TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Marais, Stephen
A1  - Potgieter, Anet
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - RoboCup Junior: A vehicle for S&T education in Africa?
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 978-1-61284-992-8
N1  - AFRICON, 2011
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wiegand, Sandra
A1  - Dietrich, Sascha
A1  - Hertel, Robert
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Volland, Sonja
A1  - Daniel, Rolf
A1  - Liesegang, Heiko
T1  - RNA-Seq of Bacillus licheniformis: active regulatory RNA features expressed within a productive fermentation
JF  - BMC genomics
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1471-2164
VL  - Vol. 14
SP  - 667
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pietsch, Wolfram
T1  - Risk-based Deployment of Standard Software Rollout Processes - a pragmatic approach
JF  - QFD : transactions from the Eleventh Symposium on Quality Function Deployment, [June 12 - 18, 1999, Novi, Michigan] / QFD Institute
Y1  - 1999
SN  - 1889477117
N1  - Symposium on Quality Function Deployment ; (11, 1999, Novi, Mich.) Online unter: <a href=http://www.herzwurm.de/Publikationen/daten/lit/deployment.pdf>http://www.herzwurm.de/Publikationen/daten/lit/deployment.pdf</a>
SP  - 349
EP  - 359
PB  - QFD Institute
CY  - Ann Arbor, Mich.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schlieper, G.
A1  - Brandenburg, V.
A1  - Djuric, Z.
A1  - Damjanovic, T.
A1  - Markovic, N.
A1  - Schurgers, L.
A1  - Krüger, T.
A1  - Westenfeld, R.
A1  - Ackermann, D.
A1  - Haselhuhn, Angelika
A1  - Dimkovic, S.
A1  - Ketteler, M.
A1  - Floege, J.
A1  - Dimkovic, N.
T1  - Risk factors for cardiovascular calcifications in non-diabetic Caucasian haemodialysis patients
JF  - Kidney & blood pressure research
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 1423-0143 (E-Journal); 0378-5858 (Print); 1011-6524 (Print); 1420-4096 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 32
SP  - 161
EP  - 168
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hillen, Walter
T1  - RHO-RHO production by two photon scattering. TASSO Collaboration
JF  - Physics Letters B. 97 (1980), H. 3-4
Y1  - 1980
SN  - 0370-2693
SP  - 448
EP  - 452
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kurulgan Demirci, Eylem
A1  - Demirci, Taylan
A1  - Linder, Peter
A1  - Trzewik, Jürgen
A1  - Gierkowski, Jessica Ricarda
A1  - Gossmann, Matthias
A1  - Kayser, Peter
A1  - Porst, Dariusz
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
T1  - rhAPC reduces the endothelial cell permeability via a decrease of contractile tensions induced by endothelial cells
JF  - Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
N2  - All cells generate contractile tension. This strain is crucial for mechanically controlling the cell shape, function and survival. In this study, the CellDrum technology quantifying cell's (the cellular) mechanical tension on a pico-scale was used to investigate the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on human aortic endothelial cell (HAoEC) tension. The LPS effect during gram-negative sepsis on endothelial cells is cell contraction causing endothelium permeability increase. The aim was to finding out whether recombinant activated protein C (rhAPC) would reverse the endothelial cell response in an in-vitro sepsis model. In this study, the established in-vitro sepsis model was confirmed by interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels at the proteomic and genomic levels by ELISA, real time-PCR and reactive oxygen species (ROS) activation by florescence staining. The thrombin cellular contraction effect on endothelial cells was used as a positive control when the CellDrum technology was applied. Additionally, the Ras homolog gene family, member A (RhoA) mRNA expression level was checked by real time-PCR to support contractile tension results. According to contractile tension results, the mechanical predominance of actin stress fibers was a reason of the increased endothelial contractile tension leading to enhanced endothelium contractility and thus permeability enhancement. The originality of this data supports firstly the basic measurement principles of the CellDrum technology and secondly that rhAPC has a beneficial effect on sepsis influenced cellular tension. The technology presented here is promising for future high-throughput cellular tension analysis that will help identify pathological contractile tension responses of cells and prove further cell in-vitro models.
KW  - Cell permeability
KW  - Cellular force
KW  - Endothelial cells
KW  - Recombinant activated protein C
KW  - Lipopolysaccharide
KW  - Contractile tension
KW  - CellDrum
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.03.019
SN  - 1347-4421
VL  - 113
IS  - 2
SP  - 212
EP  - 219
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fiedler, Thomas M.
A1  - Ladd, Mark E.
A1  - Bitz, Andreas
T1  - RF safety assessment of a bilateral four-channel transmit/receive 7 Tesla breast coil: SAR versus temperature limits
JF  - Medical Physics
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mp.12034
N1  - This article is corrected by:
Errata: Erratum: “RF safety assessment of a bilateral four-channel transmit/receive 7 Tesla breast coil: SAR versus tissue temperature limits” [Med. Phys. 44(1), 143–157 (2017)] Volume 44, Issue 2, 772
VL  - 44
IS  - 1
SP  - 143
EP  - 157
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hansen, Volkert W.
A1  - Bitz, Andreas
A1  - Streckert, Joachim R.
T1  - RF Exposure of Biological Systems in Radial Waveguides
JF  - IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
Y1  - 1999
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/15.809852
SN  - 1558-187X
VL  - 41
IS  - 4
SP  - 487
EP  - 493
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Orzada, Stephan
A1  - Maderwald, Stefan
A1  - Poser, Benedikt Andreas
A1  - Bitz, Andreas
A1  - Quick, Harald H.
A1  - Ladd, Mark E.
T1  - RF excitation using time interleaved acquisition of modes (TIAMO) to address B1 inhomogeneity in high-field MRI
JF  - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
N2  - As the field strength and, therefore, the operational frequency in MRI is increased, the wavelength approaches the size of the human head/body, resulting in wave effects, which cause signal decreases and dropouts. Several multichannel approaches have been proposed to try to tackle these problems, including RF shimming, where each element in an array is driven by its own amplifier and modulated with a certain (constant) amplitude and phase relative to the other elements, and Transmit SENSE, where spatially tailored RF pulses are used. In this article, a relatively inexpensive and easy to use imaging scheme for 7 Tesla imaging is proposed to mitigate signal voids due to B1 field inhomogeneity. Two time-interleaved images are acquired using a different excitation mode for each. By forming virtual receive elements, both images are reconstructed together using GRAPPA to achieve a more homogeneous image, with only small SNR and SAR penalty in head and body imaging at 7 Tesla.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.22527
SN  - 1522-2594
VL  - 64
IS  - 2
SP  - 327
EP  - 333
PB  - Wiley-Liss
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
A1  - Röger, Marc
A1  - Schwarzbözl, Peter
A1  - Buck, Reiner
A1  - Macke, Ansgar
A1  - Raeder, Christian
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
T1  - Review of heliostat calibration and tracking control methods
JF  - Solar Energy
N2  - Large scale central receiver systems typically deploy between thousands to more than a hundred thousand heliostats. During solar operation, each heliostat is aligned individually in such a way that the overall surface normal bisects the angle between the sun’s position and the aim point coordinate on the receiver. Due to various tracking error sources, achieving accurate alignment ≤1 mrad for all the heliostats with respect to the aim points on the receiver without a calibration system can be regarded as unrealistic. Therefore, a calibration system is necessary not only to improve the aiming accuracy for achieving desired flux distributions but also to reduce or eliminate spillage. An overview of current larger-scale central receiver systems (CRS), tracking error sources and the basic requirements of an ideal calibration system is presented. Leading up to the main topic, a description of general and specific terms on the topics heliostat calibration and tracking control clarifies the terminology used in this work. Various figures illustrate the signal flows along various typical components as well as the corresponding monitoring or measuring devices that indicate or measure along the signal (or effect) chain. The numerous calibration systems are described in detail and classified in groups. Two tables allow the juxtaposition of the calibration methods for a better comparison. In an assessment, the advantages and disadvantages of individual calibration methods are presented.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.06.030
VL  - 207
SP  - 110
EP  - 132
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hagemann, Hans-Jürgen
A1  - Hennings, D.
T1  - Reversible Weight change of acceptor-doped BaTiO3. Hagemann, H. J.; Hennings, D.
JF  - Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 64 (1981)
Y1  - 1981
SN  - 0002-7820
SP  - 590
EP  - 594
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kämper, Klaus-Peter
A1  - Pappas, D. P.
A1  - Hopster, H.
T1  - Reversible transition between perpendicular and in-plane magnetization in ultrathin films. Pappas, D. P.; Kämper, K.-P.; Hopster, H.
JF  - Physical Review Letters. 64 (1990), H. 26
Y1  - 1990
SN  - 1079-7114
SP  - 3179
EP  - 3182
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seibler, Jost
A1  - Kleinridders, Andre
A1  - Küter-Luks, Birgit
A1  - Niehaves, Sandra
A1  - Brüning, Jens C.
A1  - Schwenk, Frieder
T1  - Reversible gene knockdown in mice using a tight, inducible shRNA expression system
JF  - Nucleic Acids Research
Y1  - 2007
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkm122
SN  - 1362-4962
VL  - 35
IS  - 7
SP  - e54
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rhoden, Imke
A1  - Ball, Christopher Stephen
A1  - Grajewski, Matthias
A1  - Kuckshinrich, Wilhelm
T1  - Reverse engineering of stakeholder preferences – A multi-criteria assessment of the German passenger car sector
JF  - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
N2  - 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.
KW  - Regionalization
KW  - Multi-criteria decision analysis
KW  - Preference assessment
KW  - E-Mobility
KW  - Mobility transition
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113352
SN  - 1364-0321
VL  - 181
IS  - July 2023
SP  - Article number: 113352
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Neumaier, Felix
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Haeren, Roel Hubert Louis
A1  - Temel, Yasin
A1  - Lüke, Jan Niklas
A1  - Seyam, Osama
A1  - Lindauer, Ute
A1  - Clusmann, Hans
A1  - Hescheler, Jürgen
A1  - Schubert, Gerrit Alexander
A1  - Schneider, Toni
A1  - Albanna, Walid
T1  - Retinal Vessel Responses to Flicker Stimulation Are Impaired in Ca v 2.3-Deficient Mice—An in- vivo Evaluation Using Retinal Vessel Analysis (RVA)
JF  - Frontiers in Neurology
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.659890
VL  - 12
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - Frontiers
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Vilser, Walthatd
A1  - Nagel, Edgar
A1  - Lanzl, Ines M.
T1  - Retinal vessel reaction in response to chromatic flickering light / Kotliar, Konstantin E. ; Vilser, Walthard ; Nagel, Edgar ; Lanzl, Ines M.
JF  - Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 242 (2004), H. 5
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 1435-702X
SP  - 377
EP  - 392
PB  - -
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Smith, Wayne
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Lammertyn, Leandi
A1  - Ramoshaba, Nthai E.
A1  - Vilser, Walthard
A1  - Huisman, Hugo W.
A1  - Schutte, Aletta E.
T1  - Retinal vessel caliber and caliber responses in true normotensive black and white adults: The African-PREDICT study
JF  - Microvascular Research
N2  - Purpose
Globally, a detrimental shift in cardiovascular disease risk factors and a higher mortality level are reported in some black populations. The retinal microvasculature provides early insight into the pathogenesis of systemic vascular diseases, but it is unclear whether retinal vessel calibers and acute retinal vessel functional responses differ between young healthy black and white adults.

Methods
We included 112 black and 143 white healthy normotensive adults (20–30 years). Retinal vessel calibers (central retinal artery and vein equivalent (CRAE and CRVE)) were calculated from retinal images and vessel caliber responses to flicker light induced provocation (FLIP) were determined. Additionally, ambulatory blood pressure (BP), anthropometry and blood samples were collected.

Results
The groups displayed similar 24 h BP profiles and anthropometry (all p > .24). Black participants demonstrated a smaller CRAE (158 ± 11 vs. 164 ± 11 MU, p < .001) compared to the white group, whereas CRVE was similar (p = .57). In response to FLIP, artery maximal dilation was greater in the black vs. white group (5.6 ± 2.1 vs. 3.3 ± 1.8%; p < .001).

Conclusions
Already at a young age, healthy black adults showed narrower retinal arteries relative to the white population. Follow-up studies are underway to show if this will be related to increased risk for hypertension development. The reason for the larger vessel dilation responses to FLIP in the black population is unclear and warrants further investigation.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2019.103937
SN  - 0026-2862
VL  - 128
IS  - Article 103937
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Albanna, W.
A1  - Conzen, C.
A1  - Weiss, M.
A1  - Clusmann, H.
A1  - Fuest, M.
A1  - Mueller, M.
A1  - Brockmann, M.A.
A1  - Vilser, W.
A1  - Schmidt-Trucksäss, A.
A1  - Hoellig, A.
A1  - Seiz, M.
A1  - Thomé, C.
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Schubert, G.A.
T1  - Retinal Vessel Analysis (RVA) in the context of subarachnoid hemorrhage: A proof of concept study
JF  - PLoS ONE
N2  - Background
Timely detection of impending delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is essential to improve outcome, but poses a diagnostic challenge. Retinal vessels as an embryological part of the intracranial vasculature are easily accessible for analysis and may hold the key to a new and non-invasive monitoring technique. This investigation aims to determine the feasibility of standardized retinal vessel analysis (RVA) in the context of SAH.

Methods
In a prospective pilot study, we performed RVA in six patients awake and cooperative with SAH in the acute phase (day 2–14) and eight patients at the time of follow-up (mean 4.6±1.7months after SAH), and included 33 age-matched healthy controls. Data was acquired using a manoeuvrable Dynamic Vessel Analyzer (Imedos Systems UG, Jena) for examination of retinal vessel dimension and neurovascular coupling.

Results
Image quality was satisfactory in the majority of cases (93.3%). In the acute phase after SAH, retinal arteries were significantly dilated when compared to the control group (124.2±4.3MU vs 110.9±11.4MU, p<0.01), a difference that persisted to a lesser extent in the later stage of the disease (122.7±17.2MU, p<0.05). Testing for neurovascular coupling showed a trend towards impaired primary vasodilation and secondary vasoconstriction (p = 0.08, p = 0.09 resp.) initially and partial recovery at the time of follow-up, indicating a relative improvement in a time-dependent fashion.

Conclusion
RVA is technically feasible in patients with SAH and can detect fluctuations in vessel diameter and autoregulation even in less severely affected patients. Preliminary data suggests potential for RVA as a new and non-invasive tool for advanced SAH monitoring, but clinical relevance and prognostic value will have to be determined in a larger cohort.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158781
SN  - 1932-6203
VL  - 11
IS  - 7
PB  - PLOS
CY  - San Francisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Hanssen, Henner
A1  - Eberhardt, Karla
A1  - Vilser, Walthard
A1  - Schmaderer, Christoph
A1  - Halle, Martin
A1  - Heemann, Uwe
A1  - Baumann, M.
T1  - Retinal pulse wave velocity in young male normotensive and mildly hypertensive subjects
JF  - Microcirculation
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1549-8719
N1  - Accepted Article (Accepted, unedited articles published online and citable. The final edited and typeset version of record will appear in future.)
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Malden
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ramoshaba, Nthai E.
A1  - Huisman, Hugo W.
A1  - Lammertyn, Leandi
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Schutte, Aletta E.
A1  - Smith, Wayne
T1  - Retinal microvasculature and masked hypertension in young adults: the African-PREDICT study
JF  - Hypertension Research
N2  - Masked hypertension is known to induce microvascular complications. However, it is unclear whether early microvascular changes are already occurring in young, otherwise healthy adults. We therefore investigated whether retinal microvascular calibers and acute responses to a flicker stimulus are related to masked hypertension. We used the baseline data of 889 participants aged 20–30 years who were taking part in the African Prospective study on the Early Detection and Identification of Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension. Clinic and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure were measured. The central retinal artery equivalent (CRAE) and central retinal vein equivalent were calculated from fundus images, and retinal vessel dilation was determined in response to flicker light-induced provocation. A smaller CRAE was observed in those with masked hypertension vs. those with normotension (157.1 vs. 161.2 measuring units, P < 0.001). In forward multivariable-adjusted regression analysis, only CRAE was negatively related to masked hypertension [adjusted R² = 0.267, β = −0.097 (95% CI = −0.165; −0.029), P = 0.005], but other retinal microvascular parameters were not associated with masked hypertension. In multivariable logistic regression analyses, masked hypertension [OR = 2.333, (95% CI = 1.316; 4.241), P = 0.004] was associated with a narrower CRAE. In young healthy adults, masked hypertension was associated with retinal arteriolar narrowing, thereby reflecting early microvascular alterations known to predict cardiovascular outcomes in later life.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41440-020-0487-0
SN  - 1348-4214
IS  - 43
SP  - 1231
EP  - 1238
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Osaka
ER  -