@misc{Schiller2004, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Schiller, Beate}, title = {Between afrocentrism and universality : detective fiction by black women}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5478}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2004}, abstract = {This paper focuses on mysteries written by the Afro-American women authors Barbara Neely and Valerie Wilson Wesley. Both authors place a black woman in the role of the detective - an innovative feature not only in the realm of female detective literature of the past two decades but also with regard to the current discourse about race and class in US-American society. This discourse is important because detective novels are considered popular literature and thus a mass product designed to favor commercial instead of literary claims. Thus, the focus is placed on the development of the two protagonists, on their lives as detectives and as black women, in order to find out whether or not and how the genre influences the depiction of Afro-American experiences. It appears that both of these detective series represent Afro-American culture in different ways, which confirms a heterogenic development of this ethnic group. However, the protagonist's search for identity and their relationships to white people could be identified as a major unifying claim of Afro-American literature. With differing intensity, the authors Neely and Wesley provide the white or mainstream reader with insight into their culture and confront the reader\&\#39;s ignorance of black culture. In light of this, it is a great achievement that Neely and Wesley have reached not only a black audience but also a growing number of white readers.}, subject = {black women's literature}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Czechowski2005, author = {Czechowski, Tomasz}, title = {Nitrogen signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5445}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for plants and nitrogen fertilizers are indispensable for modern agriculture. Unfortunately, we know too little about how plants regulate their use of soil nitrogen, to maximize fertilizers-N use by crops and pastures. This project took a dual approach, involving forward and reverse genetics, to identify N-regulators in plants, which may prove useful in the future to improve nitrogen-use efficiency in agriculture. To identify nitrogen-regulated transcription factor genes in Arabidopsis that may control N-use efficiency we developed a unique resource for qRT-PCR measurements on all Arabidpsis transcription factor genes. Using closely spaced, gene-specific primer pairs and SYBR® Green to monitor amplification of double-stranded DNA, transcript levels of 83\% of all target genes could be measured in roots or shoots of young Arabidopsis wild-type plants. Only 4\% of reactions produced non-specific PCR products, and 13\% of TF transcripts were undetectable in these organs. Measurements of transcript abundance were quantitative over six orders of magnitude, with a detection limit equivalent to one transcript molecule in 1000 cells. Transcript levels for different TF genes ranged between 0.001-100 copies per cell. Real-time RT-PCR revealed 26 root-specific and 39 shoot-specific TF genes, most of which have not been identified as organ-specific previously. An enlarged and improved version of the TF qRT-PCR platform contains now primer pairs for 2256 Arabidopsis TF genes, representing 53 gene families and sub-families arrayed on six 384-well plates. Set-up of real-time PCR reactions is now fully robotized. One researcher is able to measure expression of all 2256 TF genes in a single biological sample in a just one working day. The Arabidopsis qRT-PCT platform was successfully used to identify 37 TF genes which transcriptionaly responded at the transcriptional level to N-deprivation or to nitrate per se. Most of these genes have not been characterized previously. Further selection of TF genes based on the responses of selected candidates to other macronutrients and abiotic stresses allowed to distinguish between TFs regulated (i) specifically by nitrogen (29 genes) (ii) regulated by general macronutrient or by salt and osmotic stress (6 genes), and (iii) responding to all major macronutrients and to abiotic stresses. Most of the N-regulated TF genes were also regulated by carbon. Further characterization of sixteen selected TF genes, revealed: (i) lack of transcriptional response to organic nitrogen, (ii) two major types of kinetics of induction by nitrate, (iii) specific responses for the majority of the genes to nitrate but not downstream products of nitrate assimilation. All sixteen TF genes were cloned into binary vectors for constitutive and ethanol inducible over expression, and the first generation of transgenic plants were obtained for almost all of them. Some of the plants constitutively over expressing TF genes under control of the 35S promoter revealed visible phenotypes in T1 generation. Homozygous T-DNA knock out lines were also obtained for many of the candidate TF genes. So far, one knock out line revealed a visible phenotype: retardation of flowering time. A forward genetic approach using an Arabidopsis ATNRT2.1 promoter : Luciferase reporter line, resulted in identification of eleven EMS mutant reporter lines affected in induction of ATNRT2.1 expression by nitrate. These lines could by divided in the following classes according to expression of other genes involved in primary nitrogen and carbon metabolism: (i) lines affected exclusively in nitrate transport, (ii) those affected in nitrate transport, acquisition, but also in glycolysis and oxidative pentose pathway, (iii) mutants affected moderately in nitrate transport, oxidative pentose pathway and glycolysis but not in primary nitrate assimilation. Thus, several different N-regulatory genes may have been mutated in this set of mutants. Map-based cloning has begun to identify the genes affected in these mutants.}, subject = {Stickstoff}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Inversini2005, author = {Inversini, Simone}, title = {Wirkungsvolles Change Management in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit von situativen Anforderungen : organisationale Ver{\"a}nderungsprozesse im Spannungsfeld von betrieblichen Voraussetzungen und Umweltanforderungen ...}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5496}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Die Besch{\"a}ftigung mit dem Thema Change Management erfordert die Auseinandersetzung mit einem heterogenen Feld von Ans{\"a}tzen und fachlichen Perspektiven. Es besteht ein Mangel an systematischen empirischen Untersuchungen zu diesem Thema. Insbesondere fehlen Arbeiten, die mehr als eine "Schule" des Change Managements ber{\"u}cksichtigen. Unterschiede in den situativen Anforderungen werden zudem theoretisch und empirisch oft unzureichend ber{\"u}cksichtigt. Die Vermutung liegt nahe, dass das Scheitern von Ver{\"a}nderungsprozessen h{\"a}ufig durch die stereotype Anwendung generalisierender Empfehlungen g{\"a}ngiger Ans{\"a}tze verursacht wird. Um diesen Defiziten zu begegnen, sollten in dieser Arbeit Kontingenzen von situativen Anforderungen und Change Management empirisch {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft werden. Der Untersuchung liegt eine Konzeption zugrunde, die hinsichtlich des Projekterfolgs von der idealen Passung (Kontingenz) zwischen situativer Anforderung und Change Management ausgeht und damit einhergehende prozessbezogene Einflussfaktoren ber{\"u}cksichtigt. Erfolg wird im Sinne der Nachhaltigkeit als Wirkungen wirtschaftlicher, organisationsbezogener und qualifikatorischer Art definiert. In drei Teilstudien wurden Beratende und betriebliche Beteiligte jeweils projektbezogen schriftlich und m{\"u}ndlich zu betrieblicher Ausgangslage, Ver{\"a}nderungsprinzipien, Wirkungen und prozessbezogenen Einflussfaktoren befragt. Die erste Teilstudie umfasst vier Fallstudien. Hier wurden insgesamt 18 Projektbeteiligte, jeweils Beratende, betriebliche Projektleitende und \–mitarbeitende, befragt. Die zweite Teilstudie umfasst die schriftliche und m{\"u}ndliche Befragung von 31 Beratenden verschiedener Schulen des Change Managements. In der dritten Teilstudie wurden 47 betriebliche Ver{\"a}nderungsverantwortliche schriftlich befragt. Die Projekte der zweiten und dritten Teilstudie liessen sich in jeweils zwei statistisch abgesicherte Erfolgsgruppen einteilen, wobei sich die Erfolgsgruppen nicht systematisch auf Merkmalen der betrieblichen Ausgangslage unterscheiden. Folgendes sind die wichtigsten Ergebnisse: Bei traditionell-b{\"u}rokratischen Organisationsstrukturen geht ein langfristig-kontinuierliches, graduell-anpassendes, pragmatisch-l{\"o}sungsorientiertes Vorgehen, in flexiblen Strukturen dagegen ein kurzfristiges, tiefgreifendes und integrativ-konzeptuelles Vorgehen mit Projekterfolg einher.In traditionell-hierarchischen F{\"u}hrungsstrukturen erweist sich ein wenig humanzentriertes und wenig selbstbeurteilendes Vorgehen mit standardisierter Vorgehensmethode, in flexiblen F{\"u}hrungsstrukturen ein stark humanzentriertes und ausgepr{\"a}gt selbstbeurteilendes Vorgehen mit angepasster Vorgehensmethode als erfolgsversprechend.Bei grossem betrieblichem Ver{\"a}nderungswissen erweist sich ein selbstbeurteilendes Vorgehen, bei geringem Ver{\"a}nderungswissen ein wenig selbstbeurteilendes Vorgehen als erfolgsversprechend.Angesichts {\"o}konomischer Anforderungen geht ein langfristig-kontinuierliches, schnelles und rollend geplantes Vorgehen mit einem tiefgreifenden und integrativ-konzeptuellen Ansatz, unter wenig Einbezug von Fremdbeurteilungen mit positiven Wirkungen einher.Bei technologischen Anforderungen ist ein langfristig-kontinuierliches, langsames und tiefgreifendes Vorgehen mit wenig Fremdbeurteilung erfolgsversprechend.F{\"u}r soziokulturelle Anforderungen erweist sich ein langsames, selbstbeurteilendes, graduell anpassendes und pragmatisch-fokussiertes Vorgehen als erfolgreich. Angesichts politisch-rechtlicher Anforderungen geht ein linear geplantes, zielfokussiertes, fachberaterisches und wenig prozessorientiertes Vorgehen mit Erfolg einher.Bei Gesamtreorganisationen als innerorganisationale Anforderungen erweist sich ein linear geplantes, fach- und prozessberaterisches sowie tiefgreifendes Vorgehen als erfolgsversprechend.Bei innerorganisationalen Anforderungen durch F{\"u}hrungswechsel geht ein kurzfristig-tempor{\"a}res, integrativ-konzeptuelles Vorgehen mit angepasster Vorgehensmethode mit Erfolg einher. Hinsichtlich prozessbezogener Einflussfaktoren erweisen sich situationsspezifisches Beratendenhandeln, unterst{\"u}tzendes F{\"u}hrungsverhalten, grosse Akzeptanz der/des Beratenden, umfassender Einbezug der Mitarbeitenden, aktive Beteiligung und Engagement der Mitarbeitenden, Verankerung des Projekts in der Organisation und hoher wahrgenommener Nutzen der Ver{\"a}nderung als wichtigste unterst{\"u}tzende Faktoren. Widerst{\"a}nde aus der Belegschaft, problematisches F{\"u}hrungsverhalten im Ver{\"a}nderungsprozess, fehlende/mangelhafte neben Tagesgesch{\"a}ft bereitgestellte Ressourcen, behindernde organisationale (nicht projektbezogene) Entwicklungen, Angst/Verunsicherung der Belegschaft sind die wichtigsten hemmenden Faktoren.}, subject = {Unternehmensentwicklung / Management}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Kobabe2005, author = {Kobabe, Svenja}, title = {Charakterisierung der mikrobiellen Lebensgemeinschaft eines sibirischen Permafrostbodens}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5467}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde im Rahmen des multidisziplin{\"a}ren Deutsch-Russischen Verbundprojektes "Laptev See 2000" erstellt. Die dargestellten bodenkundlichen und mikro-biologischen Untersuchungen verfolgten das Ziel die mikrobielle Lebensgemeinschaft eines Permafrostbodens im sibirischen Lena Delta zu charakterisieren, wobei den methanogenen Archaea besondere Beachtung zukam. Die Probennahme wurde im August 2001 im zentralen Lenadelta, auf der Insel Samoylov durchgef{\"u}hrt. Das Delta liegt im Bereich des kontinuierlichen Permafrostes, was bedeutet, dass nur eine flache saisonale Auftauschicht w{\"a}hrend der Sommermonate auftaut. Das untersuchte Bodenprofil lag im Zentrum eines f{\"u}r die Landschaft repr{\"a}sentativen Low Center Polygons. Zum Zeitpunkt der Beprobung betrug die Auftautiefe des untersuchten Bodens 45 cm.. Der Wasserstand lag zum Untersuchungszeitpunkt 18 cm unter der Gel{\"a}ndeoberfl{\"a}che, so dass alle tiefer liegenden Horizonte durch anaerobe Verh{\"a}ltnisse charakterisiert waren. Die Untersuchung der bodenkundlichen Parameter ergab unter anderem eine mit zunehmender Tiefe abnehmende Konzentration von Kohlenstoff und Stickstoff, sowie eine Abnahme von Temperatur und Wurzeldichte. Um die Auswirkungen der sich mit der Tiefe ver{\"a}ndernden Bodeneigenschaften auf die Mikroorganismen zu ermitteln, wurden die Mikroorganismenpopulationen der verschiedenen Bodentiefen mit Hilfe der Fluoreszenz in situ Hybridisierung hinsichtlich ihrer Anzahl, Aktivit{\"a}t und Zusammensetzung beschrieben. F{\"u}r die Charakterisierung des physiologischen Profils dieser Gemeinschaften, bez{\"u}glich der von ihr umsetzbaren Kohlenstoffverbindungen, wurden BIOLOG Mikrotiterplatten unter den in situ Bedingungen angepassten Bedingungen eingesetzt. Die sich im Profil ver{\"a}ndernden Bodenparameter, vor allem die abnehmende Substratversorgung, die geringe Temperatur und die anaeroben Verh{\"a}ltnisse in den unteren Bodenschichten f{\"u}hrten zu einer Ver{\"a}nderung der Mikroorganismenpopulation im Bodenprofil. So nahm von oben nach unten die Gesamtanzahl der ermittelten Mikroorganismen von 23,0 × 108 auf 1,2 × 108 Zellen g-1 ab. Gleichzeitig sank der Anteil der aktiven Zellen von 59\% auf 33\%. Das bedeutet, dass im Bereich von 0-5 cm 35mal mehr aktive Zellen g-1 als im Bereich von 40-45 cm gefunden wurden. Durch den Einsatz spezieller rRNS-Sonden konn-te zus{\"a}tzlich eine Abnahme der Diversit{\"a}t mit zunehmender Bodentiefe nachgewiesen werden. Die geringere Aktivit{\"a}t der Population in den unteren Horizonten sowie die Unterschiede in der Zusammensetzung wirkten sich auf den Abbau der organischen Substanz aus. So wur-den die mit Hilfe der BIOLOG Mikrotiterplatten angebotenen Substanzen in gr{\"o}ßerer Tiefe langsamer und unvollst{\"a}ndiger abgebaut. Insbesondere in den oberen 5 cm konnten einige der angebotenen Polymere und Kohlehydrate deutlich besser als im restlichen Profil umge-setzt werden. Das außerdem unter anaeroben Versuchsbedingungen diese Substrate deutlich schlechter umgesetzt wurden, kann so interpretiert werden, dass die konstant anaeroben Bedingungen in den unteren Horizonten ein Auftreten der Arten, die diese Substrate umset-zen, erschweren. Die in den oberen, aeroben Bodenabschnitten wesentlich h{\"o}heren Zellzahlen und Aktivit{\"a}ten und die dadurch schnellere C-Umsetzung f{\"u}hren auch zu einer besseren Substratversorgung der methanogenen Archaea in den makroskopisch aeroben Horizonten. Die erh{\"o}hte Substratverf{\"u}gbarkeit erkl{\"a}rt die Tatsache, dass im Bereich von 0-5 cm die meisten methanogenen Archaea gefunden wurden, obwohl sich dieser Bereich zum Zeitpunkt der Probennahme oberhalb des wasserges{\"a}ttigten Bodenbereichs befand. Trotz der aeroben Bedingungen in, liegt im Bereich von 5 10 cm die f{\"u}r die methanogenen Archaea am besten geeignete Kombination aus Substratangebot und anaeroben Nischen vor. Hinzu kommt, dass in diesen Tiefen die Sommertemperaturen etwas h{\"o}her liegen als in den tieferen Horizonten, was wiederum die Aktivit{\"a}t positiv beeinflusst. Bei zusammenfassender Betrachtung der Untersuchungsergebnisse von Anzahl, Aktivit{\"a}t, Zusammensetzung und Leistung der gesamten, aber im besonderen auch der methanogenen Mikroorganismenpopulation wird deutlich, dass in dem untersuchten Bodenprofil unter {\"o}kologischen Gesichtspunkten die oberen 15-20 cm den f{\"u}r den C-Umsatz relevantesten Bereich darstellen. Das Zusammenspiel wichtiger Bodenparameter wie Bodentemperatur, Wasserstand, N{\"a}hrstoffversorgung und Durchwurzelung f{\"u}hrt dazu, dass in dem untersuchten Tundraboden in den oberen 15-20 cm eine wesentlich gr{\"o}ßere und diversere Anzahl an Mikroorganismen existiert, die f{\"u}r einen schnelleren und umfassenderen Kohlenstoffumsatz in diesem Bereich des active layers sorgt.}, subject = {Mikrobiologie}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Marschan2005, author = {Marschan, Xenia}, title = {Mikroarray-basierte Detektion von mRNA aus Zellen mittels On-Chip-PCR}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5457}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Bei konventionellen Mikroarray-Experimenten zur Genexpressionsanalyse wird fluoreszenz- oder radioaktiv-markierte cDNA oder RNA mit immobilisierten Proben hybridisiert. F{\"u}r ein gut detektierbares und auswertbares Ergebnis werden jedoch pro Array mindestens 15 - 20 \&\#181;g Hybridisierungstarget ben{\"o}tigt. Dazu m{\"u}ssen entweder 15 - 20 \&\#181;g RNA direkt durch Reverse Transkription in markierte cDNA umgeschrieben werden oder bei Vorhandensein von weniger Startmaterial die RNA amplifiziert werden (Standard- Affymetrix-Protokolle, Klur et al. 2004). Oft sind damit zeit- und kostenintensive Probenpr{\"a}parationen verbunden und das Ergebnis ist nicht immer reproduzierbar. Obwohl es inzwischen einige Protokolle gibt, die dieses Problem zu l{\"o}sen versuchen (Zhang et al. 2001, Iscove et al. 2002, McClintick et al. 2003, Stirewalt et al. 2004), eine optimale, leicht handbare und reproduzierbare Methode gibt es weiterhin nicht, weshalb in dieser Arbeit ein weiterer L{\"o}sungsansatz gesucht wurde. In der vorgestellten Arbeit werden zwei einfache Methoden beschrieben, mit denen Gene aus geringen RNA-Mengen nachgewiesen werden k{\"o}nnen: erstens die On Chip- RT-PCR mit cDNA als Matrize und zweitens diese Methode als One-Step-Reaktion mit RNA als Matrize. Beide Methoden beruhen auf dem Prinzip der PCR an immobilisierten Primern auf einer Chipoberfl{\"a}che. Diese M{\"o}glichkeit der exponentiellen Amplifikation ist reproduzierbar und sensitiv. In Experimenten zur Etablierung des On-Chip-PCR-Systems wurden f{\"u}r die Immobilisierung der Primer verschiedene Kopplungsmethoden verwendet. Die affine Kopplung {\"u}ber Biotin- Streptavidin erwies sich als geeignet. Die On-Chip-Reaktion an kovalent gebundenen Primern wurde f{\"u}r amino-modifizierte Primer auf Epoxy-Oberfl{\"a}chen sowie f{\"u}r EDC-Kopplung auf silanisierten Oberfl{\"a}chen gezeigt. F{\"u}r die letztgenannte Methode wurde die On-Chip-PCR optimiert, dass Spottingkonzentrationen der Primer von 5 - 10\&\#181;M schon ausreichend sind. Der Einsatz von fluoreszenz-markierten Primern w{\"a}hrend der PCR erm{\"o}glicht eine unmittelbare Auswertung nach der Synthese ohne zus{\"a}tzliche Detektionsschritte. In dieser Arbeit konnte außerdem mit der vorgestellten Methode der simultane Nachweis zweier Gene gezeigt werden. Die Methode kann noch als Multiplex-Analyse ausgebaut werden, um so mehrere Gene in gleichzeitig einem Ansatz nachweisen zu k{\"o}nnen. Die Ergebnisse der Versuche mit Matrizen aus unterschiedlichen Zelltypen deuten darauf hin, dass die On-Chip-RT-PCR eine weitere optimale Methode f{\"u}r den Nachweis von gering exprimierten Genen bietet.}, subject = {Polymerase-Kettenreaktion}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Becker2005, author = {Becker, Christian}, title = {On the Riemannian geometry of Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5425}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {In this thesis, we give two constructions for Riemannian metrics on Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces. Both these constructions are naturally induced from the L2-metric on the configuration space. The construction of the so called quotient L2-metric is very similar to the one construction of an L2-metric on Yang-Mills moduli spaces as given by Groisser and Parker. To construct a Riemannian metric on the total space of the Seiberg-Witten bundle in a similar way, we define the reduced gauge group as a subgroup of the gauge group. We show, that the quotient of the premoduli space by the reduced gauge group is isomorphic as a U(1)-bundle to the quotient of the premoduli space by the based gauge group. The total space of this new representation of the Seiberg-Witten bundle carries a natural quotient L2-metric, and the bundle projection is a Riemannian submersion with respect to these metrics. We compute explicit formulae for the sectional curvature of the moduli space in terms of Green operators of the elliptic complex associated with a monopole. Further, we construct a Riemannian metric on the cobordism between moduli spaces for different perturbations. The second construction of a Riemannian metric on the moduli space uses a canonical global gauge fixing, which represents the total space of the Seiberg-Witten bundle as a finite dimensional submanifold of the configuration space. We consider the Seiberg-Witten moduli space on a simply connected K\äuhler surface. We show that the moduli space (when nonempty) is a complex projective space, if the perturbation does not admit reducible monpoles, and that the moduli space consists of a single point otherwise. The Seiberg-Witten bundle can then be identified with the Hopf fibration. On the complex projective plane with a special Spin-C structure, our Riemannian metrics on the moduli space are Fubini-Study metrics. Correspondingly, the metrics on the total space of the Seiberg-Witten bundle are Berger metrics. We show that the diameter of the moduli space shrinks to 0 when the perturbation approaches the wall of reducible perturbations. Finally we show, that the quotient L2-metric on the Seiberg-Witten moduli space on a K\ähler surface is a K\ähler metric.}, subject = {Eichtheorie}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Knoerich2005, author = {Kn{\"o}rich, Andrea Claudia}, title = {Investigations on the importance of early diagenetic processes for the mineralogical stabilisation and lithification of heterozoan carbonate assemblages : (Oligo-Miocene, Maltese Islands and Sicily)}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5405}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Diagenetic studies of carbonate rocks focused for a long time on photozoan carbonate assemblages deposited in tropical climates. The results of these investigations were taken as models for the diagenetic evolution of many fossil carbonates. Only in recent years the importance of heterozoan carbonates, generally formed out of the tropics or in deeper waters, was realized. Diagenetic studies focusing on this kind of rocks are still scarce, but indicate that the diagenetic evolution of these rocks might be a better model for many fossil carbonate settings ("calcite-sea" carbonates) than the photozoan model used before. This study deals with the determination of the diagenetic pathways and environments in such shallow-water heterozoan carbonate assemblages. Special emphasis is put on the identification of early, near-seafloor diagenetic processes and on the evaluation of the amount of constructive diagenesis in form of cementation in this diagenetic environment. As study area the Central Mediterranean, the Maltese Islands and Sicily, was chosen. Here two sections were logged in Olio-Miocene shallow-water carbonates consisting of different kinds of heterozoan assemblages. The study area is very suitable for the investigation of constructive early diagenetic processes, as the rocks were never deeply buried and burial diagenetic pressure solution and cementation as cause of lithification could be ruled out. Nevertheless, the carbonate rocks are well lithified and form steep cliffs, implying cementation/lithification in another, shallower diagenetic environment. To determine the diagenetic pathways and environments, detailed transmitted light and cathodoluminescence petrography was carried out on thin sections. Furthermore the stable isotope (δ18O and δ13C) composition of the bulk rock, single biota and single cement phases was determined, as well as the major and trace element composition of the single cement phases. Petrographically three (Sicily) to four (Maltese Islands) cementation phases, two phases of fabric selective and one of non-fabric selective dissolution, one phase of neomorphism and one of chemical compaction could be distinguished. The stable isotope measurements of the single cement phases pointed to cement precipitation from marine, marine-derived and meteoric waters. The trace element analysis indicated precipitation under reducing conditions, (A) in an open system with low rock-water interaction on the Maltese Islands and (B) in a closed system with high rock-water interaction on Sicily. For the closed systems case, aragonite as cement source could be concluded because its chemical composition was preserved in the newly formed cements. By integrating these results, diagenetic pathways and environments for the investigated locations were established, and the cement source(s) in the different environments were determined. The diagenetic evolution started in the marine environment with the precipitation of fibrous/fibrous-bladed and epitaxial cement I. These cements formed as High Mg Calcite (HMC) directly out of marine waters. The paleoenvironmentally shallowest part of the section on the Maltese Islands was also exposed to meteoric diagenetic fluids. This meteoric influence lead to the dissolution of aragonitic and HMC skeletons, which sourced the cementation by Low Mg Calcitic (LMC) epitaxial cement II in this part of the Maltese section. Entering the burial-marine environment the main part of dissolution, cementation and neomorphism started to take place. The elevated CO2 content in this environment, caused by the decay of organic matter, lead to the dissolution of aragonitic skeletons, which sourced the cementation by LMC epitaxial cement II, bladed and blocky cements. The earlier precipitated HMC cement phases were either partly dissolved (epitaxial cement I) or neomorphosed to LMC (fibrous/fibrous-bladed and epitaxial cement I). In the burial environment weak chemical compaction took place without sourcing significant amounts of cementation. In a last phase the rocks entered the meteoric realm by uplift, which caused non-fabric selective dissolution. This study shows that early diagenetic processes, taking place at or just below the sediment-water-interface, are very important for the mineralogical stabilization of heterozoan carbonate strata. The main amount of constructive diagenesis in form of cementation takes place in this environment, sourced by dissolution of aragonitic and, to a lesser degree, of HMC skeletons. The results of this study imply that the primary amount of aragonitic skeletons in heterozoan carbonate sediments must be carefully assessed, as they are the main early diagenetic cement source. In fossil heterozoan carbonate rocks, aragonitic skeletons might be the cement source even when no relict structures like micritic envelops or biomolds are preserved. In general, the diagenetic evolution of heterozoan carbonate rocks is a good model for the diagenesis of "calcite-sea" time carbonate rocks.}, subject = {Fr{\"u}hdiagenese}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Kleinen2005, author = {Kleinen, Thomas Christopher}, title = {Stochastic information in the assessment of climate change}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5382}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Stochastic information, to be understood as \"information gained by the application of stochastic methods\", is proposed as a tool in the assessment of changes in climate. This thesis aims at demonstrating that stochastic information can improve the consideration and reduction of uncertainty in the assessment of changes in climate. The thesis consists of three parts. In part one, an indicator is developed that allows the determination of the proximity to a critical threshold. In part two, the tolerable windows approach (TWA) is extended to a probabilistic TWA. In part three, an integrated assessment of changes in flooding probability due to climate change is conducted within the TWA. The thermohaline circulation (THC) is a circulation system in the North Atlantic, where the circulation may break down in a saddle-node bifurcation under the influence of climate change. Due to uncertainty in ocean models, it is currently very difficult to determine the distance of the THC to the bifurcation point. We propose a new indicator to determine the system's proximity to the bifurcation point by considering the THC as a stochastic system and using the information contained in the fluctuations of the circulation around the mean state. As the system is moved closer to the bifurcation point, the power spectrum of the overturning becomes \"redder\", i.e. more energy is contained in the low frequencies. Since the spectral changes are a generic property of the saddle-node bifurcation, the method is not limited to the THC, but it could also be applicable to other systems, e.g. transitions in ecosystems. In part two, a probabilistic extension to the tolerable windows approach (TWA) is developed. In the TWA, the aim is to determine the complete set of emission strategies that are compatible with so-called guardrails. Guardrails are limits to impacts of climate change or to climate change itself. Therefore, the TWA determines the \"maneuvering space\" humanity has, if certain impacts of climate change are to be avoided. Due to uncertainty it is not possible to definitely exclude the impacts of climate change considered, but there will always be a certain probability of violating a guardrail. Therefore the TWA is extended to a probabilistic TWA that is able to consider \"probabilistic uncertainty\", i.e. uncertainty that can be expressed as a probability distribution or uncertainty that arises through natural variability. As a first application, temperature guardrails are imposed, and the dependence of emission reduction strategies on probability distributions for climate sensitivities is investigated. The analysis suggests that it will be difficult to observe a temperature guardrail of 2\°C with high probabilities of actually meeting the target. In part three, an integrated assessment of changes in flooding probability due to climate change is conducted. A simple hydrological model is presented, as well as a downscaling scheme that allows the reconstruction of the spatio-temporal natural variability of temperature and precipitation. These are used to determine a probabilistic climate impact response function (CIRF), a function that allows the assessment of changes in probability of certain flood events under conditions of a changed climate. The assessment of changes in flooding probability is conducted in 83 major river basins. Not all floods can be considered: Events that either happen very fast, or affect only a very small area can not be considered, but large-scale flooding due to strong longer-lasting precipitation events can be considered. Finally, the probabilistic CIRFs obtained are used to determine emission corridors, where the guardrail is a limit to the fraction of world population that is affected by a predefined shift in probability of the 50-year flood event. This latter analysis has two main results. The uncertainty about regional changes in climate is still very high, and even small amounts of further climate change may lead to large changes in flooding probability in some river systems.