TY - GEN A1 - Braun, Lena A1 - Krafft, Simone A1 - Tippkötter, Nils T1 - Combined supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and chromatography of the algae fatty linoleic and linolenic acid T2 - Chemie Ingenieur Technik N2 - A method for the integrated extraction and separation of fatty acids from algae using supercritical CO2 is presented. Desmodesmus obliquus and Chlorella sorokiniana were used as algae. First, a method for chromatographic separation of fatty acids of different degrees of saturation was established and optimized. Then, an integrated method for supercritical extraction was developed for both algal species. It was also verified whether prior cell disruption was beneficial for extraction. In developing the method for chromatographic separation, statistical experimental design was used to determine the optimal parameter settings. The methanol content in the mobile phase proved to be the most important parameter for successful separation of the three unsaturated fatty acids oleic acid, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid. Supercritical extraction with dried algae showed that about four times more fatty acids can be extracted from C. sorokiniana relative to the dry mass used. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202255308 SN - 0009-286X SN - 1522-2640 (eISSN) N1 - ProcessNet and DECHEMA‐BioTechNet Jahrestagungen 2022 together with 13th ESBES Symposium 2022, 12. - 15. September 2022, Eurogress Aachen VL - 94 IS - 9 SP - 1304 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Ronge, C. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - Sandwich design of high-power thyristor based devices with integrated MOSFET structure T2 - Proceedings of the 2011 - 14th - European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011) : Aug. 30, 2011 - Sept. 1, 2011, Birmingham, United Kingdom Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-167-0 (Print) SN - 978-90-75815-15-3 (Online) PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haeger, Gerrit A1 - Jolmes, Tristan A1 - Oyen, Sven A1 - Jaeger, Karl-Erich A1 - Bongaerts, Johannes A1 - Schörken, Ulrich A1 - Siegert, Petra T1 - Novel recombinant aminoacylase from Paraburkholderia monticola capable of N-acyl-amino acid synthesis JF - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology N2 - N-Acyl-amino acids can act as mild biobased surfactants, which are used, e.g., in baby shampoos. However, their chemical synthesis needs acyl chlorides and does not meet sustainability criteria. Thus, the identification of biocatalysts to develop greener synthesis routes is desirable. We describe a novel aminoacylase from Paraburkholderia monticola DSM 100849 (PmAcy) which was identified, cloned, and evaluated for its N-acyl-amino acid synthesis potential. Soluble protein was obtained by expression in lactose autoinduction medium and co-expression of molecular chaperones GroEL/S. Strep-tag affinity purification enriched the enzyme 16-fold and yielded 15 mg pure enzyme from 100 mL of culture. Biochemical characterization revealed that PmAcy possesses beneficial traits for industrial application like high temperature and pH-stability. A heat activation of PmAcy was observed upon incubation at temperatures up to 80 °C. Hydrolytic activity of PmAcy was detected with several N-acyl-amino acids as substrates and exhibited the highest conversion rate of 773 U/mg with N-lauroyl-L-alanine at 75 °C. The enzyme preferred long-chain acyl-amino-acids and displayed hardly any activity with acetyl-amino acids. PmAcy was also capable of N-acyl-amino acid synthesis with good conversion rates. The best synthesis results were obtained with the cationic L-amino acids L-arginine and L-lysine as well as with L-leucine and L-phenylalanine. Exemplarily, L-phenylalanine was acylated with fatty acids of chain lengths from C8 to C18 with conversion rates of up to 75%. N-lauroyl-L-phenylalanine was purified by precipitation, and the structure of the reaction product was verified by LC–MS and NMR. KW - Chaperone KW - Biocatalysis KW - Aminoacylase KW - Acylation KW - Acyl-amino acids KW - Biosurfactants Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-023-12868-8 SN - 1432-0614 N1 - Corresponding author: Petra Siegert IS - 108 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Luft, Angela A1 - Luft, Nils A1 - Arntz, Kristian T1 - A basic description logic for service-oriented architecture in factory planning and operational control in the age of industry 4.0 JF - Applied Sciences N2 - Manufacturing companies across multiple industries face an increasingly dynamic and unpredictable environment. This development can be seen on both the market and supply side. To respond to these challenges, manufacturing companies must implement smart manufacturing systems and become more flexible and agile. The flexibility in operational planning regarding the scheduling and sequencing of customer orders needs to be increased and new structures must be implemented in manufacturing systems’ fundamental design as they constitute much of the operational flexibility available. To this end, smart and more flexible solutions for production planning and control (PPC) are developed. However, scheduling or sequencing is often only considered isolated in a predefined stable environment. Moreover, their orientation on the fundamental logic of the existing IT solutions and their applicability in a dynamic environment is limited. This paper presents a conceptual model for a task-based description logic that can be applied to factory planning, technology planning, and operational control. By using service-oriented architectures, the goal is to generate smart manufacturing systems. The logic is designed to allow for easy and automated maintenance. It is compatible with the existing resource and process allocation logic across operational and strategic factory and production planning. KW - manufacturing data model KW - production planning and control KW - manufacturing flexibility KW - technology planning KW - SOA KW - service-oriented architectures KW - factory planning Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137610 SN - 2076-3417 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Smart Industrial System" VL - 2023 IS - 13 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Ulamec, Stephan A1 - Biele, Jens T1 - Clean in situ subsurface exploration of icy environments in the solar system T2 - Habitability of other planets and satellites. - (Cellular origin, life in extreme habitats and astrobiology ; 28) N2 - "To assess the habitability of the icy environments in the solar system, for example, on Mars, Europa, and Enceladus, the scientific analysis of material embedded in or underneath their ice layers is very important. We consider self-steering robotic ice melting probes to be the best method to cleanly access these environments, that is, in compliance with planetary protection standards. The required technologies are currently developed and tested." Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-94-007-6545-0 (Druckausgabe) SN - 978-94-007-6546-7 (E-Book) SP - 367 EP - 397 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - GEN A1 - Wiegner, J. A1 - Volker, H. A1 - Mainz, F. A1 - Backes, A. A1 - Löken, M. A1 - Hüning, Felix T1 - Wiegand-Effect-Powered Wireless IT Sensor Node N2 - With the growing interest in small distributed sensors for the “Internet of Things”, more attention is being paid to energy harvesting techologies. Reducing or eliminating the need for external power sources or batteries make devices more self-sufficient, more reliable, and reduces maintenance requirements. The Wiegand effect is a proven technology for harvesting small amounts of electrical power from mechanical motion. Y1 - 2022 N1 - PSMA International Energy Harvesting Workshop ~ 5-7 April 2022, Raleigh, NC, USA ER - TY - GEN A1 - Eccleston, Paul A1 - Drummond, Rachel A1 - Middleton, Kevin A1 - Bishop, Georgia A1 - Caldwell, Andrew A1 - Desjonqueres, Lucile A1 - Tosh, Ian A1 - Cann, Nick A1 - Crook, Martin A1 - Hills, Matthew A1 - Pearson, Chris A1 - Simpson, Caroline A1 - Stamper, Richard A1 - Tinetti, Giovanna A1 - Pascale, Enzo A1 - Swain, Mark A1 - Holmes, Warren A. A1 - Wong, Andre A1 - Puig, Ludovic A1 - Pilbratt, Göran A1 - Linder, Martin A1 - Boudin, Nathalie A1 - Ertel, Hanno A1 - Gambicorti, Lisa A1 - Halain, Jean-Philippe A1 - Pace, Emanuele A1 - Vilardell, Francesc A1 - Gómez, José M. A1 - Colomé, Josep A1 - Amiaux, Jérôme A1 - Cara, Christophe A1 - Berthe, Michel A1 - Moreau, Vincent A1 - Morgante, Gianluca A1 - Malaguti, Giuseppe A1 - Alonso, Gustavo A1 - Álvarez, Javier P. A1 - Ollivier, Marc A1 - Philippon, Anne A1 - Hellin, Marie-Laure A1 - Roose, Steve A1 - Frericks, Martin A1 - Krijger, Matthijs A1 - Rataj, Miroslaw A1 - Wawer, Piotr A1 - Skup, Konrad A1 - Sobiecki, Mateusz A1 - Christian Jessen, Niels A1 - Møller Pedersen, Søren A1 - Hargrave, Peter A1 - Griffin, Matt A1 - Ottensamer, Roland A1 - Hunt, Thomas A1 - Rust, Duncan A1 - Saleh, Aymen A1 - Winter, Berend A1 - Focardi, Mauro A1 - Da Deppo, Vania A1 - Zuppella, Paola A1 - Czupalla, Markus ED - Lystrup, Makenzie ED - Perrin, Marshall D. ED - Batalha, Natalie ED - Siegler, Nicholas ED - Tong, Edward C. T1 - The ARIEL payload: A technical overview T2 - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave N2 - The Atmospheric Remote-Sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, ARIEL, has been selected to be the next (M4) medium class space mission in the ESA Cosmic Vision programme. From launch in 2028, and during the following 4 years of operation, ARIEL will perform precise spectroscopy of the atmospheres of ~1000 known transiting exoplanets using its metre-class telescope. A three-band photometer and three spectrometers cover the 0.5 µm to 7.8 µm region of the electromagnetic spectrum. This paper gives an overview of the mission payload, including the telescope assembly, the FGS (Fine Guidance System) - which provides both pointing information to the spacecraft and scientific photometry and low-resolution spectrometer data, the ARIEL InfraRed Spectrometer (AIRS), and other payload infrastructure such as the warm electronics, structures and cryogenic cooling systems. KW - Exoplanet KW - Spectroscopy KW - Transit KW - Atmospheres KW - Payload Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561478 N1 - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 14–22 December 2020, Online Only, United States VL - 11443 SP - 114430Z PB - SPIE CY - Washington ER - TY - GEN A1 - Reiswich, Martin A1 - Brandt, Hannes A1 - Czupalla, Markus T1 - Passive thermal control by integration of phase change material into additively manufactured structures T2 - E2. 47th Student conference N2 - Optical Instruments require an extremely stable thermal surrounding to prevent loss of data quality by misalignments of the instrument components resulting from material deformation due to temperature f luctuations (e.g. from solar intrusion). Phase Change Material (PCM) can be applied as a thermal damper to achieve a more uniform temperature distribution. The challenge of this method is, among others, the integration of PCM into affected areas. If correctly designed, incoming heat is latently absorbed during phase change of the PCM, i.e. the temperature of a structure remains almost constant. In a cold phase, the heat during phase change is released again latently until the PCM returns to its original state of aggregation. Thus, the structure is thermally stabilized. At FH Aachen– University of Applied Sciences research is conducted to apply PCM directly into the structures of affected components (baffles, optical benches, electronic boxes, etc.). Through the application of Additive Manufacturing, the necessary voids are directly printed into these structures and filled later with PCM. Additive Manufacturing enables complex structures that would not have been possible with conservative manufacturing methods. A corresponding Breadboard was developed and manufactured by Selective Laser Melting (SLM). The current state of research includes the handling and analysis of the Breadboard, tests and a correlation of the thermal model. The results have shown analytically and practically that it is possible to use PCM as an integral part of the structure as a thermal damper. The results serve as a basis for the further development of the technology, which should maximize performance and enable the integration of PCM into much more complex structures. Y1 - 2019 N1 - 70th International Astronautical Congress, 21. - 25. Oktober 2019, Washington D.C., United States ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dobbertin, Matthias A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Bleuler, Peter A1 - Giuggiola, Arnaud A1 - Graf Pannatier, Elisabeth A1 - Landolt, Werner A1 - Schleppi, Patrick A1 - Rigling, Andreas T1 - Effect of irrigation on needle morphology, shoot and stem growth in a drought-exposed Pinus sylvestris forest JF - Tree Physiology N2 - In Valais, Switzerland, Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris L.) are declining, mainly following drought. To assess the impact of drought on tree growth and survival, an irrigation experiment was initiated in 2003 in a mature pine forest, approximately doubling the annual precipitation. Tree crown transparency (lack of foliage) and leaf area index (LAI) were annually assessed. Seven irrigated and six control trees were felled in 2006, and needles, stem discs and branches were taken for growth analysis. Irrigation in 2004 and 2005, both with below-average precipitation, increased needle size, area and mass, stem growth and, with a 1-year delay, shoot length. This led to a relative decrease in tree crown transparency (−14%) and to an increase in stand LAI (+20%). Irrigation increased needle length by 70%, shoot length by 100% and ring width by 120%, regardless of crown transparency. Crown transparency correlated positively with mean needle size, shoot length and ring width and negatively with specific leaf area. Trees with high crown transparency (low growth, short needles) experienced similar increases in needle mass and growth with irrigation than trees with low transparency (high growth, long needles), indicating that seemingly declining trees were able to ‘recover’ when water supply became sufficient. A simple drought index before and during the irrigation explained most of the variation found in the parameters for both irrigated and control trees. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp123 SN - 1758-4469 (Online) SN - 0829-318X (Print) VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 346 EP - 360 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - GEN A1 - Waiczies, Helmar A1 - Kühne, André A1 - Winter, Lukas A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Hoffmann, Werner A1 - Ittermann, Bernd A1 - Waiczies, Sonia A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf T1 - Towards theranostics of rheumatoid arthritis: 1H/19F imaging of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in hand and wrist at 7 Tesla T2 - 2013 ISMRM Annual Meeting Proceedings N2 - We have developed a double-tuned ¹H/¹⁹F birdcage resonator dedicated for hand and wrist imaging at 7 T to locally image non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) such as 2-{[3-(Trifluoromethyl) phenyl]amino}benzoic acid. The preliminary in vivo images acquired by the double-tuned ¹H/¹⁹F birdcage resonator demonstrate the feasibility for ¹H/¹⁹F hand- and wrist-imaging at 7 T. While the diagnostic quality of the coil needs to be assessed in patients with inflammatory rheumatoid disease, first ¹⁹F images of the NSAID are encouraging, and point towards the prospect of applying ¹⁹F-MRI to visualize and quantify the concentration of therapeutically-active compound at the sites of inflammation. Y1 - 2013 SN - 1545-4428 N1 - ISMRM 21st Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 20-26 April 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tix, Julian A1 - Moll, Fabian A1 - Krafft, Simone A1 - Betsch, Matthias A1 - Tippkötter, Nils T1 - Hydrogen production from enzymatic pretreated organic waste with thermotoga neapolitana JF - Energies N2 - Biomass from various types of organic waste was tested for possible use in hydrogen production. The composition consisted of lignified samples, green waste, and kitchen scraps such as fruit and vegetable peels and leftover food. For this purpose, the enzymatic pretreatment of organic waste with a combination of five different hydrolytic enzymes (cellulase, amylase, glucoamylase, pectinase and xylase) was investigated to determine its ability to produce hydrogen (H2) with the hydrolyzate produced here. In course, the anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium T. neapolitana was used for H2 production. First, the enzymes were investigated using different substrates in preliminary experiments. Subsequently, hydrolyses were carried out using different types of organic waste. In the hydrolysis carried out here for 48 h, an increase in glucose concentration of 481% was measured for waste loads containing starch, corresponding to a glucose concentration at the end of hydrolysis of 7.5 g·L−1. In the subsequent set fermentation in serum bottles, a H2 yield of 1.26 mmol H2 was obtained in the overhead space when Terrific Broth Medium with glucose and yeast extract (TBGY medium) was used. When hydrolyzed organic waste was used, even a H2 yield of 1.37 mmol could be achieved in the overhead space. In addition, a dedicated reactor system for the anaerobic fermentation of T. neapolitana to produce H2 was developed. The bioreactor developed here can ferment anaerobically with a very low loss of produced gas. Here, after 24 h, a hydrogen concentration of 83% could be measured in the overhead space. KW - Biological hydrogen KW - Organic waste KW - Dark fermentation KW - Hydrolysis KW - Pretreatment Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/en17122938 SN - 1996-1073 N1 - Corresponding author: Nils Tippkötter VL - 17 IS - 12 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - GEN A1 - Feldmann, Marco A1 - Francke, Gero A1 - Espe, Clemes A1 - Chen, Qian A1 - Baader, Fabian A1 - Boxberg, Marc S. A1 - Sustrate, Anna-Marie A1 - Kowalski, Julia A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Performance data of an ice-melting probe from field tests in two different ice environments N2 - This dataset was acquired at field tests of the steerable ice-melting probe "EnEx-IceMole" (Dachwald et al., 2014). A field test in summer 2014 was used to test the melting probe's system, before the probe was shipped to Antarctica, where, in international cooperation with the MIDGE project, the objective of a sampling mission in the southern hemisphere summer 2014/2015 was to return a clean englacial sample from the subglacial brine reservoir supplying the Blood Falls at Taylor Glacier (Badgeley et al., 2017, German et al., 2021). The standardized log-files generated by the IceMole during melting operation include more than 100 operational parameters, housekeeping information, and error states, which are reported to the base station in intervals of 4 s. Occasional packet loss in data transmission resulted in a sparse number of increased sampling intervals, which where compensated for by linear interpolation during post processing. The presented dataset is based on a subset of this data: The penetration distance is calculated based on the ice screw drive encoder signal, providing the rate of rotation, and the screw's thread pitch. The melting speed is calculated from the same data, assuming the rate of rotation to be constant over one sampling interval. The contact force is calculated from the longitudinal screw force, which es measured by strain gauges. The used heating power is calculated from binary states of all heating elements, which can only be either switched on or off. Temperatures are measured at each heating element and averaged for three zones (melting head, side-wall heaters and back-plate heaters). KW - Ocean Worlds KW - Icy Moons KW - Cryobot KW - Analogue Environments KW - Melting Efficiency KW - Melting Performance KW - Melting Probe KW - Ice Melting Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6094866 N1 - Forschungsdaten zu "Field-test performance of an ice-melting probe in a terrestrial analogue environment" (https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10889) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinrichs, Uwe A1 - Utting, Jane F. A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Hezel, Fabian A1 - Krombach, Gabriele A. A1 - Hodenius, Michael A. J. A1 - Kozerke, Sebastian A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf T1 - Myocardial T2 mapping free of distortion using susceptibility-weighted fast spin-echo imaging: A feasibility study at 1.5 T and 3.0 T JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine N2 - This study demonstrates the feasibility of applying free-breathing, cardiac-gated, susceptibility-weighted fast spin-echo imaging together with black blood preparation and navigator-gated respiratory motion compensation for anatomically accurate T₂ mapping of the heart. First, T₂ maps are presented for oil phantoms without and with respiratory motion emulation (T₂ = (22.1 ± 1.7) ms at 1.5 T and T₂ = (22.65 ± 0.89) ms at 3.0 T). T₂ relaxometry of a ferrofluid revealed relaxivities of R2 = (477.9 ± 17) mM⁻¹s⁻¹ and R2 = (449.6 ± 13) mM⁻¹s⁻¹ for UFLARE and multiecho gradient-echo imaging at 1.5 T. For inferoseptal myocardial regions mean T₂ values of 29.9 ± 6.6 ms (1.5 T) and 22.3 ± 4.8 ms (3.0 T) were estimated. For posterior myocardial areas close to the vena cava T₂-values of 24.0 ± 6.4 ms (1.5 T) and 15.4 ± 1.8 ms (3.0 T) were observed. The merits and limitations of the proposed approach are discussed and its implications for cardiac and vascular T₂-mapping are considered. Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.22054 SN - 1522-2594 VL - 62 IS - 3 SP - 822 EP - 828 PB - Wiley-Liss CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mayntz, Joscha A1 - Keimer, Jona A1 - Dahmann, Peter A1 - Hille, Sebastian A1 - Stumpf, Eike A1 - Fisher, Alex A1 - Dorrington, Graham T1 - Electrical Drive and Regeneration in General Aviation Flight with Propellers T2 - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2020 N2 - Electric flight has the potential for a more sustainable and energy-saving way of aviation compared to fossil fuel aviation. The electric motor can be used as a generator inflight to regenerate energy during descent. Three different approaches to regenerating with electric propeller powertrains are proposed in this paper. The powertrain is to be set up in a wind tunnel to determine the propeller efficiency in both working modes as well as the noise emissions. Furthermore, the planned flight tests are discussed. In preparation for these tests, a yaw stability analysis is performed with the result that the aeroplane is controllable during flight and in the most critical failure case. The paper shows the potential for inflight regeneration and addresses the research gaps in the dual role of electric powertrains for propulsion and regeneration of general aviation aircraft. KW - Propeller Aerodynamics KW - Flight Tests KW - Flight Mechanics KW - Electrical Flight KW - Inflight Regeneration, Recuperation Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.25967/530100 N1 - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2020, 1. - 3. September 2020, Online PB - DGLR CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wolf, Martin R. A1 - Lenz, Laura L. T1 - The economic effectiveness of serious games in the healthcare environment : application and evaluation of the Comparative Transformation Model (CTM) T2 - IEEE 3rd International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health : SeGAH 2014 ; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 14 - 16 Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-1-4799-4823-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH.2014.7067089 SP - 135 EP - 142 PB - IEEE [u.a.] CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Peeken, Heinz A1 - Troeder, Christoph A1 - Benner, Joachim A1 - Platt, Werner T1 - A new approach to describe the mechanical performance of flexible couplings in drive systems T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Rotordynamics : September 14 - 17, 1986, Tokyo Y1 - 1986 N1 - International Conference on Rotordynamics <1986, Tōkyō> SP - 159 EP - 163 PB - IFToMM CY - Tokyo ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Meyer, Thomas T1 - A Brief Overview of Artificial Intelligence in South Africa JF - AI Magazine N2 - South Africa in recent years is the establishment of a number of research hubs involved in AI activities ranging from mobile robotics and computational intelligence, to knowledge representation and reasoning, and human language technologies. In this survey we take the reader through a quick tour of the research being conducted at these hubs, and touch on an initiative to maintain and extend the current level of interest in AI research in the country. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v33i1.2357 SN - 0738-4602 VL - 33 IS - 1 SP - 99 EP - 101 PB - AAAI CY - Menlo Park ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten A1 - Schwarte, Rudolf A1 - Buxbaum, Bernd ED - Korevaar, Eric John T1 - Introduction of a new opto-electrical phase-locked loop in CMOS technology: the PMD-PLL T2 - Optical wireless communications II / [SPIE Conference on Optical Wireless Communications II], 22 September 1999, Boston, Massachusetts. - (SPIE proceedings series ; 3850) Y1 - 1999 SN - 0-8194-3443-4 SN - 0038-7355 SN - 0361-0748 SN - 0277-786X N1 - Conference on Optical Wireless Communications <2, 1999, Boston, Mass. SP - 108 EP - 116 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Augenstein, Eckardt A1 - Kuperjans, Isabel A1 - Lucas, K. ED - Tsatsaronis,, Georgios T1 - EUSEBIA - Decision-Support-System for Technical, Economical and Ecological Design and Evaluation of Industrial Energy Systems T2 - ECOS 2002 : proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Berlin, Germany July 3 - 5, 2002. - Vol. 1 Y1 - 2002 SN - 3-00-009533-0 SP - 446 EP - 453 PB - Techn. Univ., Inst. for Energy Engineering CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weemstra, Monique A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. W. A1 - Sterck, Frank J. T1 - Summer droughts limit tree growth across 10 temperate species on a productive forest site JF - Forest Ecology and Management Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.007 SN - 0378-1127 (Print) SN - 1872-7042 (Online) VL - 2013 IS - 306 SP - 142 EP - 149 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Anik, Sabri A1 - Frohberg, Martin G. T1 - Thermodynamics and solubility of oxygen in liquid bismuth-lead and bismuth-antimony alloys JF - Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie Y1 - 1987 SN - 0940-483X SN - 0005-9021 VL - 91 IS - 7 SP - 790 EP - 794 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frohberg, Martin G. A1 - Anik, Sabri T1 - The application of a quadi-chemical lattice model to binary metallic solvents containing oxygen in higher concentrations JF - Zeitschrift für Metallkunde Y1 - 1983 SN - 0044-3093 VL - 74 IS - 10 SP - 665 EP - 666 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Feichtinger, Linda M. A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Buchmann, Nina A1 - Rigling, Andreas T1 - Growth adjustments of conifers to drought and to century-long irrigation JF - Forest Ecology and Management N2 - Our knowledge on tree responses to drought is mainly based on short-term manipulation experiments which do not capture any possible long-term adjustments in this response. Therefore, historical water channels in inner-Alpine dry valleys were used as century-long irrigation experiments to investigate adjustments in tree growth to contrasting water supply. This involved quantifying the tree-ring growth of irrigated and non-irrigated (control) Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Valais (Switzerland), as well as European larch (Larix decidua Mill.) and black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) in Vinschgau (Italy). Furthermore, the adjustments in radial growth of Scots pine and European larch to an abrupt stop in irrigation were analyzed. Irrigation promoted the radial growth of all tree species investigated compared to the control: (1) directly through increased soil water availability, and (2) indirectly through increased soil nutrients and humus contents in the irrigated plots. Irrigation led to a full elimination of growth responses to climate for European larch and black pine, but not for Scots pine, which might become more sensitive to drought with increasing tree size in Valais. For the control trees, the response of the latewood increment to water availability in July/August has decreased in recent decades for all species, but increased in May for Scots pine only. The sudden irrigation stop caused a drop in radial growth to a lower level for Scots pine or similar level for larch compared to the control for up to ten years. However, both tree species were then able to adjust to the new conditions and subsequently grew with similar (Scots pine) or even higher growth rates (larch) than the control. To estimate the impact of climate change on future forest development, the duration of manipulation experiments should be on longer time scales in order to capture adjustment processes and feedback mechanisms of forest ecosystems. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.008 SN - 1872-7042 (Online) SN - 0378-1127 (Print) VL - 2014 IS - 334 SP - 96 EP - 105 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hengsbach, Jan-Niklas A1 - Engel, Mareike A1 - Cwienczek, Marcel A1 - Stiefelmaier, Judith A1 - Tippkötter, Nils A1 - Ulber, Roland T1 - Scalable unseparated bioelectrochemical reactors by using a carbon fiber brush as stirrer and working electrode JF - ChemElectroChem N2 - The concept of energy conversion into platform chemicals using bioelectrochemical systems (BES) has gained increasing attention in recent years, as the technology simultaneously provides an opportunity for sustainable chemical production and tackles the challenge of Power-to-X technologies. There are many approaches to realize the industrial scale of BES. One concept is to equip standard bioreactors with static electrodes. However, large installations resulted in a negative influence on various reactor parameters. In this study, we present a new single-chamber BES based on a stirred tank reactor in which the stirrer was replaced by a carbon fiber brush, performing the functions of the working electrode and the stirrer. The reactor is characterized in abiotic studies and electro-fermentations with Clostridium acetobutylicum. Compared to standard reactors an increase in butanol production of 20.14±3.66 % shows that the new BES can be efficiently used for bioelectrochemical processes. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300440 SN - 2196-0216 VL - 10 IS - 21 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - van Hoek, H. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - A major design step in IETO concept realization that allows overcurrent protection and pushes limits of switching performance JF - IEEE transactions on power electronics N2 - This paper presents the latest prototype of the integrated emitter turn-off thyristor concept, which potentially ranks among thyristor high-power devices like the gate turn-off thyristor and the integrated gate-commutated thyristor (IGCT). Due to modifications of the external driver stage and mechanical press-pack design optimization, this prototype allows for full device characterization. The turn-off capability was increased to 1600 A with an active silicon area of 823mm2 . This leads to a transient peak power of 672.1kW/cm² . Within this paper, measurements and concept assessment are presented and a comparison to state-of-the-art IGCT devices is provided. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2012.2189136 SN - 0885-8993 VL - 27 IS - 9 SP - 4163 EP - 4171 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Gottschlich, J. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - Design and realization of a credit card size driver stage for high power thyristor based devices with integrated MOS structure T2 - 2011 IEEE 8th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE & ECCE 2011) : Jeju, South Korea, 30 May 2011 - 3 June 2011 / [co-sponsored by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics ...] Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-958-4 (Print) SN - 978-1-61284-956-0 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPE.2011.5944661 SP - 1182 EP - 1189 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Herrmann, Ulf A1 - Kelly, Bruce A1 - Price, Henry T1 - Two Tank Molten Salt Storage for Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants JF - Energy : the international journal Y1 - 2002 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00193-2 SN - 0360-5442 N1 - SolarPACES 2002, Zürich, Switzerland, 4–6 September 2002 VL - 29 IS - 5-6 (Special Issue SolarPaces) SP - 883 EP - 893 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Helmig, Ilka T1 - Nitty - fontnames illustrated JF - Slanted KW - Illustration KW - Typographie Y1 - 2010 SN - 1867-6510 IS - 11 SP - 68 EP - 69 PB - Slanted Publishers CY - Karlsruhe ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eggert, Mathias A1 - Kling, Rene T1 - How to distribute charging requests of electronic vehicles? A reservation-based approach JF - International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research N2 - The number of electronic vehicles increase steadily while the space for extending the charging infrastructure is limited. In particular in urban areas, where parking spaces in attractive areas are famous, opportunities to setup new charging stations is very limited. This leads to an overload of some very attractive charging stations and an underutilization of less attractive ones. Against this background, the paper at hand presents the design of an e-vehicle reservation system that aims at distributing the utilization of the charging infrastructure, particularly in urban areas. By applying a design science approach, the requirements for a reservation-based utilization approach are elicited and a model for a suitable distribution approach and its instantiation are developed. The artefact is evaluated by simulating the distribution effects based on data of real charging station utilizations. KW - Simulation KW - Parking KW - Charging station KW - Utilization improvement KW - Reservation system KW - Electronic vehicle Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13177-023-00367-z SN - 1868-8659 N1 - Corresponding author: Mathias Eggert VL - 21 IS - 2023 SP - 437 EP - 460 PB - Springer CY - Berlin, Heidelberg, New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Harris, Isaac A1 - Kleefeld, Andreas T1 - The inverse scattering problem for a conductive boundary condition and transmission eigenvalues JF - Applicable Analysis N2 - In this paper, we consider the inverse scattering problem associated with an inhomogeneous media with a conductive boundary. In particular, we are interested in two problems that arise from this inverse problem: the inverse conductivity problem and the corresponding interior transmission eigenvalue problem. The inverse conductivity problem is to recover the conductive boundary parameter from the measured scattering data. We prove that the measured scatted data uniquely determine the conductivity parameter as well as describe a direct algorithm to recover the conductivity. The interior transmission eigenvalue problem is an eigenvalue problem associated with the inverse scattering of such materials. We investigate the convergence of the eigenvalues as the conductivity parameter tends to zero as well as prove existence and discreteness for the case of an absorbing media. Lastly, several numerical and analytical results support the theory and we show that the inside–outside duality method can be used to reconstruct the interior conductive eigenvalues. KW - Transmission eigenvalues KW - Conductive boundary condition KW - Inverse scattering Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036811.2018.1504028 SN - 1563-504X VL - 99 IS - 3 SP - 508 EP - 529 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tippkötter, Nils A1 - Ulber, Roland T1 - Rezension zu: Encyclopedia of Industrial Biotechnology, Vol. 1–7. By MC Flickinger. JF - Chemie Ingenieur Technik Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201290052 SN - 0009-286X SN - 1522-2640 (eISSN) VL - 6 IS - 84 SP - 936 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Abel, Alexander A1 - Pérez-Viana, Daniel A1 - Ciritsis, Bernard A1 - Staat, Manfred ED - Erni, Daniel ED - Fischerauer, Alice ED - Himmel, Jörg ED - Seeger, Thomas ED - Thelen, Klaus T1 - Prevention of femur neck fractures through femoroplasty T2 - 2nd YRA MedTech Symposium 2017 : June 8th - 9th / 2017 / Hochschule Ruhr-West Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-9814801-9-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/43984 N1 - A young researchers track of the 7th IEEE Workshop & SENSORICA 2017 SP - 114 EP - 115 PB - Universität Duisburg-Essen CY - Duisburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Hezel, Fabian A1 - Renz, Wolfgang A1 - de Geyer