TY - CHAP A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Fuzzy representations and control for domestic service robots in Golog T2 - Intelligent robotics and applications : 4th International conference, ICIRA 2011, Aachen, Germany, December 6-8, 2011, proceedings, part I. (Lecture notes in computer science ; 7102) Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-3-642-25486-4 SP - 241 EP - 250 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Abstracting Away Low-Level Details in Service Robotics with Fuzzy Fluents JF - Model-Driven Knowledge Engineering for Improved Software Modularity in Robotics and Automation. Workshop at European Robotics Forum 2015 Vienna, Austria, March 11-13, 2015. Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Reasoning with Qualitative Positional Information for Domestic Domains in the Situation Calculus JF - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems Y1 - 2011 SN - 0921-0296 VL - 63 IS - 2 SP - 273 EP - 300 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Caesar: an intelligent domestic service robot JF - Intelligent service robotics N2 - In this paper we present CAESAR, an intelligent domestic service robot. In domestic settings for service robots complex tasks have to be accomplished. Those tasks benefit from deliberation, from robust action execution and from flexible methods for human–robot interaction that account for qualitative notions used in natural language as well as human fallibility. Our robot CAESAR deploys AI techniques on several levels of its system architecture. On the low-level side, system modules for localization or navigation make, for instance, use of path-planning methods, heuristic search, and Bayesian filters. For face recognition and human–machine interaction, random trees and well-known methods from natural language processing are deployed. For deliberation, we use the robot programming and plan language READYLOG, which was developed for the high-level control of agents and robots; it allows combining programming the behaviour using planning to find a course of action. READYLOG is a variant of the robot programming language Golog. We extended READYLOG to be able to cope with qualitative notions of space frequently used by humans, such as “near” and “far”. This facilitates human–robot interaction by bridging the gap between human natural language and the numerical values needed by the robot. Further, we use READYLOG to increase the flexible interpretation of human commands with decision-theoretic planning. We give an overview of the different methods deployed in CAESAR and show the applicability of a system equipped with these AI techniques in domestic service robotics Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11370-012-0118-y SN - 1861-2776 N1 - Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Robotics: Sensing, Representation and Action, Part I VL - 5 IS - 4 SP - 259 EP - 276 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011) JF - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011) Y1 - 2010 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - A System Layout for Cognitive Service Robots T2 - Cognitive Robot Architectures. Proceedings of EUCognition 2016 Y1 - 2017 SN - 1613-0073 N1 - CEUR-WS Vol-1855 SP - 44 EP - 45 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - Decision-Theoretic Planning with Linguistic Terms in Golog T2 - FLinAl 2015 - Fuzzy Logic in Artificial Intelligence : Proceedings of the Workshop on Fuzzy Logic in AI (FLinAI-15) co-located with the 24th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2015) Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 25, 2015. Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0074-1424-4 SN - 1613-0073 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - Decision-Theoretic Planning with Fuzzy Notions in GOLOG JF - International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems N2 - In this paper we present an extension of the action language Golog that allows for using fuzzy notions in non-deterministic argument choices and the reward function in decision-theoretic planning. Often, in decision-theoretic planning, it is cumbersome to specify the set of values to pick from in the non-deterministic-choice-of-argument statement. Also, even for domain experts, it is not always easy to specify a reward function. Instead of providing a finite domain for values in the non-deterministic-choice-of-argument statement in Golog, we now allow for stating the argument domain by simply providing a formula over linguistic terms and fuzzy uents. In Golog’s forward-search DT planning algorithm, these formulas are evaluated in order to find the agent’s optimal policy. We illustrate this in the Diner Domain where the agent needs to calculate the optimal serving order. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218488516400134 SN - 1793-6411 VL - 24 IS - Issue Suppl. 2 SP - 123 EP - 143 PB - World Scientific CY - Singapur ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - ERIKA—Early Robotics Introduction at Kindergarten Age JF - Multimodal Technologies Interact N2 - In this work, we report on our attempt to design and implement an early introduction to basic robotics principles for children at kindergarten age. One of the main challenges of this effort is to explain complex robotics contents in a way that pre-school children could follow the basic principles and ideas using examples from their world of experience. What sets apart our effort from other work is that part of the lecturing is actually done by a robot itself and that a quiz at the end of the lesson is done using robots as well. The humanoid robot Pepper from Softbank, which is a great platform for human–robot interaction experiments, was used to present a lecture on robotics by reading out the contents to the children making use of its speech synthesis capability. A quiz in a Runaround-game-show style after the lecture activated the children to recap the contents they acquired about how mobile robots work in principle. In this quiz, two LEGO Mindstorm EV3 robots were used to implement a strongly interactive scenario. Besides the thrill of being exposed to a mobile robot that would also react to the children, they were very excited and at the same time very concentrated. We got very positive feedback from the children as well as from their educators. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of only few attempts to use a robot like Pepper not as a tele-teaching tool, but as the teacher itself in order to engage pre-school children with complex robotics contents. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/mti2040064 SN - 2414-4088 VL - 2 IS - 4 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schiffer, Fabian A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - Cascaded LQ and Field-Oriented Control of a Mobile Inverse Pendulum (Segway) with Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines T2 - 2019 20th International Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM) Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-1-5386-9257-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/REM.2019.8744101 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffels, Johannes A1 - Selmer, Thorsten T1 - A flexible toolbox to study protein-assisted metalloenzyme assembly in vitro JF - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.25658 SN - 1097-0290 VL - 112 IS - 11 SP - 2360 EP - 2372 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffels, Johannes A1 - Selmer, Thorsten T1 - Combinatorial assembly of ferredoxin‐linked modules in Escherichia coli yields a testing platform for Rnf‐complexes JF - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27079 IS - accepted article SP - 1 EP - 36 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffels, Johannes A1 - Pinkenburg, Olaf A1 - Schelden, Maximilian A1 - Aboulnaga, El-Hussiny A. 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A1 - Baumann, Marcus A1 - Selmer, Thorsten T1 - An innovative cloning platform enables large-scale production and maturation of an oxygen-tolerant [NiFe]-hydrogenase from cupriavidus necator in Escherichia coli JF - PLOS one. 2013 Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068812 SN - 1932-6203 PB - Public Library of Science CY - San Francisco, California ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffels, Johannes A1 - Baumann, Marcus A1 - Selmer, Thorsten T1 - Facile analysis of short-chain fatty acids as 4-nitrophenyl esters in complex anaerobic fermentation samples by high performance liquid chromatography JF - Journal of Chromatography A. 1218 (2011), H. 34 Y1 - 2011 SN - 0021-9673 SP - 5848 EP - 5851 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schieren, Mark A1 - Kleinschmidt, Joris A1 - Schmutz, Axel A1 - Loop, Torsten A1 - Gatzweiler, Karl-Heinz A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Wappler, Frank