics pedagogy KW - education and public policy Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82718 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 253 EP - 266 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Passig, David A1 - Tzuriel, David A1 - Kedmi, Ganit Eshel T1 - Improving children’s Cognitive Modifiability through Mediated Learning and Dynamic Assessment within 3D Immersive Virtual Reality Environment JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - The objectives of this study were to examine (a) the effect of dynamic assessment (DA) in a 3D Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) environment as compared with computerized 2D and noncomputerized (NC) situations on cognitive modifiability, and (b) the transfer effects of these conditions on more difficult problem solving administered two weeks later in a non-computerized environment. A sample of 117 children aged 6:6-9:0 years were randomly assigned into three experimental groups of DA conditions: 3D, 2D, and NC, and one control group (C). All groups received the pre- and post-teaching Analogies subtest of the Cognitive Modifiability Battery (CMB-AN). The experimental groups received a teaching phase in conditions similar to the pre-and post-teaching phases. The findings showed that cognitive modifiability, in a 3D IVR, was distinctively higher than in the two other experimental groups (2D computer group and NC group). It was also found that the 3D group showed significantly higher performance in transfer problems than the 2D and NC groups. KW - Dynamic assessment KW - mediated learning experience KW - cognitive modifiability KW - analogical thinking KW - virtual reality Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82705 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 235 EP - 252 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Opel, Simone A1 - Kramer, Matthias A1 - Trommen, Michael A1 - Pottbäcker, Florian A1 - Ilaghef, Youssef T1 - BugHunt BT - A Motivating Approach to Self-Directed Problem-solving in Operating Systems JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Competencies related to operating systems and computer security are usually taught systematically. In this paper we present a different approach, in which students have to remove virus-like behaviour on their respective computers, which has been induced by software developed for this purpose. They have to develop appropriate problem-solving strategies and thereby explore essential elements of the operating system. The approach was implemented exemplarily in two computer science courses at a regional general upper secondary school and showed great motivation and interest in the participating students. KW - Educational software KW - operating system KW - student activation KW - problem-solving KW - interactive course KW - interactive workshop KW - edutainment KW - secondary computer science education Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82693 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 217 EP - 233 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Magenheim, Johannes A1 - Nelles, Wolfgang A1 - Neugebauer, Jonas A1 - Ohrndorf, Laura A1 - Schaper, Niclas A1 - Schubert, Sigrid T1 - Expert Rating of Competence Levels in Upper Secondary Computer Science Education JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - In the project MoKoM, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 2008 to 2012, a test instrument measuring students’ competences in computer science was developed. This paper presents the results of an expert rating of the levels of students’ competences done for the items of the instrument. At first we will describe the difficulty-relevant features that were used for the evaluation. These were deduced from computer science, psychological and didactical findings and resources. Potentials and desiderata of this research method are discussed further on. Finally we will present our conclusions on the results and give an outlook on further steps. KW - Competence Modelling KW - Competence Measurement KW - Informatics System Application KW - Informatics System Comprehension KW - Informatics Modelling KW - Secondary Education Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82683 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 199 EP - 216 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lewin, Cathy A1 - McNicol, Sarah T1 - Supporting the Development of 21st Century Skills through ICT JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - The growing impact of globalisation and the development of a ‘knowledge society’ have led many to argue that 21st century skills are essential for life in twenty-first century society and that ICT is central to their development. This paper describes how 21st century skills, in particular digital literacy, critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration skills, have been conceptualised and embedded in the resources developed for teachers in iTEC, a four-year, European project. The effectiveness of this approach is considered in light of the data collected through the evaluation of the pilots, which considers both the potential benefits of using technology to support the development of 21st century skills, but also the challenges of doing so. Finally, the paper discusses the learning support systems required in order to transform pedagogies and embed 21st century skills. It is argued that support is required in standards and assessment; curriculum and instruction; professional development; and learning environments. KW - 21st century skills, KW - primary education KW - secondary education KW - pedagogy KW - innovation Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82672 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 181 EP - 198 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jones, Anthony T1 - ICT Competencies for School Students JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - This paper discusses results from a small-scale research study, together with some recently published research into student perceptions of ICT for learning in schools, to consider relevant skills that do not appear to currently being taught. The paper concludes by raising three issues relating to learning with and through ICT that need to be addressed in school curricula and classroom teaching. KW - Learning with ICT KW - student perceptions KW - student experience Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82663 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 171 EP - 179 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haugsbakken, Halvdan T1 - The Student Learning Ecology JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Educational research on social media has showed that students use it for socialisation, personal communication, and informal learning. Recent studies have argued that students to some degree use social media to carry out formal schoolwork. This article gives an explorative account on how a small sample of Norwegian high school students use social media to self-organise formal schoolwork. This user pattern can be called a “student learning ecology”, which is a user perspective on how participating students gain access to learning resources. KW - Learning ecology KW - social media KW - high school KW - Norway Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82659 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 151 EP - 169 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grillenberger, Andreas A1 - Romeike, Ralf T1 - Teaching Data Management BT - Key Competencies and Opportunities JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Data management is a central topic in computer science as well as in computer science education. Within the last years, this topic is changing tremendously, as its impact on daily life becomes increasingly visible. Nowadays, everyone not only needs to manage data of various kinds, but also continuously generates large amounts of data. In addition, Big Data and data analysis are intensively discussed in public dialogue because of their influences on society. For the understanding of such discussions and for being able to participate in them, fundamental knowledge on data management is necessary. Especially, being aware of the threats accompanying the ability to analyze large amounts of data in nearly real-time becomes increasingly important. This raises the question, which key competencies are necessary for daily dealings with data and data management. In this paper, we will first point out the importance of data management and of Big Data in daily life. On this basis, we will analyze which are the key competencies everyone needs concerning data management to be able to handle data in a proper way in daily life. Afterwards, we will discuss the impact of these changes in data management on computer science education and in particular database education. KW - Data Management KW - Key Competencies KW - Big Data KW - NoSQL KW - Databases KW - Data Privacy KW - Data Analysis KW - Challenges Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82648 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 133 EP - 150 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ellis, Jason Brent A1 - Abreu-Ellis, Carla Reis T1 - Student Perspectives of Social Networking use in Higher Education JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Social networks are currently at the forefront of tools that lend to Personal Learning Environments (PLEs). This study aimed to observe how students perceived PLEs, what they believed were the integral components of social presence when using Facebook as part of a PLE, and to describe student’s preferences for types of interactions when using Facebook as part of their PLE. This study used mixed methods to analyze the perceptions of graduate and undergraduate students on the use of social networks, more specifically Facebook as a learning tool. Fifty surveys were returned representing a 65 % response rate. Survey questions included both closed and open-ended questions. Findings suggested that even though students rated themselves relatively well in having requisite technology skills, and 94 % of students used Facebook primarily for social use, they were hesitant to migrate these skills to academic use because of concerns of privacy, believing that other platforms could fulfil the same purpose, and by not seeing the validity to use Facebook in establishing social presence. What lies at odds with these beliefs is that when asked to identify strategies in Facebook that enabled social presence to occur in academic work, the majority of students identified strategies in five categories that lead to social presence establishment on Facebook during their coursework. KW - Social KW - networks KW - higher KW - education KW - personal KW - learning KW - environments KW - Facebook Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82632 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 117 EP - 131 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dagiene, Valentina A1 - Stupuriene, Gabriele T1 - Informatics Education based on Solving Attractive Tasks through a Contest JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - The paper discusses the issue of supporting informatics (computer science) education through competitions for lower and upper secondary school students (8–19 years old). Competitions play an important role for learners as a source of inspiration, innovation, and attraction. Running contests in informatics for school students for many years, we have noticed that the students consider the contest experience very engaging and exciting as well as a learning experience. A contest is an excellent instrument to involve students in problem solving activities. An overview of infrastructure and development of an informatics contest from international level to the national one (the Bebras contest on informatics and computer fluency, originated in Lithuania) is presented. The performance of Bebras contests in 23 countries during the last 10 years showed an unexpected and unusually high acceptance by school students and teachers. Many thousands of students participated and got a valuable input in addition to their regular informatics lectures at school. In the paper, the main attention is paid to the developed tasks and analysis of students’ task solving results in Lithuania. KW - Informatics Education KW - Computer Science Education KW - Tasks KW - Tests KW - Contest KW - Problem Solving KW - Cognitive Skills KW - Bloom’s Taxonomy Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82626 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 97 EP - 115 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bröker, Kathrin A1 - Kastens, Uwe A1 - Magenheim, Johannes T1 - Competences of Undergraduate Computer Science Students JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - The paper presents two approaches to the development of a Computer Science Competence Model for the needs of curriculum development and evaluation in Higher Education. A normativetheoretical approach is based on the AKT and ACM/IEEE curriculum and will be used within the recommendations of the German Informatics Society (GI) for the design of CS curricula. An empirically oriented approach refines the categories of the first one with regard to specific subject areas by conducting content analysis on CS curricula of important universities from several countries. The refined model will be used for the needs of students’ e-assessment and subsequent affirmative action of the CS departments. KW - Competences KW - Competence Measurement KW - Curriculum Development KW - Computer Science Education KW - Recommendations for CS-Curricula in Higher Education Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82613 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 77 EP - 96 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Barnes, Jan A1 - Kennewell, Steve T1 - Teacher Perceptions of Key Competencies in ICT JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Regardless of what is intended by government curriculum specifications and advised by educational experts, the competencies taught and learned in and out of classrooms can vary considerably. In this paper, we discuss in particular how we can investigate the perceptions that individual teachers have of competencies in ICT, and how these and other factors may influence students’ learning. We report case study research which identifies contradictions within the teaching of ICT competencies as an activity system, highlighting issues concerning the object of the curriculum, the roles of the participants and the school cultures. In a particular case, contradictions in the learning objectives between higher order skills and the use of application tools have been resolved by a change in the teacher’s perceptions which have not led to changes in other aspects of the activity system. We look forward to further investigation of the effects of these contradictions in other case studies and on forthcoming curriculum change. KW - ICT competencies KW - Teacher perceptions KW - Activity Theory KW - Contradictions Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82604 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 61 EP - 75 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Magenheim, Johannes A1 - Schubert, Sigrid A1 - Schapert, Niclas T1 - Modelling and Measurement of Competencies in Computer Science Education JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - As a result of the Bologna reform of educational systems in Europe the outcome orientation of learning processes, competence-oriented descriptions of the curricula and competence-oriented assessment procedures became standard also in Computer Science Education (CSE). The following keynote addresses important issues of shaping a CSE competence model especially in the area of informatics system comprehension and object-oriented modelling. Objectives and research methodology of the project MoKoM (Modelling and Measurement of Competences in CSE) are explained. Firstly, the CSE competence model was derived based on theoretical concepts and then secondly the model was empirically examined and refined using expert interviews. Furthermore, the paper depicts the development and examination of a competence measurement instrument, which was derived from the competence model. Therefore, the instrument was applied to a large sample of students at the gymnasium’s upper class level. Subsequently, efforts to develop a competence level model, based on the retrieved empirical results and on expert ratings are presented. Finally, further demands on research on competence modelling in CSE will be outlined. KW - Competence Modelling KW - Competence Measurement KW - Informatics System Application KW - Informatics System Comprehension KW - Informatics Modelling KW - Secondary Education Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82592 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 33 EP - 57 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kalas, Ivan T1 - Programming at Pre-primary and Primary Levels BT - The Pipeline Can Start That Early JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT KW - Learning interfaces development KW - computational thinking KW - educational programming KW - primary level KW - pre-primary level Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82587 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 29 EP - 31 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Curzon, Paul T1 - Unplugged Computational Thinking for Fun JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Computational thinking is a fundamental skill set that is learned by studying Informatics and ICT. We argue that its core ideas can be introduced in an inspiring and integrated way to both teachers and students using fun and contextually rich cs4fn ‘Computer Science for Fun’ stories combined with ‘unplugged’ activities including games and magic tricks. We also argue that understanding people is an important part of computational thinking. Computational thinking can be fun for everyone when taught in kinaesthetic ways away from technology. KW - Computational thinking KW - cs4fn KW - ‘unplugged’ computing KW - kinaesthetic teaching KW - fun Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82575 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 15 EP - 27 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Beyhl, Thomas A1 - Giese, Holger T1 - Efficient and scalable graph view maintenance for deductive graph databases based on generalized discrimination networks N2 - Graph databases provide a natural way of storing and querying graph data. In contrast to relational databases, queries over graph databases enable to refer directly to the graph structure of such graph data. For example, graph pattern matching can be employed to formulate queries over graph data. However, as for relational databases running complex queries can be very time-consuming and ruin the interactivity with the database. One possible approach to deal with this performance issue is to employ database views that consist of pre-computed answers to common and often stated queries. But to ensure that database views yield consistent query results in comparison with the data from which they are derived, these database views must be updated before queries make use of these database views. Such a maintenance of database views must be performed efficiently, otherwise the effort to create and maintain views may not pay off in comparison to processing the queries directly on the data from which the database views are derived. At the time of writing, graph databases do not support database views and are limited to graph indexes that index nodes and edges of the graph data for fast query evaluation, but do not enable to maintain pre-computed answers of complex queries over graph data. Moreover, the maintenance of database views in graph databases becomes even more challenging when negation and recursion have to be supported as in deductive relational databases. In this technical report, we present an approach for the efficient and scalable incremental graph view maintenance for deductive graph databases. The main concept of our approach is a generalized discrimination network that enables to model nested graph conditions including negative application conditions and recursion, which specify the content of graph views derived from graph data stored by graph databases. The discrimination network enables to automatically derive generic maintenance rules using graph transformations for maintaining graph views in case the graph data from which the graph views are derived change. We evaluate our approach in terms of a case study using multiple data sets derived from open source projects. N2 - Graphdatenbanken bieten natürliche Möglichkeiten Graphdaten zu speichern und abzufragen. Im Gegensatz zu relationalen Datenbanken ermöglichen Graphdatenbanken Anfragen, die direkt auf der Graphstruktur der Daten arbeiten. Zum Beispiel können Graphmuster zur Formulierung von Anfragen an die Graphdatenbanken verwendet werden. Allerdings können wie für relationale Datenbanken komplexe Anfragen sehr zeitaufwendig sein und interaktive Anfrageszenarien mit der Datenbank verhindern. Ein möglicher Ansatz mit diesem Geschwindigkeitsproblem umzugehen, ist das Vorberechnen von Antworten für komplexe und häufig gestellt Suchanfragen in Form von sogenannten Datenbanksichten. Dabei muss sichergestellt sein, dass Anfragen, die mit Hilfe von Datenbanksichten beantwortet werden, zu jeder Zeit die gleichen Suchergebnisse zurückliefern als wenn sie ohne Datenbanksichten beantwortet werden, sodass Datenbanksichten gewartet werden müssen bevor Suchanfragen mit Hilfe dieser Datenbanksichten beantwortet werden. Eine solche Wartung von Datenbanksichten muss effizient erfolgen, anderenfalls kann sich der Aufwand für die Erzeugung und Wartung der Datenbanksichten nicht auszahlen. Zum Zeitpunkt der Anfertigung dieses technischen Berichts, ist keine Graphdatenbank bekannt, die solche Datenbanksichten unterstützt. Lediglich Indizes werden durch Graphdatenbanken unterstützt, die es ermöglichen Knoten und Kanten eines Graphen für die schnelle Anfragenbeantwortung zu indizieren, aber ermöglichen es nicht vorberechnete Antworten auf Suchanfragen zu warten. Die Unterstützung von Datenbanksichten durch Graphdatenbanken wird zusätzlich erschwert wenn Negation und Rekursion unterstützt werden sollen wie bei relationalen deduktiven Datenbanken. In diesen technischen Bericht beschreiben wir einen effizienten und skalierenden Ansatz zur inkrementellen Wartung von Dankenbanksichten für deduktive Graphdatenbanken. Das Hauptkonzept des Ansatzes ist ein sogenanntes verallgemeinertes Discrimination Network, dass es ermöglicht geschachtelte Graph Conditions inklusive Negation und Rekursion zu modellieren, die es ermöglichen den Inhalt von Datenbanksichten für Graphdatenbanken in Form von Graphmustern zu spezifizieren. Das Discrimination Network erlaubt die Ableitung von Regeln für die Wartung der Datenbanksichten wenn die Graphdaten von denen die Datenbanksichten abgeleitet wurden modifiziert werden. Wir evaluieren den Ansatz in Form einer Fallstudie und mehreren Graphdatensätzen, die aus Open Source Projekten abgeleitet wurden. T3 - Technische Berichte des Hasso-Plattner-Instituts für Digital Engineering an der Universität Potsdam - 99 KW - incremental graph pattern matching KW - graph databases KW - view maintenance KW - inkrementelles Graph Pattern Matching KW - Graphdatenbanken KW - Wartung von Graphdatenbanksichten Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-79535 SN - 978-3-86956-339-8 SN - 1613-5652 SN - 2191-1665 IS - 99 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - THES A1 - Enzenberg, Anne T1 - Neue fluoreszierende Copolymere für sensitive Detektionssysteme in Wasser T1 - New fluorescent copolymers for sensitive detection systems in water N2 - Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Synthese und Charakterisierung von neuartigen fluoreszierenden Copolymeren zur Analytdetektion in wässrigen Systemen. Das Detektionssystem sollte ein einfaches Schalten der Fluoreszenz bei Analytbindung „Aus“ bzw. Verdrängung „An“ ermöglichen. Dafür wurde die Synthese eines funktionalisierten Monomers so geplant, dass sich Fluorophor und Analyt innerhalb derselben Monomereinheit in direkter Nachbarschaft zueinander befinden. So sollten bei Erkennung des Analyten durch eine mit einem Fluoreszenzlöscher funktionalisierte Erkennungsstruktur Fluorophor und Löscher in einen vorgegebenen Abstand zueinander gezwungen und die Fluoreszenz des Fluorophors effizient gelöscht werden. Bei anschließender Verdrängung der Erkennungseinheit durch einen stärker bindenden Analyten sollte die Fluoreszenz wieder „angeschaltet“ werden. Eine weitere Zielstellung für das Detektionssystem war eine hohe Löslichkeit und Fluoreszenzintensität in Wasser. Da die Anwendung solcher Sensoren besonders in der Medizin und Biologie, z.B. für Schnellerkennungstest von Pathogenen, von Interesse ist, ist die Kompatibilität mit wässrigen Medien essentiell. Die funktionalisierten Monomere wurden frei radikalisch mit N Vinyl-pyrrolidon bzw. N Vinyl¬caprolactam zu wasserlöslichen, fluoreszierenden Copolymeren umgesetzt. In den N-Vinyl¬pyrrolidon-Polymeren (PNVP) wurde RhodaminB, in den thermoresponsiven N Vinyl¬caprolactam-Polymeren (PNVCL) ein Naphthalsäureimid als Fluorophor verwendet. Während Rhodamine eine hohe Fluoreszenzintensität, gute Quantenausbeuten und hohen Extinktionskoeffizienten in Wasser zeigen, sind Naphthalsäure¬imide umgebungssensitive