d'Orth, Thibaut A1 - Dieringer, Matthias A1 - von Knobelsdorf-Brenkenhoff, Florian A1 - Prothmann, Marcel A1 - Schulz-Menger, Jeanette A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf T1 - Acoustic cardiac triggering: a practical solution for synchronization and gating of cardiovascular magnetic resonance at 7 Tesla JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance N2 - Background To demonstrate the applicability of acoustic cardiac triggering (ACT) for imaging of the heart at ultrahigh magnetic fields (7.0 T) by comparing phonocardiogram, conventional vector electrocardiogram (ECG) and traditional pulse oximetry (POX) triggered 2D CINE acquisitions together with (i) a qualitative image quality analysis, (ii) an assessment of the left ventricular function parameter and (iii) an examination of trigger reliability and trigger detection variance derived from the signal waveforms. Results ECG was susceptible to severe distortions at 7.0 T. POX and ACT provided waveforms free of interferences from electromagnetic fields or from magneto-hydrodynamic effects. Frequent R-wave mis-registration occurred in ECG-triggered acquisitions with a failure rate of up to 30% resulting in cardiac motion induced artifacts. ACT and POX triggering produced images free of cardiac motion artefacts. ECG showed a severe jitter in the R-wave detection. POX also showed a trigger jitter of approximately Δt = 72 ms which is equivalent to two cardiac phases. ACT showed a jitter of approximately Δt = 5 ms only. ECG waveforms revealed a standard deviation for the cardiac trigger offset larger than that observed for ACT or POX waveforms. Image quality assessment showed that ACT substantially improved image quality as compared to ECG (image quality score at end-diastole: ECG = 1.7 ± 0.5, ACT = 2.4 ± 0.5, p = 0.04) while the comparison between ECG vs. POX gated acquisitions showed no significant differences in image quality (image quality score: ECG = 1.7 ± 0.5, POX = 2.0 ± 0.5, p = 0.34). Conclusions The applicability of acoustic triggering for cardiac CINE imaging at 7.0 T was demonstrated. ACT's trigger reliability and fidelity are superior to that of ECG and POX. ACT promises to be beneficial for cardiovascular magnetic resonance at ultra-high field strengths including 7.0 T. KW - Interval Time Series KW - Image Quality Score KW - Image Quality Assessment KW - Sound Pressure Level KW - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-12-67 SN - 1532-429X VL - 12 IS - 1 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Martin, Conrad A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Özerdem, Celal A1 - Renz, Wolfgang A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf T1 - Development and evaluation of a small and mobile Magneto Alert Sensor (MALSE) to support safety requirements for magnetic resonance imaging JF - European Radiology N2 - Objective The purpose of this study is to (i) design a small and mobile Magnetic field ALert SEnsor (MALSE), (ii) to carefully evaluate its sensors to their consistency of activation/deactivation and sensitivity to magnetic fields, and (iii) to demonstrate the applicability of MALSE in 1.5 T, 3.0 T and 7.0 T MR fringe field environments. Methods MALSE comprises a set of reed sensors, which activate in response to their exposure to a magnetic field. The activation/deactivation of reed sensors was examined by moving them in/out of the fringe field generated by 7TMR. Results The consistency with which individual reed sensors would activate at the same field strength was found to be 100% for the setup used. All of the reed switches investigated required a substantial drop in ambient magnetic field strength before they deactivated. Conclusions MALSE is a simple concept for alerting MRI staff to a ferromagnetic object being brought into fringe magnetic fields which exceeds MALSEs activation magnetic field. MALSE can easily be attached to ferromagnetic objects within the vicinity of a scanner, thus creating a barrier for hazardous situations induced by ferromagnetic parts which should not enter the vicinity of an MR-system to occur. KW - MRI KW - MR safety KW - Magneto alert sensor KW - High field MRI KW - Uktrahigh field MRI Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-011-2153-z SN - 1432-1084 VL - 21 SP - 2187 EP - 2192 PB - Springer CY - Berlin, Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Test for Changes in the Modeled Solvency Capital Requirement of an Internal Risk Model JF - ASTIN Bulletin N2 - In the context of the Solvency II directive, the operation of an internal risk model is a possible way for risk assessment and for the determination of the solvency capital requirement of an insurance company in the European Union. A Monte Carlo procedure is customary to generate a model output. To be compliant with the directive, validation of the internal risk model is conducted on the basis of the model output. For this purpose, we suggest a new test for checking whether there is a significant change in the modeled solvency capital requirement. Asymptotic properties of the test statistic are investigated and a bootstrap approximation is justified. A simulation study investigates the performance of the test in the finite sample case and confirms the theoretical results. The internal risk model and the application of the test is illustrated in a simplified example. The method has more general usage for inference of a broad class of law-invariant and coherent risk measures on the basis of a paired sample. KW - Bootstrap KW - Empirical process KW - Functional Delta Method KW - Hadamard differentiability KW - Paired sample Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/asb.2021.20 SN - 1783-1350 VL - 51 IS - 3 SP - 813 EP - 837 PB - Cambridge Univ. Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dersch, Jürgen A1 - Geyer, Michael A1 - Herrmann, Ulf A1 - Jones, Scott A. A1 - Kelly, Bruce A1 - Kistner, Rainer A1 - Ortmanns, Winfried A1 - Pitz-Paal, Robert A1 - Price, Henry T1 - Trough integration into power plants—a study on the performance and economy of integrated solar combined cycle systems JF - Energy : the international journal Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00199-3 SN - 0360-5442 N1 - SolarPACES 2002, Zürich, Switzerland, 4–6 September 2002 VL - 29 IS - 5-6 (Special Issue SolarPaces) SP - 947 EP - 959 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Puppe, Michael A1 - Giuliano, Stefano A1 - Frantz, Cathy A1 - Uhlig, Ralf A1 - Schumacher, Ralph A1 - Ibraheem, Wagdi A1 - Schmalz, Stefan A1 - Waldmann, Barbara A1 - Guder, Christoph A1 - Peter, Dennis A1 - Schwager, Christian A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Spiegel, Michael A1 - Wortmann, Jürgen A1 - Hinrichs, Matthias A1 - Engelhard, Manfred A1 - Aust, Michael T1 - Techno-economic optimization of molten salt solar tower plants JF - AIP Conference Proceedings art.no. 040033 N2 - In this paper the results of a techno-economic analysis of improved and optimized molten salt solar tower plants (MSSTP plants) are presented. The potential improvements that were analyzed include different receiver designs, different designs of the HTF-system and plant control, increased molten salt temperatures (up to 640°C) and multi-tower systems. Detailed technological and economic models of the solar field, solar receiver and high temperature fluid system (HTF-system) were developed and used to find potential improvements compared to a reference plant based on Solar Two technology and up-to-date cost estimations. The