TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel B. ED - Rowinski, Pawel T1 - Laboratory models of free-surface flows T2 - Rivers - physical, fluvial and environmental processes N2 - Hydraulic modeling is the classical approach to investigate and describe complex fluid motion. Many empirical formulas in the literature used for the hydraulic design of river training measures and structures have been developed using experimental data from the laboratory. Although computer capacities have increased to a high level which allows to run complex numerical simulations on standard workstation nowadays, non-standard design of structures may still raise the need to perform physical model investigations. These investigations deliver insight into details of flow patterns and the effect of varying boundary conditions. Data from hydraulic model tests may be used for calibration of numerical models as well. As the field of hydraulic modeling is very complex, this chapter intends to give a short overview on capacities and limits of hydraulic modeling in regard to river flows and hydraulic structures only. The reader shall get a first idea of modeling principles and basic considerations. More detailed information can be found in the references. KW - Physical modeling KW - Similitude KW - Open channels KW - Hydraulic structures Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-319-17718-2 ; 978-3-319-17719-9 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17719-9_9 SP - 213 EP - 228 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Srivastava, Alok A1 - Knolle, Friedhart A1 - Hoyler, Friedrich A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Schnug, Ewald T1 - Uranium Toxicity in the State of Punjab in North-Western India T2 - Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment N2 - Lately there has been an increasing concern about uranium toxicity in some districts of Punjab State located in the North Western part of India after the publication of a report (Blaurock-Busch et al. 2010) which showed that the concentration of uranium in hair and urine of children suffering from physical deformities, neurological and mental disorder from Malwa region (Fig. 1) of Punjab State was manifold higher than the reference ranges. A train which connects the affected region with the nearby city of Bikaner which has a Cancer Hospital has been nicknamed as Cancer Express due to the frenzy generated on account of uranium related toxicity. Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-319-12559-6 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12559-6_21 SP - 271 EP - 275 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Reuter, Sebastian A1 - Ewert, Daniel A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Jeschke, Sabina A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Decisive Factors for the Success of the Carologistics RoboCup Team in the RoboCup Logistics League 2014 T2 - RoboCup 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-319-18615-3 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 8992 SP - 155 EP - 167 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Goeckel, Tom A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Wagner, Hermann A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - The Video Conference Tool Robot ViCToR T2 - Intelligent Robotics and Applications : 8th International Conference, ICIRA 2015, Portsmouth, UK, August 24-27, 2015, Proceedings, Part II N2 - We present a robotic tool that autonomously follows a conversation to enable remote presence in video conferencing. When humans participate in a meeting with the help of video conferencing tools, it is crucial that they are able to follow the conversation both with acoustic and visual input. To this end, we design and implement a video conferencing tool robot that uses binaural sound source localization as its main source to autonomously orient towards the currently talking speaker. To increase robustness of the acoustic cue against noise we supplement the sound localization with a source detection stage. Also, we include a simple onset detector to retain fast response times. Since we only use two microphones, we are confronted with ambiguities on whether a source is in front or behind the device. We resolve these ambiguities with the help of face detection and additional moves. We tailor the system to our target scenarios in experiments with a four minute scripted conversation. In these experiments we evaluate the influence of different system settings on the responsiveness and accuracy of the device. Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-319-22876-1 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22876-1_6 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 9245 SP - 61 EP - 73 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schusser, Sebastian A1 - Bäcker, M. A1 - Leinhos, Marcel A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Real-time in-situ electrical monitoring of the degradation of biopolymers using semiconductor field-effect devices T2 - Biodegradable biopolymers. Vol. 1 Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-1-63483-632-6 SP - 135 EP - 153 PB - Nova Science Publ. CY - Hauppauge ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Sadykov, R. A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Changes in intestinal microflora in rats induced by oral exposure to low lead (II) concentrations T2 - Lead Exposure and Poisoning: Clinical Symptoms, Medical Management and Preventive Strategies Y1 - 2015 SN - 9781634826990 SP - 75 EP - 99 PB - Nova Science Publ. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Abel, Thomas A1 - Bonin, Dominik A1 - Albracht, Kirsten A1 - Zeller, Sebastian A1 - Burkett, Brendan T1 - Kinematische Untersuchung der Kurbelbewegung im Handcycling: Entwicklung einer sportartspezifischen Methode T2 - Behindertensport 1951-2011 : Historische und aktuelle Aspekte im nationalen und internationalen Dialog Y1 - 2015 SN - 9783898997249 SP - 82 EP - 91 PB - Meyer & Meyer CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wilke, Thomas ED - Schindler, Andrea T1 - Weltkulturerbe(n). Die Residenzen des Hauses Savoyen in Turin und Umgebung T2 - WeltkulturerbeN : Formen, Funktionen und Objekte kulturellen Erinnerns im und an das Mittelalter : Vorträge der Ringvorlesung des Zentrums für Mittelalterstudien der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg im Sommersemester 2013 Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-86309-385-3 N1 - Bamberger interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien - Vorlesungen & Vorträge ; Band 6 SP - 167 EP - 196 PB - University of Bamberg Press CY - Bamberg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wilke, Thomas T1 - Lepautre T2 - Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon. Bd. 84 Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-11-023189-2 N1 - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Antoine, Jean und Pierre Lepautre; namentlich gekennzeichneter Lexikon-Eintrag SP - 157 EP - 160 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kroll-Ludwigs, Kathrin ED - Rauscher, Thomas T1 - Kommentierung zu EU-EheGüterVO-E T2 - Europäisches Zivilprozess- und Kollisionsrecht EuZPR/EuIPR, Band IV Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-504-38437-1 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.9785/9783504384371-007 SP - 1081 EP - 1146 PB - Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt CY - Köln ET - 4., neu bearbeitete Auflage ER -