}, subject = {Anthropogene Klima{\"a}nderung}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Dolniak2005, author = {Dolniak, Blazej}, title = {Functional characterisation of NIC2, a member of the MATE family from Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5372}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {The multidrug and toxic compounds extrusion (MATE) family includes hundreds of functionally uncharacterised proteins from bacteria and all eukaryotic kingdoms except the animal kingdom, that function as drug/toxin::Na+ or H+ antiporters. In Arabidopsis thaliana the MATE family comprises 56 members, one of which is NIC2 (Novel Ion Carrier 2). Using heterologous expression systems including Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the homologous expression system of Arabidopsis thaliana, the functional characterisation of NIC2 was performed. It has been demonstrated that NIC2 confers resistance of E. coli towards the chemically diverse compounds such as tetraethylammonium chloride (TEACl), tetramethylammonium chloride (TMACl) and a toxic analogue of indole-3-acetic acid, 5-fluoro-indole-acetic acid (F-IAA). Therefore, NIC2 may be able to transport a broad range of drug and toxic compounds. In wild-type yeast the expression of NIC2 increased the tolerance towards lithium and sodium, but not towards potassium and calcium. In A. thaliana, the overexpression of NIC2 led to strong phenotypic changes. Under normal growth condtions overexpression caused an extremely bushy phenotype with no apical dominance but an enhanced number of lateral flowering shoots. The amount of rossette leaves and flowers with accompanying siliques were also much higher than in wild-type plants and the senescence occurred earlier in the transgenic plants. In contrast, RNA interference (RNAi) used to silence NIC2 expression, induced early flower stalk development and flowering compared with wild-type plants. In additon, the main flower stalks were not able to grow vertically, but instead had a strong tendency to bend towards the ground. While NIC2 RNAi seedlings produced many lateral roots outgrowing from the primary root and the root-shoot junction, NIC2 overexpression seedlings displayed longer primary roots that were characterised by a 2 to 4 h delay in the gravitropic response. In addition, these lines exhibited an enhanced resistance to exogenously applied auxins, i.e. indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) when compared with the wild-type roots. Based on these results, it is suggested that the NIC2 overexpression and NIC2 RNAi phenotypes were due to decreased or increased levels of auxin, respectively. The ProNIC2:GUS fusion gene revealed that NIC2 is expressed in the stele of the elongation zone, in the lateral root cap, in new lateral root primordia, and in pericycle cells of the root system. In the vascular tissue of rosette leaves and inflorescence stems, the expression was observed in the xylem parenchyma cells, while in siliques it was also in vascular tissue, but as well in the dehiscence and abscission zones. The organ- and tissue-specific expression sites of NIC2 correlate with the sites of auxin action in mature Arabidopsis plants. Further experiments using ProNIC2:GUS indicated that NIC2 is an auxin-inducible gene. Additionally, during the gravitropic response when an endogenous auxin gradient across the root tip forms, the GUS activity pattern of the ProNIC2:GUS fusion gene markedly changed at the upper side of the root tip, while at the lower side stayed unchanged. Finally, at the subcellular level NIC2-GFP fusion protein localised in the peroxisomes of Nicotana tabacum BY2 protoplasts. Considering the experimental results, it is proposed that the hypothetical function of NIC2 is the efflux transport which takes part in the auxin homeostasis in plant tissues probably by removing auxin conjugates from the cytoplasm into peroxisomes.}, subject = {Ackerschmalwand}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Rossmanith2005, author = {Rossmanith, Eva}, title = {Breeding biology, mating system and population dynamics of the Lesser Spotted Woodepcker (Picoides minor) : combining empirical and model investigations}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5328}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {The protection of species is one major focus in conservation biology. The basis for any management concept is the knowledge of the species autecology. In my thesis, I studied the life-history traits and population dynamics of the endangered Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides minor) in Central Europe. Here, I combine a range of approaches, from empirical investigations of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker population in the Taunus low mountain range in Germany, the analysis of empirical data and the development of an individual-based stochastic model simulating the population dynamics. In the field studies I collected basic demographic data of reproductive success and mortality. Moreover, breeding biology and behaviour were investigated in detail. My results showed a significant decrease of the reproductive success with later timing of breeding, caused by deterioration in food supply. Moreover, mate fidelity was of benefit, since pairs composed of individuals that bred together the previous year started earlier with egg laying and obtained a higher reproductive success. Both sexes were involved in parental care, but the care was only shared equally during incubation and the early nestling stage. In the late nestling stage, parental care strategies differed between sexes: Females considerably decreased feeding rate with number of nestlings and even completely deserted small broods. Males fed their nestlings irrespective of brood size and compensated for the females absence. The organisation of parental care in the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is discussed to provide the possibility for females to mate with two males with separate nests and indeed, polyandry was confirmed. To investigate the influence of the observed flexibility in the social mating system on the population persistence, a stochastic individual-based model simulating the population dynamics of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker was developed, based on empirical results. However, pre-breeding survival rates could not be obtained empirically and I present in this thesis a pattern-oriented modelling approach to estimate pre-breeding survival rates by comparing simulation results with empirical pattern of population structure and reproductive success on population level. Here, I estimated the pre-breeding survival for two Lesser Spotted Woodpecker populations on different latitudes to test the reliability of the results. Finally, I used the same simulation model to investigate the effect of flexibility in the mating system on the persistence of the population. With increasing rate of polyandry in the population, the persistence increased and even low rates of polyandry had a strong influence. Even when presuming only a low polyandry rate and costs of polyandry in terms of higher mortality and lower reproductive success for the secondary male, the positive effect of polyandry on the persistence of the population was still strong. This thesis greatly helped to increase the knowledge of the autecology of an endangered woodpecker species. Beyond the relevance for the species, I could demonstrate here that in general flexibility in mating systems are buffer mechanisms and reduce the impact of environmental and demographic noise.}, subject = {Modellierung}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Morozov2005, author = {Morozov, Alexei}, title = {Optimierung von Fehlererkennungsschaltungen auf der Grundlage von komplement{\"a}ren Erg{\"a}nzungen f{\"u}r 1-aus-3 und Berger Codes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5360}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Die Dissertation stellt eine neue Herangehensweise an die L{\"o}sung der Aufgabe der funktionalen Diagnostik digitaler Systeme vor. In dieser Arbeit wird eine neue Methode f{\"u}r die Fehlererkennung vorgeschlagen, basierend auf der Logischen Erg{\"a}nzung und der Verwendung von Berger-Codes und dem 1-aus-3 Code. Die neue Fehlererkennungsmethode der Logischen Erg{\"a}nzung gestattet einen hohen Optimierungsgrad der ben{\"o}tigten Realisationsfl{\"a}che der konstruierten Fehlererkennungsschaltungen. Außerdem ist eins der wichtigen in dieser Dissertation gel{\"o}sten Probleme die Synthese vollst{\"a}ndig selbstpr{\"u}fender Schaltungen.}, subject = {logische Erg{\"a}nzung}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Dziourkevitch2005, author = {Dziourkevitch, Natalia}, title = {Interstellar turbulence driven by magneto-rotational instability}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5306}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Origin and symmetry of the observed global magnetic fields in galaxies are not fully understood. We intend to clarify the question of the magnetic field origin and investigate the global action of the magneto-rotational instability (MRI) in galactic disks with the help of 3D global magneto-hydrodynamical (MHD) simulations. The calculations were done with the time-stepping ZEUS 3D code using massive parallelization. The alpha-Omega dynamo is known to be one of the most efficient mechanisms to reproduce the observed global galactic fields. The presence of strong turbulence is a pre-requisite for the alpha-Omega dynamo generation of the regular magnetic fields. The observed magnitude and spatial distribution of turbulence in galaxies present unsolved problems to theoreticians. The MRI is known to be a fast and powerful mechanism to generate MHD turbulence and to amplify magnetic fields. We find that the critical wavelength increases with the increasing of magnetic fields during the simulation, transporting the energy from critical to larger scales. The final structure, if not disrupted by supernovae explosions, is the structure of `thin layers' of thickness of about 100 pcs. An important outcome of all simulations is the magnitude of the horizontal components of the Reynolds and Maxwell stresses. The result is that the MRI-driven turbulence is magnetic-dominated: its magnetic energy exceeds the kinetic energy by a factor of 4. The Reynolds stress is small and less than 1\% of the Maxwell stress. The angular momentum transport is thus completely dominated by the magnetic field fluctuations. The volume-averaged pitch angle is always negative with a magnitude of about -30. The non-saturated MRI regime is lasting sufficiently long to fill the time between the galactic encounters, independently of strength and geometry of the initial field. Therefore, we may claim the observed pitch angles can be due to MRI action in the gaseous galactic disks. The MRI is also shown to be a very fast instability with e-folding time proportional to the time of one rotation. Steep rotation curves imply a stronger growth for the magnetic energy due to MRI. The global e-folding time is from 44 Myr to 100 Myr depending on the rotation profile. Therefore, MRI can explain the existence of rather large magnetic field in very young galaxies. We also have reproduced the observed rms values of velocities in the interstellar turbulence as it was observed in NGC 1058. We have shown with the simulations that the averaged velocity dispersion of about 5 km/s is a typical number for the MRI-driven turbulence in galaxies, which agrees with observations. The dispersion increases outside of the disk plane, whereas supernovae-driven turbulence is found to be concentrated within the disk. In our simulations the velocity dispersion increases a few times with the heights. An additional support to the dynamo alpha-effect in the galaxies is the ability of the MRI to produce a mix of quadrupole and dipole symmetries from the purely vertical seed fields, so it also solves the seed-fields problem of the galactic dynamo theory. The interaction of magneto-rotational instability and random supernovae explosions remains an open question. It would be desirable to run the simulation with the supernovae explosions included. They would disrupt the calm ring structure produced by global MRI, may be even to the level when we can no longer blame MRI to be responsible for the turbulence.