TY - BOOK A1 - Hüning, Felix T1 - The fundamentals of electrical engineering for mechatronics Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-11-034991-7 (Druckausg.) SN - 978-3-11-030840-2 (E-Book) PB - de Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hüning, Felix T1 - Power semiconductors : key components for HEV/EV T2 - FISITA 2014 World Automotive Congress : 2 - 6 June, Maastricht, the Netherlands International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies Y1 - 2014 N1 - Datenformat: PDF PB - KIVI CY - [s.l.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jens, Otto A1 - Kaldenhoff, E. A1 - Kirschner-Hermanns, R. A1 - Mühl, Thomas A1 - Klinge, Uwe T1 - Elongation of textile pelvic floor implants under load is related to complete loss of effective porosity, thereby favoring incorporation in scar plates JF - Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A N2 - Use of textile structures for reinforcement of pelvic floor structures has to consider mechanical forces to the implant, which are quite different to the tension free conditions of the abdominal wall. Thus, biomechanical analysis of textile devices has to include the impact of strain on stretchability and effective porosity. Prolift® and Prolift + M®, developed for tension free conditions, were tested by measuring stretchability and effective porosity applying mechanical strain. For comparison, we used Dynamesh-PR4®, which was designed for pelvic floor repair to withstand mechanical strain. Prolift® at rest showed moderate porosity with little stretchability but complete loss of effective porosity at strain of 4.9 N/cm. Prolift + M® revealed an increased porosity at rest, but at strain showed high stretchability, with subsequent loss of effective porosity at strain of 2.5 N/cm. Dynamesh PR4® preserved its high porosity even under strain, but as consequence of limited stretchability. Though in tension free conditions Prolift® and Prolift + M® can be considered as large pore class I meshes, application of mechanical strain rapidly lead to collapse of pores. The loss of porosity at mechanical stress can be prevented by constructions with high structural stability. Assessment of porosity under strain was found helpful to define requirements for pelvic floor devices. Clinical studies have to prove whether devices with high porosity as well as high structural stability can improve the patients' outcome. Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.34767 SN - 1552-4965 VL - 102 IS - 4 SP - 1079 EP - 1084 PB - Wiley CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lagemaat, Miriam W. A1 - Vos, Eline K. A1 - Maas, Marnix C. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Uden, Mark J. van A1 - Kobus, Thiele A1 - Heerschap, Arend A1 - Scheenen, Tom W. J. T1 - Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at 7 T in patients with prostate cancer JF - Investigative Radiology N2 - Objectives The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of phosphorus (³¹P) spectra of the human prostate and to investigate changes of individual phospholipid metabolites in prostate cancer through in vivo ³¹P magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) at 7 T. Materials and Methods In this institutional review board–approved study, 15 patients with biopsy-proven prostate cancer underwent T₂-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and 3-dimensional ³¹P MRSI at 7 T. Voxels were selected at the tumor location, in normal-appearing peripheral zone tissue, normal-appearing transition zone tissue, and in the base of the prostate close to the seminal vesicles. Phosphorus metabolite ratios were determined and compared between tissue types. Results Signals of phosphoethanolamine (PE) and phosphocholine (PC) were present and well resolved in most ³¹P spectra in the prostate. Glycerophosphocholine signals were observable in 43% of the voxels in malignant tissue, but in only 10% of the voxels in normal-appearing tissue away from the seminal vesicles. In many spectra, independent of tissue type, 2 peaks resonated in the chemical shift range of inorganic phosphate, possibly representing 2 separate pH compartments. The PC/PE ratio in the seminal vesicles was highly elevated compared with the prostate in 5 patients. A considerable overlap of ³¹P metabolite ratios was found between prostate cancer and normal-appearing prostate tissue, preventing direct discrimination of these tissues. The only 2 patients with high Gleason scores tumors (≥4+5) presented with high PC and glycerophosphocholine levels in their cancer lesions. Conclusions Phosphorus MRSI at 7 T shows distinct features of phospholipid metabolites in the prostate gland and its surrounding structures. In this exploratory study, no differences in ³¹P metabolite ratios were observed between prostate cancer and normal-appearing prostate tissue possibly because of the partial volume effects of small tumor foci in large MRSI voxels. Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000000012 SN - 1536-0210 VL - 49 IS - 5 SP - 363 EP - 372 PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins CY - Philadelphia, Pa. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lenz, Laura L. A1 - Wolf, Martin ED - Kritz, Willy Christian T1 - Economic evaluation of serious games with the comparative assessment framework COSEGA T2 - The shift from teaching to learning : individual, collective and organizational learning through gaming simulation ; proceedings of the 45th conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association, Dornbirn 2014 Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-7639-5422-3 SP - 374 EP - 386 PB - Bertelsmann CY - [Bielefeld] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maas, Marnix C. A1 - Vos, Eline K. A1 - Lagemaat, Miriam W. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Kobus, Thiele A1 - Kraff, Oliver A1 - Maderwald, Stefan A1 - Ladd, Mark E. A1 - Scheenen, Tom W. J. T1 - Feasibility of T₂-weighted turbo spin echo imaging of the human prostate at 7 tesla JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine N2 - Purpose To demonstrate that high quality T₂-weighted (T2w) turbo spin-echo (TSE) imaging of the complete prostate can be achieved routinely and within safety limits at 7 T, using an external transceive body array coil only. Methods Nine healthy volunteers and 12 prostate cancer patients were scanned on a 7 T whole-body system. Preparation consisted of B₀ and radiofrequency shimming and localized flip angle calibration. T₁ and T₂ relaxation times were measured and used to define the T2w-TSE protocol. T2w imaging was performed using a TSE sequence (pulse repetition time/echo time 3000–3640/71 ms) with prolonged excitation and refocusing pulses to reduce specific absorption rate. Results High quality T2w TSE imaging was performed in less than 2 min in all subjects. Tumors of patients with gold-standard tumor localization (MR-guided biopsy or prostatectomy) were well visualized on 7 T imaging (n = 3). The number of consecutive slices achievable within a 10-g averaged specific absorption rate limit of 10 W/kg was ≥28 in all subjects, sufficient for full prostate coverage with 3-mm slices in at least one direction. Conclusion High quality T2w TSE prostate imaging can be performed routinely and within specific absorption rate limits at 7 T with an external transceive body array. Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24818 SN - 1522-2594 VL - 71 IS - 5 SP - 1711 EP - 1719 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Neugebauer, Georg A1 - Brutschy, Lucas A1 - Meyer, Ulrike A1 - Wetzel, Susanne ED - Garcia-Alfaro, Joaquin ED - Lioudakis, Georgios ED - Cuppens-Boulahia, Nora ED - Foley, Simon ED - Fitzgerald, William M. T1 - Privacy-preserving multi-party reconciliation secure in the malicious model T2 - DPM 2013, SETOP 2013: Data Privacy Management and Autonomous Spontaneous Security N2 - The problem of fair and privacy-preserving ordered set reconciliation arises in a variety of applications like auctions, e-voting, and appointment reconciliation. While several multi-party protocols have been proposed that solve this problem in the semi-honest model, there are no multi-party protocols that are secure in the malicious model so far. In this paper, we close this gap. Our newly proposed protocols are shown to be secure in the malicious model based on a variety of novel non-interactive zero-knowledge-proofs. We describe the implementation of our protocols and evaluate their performance in comparison to protocols solving the problem in the semi-honest case. KW - Privacy-enhancing technologies KW - Secure multi-party computation KW - Cryptographic protocols KW - Zero-knowledge proofs KW - Malicious model Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-642-54567-2 (Print) SN - 978-3-642-54568-9 (Online) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54568-9_12 N1 - 8th International Workshop, DPM 2013, and 6th International Workshop, SETOP 2013, Egham, UK, September 12-13, 2013. Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNSC,volume 8247) SP - 178 EP - 193 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Neumann, Tobias A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Kallweit, Stephan A1 - Scholl, Ingrid T1 - Towards a mobile mapping robot for underground mines T2 - 7th Conference of Robotics and Mechatronics : RobMech 2014 : 27th and 28th Nov. 2014, Cape Town Y1 - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Ewert, Daniel A1 - Reuter, Sebastian A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Jeschke, Sabina A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - RoboCup logistics league sponsored by festo: A competitive factory automation testbed T2 - RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII : Eindhoven; Netherlands; 1 July 2013 through 1 July 2013. (Lecture notes in computer science ; 8371) N2 - 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. Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-662-44467-2 (Print) 978-3-662-44468-9 (Online) SP - 336 EP - 347 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - PAT A1 - Nötzold, K. A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Fink, K. A1 - Griessel, R. A1 - Wegener, R. T1 - Cascaded H-bridge converter with transformer based cell power balancing in each voltage level : [Patentschrift] Y1 - 2014 N1 - Titel des US-Patents: Bypassed cascaded cell converter : [patent of invention]. - Außerdem veröffentlicht als CN103997231 (A) PB - Europäisches Patentamt / United States Patent and Trademark Office [u.a.] CY - Den Haag / Alexandria, VA ER -