A1 - Defosse, Jerome T1 - Comparison of forces acting on maxillary incisors during tracheal intubation with different laryngoscopy techniques: a blinded manikin study JF - Anaesthesia Y1 - 2019 SN - 1365-2044 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14815 N1 - Die Anhänge "Table S1 (Impact of sex and level of training on dental force. Results presented as median (IQR [range]) and n (%))" und "Appendix S1 (Measurement technique.)" stehen unter "Supporting Information" zum Download bereit. VL - 74 IS - 12 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - THES A1 - Schieffer, Andre T1 - Studies on diversity and coexistence in an experimental microbial community N2 - Biodiversity and the coexistence of species have puzzled and fascinated biologists since decades and is a hotspot in todays’ natural sciences. Preserving this biodiversity is a great challenge as habitats and environments underlying tremendous changes like climate change and the loss of natural habitats, which are mainly due to anthropogenic influences. The coexistence of numerous species even in homogeneous environments is a stunning feature of natural communities and has been summarized under the term ‘paradox of plankton’. Up to now, there are several mechanisms discussed, which may contribute to local and global diversity of organisms. Several interspecific trade offs have been identified maintaining the coexistence of species like their abilities regarding competition and predator avoidance, their capability to disperse in space and time, and their ability to exploit variable resources. Further, micro-evolutionary dynamics supporting the coexistence of species have been added to our knowledge, and deriving from theoretical deterministic models, non-linear dynamics which describe the temporal fluctuation of abundances of organisms. Whereas competition and predation seem to be clue structural elements within interacting organisms, the intrinsic dynamic behavior – by means of temporal changes in abundance - plays an important role regarding coexistence within a community. The present work sheds light on different factors affecting the coexistence of species using experimental microbial model systems consisting of a bacterivorous ciliate as the predator and two bacteria strains as prey organism. Additionally, another experimental setup consisting of two up to five bacteria species competing for one limiting resource was investigated. Highly controllable chemostat systems were established to exclude extrinsic disturbances. According to theoretical analyses I was able to show - experimentally and theoretically - that phenotypic plasticity of one species within a microbial one-predator-two-prey food web enlarges the range of possible coexistence of all species under different dynamic conditions, compared to a food web without phenotypic plasticity. This was accompanied by non-linear (chaotic) population dynamics within all experimental systems showing phenotypic plasticity. The experiments on the interplay of competition, predation and invasion showed that all aspects have an influence on species coexistence. Under undisturbed controlled conditions all aspects were analyzed in detail and in combination. Populations showed oscillations which were shown by quasi-chaotic attractors in phase space diagrams. Competition experiments with two up to five bacteria species competing for one limiting resource showed that all organisms were able to coexist which was mediated by species oscillations entering a regime of chaos. Besides that fact it was found, that the productivity (biomass) as well as the total cell numbers – under the same nutrition supply – increased by an increasing number of species in the experimental systems. Up to now, the occurrence of non-linear dynamics in well controlled experimental studies has been recognized several times and this phenomenon seemed to be more common in natural systems than generally assumed. N2 - Biodiversität und die Koexistenz von Arten fasziniert und verblüfft Biologen seit Jahr-zehnten und stellen einen Schwerpunkt in der heutigen Umweltforschung dar. Der Schutz und die Konservierung dieser Mannigfaltigkeit stellen eine große Herausfor-derung dar, da die natürlichen Lebensräume sowie die Umwelt enormen Verände-rungen unterworfen sind, welche meist in einem anthropogenen Ursprung wurzeln. Die Koexistenz vieler Arten, auch in relativ homogenen Habitaten ist ein