@article{FontivonArxGarciaGonzalezetal.2010, author = {Fonti, Patrick and von Arx, Georg and Garc{\´i}a-Gonz{\´a}lez, Ignacio and Eilmann, Britta and Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. W. and G{\"a}rtner, Holger and Eckstein, Dieter}, title = {Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings}, series = {New Phytologist}, volume = {185}, journal = {New Phytologist}, number = {1}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {1469-8137 (Online)}, doi = {10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03030.x}, pages = {42 -- 53}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Variability in xylem anatomy is of interest to plant scientists because of the role water transport plays in plant performance and survival. Insights into plant adjustments to changing environmental conditions have mainly been obtained through structural and functional comparative studies between taxa or within taxa on contrasting sites or along environmental gradients. Yet, a gap exists regarding the study of hydraulic adjustments in response to environmental changes over the lifetimes of plants. In trees, dated tree-ring series are often exploited to reconstruct dynamics in ecological conditions, and recent work in which wood-anatomical variables have been used in dendrochronology has produced promising results. Environmental signals identified in water-conducting cells carry novel information reflecting changes in regional conditions and are mostly related to short, sub-annual intervals. Although the idea of investigating environmental signals through wood anatomical time series goes back to the 1960s, it is only recently that low-cost computerized image-analysis systems have enabled increased scientific output in this field. We believe that the study of tree-ring anatomy is emerging as a promising approach in tree biology and climate change research, particularly if complemented by physiological and ecological studies. This contribution presents the rationale, the potential, and the methodological challenges of this innovative approach.}, language = {en} } @misc{HezelFrauenrathRenzetal.2010, author = {Hezel, Fabian and Frauenrath, Tobias and Renz, Wolfgang and Schulz-Menger, Jeanette and Niendorf, Thoralf}, title = {Feasibility of CINE Myocardial T2* Mapping Using Susceptibility Weighted Gradient-Echo Imaging at 7.0 T}, series = {2010 ISMRM-ESMRMB joint annual meeting}, journal = {2010 ISMRM-ESMRMB joint annual meeting}, issn = {1545-4428}, year = {2010}, abstract = {This study is designed to demonstrate the promise of susceptibility weighted 2D CINE FLASH and T2* Mapping of the heart at 7T.}, language = {en} } @article{RiglingEilmannKoechlietal.2010, author = {Rigling, Andreas and Eilmann, Britta and Koechli, Roger and Dobbertin, Matthias}, title = {Mistletoe-induced crown degradation in Scots pine in a xeric environment}, volume = {30}, number = {7}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {1758-4469 (Online)}, doi = {10.1093/treephys/tpq038}, pages = {845 -- 832}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Increasing Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) mortality has been recently observed in the dry inner valleys of the European Alps. Besides drought, infection with pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) seems to play an important role in the mortality dynamics of Scots pines, but how mistletoes promote pine decline remains unclear. To verify whether pine mistletoe infection weakens the host via crown degradation, as observed for dwarf mistletoes, we studied the negative effects of pine mistletoe infestation on the photosynthetic tissues and branch growth of pairs of infested and non-infested branches. Pine mistletoe infection leads to crown degradation in its host by reducing the length, the radial increment, the ramification, the needle length and the number of needle years of the infested branches. This massive loss in photosynthetic tissue results in a reduction in primary production and a subsequent decrease in carbohydrate availability. The significant reduction in needle length due to mistletoe infection is an indication for a lower water and nutrient availability in infested branches. Thus, mistletoe infection might lead to a decrease in the availability of water and carbohydrates, the two most important growth factors, which are already shortened due to the chronic drought situation in the area. Therefore, pine mistletoe increases the risk of drought-induced mortality of its host when growing in a xeric environment.