Chromophore, die bei Änderung ihrer Lösungsmittelumgebung, wie z.B. beim Kollaps eines thermoresponsiven Polymers in Wasser, ihre Fluoreszenzintensität und Quantenausbeute drastisch ändern können. Der Vorteil der hier verwendeten Strategie der Monomersynthese liegt darin, dass bei jeder spezifischen Analytdetektion durch eine Erkennungseinheit die Fluoreszenz effizient gelöscht bzw. bei Verdrängung durch einen stärker bindenden Analyten wieder „angeschaltet“ wird. Dieses Prinzip wird bereits vielfach in der Biologie in sogenannten „Molecular Beacons“ ausgenutzt, wobei ein Fluorophor und ein Löscher durch spezifische DNA Basenpaarung in einen vorgegebenen Abstand zueinander gezwungen werden und so ein „Schalten“ der Fluoreszenz ermöglichen. Aufgrund der vorgegebenen Struktur der DNA Basensequenzen ist es jedoch nicht direkt auf andere Erkennungsreaktionen übertragbar. Daher wurde ein Modellsystem entwickelt, welches die Möglichkeit bietet Analyt, Erkennungseinheit und Signalgeber variabel, je nach Anforderungen des Systems, auszutauschen. So soll es möglich sein, den Sensor a priori für jede Erkennungs¬reaktion zu verwenden. Als Modell Bindungs¬paare wurden ß Cyclodextrin/Adamantan und Con¬cana¬valinA/Mannose ausgewählt. Adamantan bzw. Mannose wurde als Analyt zusammen mit dem Fluorophor in das Polymer eingebunden. ß Cyclo¬dextrin (ß CD) bzw. ConcanavalinA (ConA) wurde als Erkennungsstruktur an einem Fluoreszenzlöscher immobilisiert. Polymer-basierte Fluoreszenzsensoren sind in der Fachliteratur gut dokumentiert. In der Regel sind Signalgeber und Analyt jedoch statistisch im Polymer verteilt, da sie sich entweder in unterschiedlichen Monomereinheiten befinden oder die Funktionalisierung durch eine polymeranaloge Umsetzung erfolgt. Der gewählte Ansatz Fluorophor und Analyt innerhalb derselben Monomereinheit einzubinden, soll bei jeder Erkennungsreaktion des Analyten zu einer Änderung der Signalintensität des Fluorophors führen. Eine hohe Signalintensität bei Analytdetektion ist wünschenswert, insbesondere für Erkennungsreaktionen, die mit möglichst geringem apparativem Aufwand, am besten mit dem bloßen Auge zu verfolgen sein sollen. Des Weiteren ist es möglich den Fluorophorgehalt im Polymer genau einzustellen und so Selbstlöschung zu vermeiden. Die synthetisierten Polymere haben einen Fluorophorgehalt von 0,01 mol% bis 0,5 mol%. Für die RhodaminB haltigen Polymere zeigte sich, dass ein Fluorophorgehalt unterhalb 0,1 mol% im Polymer die höchsten Ausbeuten, Molmassen und Quantenausbeuten liefert. Für die Naphthalsäureimid haltigen Polymere hingegen wurden auch für einen Fluorophorgehalt von bis zu 1 mol% hohe Ausbeuten und Molmassen erreicht. Die Naphthalsäureimid haltigen Polymere haben jedoch in wässriger Lösungsmittelumgebung nur geringe Quantenausbeuten. Als Fluoreszenzlöscher wurden Goldnanopartikel synthetisiert, die mit den entsprechenden Erkennungsstrukturen (ß-CD oder ConA) für den verwendeten Analyten funktionalisiert wurden. Goldnanopartikel als Löscher bieten den Vorteil, dass ihre Dispergierbarkeit in einem Lösemittel durch Funktionalisierung ihrer Hülle gezielt gesteuert werden kann. Durch die hohe Affinität von Goldnanopartikeln zu Thiolen und Aminen konnten sie mit Hilfe einfacher Syntheseschritte mit Thio ß CD Derivaten bzw. ConA funktionalisiert werden. In der hier vorgelegten Arbeit sollte ein Modellsystem für einen solches fluoreszenz-basiertes Detektionssystem in Wasser entwickelt werden. Nachfolgend werden die zu erfüllenden strukturellen Voraussetzungen für die Synthese eines solchen Sensors nochmals zusammengefasst: 1. Verwendung eines Fluorophors, der eine hohe Signalintensität zeigt. 2. Analyt bzw. Erkennungseinheit soll sich im Abstand von wenigen Nanometern zum Signalgeber befinden, um bei jeder Detektionsreaktion die Signalintensität des Signalgebers beeinflussen zu können. 3. Die Detektionseinheit benötigt eine funktionelle Gruppe zur Immobilisierung. Immobilisierung kann z.B. durch Einbindung in ein Polymer erfolgen. 4. Der Fluorophor soll bei Änderung seiner lokalen Umgebung, durch Binden eines Löschers oder Änderung seiner Lösemittelumgebung seine Fluoreszenzeigenschaften drastisch ändern. 5. Die Reaktion sollte schnell und mit möglichst geringem apparativem Aufwand, am besten mit bloßem Auge zu verfolgen sein. Für das ß-CD/Adamantan Modellsystem wurde ein Fluoreszenz Aus/An Sensor entwickelt, der bei Binden ß CD funktionalisierter Goldnanopartikel an das polymergebundene Adamantan die Fluoreszenz des RhodaminB Fluorophors effizient löscht und bei Verdrängung der Goldnanopartikel wieder zurück gewinnt. Dies konnte auch mit bloßem Auge verfolgt werden. Für die Naphthalsäureimid Monomere, die mit NVCL copolymerisiert wurden, wurde abhängig von der lokalen Umgebung des Fluorophors eine unterschiedliche Verstärkung der Fluoreszenzintensität bei Überschreiten des Trübungspunktes des Polymers gefunden. Dabei zeigte sich, dass die Einführung eines Abstandshalters zwischen Polymerrückgrat und Fluorophor zu einer großen Fluoreszenz¬verstärkung führt, während sich ohne Abstandshalter die Fluoreszenzintensität bei Über¬schreiten des Trübungspunktes kaum ändert. N2 - Novel fluorescent copolymers for analyte detection in aqueous media have been synthesized and characterized. The detection system is designed to switch fluorescence between an “Off” state for analyte binding and an “On” state for analyte displacement. A functional monomer was synthesized in which fluorophore and analyte are placed close to each other within the same monomer unit. If the fluorescence quencher labeled recognition unit detects an analyte, fluorophore and quencher are forced in a very short distance to each other and fluorescence is quenched efficiently. The recognition unit is afterwards replaced through a stronger binding analyte and fluorescence should be “turned on” again. Another requirement for the detection system was high solubility and fluorescence intensity in water. Water compatibility is essential for implementation of such sensor systems especially in medicine and biology, e.g. for fast testing systems of pathogens. The synthesized monomers have been copolymerized in a free radical polymerization with N vinyl¬pyrrolidone or N vinylcaprolactame to give fluorescent, water soluble copolymers. For the N vinyl-pyrrolidone polymers (PNVP) a rhodamineB fluorophore was used whereas for the thermoresponsive N vinyl-caprolactame polymers (PNVCL) a naphthalimide fluorophore was used in the comonomer. While rhodamines are well known for their high fluorescence intensity, quantum yield and extinction coefficient in water, naphthalimides are known to be environment sensitive fluorophores who can change their fluorescence intensity drastically depending on their local solvent vicinity. Such a functional monomer design should give the advantage of efficient fluorescence quenching during analyte binding and fluorescence enhancement when the recognition unit is afterwards displaced. This principle is often used in systems like molecular beacons. Fluorophore and quencher are forced in a given distance through specific DNA base pairing and fluorescence can be switched. Because of the given DNA base sequence this detection system cannot be directly implemented to other recognition reactions. Here a model system was developed which gives the possibility to vary analyte, recognition unit and fluorophore. This way it should be possible to adopt the sensor a priori to every recognition reaction. ß-cyclodextrin/adamantane and concana¬valinA/mannose were chosen as model binding pairs. Adamantane or mannose and the fluorophore are attached to the polymer backbone. The ß cyclodextrin (ß-CD) or concanavalinA (ConA) recognition unit is immobilized on a fluorescence quencher. Polymer based fluorescence sensors are well known in literature. Usually fluorophore and analyte are statistically spread in the polymer because they are independently incorporated via different monomer units or functionalization is done polymer analog. To place fluorophore and analyte in the same monomer unit should have the benefit that every recognition event also leads to a change of signal intensity of the fluorophore. High signal intensity is crucial especially for recog¬nition reactions which should be tracked with only simple equipment or even with the naked eye. Even more it is possible to adjust the fluorophore content in the polymer. The synthesized polymers have a fluorophore content between 0.01 mol% and 0.5 mol%. For the rhodamineB containing polymers a fluorophore content below 0.1 mol% gives the highest yields, molecular weight and quantum yields. The polymers which contain naphthalimide as fluorophore give high yields and molecular weight up to 1 mol% of fluorophore content in the polymer but the quantum yields are in general low in aqueous media. Gold nano¬particles (Au NP) are synthesized as fluorescence quencher and functionalized with the recognition units (ß-CD or ConA) for analyte detection. Gold nanoparticles as fluorescence quencher have the advantage that their dispersibility in a solvent can be controlled by the choice of ligand used for the stabilization of the particles. Because of their high affinity to thiols and amines it was possible to synthesize thio-ß-CD and ConA functionalized gold nanoparticles in only a few synthetic steps.   Here a model system for fluorescent detection in water is presented. The structural requirements that have to be fulfilled for the synthesis of such a detection system are summarized: 1. The fluorophore needs to have high signal intensity. 2. Analyte or recognition unit have to be only a few nanometer apart from the signaling unit so every recognition reaction leads to a change of signal intensity. 3. The detection unit needs a functional group for immobilization. Immobilization can be done for example in a polymer matrix. 4. The fluorophore should change its fluorescence properties drastically through change of its local environment for example when binding a fluorescence quencher. 5. Reaction should be fast and detection should be possible with only little equipment or even with the naked eye It was possible to synthesis a fluorescence Off/On sensor for a ß-CD/adamantane model system. Fluorescence of the rhodamineB fluorophore is quenched during binding of ß-CD-Au-NPs and efficiently enhanced when the ß-CD-Au-NPs are displaced through a better binding analyte which can be even followed by the naked eye (Scheme 1). For the naphthalimide containing thermoresponsive N-vinylcaprolactame polymers a dependence of the fluorescence enhancement at polymer collapse is found depending on the local vicinity of the fluorophore. Introducing a spacer between fluorophore and polymer backbone leads to a high fluorescence enhancement while polymers without a spacer show almost no fluorescence enhancement during the collapse. KW - Fluoreszenzsensor KW - fluorescence sensor KW - thermoresponsiv KW - thermoresponsive KW - ß-Cyclodextrin KW - ß-cyclodextrine KW - Rhodamin B KW - rhodamine b KW - Naphthalimid KW - naphthalimide KW - Solvatochromie KW - solvatochrome KW - N-Vinylpyrrolidon KW - N-vinylpyrrolidone KW - N-Vinylcaprolactam KW - N-vinylcaprolactame Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82325 ER - TY - THES A1 - Pingel, Heiko T1 - Mountain-range uplift & climate-system interactions in the Southern Central Andes T1 - Wechselwirkungen zwischen Gebirgsbildung und Klima in den südlichen Zentralanden N2 - Zwei häufig diskutierte Aspekte der spätkänozoischen Gebirgsbildung der Anden sind der Zeitpunkt sowie die Art und Weise der Heraushebung des Puna-Plateaus und seiner Randgebiete innerhalb der Ostkordillere und die damit verbundenen klimatischen Änderungen in NW Argentinien. Die Ostkordillere trennt die Bereiche des endorheischen, ariden Plateaus von semiariden und extern entwässerten intermontanen Becken sowie dem humiden Andenvorland im Osten. Diese Unterschiede verdeutlichen die Bedeutung der östlichen Flanken der Anden als orografische Barrieren gegenüber feuchten Luftmassen aus dem Osten und spiegelt sich auch in ausgeprägten Relief- und Topografiegradienten, der Niederschlagsverteilung, und der Effizienz von Oberflächenprozessen wider. Obwohl das übergeordnete Deformationsmuster in diesem Teil der Anden eine ostwärts gerichtete Wanderung der Deformationsprozesse im Gebirge indiziert, gibt es hier keine klar definierte Deformationsfront. Hebungsvorgänge und die damit im Zusammenhang stehenden Sedimentprozesse setzen räumlich und zeitlich sehr unterschiedlich ein. Zudem gestalten periodisch wiederkehrende Deformationsereignisse innerhalb intermontaner Becken und diachrone Hebungsvorgänge, durch Reaktivierung älterer Sockelstrukturen im Vorland, eine detaillierte Auswertung der räumlich-zeitlichen Hebungsmuster zusätzlich schwierig. Die vorliegende Arbeit konzentriert sich hauptsächlich auf die tektonische