annual yield model calculates the annual outputs and the LCOE of all variants. An improved external tubular receiver and improved HTF-system achieves a significant decrease of LCOE compared to the reference. This is caused by lower receiver cost as well as improvements of the HTF-system and plant operation strategy, significantly reducing the plant own consumption. A novel star receiver shows potential for further cost decrease. The cavity receiver concepts result in higher LCOE due to their high investment cost, despite achieving higher efficiencies. Increased molten salt temperatures seem possible with an adapted, closed loop HTF-system and achieve comparable results to the original improved system (with 565°C) under the given boundary conditions. In this analysis all multi tower systems show lower economic viability compared to single tower systems, caused by high additional cost for piping connections and higher cost of the receivers. REFERENCES Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5067069 VL - 2033 IS - Issue 1 PB - AIP Publishing CY - Melville, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tippkötter, Nils A1 - Möhring, Sophie A1 - Roth, Jasmine A1 - Wulfhorst, Helene T1 - Logistics of lignocellulosic feedstocks: preprocessing as a preferable option T2 - Biorefineries N2 - In comparison to crude oil, biorefinery raw materials are challenging in concerns of transport and storage. The plant raw materials are more voluminous, so that shredding and compacting usually are necessary before transport. These mechanical processes can have a negative influence on the subsequent biotechnological processing and shelf life of the raw materials. Various approaches and their effects on renewable raw materials are shown. In addition, aspects of decentralized pretreatment steps are discussed. Another important aspect of pretreatment is the varying composition of the raw materials depending on the growth conditions. This problem can be solved with advanced on-site spectrometric analysis of the material. KW - Analytics KW - Decentral KW - Mechanical KW - On-site KW - Pre-treatment Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-319-97117-9 SN - 978-3-319-97119-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2017_58 N1 - Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology ; Vol. 166 SP - 43 EP - 68 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kumaran, P. A1 - Gopinathan, M. A1 - Razali, N. M. A1 - Kuperjans, Isabel A1 - Hariffin, B. A1 - Hamdan, H. T1 - Preliminary evaluation of atomization characteristics of improved biodiesel for gas turbine application T2 - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES) Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/16/1/012014 SN - 1755-1315 VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 012014/1 EP - 012014/4 PB - Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP) CY - London [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Aringhoff, R. A1 - Geyer, Michael A1 - Herrmann, Ulf A1 - Kistner, Rainer A1 - Nava, P. A1 - Osuna, R. ED - Steinfeld, Aldo T1 - AndaSol : 50MW Solar Plants with 9 Hour Storage for Southern Spain T2 - Proceedings of the 11th SolarPACES International Symposium on Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies : September 4 - 6, 2002, Zurich, Switzerland / Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI; ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Y1 - 2002 SN - 3-9521409-3-7 SP - 37 EP - 42 PB - Paul Scherrer Inst. CY - Villingen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Birkl, Josef A1 - Diendorfer, Gerhard A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Thern, Stephan T1 - Extremely high lightning peak currents T2 - 34th International Conference on Ligntning Protection, 02-07 September 2018 Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-6635-7 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Penner, Crystal A1 - Usherovich, Samuel A1 - Niedermeier, Jana A1 - Bélanger-Champagne, Camille A1 - Trinczek, Michael A1 - Paulßen, Elisabeth A1 - Hoehr, Cornelia T1 - Organic Scintillator-Fibre Sensors for Proton Therapy Dosimetry: SCSF-3HF and EJ-260 JF - electronics N2 - In proton therapy, the dose from secondary neutrons to the patient can contribute to side effects and the creation of secondary cancer. A simple and fast detection system to distinguish between dose from protons and neutrons both in pretreatment verification as well as potentially in vivo monitoring is needed to minimize dose from secondary neutrons. Two 3 mm long, 1 mm diameter organic scintillators were tested for candidacy to be used in a proton–neutron discrimination detector. The SCSF-3HF (1500) scintillating fibre (Kuraray Co. Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) and EJ-260 plastic scintillator (Eljen Technology, Sweetwater, TX, USA) were irradiated at the TRIUMF Neutron Facility and the Proton Therapy Research Centre. In the proton beam, we compared the raw Bragg peak and spread-out Bragg peak response to the industry standard Markus chamber detector. Both scintillator sensors exhibited quenching at high LET in the Bragg peak, presenting a peak-to-entrance ratio of 2.59 for the EJ-260 and 2.63 for the SCSF-3HF fibre, compared to 3.70 for the Markus chamber. The SCSF-3HF sensor demonstrated 1.3 times the sensitivity to protons and 3 times the sensitivity to neutrons as compared to the EJ-260 sensor. Combined with our equations relating neutron and proton contributions to dose during proton irradiations, and the application of Birks’ quenching correction, these fibres provide valid candidates for inexpensive and replicable proton-neutron discrimination detectors Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12010011 SN - 2079-9292 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors" VL - 12 IS - 1 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Matoni, Georg A1 - Berndt, Heinz T1 - Thermal synthesis of the optical pure pentapeptide derivative Z-(L)-Ala-(L)-Phe-Gly-(L)-Phe-Gly-OMe JF - Tetrahedron letters Y1 - 1980 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)93618-9 SN - 0040-4039 VL - 21 IS - 1 SP - 37 EP - 40 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Penne, Jochen A1 - Profittlich, Martin A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten A1 - Buxbaum, Bernd ED - D, Nicola D'Apuzzo T1 - Touchless detailed 3D scan of human hand anatomy using time-of-flight cameras T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies : Lugano, Switzerland, 19-20 October 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-033-02714-5 SP - 361 EP - 369 PB - Hometrica Consulting CY - Zürich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Zweifel, Roman A1 - Buchmann, Nina A1 - Fonti, Patrick A1 - Rigling, Andreas T1 - Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak JF - Tree Physiology Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp035 SN - 0829-318X (Print) SN - 1758-4469 (Online) VL - 29 IS - 8 SP - 1011 EP - 1020 PB - Heron CY - Victoria, BC ER - TY - JOUR A1 - El Bergui, Omnia A1 - Abouabdillah, Aziz A1 - Bourioug, Mohamed A1 - Schmitz, Dominik A1 - Biel, Markus A1 - Aboudrare, Abdellah A1 - Krauss, Manuel A1 - Jomaa, Ahlem A1 - Romuli, Sebastian A1 - Müller, Joachim A1 - Fagroud, Mustapha A1 - Bouabid, Rachid T1 - Innovative solutions for drought: Evaluating hydrogel application on onion cultivation (Allium cepa) in Morocco JF - Water N2 - Throughout the last decade, and particularly in 2022, water scarcity has become a critical