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The sandfish (Scincus scincus) is a lizard having the remarkable ability to move through desert sand for significant distances. It is well adapted to living in loose sand by virtue of a combination of morphological and behavioural specializations. We investigated the bodyform of the sandfish using 3D-laserscanning and explored its locomotion in loose desert sand using fast nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging. The sandfish exhibits an in-plane meandering motion with a frequency of about 3 Hz and an amplitude of about half its body length accompanied by swimming-like (or trotting) movements of its limbs. No torsion of the body was observed, a movement required for a digging-behaviour. Simple calculations based on the Janssen model for granular material related to our findings on bodyform and locomotor behaviour render a local decompaction of the sand surrounding the moving sandfish very likely. Thus the sand locally behaves as a viscous fluid and not as a solid material. In this fluidised sand the sandfish is able to “swim” using its limbs.
Rationale: Previous studies [Topolnik et al., Cereb Cortex 2003; 13: 883; Schindler et al., Brain 2007; 130: 65] indicate that the termination of focal onset seizures may be causally related to an increase of global neuronal correlation during the second half of the seizures. This increase was observed to occur earlier in complex partial seizures than in secondarily generalized seizures. We here address the question whether such an increase of neuronal correlation prior to seizure end is indeed a global phenomenon, involving both hemispheres or whether there are side-specific differences. Methods: We analyzed 20 focal onset seizures (10 complex partial, 10 secondarily generalized seizures) recorded in 13 patients who underwent presurgical evaluation of focal epilepsies of different origin. EEG was recorded intracranially from bilaterally implanted subdural strip and intrahippocampal depth electrodes. Utilizing a moving window approach, we investigated the evolution of the maximum cross correlation for all channel combinations during seizures. For each moving window the mean value of the maximum cross correlation (MCC) between all electrode contacts was computed separately for each hemisphere. After normalization of seizure durations, MCC values of the ipsi- and contralateral hemisphere for all seizures were determined. Results: We observed that the MCC of the contralateral hemisphere in complex partial seizures increased during the first half of the seizure, whereas, for the same time interval, the MCC of the ipsilateral hemisphere even declined below the level of the pre-seizure period. In contrast, no significant differences between both hemispheres could be observed for secondarily generalized seizures where both hemispheres showed a simultaneous increase of MCC during the second half of the seizures. The level of MCC for the contralateral hemisphere was higher for complex partial seizures than for secondarily generalized seizures during the first half of the seizure. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that there are indeed lateralized differences in the evolution of global neuronal correlation during complex partial and secondarily generalized seizures. The observed contralateral increase of neuronal correlation during complex partial seizures might indicate an emerging self-organizing mechanism for preventing the spread of seizure activity.
Soft Materials in Technology and Biology – Characteristics, Properties, and Parameter Identification
(2008)
7th International Conference on Reliability of Materials and Structures (RELMAS 2008). June 17 - 20, 2008 ; Saint Petersburg, Russia. pp 354-358. Reprint with corrections in red Introduction Analysis of advanced structures working under extreme heavy loading such as nuclear power plants and piping system should take into account the randomness of loading, geometrical and material parameters. The existing reliability are restricted mostly to the elastic working regime, e.g. allowable local stresses. Development of the limit and shakedown reliability-based analysis and design methods, exploiting potential of the shakedown working regime, is highly needed. In this paper the application of a new algorithm of probabilistic limit and shakedown analysis for shell structures is presented, in which the loading and strength of the material as well as the thickness of the shell are considered as random variables. The reliability analysis problems may be efficiently solved by using a system combining the available FE codes, a deterministic limit and shakedown analysis, and the First and Second Order Reliability Methods (FORM/SORM). Non-linear sensitivity analyses are obtained directly from the solution of the deterministic problem without extra computational costs.
