TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bialonski, Stephan
A1  - Wendler, Martin
A1  - Lehnertz, Klaus
T1  - Unraveling spurious properties of interaction networks with tailored random networks
JF  - Plos one
N2  - We investigate interaction networks that we derive from multivariate time series with methods frequently employed in diverse scientific fields such as biology, quantitative finance, physics, earth and climate sciences, and the neurosciences. Mimicking experimental situations, we generate time series with finite length and varying frequency content but from independent stochastic processes. Using the correlation coefficient and the maximum cross-correlation, we estimate interdependencies between these time series. With clustering coefficient and average shortest path length, we observe unweighted interaction networks, derived via thresholding the values of interdependence, to possess non-trivial topologies as compared to Erdös-Rényi networks, which would indicate small-world characteristics. These topologies reflect the mostly unavoidable finiteness of the data, which limits the reliability of typically used estimators of signal interdependence. We propose random networks that are tailored to the way interaction networks are derived from empirical data. Through an exemplary investigation of multichannel electroencephalographic recordings of epileptic seizures – known for their complex spatial and temporal dynamics – we show that such random networks help to distinguish network properties of interdependence structures related to seizure dynamics from those spuriously induced by the applied methods of analysis.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022826
VL  - 6
IS  - 8
PB  - Plos
CY  - San Francisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Arida, Hassan A.
A1  - Al-Haddad, Ameera
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - New Solid-State Organic Membrane Based Lead-Selective Micro-Electrode
JF  - International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 6 (2011), H. 9
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1452-3981
SP  - 3858
EP  - 3867
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grinsven, Bart van
A1  - Vanden Bon, Natalie
A1  - Grieten, Lars
A1  - Murib, Mohammed Sharif
A1  - Janssen, Stoffel Dominique
A1  - Haenen, Ken
A1  - Schneider, E.
A1  - Ingebrandt, Sven
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Vermeeren, Veronique
A1  - Ameloot, Marcel
A1  - Michiels, Luc
A1  - Thoelen, Ronald
A1  - De Ceuninck, Ward A.
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
T1  - Rapid assessment of the stability of DNA duplexes by impedimetric real-time monitoring of chemically induced denaturation
JF  - Lab on a Chip
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1473-0197
VL  - 11
IS  - 9
SP  - 1656
EP  - 1663
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Karamanidis, Kiros
A1  - Albracht, Kirsten
A1  - Braunstein, Bjoern
A1  - Catala, Maria Moreno
A1  - Goldmann, Jan-Peter
A1  - Brüggemann, Gert-Peter
T1  - Lower leg musculoskeletal geometry and sprint performance
JF  - Gait and Posture
N2  - The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sprint performance is related to lower leg musculoskeletal geometry within a homogeneous group of highly trained 100-m sprinters. Using a cluster analysis, eighteen male sprinters were divided into two groups based on their personal best (fast: N = 11, 10.30 ± 0.07 s; slow: N = 7, 10.70 ± 0.08 s). Calf muscular fascicle arrangement and Achilles tendon moment arms (calculated by the gradient of tendon excursion versus ankle joint angle) were analyzed for each athlete using ultrasonography. Achilles tendon moment arm, foot and ankle skeletal geometry, fascicle arrangement as well as the ratio of fascicle length to Achilles tendon moment arm showed no significant (p > 0.05) correlation with sprint performance, nor were there any differences in the analyzed musculoskeletal parameters between the fast and slow sprinter group. Our findings provide evidence that differences in sprint ability in world-class athletes are not a result of differences in the geometrical design of the lower leg even when considering both skeletal and muscular components.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.03.009
SN  - 0966-6362
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
SP  - 138
EP  - 141
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -