@article{FerreinMeyer2012, author = {Ferrein, Alexander and Meyer, Thomas}, title = {A Brief Overview of Artificial Intelligence in South Africa}, series = {AI Magazine}, volume = {33}, journal = {AI Magazine}, number = {1}, publisher = {AAAI}, address = {Menlo Park}, issn = {0738-4602}, doi = {10.1609/aimag.v33i1.2357}, pages = {99 -- 101}, year = {2012}, abstract = {South Africa in recent years is the establishment of a number of research hubs involved in AI activities ranging from mobile robotics and computational intelligence, to knowledge representation and reasoning, and human language technologies. In this survey we take the reader through a quick tour of the research being conducted at these hubs, and touch on an initiative to maintain and extend the current level of interest in AI research in the country.}, language = {en} } @book{Armgardt2012, author = {Armgardt, Jan}, title = {Ich mache (m)ein Ding : M{\"o}bel-Unikate}, publisher = {[Selbstverl.]}, address = {[s.l.]}, isbn = {978-3-00-039169-9}, pages = {223 S. : {\"u}berw. Ill.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{FerreinKallweitLautermann2012, author = {Ferrein, Alexander and Kallweit, Stephan and Lautermann, Mark}, title = {Towards an autonomous pilot system for a tunnel boring machine}, series = {5th Robotics and Mechatronics Conference of South Africa (ROBMECH) : 26 - 27 November 2012 ; CSIR International Conference Centre Gauteng South Africa}, booktitle = {5th Robotics and Mechatronics Conference of South Africa (ROBMECH) : 26 - 27 November 2012 ; CSIR International Conference Centre Gauteng South Africa}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-4673-5183-6}, year = {2012}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{GanegedaraAlahakoonMashfordetal.2012, author = {Ganegedara, H. and Alahakoon, D. and Mashford, J. and Paplinski, A. and M{\"u}ller, Karsten and Deserno, T. M.}, title = {Self organising map based region of interest labelling for automated defect identification in large sewer pipe image collections}, series = {The 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) : 10 - 15 June 2012, Brisbane, Australia ; [part of the] 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE-WCCI 2012)}, booktitle = {The 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) : 10 - 15 June 2012, Brisbane, Australia ; [part of the] 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE-WCCI 2012)}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, organization = {IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE-CIS)}, isbn = {978-1-4673-1490-9}, pages = {8 S.}, year = {2012}, language = {en} } @article{KirsteinMuellerWaleckiMingersetal.2012, author = {Kirstein, Simon and M{\"u}ller, Karsten and Walecki-Mingers, Mark and Deserno, Thomas M.}, title = {Robust adaptive flow line detection in sewer pipes}, series = {Automation in construction}, journal = {Automation in construction}, number = {21}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1872-7891 (E-Journal) ; 0926-5805 (Print)}, doi = {10.1016/j.autcon.2011.05.009}, pages = {24 -- 31}, year = {2012}, abstract = {As part of a novel approach to automatic sewer inspection, this paper presents a robust algorithm for automatic flow line detection. A large image repository is obtained from about 50,000 m sewers to represent the high variability of real world sewer systems. Automatic image processing combines Canny edge detection, Hough transform for straight lines and cost minimization using Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm. Assuming that flow lines are mostly smoothly connected horizontal structures, piecewise flow line delineation is reduced to a process of selecting adjacent line candidates. Costs are derived from the gap between adjacent candidates and their reliability. A single parameter α enables simple control of the algorithm. The detected flow line may precisely follow the segmented edges (α = 0.0) or minimize gaps at joints (α = 1.0). Both, manual and ground truth-based analysis indicate that α = 0.8 is optimal and independent of the sewer's material. The algorithm forms an essential step to further automation of sewer inspection.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{OertelBungSchlenkhoff2012, author = {Oertel, Mario and Bung, Daniel Bernhard and Schlenkhoff, Andreas}, title = {Blocksteinrampen in Riegelbauweise : Neue Bemessungsans{\"a}tze}, series = {Staubauwerke : planen, bauen, betreiben; 35. Dresdner Wasserbaukolloquium 2012, 08. - 09. M{\"a}rz 2012}, booktitle = {Staubauwerke : planen, bauen, betreiben; 35. Dresdner Wasserbaukolloquium 2012, 08. - 09. M{\"a}rz 2012}, editor = {Carstensen, Dirk}, publisher = {Selbstverl. der Techn. Univ.}, address = {Dresden}, organization = {Technische Universit{\"a}t Dresden, Fakult{\"a}t Bauingenieurwesen}, isbn = {978-3-86780-261-1}, pages = {317 -- 326}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @book{Doeren2012, author = {D{\"o}ren, Horst-Peter}, title = {F{\"u}getechnik, Schweißtechnik. Horst-Peter D{\"o}ren (Hrsg.).- 8., aktualis. und erw. Aufl.}, publisher = {DVS Media}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, isbn = {978-3-87155-999-0}, pages = {411 S.: Ill., graph. Darst.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @book{KleinMuellerLieber2012, author = {Klein, Hartmut Heinz and M{\"u}ller, Thomas and Lieber, Bettina}, title = {{\"A}nderung der Unternehmensform : Handbuch zum Umwandlungs- und Umwandlungssteuerrecht}, edition = {9. Aufl.}, publisher = {Verl. Neue Wirtschafts-Briefe}, address = {Herne}, isbn = {978-3-482-42259-1}, pages = {XL, 585 S. : graph. Darst.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @misc{GollewskiLangeRingbecketal.2012, author = {Gollewski, Torsten and Lange, Robert and Ringbeck, Thorsten and Hess, Holger and Buxbaum, Bernd}, title = {Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Laufzeitsensitiven Messung eines Signals [Offenlegungsschrift / Europ{\"a}ische Patentschrift]}, publisher = {Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt / Europ{\"a}isches Patentamt}, address = {M{\"u}nchen / Den Hague}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Klocke2012, author = {Klocke, Martina}, title = {Projektmodul im Bachelorstudiengang Maschinenbau und Mechatronik}, series = {VDI-Workshop Projektorientiertes und problem-basiertes Lernen (PBL) in der Ingenieurausbildung}, booktitle = {VDI-Workshop Projektorientiertes und problem-basiertes Lernen (PBL) in der Ingenieurausbildung}, pages = {1 -- 25}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @article{Wolf2012, author = {Wolf, Martin}, title = {Von Security Awareness zum Secure Behaviour}, series = {Hakin9 Extra - IT-Forensik}, volume = {2012}, journal = {Hakin9 Extra - IT-Forensik}, number = {5}, publisher = {Software Wydawnictwo}, address = {Warszawa}, issn = {1733-7186}, pages = {18 -- 19}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Security Awareness ist derzeit ein viel diskutiertes Thema. Es reicht nicht, einfach nur ein paar technische Systeme (z.B. Firewalls) zu installieren, um ein angemessenes Schutzniveau zu erzielen. Neben einer guten Organisation von IT Security ist es auch notwendig, den Mitarbeiter einzubinden. Der vielzitierte "Faktor Mensch" ist derjenige, der die Technik korrekt anwenden muss und der durch falsches Verhalten technische und organisatorische Schutzmaßnahmen aushebeln kann. Deshalb reicht es nicht aus, wenn sich der Mitarbeiter der Gefahren bewusst ("aware") ist, er muss auch dementsprechend "sicher" handeln.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{EngelsSchnabel2012, author = {Engels, Elmar and Schnabel, Holger}, title = {Rapid-control-prototyping of industrial drives for the sercos automation bus}, series = {13th International Workshop on Mechatronics (MECATRONICS), 2012 9th France-Japan \& 7th Europe-Asia Congress on and Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM)}, booktitle = {13th International Workshop on Mechatronics (MECATRONICS), 2012 9th France-Japan \& 7th Europe-Asia Congress on and Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM)}, isbn = {978-1-4673-4771-6}, pages = {177 -- 181}, year = {2012}, abstract = {This article describes the functionality of a MATLAB® library that can be used to develop motion-logic applications in MATLAB programming language for industrial drive and control systems using the well known sercos automation bus. Therewith MATLAB's functionality is extended to designing automation applications from single axis machines up to multi-kinematic robots.}, language = {en} } @misc{OPUS4-5158, title = {TecScan Journal : Elektromobilit{\"a}t 2012-12}, organization = {FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences}, year = {2012}, subject = {Elektromobilit{\"a}t; Elektrofahrzeug; Energieversorungsnetz; Kraftfahrzeugtechnik}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-5157, title = {TecScan Journal : Elektromobilit{\"a}t 2012-11}, organization = {FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences}, year = {2012}, subject = {Elektromobilit{\"a}t; Elektrofahrzeug; Energieversorungsnetz; Kraftfahrzeugtechnik}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Kotliar2012, author = {Kotliar, Konstantin}, title = {Pathophysiologische Beurteilung und h{\"a}modynamische Analyse von mikrostrukturellen Ver{\"a}nderungen des retinalen Gef{\"a}ßl{\"a}ngsschnittsprofils}, pages = {328 S.}, year = {2012}, language = {ru} } @book{Uibel2012, author = {Uibel, Thomas}, title = {Spaltverhalten von Holz beim Eindrehen von selbstbohrenden Holzschrauben}, publisher = {KIT Scientific Publishing}, address = {Karlsruhe}, isbn = {978-3-86644-835-3}, pages = {290 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @book{BlassUibel2012, author = {Blaß, Hans Joachim and Uibel, Thomas}, title = {Spaltversagen von Holz in mehrreihigen Verbindungen : Erweiterung des Rechen-modells f{\"u}r die Rissbildung beim Eindrehen von Holzschrauben}, publisher = {KIT Scientific Publishing}, address = {Karlsruhe}, isbn = {978-3-86644-852-0}, pages = {VIII, 166 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Schieffer2012, author = {Schieffer, Andre}, title = {Studies on diversity and coexistence in an experimental microbial community}, pages = {76 Bl. : Ill.}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Biodiversity and the coexistence of species have puzzled and fascinated biologists since decades and is a hotspot in todays' natural sciences. Preserving this biodiversity is a great challenge as habitats and environments underlying tremendous changes like climate change and the loss of natural habitats, which are mainly due to anthropogenic influences. The coexistence of numerous species even in homogeneous environments is a stunning feature of natural communities and has been summarized under the term 'paradox of plankton'. Up to now, there are several mechanisms discussed, which may contribute to local and global diversity of organisms. Several interspecific trade offs have been identified maintaining the coexistence of species like their abilities regarding competition and predator avoidance, their capability to disperse in space and time, and their ability to exploit variable resources. Further, micro-evolutionary dynamics supporting the coexistence of species have been added to our knowledge, and deriving from theoretical deterministic models, non-linear dynamics which describe the temporal fluctuation of abundances of organisms. Whereas competition and predation seem to be clue structural elements within interacting organisms, the intrinsic dynamic behavior - by means of temporal changes in abundance - plays an important role regarding coexistence within a community. The present work sheds light on different factors affecting the coexistence of species using experimental microbial model systems consisting of a bacterivorous ciliate as the predator and two bacteria strains as prey organism. Additionally, another experimental setup consisting of two up to five bacteria species competing for one limiting resource was investigated. Highly controllable chemostat systems were established to exclude extrinsic disturbances. According to theoretical analyses I was able to show - experimentally and theoretically - that phenotypic plasticity of one species within a microbial one-predator-two-prey food web enlarges the range of possible coexistence of all species under different dynamic conditions, compared to a food web without phenotypic plasticity. This was accompanied by non-linear (chaotic) population dynamics within all experimental systems showing phenotypic plasticity. The experiments on the interplay of competition, predation and invasion showed that all aspects have an influence on species coexistence. Under undisturbed controlled conditions all aspects were analyzed in detail and in combination. Populations showed oscillations which were shown by quasi-chaotic attractors in phase space diagrams. Competition experiments with two up to five bacteria species competing for one limiting resource showed that all organisms were able to coexist which was mediated by species oscillations entering a regime of chaos. Besides that fact it was found, that the productivity (biomass) as well as the total cell numbers - under the same nutrition supply - increased by an increasing number of species in the experimental systems. Up to now, the occurrence of non-linear dynamics in well controlled experimental studies has been recognized several times and this phenomenon seemed to be more common in natural systems than generally assumed.}, language = {en} } @article{NomdedeuWillenSchiefferetal.2012, author = {Nomdedeu, Mar Monsonis and Willen, Christine and Schieffer, Andre and Arndt, Hartmut}, title = {Temperature-dependent ranges of coexistence in a model of a two-prey-one-predator microbial food web}, series = {Marine Biology}, volume = {159}, journal = {Marine Biology}, number = {11}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1432-1793}, doi = {10.1007/s00227-012-1966-x}, pages = {2423 -- 2430}, year = {2012}, abstract = {The objective of our study was to analyze the effects of temperature on the population dynamics of a three-species food web consisting of two prey bacteria (Pedobacter sp. and Acinetobacter johnsonii) and a protozoan predator (Tetrahymena pyriformis) as model organisms. We assessed the effects of temperature on the growth rates of all three species with the objective of developing a model with four differential equations based on the experimental data. The following hypotheses were tested at a theoretical level: Firstly, temperature changes can affect the dynamic behavior of a system by temperature-dependent parameters and interactions and secondly, food web response to temperature cannot be derived from the single species temperature response. The main outcome of the study is that temperature changes affect the parameter range where coexistence is possible within all three species. This has significant consequences on our ideas regarding the evaluation of effects of global warming.}, language = {en} } @article{HoetterFateriGebhardt2012, author = {H{\"o}tter, Jan-Steffen and Fateri, Miranda and Gebhardt, Andreas}, title = {Prozessoptimierung des SLM-Prozesses mit hoch-reflektiven und thermisch sehr gut leitenden Materialien durch systematische Parameterfindung und begleitende Simulationen am Beispiel von Silber}, series = {RTejournal - Forum f{\"u}r Rapid Technologie}, volume = {9}, journal = {RTejournal - Forum f{\"u}r Rapid Technologie}, number = {1}, publisher = {Fachhoschule Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, issn = {1614-0923}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0009-2-33639}, pages = {1 -- 14}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Additive Manufacturing durch Aufschmelzen von Metallpulvern hat sich auf breiter Front als Herstellverfahren, auch f{\"u}r Endprodukte, etabliert. Besonders f{\"u}r die Variante des Selective Laser Melting (SLM) sind Anwendungen in der Zahntechnik bereits weit verbreitet und der Einsatz in sensitiven Branchen wie der Luftfahrt ist in greifbare N{\"a}he ger{\"u}ckt. Deshalb werden auch vermehrt Anstrengungen unternommen, um bisher nicht verarbeitete Materialien zu qualifizieren. Dies sind vorzugsweise Nicht-Eisen- und Edelmetalle, die sowohl eine sehr hohe Reflektivit{\"a}t als auch eine sehr gute W{\"a}rmeleitf{\"a}higkeit aufweisen - beides Eigenschaften, die die Beherrschung des Laser-Schmelzprozesses erschweren und nur kleine Prozessfenster zulassen. Die Arbeitsgruppe SLM des Lehr- und Forschungsgebietes Hochleistungsverfahren der Fertigungstechnik hat sich unter der Randbedingung einer kleinen und mit geringer Laserleistung ausgestatteten SLM Maschine der Aufgabe gewidmet und am Beispiel von Silber die Parameterfelder f{\"u}r Einzelspuren und wenig komplexe Geometrien systematisch untersucht. Die Arbeiten wurden von FEM Simulationen begleitet und durch metallographische Untersuchungen verifiziert. Die Ergebnisse bilden die Grundlage zur schnellen Parameterfindung bei komplexen Geometrien und bei Ver{\"a}nderungen der Zusammensetzung, wie sie bei zuk{\"u}nftigen Legierungen zu erwarten sind. Die Ergebnisse werden exemplarisch auf unterschiedliche Geometrien angewandt und entsprechende Bauteile gezeigt.}, language = {de} }