@incollection{DiltheyBrandenburgSchleser2005, author = {Dilthey, Ulrich and Brandenburg, Annette and Schleser, Markus}, title = {Mikrokleben}, series = {Montage hybrider Mikrosysteme : Handhabungs- und F{\"u}getechniken f{\"u}r die Klein- und Mittelserienfertigung}, booktitle = {Montage hybrider Mikrosysteme : Handhabungs- und F{\"u}getechniken f{\"u}r die Klein- und Mittelserienfertigung}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-540-23706-8}, pages = {161 -- 172}, year = {2005}, language = {de} } @incollection{HirtBleckBobzinetal.2011, author = {Hirt, Gerhard and Bleck, Wolfgang and Bobzin, Kirsten and Schleser, Markus and [u.a.],}, title = {Hybride Produktionssysteme}, series = {Integrative Produktionstechnik f{\"u}r Hochlohnl{\"a}nder / hrsg. von Christian Brecher}, booktitle = {Integrative Produktionstechnik f{\"u}r Hochlohnl{\"a}nder / hrsg. von Christian Brecher}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-642-20692-4 (Print) ; 978-3-642-20693-1 (E-Book)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-20693-1_5}, pages = {465 -- 745}, year = {2011}, abstract = {W{\"a}hrend die virtuelle Produktentstehungskette große Gestaltungsfreir{\"a}ume bietet, ist die reale Produktentstehungskette durch wesentlich mehr Randbedingungen gekennzeichnet, die nicht oder nur ansatzweise beeinflussbar sind. Die Realisierung des aus logistischer Sicht optimalen One-Piece-Flow bei gleichzeitiger Steigerung von Flexibilit{\"a}t und Produktivit{\"a}t sowie des Verschiebens der Grenze des technologisch Machbaren m{\"u}ssen in zuk{\"u}nftigen Forschungsans{\"a}tzen gleichermaßen betrachtet werden. Die Grenzverschiebung auf Basis der Integration von Technologien ist dabei ein viel versprechender Ansatz, der es in vielen F{\"a}llen erm{\"o}glicht, in allen genannten Zielrichtungen gleichermaßen Potentiale zu erschließen.}, language = {de} } @article{ReisgenSchleserMokrovetal.2011, author = {Reisgen, Uwe and Schleser, Markus and Mokrov, Oleg and Zabirov, Alexander}, title = {Virtual welding equipment for simulation of GMAW processes with integration of power source regulation}, series = {Frontiers of materials science}, volume = {Vol. 5}, journal = {Frontiers of materials science}, number = {Iss. 2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2095-0268 (E-Journal); 2095-025X (Print)}, pages = {79 -- 89}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @incollection{TranStaat2014, author = {Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Shakedown analysis of Reissner-Mindlin plates using the edge-based smoothed finite element method}, series = {Direct methods for limit states in structures and materials / Dieter Weichert ; Alan Ponter, ed.}, booktitle = {Direct methods for limit states in structures and materials / Dieter Weichert ; Alan Ponter, ed.}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-94-007-6826-0 (Print) 978-94-007-6827-7 (Online)}, doi = {10.1007/978-94-007-6827-7_5}, pages = {101 -- 117}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This paper concerns the development of a primal-dual algorithm for limit and shakedown analysis of Reissner-Mindlin plates made of von Mises material. At each optimization iteration, the lower bound of the shakedown load multiplier is calculated simultaneously with the upper bound using the duality theory. An edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) combined with the discrete shear gap (DSG) technique is used to improve the accuracy of the solutions and to avoid the transverse shear locking behaviour. The method not only possesses all inherent features of convergence and accuracy from ES-FEM, but also ensures that the total number of variables in the optimization problem is kept to a minimum compared with the standard finite element formulation. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the present method.}, language = {en} } @article{WincklerKruegerSchnitzleretal.2014, author = {Winckler, Silvia and Krueger, Rolf and Schnitzler, Thomas and Zang, Werner and Fischer, Rainer and Biselli, Manfred}, title = {A sensitive monitoring system for mammalian cell cultivation processes: a PAT approach}, series = {Bioprocess and biosystems engineering}, volume = {37}, journal = {Bioprocess and biosystems engineering}, number = {5}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, issn = {1615-7591 (Print) 1615-7605 (Online)}, doi = {10.1007/s00449-013-1062-8}, pages = {901 -- 912}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Biopharmaceuticals such as antibodies are produced in cultivated mammalian cells, which must be monitored to comply with good manufacturing practice. We, therefore, developed a fully automated system comprising a specific exhaust gas analyzer, inline analytics and a corresponding algorithm to precisely determine the oxygen uptake rate, carbon dioxide evolution rate, carbon dioxide transfer rate, transfer quotient and respiratory quotient without interrupting the ongoing cultivation, in order to assess its reproducibility. The system was verified using chemical simulation experiments and was able to measure the respiratory activity of hybridoma cells and DG44 cells (derived from Chinese hamster ovary cells) with satisfactory results at a minimum viable cell density of ~2.0 × 10⁵ cells ml⁻¹. The system was suitable for both batch and fed-batch cultivations in bubble-aerated and membrane-aerated reactors, with and without the control of pH and dissolved oxygen.}, language = {en} } @article{DeppeBongaertsO'Connelletal.2011, author = {Deppe, Veronika Maria and Bongaerts, Johannes and O'Connell, Timothy and Maurer, Karl-Heinz and Meinhardt, Friedhelm}, title = {Enzymatic deglycation of Amadori products in bacteria}, series = {Applied microbiology and biotechnology}, volume = {Vol. 90}, journal = {Applied microbiology and biotechnology}, number = {Iss. 2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1432-0614 (E-Journal); 0171-1741 (Print); 0175-7598 (Print); 0340-2118 (Print)}, pages = {399 -- 406}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @article{KirschnerHermannsKlementzHaselhuhnetal.2011, author = {Kirschner-Hermanns, Ruth and Klementz, T. and Haselhuhn, Angelika and Jakse, Gerhard and Heidenreich, A. and Brehmer, Bernhard}, title = {Drangsymptomatik nach onkologisch erfolgreicher Prostatakarzinomtherapie : prospektive Studie zum Einfluss von Therapiemodalit{\"a}t, Morbidit{\"a}t und epidemiologischen Faktoren auf die Lebensqualit{\"a}t}, series = {Der Urologe}, volume = {Vol. 50}, journal = {Der Urologe}, number = {Iss. 11}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1433-0563}, pages = {1412 -- 1419}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{Bung2011, author = {Bung, Daniel B.}, title = {Fließcharakteristik und Sauerstoffeintrag bei selbstbel{\"u}fteten Gerinnestr{\"o}mungen auf Kaskaden mit gem{\"a}ßigter Neigung}, series = {{\"O}sterreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft}, volume = {Vol. 63}, journal = {{\"O}sterreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft}, number = {Iss. 3-4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1613-7566 (E-Journal); 0945-358X (Print)}, pages = {76 -- 81}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @incollection{WolffSeefeldtBaueretal.2014, author = {Wolff, Nino and Seefeldt, Patric and Bauer, Wolfgang and Fiebig, Christopher and Gerding, Patrick and Parow-Souchon, Kai and Pongs, Anna and Reiffenrath, Matti and Ziemann, Thomas}, title = {Alternative application of solar sail technology}, series = {Advances in solar sailing}, booktitle = {Advances in solar sailing}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-642-34906-5 (Print) ; 978-3-642-34907-2 (E-Book)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_23}, pages = {351 -- 365}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The development of Gossamer sail structures for solar sails contributes to a large field of future space applications like thin film solar generators, membrane antennas and drag sails. The focus of this paper is the development of a drag sail based on solar sail technology that could contribute to a reduction of space debris in low Earth orbits. The drag sail design and its connections to solar sail development, a first test on a sounding rocket, as well as the ongoing integration of the drag sail into a triple CubeSat is presented.}, language = {en} } @incollection{DachwaldBoehnhardtBrojetal.2014, author = {Dachwald, Bernd and Boehnhardt, Herrmann and Broj, Ulrich and Geppert, Ulrich R. M. E. and Grundmann, Jan-Thimo and Seboldt, Wolfgang and Seefeldt, Patric and Spietz, Peter and Johnson, Les and K{\"u}hrt, Ekkehard and Mottola, Stefano and Macdonald, Malcolm and McInnes, Colin R. and Vasile, Massimiliano and Reinhard, Ruedeger}, title = {Gossamer roadmap technology reference study for a multiple NEO Rendezvous Mission}, series = {Advances in solar sailing}, booktitle = {Advances in solar sailing}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-642-34906-5 (Print) ; 978-3-642-34907-2 (E-Book)}, pages = {211 -- 226}, year = {2014}, abstract = {A technology reference study for a multiple near-Earth object (NEO) rendezvous mission with solar sailcraft is currently carried out by the authors of this paper. The investigated mission builds on previous concepts, but adopts a strong micro-spacecraft philosophy based on the DLR/ESA Gossamer technology. The main scientific objective of the mission is to explore the diversity of NEOs. After direct interplanetary insertion, the solar sailcraft should—within less than 10 years—rendezvous three NEOs that are not only scientifically interesting, but also from the point of human spaceight and planetary defense. In this paper, the objectives of the study are outlined and a preliminary potential mission profile is presented.}, language = {en} } @incollection{McInnesBothmerDachwaldetal.2014, author = {McInnes, Colin R. and Bothmer, Volker and Dachwald, Bernd and Geppert, Ulrich R. M. E. and Heiligers, Jeannette and Hilgers, Alan and Johnson, Les and Macdonald, Malcolm and Reinhard, Ruedeger and Seboldt, Wolfgang and Spietz, Peter}, title = {Gossamer roadmap technology reference study for a Sub-L1 Space Weather Mission}, series = {Advances in solar sailing}, booktitle = {Advances in solar sailing}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-642-34906-5 (Print) ; 978-3-642-34907-2 (E-Book)}, pages = {227 -- 242}, year = {2014}, abstract = {A technology reference study for a displaced Lagrange point space weather mission is presented. The mission builds on previous concepts, but adopts a strong micro-spacecraft philosophy to deliver a low mass platform and payload which can be accommodated on the DLR/ESA Gossamer-3 technology demonstration mission. A direct escape from Geostationary Transfer Orbit is assumed with the sail deployed after the escape burn. The use of a miniaturized, low mass platform and payload then allows the Gossamer-3 solar sail to potentially double the warning time of space weather events. The mission profile and mass budgets will be presented to achieve these ambitious goals.}, language = {en} } @incollection{MacdonaldMcGrathAppourchauxetal.2014, author = {Macdonald, Malcolm and McGrath, C. and Appourchaux, T. and Dachwald, Bernd and Finsterle, W. and Gizon, L. and Liewer, P. C. and McInnes, Colin R. and Mengali, G. and Seboldt, W. and Sekii, T. and Solanki, S. K. and Velli, M. and Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F. and Spietz, Peter and Reinhard, Ruedeger}, title = {Gossamer roadmap technology reference study for a solar polar mission}, series = {Advances in solar sailing}, booktitle = {Advances in solar sailing}, editor = {Macdonald, Malcolm}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-642-34906-5}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_17}, pages = {243 -- 257}, year = {2014}, abstract = {A technology reference study for a solar polar mission is presented. The study uses novel analytical methods to quantify the mission design space including the required sail performance to achieve a given solar polar observation angle within a given timeframe and thus to derive mass allocations for the remaining spacecraft sub-systems, that is excluding the solar sail sub-system. A parametric, bottom-up, system mass budget analysis is then used to establish the required sail technology to deliver a range of science payloads, and to establish where such payloads can be delivered to within a given timeframe. It is found that a solar polar mission requires a solar sail of side-length 100-125 m to deliver a 'sufficient value' minimum science payload, and that a 2.5 μm sail film substrate is typically required, however the design is much less sensitive to the boom specific mass.}, language = {en} } @incollection{PuliniGligorevic2009, author = {Pulini, Paola and Gligorevic, Snjezana}, title = {WIMAX performance in the airport environment}, series = {Multi-carrier systems \& solutions 2009. (Lecture notes in electrical engineering ; 41)}, booktitle = {Multi-carrier systems \& solutions 2009. (Lecture notes in electrical engineering ; 41)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-90-481-2529-6 (Print) ; 978-90-481-2530-2 (Online)}, pages = {301 -- 310}, year = {2009}, abstract = {In this paper, the multicarrier physical layers of WiMAX are evaluated in the context of airport data links. The orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) and orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access (OFDMA) cases are applied to the forward link (FL) and reverse link (RL), respectively. The performance of the so called parking and taxi scenarios is presented for airport communications in C-band. Numerical results show that the proposed scheme brings good performance for both the FL and the RL. For the OFDMA case a structure changing called double-tile is also proposed to improve the system performance.}, language = {en} } @incollection{PriedeFerrein2013, author = {Priede, Gareth and Ferrein, Alexander}, title = {Towards passive walking for the fully-actuated biped robot Nao}, series = {Emerging trends in computing, informatics, systems sciences, and engineering. (Lecture notes in electrical engineering : vol. 151)}, booktitle = {Emerging trends in computing, informatics, systems sciences, and engineering. (Lecture notes in electrical engineering : vol. 151)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York, NY}, isbn = {978-1-4614-3557-0 ; 978-1-4614-3558-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4614-3558-7_18}, pages = {225 -- 236}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Many biped robots deploy a form of gait that follows the zero moment point (ZMP) approach, that is, the robot is in a stable position at any point in time. This requires the robot to be fully actuated. While very stable, the draw-backs of this approach are a fairly slow gait and high energy consumption. An alternative approach is the so-called passive-dynamic walking, where the gait makes use of the inertia and dynamic stability of the robot. In this paper we describe our ongoing work of combining the principles of passive-dynamic walking on the fully-actuated biped robot Nao, which is also deployed for robotic soccer applications. We present a simple controller that allows the robot to stably rock sidewards, showing a closed limit-cycle. We discuss first results of superimposing a forward motion on the sidewards motion. Based on this we expect to endow the Nao with a fast, robust, and stable passive-dynamic walk on the fully-actuated Nao in the future.}, language = {en} } @article{AlebouyehSamamiPieperBreitbachetal.2014, author = {Alebouyeh Samami, Behzad and Pieper, Martin and Breitbach, Gerd and Hodapp, Josef}, title = {Heat production in the windings of the stators of electric machines under stationary condition}, series = {Heat and mass transfer}, volume = {50}, journal = {Heat and mass transfer}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg}, issn = {0947-7411 (Print) ; 1432-1181 (E-Journal)}, doi = {10.1007/s00231-014-1371-8}, pages = {1707 -- 1716}, year = {2014}, abstract = {In electric machines due to high currents and resistive losses (joule heating) heat is produced. To avoid damages by overheating the design of effective cooling systems is required. Therefore the knowledge of heat sources and heat transfer processes is necessary. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a good and effective calculation method for the temperature analysis based on homogenization techniques. These methods have been applied for the stator windings in a slot of an electric machine consisting of copper wires and resin. The key quantity here is an effective thermal conductivity, which characterizes the heterogeneous wire resin-arrangement inside the stator slot. To illustrate the applicability of the method, the analysis of a simplified, homogenized model is compared with the detailed analysis of temperature behavior inside a slot of an electric machine according to the heat generation. We considered here only the stationary situation. The achieved numerical results are accurate and show that the applied homogenization technique works in practice. Finally the results of simulations for the two cases, the original model of the slot and the homogenized model chosen for the slot (unit cell), are compared to experimental results.}, language = {en} } @incollection{NiemuellerEwertReuteretal.2014, author = {Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Ewert, Daniel and Reuter, Sebastian and Ferrein, Alexander and Jeschke, Sabina and Lakemeyer, Gerhard}, title = {RoboCup logistics league sponsored by festo: A competitive factory automation testbed}, series = {RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII : Eindhoven; Netherlands; 1 July 2013 through 1 July 2013. (Lecture notes in computer science ; 8371)}, booktitle = {RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII : Eindhoven; Netherlands; 1 July 2013 through 1 July 2013. (Lecture notes in computer science ; 8371)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, organization = {RoboCup International Symposium <17, 2013, Eindhoven>}, isbn = {978-3-662-44467-2 (Print) 978-3-662-44468-9 (Online)}, pages = {336 -- 347}, year = {2014}, abstract = {A new trend in automation is to deploy so-called cyber-physical systems (CPS) which combine computation with physical processes. The novel RoboCup Logistics League Sponsored by Festo (LLSF) aims at such CPS logistic scenarios in an automation setting. A team of robots has to produce products from a number of semi-finished products which they have to machine during the game. Different production plans are possible and the robots need to recycle scrap byproducts. This way, the LLSF is a very interesting league offering a number of challenging research questions for planning, coordination, or communication in an application-driven scenario. In this paper, we outline the objectives of the LLSF and present steps for developing the league further towards a benchmark for logistics scenarios for CPS. As a major milestone we present the new automated referee system which helps in governing the game play as well as keeping track of the scored points in a very complex factory scenario.}, language = {en} } @article{KhaydukovaZadorozhnayaKirsanovetal.2014, author = {Khaydukova, M. M. and Zadorozhnaya, O. A. and Kirsanov, D. O. and Iken, Heiko and Rolka, David and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Babain, V. A. and Vlasov, Yu. G. and Legin, A. V.}, title = {Multivariate processing of atomic-force microscopy images for detection of the response of plasticized polymeric membranes}, series = {Russian journal of applied chemistry}, volume = {87}, journal = {Russian journal of applied chemistry}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {1608-3296 (E-Journal); 1070-4272 (Print)}, doi = {10.1134/S1070427214030112}, pages = {307 -- 314}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The possibility of using the atomic-force microscopy as a method for detection of the analytical signal from plasticized polymeric sensor membranes was analyzed. The surfaces of cadmium-selective membranes based on two polymeric matrices were examined. The digital images were processed with multivariate image analysis techniques. A correlation was found between the surface profile of an ion-selective membrane and the concentration of the ion in solution.}, language = {en} } @article{JakobMartinezMandaweetal.2013, author = {Jakob, Felix and Martinez, Ronny and Mandawe, John and Hellmuth, Hendrik and Siegert, Petra and Maurer, Karl-Heinz and Schwaneberg, Ulrich}, title = {Surface charge engineering of a Bacillus gibsonii subtilisin protease}, series = {Applied microbiology and biotechnology}, volume = {Vol. 97}, journal = {Applied microbiology and biotechnology}, number = {Iss. 15}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1432-0614 (E-Journal); 0171-1741 (Print); 0175-7598 (Print); 0340-2118 (Print)}, pages = {6793 -- 6802}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{NiehausGaborWielandetal.2011, author = {Niehaus, F. and Gabor, E. and Wieland, S. and Siegert, Petra and Maurer, Karl-Heinz and Eck, J.}, title = {Enzymes for the laundry industries: tapping the vast metagenomic pool of alkaline proteases}, series = {Microbial biotechnology}, volume = {Vol. 4}, journal = {Microbial biotechnology}, number = {Iss. 6}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1432-0614 (E-Journal); 0171-1741 (Print); 0175-7598 (Print); 0340-2118 (Print)}, pages = {767 -- 776}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @incollection{Pietsch2013, author = {Pietsch, Wolfram}, title = {A framework for strategic positioning of IT-products}, series = {Software business : from physical products to software services and solutions : 4th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2013; Potsdam; Germany; 11 June 2013 through 14 June 2013. (Lecture notes in business information processing ; 150)}, booktitle = {Software business : from physical products to software services and solutions : 4th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2013; Potsdam; Germany; 11 June 2013 through 14 June 2013. (Lecture notes in business information processing ; 150)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-39336-5_11}, pages = {102 -- 116}, year = {2013}, abstract = {IT Products are viewed and managed differently depending on the perspectives and the stage within the life cycle. A model is presented that integrates different perspectives and stages serving as an aid for the analysis of business models and focused positioning of IT-products. Four generic business models are analysed with regard to the product management function in general and the positioning field for IT-products specifically: off-the-shelf (license), license plus service, project, and system service (incl. cloud computing).}, language = {en} } @incollection{KirchnerReisertSchoening2014, author = {Kirchner, Patrick and Reisert, Steffen and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Calorimetric gas sensors for hydrogen peroxide monitoring in aseptic food processes}, series = {Gas sensing fundamentals. (Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors ; 15)}, booktitle = {Gas sensing fundamentals. (Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors ; 15)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-642-54518-4 (Print) ; 978-3-642-54519-1 (Online)}, doi = {10.1007/5346_2013_51}, pages = {279 -- 309}, year = {2014}, abstract = {For the sterilisation of aseptic food packages it is taken advantage of the microbicidal properties of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Especially, when applied in vapour phase, it has shown high potential of microbial inactivation. In addition, it offers a high environmental compatibility compared to other chemical sterilisation agents, as it decomposes into oxygen and water, respectively. Due to a lack in sensory detection possibilities, a continuous monitoring of the H2O2 concentration was recently not available. Instead, the sterilisation efficacy is validated using microbiological tests. However, progresses in the development of calorimetric gas sensors during the last 7 years have made it possible to monitor the H2O2 concentration during operation. This chapter deals with the fundamentals of calorimetric gas sensing with special focus on the detection of gaseous hydrogen peroxide. A sensor principle based on a calorimetric differential set-up is described. Special emphasis is given to the sensor design with respect to the operational requirements under field conditions. The state-of-the-art regarding a sensor set-up for the on-line monitoring and secondly, a miniaturised sensor for in-line monitoring are summarised. Furthermore, alternative detection methods and a novel multi-sensor system for the characterisation of aseptic sterilisation processes are described.}, language = {en} } @incollection{KnottSofroniaGerressenetal.2014, author = {Knott, Thomas C. and Sofronia, Raluca E. and Gerressen, Marcus and Law, Yuen and Davidescu, Arjana and Savii, George G. and Gatzweiler, Karl-Heinz and Staat, Manfred and Kuhlen, Torsten W.}, title = {Preliminary bone sawing model for a virtual reality-based training simulator of bilateral sagittal split osteotomy}, series = {Biomedical simulation : 6th International Symposium, ISBMS 2014, Strasbourg, France, October 16-17, 2014 : proceedings (Lecture notes in computer science : vol. 8789)}, booktitle = {Biomedical simulation : 6th International Symposium, ISBMS 2014, Strasbourg, France, October 16-17, 2014 : proceedings (Lecture notes in computer science : vol. 8789)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-12057-7 (Online)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-12057-7_1}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Successful bone sawing requires a high level of skill and experience, which could be gained by the use of Virtual Reality-based simulators. A key aspect of these medical simulators is realistic force feedback. The aim of this paper is to model the bone sawing process in order to develop a valid training simulator for the bilateral sagittal split osteotomy, the most often applied corrective surgery in case of a malposition of the mandible. Bone samples from a human cadaveric mandible were tested using a designed experimental system. Image processing and statistical analysis were used for the selection of four models for the bone sawing process. The results revealed a polynomial dependency between the material removal rate and the applied force. Differences between the three segments of the osteotomy line and between the cortical and cancellous bone were highlighted.}, language = {en} } @incollection{FrotscherGossmannRaatschenetal.2015, author = {Frotscher, Ralf and Goßmann, Matthias and Raatschen, Hans-J{\"u}rgen and Temiz Artmann, Ayseg{\"u}l and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Simulation of cardiac cell-seeded membranes using the edge-based smoothed FEM}, series = {Shell and membrane theories in mechanics and biology. (Advanced structured materials ; 45)}, booktitle = {Shell and membrane theories in mechanics and biology. (Advanced structured materials ; 45)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-319-02534-6 ; 978-3-319-02535-3}, pages = {187 -- 212}, year = {2015}, abstract = {We present an electromechanically coupled Finite Element model for cardiac tissue. It bases on the mechanical model for cardiac tissue of Hunter et al. that we couple to the McAllister-Noble-Tsien electrophysiological model of purkinje fibre cells. The corresponding system of ordinary differential equations is implemented on the level of the constitutive equations in a geometrically and physically nonlinear version of the so-called edge-based smoothed FEM for plates. Mechanical material parameters are determined from our own pressure-deflection experimental setup. The main purpose of the model is to further examine the experimental results not only on mechanical but also on electrophysiological level down to ion channel gates. Moreover, we present first drug treatment simulations and validate the model with respect to the experiments.}, language = {en} } @article{FontiEilmannGarciaGonzalezetal.2009, author = {Fonti, Patrick and Eilmann, Britta and Garc{\´i}a-Gonz{\´a}lez, Ignacio and von Arx, Georg}, title = {Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information}, series = {Trees : structure and function}, volume = {23}, journal = {Trees : structure and function}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {0931-1890 (Print)}, doi = {10.1007/s00468-008-0310-z}, pages = {665 -- 671}, year = {2009}, language = {en} } @incollection{AlhwarinFerreinScholl2014, author = {Alhwarin, Faraj and Ferrein, Alexander and Scholl, Ingrid}, title = {IR stereo kinect: improving depth images by combining structured light with IR stereo}, series = {PRICAI 2014: Trends in artificial intelligence : 13th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence : Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, December 1-5, 2014 : proceedings. (Lecture notes in computer science ; vol. 8862)}, booktitle = {PRICAI 2014: Trends in artificial intelligence : 13th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence : Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, December 1-5, 2014 : proceedings. (Lecture notes in computer science ; vol. 8862)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, isbn = {978-3-319-13559-5 (Print) ; 978-3-319-13560-1 (E-Book)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-13560-1_33}, pages = {409 -- 421}, year = {2014}, abstract = {RGB-D sensors such as the Microsoft Kinect or the Asus Xtion are inexpensive 3D sensors. A depth image is computed by calculating the distortion of a known infrared light (IR) pattern which is projected into the scene. While these sensors are great devices they have some limitations. The distance they can measure is limited and they suffer from reflection problems on transparent, shiny, or very matte and absorbing objects. If more than one RGB-D camera is used the IR patterns interfere with each other. This results in a massive loss of depth information. In this paper, we present a simple and powerful method to overcome these problems. We propose a stereo RGB-D camera system which uses the pros of RGB-D cameras and combine them with the pros of stereo camera systems. The idea is to utilize the IR images of each two sensors as a stereo pair to generate a depth map. The IR patterns emitted by IR projectors are exploited here to enhance the dense stereo matching even if the observed objects or surfaces are texture-less or transparent. The resulting disparity map is then fused with the depth map offered by the RGB-D sensor to fill the regions and the holes that appear because of interference, or due to transparent or reflective objects. Our results show that the density of depth information is increased especially for transparent, shiny or matte objects.}, language = {en} } @incollection{TranStaat2015, author = {Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Uncertainty multimode failure and shakedown analysis of shells}, series = {Direct methods for limit and shakedown analysis of structures / eds. Paolo Fuschi ...}, booktitle = {Direct methods for limit and shakedown analysis of structures / eds. Paolo Fuschi ...}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-12927-3 (print) ; 978-3-319-12928-0 (online)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-12928-0_14}, pages = {279 -- 298}, year = {2015}, abstract = {This paper presents a numerical procedure for reliability analysis of thin plates and shells with respect to plastic collapse or to inadaptation. The procedure involves a deterministic shakedown analysis for each probabilistic iteration, which is based on the upper bound approach and the use of the exact Ilyushin yield surface. Probabilistic shakedown analysis deals with uncertainties originated from the loads, material strength and thickness of the shell. Based on a direct definition of the limit state function, the calculation of the failure probability may be efficiently solved by using the First and Second Order Reliability Methods (FORM and SORM). The problem of reliability of structural systems (series systems) is handled by the application of a special technique which permits to find all the design points corresponding to all the failure modes. Studies show, in this case, that it improves considerably the FORM and SORM results.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Wollert2006, author = {Wollert, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Bussysteme}, series = {Handbuch der Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik in der Produktion / Hans-J{\"u}rgen Gevatter ... (Hrsg.). - 2. Aufl.}, booktitle = {Handbuch der Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik in der Produktion / Hans-J{\"u}rgen Gevatter ... (Hrsg.). - 2. Aufl.}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin [u.a.]}, isbn = {3-540-21207-8 ; 978-3-540-21207-2}, pages = {475 -- 653}, year = {2006}, language = {de} } @article{HafnerDemetzWeickertetal.2014, author = {Hafner, David and Demetz, Oliver and Weickert, Joachim and Reißel, Martin}, title = {Mathematical Foundations and Generalisations of the Census Transform for Robust Optic Flow Computation}, series = {Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision}, journal = {Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York}, issn = {1573-7683 (Online)}, doi = {10.1007/s10851-014-0529-9}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @incollection{PietschSiedentopfTeubner1992, author = {Pietsch, Wolfram and Siedentopf, Jukka and Teubner, Alexander}, title = {Vergleich konnektionistischer Modelle und konventioneller Optimierungsverfahren am Beispiel der Maschinenbelegungsplanung}, series = {Operations Research Proceedings 1991 / Papers of the 20th Annual Meeting = Vortr{\"a}ge der 20. Jahrestagung}, booktitle = {Operations Research Proceedings 1991 / Papers of the 20th Annual Meeting = Vortr{\"a}ge der 20. Jahrestagung}, editor = {Gaul, Wolfgang and Bachem, Achim and Habenicht, Walter and Runge, Walter and Stahl, Wolfgang W.}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin ; Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-642-46773-8 (Online)}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46773-8_58}, pages = {223}, year = {1992}, abstract = {F{\"u}r die Erstellung von Maschinenbelegungsplanen wurden im Operations Research aufwendige Optimierungsverfahren konzipiert und entsprechende Programme entwickelt. Maschinenbelegungsprobleme sind klassische Vertreter der Klasse der np-vollst{\"a}ndigen Probleme, also sichere Kandidaten f{\"u}r kombinatorische Explosion der L{\"o}sungsalternativen. Deshalb ist der Einsatz konventioneller Planungssysteme wegen der hohen Rechneranforderungen der g{\"a}ngigen Verfahren an die Hardware oft nicht praktikabel.}, language = {de} } @article{BorchertHasenbeckJungbluthetal.2009, author = {Borchert, J{\"o}rg and Hasenbeck, Marc and Jungbluth, Christian and Schemm, Ralf}, title = {Bewertung und Steuerung von Gasspeichern bzw. Gasspeicherscheiben}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Energiewirtschaft}, volume = {33}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Energiewirtschaft}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1866-2765}, doi = {10.1007/s12398-009-0033-x}, pages = {279 -- 293}, year = {2009}, abstract = {In diesem Artikel werden zun{\"a}chst einleitend der Gasmarkt Deutschland und der sich daraus ergebende Speicherbedarf skizziert. Folgend wird auf verschiedene Speichernutzen aus betriebswirtschaftlicher Perspektive eingegangen und die in diesem Artikel vorgestellten Bewertungsverfahren einleitend beschrieben. In diesem Artikel werden stochastische Optimierungsmethoden aufgegriffen, die sowohl eine Bewertung der Speicher gegen{\"u}ber einem Spotpreis, als auch gegen{\"u}ber einer gesamten Forwardcurve erm{\"o}glichen. Hierzu werden zun{\"a}chst Modelle zur Beschreibung der Marktpreise vorgestellt und anhand empirischer Daten kalibriert. Dann wird eine beispielhafte Speicherscheibe zun{\"a}chst auf Basis der LeastSquareMonteCarloTechnik gegen{\"u}ber dem stochastischen mehrfaktoriellen Spotpreismodell bewertet. Hieran schließt sich die Vorstellung der Bewertung sowie des Hedgings gegen{\"u}ber der Forwardcurve an. Abschließend erfolgt eine vergleichende Gegen{\"u}berstellung beider Verfahren.}, language = {de} } @incollection{RebelHueningScholletal.2015, author = {Rebel, S{\"o}ren and H{\"u}ning, Felix and Scholl, Ingrid and Ferrein, Alexander}, title = {MQOne: Low-cost design for a rugged-terrain robot platform}, series = {Intelligent robotics and applications : 8th International Conference, ICIRA 2015, Portsmouth, UK, August 24-27, 2015, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture notes in computer science : vol. 9245)}, booktitle = {Intelligent robotics and applications : 8th International Conference, ICIRA 2015, Portsmouth, UK, August 24-27, 2015, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture notes in computer science : vol. 9245)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-22875-4 (print) ; 978-3-319-22876-1 (E-Book)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-22876-1_19}, pages = {209 -- 221}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Rugged terrain robot designs are important for field robotics missions. A number of commercial platforms are available, however, at an impressive price. In this paper, we describe the hardware and software component of a low-cost wheeled rugged-terrain robot. The robot is based on an electric children quad bike and is modified to be driven by wire. In terms of climbing properties, operation time and payload it can compete with some of the commercially available platforms, but at a far lower price.}, language = {en} } @incollection{RahierRitzWallenborn2015, author = {Rahier, Michael and Ritz, Thomas and Wallenborn, Ramona}, title = {Information and communication technology for integrated mobility concepts such as E-carsharing}, series = {E-Mobility in Europe : trends and good practice}, booktitle = {E-Mobility in Europe : trends and good practice}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-319-13193-1}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-13194-8_17}, pages = {311 -- 326}, year = {2015}, abstract = {During the past decade attitude towards sharing things has changed extremely. Not just personal data is shared (e.g. in social networks) but also mobility. Together with the increased ecological awareness of the recent years, new mobility concepts have evolved. E-carsharing has become a symbol for these changes of attitude. The management of a shared car fleet, the energy management of electric mobility and the management of various carsharing users with individual likes and dislikes are just some of the major challenges of e-carsharing. Weaving it into integrated mobility concepts, this raises complexity even further. These challenges can only be overcome by an appropriate amount of well-shaped information available at the right place and time. In order to gather, process and share the required information, fleet cars have to be equipped with modern information and communication technology (ICT) and become so-called fully connected cars. Ensuring the usability of these ICT systems is another challenge that is often neglected, even though it is usability that makes carsharing comfortable, attractive and supports users' new attitudes. By means of an integrated and consistent concept for human-machine interaction (HMI), the usability of such systems can be raised tremendously.}, language = {en} } @incollection{BusseEschMuntaniol2015, author = {Busse, Daniel and Esch, Thomas and Muntaniol, Roman}, title = {Thermal management in E-carsharing vehicles - preconditioning concepts of passenger compartments}, series = {E-Mobility in Europe : trends and good practice}, booktitle = {E-Mobility in Europe : trends and good practice}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-319-13193-1}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-13194-8_18}, pages = {327 -- 343}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The issue of thermal management in electric vehicles includes the topics of drivetrain cooling and heating, interior temperature, vehicle body conditioning and safety. In addition to the need to ensure optimal thermal operating conditions of the drivetrain components (drive motor, battery and electrical components), thermal comfort must be provided for the passengers. Thermal comfort is defined as the feeling which expresses the satisfaction of the passengers with the ambient conditions in the compartment. The influencing factors on thermal comfort are the temperature and humidity as well as the speed of the indoor air and the clothing and the activity of the passengers, in addition to the thermal radiation and the temperatures of the interior surfaces. The generation and the maintenance of free visibility (ice- and moisture-free windows) count just as important as on-demand heating and cooling of the entire vehicle. A Carsharing climate concept of the innovative ec2go vehicle stipulates and allows for only seating areas used by passengers to be thermally conditioned in a close-to-body manner. To enable this, a particular feature has been added to the preconditioning of the Carsharing electric vehicle during the electric charging phase at the parking station.}, language = {en} } @incollection{KuemmellHillgaertner2015, author = {K{\"u}mmell, Steffen and Hillg{\"a}rtner, Michael}, title = {Inductive charging comfortable and nonvisible charging stations for urbanised areas}, series = {E-Mobility in Europe : trends and good practice}, booktitle = {E-Mobility in Europe : trends and good practice}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-319-13193-1}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-13194-8_16}, pages = {297 -- 309}, year = {2015}, abstract = {For a wide acceptance of E-Mobility, a well-developed charging infrastructure is needed. Conductive charging stations, which are today's state of the art, are of limited suitability for urbanised areas, since they cause a significant diversification in townscape. Furthermore, they might be destroyed by vandalism. Besides for those urbanistic reasons, inductive charging stations are a much more comfortable alternative, especially in urbanised areas. The usage of conductive charging stations requires more or less bulky charging cables. The handling of those standardised charging cables, especially during poor weather conditions, might cause inconvenience, such as dirty clothing etc. Wireless charging does not require visible and vandalism vulnerable charge sticks. No wired connection between charging station and vehicle is needed, which enable the placement below the surface of parking spaces or other points of interest. Inductive charging seems to be the optimal alternative for E-Mobility, as a high power transfer can be realised with a manageable technical and financial effort. For a well-accepted and working public charging infrastructure in urbanised areas it is essential that the infrastructure fits the vehicles' needs. Hence, a well-adjusted standardisation of the charging infrastructure is essential. This is carried out by several IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) and national standardisation committees. To ensure an optimised technical solution for future's inductive charging infrastructures, several field tests had been carried out and are planned in near future.}, language = {en} } @incollection{KallweitGottschalkWalenta2016, author = {Kallweit, Stephan and Gottschalk, Michael and Walenta, Robert}, title = {ROS based safety concept for collaborative robots in industrial applications}, series = {Advances in robot design and intelligent control : proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region (RAAD). (Advances in intelligent systems and computing ; 371)}, booktitle = {Advances in robot design and intelligent control : proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region (RAAD). (Advances in intelligent systems and computing ; 371)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, organization = {International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region <24, 2015, Bucharest>}, isbn = {978-3-319-21289-0 (Print) ; 978-3-319-21290-6 (E-Book)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-21290-6_3}, pages = {27 -- 35}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The production and assembly of customized products increases the demand for flexible automation systems. One approach is to remove the safety fences that separate human and industrial robot to combine their skills. This collaboration possesses a certain risk for the human co-worker, leading to numerous safety concepts to protect him. The human needs to be monitored and tracked by a safety system using different sensors. The proposed system consists of a RGBD camera for surveillance of the common working area, an array of optical distance sensors to compensate shadowing effects of the RGBD camera and a laser range finder to detect the co-worker when approaching the work cell. The software for collision detection, path planning, robot control and predicting the behaviour of the co-worker is based on the Robot Operating System (ROS). A first prototype of the work cell shows that with advanced algorithms from the field of mobile robotics a very flexible safety concept can be realized: the robot not simply stops its movement when detecting a collision, but plans and executes an alternative path around the obstacle.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Bung2015, author = {Bung, Daniel B.}, title = {Laboratory models of free-surface flows}, series = {Rivers - physical, fluvial and environmental processes}, booktitle = {Rivers - physical, fluvial and environmental processes}, editor = {Rowinski, Pawel}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-17718-2 ; 978-3-319-17719-9}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-17719-9_9}, pages = {213 -- 228}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Hydraulic modeling is the classical approach to investigate and describe complex fluid motion. Many empirical formulas in the literature used for the hydraulic design of river training measures and structures have been developed using experimental data from the laboratory. Although computer capacities have increased to a high level which allows to run complex numerical simulations on standard workstation nowadays, non-standard design of structures may still raise the need to perform physical model investigations. These investigations deliver insight into details of flow patterns and the effect of varying boundary conditions. Data from hydraulic model tests may be used for calibration of numerical models as well. As the field of hydraulic modeling is very complex, this chapter intends to give a short overview on capacities and limits of hydraulic modeling in regard to river flows and hydraulic structures only. The reader shall get a first idea of modeling principles and basic considerations. More detailed information can be found in the references.}, language = {en} } @incollection{SrivastavaKnolleHoyleretal.2015, author = {Srivastava, Alok and Knolle, Friedhart and Hoyler, Friedrich and Scherer, Ulrich W. and Schnug, Ewald}, title = {Uranium Toxicity in the State of Punjab in North-Western India}, series = {Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment}, booktitle = {Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-12559-6}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-12559-6_21}, pages = {271 -- 275}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Lately there has been an increasing concern about uranium toxicity in some districts of Punjab State located in the North Western part of India after the publication of a report (Blaurock-Busch et al. 2010) which showed that the concentration of uranium in hair and urine of children suffering from physical deformities, neurological and mental disorder from Malwa region (Fig. 1) of Punjab State was manifold higher than the reference ranges. A train which connects the affected region with the nearby city of Bikaner which has a Cancer Hospital has been nicknamed as Cancer Express due to the frenzy generated on account of uranium related toxicity.}, language = {en} } @article{DuongNguyenStaat2015, author = {Duong, Minh Tuan and Nguyen, Nhu Huynh and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Physical response of hyperelastic models for composite materials and soft tissues}, series = {Asia pacific journal on computational engineering}, volume = {2}, journal = {Asia pacific journal on computational engineering}, number = {3 (December 2015)}, issn = {2196-1166}, doi = {10.1186/s40540-015-0015-x}, pages = {1 -- 18}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @article{KuertenMottaghyZiegler2015, author = {K{\"u}rten, Sylvia and Mottaghy, Darius and Ziegler, Martin}, title = {A new model for the description of the heat transfer for plane thermo-active geotechnical systems based on thermal resistances}, series = {Acta Geotechnica}, volume = {10}, journal = {Acta Geotechnica}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1861-1133}, doi = {10.1007/s11440-014-0311-6}, pages = {219 -- 229}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @incollection{NiemuellerReuterEwertetal.2015, author = {Niemueller, Tim and Reuter, Sebastian and Ewert, Daniel and Ferrein, Alexander and Jeschke, Sabina and Lakemeyer, Gerhard}, title = {Decisive Factors for the Success of the Carologistics RoboCup Team in the RoboCup Logistics League 2014}, series = {RoboCup 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII}, booktitle = {RoboCup 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII}, publisher = {Springer}, isbn = {978-3-319-18615-3}, pages = {155 -- 167}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @incollection{GoeckelSchifferWagneretal.2015, author = {Goeckel, Tom and Schiffer, Stefan and Wagner, Hermann and Lakemeyer, Gerhard}, title = {The Video Conference Tool Robot ViCToR}, series = {Intelligent Robotics and Applications : 8th International Conference, ICIRA 2015, Portsmouth, UK, August 24-27, 2015, Proceedings, Part II}, booktitle = {Intelligent Robotics and Applications : 8th International Conference, ICIRA 2015, Portsmouth, UK, August 24-27, 2015, Proceedings, Part II}, publisher = {Springer}, isbn = {978-3-319-22876-1}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-22876-1_6}, pages = {61 -- 73}, year = {2015}, abstract = {We present a robotic tool that autonomously follows a conversation to enable remote presence in video conferencing. When humans participate in a meeting with the help of video conferencing tools, it is crucial that they are able to follow the conversation both with acoustic and visual input. To this end, we design and implement a video conferencing tool robot that uses binaural sound source localization as its main source to autonomously orient towards the currently talking speaker. To increase robustness of the acoustic cue against noise we supplement the sound localization with a source detection stage. Also, we include a simple onset detector to retain fast response times. Since we only use two microphones, we are confronted with ambiguities on whether a source is in front or behind the device. We resolve these ambiguities with the help of face detection and additional moves. We tailor the system to our target scenarios in experiments with a four minute scripted conversation. In these experiments we evaluate the influence of different system settings on the responsiveness and accuracy of the device.}, language = {en} } @incollection{AltayTaddeiButenwegetal.2014, author = {Altay, Okyay and Taddei, Francesca and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, Sven}, title = {Vibration mitigation of wind turbine towers with tuned mass dampers}, series = {Wind turbine control and monitoring. (Advances in industrial control)}, booktitle = {Wind turbine control and monitoring. (Advances in industrial control)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Dordrecht ; London}, isbn = {978-3-319-08412-1 (Print) ; 978-3-319-08413-8 (E-Book)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-08413-8_12}, pages = {337 -- 373}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Because of its minor environmental impact, electricity generation using wind power is getting remarkable. The further growth of the wind industry depends on technological solutions to the challenges in production and construction of the turbines. Wind turbine tower vibrations, which limit power generation efficiency and cause fatigue problems with high maintenance costs, count as one of the main structural difficulties in the wind energy sector. To mitigate tower vibrations auxiliary measures are necessary. The effectiveness of tuned mass damper is verified by means of a numeric study on a 5 MW onshore reference wind turbine. Hereby, also seismic-induced vibrations and soil-structure interaction are considered. Acquired results show that tuned mass damper can effectively reduce resonant tower vibrations and improve the fatigue life of wind turbines. This chapter is also concerned with tuned liquid column damper and a semiactive application of it. Due to its geometric versatility and low prime costs, tuned liquid column dampers are a good alternative to other damping measures, in particular for slender structures like wind turbines.}, language = {en} } @article{FischerSelverGezeretal.2015, author = {Fischer, Felix and Selver, M. Alper and Gezer, Sinem and Dicle, Oguz and Hillen, Walter}, title = {Systematic Parameterization, Storage, and Representation of Volumetric DICOM Data}, series = {Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering}, volume = {35}, journal = {Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering}, number = {6}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2199-4757}, doi = {10.1007/s40846-015-0097-5}, pages = {709 -- 723}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @article{HacklMuellerStaatetal.2016, author = {Hackl, Michael and M{\"u}ller, Lars-Peter and Staat, Manfred and Kahmann, Stephanie Lucina and Wegmann, Kilian}, title = {Proximal phalangeal neck fractures of the hand — a biomechanical comparison of three fixation techniques}, series = {Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy}, volume = {Volume 24}, journal = {Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy}, number = {Supplement 1}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {0942-2056}, doi = {10.1007/s00167-016-4080-7}, pages = {148 -- 149}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Plate osteosynthesis of displaced proximal phalangeal neck fractures of the hand allows early mobilization due to a stable internal fixation. Nevertheless, joint stiffness—because of soft tissue irritation—represents a common complication leading to high complication rates. Del Pinal et al. recently reported promising clinical results for a new, minimally invasive fixation technique with a cannulated headless intramedullary compression screw. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare plate fixation of proximal phalangeal neck fractures to less two less invasive techniques: Crossed k-wire fixation and intramedullary screw fixation. We hypothesized that these fixation techniques provide inferior stability when compared to plate osteosynthesis.}, language = {en} } @article{HacklKahmannWegmannetal.2016, author = {Hackl, Michael and Kahmann, Stephanie Lucina and Wegmann, Kilian and Ries, Christian and Staat, Manfred and M{\"u}ller, Lars-Peter}, title = {Shortening osteotomy of the proximal radius — a treatment option for isolated osteoarthritis of the lateral column of the elbow joint?}, series = {Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy}, volume = {Volume 24}, journal = {Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy}, number = {Supplement 1}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {0942-2056}, doi = {10.1007/s00167-016-4080-7}, pages = {128 -- 129}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Treatment of posttraumatic osteoarthritis of the radial column of the elbow joint remains a challenging yet common issue. While partial joint replacement leads to high revision rates, radial head excision has shown to severely increase joint instability. Shortening osteotomy of the radius could be an option to decrease the contact pressure of the radiohumeral joint and thereby pain levels without causing valgus instability. Hence, the aim of this biomechanical study was to evaluate the effects of radial shortening on axial load distribution and valgus stability of the elbow joint.}, language = {en} } @article{HacklLeschingerStaatetal.2016, author = {Hackl, Michael and Leschinger, T. and Staat, Manfred and M{\"u}ller, Lars-Peter and Wegmann, Kilian}, title = {Reconstruction of the interosseous membrane in the Essex Lopresti lesion — a biomechanical evaluation}, series = {Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy}, volume = {Volume 24}, journal = {Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy}, number = {Supplement 1}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {0942-2056}, doi = {10.1007/s00167-016-4080-7}, pages = {130 -- 131}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Surgical reconstruction of the interosseous membrane (IOM) could restore longitudinal forearm stability to avoid persisting disability due to capituloradial and ulnocarpal impingement in Essex Lopresti lesions. This biomechanical study aimed to assess longitudinal forearm stability of intact specimens, after sectioning of the IOM and after reconstruction with a TightRope construct using either a single or double bundle technique.}, language = {en} } @article{WegmannHacklStaatetal.2016, author = {Wegmann, Kilian and Hackl, Michael and Staat, Manfred and Mayer, Katharina and M{\"u}ller, Lars-Peter}, title = {Double plate osteosynthesis of proximal ulna fractures: biomechanical and clinical results}, series = {Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy}, volume = {Volume 24}, journal = {Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy}, number = {Supplement 1}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {0942-2056}, doi = {10.1007/s00167-016-4079-0}, pages = {58 -- 59}, year = {2016}, abstract = {While plate fixation of proximal ulna fractures might lead to superior clinical results compared to tension band wiring, regular plates represent an established risk factor for wound complications. The olecranon double plates (Medartis, Basel, CH) might decrease complications related to the osteosynthesis because of their low profile and better anatomical fit. This study aimed to evaluate the biomechanical performance and clinical results of the olecranon double plates.}, language = {en} } @article{ScheidweilerTriesch2016, author = {Scheidweiler, Robert and Triesch, Eberhard}, title = {A note on the duality between matchings and vertex covers in balanced hypergraphs}, series = {Journal of Combinatorial Optimization}, volume = {32}, journal = {Journal of Combinatorial Optimization}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1573-2886}, doi = {10.1007/s10878-015-9887-5}, pages = {639 -- 644}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We present a new Min-Max theorem for an optimization problem closely connected to matchings and vertex covers in balanced hypergraphs. The result generalizes Kőnig's Theorem (Berge and Las Vergnas in Ann N Y Acad Sci 175:32-40, 1970; Fulkerson et al. in Math Progr Study 1:120-132, 1974) and Hall's Theorem (Conforti et al. in Combinatorica 16:325-329, 1996) for balanced hypergraphs.}, language = {en} } @article{LopesLeandroCarvalhoetal.2017, author = {Lopes, Pedro and Leandro, Jorge and Carvalho, Rita F. and Bung, Daniel B.}, title = {Alternating skimming flow over a stepped spillway}, series = {Environmental Fluid Mechanics}, volume = {17}, journal = {Environmental Fluid Mechanics}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1573-1510}, doi = {10.1007/s10652-016-9484-x}, pages = {303 -- 322}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{PinkenburgSchiffelsSelmer2016, author = {Pinkenburg, Olaf and Schiffels, Johannes and Selmer, Thorsten}, title = {Das CoLibry-Konzept - ein Werkzeugkasten f{\"u}r die Synthetische Biologie: Bioproduktion}, series = {BIOspektrum}, volume = {22}, journal = {BIOspektrum}, number = {6}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, doi = {10.1007/s12268-016-0734-8}, pages = {593 -- 595}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Regardless of size or destination, synthetic biology starts with com-parably small information units, which need to be combined and properly arranged in order to achieve a certain goal. This may be the de novo synthesis of individual genes from oligonucleotides, a shuffling of protein domains in order to create novel biocatalysts, the assembly of multiple enzyme encoding genes in metabolic pathway design, or strain development at the production stage. The CoLibry concept has been designed in order to close the gap between recombinant production of individual genes and genome editing.}, language = {de} } @article{KotliarLanzl2016, author = {Kotliar, Konstantin and Lanzl, I. M.}, title = {Mit Statistik gemeistert: perfekte Augentropfen und idealer Screeningtest : M{\"o}glichkeiten und Grenzen statistischer Methoden beim Glaukom}, series = {Der Ophthalmologe: Zeitschrift Der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft}, journal = {Der Ophthalmologe: Zeitschrift Der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft}, number = {113}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {0941-293X}, doi = {10.1007/s00347-016-0312-y}, pages = {838 -- 843}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Hintergrund Die Anwendung und das Verst{\"a}ndnis von Statistik sind sehr wichtig f{\"u}r die biomedizinische Forschung und f{\"u}r die klinische Praxis. Dies gilt insbesondere auch zur Absch{\"a}tzung der M{\"o}glichkeiten unterschiedlichster Diagnostik- und Therapieoptionen beim Glaukom. Die scheinbare Komplexit{\"a}t der Statistik, die zum Teil dem „gesunden Menschenverstand" zu widersprechen scheint, zusammen mit der nur vorsichtigen Akzeptanz der Statistik bei vielen Medizinern k{\"o}nnen zu bewussten und unbewussten Manipulationen bei der Datendarstellung und -interpretation f{\"u}hren. Ziel der Arbeit Ziel ist die verst{\"a}ndliche Darstellung einiger typischer Fehler in der medizinisch-statistischen Datenbehandlung. Material und Methoden Anhand hypothetischer Beispiele aus der Glaukomdiagnostik erfolgen die Darstellung der Wirkung eines hypotensiven Medikamentes sowie die Beurteilung der Ergebnisse eines diagnostischen Tests. Es werden die typischsten statistischen Einsatzbereiche und Irrtumsquellen ausf{\"u}hrlich und verst{\"a}ndlich analysiert Ergebnisse Mechanismen von Datenmanipulation und falscher Dateninterpretation werden aufgekl{\"a}rt. Typische Irrtumsquellen bei der statistischen Auswertung und Datendarstellung werden dabei erl{\"a}utert. Schlussfolgerungen Die erl{\"a}uterten praktischen Beispiele zeigen die Notwendigkeit, die Grundlagen der Statistik zu verstehen und korrekt anwenden zu k{\"o}nnen. Fehlendes Grundlagenwissen und Halbwissen der medizinischen Statistik k{\"o}nnen zu folgenschweren Missverst{\"a}ndnissen und falschen Entscheidungen in der medizinischen Forschung, aber auch in der klinischen Praxis f{\"u}hren.}, language = {de} } @article{KnobeGiesenPlateetal.2016, author = {Knobe, M. and Giesen, M. and Plate, S. and Gradl-Dietsch, G. and Buecking, B. and Eschbach, D. and Laack, Walter van and Pape, H.-C.}, title = {The Aachen mobility and balance index to measure physiological falls risk: a comparison with the Tinetti POMA scale}, series = {European Journal Of Trauma And Emergency Surgery}, volume = {42}, journal = {European Journal Of Trauma And Emergency Surgery}, number = {5}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1863-9941}, doi = {10.1007/s00068-016-0693-2}, pages = {537 -- 545}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Purpose The most commonly used mobility assessments for screening risk of falls among older adults are rating scales such as the Tinetti performance oriented mobility assessment (POMA). However, its correlation with falls is not always predictable and disadvantages of the scale include difficulty to assess many of the items on a 3-point scale and poor specificity. The purpose of this study was to describe the ability of the new Aachen Mobility and Balance Index (AMBI) to discriminate between subjects with a fall history and subjects without such events in comparison to the Tinetti POMA Scale. Methods For this prospective cohort study, 24 participants in the study group and 10 in the control group were selected from a population of patients in our hospital who had met the stringent inclusion criteria. Both groups completed the Tinetti POMA Scale (gait and balance component) and the AMBI (tandem stance, tandem walk, ten-meter-walk-test, sit-to-stand with five repetitions, 360° turns, timed-up-and-go-test and measurement of the dominant hand grip strength). A history of falls and hospitalization in the past year were evaluated retrospectively. The relationships among the mobility tests were examined with Bland-Altmananalysis. Receiver-operated characteristics curves, sensitivity and specificity were calculated. Results The study showed a strong negative correlation between the AMBI (17 points max., highest fall risk) and Tinetti POMA Scale (28 points max., lowest fall risk; r = -0.78, p < 0.001) with an excellent discrimination between community-dwelling older people and a younger control group. However, there were no differences in any of the mobility and balance measurements between participants with and without a fall history with equal characteristics in test comparison (AMBI vs. Tinetti POMA Scale: AUC 0.570 vs. 0.598; p = 0.762). The Tinetti POMA Scale (cut-off <20 points) showed a sensitivity of 0.45 and a specificity of 0.69, the AMBI a sensitivity of 0.64 and a specificity of 0.46 (cut-off >5 points). Conclusion The AMBI comprises mobility and balance tasks with increasing difficulty as well as a measurement of the dominant hand-grip strength. Its ability to identify fallers was comparable to the Tinetti POMA Scale. However, both measurement sets showed shortcomings in discrimination between fallers and non-fallers based on a self-reported retrospective falls-status.}, language = {en} } @article{BelavyAlbrachtBruggemannetal.2016, author = {Belavy, Daniel L. and Albracht, Kirsten and Bruggemann, Gert-Peter and Vergroesen, Pieter-Paul A. and Dieen, Jaap H. van}, title = {Can exercise positively influence the intervertebral disc?}, series = {Sports Medicine}, volume = {46}, journal = {Sports Medicine}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1179-2035}, doi = {10.1007/s40279-015-0444-2}, pages = {473 -- 485}, year = {2016}, abstract = {To better understand what kinds of sports and exercise could be beneficial for the intervertebral disc (IVD), we performed a review to synthesise the literature on IVD adaptation with loading and exercise. The state of the literature did not permit a systematic review; therefore, we performed a narrative review. The majority of the available data come from cell or whole-disc loading models and animal exercise models. However, some studies have examined the impact of specific sports on IVD degeneration in humans and acute exercise on disc size. Based on the data available in the literature, loading types that are likely beneficial to the IVD are dynamic, axial, at slow to moderate movement speeds, and of a magnitude experienced in walking and jogging. Static loading, torsional loading, flexion with compression, rapid loading, high-impact loading and explosive tasks are likely detrimental for the IVD. Reduced physical activity and disuse appear to be detrimental for the IVD. We also consider the impact of genetics and the likelihood of a 'critical period' for the effect of exercise in IVD development. The current review summarises the literature to increase awareness amongst exercise, rehabilitation and ergonomic professionals regarding IVD health and provides recommendations on future directions in research.}, language = {en} } @article{AlbrachtArampatzis2013, author = {Albracht, Kirsten and Arampatzis, Adamantios}, title = {Exercise-induced changes in triceps surae tendon stiffness and muscle strength affect running economy in humans}, series = {European Journal of Applied Physiology}, volume = {113}, journal = {European Journal of Applied Physiology}, number = {6}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1439-6327}, doi = {10.1007/s00421-012-2585-4}, pages = {1605 -- 1615}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{FerreinSteinbauer2016, author = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald}, title = {20 Years of RoboCup - A Subjective Retrospection}, series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz}, volume = {30}, journal = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1610-1987}, doi = {10.1007/s13218-016-0449-5}, pages = {225 -- 232}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This summer, RoboCup competitions were held for the 20th time in Leipzig, Germany. It was the second time that RoboCup took place in Germany, 10 years after the 2006 RoboCup in Bremen. In this article, we give an overview on the latest developments of RoboCup and what happened in the different leagues over the last decade. With its 20th edition, RoboCup clearly is a success story and a role model for robotics competitions. From our personal view point, we acknowledge this by giving a retrospection about what makes RoboCup such a success.}, language = {en} } @article{NoureddineBitzLaddetal.2015, author = {Noureddine, Yacine and Bitz, Andreas and Ladd, Mark E. and Th{\"u}rling, Markus and Ladd, Susanne C. and Schaefers, Gregor and Kraff, Oliver}, title = {Experience with magnetic resonance imaging of human subjects with passive implants and tattoos at 7 T: a retrospective study}, series = {Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine}, volume = {28}, journal = {Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine}, number = {6}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1352-8661}, doi = {10.1007/s10334-015-0499-y}, pages = {577 -- 590}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @article{VosLagemaatBarentszetal.2014, author = {Vos, E. K. and Lagemaat, M. W. and Barentsz, J. O. and F{\"u}tterer, J. J. and Zamecnik, P. and Roozen, H. and Orzada, S. and Bitz, Andreas and Maas, M. C. and Scheenen, T. W. J.}, title = {Image quality and cancer visibility of T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the prostate at 7 Tesla}, series = {European Radiology}, volume = {24}, journal = {European Radiology}, number = {8}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, issn = {1432-1084}, doi = {10.1007/s00330-014-3234-6}, pages = {1950 -- 1958}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Objectives To assess the image quality of T2-weighted (T2w) magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate and the visibility of prostate cancer at 7 Tesla (T). Materials \& methods Seventeen prostate cancer patients underwent T2w imaging at 7T with only an external transmit/receive array coil. Three radiologists independently scored images for image quality, visibility of anatomical structures, and presence of artefacts. Krippendorff's alpha and weighted kappa statistics were used to assess inter-observer agreement. Visibility of prostate cancer lesions was assessed by directly linking the T2w images to the confirmed location of prostate cancer on histopathology. Results T2w imaging at 7T was achievable with 'satisfactory' (3/5) to 'good' (4/5) quality. Visibility of anatomical structures was predominantly scored as 'satisfactory' (3/5) and 'good' (4/5). If artefacts were present, they were mostly motion artefacts and, to a lesser extent, aliasing artefacts and noise. Krippendorff's analysis revealed an α = 0.44 between three readers for the overall image quality scores. Clinically significant cancer lesions in both peripheral zone and transition zone were visible at 7T. Conclusion T2w imaging with satisfactory to good quality can be routinely acquired, and cancer lesions were visible in patients with prostate cancer at 7T using only an external transmit/receive body array coil.}, language = {en} } @article{ChenSchoembergKraffetal.2016, author = {Chen, Bixia and Schoemberg, Tobias and Kraff, Oliver and Dammann, Philipp and Bitz, Andreas and Schlamann, Marc and Quick, Harald H. and Ladd, Mark E. and Sure, Ulrich and Wrede, Karsten H.}, title = {Cranial fixation plates in cerebral magnetic resonance imaging: a 3 and 7 Tesla in vivo image quality study}, series = {Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine}, volume = {29}, journal = {Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1352-8661}, doi = {10.1007/s10334-016-0548-1}, pages = {389 -- 398}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Objective This study assesses and quantifies impairment of postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 7 Tesla (T) after implantation of titanium cranial fixation plates (CFPs) for neurosurgical bone flap fixation. Materials and methods The study group comprised five patients who were intra-individually examined with 3 and 7 T MRI preoperatively and postoperatively (within 72 h/3 months) after implantation of CFPs. Acquired sequences included T₁-weighted magnetization-prepared rapid-acquisition gradient-echo (MPRAGE), T₂-weighted turbo-spin-echo (TSE) imaging, and susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI). Two experienced neurosurgeons and a neuroradiologist rated image quality and the presence of artifacts in consensus reading. Results Minor artifacts occurred around the CFPs in MPRAGE and T2 TSE at both field strengths, with no significant differences between 3 and 7 T. In SWI, artifacts were accentuated in the early postoperative scans at both field strengths due to intracranial air and hemorrhagic remnants. After resorption, the brain tissue directly adjacent to skull bone could still be assessed. Image quality after 3 months was equal to the preoperative examinations at 3 and 7 T. Conclusion Image quality after CFP implantation was not significantly impaired in 7 T MRI, and artifacts were comparable to those in 3 T MRI.}, language = {en} } @article{KatzPoghossianSchoening2017, author = {Katz, Evgeny and Poghossian, Arshak and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Enzyme-based logic gates and circuits - analytical applications and interfacing with electronics}, series = {Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry}, volume = {409}, journal = {Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1618-2650}, doi = {10.1007/s00216-016-0079-7}, pages = {81 -- 94}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The paper is an overview of enzyme-based logic gates and their short circuits, with specific examples of Boolean AND and OR gates, and concatenated logic gates composed of multi-step enzyme-biocatalyzed reactions. Noise formation in the biocatalytic reactions and its decrease by adding a "filter" system, converting convex to sigmoid response function, are discussed. Despite the fact that the enzyme-based logic gates are primarily considered as components of future biomolecular computing systems, their biosensing applications are promising for immediate practical use. Analytical use of the enzyme logic systems in biomedical and forensic applications is discussed and exemplified with the logic analysis of biomarkers of various injuries, e.g., liver injury, and with analysis of biomarkers characteristic of different ethnicity found in blood samples on a crime scene. Interfacing of enzyme logic systems with modified electrodes and semiconductor devices is discussed, giving particular attention to the interfaces functionalized with signal-responsive materials. Future perspectives in the design of the biomolecular logic systems and their applications are discussed in the conclusion.}, language = {en} } @article{UmutluKraffFischeretal.2013, author = {Umutlu, Lale and Kraff, Oliver and Fischer, Anja and Kinner, Sonja and Maderwald, Stefan and Nassenstein, Kai and Nensa, Felix and Gr{\"u}neisen, Johannes and Orzada, Stephan and Bitz, Andreas and Forsting, Michael and Ladd, Mark E. and Lauenstein, Thomas C.}, title = {Seven-Tesla MRI of the female pelvis}, series = {European Radiology}, volume = {23}, journal = {European Radiology}, number = {9}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1432-1084}, doi = {10.1007/s00330-013-2868-0}, pages = {2364 -- 2373}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{UmutluMaderwaldKinneretal.2013, author = {Umutlu, L. and Maderwald, S. and Kinner, S. and Kraff, O. and Bitz, Andreas and Orzada, S. and Johst, S. and Wrede, K. and Forsting, M. and Ladd, M. E. and Lauenstein, T. C. and Quick, H. H.}, title = {First-pass contrast-enhanced renal MRA at 7 Tesla: initial results}, series = {European Radiology}, volume = {23}, journal = {European Radiology}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1432-1084}, doi = {10.1007/s00330-012-2666-0}, pages = {1059 -- 1066}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{UmutluOrzadaKinneretal.2011, author = {Umutlu, Lale and Orzada, Stephan and Kinner, Sonja and Maderwald, Stefan and Bronte, Irina and Bitz, Andreas and Kraff, Oliver and Ladd, Susanne C. and Antoch, Gerald and Ladd, Mark E. and Quick, Harald H. and Lauenstein, Thomas C.}, title = {Renal imaging at 7 Tesla: preliminary results}, series = {European Radiology}, volume = {21}, journal = {European Radiology}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1432-1084}, pages = {841 -- 849}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Objective To investigate the feasibility of 7T MR imaging of the kidneys utilising a custom-built 8-channel transmit/receive radiofrequency body coil. Methods In vivo unenhanced MR was performed in 8 healthy volunteers on a 7T whole-body MR system. After B0 shimming the following sequences were obtained: 1) 2D and 3D spoiled gradient-echo sequences (FLASH, VIBE), 2) T1-weighted 2D in and opposed phase 3) True-FISP imaging and 4) a T2-weighted turbo spin echo (TSE) sequence. Visual evaluation of the overall image quality was performed by two radiologists. Results Renal MRI at 7T was feasible in all eight subjects. Best image quality was found using T1-weighted gradient echo MRI, providing high anatomical details and excellent conspicuity of the non-enhanced vasculature. With successful shimming, B1 signal voids could be effectively reduced and/or shifted out of the region of interest in most sequence types. However, T2-weighted TSE imaging remained challenging and strongly impaired because of signal heterogeneities in three volunteers. Conclusion The results demonstrate the feasibility and diagnostic potential of dedicated 7T renal imaging. Further optimisation of imaging sequences and dedicated RF coil concepts are expected to improve the acquisition quality and ultimately provide high clinical diagnostic value.}, language = {en} } @article{HacklWegmannKahmannetal.2017, author = {Hackl, Michael and Wegmann, Kilian and Kahmann, Stephanie Lucina and Heinze, Nicolai and Staat, Manfred and Neiss, Wolfram F. and Scaal, Martin and M{\"u}ller, Lars P.}, title = {Radial shortening osteotomy reduces radiocapitellar contact pressures while preserving valgus stability of the elbow}, series = {Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy}, volume = {25}, journal = {Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy}, number = {7}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1433-7347}, doi = {10.1007/s00167-017-4468-z}, pages = {2280 -- 2288}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{BalzerStreit2017, author = {Balzer, Hermann and Streit, Daniel}, title = {Das Translationsrisiko multinationaler Konzerne in Deutschland: Eine explorative Analyse von Verst{\"a}ndnis, Bedeutung und Management-Praxis mit Hilfe der Critical Incident Technique}, series = {Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift f{\"u}r betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung}, journal = {Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift f{\"u}r betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung}, number = {Online first}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2366-6153}, doi = {10.1007/s41471-017-0029-x}, pages = {1 -- 40}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{WiesenTippkoetterMuffleretal.2015, author = {Wiesen, Sebastian and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Muffler, Kai and Suck, Kirstin and Sohling, Ulrich and Ruf, Friedrich and Ulber, Roland}, title = {Adsorption of fatty acids to layered double hydroxides in aqueous systems}, series = {Adsorption}, volume = {21}, journal = {Adsorption}, number = {6-7}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, pages = {459 -- 466}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Due to their anion exchange characteristics, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are suitable for the detoxification of aqueous, fatty acid containing fermentation substrates. The aim of this study is to examine the adsorption mechanism, using crude glycerol from plant oil esterification as a model system. Changes in the intercalation structure in relation to the amount of fatty acids adsorbed are monitored by X-ray diffraction and infra-red spectroscopy. Additionally, calcination of LDH is investigated in order to increase the binding capacity for fatty acids. Our data propose that, at ambient temperature, fatty acids can be bound to the hydrotalcite by adsorption or in addition by intercalation, depending on fatty acid concentration. The adsorption of fatty acids from crude glycerol shows a BET-like behavior. Above a fatty acid concentration of 3.5 g L-1, intercalation of fatty acids can be shown by the appearance of an increased interlayer spacing. This observation suggests a two phase adsorption process. Calcination of LDHs allows increasing the binding capacity for fatty acids by more than six times, mainly by reduction of structural CO32-.}, language = {en} } @article{MoraisGomesSilvaetal.2017, author = {Morais, Paulo V. and Gomes, Vanderley F., Jr. and Silva, Anielle C. A. and Dantas, Noelio O. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Siqueira, Jos{\´e} R., Jr.}, title = {Nanofilm of ZnO nanocrystals/carbon nanotubes as biocompatible layer for enzymatic biosensors in capacitive field-effect devices}, series = {Journal of Materials Science}, volume = {52}, journal = {Journal of Materials Science}, number = {20}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1573-4803}, doi = {10.1007/s10853-017-1369-y}, pages = {12314 -- 12325}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The incorporation of nanomaterials that are biocompatible with different types of biological compounds has allowed the development of a new generation of biosensors applied especially in the biomedical field. In particular, the integration of film-based nanomaterials employed in field-effect devices can be interesting to develop biosensors with enhanced properties. In this paper, we studied the fabrication of sensitive nanofilms combining ZnO nanocrystals and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), prepared by means of the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique, in a capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) structure for detecting glucose and urea. The ZnO nanocrystals were incorporated in a polymeric matrix of poly(allylamine) hydrochloride (PAH), and arranged with multi-walled CNTs in a LbL PAH-ZnO/CNTs film architecture onto EIS chips. The electrochemical characterizations were performed by capacitance-voltage and constant capacitance measurements, while the morphology of the films was characterized by atomic force microscopy. The enzymes glucose oxidase and urease were immobilized on film's surface for detection of glucose and urea, respectively. In order to obtain glucose and urea biosensors with optimized amount of sensitive films, we investigated the ideal number of bilayers for each detection system. The glucose biosensor showed better sensitivity and output signal for an LbL PAH-ZnO/CNTs nanofilm with 10 bilayers. On the other hand, the urea biosensor presented enhanced properties even for the first bilayer, exhibiting high sensitivity and output signal. The presence of the LbL PAH-ZnO/CNTs films led to biosensors with better sensitivity and enhanced response signal, demonstrating that the adequate use of nanostructured films is feasible for proof-of-concept biosensors with improved properties that may be employed for biomedical applications.}, language = {en} } @incollection{PoghossianSchoening2017, author = {Poghossian, Arshak and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Nanomaterial-Modified Capacitive Field-Effect Biosensors}, series = {Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors (Methods and Applications)}, booktitle = {Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors (Methods and Applications)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, doi = {10.1007/5346_2017_2}, pages = {1 -- 25}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The coupling of charged molecules, nanoparticles, and more generally, inorganic/organic nanohybrids with semiconductor field-effect devices based on an electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) system represents a very promising strategy for the active tuning of electrochemical properties of these devices and, thus, opening new opportunities for label-free biosensing by the intrinsic charge of molecules. The simplest field-effect sensor is a capacitive EIS sensor, which represents a (bio-)chemically sensitive capacitor. In this chapter, selected examples of recent developments in the field of label-free biosensing using nanomaterial-modified capacitive EIS sensors are summarized. In the first part, we present applications of EIS sensors modified with negatively charged gold nanoparticles for the label-free electrostatic detection of positively charged small proteins and macromolecules, for monitoring the layer-by-layer formation of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte (PE) multilayers as well as for the development of an enzyme-based biomolecular logic gate. In the second part, examples of a label-free detection by means of EIS sensors modified with a positively charged weak PE layer are demonstrated. These include electrical detection of on-chip and in-solution hybridized DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) as well as an EIS sensor with pH-responsive weak PE/enzyme multilayers for enhanced field-effect biosensing.}, language = {en} } @incollection{TranTranMatthiesetal.2017, author = {Tran, N. T. and Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Matthies, M. G. and Stavroulakis, G. E. and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Shakedown Analysis Under Stochastic Uncertainty by Chance Constrained Programming}, series = {Advances in Direct Methods for Materials and Structures}, booktitle = {Advances in Direct Methods for Materials and Structures}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-59810-9}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-59810-9_6}, pages = {85 -- 103}, year = {2017}, abstract = {In this paper we propose a stochastic programming method to analyse limit and shakedown of structures under uncertainty condition of strength. Based on the duality theory, the shakedown load multiplier formulated by the kinematic theorem is proved actually to be the dual form of the shakedown load multiplier formulated by static theorem. In this investigation a dual chance constrained programming algorithm is developed to calculate simultaneously both the upper and lower bounds of the plastic collapse limit and the shakedown limit. The edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) with three-node linear triangular elements is used for structural analysis.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{EngemannWiesenKallweitetal.2018, author = {Engemann, Heiko and Wiesen, Patrick and Kallweit, Stephan and Deshpande, Harshavardhan and Schleupen, Josef}, title = {Autonomous mobile manipulation using ROS}, series = {Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics}, booktitle = {Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-61276-8}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-61276-8_43}, pages = {389 -- 401}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @article{RoehlenPilasSchoeningetal.2017, author = {R{\"o}hlen, Desiree and Pilas, Johanna and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Selmer, Thorsten}, title = {Development of an amperometric biosensor platform for the combined determination of l-Malic, Fumaric, and l-Aspartic acid}, series = {Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology}, volume = {183}, journal = {Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1559-0291}, doi = {10.1007/s12010-017-2578-1}, pages = {566 -- 581}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Three amperometric biosensors have been developed for the detection of L-malic acid, fumaric acid, and L -aspartic acid, all based on the combination of a malate-specific dehydrogenase (MDH, EC 1.1.1.37) and diaphorase (DIA, EC 1.8.1.4). The stepwise expansion of the malate platform with the enzymes fumarate hydratase (FH, EC 4.2.1.2) and aspartate ammonia-lyase (ASPA, EC 4.3.1.1) resulted in multi-enzyme reaction cascades and, thus, augmentation of the substrate spectrum of the sensors. Electrochemical measurements were carried out in presence of the cofactor β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and the redox mediator hexacyanoferrate (III) (HCFIII). The amperometric detection is mediated by oxidation of hexacyanoferrate (II) (HCFII) at an applied potential of + 0.3 V vs. Ag/AgCl. For each biosensor, optimum working conditions were defined by adjustment of cofactor concentrations, buffer pH, and immobilization procedure. Under these improved conditions, amperometric responses were linear up to 3.0 mM for L-malate and fumarate, respectively, with a corresponding sensitivity of 0.7 μA mM-1 (L-malate biosensor) and 0.4 μA mM-1 (fumarate biosensor). The L-aspartate detection system displayed a linear range of 1.0-10.0 mM with a sensitivity of 0.09 μA mM-1. The sensor characteristics suggest that the developed platform provides a promising method for the detection and differentiation of the three substrates.}, language = {en} } @article{SrivastavaChaharSharmaetal.2017, author = {Srivastava, A. and Chahar, V. and Sharma, V. and Sun, Y. and Bol, R. and Knolle, F. and Schnug, E. and Hoyler, Friedrich and Naskar, N. and Lahiri, S. and Patnaik, R.}, title = {Study of uranium toxicity using low-background gamma-ray spectrometry}, series = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry}, journal = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry}, number = {Online first}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1588-2780}, doi = {10.1007/s10967-017-5466-9}, pages = {1 -- 7}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @incollection{MufflerTippkoetterUlber2010, author = {Muffler, Kai and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Ulber, Roland}, title = {Chemical feedstocks and fine chemicals from other substrates}, series = {Handbook of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology. Volume 4: Consequences of microbial interactions with hydrocarbons, oils and lipids. - (Springer reference)}, booktitle = {Handbook of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology. Volume 4: Consequences of microbial interactions with hydrocarbons, oils and lipids. - (Springer reference)}, editor = {Timmis, Kenneth N.}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin [u.a.]}, isbn = {978-3-540-77588-1}, doi = {10.1007\%2F978-3-540-77587-4_214}, pages = {2891 -- 2902}, year = {2010}, language = {en} } @article{TippkoetterStueckmannKrolletal.2009, author = {Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and St{\"u}ckmann, Henning and Kroll, Stephen and Winkelmann, Gunda and Noack, Udo and Scheper, Thomas and Ulber, Roland}, title = {A semi-quantitative dipstick assay for microcystin}, series = {Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry}, volume = {394}, journal = {Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry}, number = {3}, publisher = {springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1618-2650}, doi = {10.1007/s00216-009-2750-8}, pages = {863 -- 869}, year = {2009}, abstract = {An immunochromatographic lateral flow dipstick assay for the fast detection of microcystin-LR was developed. Colloid gold particles with diameters of 40 nm were used as red-colored antibody labels for the visual detection of the antigen. The new dipstick sensor is capable of detecting down to 5 µg·l-1 (ppb; total inversion of the color signal) or 1 ppb (observation of color grading) of microcystin-LR. The course of the labeling reaction was observed via spectrometric wave shifts caused by the change of particle size during the binding of antibodies. Different stabilizing reagents showed that especially bovine serum albumin (BSA) and casein increase the assays sensitivity and the conjugate stability. Performance of the dipsticks was quantified by pattern processing of capture zone CCD images. Storage stability of dipsticks and conjugate suspensions over 115 days under different conditions were monitored. The ready-to-use dipsticks were successfully tested with microcystin-LR-spiked samples of outdoor drinking- and salt water and applied to the tissue of microcystin-fed mussels.}, language = {en} } @article{GaribaldiBegingCaneseetal.2017, author = {Garibaldi, F. and Beging, Stefan and Canese, R. and Carpinelli, G. and Clinthorne, N. and Colilli, S. and Cosentino, L. and Finocchiaro, P. and Giuliani, F. and Gricia, M. and Lucentini, M. and Majewski, S. and Monno, E. and Musico, P. and Santavenere, F. and T{\"o}dter, J. and Wegener, Hans-Peter and Ziemons, Karl}, title = {A novel TOF-PET MRI detector for diagnosis and follow up of the prostate cancer}, series = {European Physical Journal Plus}, volume = {132}, journal = {European Physical Journal Plus}, number = {9}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2190-5444}, doi = {10.1140/epjp/i2017-11662-x}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{BalzerStreitHeinze2017, author = {Balzer, Hermann and Streit, Daniel and Heinze, Marcel}, title = {Implikationen der Digitalisierung f{\"u}r den Finanzbereich der Unternehmung und das Rollenbild des CFO}, series = {Betriebswirtschaftliche Implikationen der digitalen Transformation. ZfbF - Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift f{\"u}r betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, Sonderheft 72}, journal = {Betriebswirtschaftliche Implikationen der digitalen Transformation. ZfbF - Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift f{\"u}r betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, Sonderheft 72}, number = {72}, editor = {Krause, Stefan}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-18751-4_14}, pages = {267 -- 283}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{FerreinSteinbauer2016, author = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald}, title = {The Interplay of Aldebaran and RoboCup}, series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz}, volume = {30}, journal = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz}, number = {3-4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1610-1987}, doi = {10.1007/s13218-016-0440-1}, pages = {325 -- 326}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @article{SteinbauerFerrein2016, author = {Steinbauer, Gerald and Ferrein, Alexander}, title = {20 Years of RoboCup}, series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz}, volume = {30}, journal = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz}, number = {3-4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1610-1987}, doi = {10.1007/s13218-016-0442-z}, pages = {221 -- 224}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @article{FerreinSteinbauer2016, author = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald}, title = {Looking back on 20 Years of RoboCup}, series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz}, volume = {30}, journal = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz}, number = {3-4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1610-1987}, doi = {10.1007/s13218-016-0443-y}, pages = {321 -- 323}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @incollection{NiemuellerZwillingLakemeyeretal.2017, author = {Niemueller, Tim and Zwilling, Frederik and Lakemeyer, Gerhard and L{\"o}bach, Matthias and Reuter, Sebastian and Jeschke, Sabina and Ferrein, Alexander}, title = {Cyber-Physical System Intelligence}, series = {Industrial Internet of Things}, booktitle = {Industrial Internet of Things}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-42559-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-42559-7_17}, pages = {447 -- 472}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Cyber-physical systems are ever more common in manufacturing industries. Increasing their autonomy has been declared an explicit goal, for example, as part of the Industry 4.0 vision. To achieve this system intelligence, principled and software-driven methods are required to analyze sensing data, make goal-directed decisions, and eventually execute and monitor chosen tasks. In this chapter, we present a number of knowledge-based approaches to these problems and case studies with in-depth evaluation results of several different implementations for groups of autonomous mobile robots performing in-house logistics in a smart factory. We focus on knowledge-based systems because besides providing expressive languages and capable reasoning techniques, they also allow for explaining how a particular sequence of actions came about, for example, in the case of a failure.}, language = {en} } @incollection{BhattaraiFrotscherStaat2018, author = {Bhattarai, Aroj and Frotscher, Ralf and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Computational Analysis of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction}, series = {Women's Health and Biomechanics}, booktitle = {Women's Health and Biomechanics}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-71574-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-71574-2_17}, pages = {217 -- 230}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is characterized by the failure of the levator ani (LA) muscle to maintain the pelvic hiatus, resulting in the descent of the pelvic organs below the pubococcygeal line. This chapter adopts the modified Humphrey material model to consider the effect of the muscle fiber on passive stretching of the LA muscle. The deformation of the LA muscle subjected to intra-abdominal pressure during Valsalva maneuver is compared with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination of a nulliparous female. Numerical result shows that the fiber-based Humphrey model simulates the muscle behavior better than isotropic constitutive models. Greater posterior movement of the LA muscle widens the levator hiatus due to lack of support from the anococcygeal ligament and the perineal structure as a consequence of birth-related injury and aging. Old and multiparous females with uncontrolled urogenital and rectal hiatus tend to develop PFDs such as prolapse and incontinence.}, language = {en} } @article{KerpenBungValeroetal.2017, author = {Kerpen, Nils B. and Bung, Daniel B. and Valero, Daniel and Schlurmann, Torsten}, title = {Energy dissipation within the wave run-up at stepped revetments}, series = {Journal of Ocean University of China}, volume = {16}, journal = {Journal of Ocean University of China}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1993-5021}, doi = {10.1007/s11802-017-3355-z}, pages = {649 -- 654}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{WeiheErnstRoethetal.2013, author = {Weihe, Stefan and Ernst, Ansgar and R{\"o}th, Thilo and Proksch, Johannes}, title = {Aluminium-Stahl-Verbundguss im Nutzfahrzeugbau}, series = {ATZ - Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift}, volume = {115}, journal = {ATZ - Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}, issn = {2192-8800 (Online)}, pages = {312 -- 316}, year = {2013}, abstract = {In modernen Fahrzeugkarosserien der Großserie kommen zunehmend Materialmischbauweisen zur Anwendung. In Zusammenarbeit der Daimler AG, der Tower Automotive Holding GmbH, der Imperia GmbH sowie der Partnerunternehmen KSM Castings GmbH und Schaufler Tooling GmbH \& Co. KG wird das Leichtbaupotenzial von Aluminiumverbundguss-Stahlblech-Hybriden am Beispiel des vorderen Dachquertr{\"a}gers des Mercedes-Benz Viano/Vito ausf{\"u}hrlich untersucht.}, language = {de} } @incollection{BhattaraiStaat2018, author = {Bhattarai, Aroj and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Mechanics of soft tissue reactions to textile mesh implants}, series = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, booktitle = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, editor = {Artmann, Gerhard and Temiz Artmann, Ayseg{\"u}l and Zhubanova, Azhar A. and Digel, Ilya}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Singapore}, isbn = {978-981-10-7904-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-7904-7_11}, pages = {251 -- 275}, year = {2018}, abstract = {For pelvic floor disorders that cannot be treated with non-surgical procedures, minimally invasive surgery has become a more frequent and safer repair procedure. More than 20 million prosthetic meshes are implanted each year worldwide. The simple selection of a single synthetic mesh construction for any level and type of pelvic floor dysfunctions without adopting the design to specific requirements increase the risks for mesh related complications. Adverse events are closely related to chronic foreign body reaction, with enhanced formation of scar tissue around the surgical meshes, manifested as pain, mesh erosion in adjacent structures (with organ tissue cut), mesh shrinkage, mesh rejection and eventually recurrence. Such events, especially scar formation depend on effective porosity of the mesh, which decreases discontinuously at a critical stretch when pore areas decrease making the surgical reconstruction ineffective that further augments the re-operation costs. The extent of fibrotic reaction is increased with higher amount of foreign body material, larger surface, small pore size or with inadequate textile elasticity. Standardized studies of different meshes are essential to evaluate influencing factors for the failure and success of the reconstruction. Measurements of elasticity and tensile strength have to consider the mesh anisotropy as result of the textile structure. An appropriate mesh then should show some integration with limited scar reaction and preserved pores that are filled with local fat tissue. This chapter reviews various tissue reactions to different monofilament mesh implants that are used for incontinence and hernia repairs and study their mechanical behavior. This helps to predict the functional and biological outcomes after tissue reinforcement with meshes and permits further optimization of the meshes for the specific indications to improve the success of the surgical treatment.}, language = {en} } @incollection{ArtmannMeruvuKizildagetal.2018, author = {Artmann, Gerhard and Meruvu, Haritha and Kizildag, Sefa and Temiz Artmann, Ayseg{\"u}l}, title = {Functional Toxicology and Pharmacology Test of Cell Induced Mechanical Tensile Stress in 2D and 3D Tissue Cultures}, series = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, booktitle = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, editor = {Artmann, Gerhard and Temiz Artmann, Ayseg{\"u}l and Zhubanova, Azhar A. and Digel, Ilya}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Singapore}, isbn = {978-981-10-7904-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-7904-7_7}, pages = {157 -- 192}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Mechanical forces/tensile stresses are critical determinants of cellular growth, differentiation and migration patterns in health and disease. The innovative "CellDrum technology" was designed for measuring mechanical tensile stress of cultured cell monolayers/thin tissue constructs routinely. These are cultivated on very thin silicone membranes in the so-called CellDrum. The cell layers adhere firmly to the membrane and thus transmit the cell forces generated. A CellDrum consists of a cylinder which is sealed from below with a 4 μm thick, biocompatible, functionalized silicone membrane. The weight of cell culture medium bulbs the membrane out downwards. Membrane indentation is measured. When cells contract due to drug action, membrane, cells and medium are lifted upwards. The induced indentation changes allow for lateral drug induced mechanical tension quantification of the micro-tissues. With hiPS-induced (human) Cardiomyocytes (CM) the CellDrum opens new perspectives of individualized cardiac drug testing. Here, monolayers of self-beating hiPS-CMs were grown in CellDrums. Rhythmic contractions of the hiPS-cells induce membrane up-and-down deflections. The recorded cycles allow for single beat amplitude, single beat duration, integration of the single beat amplitude over the beat time and frequency analysis. Dose effects of agonists and antagonists acting on Ca2+ channels were sensitively and highly reproducibly observed. Data were consistent with published reference data as far as they were available. The combination of the CellDrum technology with hiPS-Cardiomyocytes offers a fast, facile and precise system for pharmacological and toxicological studies. It allows new preclinical basic as well as applied research in pharmacolgy and toxicology.}, language = {en} } @incollection{DuongSeifarthTemizArtmannetal.2018, author = {Duong, Minh Tuan and Seifarth, Volker and Temiz Artmann, Ayseg{\"u}l and Artmann, Gerhard and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Growth Modelling Promoting Mechanical Stimulation of Smooth Muscle Cells of Porcine Tubular Organs in a Fibrin-PVDF Scaffold}, series = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, booktitle = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, editor = {Artmann, Gerhard and Temiz Artmann, Ayseg{\"u}l and Zhubanova, Azhar A. and Digel, Ilya}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Singapore}, isbn = {978-981-10-7904-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-7904-7_9}, pages = {209 -- 232}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Reconstructive surgery and tissue replacements like ureters or bladders reconstruction have been recently studied, taking into account growth and remodelling of cells since living cells are capable of growing, adapting, remodelling or degrading and restoring in order to deform and respond to stimuli. Hence, shapes of ureters or bladders and their microstructure change during growth and these changes strongly depend on external stimuli such as training. We present the mechanical stimulation of smooth muscle cells in a tubular fibrin-PVDFA scaffold and the modelling of the growth of tissue by stimuli. To this end, mechanotransduction was performed with a kyphoplasty balloon catheter that was guided through the lumen of the tubular structure. The bursting pressure was examined to compare the stability of the incubated tissue constructs. The results showed the significant changes on tissues with training by increasing the burst pressure as a characteristic mechanical property and the smooth muscle cells were more oriented with uniformly higher density. Besides, the computational growth models also exhibited the accurate tendencies of growth of the cells under different external stimuli. Such models may lead to design standards for the better layered tissue structure in reconstructing of tubular organs characterized as composite materials such as intestines, ureters and arteries.}, language = {en} } @incollection{FrotscherStaat2018, author = {Frotscher, Ralf and Staat, Manfred}, title = {Towards Patient-Specific Computational Modeling of hiPS-Derived Cardiomyocyte Function and Drug Action}, series = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, booktitle = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, editor = {Artmann, Gerhard and Temiz Artmann, Ayseg{\"u}l and Zhubanova, Azhar A. and Digel, Ilya}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Singapore}, isbn = {978-981-10-7904-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-7904-7_10}, pages = {233 -- 250}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPS-CM) today are widely used for the investigation of normal electromechanical cardiac function, of cardiac medication and of mutations. Computational models are thus established that simulate the behavior of this kind of cells. This section first motivates the modeling of hiPS-CM and then presents and discusses several modeling approaches of microscopic and macroscopic constituents of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived and mature human cardiac tissue. The focus is led on the mapping of the computational results one can achieve with these models onto mature human cardiomyocyte models, the latter being the real matter of interest. Model adaptivity is the key feature that is discussed because it opens the way for modeling various biological effects like biological variability, medication, mutation and phenotypical expression. We compare the computational with experimental results with respect to normal cardiac function and with respect to inotropic and chronotropic drug effects. The section closes with a discussion on the status quo of the specificity of computational models and on what challenges have to be solved to reach patient-specificity.}, language = {en} } @incollection{DigelAkimbekovKistaubayevaetal.2018, author = {Digel, Ilya and Akimbekov, Nuraly Sh. and Kistaubayeva, Aida and Zhubanova, Azhar A.}, title = {Microbial Sampling from Dry Surfaces: Current Challenges and Solutions}, series = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, booktitle = {Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering}, editor = {Artmann, Gerhard and Temiz Artmann, Ayseg{\"u}l and Zhubanova, Azhar A. and Digel, Ilya}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Singapore}, isbn = {978-981-10-7904-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-7904-7_19}, pages = {421 -- 456}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Sampling of dry surfaces for microorganisms is a main component of microbiological safety and is of critical importance in many fields including epidemiology, astrobiology as well as numerous branches of medical and food manufacturing. Aspects of biofilm formation, analysis and removal in aqueous solutions have been thoroughly discussed in literature. In contrast, microbial communities on air-exposed (dry) surfaces have received significantly less attention. Diverse surface sampling methods have been developed in order to address various surfaces and microbial groups, but they notoriously show poor repeatability, low recovery rates and suffer from lack of mutual consistency. Quantitative sampling for viable microorganisms represents a particular challenge, especially on porous and irregular surfaces. Therefore, it is essential to examine in depth the factors involved in microorganisms' recovery efficiency and accuracy depending on the sampling technique used. Microbial colonization, retention and community composition on different dry surfaces are very complex and rely on numerous physicochemical and biological factors. This study is devoted to analyze and review the (a) physical phenomena and intermolecular forces relevant for microbiological surface sampling; (b) challenges and problems faced by existing sampling methods for viable microorganisms and (c) current directions of engineering and research aimed at improvement of quality and efficiency of microbiological surface sampling.}, language = {en} } @incollection{WagemannTippkoetter2019, author = {Wagemann, Kurt and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils}, title = {Biorefineries: a short introduction}, series = {Biorefineries}, booktitle = {Biorefineries}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-97117-9}, doi = {10.1007/10_2017_4}, pages = {1 -- 11}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The terms bioeconomy and biorefineries are used for a variety of processes and developments. This short introduction is intended to provide a delimitation and clarification of the terminology as well as a classification of current biorefinery concepts. The basic process diagrams of the most important biorefinery types are shown.}, language = {en} } @article{Dikta2017, author = {Dikta, Gerhard}, title = {Semi-parametric random censorship models}, series = {From Statistics to Mathematical Finance : Festschrift in Honour of Winfried Stute}, journal = {From Statistics to Mathematical Finance : Festschrift in Honour of Winfried Stute}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-319-50986-0}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-50986-0_3}, pages = {43 -- 56}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{KunkelGebhardtMpofuetal.2018, author = {Kunkel, Maximilian Hugo and Gebhardt, Andreas and Mpofu, Khumbaulani and Kallweit, Stephan}, title = {Statistical assessment of mechanical properties of selective laser melted specimens of stainless steel}, series = {The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology}, volume = {98}, journal = {The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology}, number = {5-8}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {London}, issn = {0268-3768}, doi = {10.1007/s00170-018-2040-8}, pages = {1409 -- 1431}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The rail business is challenged by long product life cycles and a broad spectrum of assembly groups and single parts. When spare part obsolescence occurs, quick solutions are needed. A reproduction of obsolete parts is often connected to long waiting times and minimum lot quantities that need to be purchased and stored. Spare part storage is therefore challenged by growing stocks, bound capital and issues of part ageing. A possible solution could be a virtual storage of spare parts which will be 3D printed through additive manufacturing technologies in case of sudden demand. As mechanical properties of additive manufactured parts are neither guaranteed by machine manufacturers nor by service providers, the utilization of this relatively young technology is impeded and research is required to address these issues. This paper presents an examination of mechanical properties of specimens manufactured from stainless steel through the selective laser melting (SLM) process. The specimens were produced in multiple batches. This paper interrogates the question if the test results follow a normal distribution pattern and if mechanical property predictions can be made. The results will be put opposite existing threshold values provided as the industrial standard. Furthermore, probability predictions will be made in order to examine the potential of the SLM process to maintain state-of-the-art mechanical property requirements.}, language = {en} } @article{WeiheAnsgarRoethetal.2013, author = {Weihe, Stefan and Ansgar, Ernst and R{\"o}th, Thilo and Proksch, Johannes}, title = {Leichtmetall-Stahl-Verbundguss im Nutzfahrzeugbau}, series = {Lightweight Design}, volume = {6}, journal = {Lightweight Design}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2192-8738 (Online)}, pages = {38 -- 43}, year = {2013}, abstract = {In modernen Fahrzeugkarosserien der Großserie kommen zunehmend Materialmischbauweisen zur Anwendung. In Zusammenarbeit der Daimler AG, der Tower Automotive Holding GmbH, der Imperia GmbH sowie der Partnerunternehmen KSM Castings GmbH und Schaufler Tooling GmbH \& Co. KG wird das Leichtbaupotenzial von Stahlblech-AluminiumverbundgussHybriden am Beispiel des vorderen Dachquertr{\"a}gers des Mercedes-Benz Viano/Vito ausf{\"u}hrlich untersucht.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SchuhGottschalkHoehneetal.2008, author = {Schuh, G{\"u}nther and Gottschalk, Sebastian and H{\"o}hne, Tim and Attig, Philipp}, title = {Further Potentials of Smart Logistics}, series = {Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier}, booktitle = {Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier}, editor = {Mitsuishi, M.}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {London}, isbn = {978-1-84800-267-8}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-84800-267-8_18}, pages = {93 -- 96}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @incollection{TippkoetterMoehringRothetal.2019, author = {Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and M{\"o}hring, Sophie and Roth, Jasmine and Wulfhorst, Helene}, title = {Logistics of lignocellulosic feedstocks: preprocessing as a preferable option}, series = {Biorefineries}, booktitle = {Biorefineries}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-97117-9}, doi = {10.1007/10_2017_58}, pages = {43 -- 68}, year = {2019}, abstract = {In comparison to crude oil, biorefinery raw materials are challenging in concerns of transport and storage. The plant raw materials are more voluminous, so that shredding and compacting usually are necessary before transport. These mechanical processes can have a negative influence on the subsequent biotechnological processing and shelf life of the raw materials. Various approaches and their effects on renewable raw materials are shown. In addition, aspects of decentralized pretreatment steps are discussed. Another important aspect of pretreatment is the varying composition of the raw materials depending on the growth conditions. This problem can be solved with advanced on-site spectrometric analysis of the material.}, language = {en} } @incollection{DuweTippkoetterUlber2018, author = {Duwe, A. and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Ulber, R.}, title = {Lignocellulose-Biorefinery: Ethanol-Focused}, series = {Biorefineries}, booktitle = {Biorefineries}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, doi = {10.1007/10_2016_72}, pages = {177 -- 215}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The development prospects of the world markets for petroleum and other liquid fuels are diverse and partly contradictory. However, comprehensive changes for the energy supply of the future are essential. Notwithstanding the fact that there are still very large deposits of energy resources from a geological point of view, the finite nature of conventional oil reserves is indisputable. To reduce our dependence on oil, the EU, the USA, and other major economic zones rely on energy diversification. For this purpose, alternative materials and technologies are being sought, and is most obvious in the transport sector. The objective is to progressively replace fossil fuels with renewable and more sustainable fuels. In this respect, biofuels have a pre-eminent position in terms of their capability of blending with fossil fuels and being usable in existing cars without substantial modification. Ethanol can be considered as the primary renewable liquid fuel. In this chapter enzymes, micro-organisms, and processes for ethanol production based on renewable resources are described.}, language = {en} } @article{BeckerDelfmannDietrichetal.2016, author = {Becker, J{\"o}rg and Delfmann, Patrick and Dietrich, Hanns-Alexander and Steinhorst, Matthias and Eggert, Mathias}, title = {Business Process Compliance Checking — Applying and Evaluating a Generic Pattern Matching Approach for Conceptual Models in the Financial Sector}, series = {Information Systems Frontiers}, volume = {18}, journal = {Information Systems Frontiers}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1572-9419}, doi = {10.1007/s10796-014-9529-y}, pages = {359 -- 405}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Given the strong increase in regulatory requirements for business processes the management of business process compliance becomes a more and more regarded field in IS research. Several methods have been developed to support compliance checking of conceptual models. However, their focus on distinct modeling languages and mostly linear (i.e., predecessor-successor related) compliance rules may hinder widespread adoption and application in practice. Furthermore, hardly any of them has been evaluated in a real-world setting. We address this issue by applying a generic pattern matching approach for conceptual models to business process compliance checking in the financial sector. It consists of a model query language, a search algorithm and a corresponding modelling tool prototype. It is (1) applicable for all graph-based conceptual modeling languages and (2) for different kinds of compliance rules. Furthermore, based on an applicability check, we (3) evaluate the approach in a financial industry project setting against its relevance for decision support of audit and compliance management tasks.}, language = {en} } @article{BeckerDelfmannEggertetal.2012, author = {Becker, J{\"o}rg and Delfmann, Patrick and Eggert, Mathias and Schwittay, Sebastian}, title = {Generalizability and Applicability of Model-Based Business Process Compliance-Checking Approaches — A State-of-the-Art Analysis and Research Roadmap}, series = {Business Research : BuR}, volume = {5}, journal = {Business Research : BuR}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg}, issn = {1866-8658}, doi = {10.1007/BF03342739}, pages = {221 -- 247}, year = {2012}, abstract = {With a steady increase of regulatory requirements for business processes, automation support of compliance management is a field garnering increasing attention in Information Systems research. Several approaches have been developed to support compliance checking of process models. One major challenge for such approaches is their ability to handle different modeling techniques and compliance rules in order to enable widespread adoption and application. Applying a structured literature search strategy, we reflect and discuss compliance-checking approaches in order to provide an insight into their generalizability and evaluation. The results imply that current approaches mainly focus on special modeling techniques and/or a restricted set of types of compliance rules. Most approaches abstain from real-world evaluation which raises the question of their practical applicability. Referring to the search results, we propose a roadmap for further research in model-based business process compliance checking.}, language = {en} } @incollection{YoshinobuKrauseMiyamotoetal.2018, author = {Yoshinobu, Tatsuo and Krause, Steffi and Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro and Werner, Frederik and Poghossian, Arshak and Wagner, Torsten and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {(Bio-)chemical Sensing and Imaging by LAPS and SPIM}, series = {Label-free biosensing: advanced materials, devices and applications}, booktitle = {Label-free biosensing: advanced materials, devices and applications}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-75219-8}, pages = {103 -- 132}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) and scanning photo-induced impedance microscopy (SPIM) are two closely related methods to visualise the distributions of chemical species and impedance, respectively, at the interface between the sensing surface and the sample solution. They both have the same field-effect structure based on a semiconductor, which allows spatially resolved and label-free measurement of chemical species and impedance in the form of a photocurrent signal generated by a scanning light beam. In this article, the principles and various operation modes of LAPS and SPIM, functionalisation of the sensing surface for measuring various species, LAPS-based chemical imaging and high-resolution sensors based on silicon-on-sapphire substrates are described and discussed, focusing on their technical details and prospective applications.}, language = {en} } @article{SchneiderTran2015, author = {Schneider, Felix and Tran, Duc Hung}, title = {On the relation between the fair value option and bid-ask spreads: descriptive evidence on the recognition of credit risk changes under IFRS}, series = {Journal of Business Economics}, volume = {85}, journal = {Journal of Business Economics}, number = {9}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1861-8928}, doi = {10.1007/s11573-015-0776-2}, pages = {1049 -- 1081}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @article{Tran2011, author = {Tran, Duc Hung}, title = {Corporate Governance und Eigenkapitalkosten - Bestandsaufnahme des Schrifttums unter besonderer Ber{\"u}cksichtigung des Informationsaspektes und Forschungsperspektiven}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Betriebswirtschaft}, volume = {81}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Betriebswirtschaft}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1861-8928}, doi = {10.1007/s11573-011-0461-z}, pages = {551 -- 585}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{FingerBraunBil2018, author = {Finger, Felix and Braun, Carsten and Bil, Cees}, title = {Impact of electric propulsion technology and mission requirements on the performance of VTOL UAVs}, series = {CEAS Aeronautical Journal}, volume = {10}, journal = {CEAS Aeronautical Journal}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer}, issn = {1869-5582 print}, doi = {10.1007/s13272-018-0352-x}, pages = {843}, year = {2018}, abstract = {One of the engineering challenges in aviation is the design of transitioning vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Thrust-borne flight implies a higher mass fraction of the propulsion system, as well as much increased energy consumption in the take-off and landing phases. This mass increase is typically higher for aircraft with a separate lift propulsion system than for aircraft that use the cruise propulsion system to support a dedicated lift system. However, for a cost-benefit trade study, it is necessary to quantify the impact the VTOL requirement and propulsion configuration has on aircraft mass and size. For this reason, sizing studies are conducted. This paper explores the impact of considering a supplemental electric propulsion system for achieving hovering flight. Key variables in this study, apart from the lift system configuration, are the rotor disk loading and hover flight time, as well as the electrical systems technology level for both batteries and motors. Payload and endurance are typically used as the measures of merit for unmanned aircraft that carry electro-optical sensors, and therefore the analysis focuses on these particular parameters.}, language = {en} }