faszinieren-des Charakteristikum natürlicher Lebensgemeinschaften und wird als ‚Paradox des Planktons‘ bezeichnet. Gegenwärtig werden diverse Ursachen diskutiert, welche vermutlich zur lokalen und globalen Diversität von Organismen beitragen. Einige die-ser möglichen Ursachen, die zur Aufrechterhaltung der Koexistenz der Arten beitra-gen, wurden identifiziert: Das Vermögen der Konkurrenz- und Prädationsvermeidung, die Fähigkeit räumlicher sowie zeitlicher Verteilung, sowie das Vermögen variable Ressourcen zu nutzen. Des Weiteren wurden mikro-evolutionäre Phänomene und Dynamiken identifiziert, sowie, von theoretischen deterministischen Modellen ausge-hend, nichtlineare Dynamiken, welche die zeitlichen Schwankungen der Abundanzen von Organismen beschreiben. Diese Aspekte stellen die Schlüsselkomponenten zwi-schen interagierenden Organismen dar, wobei das intrinsiche, nicht lineare dynami-sche Verhalten in Form von zeitlichen Veränderungen in Abundanzen eine zusätzli-che entscheidende Rolle bezüglich der Koexistenz von Arten spielen kann. Einige dieser Aspekte wurden in der vorliegenden Arbeit untersucht. In Anlehnung an theoretische Analysen konnte experimentell sowie theoretisch gezeigt werden, dass phänotypische Plastizität in einer Bakterienart in einem mikrobiellen Ein-Räuber-zwei-Beute-Nahrungsgewebe den Bereich der möglichen Koexistenz unter sich än-dernden experimentellen Bedingungen (Änderungen der Durchflussraten der Chemostate) – im direkten Vergleich zu einem experimentellen Nahrungsgewebe ohne phänotypische Plastizität – erweitern kann. Dies wurde begleitet durch nicht lineare Abundanzschwankungen in den Populationen aller untersuchten Versuchs-ansätze. In weiteren Untersuchungen wurde das Zusammenspiel von Konkurrenz, Prädation und Invasion in einer experimentellen mikrobiellen Gemeinschaft untersucht. Unter kontrollierten Bedingungen konnten diese Aspekte detailliert untersucht werden und es konnten Aufschlüsse darüber gewonnen werden, welche Reaktionen (Interaktionen) innerhalb der untersuchten Gemeinschaften stattfinden. Im Versuchsverlauf wurden Veränderungen in den Abundanzen sowie chaotische Schwankungen der Zellzahlen festgestellt. In Konkurrenzexperimenten von zwei bis zu fünf um eine limitierende Ressource konkurrierende Bakterienarten konnte gezeigt werden, dass alle Arten – vermittelt durch chaotische Abundanzschwankungen – nebeneinander koexistieren konnten. Begleitend dazu wurde herausgefunden, dass die Produktivität (Biomasse) sowie die Gesamtzellzahl bei gleicher Nahrungsverfügbarkeit der experimentellen Systeme mit steigender Artenzahl zunehmen. Gegenwärtig ist das Auftreten von Chaos in gut kontrollierten experimentellen Studien vereinzelt beobachtet worden, wobei dieses Phänomen jedoch häufiger in der Natur aufzutreten scheint als generell vermutet. Y1 - 2012 N1 - Köln, Univ., Diss., 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiedermeier, Maximilian A1 - Rettner, Cornelius A1 - Heilmann, Marcel A1 - Schneider, Felix A1 - Marz, Martin T1 - Interference of automotive HV-DC-systems by traction voltage-source-inverters (VSI) JF - 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India) Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC-India48457.2019.ITECINDIA2019-37 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Zimmermann, H. P. A1 - Gober, M. K. A1 - Kratz, J. V. T1 - Chemical Properties of Element 105 in Aqueous Solution: Back Extraction from Triisooctyl Amine into 0.5M HCl / H.P. Zimmermann, M.K. Gober, J.V. Kratz, M. Schädel, E. Schimpf, K.E. Gregorich, A. Türler, K.R. Czerwinski, N.J. Hannink, B. Kadkhodayan, D.M. JF - Radiochimica Acta. 60 (1993) Y1 - 1993 SN - 0033-8230 SP - 11 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Türler, A. A1 - Gäggeler, H. W. A1 - Jost, D. T. T1 - Determination of the Partial Electron-Capture- and Spontaneous-Fission Half-Lives of 254No / A. Türler, H.W. Gäggeler, D.T. Jost, P. Armbruster, W. Brüchle, H. Folger, F.P. Heßberger, S. Hofmann, JF - Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei. 331 (1988), H. 3 Y1 - 1988 SN - 0939-7922 SP - 363 EP - 364 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Türler, A. A1 - Gäggeler, H. W. A1 - Gregorich, K. E. T1 - Gas phase chromatography of halides of elements 104 and 105 / A. Türler, H. W. Gäggeler, K. E. Gregorich, H. Barth, W. Brüchle, K. R. Czerwinski, M. K. Gober, N. J. Hannink, R. A. Henderson, D. C. Hoffman, D. T. Jost, C. D. Kacher, B. Kadkhodayan, J. Kova