@article{WaldvogelFreylerHelmetal.2023,
  author    = {Waldvogel, Janice and Freyler, Kathrin and Helm, Michael and Monti, Elena and St{\"a}udle, Benjamin and Gollhofer, Albert and Narici, Marco V. and Ritzmann, Ramona and Albracht, Kirsten},
  title     = {Changes in gravity affect neuromuscular control, biomechanics, and muscle-tendon mechanics in energy storage and dissipation tasks},
  series = {Journal of Applied Physiology},
  volume    = {134},
  journal   = {Journal of Applied Physiology},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {American Physiological Society},
  address   = {Bethesda, Md.},
  issn      = {1522-1601 (Onlineausgabe)},
  doi       = {10.1152/japplphysiol.00279.2022},
  pages     = {190 -- 202},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {This study evaluates neuromechanical control and muscle-tendon interaction during energy storage and dissipation tasks in hypergravity. During parabolic flights, while 17 subjects performed drop jumps (DJs) and drop landings (DLs), electromyography (EMG) of the lower limb muscles was combined with in vivo fascicle dynamics of the gastrocnemius medialis, two-dimensional (2D) kinematics, and kinetics to measure and analyze changes in energy management. Comparisons were made between movement modalities executed in hypergravity (1.8 G) and gravity on ground (1 G). In 1.8 G, ankle dorsiflexion, knee joint flexion, and vertical center of mass (COM) displacement are lower in DJs than in DLs; within each movement modality, joint flexion amplitudes and COM displacement demonstrate higher values in 1.8 G than in 1 G. Concomitantly, negative peak ankle joint power, vertical ground reaction forces, and leg stiffness are similar between both movement modalities (1.8 G). In DJs, EMG activity in 1.8 G is lower during the COM deceleration phase than in 1 G, thus impairing quasi-isometric fascicle behavior. In DLs, EMG activity before and during the COM deceleration phase is higher, and fascicles are stretched less in 1.8 G than in 1 G. Compared with the situation in 1 G, highly task-specific neuromuscular activity is diminished in 1.8 G, resulting in fascicle lengthening in both movement modalities. Specifically, in DJs, a high magnitude of neuromuscular activity is impaired, resulting in altered energy storage. In contrast, in DLs, linear stiffening of the system due to higher neuromuscular activity combined with lower fascicle stretch enhances the buffering function of the tendon, and thus the capacity to safely dissipate energy.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{VoegeleJosyabhatlaBalletal.2023,
  author    = {V{\"o}gele, Stefan and Josyabhatla, Vishnu Teja and Ball, Christopher and Rhoden, Imke and Grajewski, Matthias and R{\"u}bbelke, Dirk and Kuckshinrichs, Wilhelm},
  title     = {Robust assessment of energy scenarios from stakeholders' perspectives},
  series = {Energy},
  journal   = {Energy},
  number    = {In Press, Article 128326},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1873-6785 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.energy.2023.128326},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Using scenarios is vital in identifying and specifying measures for successfully transforming the energy system. Such transformations can be particularly challenging and require the support of a broader set of stakeholders. Otherwise, there will be opposition in the form of reluctance to adopt the necessary technologies. Usually, processes for considering stakeholders' perspectives are very time-consuming and costly. In particular, there are uncertainties about how to deal with modifications in the scenarios. In principle, new consulting processes will be required. In our study, we show how multi-criteria decision analysis can be used to analyze stakeholders' attitudes toward transition paths. Since stakeholders differ regarding their preferences and time horizons, we employ a multi-criteria decision analysis approach to identify which stakeholders will support or oppose a transition path. We provide a flexible template for analyzing stakeholder preferences toward transition paths. This flexibility comes from the fact that our multi-criteria decision aid-based approach does not involve intensive empirical work with stakeholders. Instead, it involves subjecting assumptions to robustness analysis, which can help identify options to influence stakeholders' attitudes toward transitions.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RhodenBallGrajewskietal.2023,
  author    = {Rhoden, Imke and Ball, Christopher Stephen and Grajewski, Matthias and Kuckshinrich, Wilhelm},
  title     = {Reverse engineering of stakeholder preferences - A multi-criteria assessment of the German passenger car sector},
  series = {Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews},
  volume    = {181},
  journal   = {Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews},
  number    = {July 2023},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1364-0321},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.rser.2023.113352},
