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Netzwerk Nagetier-übertragene Pathogene: Monitoring von Hantavirus-Infektionen in Deutschland
(2009)
CLIX - A Hybrid Programming Environment for Distributed Objects and Distributed Shared Memory
(2000)
The present work describes a completely new approach to the solidification refinement of metallurgical-grade silicon. The new process comprises the following steps: (i) The first step involves adding auxiliary metals to the molten silicon in order to segregate the metallic and non-metallic impurities in the secondary phase after cooling. (ii) The melt is rapidly cooled in the cellular solidification regime. This generates a Si microstructure with a defined cell size in which all cell boundaries are surrounded by the secondary phase. Furthermore, the secondary phase should form an interconnected three-dimensional network. (iii) The solids are crushed by shockwaves using electrohydraulic fragmentation techniques. The shockwaves lead to preferential crushing at the interface between the silicon and the secondary phase. (iv) The secondary phases are fast and effectively removed by microwave-assisted high-pressure leaching that was newly developed for this process. The potential of the new refinement procedure is demonstrated with auxiliary metals Ca, Al, and Ti. This new procedure yields a significant decrease in phosphorous and metal impurities.
This chapter reports about tin oxide (SnO₂), a material which belongs to the transparent conducting oxide family and is best characterized by its high conductivity, high carrier mobility, and the ability to form p-type conductivity. We correlate these properties in terms of localized intrinsic electronic defect states which are resolved by resonant photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. We describe SnO₂ in terms of an inhomogeneous, mixed-ionic-covalent semiconductor in which these intrinsic electronic defects state are stabilized.
Understanding species richness variation among local communities is one of the central topics in ecology, but the complex interplay of regional processes, environmental filtering, and local processes hampers generalization on the importance of different processes. Here, we aim to unravel drivers of spider community assembly in temperate forests by analyzing two independent data sets covering gradients in elevation and forest succession. We test the following four hypotheses: (H1) spider assemblages within a region are limited by dispersal, (H2) local environment has a dominant influence on species composition and (H3) resources, and (H4) biotic interactions both affect species richness patterns. In a comprehensive approach, we studied species richness, abundance, taxonomic composition, and trait-phylogenetic dissimilarity of assemblages. The decrease in taxonomic similarity with increasing spatial distance was very weak, failing to support H1. Functional clustering of species in general and with canopy openness strongly supported H2. Moreover, this hypothesis was supported by a positive correlation between environmental and taxonomic similarity and by an increase in abundance with canopy openness. Resource determination of species richness (H3) could be confirmed only by the decrease of species richness with canopy cover. Finally, decreasing species richness with functional clustering indicating effects of biotic interactions (H4) could only be found in one analysis and only in one data set. In conclusion, our findings indicate that spider assemblages within a region are mainly determined by local environmental conditions, while resource availability, biotic interactions and dispersal play a minor role. Our approach shows that both the analysis of different aspects of species diversity and replication of community studies are necessary to identify the complex interplay of processes forming local assemblages.
A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification
(2024)
AbstractOrganismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow- to fast-growing organisms, in response to common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However, whether there is synchronisation of these strategies at the entire community level is unclear. Here, we combine trait data for 2800 above- and belowground taxa from 14 trophic guilds spanning a disturbance and resource availability gradient in German grasslands. The results indicate that most guilds consistently respond to these drivers through both direct and trophically mediated effects, resulting in a ‘slow-fast’ axis at the level of the entire community. Using 15 indicators of carbon and nutrient fluxes, biomass production and decomposition, we also show that fast trait communities are associated with faster rates of ecosystem functioning. These findings demonstrate that ‘slow’ and ‘fast’ strategies can be manifested at the level of whole communities, opening new avenues of ecosystem-level functional classification.