Entwicklung der Ostkordillere im Nordwesten Argentiniens, die Ablagerungsgeschichte ihrer intermontanen Sedimentbecken und die topografische Entwicklung der Ostflanke des andinen Puna-Plateaus. Im Allgemeinen sind sich die Sedimentbecken der Ostkordillere und der angrenzenden Provinzen, den Sierras Pampeanas und der Santa Bárbara Region, den durch Störungen begrenzten und mit Sedimenten verfüllten Becken der hochandinen Plateauregion sehr ähnlich. Deutliche Unterschiede zur Puna bestehen aber dennoch, denn wiederholte Deformations-, Erosions- und Sedimentationsprozesse haben in den intermontanen Becken zu einer vielfältigen Stratigrafie, Überlagerungsprozessen und einer durch tektonische Prozesse und klimatischen Wandel charakterisierten Landschaft beigetragen. Je nach Erhaltungsgrad können in einigen Fällen Spuren dieser sedimentären und tektonischen Entwicklung bis in die Zeit zurückreichen, als diese Bereiche des Gebirges noch Teil eines zusammenhängenden und unverformten Vorlandbeckens waren. Im Nordwesten Argentiniens enthalten känozoische Sedimente zahlreiche datierbare und geochemisch korrelierbare Vulkanaschen, die nicht nur als wichtige Leithorizonte zur Entschlüsselung tektonischer und sedimentärer Ereignisse dienen. Die vulkanischen Gläser dieser Aschen archivieren außerdem Wasserstoff-Isotopenverhältnisse früherer Oberflächenwasser, mit deren Hilfe - im Vergleich mit den Isotopenverhältnissen rezenter meteorischer Wässer - die räumliche und zeitliche Entstehung orografischer Barrieren und tektonisch erzwungene Klima- und Umweltveränderungen verfolgt werden können. Uran-Blei-Datierungen an Zirkonen aus den vulkanischen Aschelagen und die Rekonstruktion sedimentärer Paläotransportrichtungen im intermontanen Humahuaca-Becken in der Ostkordillere (23.5° S) deuten an, dass das heutige Becken bis vor etwa 4.2 Ma Bestandteil eines größtenteils uneingeschränkten Ablagerungsbereichs war, der sich bis ins Vorland erstreckt haben muss. Deformation und Hebung östlich des heutigen Beckens sorgten dabei für eine fortschreitende Entkopplung des Entwässerungsnetzes vom Vorland und eine Umlenkung der Flussläufe nach Süden. In der Folge erzwang die weitere Hebung der Gebirgsblöcke das Abregnen östlicher Luftmassen in immer östlicher gelegene Bereiche. Zudem können periodische Schwankungen der hydrologischen Verbindung des Beckens mit dem Vorland im Zusammenhang mit der Ablagerung und Erosion mächtiger Beckenfüllungen identifiziert werden. Systematische Beziehungen zwischen Verwerfungen, regionalen Diskontinuitäten und verstellten Terrassenflächen verweisen außerdem auf ein generelles Muster beckeninterner Deformation, vermutlich als Folge umfangreicher Beckenerosion und damit verbundenen Änderungen im tektonischen Spannungsfeld der Region. Einige dieser Beobachtungen können anhand veränderter Wasserstoff-Isotopenkonzentrationen vulkanischer Gläser aus der känozoischen Stratigrafie untermauert werden. Die δDg-Werte zeigen zwei wesentliche Trends, die einerseits in Verbindung mit Oberflächenhebung innerhalb des Einzugsgebiets zwischen 6.0 und 3.5 Ma stehen und andererseits mit dem Einsetzen semiarider Bedingungen durch Erreichen eines Schwellenwertes der Topografie der östlich gelegenen Gebirgszüge nach 3.5 Ma erklärt werden können. Tektonisch bedingte Unterbrechung der Sedimentzufuhr aus westlich gelegenen Liefergebieten um 4.2 Ma und die folgende Hinterland-Aridifizierung deuten weiterhin auf die Möglichkeit hin, dass diese Prozesse die Folge eines lateralen Wachstums des Puna-Plateaus sind. Diese Aridifizierung im Bereich der Puna resultierte in einem ineffizienten, endorheischen Entwässerungssystem, das dazu beigetragen hat, das Plateau vor Einschneidung und externer Entwässerung zu bewahren und Reliefgegensätze aufgrund fortgesetzter Beckensedimentation reduzierte. Die diachrone Natur der Hebungen und Beckenbildungen sowie deren Auswirkungen auf das Flusssystem im angrenzenden Vorland wird sowohl durch detaillierte Analysen der Sedimentherkunft und Transportrichtungen als auch Uran-Blei-Datierungen im Lerma- und Metán-Becken (25° S) weiterhin unterstrichen. Das wird besonders deutlich am Beispiel der isolierten Hebung der Sierra de Metán vor etwa 10 Ma, die mehr als 50 km von der aktiven orogenen Front im Westen entfernt liegt. Ab 5 Ma sind typische Lithologien der Puna nicht mehr in den Vorlandsedimenten nachweisbar, welches die weitere Hebung innerhalb der Ostkordillere und die hydrologische Isolation des Angastaco-Beckens in dieser Region dokumentiert. Im Spätpliozän und Quartär ist die Deformation letztlich über das gesamte Vorland verteilt und bis heute aktiv. Um die Beziehungen zwischen tektonisch kontrollierten Veränderungen der Topografie und deren Einfluss auf atmosphärische Prozesse besser zu verstehen, werden in dieser Arbeit weitere altersspezifische Wasserstoff-Isotopendaten vulkanischer Gläser aus dem zerbrochenen Vorland, dem Angastaco-Becken in der Übergangsregion zwischen Ostkordillere und Punarand und anderer intermontaner Becken weiter südlich vorgestellt. Die Resultate dokumentieren ähnliche Höhenlagen der untersuchten Regionen bis ca. 7 Ma, gefolgt von Hebungsprozessen im Bereich des Angastaco-Beckens. Ein Vergleich mit Isotopendaten vom benachbarten Puna-Plateau hilft abrupte δDg-Schwankungen in den intermontanen Daten zu erklären und untermauert die Existenz wiederkehrender Phasen verstärkt konvektiver Wetterlagen im Pliozän, ähnlich heutigen Bedingungen. In dieser Arbeit werden geländeorientierte und geochemische Methoden kombiniert, um Erkenntnisse über die Abläufe von topografiebildenden Deformations- und Hebungsprozessen zu gewinnen und Wechselwirkungen mit der daraus resultierenden Niederschlagsverteilung, Erosion und Sedimentation innerhalb tektonisch aktiver Gebirge zu erforschen. Diese Erkenntnisse sind für ein besseres Verständnis von Subduktionsgebirgen essentiell, besonders hinsichtlich des Deformationsstils und der zeitlich-räumlichen Beziehungen bei der Hebung und Sedimentbeckenbildung. Diese Arbeit weist darüberhinaus auf die Bedeutung stabiler Isotopensysteme zur Beantwortung paläoaltimetrischer Fragestellungen und zur Erforschung von Paläoumweltbedingungen hin und liefert wichtige Erkenntnisse für einen kritischen Umgang mit solchen Daten in anderen Regionen. N2 - Two of the most controversial issues concerning the late Cenozoic evolution of the Andean orogen are the timing of uplift of the intraorogenic Puna plateau and its eastern border, the Eastern Cordillera, and ensuing changes in climatic and surface-process conditions in the intermontane basins of the NW-Argentine Andes. The Eastern Cordillera separates the internally drained, arid Puna from semi-arid intermontane basins and the humid sectors of the Andean broken foreland and the Subandean fold-and-thrust belt to the east. With elevations between 4,000 and 6,000 m the eastern flanks of the Andes form an efficient orographic barrier with westward-increasing elevation and asymmetric rainfall distribution and amount with respect to easterly moisture-bearing winds. This is mirrored by pronounced gradients in the efficiency of surface processes that erode and re-distribute sediment from the uplifting ranges. Although the overall pattern of deformation and uplift in this sector of the southern central Andes shows an eastward migration of deformation, a well-developed deformation front does not exist and uplift and associated erosion and sedimentary processes are highly disparate in space and time. In addition, periodic deformation within intermontane basins, and continued diachronous foreland uplifts associated with the reactivation of inherited basement structures furthermore make a rigorous assessment of the spatiotemporal uplift patterns difficult. This thesis focuses on the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Cordillera of NW Argentina, the depositional history of its intermontane sedimentary basins, and the regional topographic evolution of the eastern flank of the Puna Plateau. The intermontane basins of the Eastern Cordillera and the adjacent morphotectonic provinces of the Sierras Pampeanas and the Santa Bárbara System are akin to reverse fault bounded, filled, and partly coalesced sedimentary basins of the Puna Plateau. In contrast to the Puna basins, however, which still form intact morphologic entities, repeated deformation, erosion, and re-filling have impacted the basins in the Eastern Cordillera. This has resulted in a rich stratigraphy of repeated basin fills, but many of these basins have retained vestiges of their early depositional history that may reach back in time when these areas were still part of a contiguous and undeformed foreland basin. Fortunately, these strata also contain abundant volcanic ashes that are not only important horizons to decipher tectono-sedimentary events through U-Pb geochronology and geochemical correlation, but they also represent terrestrial recorders of the hydrogen-isotope composition of ancient meteoric waters that can be compared to the isotopic composition of modern meteoric water. The ash horizons are thus unique recorders of past environmental conditions and lend themselves to tracking the development of rainfall barriers and tectonically forced climate and environmental change through time. U-Pb zircon geochronology and paleocurrent reconstructions of conglomerate sequences in the Humahuaca Basin of the Eastern Cordillera at 23.5° S suggest that the basin was an integral part of a largely unrestricted depositional system until 4.2 Ma, which subsequently became progressively decoupled from the foreland by range uplifts to the east that forced easterly moisture-bearing winds to precipitate in increasingly eastward locations. Multiple cycles of severed hydrological conditions and drainage re-capture are identified together with these processes that were associated with basin filling and sediment evacuation, respectively. Moreover, systematic relationships among faults, regional unconformities and deformed landforms reveal a general pattern of intra-basin deformation that appears to be linked with basin-internal deformation during or subsequent to episodes of large-scale sediment removal. Some of these observations are supported by variations in the hydrogen stable isotope composition of volcanic glass from the Neogene to Quaternary sedimentary record, which can be related to spatiotemporal changes in topography and associated orographic effects. δDg values in the basin strata reveal two main trends associated with surface uplift in the catchment area between 6.0 and 3.5 Ma and the onset of semiarid conditions in the basin following the attainment of threshold elevations for effective orographic barriers to the east after 3.5 Ma. The disruption of sediment supply from western sources after 4.2 Ma and subsequent hinterland aridification, moreover, emphasize the possibility that these processes were related to lateral orogenic growth of the adjacent Puna Plateau. As a result of the hinterland aridification the regions in the orogen interior have been characterized by an inefficient fluvial system, which in turn has helped maintaining internal drainage conditions, sediment storage, and relief reduction within high-elevation basins. The diachronous nature of basin formation and impacts on the fluvial system in the adjacent broken foreland is underscored by the results of detailed sediment provenance and paleocurrent analyses, as well as U-Pb zircon geochronology in the Lerma and Metán basins at ca. 25° S. This is particularly demonstrated by the isolated uplift of the Metán range at ~10 Ma, which is more than 50 km away from the presently active orogenic front along the eastern Puna margin and the Eastern Cordillera to the west. At about 5 Ma, Puna-sourced sediments disappear from the foreland record, documenting further range uplifts in the Eastern Cordillera and hydrological isolation of the neighboring Angastaco Basin from the foreland. Finally, during the late Pliocene and Quaternary, deformation has been accommodated across the entire foreland and is still active. To elucidate the interactions between tectonically controlled changes in elevation and their impact on atmospheric circulation processes in this region, this thesis provides additional, temporally well-constrained hydrogen stable isotope results of volcanic glass samples from the broken foreland, including the Angastaco Basin, and other intermontane basins farther south. The results suggest similar elevations of intermontane basins and the foreland sectors prior to ca. 7 Ma. In case of the Angastaco Basin the region was affected by km-scale surface uplift of the basin. A comparison with coeval isotope data collected from sedimentary sequences in the Puna plateau explains rapid shifts in the intermontane δDg record and supports the notion of recurring phases of enhanced deep convection