JF - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 160 (1992), H. 2 Y1 - 1992 SN - 0236-5731 SP - 327 EP - 339 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Tomasberger, T. A1 - Veltkamp, T. C. A1 - Booij, A. S. T1 - Radiocesium Removal from High Level Liquid Waste and Immobilisation in Sodium SilicoTitanate for Geological Disposal / T. Tomasberger, T.C. Veltkamp, A.S. Booij, U.W. Scherer JF - Radiochimica Acta. 89 (2001), H. 3 Y1 - 2001 SN - 0033-8230 SP - 145 EP - 150 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Srivastava, Alok A1 - Singh, Vivendra A1 - Chandra, Amita T1 - Electrical conductivity studies of swift heavy ion modified PVC and PVC-PANI composite / Alok Srivastava ,Virendra Singh, Amita Chandra, K.Witte, U.W.Scherer and T.V.Singh JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 245 (2006), H. 1 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0168-583X SP - 277 EP - 280 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Schädel, M. A1 - Brüchle, W. A1 - Schimpf, E. T1 - Chemical Properties of Element 105 in Aqueous Solution: Cation Exchange Separations with α-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid / M. Schädel, W. Brüchle, E. Schimpf, H.P. Zimmermann, M.K. Gober, J.V. Kratz, N. Trautmann, H. Gäggeler, D. Jost, J. Kovacs, U.W. Sche JF - Radiochimica Acta. 57 (1992) Y1 - 1992 SN - 0033-8230 SP - 85 EP - 92 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Schädel, M. A1 - Brüchle, W. A1 - Jäger, E. T1 - ARCA II - A New Apparatus for Fast Repetitive HPLC-Separations / M. Schädel, W. Brüchle, E. Jäger, E. Schimpf, J.V. Kratz, U.W. Scherer, H.P. Zimmermann JF - Radiochimica Acta. 48 (1989) Y1 - 1989 SN - 0033-8230 SP - 171 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Santana, H. H. S. A1 - Maier, G. A1 - Rodenas, J. T1 - Analysis of mechanical strength in ceramic pellets of nuclear fuel / Santana, H. H. S. ; Maier, G. ; Scherer, U. W. ; Rodenas, J. JF - Radiation effects and defects in solids. 164 (2009), H. 5-6 Y1 - 2009 SN - 1042-0150 SP - 313 EP - 318 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Kratz, J. V. A1 - Zimmermann, H. P. A1 - Schädel, M. T1 - Chemical Properties of Element 105 in Aqueous Solutions: Halide Complex Formation and Anion Exchange into Triisooctylamine / J.V. Kratz, H.P. Zimmermann, U.W. Scherer, M. Schädel, W. Brüchle, K.E. Gregorich, C.M. Gannett, H.L. Hall, R.A. Henderson, D.M. L JF - Radiochimica Acta. 48 (1989) Y1 - 1989 SN - 0033-8230 SP - 121 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Kratz, J. V. A1 - Schädel, M. A1 - Brüchle, W. T1 - Lawrencium Chemistry: No Evidence for Oxidation States Lower than 3+ in Aqueous Solution / U.W. Scherer, J.V. Kratz, M. Schädel, W. Brüchle, K.E. Gregorich, R.A. Henderson, D. Lee, M. Nurmia, D.C. Hoffman JF - Inorganica Chimica Acta. 146 (1988) Y1 - 1988 SN - 0020-1693 SP - 249 EP - 254 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Kratz, J. V. A1 - Gober, M. K. A1 - Zimmermann, H. P. T1 - New nuclide 263 105 / J.V. Kratz, M.K. Gober, H.P. Zimmermann, M. Schädel, W. Brüchle, E. Schimpf, K.E. Gregorich, A. Türler, N.J. Hannink, K.R. Czerwinski, B. Kadkhodayan, D.M. Lee, M.J. Nurmia, D.C. Hoffman, H. Gäggeler, D. Jost, U.W. Scherer, A. Weber JF - Physical Review C . 45 (1992) Y1 - 1992 SP - 1064 EP - 1069 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Jacobi, M. A1 - Castillo, J. A1 - Foerstel, D. H. T1 - Ultra-low-level measurements of 3H and 14C in wines and champagne / Scherer, U. W. ; Jacobi, M. ; Castillo, J. ; Foerstel, D. H. JF - Radiation effects and defects in solids. 164 (2009), H. 5-6 Y1 - 2009 SN - 1042-0150 SP - 382 EP - 385 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Hör, G. A1 - Kranert, W. T. A1 - Maul, F. D. T1 - Gated Metabolic Positron Emission Tomography (GAPET) of Myocardium: 18F-FDG/PET to optimize Recognition of Myocardial Hibernation / G. Hör, W.T. Kranert, F.D. Maul, O. Schröder, A. Karimian-Tatriz, O. Geb, R.P. Baum, U.W. Scherer JF - Nuclear Medicine Communications. 