}, language = {en} } @article{GrajewskiKoesterTurek2010, author = {Grajewski, Matthias and K{\"o}ster, Michael and Turek, Stefam}, title = {Numerical analysis and implementational aspects of a new multilevel grid deformation method}, series = {Applied Numerical Mathematics}, volume = {60}, journal = {Applied Numerical Mathematics}, number = {8}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0168-9274}, doi = {10.1016/j.apnum.2010.03.017}, pages = {767 -- 781}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Recently, we introduced and mathematically analysed a new method for grid deformation (Grajewski et al., 2009) [15] we call basic deformation method (BDM) here. It generalises the method proposed by Liao et al. (Bochev et al., 1996; Cai et al., 2004; Liao and Anderson, 1992) [4], [6], [20]. In this article, we employ the BDM as core of a new multilevel deformation method (MDM) which leads to vast improvements regarding robustness, accuracy and speed. We achieve this by splitting up the deformation process in a sequence of easier subproblems and by exploiting grid hierarchy. Being of optimal asymptotic complexity, we experience speed-ups up to a factor of 15 in our test cases compared to the BDM. This gives our MDM the potential for tackling large grids and time-dependent problems, where possibly the grid must be dynamically deformed once per time step according to the user's needs. Moreover, we elaborate on implementational aspects, in particular efficient grid searching, which is a key ingredient of the BDM.}, language = {en} } @misc{SiekerTippkoetterUlber2010, author = {Sieker, T. and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Ulber, Roland}, title = {Simultane Vorbehandlung, Hydrolyse und Fermentation bei der Nutzung von gr{\"u}ner Biomasse zur Produktion von Bioethanol}, series = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, volume = {82}, journal = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, number = {9}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, address = {Weinheim}, issn = {0009-286X}, doi = {10.1002/cite.201050319}, pages = {1601}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Gr{\"a}ser sind in der Lage, einen großen Teil der f{\"u}r eine biobasierte Wirtschaft ben{\"o}tigten Biomasse zur Verf{\"u}gung zu stellen. Wie bei anderen lignocellulosehaltigen nachwachsenden Rohstoffen erfordert die Verwertung der im Gras enthaltenen Polysaccharide einen mehrstufigen Prozess aus Vorbehandlung, Hydrolyse und Fermentation. In Gr{\"a}sern ist die Hemicellulose mitP henolcarbons{\"a}uren wie Ferula- und p-Coumars{\"a}ure verestert, die die enzymatische Hydrolyse der Cellulose und Hemicellulose ebenso effektiv behindern wie Lignin. Anders als bei holzigen Rohstoffen erm{\"o}glicht dieser Aufbau aber eine enzymatische Vorbehandlung, mit der die Phenolcarbons{\"a}uren abgespalten werden k{\"o}nnen. Da die bei der Vorbehandlung eingesetzten Enzyme in ihrer nat{\"u}rlichen Funktion synergistisch mit cellulytischen Enzymen zusammenarbeiten, besitzen sie {\"a}hnliche Optima wie die f{\"u}r die Hydrolyse der Polysaccharide eingesetzten Cellulasen und Hemicellulasen. Diese Eigenschaft erm{\"o}glicht die Integration von Vorbehandlung und Hydrolyse in einem einzigen Verfahrensschritt. Durch die Einf{\"u}hrung der enzymatischen Vorbehandlung konnte das in der Literatur bekannte SSF-Verfahren f{\"u}r die Herstellung von Ethanol aus Gr{\"a}sern um die Vorbehandlungsstufe erweitert werden. Das so realisierte simultaneous pretreatment, saccharification and fermentation (SPSF)-Verfahren stellt eine vollst{\"a}ndige Integration der drei f{\"u}r die Nutzung von Lignocellulose n{\"o}tigen Verfahrensschritte in der gr{\"u}nen Bioraffinerie dar.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Anthrakidis2010, author = {Anthrakidis, Anette}, title = {Schnelltest zur Absch{\"a}tzung der Wirkungsgradkennlinie von Parabolrinnenkollektoren}, series = {Thermische Solarenergie : 20. Symposium ; 05. bis 07. Mai 2010, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein}, booktitle = {Thermische Solarenergie : 20. Symposium ; 05. bis 07. Mai 2010, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein}, publisher = {OTTI}, address = {Regensburg}, isbn = {978-3-941785-29-8}, pages = {112 -- 117}, year = {2010}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{PothMonzonTippkoetteretal.2010, author = {Poth, Sebastian and Monzon, Magaly and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Ulber, Roland}, title = {Lignocellulosic biorefinery : process integration of hydrolysis and fermentation}, series = {Proceedings / 11th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp : August 16 - 19, 2010, Hamburg, Germany}, booktitle = {Proceedings / 11th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp : August 16 - 19, 2010, Hamburg, Germany}, publisher = {vTi}, address = {Hamburg}, pages = {65 -- 68}, year = {2010}, language = {en} } @misc{DieringerRenzLindeletal.2010, author = {Dieringer, Matthias A. and Renz, Wolfgang and Lindel, Tomasz and Seifert, Frank and Frauenrath, Tobias and Waiczies, Helmar and von Knobelsdorff-Brenkhoff, Florian and Santoro, Davide and Hoffmann, Werner and Ittermann, Bernd and Schulz-Menger, Jeanette and Niendorf, Thoralf}, title = {4CH TX/RX Surface Coil for 7T: Design, Optimization and Application for Cardiac Function Imaging}, series = {2010 ISMRM-ESMRMB joint annual meeting}, journal = {2010 ISMRM-ESMRMB joint annual meeting}, issn = {1545-4428}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Practical impediments of ultra high field cardiovascular MR (CVMR) can be catalogued in exacerbated magnetic field and radio frequency (RF) inhomogeneities, susceptibility and off-resonance effects, conductive and dielectric effects in tissue, and RF power deposition constraints, which all bear the potential to spoil the benefit of CVMR at 7T. Therefore, a four element cardiac transceive surface coil array was developed. Cardiac imaging provided clinically acceptable signal homogeneity with an excellent blood myocardium contrast. Subtle anatomic structures, such as pericardium, mitral and tricuspid valves and their apparatus, papillary muscles, and trabecles were accurately delineated.}, language = {en} } @misc{PothMonzonTippkoetteretal.2010, author = {Poth, S. and Monzon, M. and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Ulber, Roland}, title = {Lignocellulose-Bioraffinerie: Simultane Verzuckerung und Fermentation}, series = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, volume = {82}, journal = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, number = {9}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, address = {Weinheim}, doi = {10.1002/cite.201050360}, pages = {1568}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Die am h{\"a}ufigsten genutzten Rohstoffe f{\"u}r die Produktion von Treibstoffen und Chemikalien sind fossilen Ursprungs. Da diese limitiert sind, werden im Hinblick auf die Nachhaltigkeit alternative, erneuerbare Rohstoffquellen intensiv untersucht. Vielversprechend in diesem Kontext sind die in Lignocellulose enthaltenen Zucker, die beispielsweise zur Produktion von Ethanol genutzt werden k{\"o}nnen. In der Regel sind f{\"u}r eine Lig-nocellulose-Bioraffinerie mehrere Prozessschritte notwendig: Vorbehandlung, Verzuckerung und Fermentation. Um diesen Prozess einfacher zu gestalten, ist es m{\"o}glich, die Verzuckerung und die Fermentation in einem Schritt durchzuf{\"u}hren (SSF). Als Substrat wird hier Cellulose-Faserstoff verwendet, der durch das Organosolv-Verfahren aufgeschlossen wurde. Die Hydrolyse erfolgt mit kommerziell erh{\"a}ltlichen Enzymen und f{\"u}r die Fermentation zu Ethanol werden zwei Hefen verwendet. Beim SSF-Verfahren konnte, im Vergleich zur entkoppelten Verfahrensweise, trotz bestehender Unterschiede in den Temperatur-Optima von Enzymen und Hefen eine Steigerung in der Ethanol-Ausbeute von 0,15 auf 0,2 gg⁻¹ beobachtet werden. Um wirtschaftliche Ausbeuten und Konzentrationen des Produkts erzielen zu k{\"o}nnen, ist es notwendig den Prozess weiter zu optimieren. Im Einzelfall muss {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft werden, ob diese Verfahrensweise auch f{\"u}r die Produktion anderer interessanter Stoffe (wie Itacons{\"a}ure, Bernsteins{\"a}ure) geeignet ist.}, language = {de} } @incollection{Raatschen2010, author = {Raatschen, Hans-J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Von der K{\"o}niglichen H{\"o}heren Maschinenbauschule Aachen zu den Ingenieurfachbereichen der FH Aachen}, series = {Ingenieurfreunde FH Aachen : 75 Jahre F{\"o}rderverein; Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Maschinenbau und Mechatronik}, booktitle = {Ingenieurfreunde FH Aachen : 75 Jahre F{\"o}rderverein; Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Maschinenbau und Mechatronik}, publisher = {Klinkenberg}, address = {Aachen}, isbn = {978-3-941704-03-9}, pages = {13 -- 18}, year = {2010}, subject = {Geschichte}, language = {de} }