TY - CHAP A1 - Weßling, Matthias T1 - Provocative Communication in Coaching and Leadership: scientific research and managerial applications of the Provocative Communication Style N2 - Concept, scientific research and managerial applications of Provocative Coaching, according to the „Provocative Therapy“ of Prof. Dr. Frank Farrelly (University of Wisconsin, U.S.A) in terms of an application of the Provocative Communication Style in specific situations of practical leadership, especially in the role of a coach for their subordinates. N2 - Konzept, Forschungsergebnisse und Tools der sogenannten „Provocative Therapy“ nach Prof. Dr. Frank Farrelly (University of Wisconsin, U.S.A) und ihre Anwendung als provokativer Kommunikationsstil einer Führungskraft in spezifischen Situationen der betrieblichen Führungspraxis in der Rolle eines Coaches. KW - Kommunikation KW - Coaching KW - Führung KW - Kommunikation KW - Coaching KW - Führung KW - Provokativer Stil KW - Provocative Coaching KW - Leadership KW - Communication KW - Provocative Style Y1 - 2007 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tran, Thanh Ngoc A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Kreißig, R. T1 - Calculation of load carrying capacity of shell structures with elasto-plastic material by direct methods N2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Material Theory and Nonlinear Dynamics. MatDyn. Hanoi, Vietnam, Sept. 24-26, 2007, 8 p. In this paper, a method is introduced to determine the limit load of general shells using the finite element method. The method is based on an upper bound limit and shakedown analysis with elastic-perfectly plastic material model. A non-linear constrained optimisation problem is solved by using Newton’s method in conjunction with a penalty method and the Lagrangean dual method. Numerical investigation of a pipe bend subjected to bending moments proves the effectiveness of the algorithm. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode Y1 - 2007 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fredebeul-Krein, Markus T1 - 10 years of liberalised telecom markets in Germany: Assessing the degree of competition on the markets for voice telephony N2 - Market data for the German telecom market shows that Deutsche Telekom as the former incumbent is constantly loosing shares on all arkets for voice telephony: the market for local calls, the market for long-distance calls and the market for international calls. At the same time prices decline steadily with the latest trend being that operators offer voice services free of charge, the costs of which are covered by a monthly subscription charge. Against this background the paper examines the state of policy and regulatory reform in the telecommunications sector in Germany almost 10 years after the liberalisation of the fixed telecommunications market. Thereby the focus is on the analysis of the competitive conditions that have been established on the German market for voice telephony services. If these retail markets are competitive, there might be a need to remove remaining regulatory provisions. In the new environment of converging markets the future challenge of regulating fixed telecom markets might be to ensure that access to the network and/or services of a potentially dominant provider in a relevant market will satisfy requirements for openness and non-discrimination. KW - Telekommunikationsmarkt KW - Telekommunikationsmarkt Y1 - 2007 N1 - paper presented at 18th European Regional ITS Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, September 2-4, 2007 Istanbul, Turkey ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tran, Thanh Ngoc A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Kreißig, R. T1 - Finite element shakedown and limit reliability analysis of thin shells N2 - A procedure for the evaluation of the failure probability of elastic-plastic thin shell structures is presented. The procedure involves a deterministic limit and shakedown analysis for each probabilistic iteration which is based on the kinematical approach and the use the exact Ilyushin yield surface. Based on a direct definition of the limit state function, the non-linear problems may be efficiently solved by using the First and Second Order Reliabiblity Methods (Form/SORM). This direct approach reduces considerably the necessary knowledge of uncertain technological input data, computing costs and the numerical error. In: Computational plasticity / ed. by Eugenio Onate. Dordrecht: Springer 2007. VII, 265 S. (Computational Methods in Applied Sciences ; 7) (COMPLAS IX. Part 1 . International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)). ISBN 978-1-402-06576-7 S. 186-189 KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Limit analysis KW - shakedown analysis KW - Exact Ilyushin yield surface KW - Random variable KW - First Order Reliabiblity Method Y1 - 2007 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Heitzer, M. A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Direct FEM approach to design-by-analysis of pressurized components N2 - Abstracts of the ACHEMA 2000 - International Meeting on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, May 22 - 27, 2000. Frankfurt am Main. Achema 2000 : special edition / Linde. [Ed.: Linde AG. Red.: Volker R. Leski]. - Wiesbaden : Linde AG, 2000. - 56 p. : Ill., . - pp: 79 - 81 N2 - Abstracts der ACHEMA 2000 - International Meeting on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, May 22 - 27, 2000. Frankfurt am Main. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - limit analysis KW - shakedown analysis Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Brüssermann, Klaus A1 - Deuster, M. T1 - Temperature measurement to optimise the burning process N2 - One of the most important parameters in a burning chamber - in power stations, in waste to energy plants - is the temperature. This temperature is in the range of 700-1500 °C - one of the most advanced measuring methods being the acoustic pyrometry with the possibility of producing temperature mapping in one level of the burning chamber - comparable to computer tomography. The results of these measurements discussed in the presentation can be used - to fulfil the legal requirements in the FRG or in the EU - to equalise the temperature in one level of the burning chamber to optimise the steam production (better efficiency of the plant) and to minimise the production of temperature controlled flue gas components (NO, CO a. o.) - to control the SNCR-process if used. KW - Pyrometrie KW - Temperaturmessung KW - temperature measurement KW - acoustic pyrometry KW - steam production KW - flue gas components Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas T1 - Technology Diffusion through a Multi-Level Technology Transfer Infrastructure. Contribution to the 1st. All Africa Technology Diffusion Conference Boksburg, South Africa June 12th - 14th 2006 N2 - Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Multi-level Technology Transfer Infrastructure 2.1 Level 1: University Education – Encourage the Idea of becoming an Entrepreneur 2.2 Level 2: Post Graduate Education – Improve your skills and focus it on a product family. 2.3 Level 3: Birth of a Company – Focus your skills on a product and a market segment. 2.4 Level 4: Ready to stand alone – Set up your own business 2.5 Level 5: Grow to be Strong – Develop your business 2.6 Level 6: Competitive and independent – Stay innovative. 3. Samples 3.1 Sample 1: Laser Processing and Consulting Centre, LBBZ 3.2 Sample 2: Prototyping Centre, CP 4. Funding - Waste money or even lost Money? 5. Conclusion KW - Technologietransfer KW - technology transfer KW - technology diffusion Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Problems and chances for probabilistic fracture mechanics in the analysis of steel pressure boundary reliability. - Überarb. Ausg. N2 - In: Technical feasibility and reliability of passive safety systems for nuclear power plants. Proceedings of an Advisory Group Meeting held in Jülich, 21-24 November 1994. - Vienna , 1996. - Seite: 43 - 55 IAEA-TECDOC-920 Abstract: It is shown that the difficulty for probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) is the general problem of the high reliability of a small population. There is no way around the problem as yet. Therefore what PFM can contribute to the reliability of steel pressure boundaries is demon­strated with the example of a typical reactor pressure vessel and critically discussed. Although no method is distinguishable that could give exact failure probabilities, PFM has several addi­tional chances. Upper limits for failure probability may be obtained together with trends for design and operating conditions. Further, PFM can identify the most sensitive parameters, improved control of which would increase reliability. Thus PFM should play a vital role in the analysis of steel pressure boundaries despite all shortcomings. KW - Bruchmechanik KW - probabilistic fracture mechanics KW - PFM Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Design by Analysis of Pressure Components by non-linear Optimization N2 - This paper presents the direct route to Design by Analysis (DBA) of the new European pressure vessel standard in the language of limit and shakedown analysis (LISA). This approach leads to an optimization problem. Its solution with Finite Element Analysis is demonstrated for some examples from the DBA-Manual. One observation from the examples is, that the optimisation approach gives reliable and close lower bound solutions leading to simple and optimised design decision. KW - Analytischer Zulaessigkeitsnachweis KW - FEM KW - Einspiel-Analyse KW - design-by-analysis KW - finite element analysis KW - limit and shakedown analysis Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fabo, Sabine T1 - Audio-visual hybrids : between immersion and detachment N2 - Close interrelations between sound and image are not a mere phenomenon of today’s multimedia technology. The idea of the synthesis of different media lies at the core of the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk in the second half of the 19th century and it can also be traced back to the synaesthesia debate at the beginning of the 20th century [...]. KW - Elektronische Kunst KW - Klangkunst KW - Hybride Kunst KW - Medienkunst KW - Hybrid Art KW - Sound Art KW - Audio-visual Art Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schumacher, Kerstin A1 - Kloock, Joachim P. A1 - Rosenkranz, Christian A1 - Schultze, Joachim W. A1 - Müller-Veggian, Mattea A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Functional testing and characterisation of ISFETs on wafer level by means of a micro-droplet cell N2 - A wafer-level functionality testing and characterisation system for ISFETs (ionsensitive field-effect transistor) is realised by means of integration of a specifically designed capillary electrochemical micro-droplet cell into a commercial wafer prober-station. The developed system allows the identification and selection of “good” ISFETs at the earliest stage and to avoid expensive bonding, encapsulation and packaging processes for nonfunctioning ISFETs and thus, to decrease costs, which are wasted for bad dies. The developed system is also feasible for wafer-level characterisation of ISFETs in terms of sensitivity, hysteresis and response time. Additionally, the system might be also utilised for wafer-level