during the Pliocene, and thus climatic conditions during the middle to late Pliocene similar to the present day. Combined, field-based and isotope geochemical methods used in this study of the NW-Argentine Andes have thus helped to gain insight into the systematics, rate changes, interactions, and temporal characteristics among tectonically controlled deformation patterns, the build-up of topography impacting atmospheric processes, the distribution of rainfall, and resulting surface processes in a tectonically active mountain belt. Ultimately, this information is essential for a better understanding of the style and the rates at which non-collisional mountain belts evolve, including the development orogenic plateaus and their bordering flanks. The results presented in this study emphasize the importance of stable isotope records for paleoaltimetric and paleoenvironmental studies in mountain belts and furnishes important data for a rigorous interpretation of such records. KW - geology KW - Argentina KW - Eastern Cordillera KW - Puna KW - neotectonics KW - paleoaltimetry KW - stable isotopes KW - volcanic glass KW - U-Pb geochronology KW - Geologie KW - Argentinien KW - Ostkordillere KW - Puna KW - Neotektonik KW - Paläoaltimetrie KW - stabile Isotope KW - vulkanischer Gläser KW - U-Pb Geochronologie Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82301 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Schmiedgen, Jan A1 - Rhinow, Holger A1 - Köppen, Eva A1 - Meinel, Christoph T1 - Parts without a whole? BT - The current state of Design Thinking practice in organizations N2 - This explorative study gives a descriptive overview of what organizations do and experience when they say they practice design thinking. It looks at how the concept has been appropriated in organizations and also describes patterns of design thinking adoption. The authors use a mixed-method research design fed by two sources: questionnaire data and semi-structured personal expert interviews. The study proceeds in six parts: (1) design thinking¹s entry points into organizations; (2) understandings of the descriptor; (3) its fields of application and organizational localization; (4) its perceived impact; (5) reasons for its discontinuation or failure; and (6) attempts to measure its success. In conclusion the report challenges managers to be more conscious of their current design thinking practice. The authors suggest a co-evolution of the concept¹s introduction with innovation capability building and the respective changes in leadership approaches. It is argued that this might help in unfolding design thinking¹s hidden potentials as well as preventing unintended side-effects such as discontented teams or the dwindling authority of managers. N2 - Diese explorative Studie gibt einen deskriptiven Überblick, was Organisationen tun und zu erleben, wenn sie sagen, sie üben Design Thinking. Es untersucht, wie das Konzept in Organisationen angeeignet und beschreibt auch Muster der Design Thinking Annahme. Die Autoren verwenden eine von zwei Quellen gespeist Mixed-Verfahren Forschungsdesign: Fragebogendaten und semi-strukturierten persönlichen Experteninterviews. Die Studie läuft in sechs Teile: Einstiegspunkte (1) Design-Denken in Organisationen; (2) Verständnis des Deskriptors; (3) ihre Anwendungsgebiete und organisatorische Lokalisierung;(4) dessen empfundenen Auswirkungen; (5) Gründe für ihre Einstellung oder Misserfolg; und (6) versucht, den Erfolg zu messen. Abschließend fordert der Bericht-Manager mehr bewusst ihre aktuellen Design Thinking der Praxis zu sein. Die Autoren schlagen eine Ko-Evolution von Einführung des Konzepts mit Innovationsfähigkeit Gebäude und den jeweiligen Führungswechsel Ansätze. Es wird argumentiert, dass dies in der Entfaltung versteckte Potentiale Design Denken wie auch zur Verhinderung unbeabsichtigten Nebenwirkungen, wie unzufrieden Teams oder die schwindende Autorität von Managern zu helfen. T3 - Technische Berichte des Hasso-Plattner-Instituts für Digital Engineering an der Universität Potsdam - 97 KW - design thinking KW - innovation KW - innovation management KW - innovation capabilities KW - organizational change KW - change management KW - management KW - adoption KW - diffusion KW - study KW - leadership KW - Design Thinking KW - Innovation KW - Innovationsmanagement KW - Organisationsveränderung KW - Change Management KW - Management KW - Innovationsmethode KW - Studie KW - Leadership Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-79969 SN - 978-3-86956-334-3 SN - 1613-5652 SN - 2191-1665 IS - 97 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - GEN A1 - Moser, Othmar A1 - Tschakert, Gerhard A1 - Müller, Alexander A1 - Groeschl, Werner A1 - Pieber, Thomas R. A1 - Obermayer-Pietsch, Barbara A1 - Koehler, Gerd A1 - Hofmann, Peter T1 - Exercise versus Moderate Continuous Exercise on Glucose Homeostasis and Hormone Response in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Using Novel Ultra-Long-Acting Insulin N2 - Introduction We investigated blood glucose (BG) and hormone response to aerobic high-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) and moderate continuous exercise (CON) matched for mean load and duration in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Material and Methods Seven trained male subjects with T1DM performed a maximal incremental exercise test and HIIE and CON at 3 different mean intensities below (A) and above (B) the first lactate turn point and below the second lactate turn point (C) on a cycle ergometer. Subjects were adjusted to ultra-long-acting insulin Degludec (Tresiba/ Novo Nordisk, Denmark). Before exercise, standardized meals were administered, and short-acting insulin dose was reduced by 25% (A), 50% (B), and 75% (C) dependent on mean exercise intensity. During exercise, BG, adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine, cortisol, glucagon, and insulin-like growth factor-1, blood lactate, heart rate, and gas exchange variables were measured. For 24 h after exercise, interstitial glucose was measured by continuous glucose monitoring system. Results BG decrease during HIIE was significantly smaller for B (p = 0.024) and tended to be smaller for A and C compared to CON. No differences were found for post-exercise interstitial glucose, acute hormone response, and carbohydrate utilization between HIIE and CON for A, B, and C. In HIIE, blood lactate for A (p = 0.006) and B (p = 0.004) and respiratory exchange ratio for A (p = 0.003) and B (p = 0.003) were significantly higher compared to CON but not for C. Conclusion Hypoglycemia did not occur during or after HIIE and CON when using ultra-long-acting insulin and applying our methodological approach for exercise prescription. HIIE led to a smaller BG decrease compared to CON, although both exercises modes were matched for mean load and duration, even despite markedly higher peak workloads applied in HIIE. Therefore, HIIE and CON could be safely performed in T1DM. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 203 KW - Blood KW - Blood sugar KW - Carbohydrates KW - Exercise KW - Glucose KW - Heart rate KW - Hypoglycemia KW - Insulin Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82479 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Jahn, Karolina A1 - Buschmann, Volker A1 - Hille, Carsten T1 - Simultaneous Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy in Living Cells N2 - In living cells, there are always a plethora of processes taking place at the same time. Their precise regulation is the basis of cellular functions, since small failures can lead to severe dysfunctions. For a comprehensive understanding of intracellular homeostasis, simultaneous multiparameter detection is a versatile tool for revealing the spatial and temporal interactions of intracellular parameters. Here, a recently developed time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) board was evaluated for simultaneous fluorescence and phosphorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM/PLIM). Therefore, the metabolic activity in insect salivary glands was investigated by recording ns-decaying intrinsic cellular fluorescence, mainly related to oxidized flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and the μs-decaying phosphorescence of the oxygen-sensitive ruthenium-complex Kr341. Due to dopamine stimulation, the metabolic activity of salivary glands increased, causing a higher pericellular oxygen consumption and a resulting increase in Kr341 phosphorescence decay time. Furthermore, FAD fluorescence decay time decreased, presumably due to protein binding, thus inducing a quenching of FAD fluorescence decay time. Through application of the metabolic drugs antimycin and FCCP, the recorded signals could be assigned to a mitochondrial origin. The dopamine-induced changes could be observed in sequential FLIM and PLIM recordings, as well as in simultaneous FLIM/PLIM recordings using an intermediate TCSPC timing resolution. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 202 KW - Confocal microscopy KW - Fluorescence imaging KW - Fluorescence spectroscopy KW - Fluorescent probes Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82156 ER - TY - THES A1 - Müller, Katja T1 - Analphabetismus und Teilhabe T1 - Analphabetism and participation BT - warum erwachsene Analphabeten lesen und schreiben lernen BT - why illiterate adults learn to read and write N2 - Aus bildungstheoretisch-gesellschaftskritischer Perspektive stellt sich Lernen als soziales Handeln in gesellschaftlich-vermittelten Verhältnissen – Möglichkeiten wie auch Begrenzungen – dar. Funktionaler Analphabetismus ist mit einem bundesweiten Anteil von 14% der erwerbsfähigen Bevölkerung oder 7,5 Millionen Analphabeten in Deutschland nicht nur ein bildungspolitisches und -praktisches, sondern auch ein wissenschaftlich zu untersuchendes Phänomen. Es gibt zahlreiche Untersuchungen, die sich mit dieser Thematik auseinandersetzen und Anknüpfungspunkte für die vorliegende Studie bieten. Aus der Zielgruppenforschung beispielsweise ist bekannt, dass die Hauptadressaten der Männer, der Älteren und der Bildungsfernen nicht adäquat erreicht bzw. als Teilnehmende gewonnen werden. Aus der Teilnehmendenforschung sind Abbrüche und Drop-Outs bekannt. Warum Analphabeten im Erwachsenenalter, also nach der Aneignung vielfältigster Bewältigungsstrategien, durch das sich das Phänomen einer direkten Sichtbarkeit entzieht, dennoch beginnen das Lesen und Schreiben (wieder) zu lernen, wird bislang weder bildungs- noch lerntheoretisch untersucht. Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Erwachsenenbildungsstudie werden genau diese Lernanlässe empirisch herausgearbeitet. Als Heuristik wird auf eine subjekttheoretische Theoriefolie rekurriert, die sich in besonderer Weise eignet Lernbegründungen im Kontext gesellschaftlich verhafteter Biografien sichtbar zu machen. Lernforschung im Begründungsmodell muss dabei auf eine Methodik zurückgreifen, die die Perspektive des Subjekts, Bedeutungszusammenhänge und typische Sinnstrukturen hervorbringen kann. Daher wird ein auf Einzelfallstudien basierendes, qualitatives Forschungsdesign gewählt, das Daten aus der Erhebung mittels problemzentrierter Interviews bereitstellt, die eine Auswertung innerhalb der Forschungsstrategie der Grounded Theory erfahren und in einer empirisch begründeten Typenbildung münden. Dieses Design ermöglicht die Rekonstruktion typischer Lernanlässe und im Ergebnis die Entwicklung einer gegenstandsbezogene Theorie mittlerer Reichweite. Aus der vorliegenden Bedeutungs-Begründungsanalyse konnten empirisch fünf Lernbegründungstypen ausdifferenziert werden, die sich im Spannungsverhältnis von Teilhabeausrichtung und Widersprüchlichkeit bewegen und in ihrer Komplexität mittels der drei Schlüsselkategorien Bedeutungsraum, Reflexion der sozialen Eingebundenheit und Kompetenzen sowie Lernen bzw. dem Erleben der Diskrepanzerfahrung zwischen Lesen-Wollen und Lesen-Können dargestellt werden. Das Spektrum der Lernbegründungstypen reicht von teilhabesicherndem resignierten Lernen, bei dem die Sicherung des bedrohten Status quo im Vordergrund steht und die Welt als nicht gestaltbar erlebt wird, bis hin zu vielschichtigem teilhabeerweiternden Lernen, das auf die Erweiterung der eigenen Handlungsmöglichkeiten zielt und die umfangreichste Reflexion der sozialen Eingebundenheit und Kompetenzen aufweist. Funktionale Analphabeten begründen ihr Lernen und Nicht-Lernen vor dem Hintergrund ihrer sozialen Situation, ihrer Begrenzungen und Möglichkeiten: Schriftsprachlernen erhält erst im Kontext gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe und dessen Reflexion eine Bedeutung. Mit der Einordnung der Lernbegründungen funktionaler Analphabeten in: erstens, Diskurse der Bildungsbenachteiligung durch Exklusionsprozesse; zweitens, die lerntheoretische Bedeutung von Inklusionsprozessen und drittens, den internationalen Theorieansatz transformativen Lernens durch die Integration der Reflexionskategorie, erfolgt eine Erweiterung bildungs- und lerntheoretischer Ansätze. In dieser Arbeit werden Alphabetisierungs- und Erwachsenen-bildungsforschung verbunden und in den jeweiligen Diskurs integriert. Weitere Anschluss- und Verwertungsmöglichkeiten in der Bildungsforschung wären denkbar. Die Untersuchung von Lernbegründungen im Längsschnitt beispielsweise kann Transformationsprozesse rekonstruierbar machen und somit Erträge für eine Bildungsprozessforschung liefern. Bildungspraktisch können die Lernbegründungstypen einerseits der Teilnehmergewinnung dienen, andererseits Ausgangspunkt für reflexive Lernbegleitungskonzepte sein, die Lernbegründungen zur Sprache bringen und die soziale Eingebundenheit thematisieren und damit Lernprozesse unterstützen. N2 - From a socio-critical perspective, learning is a social activity in socially-mediated conditions that includes opportunities as well as limitations. With a nationwide market share of 14% of the working population or 7.5 million in Germany illiteracy is a political, educational as well as scientific phenomenon. There are numerous studies that deal with this subject and offer points of departure for the present study. It is known that the major group of illiterates were not reached like men, elder and less educated people. Why illiterate people in adulthood, after acquiring the most diverse coping strategies through which the phenomenon of direct visibility escapes, but begin to learn reading and writing (again), is not investigated neither in education nor in learning theories. In the present study, these adult education learning motives are worked out empirically. For the following study it is used the subject theoretical theory that looks in a special way to learning processes by considering the context of social circumstances and biographies. Learning research in that perspective has to rely on a methodology that focuses the subject, their relationships and typical structures of meaning. Therefore, a work based on case studies, qualitative research design is selected, which provides data from the survey by means of problem-centered interviews that undergo an evaluation within the research strategy of Grounded Theory and lead to an empirically based typology. This design allows the reconstruction of typical learning opportunities and hence the development of an object-related middle range theory. From the present analysis five learning types were reconstructed, moving in the tension between participatory orientation and contradictory nature and in its complexity by the three key categories meaning space, reflection of social embeddedness and skills as well as learning and experiencing the discrepancy between want and cannot read/write. The spectrum of the learning types ranging from securing participation, in which the security of the threatened status quo is in the foreground and the world is experienced as not ad hoc, to complex expanding participation learning that aims at the expansion of own possibilities for action, the broadest reflection of having social relatedness and competence. Illiterates justify their learning and non-learning in the context of their social situation, their limitations and possibilities: literacy learning obtained only in the context of social participation and its reflection a meaning. The learning types in the context of illiteracy can be used for other discourses: firstly, discourses of educational disadvantage by exclusion processes; secondly, the importance of learning theory inclusion processes; and thirdly, the international theory of transformative learning through the integration of the reflection category. In this work, literacy and adult education research are connected and integrated in the discourse. Other utilization possibilities in educational research would be conceivable. Longitudinal studies of learning types for example can reconstruct the transformation processes and thus provide income for an educational process research. For the educational practice the learning types can be used on the one hand to reach participants through knowing their motives and reasons for learning, and on the other hand to develop concepts which include a reflexive tutoring that make learner justifications and reasons visible to assist learning processes. KW - Analphabetismus KW - Erwachsenenbildung KW - qualitative Sozialforschung KW - Lernen KW - Subjektwissenschaft KW - grounded theory KW - transformatives Lernen KW - illiteracy KW - adult education KW - qualitative social research KW - learning KW - critical psychology KW - grounded theory KW - transformative learning Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-76325 SN - 978-3-86956-332-9 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR ED - Gunnarsson, Logi ED - Zimmermann, Andreas T1 - Jahresbericht 2014 N2 - Das MenschenRechtsZentrum der Universität Potsdam (MRZ) beging im Jahr 2014 sein zwanzigjähriges Bestehen. Aus diesem Grund beschäftigt sich der aktuelle Jahresbericht nicht nur – wie ansonsten üblich – mit der spezifischen Organisationsstruktur und der Arbeit im Berichtszeitraum, sondern gibt einleitend einen knappen Überblick über die umfangreiche Tätigkeit des MRZ seit seiner Gründung. Diese Bilanz wird durch eine ausführliche Liste der Veranstaltungen und Schriftenreihen im Anhang vervollständigt. T3 - Jahresbericht / Menschenrechtszentrum der Universität Potsdam - 2014 Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-79670 SN - 1860-5958 SN - 2191-5857 VL - 2014 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kröner, Dominik T1 - Laser-driven electron dynamics for circular dichroism in mass spectrometry BT - from one-photon excitations to multiphoton ionization N2 - The distinction of enantiomers is a key aspect of chemical analysis. In mass spectrometry the distinction of enantiomers has been achieved by ionizing the sample with circularly polarized laser pulses and comparing the ion yields for light of opposite handedness. While resonant excitation conditions are expected to be most efficient, they are not required for the detection of a circular dichroism (CD) in the ion yield. However, the prediction of the size and sign of the circular dichroism becomes challenging if non-resonant multiphoton excitations are used to ionize the sample. Employing femtosecond laser pulses to drive electron wavepacket dynamics based on ab initio calculations, we attempt to reveal underlying mechanisms that determine the CD under non-resonant excitation conditions. Simulations were done for (R)-1,2-propylene oxide, using time-dependent configuration interaction singles with perturbative doubles (TD-CIS(D)) and the aug-cc-pVTZ basis set. Interactions between the electric field and the electric dipole and quadrupole as well as between the magnetic field and the magnetic dipole were explicitly accounted for. The ion yield was determined by treating states above the ionization potential as either stationary or non-stationary with energy-dependent lifetimes based on an approved heuristic approach. The observed population dynamics do not allow for a simple interpretation, because of highly non-linear interactions. Still, the various transition pathways are governed by resonant enantiospecific n-photon excitation, with preferably high transition dipole moments, which eventually dominate the CD in the ionized population. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 201 Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82109 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lohren, Hanna A1 - Bornhorst, Julia A1 - Galla, Hans-Joachim A1 - Schwerdtle, Tanja T1 - The blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier BT - First evidence for an active transport of organic mercury compounds out of the brain N2 - Exposure to organic mercury compounds promotes primarily neurological effects. Although methylmercury is recognized as a potent neurotoxicant, its transfer into the central nervous system (CNS) is not fully evaluated. While methylmercury and thiomersal pass the blood–brain barrier, limited data are available regarding the second brain regulating interface, the blood–cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier. This novel study was designed to investigate the effects of organic as well as inorganic mercury compounds on, and their transfer across, a porcine in vitro model of the blood–CSF barrier for the first time. The barrier system is significantly more sensitive towards organic Hg compounds as compared to inorganic compounds regarding the endpoints cytotoxicity and barrier integrity. Whereas there are low transfer rates from the blood side to the CSF side, our results strongly indicate an active transfer of the organic mercury compounds out of the CSF. These results are the first to demonstrate an efflux of organic mercury compounds regarding the CNS and provide a completely new approach in the understanding of mercury compounds specific transport. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 200 Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82089 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Meyer, S. A1 - Raber, G. A1 - Ebert, Franziska A1 - Leffers, L. A1 - Müller, Sandra Marie A1 - Taleshi, M. S. A1 - Francesconi, Kevin A. A1 - Schwerdtle, Tanja T1 - In vitro toxicological characterisation of arsenic-containing fatty acids and three of their metabolites N2 - Arsenic-containing fatty acids are a group of fat-soluble arsenic species (arsenolipids) which are present in marine fish and other seafood. Recently, it has been shown that arsenic-containing hydrocarbons, another group of arsenolipids, exert toxicity in similar concentrations comparable to arsenite although the toxic modes of action differ. Hence, a risk assessment of arsenolipids is urgently needed. In this study the cellular toxicity of a saturated (AsFA 362) and an unsaturated (AsFA 388) arsenic-containing fatty acid and three of their proposed metabolites (DMAV, DMAPr and thio-DMAPr) were investigated in human liver cells (HepG2). Even though both arsenic-containing fatty acids were less toxic as compared to arsenic-containing hydrocarbons and arsenite, significant effects were observable at μM concentrations. DMAV causes effects in a similar concentration range and it could be seen that it is metabolised to its highly toxic thio analogue thio-DMAV in HepG2 cells. Nevertheless, DMAPr and thio-DMAPr did not exert any cytotoxicity. In summary, our data indicate that risks to human health related to the presence of arsenic-containing fatty acids in marine food cannot be excluded. This stresses the need for a full in vitro and in vivo toxicological characterisation of these arsenolipids. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 199 Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82008 ER - TY - THES A1 - Grubic, Mira T1 - Focus and alternative sensitivity in Ngamo (West-Chadic) T1 - Fokus und Alternativensensitivität in Ngamo (Westtschadisch) N2 - The main research question of this thesis concerns the relation between focus interpretation, focus realization, and association with focus in the West Chadic language Ngamo. Concerning the relation between focus realization and interpretation, this thesis contributes to the question, cross-linguistically, what factors influence a marked realization of the focus/background distinction. There is background-marking rather than focus-marking in Ngamo, and the background marker is related to the definite determiner in the language. Using original fieldwork data as a basis, a formal semantic analysis of the background marker as a definite determiner of situations is proposed. Concerning the relation between focus and association with focus, the thesis adds to the growing body of crosslinguistic evidence that not all so-called focus-sensitive operators always associate with focus. The thesis shows that while the exclusive particle yak('i) (= "only") in Ngamo conventionally associates with focus, the particles har('i) (= "even, as far as, until, already"), and ke('e) (= "also, and") do not. The thesis provides an analysis of these phenomena in a situation semantic framework. N2 - Diese Arbeit untersucht die Verbindung zwischen Fokusinterpretation, Fokusrealisierung und Assoziation mit Fokus in der westtschadischen Sprache Ngamo. Was den Zusammenhang zwischen Fokusinterpretation und -realisierung angeht, leistet diese Arbeit einen Beitrag zu der Frage, welche Faktoren in verschiedenen Sprachen für markierte Realisierung von Fokus zuständig sind. Ngamo ist in diesem Zusammenhang besonders interessant, da es Hintergrundierung statt Fokus markiert (Schuh, 2005). Was den Zusammenhang zwischen Fokus und Assoziation mit Fokus angeht, liefert die Arbeit weitere Evidenz dafür, dass sogenannte