19 (1998) Y1 - 1998 SN - 0143-3636 SP - 535 EP - 545 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Hör, G. T1 - Artifacts and Pitfalls in FDG-PET Whole-Body Scans / U.W. Scherer, G. Hör JF - Radionuclides for Mammary Gland - Current Status and Future Aspects / G. S. Limouris [Hrsg.] Y1 - 1997 SN - 960-85227-6-5 SP - 37 EP - 42 PB - Mediterra Publishers CY - Athen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Heßberger, F. P. A1 - Gäggeler, H. W. A1 - Armbruster, P. T1 - The New Nuclide 225U / F.P. Heßberger, H. Gäggeler, P. Armbruster, W. Brüchle, H. Folger, S. Hofmann, D. Jost, J.V. Kratz, M.E. Leino, G. Münzenberg, V. Ninov, M. Schädel, U.W. Scherer, K. Sümmerer, A. Türler, D. Ackerman JF - Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei. 333 (1989), H. 1 Y1 - 1989 SN - 0939-7922 SP - 111 EP - 112 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Gäggeler, H. W. A1 - Jost, D. T. A1 - Türler, A. T1 - Cold Fusion Reactions with 48Ca / H.W. Gäggeler, D.T. Jost, A. Türler, P. Armbruster, W. Brüchle, H. Folger, F.P. Heßberger, S. Hofmann, G. Münzenberg, V. Ninov, W. Reisdorf, M. Schädel, K. Sümmerer, J.V. Kratz, U. Scherer, M.E. Leino JF - Nuclear Physics A . 502 (1989), H. 1 Y1 - 1989 SN - 0375-9474 SP - 561 EP - 570 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Gäggeler, H. W. A1 - Jost, D. T. A1 - Kovacs, J. T1 - Gas Phase Chromatography Experiments with Bromides of Tantalum and Element 105 / H.W. Gäggeler, D.T. Jost, J. Kovacs, U.W. Scherer, A. Weber, D. Vermeulen, A. Türler, K.E. Gregorich, R.A. Henderson, K.R. Czerwinski, B. Kadkhodayan, D.M. Lee, M. Nurmia, D. JF - Radiochimica Acta. 57 (1992) Y1 - 1992 SN - 0033-8230 SP - 93 EP - 100 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Gober, M. K. A1 - Kratz, J. V. A1 - Zimmermann, H. P. T1 - Chemical Properties of Element 105 in Aqueous Solution: Extractions into Diisobutylcarbinol / M.K. Gober, J.V. Kratz, H.P. Zimmermann, M. Schädel, W. Brüchle, E. Schimpf, K.E. Gregorich, A. Türler, N.J. Hannink, K.R. Czerwinski, B. Kadkhodayan, D.M. Lee, JF - Radiochimica Acta. 57 (1992) Y1 - 1992 SN - 0033-8230 SP - 77 EP - 84 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Brüchle, W. A1 - Schädel, M. A1 - Kratz, J. V. T1 - The Hydration Enthalpies of Md3+ and Lr3+ / W. Brüchle, M. Schädel, U.W. Scherer, J.V. Kratz, K.E. Gregorich, D. Lee, M. Nurmia, R.M. Chasteler, H.L. Hall, R.A. Henderson, D.C. Hoffman JF - Inorganica Chimica Acta. 146 (1988), H. 2 Y1 - 1988 SN - 0020-1693 SP - 267 EP - 276 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Brüchle, W. A1 - Brügger, M. A1 - Frink, C. T1 - Reactions of 40Ar with 233U,,235U, and 238U at the Barrier / U.W. Scherer, W. Brüchle, M. Brügger, C. Frink, H. Gäggeler, G. Herrmann, J.V. Kratz, K.J. Moody, M. Schädel, K. Sümmerer, N. Trautmann, G. Wirth JF - Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei. 335 (1990), H. 4 Y1 - 1990 SN - 0939-7922 SP - 421 EP - 430 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Baltensperger, Urs A1 - Ammann, Markus A1 - Bochert, Ulrich K. T1 - Use of 13N for Studies of the Selective Reduction of NO by NH3 over Vanadia/Titania Catalyst at Very Low Reactant Concentrations / Urs Baltensperger, Markus Ammann, Ulrich K. Bochert, Bernd Eichler, Heinz W. Gäggeler, Dieter T. Jost, Joseph A. Kovacs, An JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97 (1993) Y1 - 1993 SN - 0022-3654 SP - 12325 EP - 12330 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. T1 - Controlled ion track etching / J. George; M. Irkens ; S. Neumann ; U. W. Scherer ; A. Srivastava ; D. Sinha ; D. Fink JF - Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids. 161 (2006), H. 3 Y1 - 2006 SP - 161 EP - 175 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schelthoff, Christof A1 - Basermann, Achim A1 - Reichel, Björn T1 - Preconditioned CG methods for sparse matrices on massively parallel machines / Basermann, A. ; Reichel, B. ; Schelthoff, C. JF - Parallel Computing. 23 (1997), H. 3 Y1 - 1997 SN - 0167-8191 SP - 381 EP - 398 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheidweiler, Robert A1 - Triesch, Eberhard T1 - A note on the duality between matchings and vertex covers in balanced hypergraphs JF - Journal of Combinatorial Optimization N2 - We present a new Min-Max theorem for an optimization problem closely connected to matchings and vertex covers in balanced hypergraphs. The result generalizes Kőnig’s Theorem (Berge and Las Vergnas in Ann N Y Acad Sci 175:32–40, 1970; Fulkerson et al. in Math Progr Study 1:120–132, 1974) and Hall’s Theorem (Conforti et al. in Combinatorica 16:325–329, 1996) for balanced hypergraphs. KW - Hall’s Theorem KW - Koenig’s Theorem KW - Duality KW - Balanced hypergraph KW - Hypergraph KW - Vertex cover KW - Matching Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-015-9887-5 SN - 1573-2886 N1 - Lehrstuhl II für Mathematik RWTH