@article{MyburghJacobszBothaLeRouxKotliaretal.2024,
  author    = {Myburgh-Jacobsz, Catharina Elizabeth and Botha-Le Roux, Shani and Kotliar, Konstantin and Wentzel, Annemarie and Jacobs, Adriaan and De Boever, Patrick and Goswami, Nandu and Strijdom, Hans and Smith, Wayne},
  title     = {Retinal vessel functional responses in South Africans living with and without HIV: the EndoAfrica-NWU study},
  series = {Microcirculation},
  journal   = {Microcirculation},
  number    = {Early View},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Malden, MA},
  issn      = {1073-9688 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1111/micc.12878},
  pages     = {11 Seiten},
  year      = {2024},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FreyerKemptKloeser2024,
  author    = {Freyer, Nils and Kempt, Hendrik and Kl{\"o}ser, Lars},
  title     = {Easy-read and large language models: on the ethical dimensions of LLM-based text simplification},
  series = {Ethics and Information Technology},
  volume    = {26},
  journal   = {Ethics and Information Technology},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Dortrecht},
  issn      = {1388-1957 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10676-024-09792-4},
  pages     = {10 Seiten},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {The production of easy-read and plain language is a challenging task, requiring well-educated experts to write context-dependent simplifications of texts. Therefore, the domain of easy-read and plain language is currently restricted to the bare minimum of necessary information. Thus, even though there is a tendency to broaden the domain of easy-read and plain language, the inaccessibility of a significant amount of textual information excludes the target audience from partaking or entertainment and restricts their ability to live life autonomously. Large language models can solve a vast variety of natural language tasks, including the simplification of standard language texts to easy-read or plain language. Moreover, with the rise of generative models like GPT, easy-read and plain language may be applicable to all kinds of natural language texts, making formerly inaccessible information accessible to marginalized groups like, a.o., non-native speakers, and people with mental disabilities. In this paper, we argue for the feasibility of text simplification and generation in that context, outline the ethical dimensions, and discuss the implications for researchers in the field of ethics and computer science.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AkimbekovDigelZhubanovaetal.2024,
  author    = {Akimbekov, Nuraly and Digel, Ilya and Zhubanova, Azhar and Tastambek, Kuanysh T. and Tepecik, Atakan and Sherelkhan, Dinara},
  title     = {Biotechnological potentials of surfactants in coal utilization: a review},
  series = {Environmental Science and Pollution Research},
  volume    = {31},
  journal   = {Environmental Science and Pollution Research},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1614-7499},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11356-024-34892-5},
  pages     = {55099 -- 55118},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {The quest for scientifically advanced and sustainable solutions is driven by growing environmental and economic issues associated with coal mining, processing, and utilization. Consequently, within the coal industry, there is a growing recognition of the potential of microbial applications in fostering innovative technologies. Microbial-based coal solubilization, coal beneficiation, and coal dust suppression are green alternatives to traditional thermochemical and leaching technologies and better meet the need for ecologically sound and economically viable choices. Surfactant-mediated approaches have emerged as powerful tools for modeling, simulation, and optimization of coal-microbial systems and continue to gain prominence in clean coal fuel production, particularly in microbiological co-processing, conversion, and beneficiation. Surfactants (surface-active agents) are amphiphilic compounds that can reduce surface tension and enhance the solubility of hydrophobic molecules. A wide range of surfactant properties can be achieved by either directly influencing microbial growth factors, stimulants, and substrates or indirectly serving as frothers, collectors, and modifiers in the processing and utilization of coal. This review highlights the significant biotechnological potential of surfactants by providing a thorough overview of their involvement in coal biodegradation, bioprocessing, and biobeneficiation, acknowledging their importance as crucial steps in coal consumption.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{Heinrichs2024,
  author    = {Heinrichs, Florian},
  title     = {Algorithmen, Zufall, Unsicherheit - und Pizza!},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-662-69171-7 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-662-69172-4},
  pages     = {X, 191 Seiten},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {Dieses Buch l{\"a}dt dazu ein, die Welt um uns herum aus einem neuen Blickwinkel zu betrachten und dabei die spannende Verbindung zwischen der Mathematik und unserem t{\"a}glichen Leben zu entdecken - denn um die Technologien und Entwicklungen unserer modernen Gesellschaft zu verstehen, ben{\"o}tigen wir ein intuitives Verst{\"a}ndnis grundlegender mathematischer Ideen. In diesem Buch geht es um diese Grundlagen, vor allem aber um ihre praktische Anwendung im Alltag: Gemeinsam begeben wir uns auf eine unterhaltsame Reise und entdecken dabei, wie Mathematik in vielf{\"a}ltiger Weise allgegenw{\"a}rtig ist. Anschauliche Beispiele zeigen, wie wir t{\"a}glich - oft unbewusst - mathematische Ideen nutzen und wie wir mit Hilfe von Mathematik bessere Entscheidungen treffen k{\"o}nnen. Nach einer Einf{\"u}hrung in Algorithmen und Optimierungsprobleme, geht es im weiteren Verlauf um die Modellierung von Zufall und Unsicherheiten. Zum Ende des Buchs werden die Themen zusammengef{\"u}hrt und Algorithmen f{\"u}r Anwendungen besprochen, bei denen der Zufall eine entscheidende Rolle spielt.},
  language  = {de}
}
@unpublished{BremmBlaneckBornheimetal.2024,
  author    = {Bremm, Florian and Blaneck, Patrick Gustav and Bornheim, Tobias and Grieger, Niklas and Bialonski, Stephan},
  title     = {Preprint: Detecting sexism in German online newspaper comments with open-source text embeddings},
  series = {arXiv},
  journal   = {arXiv},
  doi       = {10.48550/arXiv.2403.08592},
  pages     = {6 Seiten},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {Sexism in online media comments is a pervasive challenge that often manifests subtly, complicating moderation efforts as interpretations of what constitutes sexism can vary among individuals. We study monolingual and multilingual open-source text embeddings to reliably detect sexism and misogyny in Germanlanguage online comments from an Austrian newspaper. We observed classifiers trained on text embeddings to mimic closely the individual judgements of human annotators. Our method showed robust performance in the GermEval 2024 GerMS-Detect Subtask 1 challenge, achieving an average macro F1 score of 0.597 (4th place, as reported on Codabench). It also accurately predicted the distribution of human annotations in GerMS-Detect Subtask 2, with an average Jensen-Shannon distance of 0.301 (2nd place). The computational efficiency of our approach suggests potential for scalable applications across various languages and linguistic contexts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OrtnerHauserSchmadereretal.2019,
  author    = {Ortner, Marion and Hauser, Christine and Schmaderer, Christoph and Muggenthaler, Claudia and Hapfelmeier, Alexander and Sorg, Christian and Diehl-Schmid, Janine and Kurz, Alexander and F{\"o}rstl, Hans and Ikenberg, Benno and Kotliar, Konstantin and Holger, Poppert and Grimmer, Timo},
  title     = {Decreased vascular pulsatility in Alzheimer's disease dementia measured by transcranial color-coded duplex sonography},
  series = {Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment},
  journal   = {Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment},
  number    = {15},
  publisher = {Dove Medical Press},
  address   = {Albany, Auckland},
  issn      = {1178-2021},
  doi       = {10.2147/NDT.S225754},
  pages     = {3487 -- 3499},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Purpose: Impaired paravascular drainage of β-Amyloid (Aβ) has been proposed as a contributing cause for sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), as decreased cerebral blood vessel pulsatility and subsequently reduced propulsion in this pathway could lead to the accumulation and deposition of Aβ in the brain. Therefore, we hypothesized that there is an increased impairment in pulsatility across AD spectrum. Patients and Methods: Using transcranial color-coded duplex sonography (TCCS) the resistance and pulsatility index (RI; PI) of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) in healthy controls (HC, n=14) and patients with AD dementia (ADD, n=12) were measured. In a second step, we extended the sample by adding patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stratified by the presence (MCI-AD, n=8) or absence of biomarkers (MCI-nonAD, n=8) indicative for underlying AD pathology, and compared RI and PI across the groups. To control for atherosclerosis as a confounder, we measured the arteriolar-venular-ratio of retinal vessels. Results: Left and right RI (p=0.020; p=0.027) and left PI (p=0.034) differed between HC and ADD controlled for atherosclerosis with AUCs of 0.776, 0.763, and 0.718, respectively. The RI and PI of MCI-AD tended towards ADD, of MCI-nonAD towards HC, respectively. RIs and PIs were associated with disease severity (p=0.010, p=0.023). Conclusion: Our results strengthen the hypothesis that impaired pulsatility could cause impaired amyloid clearance from the brain and thereby might contribute to the development of AD. However, further studies considering other factors possibly influencing amyloid clearance as well as larger sample sizes are needed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BandlitzNakhoulKotliar2022,
  author    = {Bandlitz, Stefan and Nakhoul, Makram and Kotliar, Konstantin},
  title     = {Daily variations of corneal white-to-white diameter measured with different methods},
  series = {Clinical and experimental optometry},
  journal   = {Clinical and experimental optometry},
  number    = {14},
  publisher = {Taylor \& Francis},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {0816-4622},
  doi       = {10.2147/OPTO.S360651},
  pages     = {173 -- 181},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Purpose: A precise determination of the corneal diameter is essential for the diagnosis of various ocular diseases, cataract and refractive surgery as well as for the selection and fitting of contact lenses. The aim of this study was to investigate the agreement between two automatic and one manual method for corneal diameter determination and to evaluate possible diurnal variations in corneal diameter. Patients and Methods: Horizontal white-to-white corneal diameter of 20 volunteers was measured at three different fixed times of a day with three methods: Scheimpflug method (Pentacam HR, Oculus), placido based topography (Keratograph 5M, Oculus) and manual method using an image analysis software at a slitlamp (BQ900, Haag-Streit). Results: The two-factorial analysis of variance could not show a significant effect of the different instruments (p = 0.117), the different time points (p = 0.506) and the interaction between instrument and time point (p = 0.182). Very good repeatability (intraclass correlation coefficient ICC, quartile coefficient of dispersion QCD) was found for all three devices. However, manual slitlamp measurements showed a higher QCD than the automatic measurements with the Keratograph 5M and the Pentacam HR at all measurement times. Conclusion: The manual and automated methods used in the study to determine corneal diameter showed good agreement and repeatability. No significant diurnal variations of corneal diameter were observed during the period of time studied.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Pettrak2010,
  author    = {Pettrak, J{\"u}rgen},
  title     = {Nutzung nachwachsender Rohstoffe bei der Herstellung thermoplastischer Elastomere aus Folgeprodukten der Olefinmetathese},
  publisher = {Technische Universit{\"a}t M{\"u}nchen},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  pages     = {137 Seiten},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Metathese von {\"O}ls{\"a}ure und Derivaten ist ein interessanter Weg f{\"u}r die Synthese bifunktioneller Verbindungen aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen. Verwendet wurden Ru-Katalysatoren der zweiten Generation, welche eine hohe Toleranz gegen{\"u}ber funktionellen Gruppen und Verunreinigungen aufweisen. Trotz des Einsatzes technischer Edukte waren Umsetzungen mit niedrigen Katalysatormengen (0.001 - 0.01 mol-\%) m{\"o}glich, mit Ausbeuten entsprechend der Literatur. Kreuzmetathesen erm{\"o}glichten variable Kettenl{\"a}ngen und Funktionalit{\"a}ten der Monomere, die Produktgewinnung ist jedoch aufw{\"a}ndig. Selbstmetathese lieferte C18-bifunktionelle Verbindungen, welche einfach durch Destillation oder Kristallisation isoliert werden k{\"o}nnen. Neben der katalystischen Umsetzung wurde auch die Produktgewinnung untersucht und f{\"u}r ausgew{\"a}hlte Produkte auch im gr{\"o}ßeren Maßstab durchgef{\"u}hrt.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{RieplPettrakFaulstichetal.2010,
  author    = {Riepl, Herbert Matthias and Pettrak, J{\"u}rgen and Faulstich, Martin and Herrmann, Wolfgang Anton},
  title     = {Self metathesis of fatty alcohols and amines to provide monomers for polyester and polyamide products},
  series = {Macromolecular Symposia},
  volume    = {293},
  journal   = {Macromolecular Symposia},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1521-3900 (eISSN)},
  doi       = {10.1002/masy.200900041},
  pages     = {39 -- 42},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Self metathesis of oleochemicals offers a variety of bifunctional compounds, that can be used as monomer for polymer production. Many precursors are in huge scales available, like oleic acid ester (biodiesel), oleyl alcohol (tensides), oleyl amines (tensides, lubricants). We show several ways to produce and separate and purify C18-α,ω-bifunctional compounds, using Grubbs 2nd Generation catalysts, starting from technical grade educts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{Pettrak2014,
  author    = {Pettrak, J{\"u}rgen},
  title     = {Nutzung nachwachsender Rohstoffe bei der Herstellung thermoplastischer Elastomere aus Folgeprodukten der Olefinmetathese},
  publisher = {Attenkofer},
  address   = {Straubing},
  isbn      = {978-3-942742-35-1},
  pages     = {147 Seiten},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {de}
}