}, subject = {Magnetohydrodynamik}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Voss2005, author = {Voß, Rebecca}, title = {Mesoporous organosilica materials with amine functions : surface characteristics and chirality}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5287}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {In this work mesoporous organisilica materials are synthesized through the silica sol-gel process. For this a new class of precursors which are also surfactant are synthesized and self-assembled. This leads to a high surface area functionality which is analysized with copper (II) and water adsorption.}, subject = {Silicate}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Ott2005, author = {Ott, Thomas}, title = {Functional genomics of nodulins in the model legume Lotus japonicus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5298}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {During this PhD project three technical platforms were either improved or newly established in order to identify interesting genes involved in SNF, validate their expression and functionally characterise them. An existing 5.6K cDNA array (Colebatch et al., 2004) was extended to produce the 9.6K LjNEST array, while a second array, the 11.6K LjKDRI array, was also produced. Furthermore, the protocol for array hybridisation was substantially improved (Ott et al., in press). After functional classification of all clones according to the MIPS database and annotation of their corresponding tentative consensus sequence (TIGR) these cDNA arrays were used by several international collaborators and by our group (Krusell et al., 2005; in press). To confirm results obtained from the cDNA array analysis different sets of cDNA pools were generated that facilitate rapid qRT-PCR analysis of candidate gene expression. As stable transformation of Lotus japonicus takes several months, an Agrobacterium rhizogenes transformation system was established in the lab and growth conditions for screening transformants for symbiotic phenotypes were improved. These platforms enable us to identify genes, validate their expression and functionally characterise them in the minimum of time. The resources that I helped to establish, were used in collaboration with other people to characterise several genes like the potassium transporter LjKup and the sulphate transporter LjSst1, that were transcriptionally induced in nodules compared to uninfected roots, in more detail (Desbrosses et al., 2004; Krusell et al., 2005). Another gene that was studied in detail was LjAox1. This gene was identified during cDNA array experiments and detailed expression analysis revealed a strong and early induction of the gene during nodulation with high expression in young nodules which declines with the age of the nodule. Therefore, LjAox1 is an early nodulin. Promoter:gus fusions revealed an LjAox1 expression around the nodule endodermis. The physiological role of LjAox1 is currently being persued via RNAi. Using RNA interference, the synthesis of all symbiotic leghemoglobins was silenced simultaneously in Lotus japonicus. As a result, growth of LbRNAi lines was severely inhibited compared to wild-type plants when plants were grown under symbiotic conditions in the absence of mineral nitrogen. The nodules of these plants were arrested in growth 14 post inoculation and lacked the characteristic pinkish colour. Growing these transgenic plants in conditions where reduced nitrogen is available for the plant led to normal plant growth and development. This demonstrates that leghemoglobins are not required for plant development per se, and proves for the first time that leghemoglobins are indispensable for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Absence of leghemoglobins in LbRNAi nodules led to significant increases in free-oxygen concentrations throughout the nodules, a decrease in energy status as reflected by the ATP/ADP ratio, and an absence of the bacterial nitrogenase protein. The bacterial population within nodules of LbRNAi plants was slightly reduced. Alterations of plant nitrogen and carbon metabolism in LbRNAi nodules was reflected in changes in amino acid composition and starch deposition (Ott et al., 2005). These data provide strong evidence that nodule leghemoglobins function as oxygen transporters that facilitate high flux rates of oxygen to the sites of respiration at low free oxygen concentrations within the infected cells.}, subject = {Lotus japonicus}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Lazar2005, author = {Lazar, Paul}, title = {Transport mechanisms and wetting dynamics in molecularly thin films of long-chain alkanes at solid/vapour interface : relation to the solid-liquid phase transition}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5275}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Wetting and phase transitions play a very important role our daily life. Molecularly thin films of long-chain alkanes at solid/vapour interfaces (e.g. C30H62 on silicon wafers) are very good model systems for studying the relation between wetting behaviour and (bulk) phase transitions. Immediately above the bulk melting temperature the alkanes wet partially the surface (drops). In this temperature range the substrate surface is covered with a molecularly thin ordered, solid-like alkane film ("surface freezing"). Thus, the alkane melt wets its own solid only partially which is a quite rare phenomenon in nature. The thesis treats about how the alkane melt wets its own solid surface above and below the bulk melting temperature and about the corresponding melting and solidification processes. Liquid alkane drops can be undercooled to few degrees below the bulk melting temperature without immediate solidification. This undercooling behaviour is quite frequent and theoretical quite well understood. In some cases, slightly undercooled drops start to build two-dimensional solid terraces without bulk solidification. The terraces grow radially from the liquid drops on the substrate surface. They consist of few molecular layers with the thickness multiple of all-trans length of the molecule. By analyzing the terrace growth process one can find that, both below and above the melting point, the entire substrate surface is covered with a thin film of mobile alkane molecules. The presence of this film explains how the solid terrace growth is feeded: the alkane molecules flow through it from the undercooled drops to the periphery of the terrace. The study shows for the first time the coexistence of a molecularly thin film ("precursor") with partially wetting bulk phase. The formation and growth of the terraces is observed only in a small temperature interval in which the 2D nucleation of terraces is more likely than the bulk solidification. The nucleation mechanisms for 2D solidification are also analyzed in this work. More surprising is the terrace behaviour above bulk the melting temperature. The terraces can be slightly overheated before they melt. The melting does not occur all over the surface as a single event; instead small drops form at the terrace edge. Subsequently these drops move on the surface "eating" the solid terraces on their way. By this they grow in size leaving behind paths from were the material was collected. Both overheating and droplet movement can be explained by the fact that the alkane melt wets only partially its own solid. For the first time, these results explicitly confirm the supposed connection between the absence of overheating in solid and "surface melting": the solids usually start to melt without an energetic barrier from the surface at temperatures below the bulk melting point. Accordingly, the surface freezing of alkanes give rise of an energetic barrier which leads to overheating.