fokussensitive Partikeln nicht in allen Sprachen obligatorisch mit Fokus assoziieren müssen. Sie zeigt dass obwohl die Partikel yak'i ("nur") in Ngamo konventionell mit Fokus assoziiert, die Partikeln har('i) (= "sogar, bis, schon") und ke('e) (= "auch, und") dies nicht tun. Die Arbeit analysiert diese Phänomene mit Hilfe eines situationssemantischen Ansatzes. KW - focus KW - focus-sensitivity KW - formal semantics KW - African languages KW - definiteness KW - situation semantics KW - Fokus KW - Fokussensitivität KW - formale Semantik KW - Situationssemantik KW - afrikanische Sprachen Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-81666 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Curzon, Paul A1 - Kalas, Ivan A1 - Schubert, Sigrid A1 - Schaper, Niclas A1 - Barnes, Jan A1 - Kennewell, Steve A1 - Bröker, Kathrin A1 - Kastens, Uwe A1 - Magenheim, Johannes A1 - Dagiene, Valentina A1 - Stupuriene, Gabriele A1 - Ellis, Jason Brent A1 - Abreu-Ellis, Carla Reis A1 - Grillenberger, Andreas A1 - Romeike, Ralf A1 - Haugsbakken, Halvdan A1 - Jones, Anthony A1 - Lewin, Cathy A1 - McNicol, Sarah A1 - Nelles, Wolfgang A1 - Neugebauer, Jonas A1 - Ohrndorf, Laura A1 - Schaper, Niclas A1 - Schubert, Sigrid A1 - Opel, Simone A1 - Kramer, Matthias A1 - Trommen, Michael A1 - Pottbäcker, Florian A1 - Ilaghef, Youssef A1 - Passig, David A1 - Tzuriel, David A1 - Kedmi, Ganit Eshel A1 - Saito, Toshinori A1 - Webb, Mary A1 - Weigend, Michael A1 - Bottino, Rosa A1 - Chioccariello, Augusto A1 - Christensen, Rhonda A1 - Knezek, Gerald A1 - Gioko, Anthony Maina A1 - Angondi, Enos Kiforo A1 - Waga, Rosemary A1 - Ohrndorf, Laura A1 - Or-Bach, Rachel A1 - Preston, Christina A1 - Younie, Sarah A1 - Przybylla, Mareen A1 - Romeike, Ralf A1 - Reynolds, Nicholas A1 - Swainston, Andrew A1 - Bendrups, Faye A1 - Sysło, Maciej M. A1 - Kwiatkowska, Anna Beata A1 - Zieris, Holger A1 - Gerstberger, Herbert A1 - Müller, Wolfgang A1 - Büchner, Steffen A1 - Opel, Simone A1 - Schiller, Thomas A1 - Wegner, Christian A1 - Zender, Raphael A1 - Lucke, Ulrike A1 - Diethelm, Ira A1 - Syrbe, Jörn A1 - Lai, Kwok-Wing A1 - Davis, Niki A1 - Eickelmann, Birgit A1 - Erstad, Ola A1 - Fisser, Petra A1 - Gibson, David A1 - Khaddage, Ferial A1 - Knezek, Gerald A1 - Micheuz, Peter A1 - Kloos, Carlos Delgado ED - Brinda, Torsten ED - Reynolds, Nicholas ED - Romeike, Ralf ED - Schwill, Andreas T1 - KEYCIT 2014 BT - key competencies in informatics and ICT N2 - In our rapidly changing world it is increasingly important not only to be an expert in a chosen field of study but also to be able to respond to developments, master new approaches to solving problems, and fulfil changing requirements in the modern world and in the job market. In response to these needs key competencies in understanding, developing and using new digital technologies are being brought into focus in school and university programmes. The IFIP TC3 conference "KEYCIT – Key Competences in Informatics and ICT (KEYCIT 2014)" was held at the University of Potsdam in Germany from July 1st to 4th, 2014 and addressed the combination of key competencies, Informatics and ICT in detail. The conference was organized into strands focusing on secondary education, university education and teacher education (organized by IFIP WGs 3.1 and 3.3) and provided a forum to present and to discuss research, case studies, positions, and national perspectives in this field. T3 - Commentarii informaticae didacticae (CID) - 7 KW - Schlüsselkompetenzen KW - Informatik KW - Bildung KW - ICT KW - Informatikdidaktik KW - Key Competencies KW - Informatics KW - education KW - ICT KW - Computer Science Education Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-70325 SN - 978-3-86956-292-6 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - THES A1 - Ansel, Simon T1 - Die Diffusion von Innovationen in deutschen Kommunen T1 - Diffusion of e-government at the local level BT - eine Untersuchung zu Komponenten des E-Governement BT - empirical evidence from German municipalities N2 - Die fortschreitende Diffusion von E-Government ist ein Phänomen, dem in der internationa-len Forschungsliteratur bereits viel Aufmerksamkeit zu Teil wurde. Erstaunlich wenige Studien widmen sich bislang jedoch dezidiert dem Faktor Interdependenz, der eigentlichen Ursache von Diffusionsprozessen. In dieser Arbeit werden Interdependenzbeziehungen anhand dreier spezifischer Mechanismen der Diffusion, namentlich „Nachahmung“, „Wettbewerb“ und „Lernen“, untersucht. Auf Basis einer empirischen Analyse mit Daten zur Einführung von E-Government-Komponenten in 183 deutschen Städten über den Zeitraum von 1995 bis 2014 konnte ein Einfluss der Mechanismen „Nachahmung“ und „Lernen“ auf das Innovationsverhalten von Kommunen festgestellt werden. Für das Vorliegen von Wettbe-werbsdynamiken ließen sich demgegenüber keine Anhaltspunkte finden. Für zukünftige Forschungen zur Diffusion von Innovationen wird angeregt, verstärkt an die mechanismen- und prozessbasierte Perspektive von Diffusion als theoretischem Rahmenkonzept anzuknüpfen. N2 - The ongoing diffusion of e-government is a phenomenon that has already attracted consid-erable attention in the international research literature. However, few studies have so far focused on the factor of interdependence, the root cause of diffusion processes. This paper deals with interdependence by specifying three causal mechanisms of diffusion, namely "imitation", "competition" and "learning". Drawing upon data collected on the introduction of e-government in 183 German cities over the period from 1995-2014, the empirical analysis identified "imitation" and "learning" as predictors of municipal innovative behavior. Furthermore, no evidence was found supporting the role of “competition”. With regard to future research on innovation diffusion, it is suggested to incorporate the mechanism- and process-based perspective of diffusion as a theoretical framework. T3 - Schriftenreihe für Public und Nonprofit Management - 20 KW - Diffusion KW - E-Government KW - eGovernment KW - öffentlicher Sektor KW - Kommune KW - kommunal KW - diffusion KW - e-government KW - electronic government KW - public sector KW - local KW - municipal KW - Nachahmung KW - Wettbewerb KW - Lernen KW - imitation KW - competition KW - learning Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-80370 SN - 2190-4561 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Wilhelm, Jan Lorenz A1 - Hummelbrunner, Richard A1 - Causemann, Bernward A1 - Mutter, Theo A1 - Raab, Michaela A1 - Bugenhagen, Anja A1 - Smid, Hendrik ED - Wilhelm, Jan Lorenz T1 - Evaluation komplexer Systeme BT - Systemische Evaluationsansätze in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit N2 - Seit von Foerster können wir soziale Systeme als Black Boxes betrachten, zu deren Funktionsweise keine klaren Wenn-Dann-Aussagen möglich erscheinen und deren Operationsweise sich für den Beobachter immer nur sequenziell und sprunghaft – und folglich nie ganzheitlich – darstellt. Jedes Bemühen, ein soziales System tiefgründig verstehen und abbilden zu wollen, kann somit schnell ein Gefühl von Orientierungslosigkeit und Überforderung auslösen – ähnlich, wie während einer Achterbahnfahrt. Für die Evaluationsdebatte resultiert aus dieser Sichtweise die Kernfrage, wie nun also im Rahmen von Evaluationen mit sozialer Komplexität umgegangen werden kann. An diese Frage anknüpfend stellt der vorliegende Band das Feld der systemischen Therapie- und Beratungsansätze als inspirierenden Fundus vor, aus welchem sich Konzepte, Methoden und Techniken zur Gestaltung von Evaluationsvorhaben ableiten lassen. Aber welche Möglichkeiten und Grenzen offenbaren sich dabei? Lässt sich sozialer Komplexität mit Hilfe dieser Ansätze besser begegnen? Welche Rahmenbedingungen sollten dabei erfüllt sein und wie lassen sich systemische von nicht-systemischen Ansätzen unterscheiden? T3 - Potsdamer Geographische Praxis - 10 KW - Evaluation KW - komplexe Systeme KW - systemische Ansätze KW - Entwicklungszusammenarbeit KW - Komplexität KW - Entwicklungspolitik KW - Evaluation KW - complex systems KW - systemic approaches KW - development cooperation KW - complexity KW - development policy Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-78384 SN - 978-3-86956-336-7 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - THES A1 - Streich, David T1 - Understanding massive disk galaxy formation through resolved stellar populations T1 - Über die Entstehung massiver Scheibengalaxien anhand Aufgelöster Stellare Populationen N2 - In this thesis we utilize resolved stellar populations to improve our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. In the first part we improve a method for metallicity determination of faint old stellar systems, in the second and third part we analyze the individual history of six nearby disk galaxies outside the Local Group. A New Calibration of the Color Metallicity Relation of Red Giants for HST data: It is well known, that the color distribution of stars on the the Red Giant Branch (RGB) can be used to determine metallicities of old stellar populations that have only shallow photometry. Based on the largest sample of globular clusters ever used for such studies, we quantify the relation between metallicity and color in the widely used HST ACS filters F606W and F814W. We use a sample of globular clusters from the ACS Globular Cluster Survey and measure their RGB color at given absolute magnitudes to derive the color-metallicity relation. We find a clear relation between metallicity and RGB color; we investigate the scatter and the uncertainties in this relation and show its limitations. A comparison with isochrones shows reasonably good agreement with BaSTI models, a small offset to Dartmouth models, and a larger offset to Padua models. Even for the best globular cluster data available, the metallicity of a simple stellar population can be determined from the RGB alone only with an accuracy of 0.3 dex for [M/H]<-1, and 0.15 dex for [M/H]>-1. For mixed populations, as they are observed in external galaxies, the uncertainties will be even larger due to uncertainties in extinction, age, etc. Therefore caution is necessary when interpreting photometric metallicities. The Structural History of Nearby Low Mass Disk Galaxies: We study the individual evolution histories of three nearby, low-mass, edge-on galaxies (IC5052, NGC4244, NGC5023). Using the color magnitude diagrams of resolved stellar populations, we construct star count density maps for populations of different ages and analyze the change of structural parameters with stellar age within each galaxy. The three galaxies show low vertical heating rates, which are much lower than the heating rate of the Milky Way. This indicates that heating agents, as giant molecular clouds and spiral structure are weak in low mass galaxies. We do not detect a separate thick disk in any of the three galaxies, even though our observations cover a larger range in equivalent surface brightness than any integrated light study. While scaleheights increase with age, each population can be well described by a single disk. Only two of the galaxies contain a very weak additional component, which we identify as the faint halo. The mass of these faint halos is less than 1% of the mass of the disk. All populations in the three galaxies exhibit no or only little flaring. While this finding is consistent with previous integrated light studies, it poses strong constraints on galaxy formation models, because most theoretical simulations often find strong flaring due to interactions or radial migration. Furthermore, we find breaks in the radial profiles of all three galaxies. The radii of these breaks are independent of age, and the break strength is decreasing with age in two of the galaxies (NGC4244 and NGC5023). This is consistent with break formation models, that combine a star formation cutoff with radial migration. The differing behavior of IC5052 can be explained by a recent interaction or minor merger. The Structural History of Massive Disk Galaxies: We extend the structural analysis of stellar populations with distinct ages to three massive galaxies, NGC891, NGC4565 and NGC7814. While confusion effects due to the high stellar number densities in their central region, and the prominent dust lanes inhibit an detailed analysis of the radial profiles, we can study their vertical structure. These massive galaxies also have a slower heating than the Milky Way, comparable to the low mass galaxies. This can be traced back to their already thick young populations and thick layers of their interstellar medium. We do not find a clear separate thick disk in any of these three galaxies; all populations can be described by a single disk plus a S\'ersic bulge/halo component. In contrast to the low mass galaxies, we cannot rule out the presence of thick disks in the massive galaxies, because