Aachen VL - 32 IS - 2 SP - 639 EP - 644 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Wolf, C. Roland T1 - Genetically humanized mouse models of drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters and their applications JF - Xenobiotica N2 - 1. Drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters play important roles in the absorption, metabolism, tissue distribution and excretion of various compounds and their metabolites and thus can significantly affect their efficacy and safety. Furthermore, they can be involved in drug–drug interactions which can result in adverse responses, life-threatening toxicity or impaired efficacy. Significant species differences in the interaction of compounds with drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters have been described. 2. In order to overcome the limitation of animal models in accurately predicting human responses, a large variety of mouse models humanized for drug metabolizing enzymes and to a lesser extent drug transporters have been created. 3. This review summarizes the literature describing these mouse models and their key applications in studying the role of drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters in drug bioavailability, tissue distribution, clearance and drug–drug interactions as well as in human metabolite testing and risk assessment. 4. Though such humanized mouse models have certain limitations, there is great potential for their use in basic research and for testing and development of new medicines. These limitations and future potentials will be discussed. KW - transporters KW - human metabolites KW - drug metabolising enzymes KW - drug–drug interactions KW - bioavailability Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3109/00498254.2013.815831 SN - 1366-5928 VL - 44 IS - 2 SP - 96 EP - 108 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Wolf, C. Roland T1 - Xenobiotic receptor humanized mice and their utility JF - Drug Metabolism Reviews Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3109/03602532.2012.738687 SN - 1097-9883 IS - 1 SP - 110 EP - 121 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Wilson, Ian D. T1 - A comparison between genetically humanized and chimeric liver humanized mouse models for studies in drug metabolism and toxicity JF - Drug Discovery Today N2 - Mice that have been genetically humanized for proteins involved in drug metabolism and toxicity and mice engrafted with human hepatocytes are emerging and promising in vivo models for an improved prediction of the pharmacokinetic, drug–drug interaction and safety characteristics of compounds in humans. The specific advantages and disadvantages of these models should be carefully considered when using them for studies in drug discovery and development. Here, an overview on the corresponding genetically humanized and chimeric liver humanized mouse models described to date is provided and illustrated with examples of their utility in drug metabolism and toxicity studies. We compare the strength and weaknesses of the two different approaches, give guidance for the selection of the appropriate model for various applications and discuss future trends and perspectives. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2015.09.002 SN - 1359-6446 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 250 EP - 263 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Snaith, Mike A1 - Wolf, C. Roland A1 - Seibler, Jost T1 - Generation and utility of genetically humanized mouse models JF - Drug Discovery Today Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2013.07.007 SN - 1359-6446 VL - Vol 18 IS - 23-24 SP - 1200 EP - 1211 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Ross, Jillian A1 - Rode, Anja A1 - Zevnik, Branko A1 - Niehaves, Sandra A1 - Faust, Nicole A1 - Wolf, C. Roland T1 - A novel panel of mouse models to evaluate the role of human pregnane X receptor and constitutive androstane receptor in drug response JF - Journal of Clinical Investigation Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI35483 SN - 1558-8238 VL - 118 IS - 9 SP - 3228 EP - 3239 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Ross, Jillian A1 - Kapelyukh, Yury A1 - Rode, Anja A1 - Wolf, C. Roland T1 - In vivo responses of the human and murine pregnane X receptor to dexamethasone in mice JF - Drug Metabolism and Disposition N2 - Dexamethasone (DEX) is a potent and widely used anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant glucocorticoid. It can bind and activate the pregnane X receptor (PXR), which plays a critical role as xenobiotic sensor in mammals to induce the expression of many enzymes, including cytochromes P450 in the CYP3A family. This induction results in its own metabolism. We have used a series of transgenic mouse lines, including a novel, improved humanized PXR line, to compare the induction profile of PXR-regulated drug-metabolizing enzymes after DEX administration, as well as looking at hepatic responses to rifampicin (RIF). The new humanized PXR model has uncovered further intriguing differences between the human and mouse receptors in that RIF only induced Cyp2b10 in the new humanized model. DEX was found to be a much more potent inducer of Cyp3a proteins in wild-type mice than in mice humanized for PXR. To assess whether PXR is involved in the detoxification of DEX in the liver, we analyzed the consequences of high doses of the glucocorticoid on hepatotoxicity on different PXR genetic backgrounds. We also studied these effects in an additional mouse model in which functional mouse Cyp3a genes have been deleted. These strains exhibited different sensitivities to DEX, indicating a protective role of the PXR and CYP3A proteins against the hepatotoxicity of this compound. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.109.031872 SN - 1521-009X VL - 38 IS - 7 SP - 1046 EP - 1053 PB - ASPET CY - Bethesda ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Riedl, Iris A1 - Warren, J.T. A1 - Kuwada, John Y. A1 - Campos-Ortega, José A. T1 - A quantitative analysis of the kinetics of Gal4 activator and effector gene expression in the zebrafish JF - Mechanism of Development Y1 - 2002 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4773(01)00621-9 SN - 0925-4773 VL - 112 IS - 1-2 SP - 9 EP - 14 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Mclaughlin, Lesley A. A1 - Rode, Anja A1 - MacLeod, Alastair Kenneth A1 - Henderson, Colin J. A1 - Wolf, Roland C. T1 - Deletion of thirty murine cytochrome P450 genes results in viable mice with compromised drug metabolism JF - Drug Metabolism and Disposition N2 - In humans, 75% of all drugs are metabolized by the cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase system. Enzymes encoded by the CYP2C, CYP2D, and CYP3A gene clusters account for ∼80% of this activity. There are profound species differences in the multiplicity of cytochrome P450 enzymes, and the use of mouse models to predict pathways of drug metabolism is further complicated by overlapping substrate specificity between enzymes from different gene families. To establish the role of the hepatic and extrahepatic P450 system in drug and foreign chemical disposition, drug efficacy, and toxicity, we created a unique mouse model in which 30 cytochrome P450 genes from the Cyp2c, Cyp2d, and Cyp3a gene clusters have been deleted. Remarkably, despite a wide range of putative important endogenous functions, Cyp2c/2d/3a KO mice were viable and fertile, demonstrating that these genes have evolved primarily as detoxification enzymes. Although there was no overt phenotype, detailed examination showed Cyp2c/2d/3a KO mice had a smaller body size (15%) and larger livers (20%). Changes in hepatic morphology and a decreased blood glucose (30%) were also noted. A five-drug cocktail of cytochrome P450 isozyme probe substrates were used to evaluate changes in drug pharmacokinetics; marked changes were observed in either the pharmacokinetics or metabolites formed from Cyp2c, Cyp2d, and Cyp3a substrates, whereas the metabolism of the Cyp1a substrate caffeine was unchanged. Thus, Cyp2c/2d/3a KO mice provide a powerful model to study the in vivo role of the P450 system in drug metabolism and efficacy, as well as in chemical toxicity. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.114.057885 SN - 1521-009X VL - 42 IS - 6 SP - 1022 EP - 1030 PB - ASPET CY - Bethesda, Md. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheer, Nico A1 - Kapelyukh, Yury A1 - Rode, Anja A1 - Oswald, Stefan A1 - Busch, Diana A1 - Mclaughlin, Lesley A. A1 - Lin, De A1 - Henderson, Colin J. A1 - Wolf, C. Roland T1 - Defining Human Pathways of Drug Metabolism In Vivo through the Development of a Multiple Humanized Mouse Model JF - Drug Metabolism and Disposition Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.115.065656 SN - 1521-009x VL - 43 IS - 11 SP - 1679 EP - 1690 PB - ASPET CY - Bethesda ER -