}, subject = {Benetzung}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Sieverling2005, author = {Sieverling, Nathalie}, title = {Kationische Copolymere f{\"u}r den rezeptorvermittelten Gentransfer}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5251}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Entwicklung neuer Substanzen f{\"u}r die Gentherapie. Diese beinhaltet die Behebung von erblich bedingten Krankheiten wie z.B. Mucoviscidose. Dabei werden im Zellkern defekte Gene durch normale, gesunde DNA-Sequenzen ersetzt. Zur Einschleusung des Genmaterials in die Zellen (Transfektion) werden geeignete Transport-Systeme bzw. Methoden ben{\"o}tigt, die dort die Freisetzung der neu einzubauenden Gene (Genexpression ausgedr{\"u}ckt in Transfektionseffizienzen) gestatten. Hierf{\"u}r wurden neue Polykation-DNA-Komplexe (Vektoren) auf Basis kationischer Polymere wie Poly(ethylenimin) (PEI) hergestellt, charakterisiert und nachfolgend in Transfektionsversuchen an verschiedenen Zelllinien eingesetzt. Sowohl das kationische Ausgangspolymer PEI als auch das Pfropfcopolymer PEI-g-PEO (PEO-Seitenketten zur Erh{\"o}hung der Biokompatibilit{\"a}t) wurden mit Rezeptorliganden modifiziert, um eine verbesserte und spezifische Transfektion an ausgesuchten Zellen zu erreichen. Als Liganden wurden Fols{\"a}ure (Transfektion an HeLa-Zellen), Triiod-L-thyronin (HepG2-Zellen) und die Urons{\"a}uren der Galactose, Mannose, Glucose sowie die Lactobions{\"a}ure (HeLa-, HepG2- und 16HBE-Zellen) verwendet. Das PEI, die Pfropfcopolymere PEI-g-PEO und die Ligand-funktionalisierten Copolymere wurden hinsichtlich ihrer chemischen Zusammensetzung und molekularen Parameter charakterisiert. Die Molmassenuntersuchungen mittels Gr{\"o}ßenausschlusschromatographie zeigten, dass nach der Synthese unterschiedliche Polymerfraktionen mit nicht einheitlicher chemischer Zusammensetzung vorlagen. Die anschließenden Transfektionsversuche wurden mit Hilfe einer speziellen DNA (Luciferase) an den Zelllinien HepG2 (Leberkrebszellen), HeLa (Geb{\"a}rmutterhalskrebszellen) und 16HBE (Atemwegsepithelzellen) durchgef{\"u}hrt. Die T3(Triiod-L-thyronin)-Vektoren zeigten in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit vom eingesetzten Komplexverh{\"a}ltnis Polykation/DNA ein Maximum in der Transfektion an HepG2-Zellen. Die Hypothese der rezeptorvermittelten Endozytose ließ sich durch entsprechende T3-{\"U}berschuss-Experimente und Fluoreszenzmikroskopie-Untersuchungen best{\"a}tigen. Dagegen konnte bei den Fols{\"a}ure-Vektoren keine rezeptorvermittelte Endozytose beobachtet werden. Bei den Vektoren mit Mannurons{\"a}ure-Ligand (Man) konnte an allen drei Zelllinien (HepG2, HeLa, 16HBE) eine konstante, hohe Transfereffizienz nachgewiesen werden. Sie waren bei allen eingesetzten Polymer-DNA-Verh{\"a}ltnissen effizienter als der Vergleichsvektor PEI. Dieses Transfektionsverhalten ließ sich durch Blockierung der Zuckerstruktur unterbinden. In Transfektionsexperimenten mit einem {\"U}berschuss an freier Mannurons{\"a}ure und fluoreszenzmikroskopischen Untersuchungen konnte eine rezeptorvermittelte Endozytose der Man-Vektoren an den o.g. Zelllinien nachgewiesen werden. Die anderen Urons{\"a}ure-Konjugate zeigten keine signifikanten Abweichungen im Transfektionsverhalten im Vergleich zum PEI-Vektor.}, subject = {Polyethylenimin}, language = {de} } @misc{Dahlmann2002, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Dahlmann, Olaf}, title = {Regierungsstabilit{\"a}t in Estland}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5199}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2002}, abstract = {Mit den immensen Aufgaben und Problematiken der Transformation konfrontiert, wechselten die Mehrparteien-Regierungen in Estland vergleichsweise h{\"a}ufig. Im Jahr 2002 war die insgesamt achte Regierung seit 1992 im Amt. Eine detaillierte Untersuchung der Regierungsstabilit{\"a}t am Beispiel von Estlands bis dato sieben Regierungen erscheint daher angebracht, da das Land trotz der h{\"a}ufigen Regierungswechsel im osteurop{\"a}ischen Vergleich als erfolgreichstes Transformationsland angesehen wird. Kann Regierungsstabilit{\"a}t auch dann vorliegen, wenn die Regierungen selbst sehr h{\"a}ufig wechseln? Dies ist die eigentliche Fragestellung der vorliegenden Diplomarbeit. Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass sich Regierungsstabilit{\"a}t aus mehreren Variablen zusammensetzt, die sich gegenseitig beeinflussen. Angaben {\"u}ber die durchschnittliche Verweildauer einer Regierung im Amt besitzen wenig Aussagekraft, vielmehr m{\"u}ssen die eigentlichen Hintergr{\"u}nde f{\"u}r einen Wechsel beleuchtet werden.}, subject = {Regierung}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Demmrich2005, author = {Demmrich, Anke}, title = {Improving reading comprehension by enhancing metacognitive competences : an evaluation of the reciprocal teaching method}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5245}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {In an experimental study the attempt was made to examine the effects of the Reciprocal Teaching method on measures of metacognition and try to identify the effective features of this method that are necessary for the learning gains to occur. Reciprocal Teaching, originally developed by Palincsar and Brown (1984), is a very successful training program which was designed to improve student's reading comprehension skills by teaching them reading strategies. In the present study the tasks and responsibilities assumed by 5thgrade elementary students (N = 55) participating in a 16-session reading strategy training were varied systematically. Not only the students who participated in the training program in one of the three experimental conditions were compared with respect to knowledge and performance measures, but there was also a comparison to their control classmates who did not participate in strategy training (N = 86). Detailed analyses of video-taped sessions provided additional information. The strategy training was most beneficial for measures of knowledge and performance more closely related to the content of the training program, namely knowledge about specific reading strategies taught in training and application of those strategies. No significant effects were observed for more distal measures (general strategy knowledge, reading comprehension). As for the features of the program, it could be shown that students of the two experimental conditions where the students were responsible for giving each other feedback on performance (with respect to both content and strategy application) and guiding the correction of the answer outperformed both the experimental condition in which the trainer was responsible for those tasks and the control group. It is concluded that it is not merely the application of strategies, but the combination of strategy application with concurrent teaching and learning of metacognitive acquisition procedures (analysis, monitoring, evaluation, and regulation) in an inter-individual way as the precedent of these processes occurring intra-individually that seems to be an efficient way of acquiring metacognitive knowledge and skills. It was also shown that strategy training does not necessarily have to include the precise kind of interaction that characterizes the Reciprocal Teaching method. Instead, the tasks of monitoring, evaluating, and regulating other children's learning processes - i.e., tasks associated with the "teacher role" - are the ones that promote the acquisition of metacognitive knowledge and skills. Generally, any strategy training program that not only provides children with plentiful opportunities for practice, but also prompts them to engage in these kinds of metacognitive processes, may help children to acquire metacognitive knowledge and skills.}, subject = {Metakognition}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Zaehle2005, author = {Zaehle, S{\"o}nke}, title = {Process-based simulation of the terrestrial biosphere : an evaluation of present-day and future terrestrial carbon balance estimates and their uncertainty}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5263}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {At present, carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems slows the growth rate of atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and thereby reduces the impact of anthropogenic fossil fuel emissions on the climate system. Changes in climate and land use affect terrestrial biosphere structure and functioning at present, and will likely impact on the terrestrial carbon balance during the coming decades - potentially providing a positive feedback to the climate system due to soil carbon releases under a warmer climate. Quantifying changes, and the associated uncertainties, in regional terrestrial carbon budgets resulting from these effects is relevant for the scientific understanding of the Earth system and for long-term climate mitigation strategies. A model describing the relevant processes that govern the terrestrial carbon cycle is a necessary tool to project regional carbon budgets into the future. This study (1) provides an extensive evaluation of the parameter-based uncertainty in model results of a leading terrestrial biosphere model, the Lund-Potsdam-Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ-DGVM), against a range of observations and under climate change, thereby complementing existing studies on other aspects of model uncertainty; (2) evaluates different hypotheses to explain the age-related decline in forest growth, both from theoretical and experimental evidence, and introduces the most promising hypothesis into the model; (3) demonstrates how forest statistics can be successfully integrated with process-based modelling to provide long-term constraints on regional-scale forest carbon budget estimates for a European forest case-study; and (4) elucidates the combined effects of land-use and climate changes on the present-day and future terrestrial carbon balance over Europe for four illustrative scenarios - implemented by four general circulation models - using a comprehensive description of different land-use types within the framework of LPJ-DGVM. This study presents a way to assess and reduce uncertainty in process-based terrestrial carbon estimates on a regional scale. The results of this study demonstrate that simulated present-day land-atmosphere carbon fluxes are relatively well constrained, despite considerable uncertainty in modelled net primary production. Process-based terrestrial modelling and forest statistics are successfully combined to improve model-based estimates of vegetation carbon stocks and their change over time. Application of the advanced model for 77 European provinces shows that model-based estimates of biomass development with stand age compare favourably with forest inventory-based estimates for different tree species. Driven by historic changes in climate, atmospheric CO2 concentration, forest area and wood demand between 1948 and 2000, the model predicts European-scale, present-day age structure of forests, ratio of biomass removals to increment, and vegetation carbon sequestration rates that are consistent with inventory-based estimates. Alternative scenarios of climate and land-use change in the 21st century suggest carbon sequestration in the European terrestrial biosphere during the coming decades will likely be on magnitudes relevant to climate mitigation strategies. However, the uptake rates are small in comparison to the European emissions from fossil fuel combustion, and will likely decline towards the end of the century. Uncertainty in climate change projections is a key driver for uncertainty in simulated land-atmosphere carbon fluxes and needs to be accounted for in mitigation studies of the terrestrial biosphere.