testing of further electrochemical sensors. KW - Biosensor KW - Biosensorik KW - ISFET KW - Wafer KW - ISFET KW - wafer-level testing KW - capillary micro-droplet cell Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1259 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Preface of the Special Issue of I3S 2005 in Jülich (Germany) N2 - International Symposium on Sensor Science, I3S 2005 <3; 2005; Juelich, Germany> In: Sensors 2006, 6, 260-261 ISSN 1424-8220 KW - Biosensor KW - I3S 2005 KW - International Symposium on Sensor Science Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1365 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Srivastava, Alok A1 - Singh, Virendra A1 - Dhand, Chetna A1 - Kaur, Manindar A1 - Singh, Tejvir A1 - Witte, Katrin A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. T1 - Study of swift heavy ion modified conduction polymer composites for application as gas sensor N2 - A polyaniline-based conducting composite was prepared by oxidative polymerisation of aniline in a polyvinylchloride (PVC) matrix. The coherent free standing thin films of the composite were prepared by a solution casting method. The polyvinyl chloride-polyaniline composites exposed to 120 MeV ions of silicon with total ion fluence ranging from 1011 to 1013 ions/cm2, were observed to be more sensitive towards ammonia gas than the unirradiated composite. The response time of the irradiated composites was observed to be comparably shorter. We report for the first time the application of swift heavy ion modified insulating polymer conducting polymer (IPCP) composites for sensing of ammonia gas. KW - Biosensor KW - Conducing polymer KW - ammonia gas sensors KW - swift heavy ions KW - polymer composites Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1345 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chaiyboun, Ali A1 - Traute, Rüdiger A1 - Kiesewetter, Olaf A1 - Ahlers, Simon A1 - Müller, Gerhard A1 - Doll, Theodor T1 - Modular analytical multicomponent analysis in gas sensor arrays N2 - A multi-sensor system is a chemical sensor system which quantitatively and qualitatively records gases with a combination of cross-sensitive gas sensor arrays and pattern recognition software. This paper addresses the issue of data analysis for identification of gases in a gas sensor array. We introduce a software tool for gas sensor array configuration and simulation. It concerns thereby about a modular software package for the acquisition of data of different sensors. A signal evaluation algorithm referred to as matrix method was used specifically for the software tool. This matrix method computes the gas concentrations from the signals of a sensor array. The software tool was used for the simulation of an array of five sensors to determine gas concentration of CH4, NH3, H2, CO and C2H5OH. The results of the present simulated sensor array indicate that the software tool is capable of the following: (a) identify a gas independently of its concentration; (b) estimate the concentration of the gas, even if the system was not previously exposed to this concentration; (c) tell when a gas concentration exceeds a certain value. A gas sensor data base was build for the configuration of the software. With the data base one can create, generate and manage scenarios and source files for the simulation. With the gas sensor data base and the simulation software an on-line Web-based version was developed, with which the user can configure and simulate sensor arrays on-line. KW - Biosensor KW - Main sensitivity KW - cross sensitivity KW - matrix method KW - gas sensor array KW - modelling Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1358 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sakthivel, Mariappan A1 - Weppner, Werner T1 - Response behaviour of a hydrogen sensor based on ionic conducting polymer-metal interfaces prepared by the chemical reduction method N2 - A solid-state amperometric hydrogen sensor based on a protonated Nafion membrane and catalytic active electrode operating at room temperature was fabricated and tested. Ionic conducting polymer-metal electrode interfaces were prepared chemically by using the impregnation-reduction method. The polymer membrane was impregnated with tetra-ammine platinum chloride hydrate and the metal ions were subsequently reduced by using either sodium tetrahydroborate or potassium tetrahydroborate. The hydrogen sensing characteristics with air as reference gas is reported. The sensors were capable of detecting hydrogen concentrations from 10 ppm to 10% in nitrogen. The response time was in the range of 10-30 s and a stable linear current output was observed. The thin Pt films were characterized by XRD, Infrared Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and EDAX. KW - Biosensor KW - Hydrogen sensor KW - amperometric sensor KW - porous Pt electrode KW - chemical reduction method Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1399 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Koplin, Tobias J. A1 - Siemons, Maike A1 - Océn-Valéntin, César A1 - Sanders, Daniel A1 - Simon, Ulrich T1 - Workflow for high throughput screening of gas sensing materials N2 - The workflow of a high throughput screening setup for the rapid identification of new and improved sensor materials is presented. The polyol method was applied to prepare nanoparticular metal oxides as base materials, which were functionalised by surface doping. Using multi-electrode substrates and high throughput impedance spectroscopy (HT-IS) a wide range of materials could be screened in a short time. Applying HT-IS in search of new selective gas sensing materials a NO2-tolerant NO sensing material with reduced sensitivities towards other