  pages     = {Article number: 113352},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Germany is a frontrunner in setting frameworks for the transition to a low-carbon system. The mobility sector plays a significant role in this shift, affecting different people and groups on multiple levels. Without acceptance from these stakeholders, emission targets are out of reach. This research analyzes how the heterogeneous preferences of various stakeholders align with the transformation of the mobility sector, looking at the extent to which the German transformation paths are supported and where stakeholders are located. Under the research objective of comparing stakeholders' preferences to identify which car segments require additional support for a successful climate transition, a status quo of stakeholders and car performance criteria is the foundation for the analysis. Stakeholders' hidden preferences hinder the derivation of criteria weightings from stakeholders; therefore, a ranking from observed preferences is used. This study's inverse multi-criteria decision analysis means that weightings can be predicted and used together with a recalibrated performance matrix to explore future preferences toward car segments. Results show that stakeholders prefer medium-sized cars, with the trend pointing towards the increased potential for alternative propulsion technologies and electrified vehicles. These insights can guide the improved targeting of policy supporting the energy and mobility transformation. Additionally, the method proposed in this work can fully handle subjective approaches while incorporating a priori information. A software implementation of the proposed method completes this work and is made publicly available.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HeieisBoeckerD'Angeloetal.2023,
  author    = {Heieis, Jule and B{\"o}cker, Jonas and D'Angelo, Olfa and Mittag, Uwe and Albracht, Kirsten and Sch{\"o}nau, Eckhard and Meyer, Andreas and Voigtmann, Thomas and Rittweger, J{\"o}rn},
  title     = {Curvature of gastrocnemius muscle fascicles as function of muscle-tendon complex length and contraction in humans},
  series = {Physiological Reports},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Physiological Reports},
  number    = {11},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  issn      = {2051-817X},
  doi       = {10.14814/phy2.15739},
  pages     = {e15739, Seite 1-11},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {It has been shown that muscle fascicle curvature increases with increasing contraction level and decreasing muscle-tendon complex length. The analyses were done with limited examination windows concerning contraction level, muscle-tendon complex length, and/or intramuscular position of ultrasound imaging. With this study we aimed to investigate the correlation between fascicle arching and contraction, muscle-tendon complex length and their associated architectural parameters in gastrocnemius muscles to develop hypotheses concerning the fundamental mechanism of fascicle curving. Twelve participants were tested in five different positions (90°/105°*, 90°/90°*, 135°/90°*, 170°/90°*, and 170°/75°*; *knee/ankle angle). They performed isometric contractions at four different contraction levels (5\%, 25\%, 50\%, and 75\% of maximum voluntary contraction) in each position. Panoramic ultrasound images of gastrocnemius muscles were collected at rest and during constant contraction. Aponeuroses and fascicles were tracked in all ultrasound images and the parameters fascicle curvature, muscle-tendon complex strain, contraction level, pennation angle, fascicle length, fascicle strain, intramuscular position, sex and age group were analyzed by linear mixed effect models. Mean fascicle curvature of the medial gastrocnemius increased with contraction level (+5 m-1 from 0\% to 100\%; p = 0.006). Muscle-tendon complex length had no significant impact on mean fascicle curvature. Mean pennation angle (2.2 m-1 per 10°; p < 0.001), inverse mean fascicle length (20 m-1 per cm-1; p = 0.003), and mean fascicle strain (-0.07 m-1 per +10\%; p = 0.004) correlated with mean fascicle curvature. Evidence has also been found for intermuscular, intramuscular, and sex-specific intramuscular differences of fascicle curving. Pennation angle and the inverse fascicle length show the highest predictive capacities for fascicle curving. Due to the strong correlations between pennation angle and fascicle curvature and the intramuscular pattern of curving we suggest for future studies to examine correlations between fascicle curvature and intramuscular fluid pressure.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KloeserBuesgenKohletal.2023,
  author    = {Kl{\"o}ser, Lars and B{\"u}sgen, Andr{\´e} and Kohl, Philipp and Kraft, Bodo and Z{\"u}ndorf, Albert},
  title     = {Explaining relation classification models with semantic extents},
  series = {Deep Learning Theory and Applications},
  booktitle = {Deep Learning Theory and Applications},
  editor    = {Conte, Donatello and Fred, Ana and Gusikhin, Oleg and Sansone, Carlo},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-031-39058-6 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-031-39059-3_13},