}, subject = {Terrestrische {\"O}kologie}, language = {en} } @book{OPUS4-462, title = {Ein groſs vnnd narhafft haffen : Festschrift f{\"u}r Joachim Gessinger}, editor = {Berner, Elisabeth and Voeste, Anja and B{\"o}hm, Manuela}, isbn = {978-3-937786-35-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5231}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik sind der Aufforderung der Herausgeberinnen gefolgt, Beitr{\"a}ge zu Ehren Joachim Gessingers zu verfassen, die sein zentrales Arbeitsgebiet, die j{\"u}ngere Sprach-, Mentalit{\"a}ts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, zum Thema haben. Entstanden ist eine facettenreiche Festschrift, die Aspekte der Schriftgeschichte, der Sprachpolitik und der Universit{\"a}tsgeschichte ebenso aufgreift wie linguistische Fragen zur Sprachvariation - und nicht zuletzt Einblicke in das komplexe Privatleben des Autors gew{\"a}hrt. Die Festschrift ist in Form eines Men{\"u}s zum 60. Geburtstag des Jubilars pr{\"a}sentiert und enth{\"a}lt nach dem Entr{\´e}e als Plats du jour im Kapitel "L{\"u}ttje Lage und Maultaschen" Beitr{\"a}ge von Otto Ludwig (Von Kopf und Hand : zur Konstitution der neuzeitlichen Schreibpraxis in sp{\"a}tmittelalterlicher Zeit) und Isabel Zollna (Ohr und Hand : die Taquigraf{\´i}a castellana o arte de escribir con tanta velocidad como se habla (1803) von Francisco de Paula Mart{\´i}). Es folgt der Abschnitt "Bouletten" mit Beitr{\"a}gen von Angelika Ebrecht / Klaus Laermann (Wie kommt Farbe zur Sprache?), Wolfert von Rahden („{\"A}chte Weimaraner" : zur Genealogie eines Genealogen), Susanne Scharnowski („Die Studirten dr{\"u}cken jetzt einander todt, wenn ich so sagen darf" : einige Anmerkungen zu Universit{\"a}tsreform und Gelehrsamkeitskritik seit der Aufkl{\"a}rung), Hartmut Schmidt (Die Sprache des Regimes und die Sprache der B{\"u}rger : Carl Goerdeler und andere zum Leipziger Universit{\"a}tsjubil{\"a}um 1934) und J{\"u}rgen Trabant (Welche Sprache f{\"u}r Europa?). Im Kapitel „R{\"u}ben und Kartoffeln" geben sich folgende Autoren die Ehre: Elisabeth Berner („Im ersten Augenblick war es mir Deinetwegen leid" : Theodor Fontane im Krisenjahr 1876), Manuela B{\"o}hm (Berliner Sprach-Querelen : ein Ausschnitt aus der Debatte {\"u}ber den style r{\´e}fugi{\´e} im 18. Jahrhundert), Peter Eisenberg (Jeder versteht jeden : wie Luther die Pfingstgeschichte schreibt), Christian Fischer (Variation und Korrelation im Mittelniederdeutschen : M{\"o}glichkeiten und Grenzen der Variablenlinguistik), Anja Voeste („Die Neger heben"? : die Sprachenfrage in Deutsch-Neuguinea (1884-1914)), Heide Wegener (Das H{\"u}hnerei vor der Hundeh{\"u}tte : von der Notwendigkeit historischen Wissens in der Grammatikographie des Deutschen) und Birgit Wolf („Woher kommt eigentlich ...?" : Sprachberatung und Sprachgeschichte an der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam). Anschließend geht es ans Dessert: Liliane Weissberg (Die Unschuld des Namens und die ungeheure Unordnung der Welt), Roland Willemyns / Eline Vanhecke / Wim Vandenbussche (Politische Loyalit{\"a}t und Sprachwahl : eine Fallstudie aus dem Flandern des fr{\"u}hen 19. Jahrhunderts), J{\"u}rgen Erfurt (Zweisprachige Alphabetisierung im R{\"a}derwerk politischer und wissenschaftlicher Diskurse), Franz Januschek ({\"U}ber Fritz und andere Auslaufmodelle : ein Beitrag zur Lingologie), Ulrich Schmitz (Gr{\"u}n bei Grimm) und Wolfert von Rahden (Immer wieder pl{\"o}tzlich am Ende des Sommers : zur Ph{\"a}nomenologie des Abschiedsrituals auf einem italienischen Landsitz in den achtziger Jahren) servieren Pralinen und Marshmallows, Obst und Hupferl.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Landes2005, author = {Landes, Nico}, title = {Vitamin E : elucidation of the mechanism of side chain degradation and gene regulatory functions}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5222}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {For more than 80 years vitamin E has been in the focus of scientific research. Most of the progress concerning non-antioxidant functions, nevertheless, has only arisen from publications during the last decade. Most recently, the metabolic pathway of vitamin E has been almost completely elucidated. Vitamin E is metabolized by truncation of its side chain. The initial step of an omega-hydroxylation is carried out by cytochromes P450 (CYPs). This was evidenced by the inhibition of the metabolism of alpha-tocopherol by ketoconozole, an inhibitor of CYP3A expression, whereas rifampicin, an inducer of CYP3A expression increased the metabolism of alpha-tocopherol. Although the degradation pathway is identical for all tocopherols and tocotrienols, there is a marked difference in the amount of the release of metabolites from the individual vitamin E forms in cell culture as well as in experimental animals and in humans. Recent findings not only proposed an CYP3A4-mediated degradation of vitamin E but also suggested an induction of the metabolizing enzymes by vitamin E itself. In order to investigate how vitamin E is able to influence the expression of metabolizing enzymes like CYP3A4, a pregnane X receptor (PXR)-based reporter gene assay was chosen. PXR is a nuclear receptor which regulates the transcription of genes, e.g., CYP3A4, by binding to specific DNA response elements. And indeed, as shown here, vitamin E is able to influence the expression of CYP3A via PXR in an in vitro reporter gene assay. Tocotrienols showed the highest activity followed by delta- and alpha-tocopherol. An up-regulation of Cyp3a11 mRNA, the murine homolog of the human CYP3A4, could also be confirmed in an animal experiment. The PXR-mediated change in gene expression displayed the first evidence of a direct transcriptional activity of vitamin E. PXR regulates the expression of genes involved in xenobiotic detoxification, including oxidation, conjugation, and transport. CYP3A, e.g., is involved in the oxidative metabolism of numerous currently used drugs. This opens a discussion of possible side effects of vitamin E, but the extent to which supranutritional doses of vitamin E modulate these pathways in humans has yet to be determined. Additionally, as there is arising evidence that vitamin E's essentiality is more likely to be based on gene regulation than on antioxidant functions, it appeared necessary to further investigate the ability of vitamin E to influence gene expression. Mice were divided in three groups with diets (i) deficient in alpha-tocopherol, (ii) adequate in alpha-tocopherol supply and (iii) with a supranutritional dosage of alpha-tocopherol. After three months, half of each group was supplemented via a gastric tube with a supranutritional dosage of gamma-tocotrienol per day for 7 days. Livers were analyzed for vitamin E content and liver RNA was prepared for hybridization using cDNA array and oligonucleotide array technology. A significant change in gene expression was observed by alpha-tocopherol but not by gamma-tocotrienol and only using the oligonucleotide array but not using the cDNA array. The latter effect is most probably due to the limited number of genes represented on a cDNA array, the lacking gamma-tocotrienol effect is obviously caused by a rapid degradation, which might prevent bioefficacy of gamma-tocotrienol. Alpha-tocopherol changed the expression of various genes. The most striking observation was an up-regulation of genes, which code for proteins involved in synaptic transmitter release and calcium signal transduction. Synapsin, synaptotagmin, synaptophysin, synaptobrevin, RAB3A, complexin 1, Snap25, ionotropic glutamate receptors (alpha 2 and zeta 1) were shown to be up-regulated in the supranutritional group compared to the deficient group. The up-regulation of synaptic genes shown in this work are not only supported by the strong concentration of genes which all are involved in the process of vesicular transport of neurotransmitters, but were also confirmed by a recent publication. However, a confirmation by real time PCR in neuronal tissue like brain is now required to explain the effect of vitamin E on neurological functionality. The change in expression of genes coding for synaptic proteins by vitamin E is of principal interest thus far, since the only human disease directly originating from an inadequate vitamin E status is ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency. Therefore, with the results of this work, an explanation for the observed neurological symptoms associated with vitamin E deficiency can be presented for the first time.}, subject = {Vitamin E}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Weidenfeld2003, author = {Weidenfeld, Andrea}, title = {Interpretation of and reasoning with conditionals : probabilities, mental models, and causality}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5207}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2003}, abstract = {In everyday conversation \"if\" is one of the most frequently used conjunctions. This dissertation investigates what meaning an everyday conditional transmits and what inferences it licenses. It is suggested that the nature of the relation between the two propositions in a conditional might play a major role for both questions. Thus, in the experiments reported here conditional statements that describe a causal relationship (e.g., \"If you touch that wire, you will receive an electric shock\") were compared to arbitrary conditional statements in which there is no meaningful relation between the antecedent and the consequent proposition (e.g., \"If Napoleon is dead, then Bristol is in England\"). Initially, central assumptions from several approaches to the meaning and the reasoning from causal conditionals will be integrated into a common model. In the model the availability of exceptional situations that have the power to generate exceptions to the rule described in the conditional (e.g., the electricity is turned off), reduces the subjective conditional probability of the consequent, given the antecedent (e.g., the probability of receiving an electric shock when touching the wire). This conditional probability determines people's degree of belief in the conditional, which in turn affects their willingness to accept valid inferences (e.g., \"Peter touches the wire, therefore he receives an electric shock\") in a reasoning task. Additionally to this indirect pathway, the model contains a direct pathway: Cognitive availability of exceptional situations directly reduces the readiness to accept valid conclusions. The first experimental series tested the integrated model for conditional statements embedded in pseudo-natural cover stories that either established a causal relation between the antecedent and the consequent event (causal conditionals) or did not connect the propositions in a meaningful way (arbitrary conditionals). The model was supported for the causal, but not for the arbitrary conditional statements. Furthermore, participants assigned lower degrees of belief to arbitrary than to causal