test gases was identified based on iridium doped zinc oxide. Analogous behaviour was observed for iridium doped indium oxide. KW - Biosensor KW - High throughput experimentation KW - gas sensor KW - metal oxide KW - doping KW - impedance spectroscopy KW - nitrogen oxides Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1407 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Spannhake, Jan A1 - Schulz, Olaf A1 - Helwig, Andreas A1 - Krenkow, Angelika A1 - Müller, Gerhard A1 - Doll, Theodor T1 - High-temperature MEMS heater platforms: long-term performance of metal and semiconductor heater materials N2 - Micromachined thermal heater platforms offer low electrical power consumption and high modulation speed, i.e. properties which are advantageous for realizing nondispersive infrared (NDIR) gas- and liquid monitoring systems. In this paper, we report on investigations on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based infrared (IR) emitter devices heated by employing different kinds of metallic and semiconductor heater materials. Our results clearly reveal the superior high-temperature performance of semiconductor over metallic heater materials. Long-term stable emitter operation in the vicinity of 1300 K could be attained using heavily antimony-doped tin dioxide (SnO2:Sb) heater elements. KW - Biosensor KW - Hotplate KW - heater metallisation KW - high-temperature stability KW - electro-migration KW - doped silicon KW - doped metal oxide KW - antimony doped tin oxide Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1513 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Katz, Eugenii A1 - Willner, Itamar T1 - Magneto-controlled quantized electron transfer to surface-confined redox units and metal nanoparticles N2 - Hydrophobic magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) consisting of undecanoate-capped magnetite (Fe3O4, average diameter ca. 5 nm) are used to control quantized electron transfer to surface-confined redox units and metal NPs. A two-phase system consisting of an aqueous electrolyte solution and a toluene phase that includes the suspended undecanoatecapped magnetic NPs is used to control the interfacial properties of the electrode surface. The attracted magnetic NPs form a hydrophobic layer on the electrode surface resulting in the change of the mechanisms of the surface-confined electrochemical processes. A quinone-monolayer modified Au electrode demonstrates an aqueous-type of the electrochemical process (2e-+2H+ redox mechanism) for the quinone units in the absence of the hydrophobic magnetic NPs, while the attraction of the magnetic NPs to the surface results in the stepwise single-electron transfer mechanism characteristic of a dry nonaqueous medium. Also, the attraction of the hydrophobic magnetic NPs to the Au electrode surface modified with Au NPs (ca. 1.4 nm) yields a microenvironment with a low dielectric constant that results in the single-electron quantum charging of the Au NPs. KW - Biosensor KW - Nanoparticles KW - magnetic particles KW - quantum charging KW - modified electrode Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1528 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pijanowska, Dorota G. A1 - Remiszewska, Elzbieta T1 - pH-based detection of phenylalnine by potentiometric and colorimetric methods N2 - In this paper, methods of sample preparation for potentiometric measurement of phenylalanine are presented. Basing on the spectrophotometric measurements of phenylalanine, the concentrations of reagents of the enzymatic reaction (10 mM L-Phe, 0,4 mM NAD+, 2U L-PheDH) were determined. Then, the absorption spectrum of the reaction product, NADH, was monitored (maximum peak at 340 nm). The results obtained by the spectrophotometric method were compared with the results obtained by the colourimetry, using pH indicators. The above-mentioned two methods will be used as references for potentiometric measurements of phenylalanine concentration. KW - Biosensor KW - Phenylalanine determination KW - enzymatic methods KW - pH-based biosensing Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1536 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Arida, Hassan A. A1 - Kloock, Joachim P. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Novel organic membrane-based thin-film microsensors for the determination of heavy metal cations N2 - A first step towards the fabrication and electrochemical evaluation of thin-film microsensors based on organic PVC membranes for the determination of Hg(II), Cd(II), Pb(II) and Cu(II) ions in solutions has been realised. The membrane-coating mixture used in the preparation of this new type of microsensors is incorporating PVC as supporting matrix, o-nitrophenyloctylether (o-NPOE) as solvent mediator and a recently synthesized Hg[dimethylglyoxime(phene)]2+ and Bis-(4-hydroxyacetophenone)-ethylenediamine as electroactive materials for Hg(II) and Cd(II), respectively. A set of three commercialised ionophores for Cd(II), Pb(II) and Cu(II) has been also used for comparison. Thin-film microsensors based on these membranes showed a Nernstian response of slope (26-30 mV/dec.) for the respective tested cations. The potentiometric response characteristics (linear range, pH range, detection limit and response time) are comparable with those obtained by conventional membranes as well as coated wire electrodes prepared from the same membrane. The realisation of the new organic membrane-based thin-film microsensors overcomes the problem of an insufficient selectivity of solid-state-based thinfilm sensors. KW - Biosensor KW - Heavy metal detection KW - thin-film microsensors KW - organic PVC membranes Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1545 ER -