  pages     = {189 -- 208},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {In recent years, the development of large pretrained language models, such as BERT and GPT, significantly improved information extraction systems on various tasks, including relation classification. State-of-the-art systems are highly accurate on scientific benchmarks. A lack of explainability is currently a complicating factor in many real-world applications. Comprehensible systems are necessary to prevent biased, counterintuitive, or harmful decisions. We introduce semantic extents, a concept to analyze decision patterns for the relation classification task. Semantic extents are the most influential parts of texts concerning classification decisions. Our definition allows similar procedures to determine semantic extents for humans and models. We provide an annotation tool and a software framework to determine semantic extents for humans and models conveniently and reproducibly. Comparing both reveals that models tend to learn shortcut patterns from data. These patterns are hard to detect with current interpretability methods, such as input reductions. Our approach can help detect and eliminate spurious decision patterns during model development. Semantic extents can increase the reliability and security of natural language processing systems. Semantic extents are an essential step in enabling applications in critical areas like healthcare or finance. Moreover, our work opens new research directions for developing methods to explain deep learning models.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{EngelmannBaumann2023,
  author    = {Engelmann, Ulrich M. and Baumann, Martin},
  title     = {Moderationsexpertise f{\"u}r QMBs - das Mindset},
  series = {Qualit{\"a}tsmanagement in Dienstleistungsunternehmen},
  booktitle = {Qualit{\"a}tsmanagement in Dienstleistungsunternehmen},
  editor    = {Thomann, Hermann and Tr{\"a}ger, Thomas},
  publisher = {T{\"U}V-Verlag},
  address   = {K{\"o}ln},
  isbn      = {978-3-8249-0473-0},
  pages     = {Kapitel 08630},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Teamsitzungen, Arbeitsgruppentreffen, Kickoffs und Meetings - sie alle werden mit dem Ziel durchgef{\"u}hrt, innerhalb einer vorgegebenen Zeitspanne ein gemeinsames Arbeitsziel zu erreichen. Damit die Zielerreichung auch bei komplexeren Arbeitsauftr{\"a}gen nicht vom Zufall abh{\"a}ngt, empfiehlt es sich, die Leitung des Ablaufs einem Moderator zu {\"u}bertragen. In diesem Beitrag einer mehrteiligen Serie wird beschrieben, {\"u}ber welches Mindset der Moderator verf{\"u}gen sollte, welche grunds{\"a}tzlichen Methoden hilfreich sind und was bei der Onlinemoderation im Besonderen zu beachten ist.},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{Laack2023,
  author    = {Laack, Walter van},
  title     = {Nahtoderfahrungen, Sterben und Tod aus der Perspektive von Medizin, Naturwissenschaften und Philosophie},
  series = {Thanatologie im deutschsprachigen Raum - Interdisziplin{\"a}re Perspektiven},
  booktitle = {Thanatologie im deutschsprachigen Raum - Interdisziplin{\"a}re Perspektiven},
  editor    = {Ortmanns, Bruno and Brauers, Angelika},
  publisher = {Rediroma-Verlag},
  isbn      = {978-3-98527-661-5},
  pages     = {129 -- 139},
  year      = {2023},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{AyalaHarrisKleefeldetal.2023,
  author    = {Ayala, Rafael Ceja and Harris, Isaac and Kleefeld, Andreas and Pallikarakis, Nikolaos},
  title     = {Analysis of the transmission eigenvalue problem with two conductivity parameters},
  series = {Applicable Analysis},
  journal   = {Applicable Analysis},
  publisher = {Taylor \& Francis},
  issn      = {0003-6811},
  doi       = {10.1080/00036811.2023.2181167},
  pages     = {37 Seiten},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {In this paper, we provide an analytical study of the transmission eigenvalue problem with two conductivity parameters. We will assume that the underlying physical model is given by the scattering of a plane wave for an isotropic scatterer. In previous studies, this eigenvalue problem was analyzed with one conductive boundary parameter whereas we will consider the case of two parameters. We prove the existence and discreteness of the transmission eigenvalues as well as study the dependence on the physical parameters. We are able to prove monotonicity of the first transmission eigenvalue with respect to the parameters and consider the limiting procedure as the second boundary parameter vanishes. Lastly, we provide extensive numerical experiments to validate the theoretical work.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{MaurerMiskiwAcostaetal.2023,
  author    = {Maurer, Florian and Miskiw, Kim K. and Acosta, Rebeca Ramirez and Harder, Nick and Sander, Volker and Lehnhoff, Sebastian},
  title     = {Market abstraction of energy markets and policies - application in an agent-based modeling toolbox},
  series = {EI.A 2023: Energy Informatics},
  booktitle = {EI.A 2023: Energy Informatics},
  editor    = {Jorgensen, Bo Norregaard and Pereira da Silva, Luiz Carlos and Ma, Zheng},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-031-48651-7 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-031-48652-4_10},