Load bearing capacity of thin shell structures made of elastoplastic material by direct methods
(2008)
Grenzenlose Liebe
(2008)
In der vorliegenden Dissertation werden zunächst die linear elastischen Bemessungsmöglichkeiten für nachgiebig verbundene Biegeträger unter statischer und dynamischer Beanspruchung diskutiert. Zum Vergleich wurden praktische Untersuchungen an zweiteiligen Kantholzbiegeträgem mit mechanischen Verbindungsmitteln unterschiedlicher Verformungscharakteristika durchgeführt, ebenso wie umfangreiche Materialprüfungen an den zusammengefügten Einzelquerschnitten. Hierdurch werden die Unterschiede zum realen, nicht elastischen, statischen Tragverhalten aufgezeigt. Der für das dynamische Verhalten maßgebende Systemparameter der Eigenfrequenz wird für mehrteilige Biegeträger theoretisch hinterfragt und an den nachgiebig verbundenen Kantholzbiegeträgem gemessen. Begleitet von weiteren praktischen Untersuchungen an einzelnen Verbindungsmitteln unter Blockscherbeanspruchung wird die rechnerische Berücksichtigung des plastischen Verbindungsmittelverhaltens auf zwei theoretischen Wegen erforscht. Auf Grundlage der Untersuchungen wird ein neues, semianalytisches y-Verfahren entwickelt. Gegenüber den Berechnungen mit finiten Volumen- und Kontakt-Elementen erweist sich das neue Verfahren auf Basis der, um die schubweichen Fugen erweiterten, Balkentheorie als leistungsfähiger. Der Einfluss des plastischen Verbindungsmittelverhaltens wird durch vergleichende Parameterstudien mit diesem neuen Verfahren als vom anerkannten Stand der Technik ausreichend berücksichtigt identifiziert. Für die linear elastische Dimensionierung werden optimierte Verbindungsmittelanordnungen hergeleitet, die durch übersichtliche Ergänzungen zum existierenden Bemessungskonzept des y-Verfahrens eine exaktere Berechnung ermöglichen.
The sorption of LPS toxic shock by nanoparticles on base of carbonized vegetable raw materials
(2008)
Immobilization of lactobacillus on high temperature carbonizated vegetable raw material (rice husk, grape stones) increases their physiological activity and the quantity of the antibacterial metabolits, that consequently lead to increase of the antagonistic activity of lactobacillus. It is implies that the use of the nanosorbents for the attachment of the probiotical microorganisms are highly perspective for decision the important problems, such as the probiotical preparations delivery to the right address and their attachment to intestines mucosa with the following detoxication of gastro-intestinal tract and the normalization of it’s microecology. Besides that, thus, the received carbonizated nanoparticles have peculiar properties – ability to sorption of LPS toxical shock and, hence, to the detoxication of LPS.
Pseudo-dynamische Versuche an Reihenmittelhäusern – Vergleich mit aktuellen Berechnungsansätzen
(2008)
Benutzerzentrierte Entwicklung mobiler Unternehmenssoftware, Teil 2 : die Iterative Entwicklung
(2008)
Optoelectronic Properties of Nanostructured Ensembles Controlled by Biomolecular Logic Systems
(2008)
Logic-based robot control in highly dynamic domains / Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard
(2008)
Usability engineering
(2008)
Sensing charged macromolecules with nanocrystalline diamond-based field-effect capacitive sensors
(2008)
Due to the interfering effects of acetic acid in many fermentation processes, a gas-diffusion technique was developed for the online determination of acetic acid. The measurements were accomplished with a flow diffusion analysis (FDA) unit from the TRACE Analytics GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany. The diffusion analysis is based on the UV-absorbance of acetic acid at 205 nm. The measurement was achieved by the separation of an acceptor and a carrier stream (acidified fermentation broth) using a gas permeable polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane, whereby broth constituents that would otherwise disturb the UV-measurement of acetic acid, are held back efficiently. Merely, the fermentation by-products, e.g. formic acid, is capable of diffusing through the membrane. While formic acid can disturb the measurement, carbon dioxide does not absorb at 205 nm. The method operates with time-dependent sample enrichment. During the analysis, a small volume of the acceptor stream is stopped for a defined time interval in the acceptor chamber. During this period, the gaseous acetic acid diffuses through the membrane and is enriched in the acceptor chamber. Subsequently after the enrichment, the acceptor stream flows through a UV-detector. The intensity of the signal is proportional to the acetic acid concentration. Online measurements in bioreactors via a sterile filtration probe have been accomplished. A linear calibration in the range of 0.5–5.0 g/L acetic acid with a relative standard deviation of <5 % was obtained. A sampling rate of 8 samples per hour was possible. The system was applied for the determination of acetic acid in E. coli fermentation broth. The instrument is easy to clean, very user-friendly and does not require any toxic or expensive reagents.
Calibration of a Network Analyzer Without a Thru Connection for Nonlinear and Multiport Measurements
(2008)