concern in Morocco and other Mediterranean countries. The lack of rainfall during spring was worsened by a succession of heat waves during the summer. To address this drought, innovative solutions, including the use of new technologies such as hydrogels, will be essential to transform agriculture. This paper presents the findings of a study that evaluated the impact of hydrogel application on onion (Allium cepa) cultivation in Meknes, Morocco. The treatments investigated in this study comprised two different types of hydrogel-based soil additives (Arbovit® polyacrylate and Huminsorb® polyacrylate), applied at two rates (30 and 20 kg/ha), and irrigated at two levels of water supply (100% and 50% of daily crop evapotranspiration; ETc). Two control treatments were included, without hydrogel application and with both water amounts. The experiment was conducted in an open field using a completely randomized design. The results indicated a significant impact of both hydrogel-type dose and water dose on onion plant growth, as evidenced by various vegetation parameters. Among the hydrogels tested, Huminsorb® Polyacrylate produced the most favorable outcomes, with treatment T9 (100%, HP, 30 kg/ha) yielding 70.55 t/ha; this represented an increase of 11 t/ha as compared to the 100% ETc treatment without hydrogel application. Moreover, the combination of hydrogel application with 50% ETc water stress showed promising results, with treatment T4 (HP, 30 kg, 50%) producing almost the same yield as the 100% ETc treatment without hydrogel while saving 208 mm of water. KW - water economy KW - yield KW - deficit irrigation KW - hydrogel KW - onion Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/w15111972 VL - 15 IS - 11 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel A1 - Thiele, Jan Philipp T1 - Statistical inference for L²-distances to uniformity JF - Computational Statistics N2 - The paper deals with the asymptotic behaviour of estimators, statistical tests and confidence intervals for L²-distances to uniformity based on the empirical distribution function, the integrated empirical distribution function and the integrated empirical survival function. Approximations of power functions, confidence intervals for the L²-distances and statistical neighbourhood-of-uniformity validation tests are obtained as main applications. The finite sample behaviour of the procedures is illustrated by a simulation study. KW - Integrated empirical distribution (survival) function KW - Goodness-of-fit tests for uniformity KW - Numerical inversion of Laplace transforms KW - Coverage probability KW - Equivalence test Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-018-0820-0 SN - 1613-9658 VL - 2018 IS - 33 SP - 1863 EP - 1896 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Abbas, Karim A1 - Hedwig, Lukas A1 - Balc, Nicolae A1 - Bremen, Sebastian T1 - Advanced FFF of PEEK: Infill strategies and material characteristics for rapid tooling JF - Polymers N2 - Traditional vulcanization mold manufacturing is complex, costly, and under pressure due to shorter product lifecycles and diverse variations. Additive manufacturing using Fused Filament Fabrication and high-performance polymers like PEEK offer a promising future in this industry. This study assesses the compressive strength of various infill structures (honeycomb, grid, triangle, cubic, and gyroid) when considering two distinct build directions (Z, XY) to enhance PEEK’s economic and resource efficiency in rapid tooling. A comparison with PETG samples shows the behavior of the infill strategies. Additionally, a proof of concept illustrates the application of a PEEK mold in vulcanization. A peak compressive strength of 135.6 MPa was attained in specimens that were 100% solid and subjected to thermal post-treatment. This corresponds to a 20% strength improvement in the Z direction. In terms of time and mechanical properties, the anisotropic grid and isotropic cubic infill have emerged for use in rapid tooling. Furthermore, the study highlights that reducing the layer thickness from 0.15 mm to 0.1 mm can result in a 15% strength increase. The study unveils the successful utilization of a room-temperature FFF-printed PEEK mold in vulcanization injection molding. The parameters and infill strategies identified in this research enable the resource-efficient FFF printing of PEEK without compromising its strength properties. Using PEEK in rapid tooling allows a cost reduction of up to 70% in tool production. KW - polyetheretherketone (PEEK) KW - rapid tooling KW - infill strategy KW - compression behavior KW - additive manufacturing KW - fused filament fabrication Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15214293 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Polymer Materials and Design Processes for Additively Manufactured Products" VL - 2023 IS - 15 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Bronder, Thomas A1 - Wu, Chunsheng A1 - Scheja, Sabrina A1 - Jessing, Max A1 - Metzger-Boddien, Christoph A1 - Keusgen, Michael A1 - Poghossian, Arshak T1 - Label-Free DNA Detection with Capacitive Field-Effect Devices—Challenges and Opportunities JF - Proceedings N2 - Field-effect EIS (electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor) sensors modified with a positively charged weak polyelectrolyte layer have been applied for the electrical detection of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) immobilization and hybridization by the intrinsic molecular charge. The EIS sensors are able to detect the existence of target DNA amplicons in PCR (polymerase chain reaction) samples and thus, can be used as tool for a quick verification of DNA amplification and the successful PCR process. Due to their miniaturized setup, compatibility with advanced micro- and nanotechnologies, and ability to detect biomolecules by their intrinsic molecular charge, those sensors can serve as possible platform for the development of label-free DNA chips. Possible application fields as well as challenges and limitations will be discussed. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings1080719 SN - 2504-3900 N1 - This article belongs to the Proceedings of "Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2017)" VL - 1 IS - 8 SP - Artikel 719 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Testing marginal homogeneity of a continuous bivariate distribution with possibly incomplete paired data JF - Metrika N2 - We discuss the testing problem of homogeneity of the marginal distributions of a continuous bivariate distribution based on a paired sample with possibly missing components (missing completely at random). Applying the well-known two-sample Crámer–von-Mises distance to the remaining data, we determine the limiting null distribution of our test statistic in this situation. It is seen that a new resampling approach is appropriate for the approximation of the unknown null distribution. We prove that the resulting test asymptotically reaches the significance level and is consistent. Properties of the test under local alternatives are pointed out as well. Simulations investigate the quality of the approximation and the power of the new approach in the finite sample case. As an illustration we apply the test to real data sets. KW - Marginal homogeneity test KW - Crámer–von-Mises distance KW - Paired sample KW - Incomplete data KW - Resampling test Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00184-019-00742-5 SN - 1435-926X VL - 2020 IS - 83 SP - 437 EP - 465 PB - Springer ER -