  pages     = {139 -- 157},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {In light of emerging challenges in energy systems, markets are prone to changing dynamics and market design. Simulation models are commonly used to understand the changing dynamics of future electricity markets. However, existing market models were often created with specific use cases in mind, which limits their flexibility and usability. This can impose challenges for using a single model to compare different market designs. This paper introduces a new method of defining market designs for energy market simulations. The proposed concept makes it easy to incorporate different market designs into electricity market models by using relevant parameters derived from analyzing existing simulation tools, morphological categorization and ontologies. These parameters are then used to derive a market abstraction and integrate it into an agent-based simulation framework, allowing for a unified analysis of diverse market designs. Furthermore, we showcase the usability of integrating new types of long-term contracts and over-the-counter trading. To validate this approach, two case studies are demonstrated: a pay-as-clear market and a pay-as-bid long-term market. These examples demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed framework.},
  language  = {en}
}
@unpublished{BornheimGriegerBlanecketal.2023,
  author    = {Bornheim, Tobias and Grieger, Niklas and Blaneck, Patrick Gustav and Bialonski, Stephan},
  title     = {Preprint: Speaker attribution in German parliamentary debates with QLoRA-adapted large language models},
  series = {Journal for Language Technology and Computational Linguistics},
  journal   = {Journal for Language Technology and Computational Linguistics},
  doi       = {10.48550/arXiv.2309.09902},
  pages     = {8 Seiten},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {The growing body of political texts opens up new opportunities for rich insights into political dynamics and ideologies but also increases the workload for manual analysis. Automated speaker attribution, which detects who said what to whom in a speech event and is closely related to semantic role labeling, is an important processing step for computational text analysis. We study the potential of the large language model family Llama 2 to automate speaker attribution in German parliamentary debates from 2017-2021. We fine-tune Llama 2 with QLoRA, an efficient training strategy, and observe our approach to achieve competitive performance in the GermEval 2023 Shared Task On Speaker Attribution in German News Articles and Parliamentary Debates. Our results shed light on the capabilities of large language models in automating speaker attribution, revealing a promising avenue for computational analysis of political discourse and the development of semantic role labeling systems.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KuchlerGuenthnerRibeiroetal.2023,
  author    = {Kuchler, Timon and G{\"u}nthner, Roman and Ribeiro, Andrea and Hausinger, Renate and Streese, Lukas and W{\"o}hnl, Anna and Kesseler, Veronika and Negele, Johanna and Assali, Tarek and Carbajo-Lozoya, Javier and Lech, Maciej and Adorjan, Kristina and Stubbe, Hans Christian and Hanssen, Henner and Kotliar, Konstantin and Haller, Berhard and Heemann, Uwe and Schmaderer, Christoph},
  title     = {Persistent endothelial dysfunction in post-COVID-19 syndrome and its associations with symptom severity and chronic inflammation},
  volume    = {26},
  publisher = {Springer Nature},
  address   = {Dordrecht},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10456-023-09885-6},
  pages     = {547 -- 563},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Background Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) is a lingering disease with ongoing symptoms such as fatigue and cognitive impairment resulting in a high impact on the daily life of patients. Understanding the pathophysiology of PCS is a public health priority, as it still poses a diagnostic and treatment challenge for physicians. Methods In this prospective observational cohort study, we analyzed the retinal microcirculation using Retinal Vessel Analysis (RVA) in a cohort of patients with PCS and compared it to an age- and gender-matched healthy cohort (n = 41, matched out of n = 204). Measurements and main results PCS patients exhibit persistent endothelial dysfunction (ED), as indicated by significantly lower venular flicker-induced dilation (vFID; 3.42\% ± 1.77\% vs. 4.64\% ± 2.59\%; p = 0.02), narrower central retinal artery equivalent (CRAE; 178.1 [167.5-190.2] vs. 189.1 [179.4-197.2], p = 0.01) and lower arteriolar-venular ratio (AVR; (0.84 [0.8-0.9] vs. 0.88 [0.8-0.9], p = 0.007). When combining AVR and vFID, predicted scores reached good ability to discriminate groups (area under the curve: 0.75). Higher PCS severity scores correlated with lower AVR (R = - 0.37 p = 0.017). The association of microvascular changes with PCS severity were amplified in PCS patients exhibiting higher levels of inflammatory parameters. Conclusion Our results demonstrate that prolonged endothelial dysfunction is a hallmark of PCS, and impairments of the microcirculation seem to explain ongoing symptoms in patients. As potential therapies for PCS emerge, RVA parameters may become relevant as clinical biomarkers for diagnosis and therapy management.},
  language  = {en}
}