conditionals. Is this effect due to the presence versus absence of a semantic link between antecedent and consequent in the conditionals? This question was one of the starting points for the second experimental series. Here, the credibility of the conditionals was manipulated by adding explicit frequency information about possible combinations of presence or absence of antecedent and consequent events to the problems (i.e., frequencies of cases of 1. true antecedent with true consequent, 2. true antecedent with false consequent, 3. false antecedent with true consequent, 4. false antecedent with false consequent). This paradigm allows testing different approaches to the meaning of conditionals (Experiment 4) as well as theories of conditional reasoning against each other (Experiment 5). The results of Experiment 4 supported mainly the conditional probability approach to the meaning of conditionals (Edgington, 1995) according to which the degree of belief a listener has in a conditional statement equals the conditional probability that the consequent is true given the antecedent (e.g., the probability of receiving an electric shock when touching the wire). Participants again assigned lower degrees of belief to the arbitrary than the causal conditionals, although the conditional probability of the consequent given the antecedent was held constant within every condition of explicit frequency information. This supports the hypothesis that the mere presence of a causal link enhances the believability of a conditional statement. In Experiment 5 participants solved conditional reasoning tasks from problems that contained explicit frequency information about possible relevant cases. The data favored the probabilistic approach to conditional reasoning advanced by Oaksford, Chater, and Larkin (2000). The two experimental series reported in this dissertation provide strong support for recent probabilistic theories: for the conditional probability approach to the meaning of conditionals by Edgington (1995) and the probabilistic approach to conditional reasoning by Oaksford et al. (2000). In the domain of conditional reasoning, there was additionally support for the modified mental model approaches by Markovits and Barrouillet (2002) and Schroyens and Schaeken (2003). Probabilistic and mental model approaches could be reconciled within a dual-process-model as suggested by Verschueren, Schaeken, and d\&\#39;Ydewalle (2003).}, subject = {Konditional}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Himmel2004, author = {Himmel, Mirko}, title = {Analyse von Protein-Protein-Wechselwirkungen und der in vivo Phosphorylierung des Sarkomerproteins Myomesin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5153}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2004}, abstract = {F{\"u}r ein tiefergehendes Verst{\"a}ndnis von Entwicklung und Funktion der quergestreiften Muskulatur ist eine Betrachtung der am Aufbau der Myofibrillen, den kontraktilen Organellen, beteiligten Proteine essentiell. Die vorliegende Arbeit besch{\"a}ftigt sich mit Myomesin, einem Protein der sarkomeren M-Bande. Zun{\"a}chst wurde die cDNA des humanen Myomesins vollst{\"a}ndig kloniert, sequenziert und nachfolgend die komplette Gr{\"o}ße der aminoterminalen Kopfdom{\"a}ne bestimmt. Es konnte gezeigt werden, daß Myomesin in vitro mit den Dom{\"a}nen 1 und 12 an Myosin bindet. Die muskelspezifische Isoform der Kreatinkinase bindet an die Dom{\"a}nen 7 und 8. Stimulations- und Inhibitionsexperimente belegen, daß Myomesin an Serin 618 in vivo durch die Proteinkinase A phosphoryliert wird und daß diese Phosphorylierung durch Aktivierung beta2-adrenerger Rezeptoren stimulierbar ist. In Muskelgewebeproben von Patienten, die an der Hypertrophen Kardiomyopathie, einer genetisch bedingten Herzmuskelkrankheit, erkrankt sind, konnte mit einem neu hergestellten phosphorylierungsabh{\"a}ngigen Antik{\"o}rper eine Verminderung der Menge phosphorylierten Myomesins nachgewiesen werden. M{\"o}gliche Ursachen werden diskutiert. Myomesin bildet Dimere, wie durch hefegenetische und biochemische Experimente gezeigt werden konnte. Die Dimerisierung von Myomesin k{\"o}nnte eine zentrale Rolle f{\"u}r den Einbau der Myosinfilamente in die naszierende Myofibrille haben. Anhand der gewonnenen Daten wurde ein verbessertes Modell der zentralen M-Bande erstellt.}, subject = {Proteine}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Kubas2005, author = {Kubas, Daniel}, title = {Applications of Galactic Microlensing}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5179}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Subject of this work is the study of applications of the Galactic Microlensing effect, where the light of a distant star (source) is bend according to Einstein's theory of gravity by the gravitational field of intervening compact mass objects (lenses), creating multiple (however not resolvable) images of the source. Relative motion of source, observer and lens leads to a variation of deflection/magnification and thus to a time dependant observable brightness change (lightcurve), a so-called microlensing event, lasting weeks to months. The focus lies on the modeling of binary-lens events, which provide a unique tool to fully characterize the lens-source system and to detect extra-solar planets around the lens star. Making use of the ability of genetic algorithms to efficiently explore large and intricate parameter spaces in the quest for the global best solution, a modeling software (Tango) for binary lenses is developed, presented and applied to data sets from the PLANET microlensing campaign. For the event OGLE-2002-BLG-069 the 2nd ever lens mass measurement has been achieved, leading to a scenario, where a G5III Bulge giant at 9.4 kpc is lensed by an M-dwarf binary with total mass of M=0.51 solar masses at distance 2.9 kpc. Furthermore a method is presented to use the absence of planetary lightcurve signatures to constrain the abundance of extra-solar planets.}, subject = {Planeten}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{May2004, author = {May, Jana}, title = {Bewertung individueller Voraussetzungen zur Bew{\"a}ltigung wechselnder Arbeitsanforderungen anhand psychologischer und neuropsychologischer Parameter}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-3965}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2004}, abstract = {Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es, mittels des Aufgabenwechselparadigmas, kognitive Prozesse nicht nur anhand von traditionellen Leistungsparametern, sondern zus{\"a}tzlich durch elektro-physiologische Parameter zu untersuchen. Parameter ereigniskorrelierter Hirnpotentiale (EKP) wurden ebenfalls zur Einsch{\"a}tzung von altersbedingten {\"A}nderungen bei der Ausf{\"u}hrung von Reaktionszeitaufgaben herangezogen. Nach Rubinstein et al. (2001) setzt sich die Reaktionszeit aus der Dauer seriell angeordneter Verarbeitungsstufen zusammen. Im Stufenmodell der exekutiven Kontrolle von Rubinstein et al. (2001) sind Prozesse der ausf{\"u}hrenden Kontrolle nur an Wechseltrials beteiligt und k{\"o}nnen getrennt von den Aufgabenprozessen ablaufen. Mittels der Informationen zu den Reaktionszeiten ist es jedoch nicht m{\"o}glich zu kl{\"a}ren, auf welche kognitiven Verarbeitungsprozesse Reaktionszeitunterschiede unter den jeweiligen experimentellen Bedingungen zur{\"u}ckzuf{\"u}hren sind. Zur Analyse der kognitiven Prozesse wurden in dieser Untersuchung die CNV und P300 herangezogen. Es wurden zwei Altersgruppen (20-30 J{\"a}hrige und 49-61 J{\"a}hrige) untersucht. Den Probanden wurden Ziffern pr{\"a}sentiert, die entweder nach dem numerischen Wert oder der Schriftgr{\"o}ße mit dem Hinweisreiz, der Zahl 5, verglichen werden sollten. Die Stimuli wurden nach dem Alternating-Runs-Paradigma dargeboten (Rogers und Monsell, 1995). Erwartungsgem{\"a}ß gab es Reaktionszeitunterschiede zwischen alt und jung mit l{\"a}ngeren Reaktionszeiten f{\"u}r die {\"a}lteren Probanden. Altersunterschiede in den Fehlerraten ließen sich nicht nachweisen. M{\"o}glicherweise erfolgte die Reaktionsauswahl bei den {\"A}lteren {\"u}berlegter aus als bei den J{\"u}ngeren. Dies spiegelte sich in l{\"a}ngeren aber fehlerfreien Reaktionen wider. Vermutlich bereiteten jedoch alle Probanden in dem Intervall zwischen Cue und Stimulus das jeweilige Aufgabenset komplett vor. Das k{\"o}nnte auch erkl{\"a}ren, warum es bei einem Aufgabenwechsel nicht zu einem Anstieg der Reaktionszeit und der Fehlerrate kam. Entgegen der Erwartung zeigten sich keine Wechselkosten. Teilweise wurden inverse Wechselkosten nachgewiesen. In Bezug auf die Wechselkosten konnte das Stufenmodell der exekutiven Kontrolle (Rubinstein et al., 2001) nicht best{\"a}tigt werden. Der explizite Hinweisreiz scheint allerdings Einfluss auf die Wechselkosten zu haben. Verschiedene Erkl{\"a}rungsans{\"a}tze werden diskutiert. Die Contingent Negative Variation ist wie erwartet vor einem Aufgabenwechsel gr{\"o}ßer als vor einer Aufgabenwiederholung. Durch den Hinweisreiz ist eine erh{\"o}hte Kapazit{\"a}t vorhanden. Entsprechend den Ergebnissen der CNV kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass {\"a}ltere Erwachsene st{\"a}rker von der Vorinformation zu profitieren scheinen als j{\"u}ngere Erwachsene. Die {\"a}lteren Erwachsenen beginnen im Gegensatz zu den j{\"u}ngeren Erwachsenen offenbar eher mit der Vorbereitung. Zeitdruck und Aufgabenwechsel l{\"o}sen eine st{\"a}rkere P300 aus. Demzufolge scheinen Zeitdruck und Aufgabenwechsel einen erh{\"o}hten Kapazit{\"a}tsbedarf zu erfordern. Im Sinne des Stufenmodells der exekutiven Kontrolle von Rubinstein et al. (2001) f{\"u}hrt die Zielverschiebung bei einem Aufgabenwechsel zu einer gr{\"o}ßeren P300. Die Resultate der hier dargestellten Untersuchungen verdeutlichen, dass {\"a}ltere Erwachsene einen h{\"o}heren zeitlichen Aufwand in den Stufen der einzelnen exekutiven Prozesse ben{\"o}tigen. Dies spricht f{\"u}r die Hypothese der selektiven Verlangsamung. {\"A}ltere kompensieren dies durch einen h{\"o}heren Aufwand in der Vorbereitung, was auf elektrokortikaler Ebene nachweisbar ist, sind aber nicht in der Lage, dies in den Reaktionszeiten umzusetzen. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung unterst{\"u}tzen die vereinfachte Annahme von Rubinstein et al. (2001), nach dem die Teilprozesse der Reaktionszeit seriell verarbeitet werden k{\"o}nnen. Die Resultate lassen allerdings den Schluss zu, dass die Wechselkosten im Hinblick auf die Reaktionszeiten nicht der geeignete Parameter f{\"u}r die Messung der exekutiven Kontrolle sind. Die vorgeschlagene Modifikation des Modells von Rubinstein et al. 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