@article{SchlieperBrandenburgDjuricetal.2009, author = {Schlieper, G. and Brandenburg, V. and Djuric, Z. and Damjanovic, T. and Markovic, N. and Schurgers, L. and Kr{\"u}ger, T. and Westenfeld, R. and Ackermann, D. and Haselhuhn, Angelika and Dimkovic, S. and Ketteler, M. and Floege, J. and Dimkovic, N.}, title = {Risk factors for cardiovascular calcifications in non-diabetic Caucasian haemodialysis patients}, series = {Kidney \& blood pressure research}, volume = {Vol. 32}, journal = {Kidney \& blood pressure research}, issn = {1423-0143 (E-Journal); 0378-5858 (Print); 1011-6524 (Print); 1420-4096 (Print)}, pages = {161 -- 168}, year = {2009}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KernImaniVashianiTimmermanns2021, author = {Kern, Alexander and Imani Vashiani, Anahita and Timmermanns, Tobias}, title = {Threat for human beings due to touch voltages and body currents caused by direct lightning strikes in case of non-isolated lightning protection systems using natural components}, series = {35th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) and XVI International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA)}, booktitle = {35th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) and XVI International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA)}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {New York, NY}, isbn = {978-1-6654-2346-5}, doi = {10.1109/ICLPandSIPDA54065.2021.9627465}, pages = {8 Seiten}, year = {2021}, abstract = {For typical cases of non-isolated lightning protection systems (LPS) the impulse currents are investigated which may flow through a human body directly touching a structural part of the LPS. Based on a basic LPS model with conventional down-conductors especially the cases of external and internal steel columns and metal fa{\c{c}}ades are considered and compared. Numerical simulations of the line quantities voltages and currents in the time domain are performed with an equivalent circuit of the entire LPS. As a result it can be stated that by increasing the number of conventional down-conductors and external steel columns the threat for a human being can indeed be reduced, but not down to an acceptable limit. In case of internal steel columns used as natural down-conductors the threat can be reduced sufficiently, depending on the low-resistive connection of the steel columns to the lightning equipotential bonding or the earth termination system, resp. If a metal fa{\c{c}}ade is used the threat for human beings touching is usually very low, if the fa{\c{c}}ade is sufficiently interconnected and multiply connected to the lightning equipotential bonding or the earth termination system, resp.}, language = {en} }