of the strong influence of the halo, that might hide the possible contribution of the thick disk to the vertical star count profiles. However, the faintness of the possible thick disks still points to problems in the earlier ubiquitous findings of thick disks in external galaxies. N2 - Es ist noch nicht einmal einhundert Jahre her, dass sich in der ``Großen Debatte'' die beiden Astronomen Harlow Shapley und Heber Curtis über die Frage stritten, wie groß unsere Milchstraße sei und ob die Spiralnebel innerhalb dieser lägen oder eigene, von dieser getrennte Objekte seien. Seitdem diese Fragen in den darauffolgenden Jahren, insbesondere durch die Arbeiten Hubbles, gelöst werden konnten, hat das Forschungsfeld der Galaxienentstehung und -entwicklung bis heute enorme Fortschritte gemacht, und lässt doch noch so viele Frage offen. Das Schwierige, aber eben auch das Interessante an der Physik der Galaxien besteht darin, dass sich hier so viele Teilbereiche der (Astro-)physik treffen: von der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie und der Kosmologie, die die Anfangs- und Randbedingungen geben, über die Dynamik kollisionsfreier Systeme für die Bewegung von Sternen und die Hydrodynamik zum Verständnis der Sternentstehung, bis zur Kernphysik zur Entstehung der Elemente in Sternen und Supernovae. All diese verschiedenen Prozesse (und viele mehr) beeinflussen das Bild der Galaxien, das wir heute sehen. In dieser Arbeit benutzen wir aufgelöste Sternenpopulationen, d.h. photometrische Messungen einer großen Zahl einzelner Sterne, um die Entstehungseschichte von Galaxien zu erforschen. Das Hauptwerkzeug dabei ist das Farben-Helligkeits-Diagramm der Sterne. Seit den frühen Arbeiten Ejnar Hertzsprungs und Henry Russels zu Beginn des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts ist bekannt, dass Sterne in einem Diagramm, in dem die absolute Helligkeit (oder analog die Leuchtkraft) über der Spektralklasse (oder analog der Effektivtemperatur oder der Farbe) der Sterne aufgetragen ist, nur bestimmte Bereiche belegen. Die genaue Verteilung der Sterne in einem solchen Diagramm wird vor allem durch das Alter und die chemische Zusammensetzung, d.h. die Metallizität, bestimmt. Dies bedeutet, dass man aus der verteilung der Sterne im Farben-Helligkeits-Diagramm Rückschlüsse auf deren Alter und Metallizität, und daraus Rückschüsse auf die Entwicklund einer Galaxie ziehen kann. Im ersten Teil der Arbeit widmen wir uns der Farb-Metallizitäts-Beziehung von Roten Riesensternen, die genutzt weden kann, um die Metallizität alter Sternenpopulation aus rein photometrischen Messungen zu bestimmen. Wir verbessern diese Beziehung, die im Grundsatz schon lange bekannt ist, für die Filtersysteme des Hubble-Weltraumteleskopes. Ausgehend von einer Probe von 71 Kugelsternhaufen, für die sowohl spektroskopische Metallizitätsbestimmungen als auch Photometrie mit den Hubble Filtern F606W und F814W verfügbar sind, haben wir die Farben-Helligkeitsbeziehung neu bestimmt und die Streuung um diese Beziehung sowie die Unsicherheiten untersucht. Im Vergleich mit theoretischen Sternentwicklungsmodellen zeigt sich, dass die beobachtete Beziehung gut mit den BaSTI-Modellen übereinstimmt, während die Dartmouth-Modelle eine kleine, und die Padua-Modelle eine größere Abweichung aufzeigen. Desweiteren zeigen wir, dass selbst für die derzeit besten Daten von einfachen, eindeutig alten Populationen, wie die Kugelsternhaufen sie darstellen, eine Metallizitätsbestimmung anhand des Roten-Riesenastes nur mit einer Genauigkeit von 0.3 dex für niedrige Metallizitäten ([M/H]<-1), und mit einer Genauigkeit von 0.15 dex für höhere Metallizitäten durchgeführt werden kann. In komplizierteren Fällen mit gemischten Populationen, wie sie in externen Galaxies häufig zu finden sind, sind die Unsicherheiten noch größer. Im weiteren Teil der Arbeit erforschen wir die Entstehungsgeschichte von sechs nahen edge-on Scheibengalaxien, von denen drei eine Rotationsgeschwindigkeit ähnlich der Milchstraße haben, während drei weitere deutlich kleiner sind. Mit Hilfe der Farben-Helligkeits-Diagramme unterteilen wir deren Sterne in Populationen unterschiedlichen Alters und erstellen Karten der Anzahldichte einer jeden Population. Damit untersuchen wir dann die Abhängigheit der strukturellen Parameter, wie z.B. Skalenhöhe und -länge, vom Alter der Sterne. In allen Galaxien finden wir einen Anstieg der Skalenhöhe mit dem Alter, dessen Stärke jedoch deutlich unterhalb dem der Milchstraße liegt. In den drei massearmen Galaxien kann dies durch eine geringere Häufigkeit und Stärke der die Heizung verursachenden Streuzentren (z.B. Riesenmolekülwolken oder Spiralarme) erklärt werden. In den drei massereichen Galaxien hängt dies wahrschinlch mit der bereits intrinsisch dickeren Verteilung des interstellaren Mediums und der jungen Sterne zusammen. Weiterhin untersuchen wir die Veränderung der Skalenhöhe mit zunehmenden Radius in den Galaxien und finden nur eine geringen Anstieg der Skalenhöhe zu den Außenbereichen der Galaxien hin. Dies ist in Übereinstimmung mit vorherigen Beobachten, stellt jedoch eine bedeutsamen Einschränkung für Galaxiensimulationen dar, in denen oftmals eine starke Aufweitung der Scheiben zu ihrem Rand hin stattfindet. In keiner der Galaxien entdecken wir eine separate dicke Scheibe. In den massearmen Galaxien kann jede der Population gut durch eine einfache Scheibe beschrieben werden. Darüberhinaus finden wir in zwei Galaxien lediglich eine sehr schwache Halo-Komponente, die mit einer maximalen Masse von nur 1% der Masse der Scheibe aber deutlich schwächer ist als es für eine dicke Scheibe erwartet würde. In den massereicheren Galaxien können die Populationen jeweils mit einer Kombination aus einer Scheibe und einer gemeinsamen S\'ersic-Komponente für Halo und Bulge beschrieben werden. Hier können wir die Existenz einer dicken Scheiben nicht mit Sicherheit ausschließen, da die Präsenz einer massiven Halo/Bulge-Komponente eine mögliche Messung der dicken Scheibe verhindern könnte. Allerdings deutet das Fehlen der dicken Scheiben in unseren Beobachtungen darauf hin, dass eventuelle dicke Scheiben deutlich schwächer sein müssen als sie andere Studien bisher gefunden haben. KW - astrophysics KW - extragalactic physics KW - galaxy formation KW - galaxy evolution KW - galaxy structure KW - stellar populations KW - globular clusters KW - Astronomie KW - Astrophysik KW - Galaxienphysik KW - stellare Populationen KW - Scheibengalaxien KW - Spiralgalaxien KW - Galaxienentstehung Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-81027 ER - TY - THES A1 - Reim, Tina T1 - Biogene Aminrezeptoren bei der Honigbiene Apis mellifera T1 - Biogenic amine receptors in the honey bee Apis mellifera BT - Charakterisierung des Tyramin 2-Rezeptors und die Beteiligung der Octopamin- und Tyraminrezeptoren an der Steuerung der altersabhängigen Arbeitsteilung N2 - Die Honigbiene Apis mellifera zeigt innerhalb einer Kolonie eine an das Alter gekoppelte Arbeitsteilung. Junge Honigbienen versorgen die Brut (Ammenbienen), während ältere Honigbienen (Sammlerinnen) außerhalb des Stocks Pollen und Nektar eintragen. Die biogenen Amine Octopamin und Tyramin sind an der Steuerung der Arbeitsteilung maßgeblich beteiligt. Sie interagieren mit Zielzellen über die Bindung an G Protein gekoppelte Rezeptoren. A. mellifera besitzt fünf charakterisierte Octopaminrezeptoren (AmOctαR1, AmOctβR1-4), einen charakterisierten Tyraminrezeptor (AmTyr1) sowie einen weiteren putativen Tyraminrezeptor. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde dieser putative Aminrezeptor als zweiter Tyraminrezeptor (AmTyr2) identifiziert, lokalisiert und pharmakologisch charakterisiert. Die von der cDNA abgeleitete Aminosäuresequenz weist strukturelle Eigenschaften und konservierte Motive von G Protein gekoppelten Rezeptoren auf. Phylogenetisch ordnet sich der AmTyr2 Rezeptor bei den Tyramin 2 Rezeptoren anderer Insekten ein. Die funktionelle und pharmakologische Charakterisierung des putativen Tyraminrezeptors erfolgte in modifizierten HEK293 Zellen, die mit der Rezeptor cDNA transfiziert wurden. Die Applikation von Tyramin aktiviert Adenylylcyclasen in diesen Zellen und resultiert in einem Anstieg des intrazellulären cAMP Gehalts. Der AmTyr2 Rezeptor kann durch Tyramin in nanomolaren Konzentrationen halbmaximal aktiviert werden. Während es sich bei Octopamin um einen wirkungsvollen Agonisten des Rezeptors handelt, sind Mianserin und Yohimbin effektive Antagonisten. Für die Lokalisierung des Rezeptorproteins wurde ein polyklonaler Antikörper generiert. Eine AmTyr2-ähnliche Immunreaktivität zeigt sich im Gehirn in den optischen Loben, den Antennalloben, dem Zentralkomplex und in den Kenyon Zellen der Pilzkörper. Des Weiteren wurde die Rolle der Octopamin- und Tyraminrezeptoren bei der Steuerung der altersabhängigen Arbeitsteilung analysiert. Die Genexpression des AmOctαR1 in verschiedenen Gehirnteilen korreliert unabhängig vom Alter mit der sozialen Rolle, während sich die Genexpression von AmOctβR3/4 und den Tyraminrezeptoren AmTyr1 und AmTyr2 maximal mit dem Alter aber nicht der sozialen Rolle ändert. Sammlerinnen weisen einen höheren Octopamingehalt im Gesamtgehirn auf als Ammenbienen; bei Tyramin zeigen sich keine Unterschiede. Während Tyramin offensichtlich keine direkte Rolle spielt, werden durch Octopamin gesteuerte Prozesse der altersabhängigen Arbeitsteilung bei der Honigbiene vermutlich über den AmOctαR1 vermittelt. Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Arbeit zeigen die wichtige Rolle von biogenen Aminen, insbesondere Octopamin bei der sozialen Organisation von Insektenstaaten. N2 - The honey bee Apis mellifera exhibits an age-dependent division of labour. Young bees take care of the brood (nurse bees), while older honey bees (foragers) leave the hive to provide the colony with pollen and nectar. The biogenic amines octopamine and tyramine are significantly involved in regulating the division of labour. They interact with target cells via binding to G protein-coupled receptors. A. mellifera has five characterised octopamine receptors (AmOctαR1, AmOctβR1-4), one characterised tyramine receptor (AmTyr1) and an additional putative tyramine receptor. In the present study, the putative amine receptor was identified as a second tyramine receptor (AmTyr2), was localized and characterised pharmacologically. The deduced amino acid sequence shows structural properties and conserved motifs of G protein-coupled receptors. Phylogenetically the AmTyr2 receptor clusters with tyramine 2 receptors from other insect species. Functional and pharmacological characterisation of the putative tyramine receptor was carried out using modified HEK293 cells trans¬fected with the receptor cDNA. Application of tyramine activates adenylyl cyclases in these cells, which leads to an elevated intracellular cAMP level. Half maximal activation can be achieved by applying tyramine with concentrations in the nanomolar range. While octopa¬mine is an effective agonist of the receptor, mianserin and yohimbine are the most effective antagonists. A polyclonal antibody was generated for the localisation of the receptor protein. AmTyr2 like immunoreactivity can be observed in the optic lobes, the Kenyon cells of the mushroom bodies, the antennal lobes and the central complex of the brain. Furthermore, the role of the octopamine and tyramine receptors in regulating the age-dependent division of labour was analysed. The gene expression of the AmOctαR1 in different brain neuropiles correlates with the social role of the honey bee, while the gene expression of AmOctβR3/4, AmTyr1 and AmTyr2 mostly changes with age but not social role. Additionally, foragers have higher octopamine brain titres than nurse bees. No differences can be observed for the titre of tyramine. Octopamine-regulated processes in age-dependent division of labour are probably mediated via the AmOctαR1. Tyramine has obviously no direct impact on the age-dependent division of labour. The present study shows the important role of biogenic amines, particularly octopamine in the social organisation of insect societies. KW - Apis mellifera KW - honey bee KW - Honigbiene KW - biogene Amine KW - biogenic amines KW - Octopamin KW - octopamine KW - Tyramin KW - tyramine KW - Arbeitsteilung KW - division of labor Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-80982 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sepúlveda Carmona, Magdalena T1 - Ein auf Rechten beruhender Ansatz für den Sozialschutz BT - der Weg nach vorn JF - Nachhaltige Grundsicherung: Armut überwinden – natürliche Lebensgrundlagen erhalten KW - Armut KW - Grundsicherung KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Ressourcen Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-81763 SN - 1868-6222 SN - 1868-6230 SP - 205 EP - 223 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER -