@misc{GraesslRenzHezeletal.2012,
  author    = {Gr{\"a}ßl, Andreas and Renz, Wolfgang and Hezel, Fabian and Frauenrath, Tobias and Pfeiffer, Harald and Hoffmann, Werner and Kellmann, Peter and Martin, Conrad and Niendorf, Thoralf},
  title     = {Design, evaluation and application of a modular 32 channel transmit/receive surface coil array for cardiac MRI at 7T},
  series = {2012 ISMRM Annual Meeting Proceedings},
  journal   = {2012 ISMRM Annual Meeting Proceedings},
  issn      = {1545-4428},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Cardiac MR (CMR) at ultrahigh (≥7.0 T) fields is regarded as one of the most challenging MRI applications. At 7.0 T image quality is not always exclusively defined by signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). Detrimental effects bear the potential to spoil the signal-to-noise (SNR) and contrast-to-noise (CNR) benefits of cardiac MR (CMR) at 7.0 T. B₁⁺-inhomogeneities and signal voids represent the main challenges. Various pioneering coil concepts have been proposed to tackle these issues, enabling cardiac MRI at 7.0 T. This includes a trend towards an ever larger number of transmit and receive channels. This approach affords multi-dimensional B₁⁺ modulations to improve B₁⁺ shimming performance and to enhance RF efficiency. Also, parallel imaging benefits from a high number of receive channels enabling two-dimensional acceleration. Realizing the limitations of existing coil designs tailored for UHF CMR and recognizing the opportunities of a many element TX/RX channel architecture this work proposes a modular, two dimensional 32-channel transmit and receive array using loop elements and examines its efficacy for enhanced B¹+ homogeneity and improved parallel imaging performance.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FrauenrathFuchsDieringeretal.2012,
  author    = {Frauenrath, Tobias and Fuchs, Katharina and Dieringer, Matthias A. and {\"O}zerdem, Celal and Patel, Nishan and Renz, Wolfgang and Greiser, Andreas and Elgeti, Thomas and Niendorf, Thoralf},
  title     = {Detailing the use of magnetohydrodynamic effects for synchronization of MRI with the cardiac cycle: A feasibility study},
  series = {Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging},
  volume    = {36},
  journal   = {Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Wiley-Liss},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {1522-2586},
  doi       = {10.1002/jmri.23634},
  pages     = {364 -- 372},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effects for synchronization of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the cardiac cycle. Materials and Methods: The MHD effect was scrutinized using a pulsatile flow phantom at B0 = 7.0 T. MHD effects were examined in vivo in healthy volunteers (n = 10) for B0 ranging from 0.05-7.0 T. Noncontrast-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) of the carotids was performed using a gated steady-state free-precession (SSFP) imaging technique in conjunction with electrocardiogram (ECG) and MHD synchronization. Results: The MHD potential correlates with flow velocities derived from phase contrast MRI. MHD voltages depend on the orientation between B0 and the flow of a conductive fluid. An increase in the interelectrode spacing along the flow increases the MHD potential. In vivo measurement of the MHD effect provides peak voltages of 1.5 mV for surface areas close to the common carotid artery at B0 = 7.0 T. Synchronization of MRI with the cardiac cycle using MHD triggering is feasible. MHD triggered MRA of the carotids at 3.0 T showed an overall image quality and richness of anatomic detail, which is comparable to ECG-triggered MRAs. Conclusion: This feasibility study demonstrates the use of MHD effects for synchronization of MR acquisitions with the cardiac cycle. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2012;36:364-372. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EilmannRigling2012,
  author    = {Eilmann, Britta and Rigling, Andreas},
  title     = {Tree-growth analyses to estimate tree species' drought tolerance},
  series = {Tree Physiology},
  volume    = {32},
  journal   = {Tree Physiology},
  number    = {2},
  editor    = {Abrams, Marc},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0829-318X (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1093/treephys/tps004},
  pages     = {178 -- 187},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Climate change is challenging forestry management and practices. Among other things, tree species with the ability to cope with more extreme climate conditions have to be identified. However, while environmental factors may severely limit tree growth or even cause tree death, assessing a tree species' potential for surviving future aggravated environmental conditions is rather demanding. The aim of this study was to find a tree-ring-based method suitable for identifying very drought-tolerant species, particularly potential substitute species for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Valais. In this inner-Alpine valley, Scots pine used to be the dominating species for dry forests, but today it suffers from high drought-induced mortality. We investigate the growth response of two native tree species, Scots pine and European larch (Larix decidua Mill.), and two non-native species, black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii Mirb. var. menziesii), to drought. This involved analysing how the radial increment of these species responded to increasing water shortage (abandonment of irrigation) and to increasingly frequent drought years. Black pine and Douglas fir are able to cope with drought better than Scots pine and larch, as they show relatively high radial growth even after irrigation has been stopped and a plastic growth response to drought years. European larch does not seem to be able to cope with these dry conditions as it lacks the ability to recover from drought years. The analysis of trees' short-term response to extreme climate events seems to be the most promising and suitable method for detecting how tolerant a tree species is towards drought. However, combining all the methods used in this study provides a complete picture of how water shortage could limit species.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Kurz2012,
  author    = {Kurz, Melanie},
  title     = {Prizing \& Pricing : Design zwischen Rang und Regal},
  series = {Vielen Dank f{\"u}r Ihren Einkauf : Konsumkultur aus Sicht von Design, Kunst und Medien},
  booktitle = {Vielen Dank f{\"u}r Ihren Einkauf : Konsumkultur aus Sicht von Design, Kunst und Medien},
  publisher = {Transcript Verlag},
  address   = {Bielefeld},
  isbn      = {978-3-8376-2170-9},
  doi       = {10.1515/transcript.9783839421703.26},
  pages     = {26 -- 39},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{RiglingBiglerEilmannetal.2012,
  author    = {Rigling, Andreas and Bigler, Christof and Eilmann, Britta and Feldmeyer-Christe, Elisabeth and Gimmi, Urs and Ginzler, Christian and Graf, Ulrich and Mayer, Phillip and Vacchiano, Giorgio and Weber, Pascal and Wohlgemuth, Thomas and zweifel, Roman and Dobbertin, Matthias},
  title     = {Driving factors of a vegetation shift from Scots pine to pubescent oak in dry Alpine forests},
  series = {Global Change Biology},
  volume    = {19},
  journal   = {Global Change Biology},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {1354-1013 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1111/gcb.12038},
  pages     = {229 -- 240},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {An increasing number of studies have reported on forest declines and vegetation shifts triggered by drought. In the Swiss Rhone valley (Valais), one of the driest inner-Alpine regions, the species composition in low elevation forests is changing: The sub-boreal Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) dominating the dry forests is showing high mortality rates. Concurrently the sub-Mediterranean pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens Willd.) has locally increased in abundance. However, it remains unclear whether this local change in species composition is part of a larger-scale vegetation shift. To study variability in mortality and regeneration in these dry forests we analysed data from the Swiss national forest inventory (NFI) on a regular grid between 1983 and 2003, and combined it with annual mortality data from a monitoring site. Pine mortality was found to be highest at low elevation (below 1000 m a.s.l.). Annual variation in pine mortality was correlated with a drought index computed for the summer months prior to observed tree death. A generalized linear mixed-effects model indicated for the NFI data increased pine mortality on dryer sites with high stand competition, particularly for small-diameter trees. Pine regeneration was low in comparison to its occurrence in the overstorey, whereas oak regeneration was comparably abundant. Although both species regenerated well at dry sites, pine regeneration was favoured at cooler sites at higher altitude and oak regeneration was more frequent at warmer sites, indicating a higher adaptation potential of oaks under future warming. Our results thus suggest that an extended shift in species composition is actually occurring in the pine forests in the Valais. The main driving factors are found to be climatic variability, particularly drought, and variability in stand structure and topography. Thus, pine forests at low elevations are developing into oak forests with unknown consequences for these ecosystems and their goods and services.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KoetterDeckerDetzleretal.2012,
  author    = {K{\"o}tter, Jens and Decker, Stefan and Detzler, Raphael and Sch{\"a}fer, Jochen and Schmitz, Mark and Herrmann, Ulf},
  title     = {Cost Reduction of Solar Fields with HelioTrough Collector},
  publisher = {FLAGSOL},
  address   = {K{\"o}ln},
  pages     = {9 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{NiendorfWinterFrauenrath2012,
  author    = {Niendorf, Thoralf and Winter, Lukas and Frauenrath, Tobias},
  title     = {Electrocardiogram in an MRI environment: Clinical needs, practical considerations, safety implications, technical solutions and fFuture directions},
  series = {Advances in Electrocardiograms - Methods and Analysis},
  booktitle = {Advances in Electrocardiograms - Methods and Analysis},
  editor    = {Millis, Richard},
  publisher = {IntechOpen},
  address   = {London},
  isbn      = {978-953-307-923-3 (print)},
  doi       = {10.5772/24340},
  pages     = {309 -- 324},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BragardBragard2012,
  author    = {Bragard, G. and Bragard, Michael},
  title     = {Ein kosteng{\"u}nstiges, universelles Modellbauinterface},
  series = {Der mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht : MNU ; Organ des Deutschen Vereins zur F{\"o}rderung des Mathematischen und Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts e.V.},
  volume    = {65},
  journal   = {Der mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht : MNU ; Organ des Deutschen Vereins zur F{\"o}rderung des Mathematischen und Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts e.V.},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Seeberger},
  address   = {Neuss},
  issn      = {0025-5866},
  pages     = {290 -- 293},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Wir stellen einen USB-Baustein vor, der eine kosteng{\"u}nstige und universelle M{\"o}glichkeit schafft , im Unterricht den Themenkreis Messen-Steuern-Regeln zu behandeln. Die Funktionalit{\"a}t orientiert sich am CVK-Interface der Firma Fischertechnik. Im Gegensatz zu kommerziellen L{\"o}sungen erlaubt unser Aufbau auch den preiswerten Einsatz in Gruppen- oder Einzelarbeit. Abschließend berichten wir {\"u}ber ein Beispiel aus dem Unterrichtseinsatz.},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{Jakobs2012,
  author    = {Jakobs, Helmut},
  title     = {Vorwort},
  series = {Vielen Dank f{\"u}r Ihren Einkauf : Konsumkultur aus Sicht von Design, Kunst und Medien},
  booktitle = {Vielen Dank f{\"u}r Ihren Einkauf : Konsumkultur aus Sicht von Design, Kunst und Medien},
  publisher = {Transcript Verlag},
  address   = {Bielefeld},
  isbn      = {978-3-8376-2170-9},
  pages     = {7},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{FaboKurz2012,
  author    = {Fabo, Sabine and Kurz, Melanie},
  title     = {Vielen Dank f{\"u}r Ihren Einkauf: Konsumkultur aus Sicht von Design, Kunst und Medien / Sabine Fabo, Melanie Kurz (Hg.)},
  publisher = {transcript},
  address   = {Bielefeld},
  isbn      = {978-3-8394-2170-3},
  doi       = {10.14361/transcript.9783839421703},
  pages     = {184 Seiten ; Illustrationen, Diagramme},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Auch mit der j{\"u}ngsten Finanzkrise hat die Konsumkultur nichts von ihrer Bedeutung als massenkulturelles Ph{\"a}nomen eingeb{\"u}ßt. Im Gegenteil: Das aktuelle Krisenbewusstsein sucht Halt im Konsum, der seinen Verfechtern noch immer als Modell demokratischer Teilhabe an gesellschaftlicher Produktion gilt. Zugleich ist die Konsumkritik der 1960er Jahre in Richtung eines intelligenten und nachhaltigen Konsums weitergef{\"u}hrt worden, und selbstbewusste Konsumenten treten nun als emanzipierte »Prosumer« und Mitakteure des Marktes auf. Das Buch entwickelt aus Sicht von Design, Kunst, Soziologie, Marketing und Medien neue Perspektiven auf das Ph{\"a}nomen Konsum.},
  language  = {de}
}