@article{Witte2022, author = {Witte, Eric}, title = {Keine „Entaktualisierung" der Patienteneinwilligung}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-6935}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die nachfolgende Darstellung betont die Bedeutung der Einwilligung, stellt deren sog. „Entaktualisierung" die gegenw{\"a}rtige Struktur des Einwilligungsrechts gegen{\"u}ber und kritisiert einschl{\"a}gige Rechtsprechung f{\"u}r ihre Ank{\"u}ndigung, sich dieser Idee anschließen zu wollen. Sie beschreibt zwar mit der „Aktualisierung" ein Gegenmodell, kommt aber zu dem Schluss, dass solche Eingriffe in das Einwilligungssystem keine Vorteile mit sich bringen und schließt mit Empfehlungen an die Praxis.}, subject = {Arzthaftung; Patienteneinwilligung; Consent; Richterrecht; Deutschland; Arzthaftung; Einwilligung; Patient; Richterrecht}, language = {de} } @article{HelmerHelmerYohannesetal.2024, author = {Helmer, Michelle and Helmer, Desiree and Yohannes, Elizabeth and Newton, Jason and Dietrich, Daniel R. and Martin-Creuzburg, Dominik}, title = {Dissolved nitrogen uptake versus nitrogen fixation : mode of nitrogen acquisition affects stable isotope signatures of a diazotrophic cyanobacterium and its grazer}, series = {PLOS ONE}, volume = {19}, journal = {PLOS ONE}, number = {8}, publisher = {PLOS}, address = {San Francisco}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0306173}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Field studies suggest that changes in the stable isotope ratios of phytoplankton communities can be used to track changes in the utilization of different nitrogen sources, i.e., to detect shifts from dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) uptake to atmospheric nitrogen (N₂) fixation by diazotrophic cyanobacteria as an indication of nitrogen limitation. We explored changes in the stable isotope signature of the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Trichormus variabilis in response to increasing nitrate (NO₃⁻) concentrations (0 to 170 mg L⁻¹) under controlled laboratory conditions. In addition, we explored the influence of nitrogen utilization at the primary producer level on trophic fractionation by studying potential changes in isotope ratios in the freshwater model Daphnia magna feeding on the differently grown cyanobacteria. We show that δ ¹⁵N values of the cyanobacterium increase asymptotically with DIN availability, from -0.7 per mille in the absence of DIN (suggesting N₂ fixation) to 2.9 per mille at the highest DIN concentration (exclusive DIN uptake). In contrast, δ ¹³C values of the cyanobacterium did not show a clear relationship with DIN availability. The stable isotope ratios of the consumer reflected those of the differently grown cyanobacteria but also revealed significant trophic fractionation in response to nitrogen utilization at the primary producer level. Nitrogen isotope turnoverrates of Daphnia were highest in the absence of DIN as a consequence of N₂ fixation and resulting depletion in ¹⁵N at the primary producer level. Our results highlight the potential of stable isotopes to assess nitrogen limitation and to explore diazotrophy in aquatic food webs.}, subject = {Isotope ratios; Nitrogen; Cyanobacterium; Phytoplankton; Cyanobakterien; Isotopenh{\"a}ufigkeit; Stickstoffbedarf}, language = {en} } @article{OjoAsamoahAlbrechtetal.2025, author = {Ojo, Sola and Asamoah, Solomon and Albrecht, Eike and Ibrahim, Bachar}, title = {Integrating Sustainable Development and Disaster Mitigation into Climate Policies to Support Water Security in Africa}, series = {Earth}, volume = {6}, journal = {Earth}, number = {2}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2673-4834}, doi = {10.3390/earth6020057}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Africa's water security is inextricable from the recent patterns of climate variability. Effective formulation and implementation of climate policies require efficient integration of disaster mitigation and sustainable development to eliminate maladaptation and enhance water security. However, practical implementation is still lacking in many African countries. This study aims to examine practical measures and strategies for the integration of sustainable development and disaster mitigation into climate policies to enhance water security in Africa. A systematic bibliometric and thematic analysis was conducted using 95 peer-reviewed articles within the period 2010 to 2025 from the Scopus database. Software and frameworks such as VOSviewer and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) were employed to analyze publication trends, co-authorship networks, keyword co-occurrence, and themes. The study revealed current research themes such as nature-based solutions for water security, climate-resilient infrastructure and technologies, and practical measures, such as eco-based adaptation and water energy food nexus, as some components of climate policy integration that can enhance water security in Africa. The study offers key policy recommendations for policymakers in the implementation of integrated climate policies adequate and effective enough to deal with water security issues in Africa.}, subject = {Water security; Sustainable development; Disaster prevention; Climate policy; Africa}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SegabinazziFerreiraGeorgeChenetal.2019, author = {Segabinazzi Ferreira, Raphael and George, Nevin and Chen, Junchao and H{\"u}bner, Michael and Krstic, Milos and Nolte, J{\"o}rg and Vierhaus, Heinrich Theodor}, title = {Configurable Fault Tolerant Circuits and System Level Integration for Self-Awareness}, isbn = {978-3-902457-54-7}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5050}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-50503}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Scaling minimum features of ICs down to the 10nm- area and below has allowed high integration rates in electronics. Scaling at supply voltages of 1V and below also implies a rising level of stress which drives aging effects that reduce switching speed and the expected life time. Additionally, vulnerability from particle radiation is increased. Hence, fault detection and on-line correction become a must for many applications. However, not only fault tolerance but self-awareness becomes also an advantage. Provided that by being aware of its own healthy state allow optimized configurations regarding system operation modes and configurable hardware mechanism. This paper shows a preliminary work in a configurable circuit and explores its configuration possibilities when integrated into a complete system.}, subject = {Self-awareness; Configurable circuits; Fault tolerant; Operation modes; Integrierte Schaltung; Konfiguration ; Fehlertoleranz}, language = {en} } @article{AssafoLangendoerfer2025, author = {Assafo, Maryam and Langend{\"o}rfer, Peter}, title = {Tool remaining useful life prediction using feature extraction and machine learning-based sensor fusion}, series = {Results in Engineering}, volume = {28}, journal = {Results in Engineering}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2590-1230}, doi = {10.1016/j.rineng.2025.107297}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Tool remaining useful life prediction (RUL) is a critical task for predictive maintenance in manufacturing. Common limitations of existing data-driven solutions include: 1) Dependence on tool wear labels which are intricate to obtain on shop floors. 2) High resource requirements, affecting applicability on resource-constrained Internet-of-things devices. 3) Heavy feature engineering. To address these limitations, we present a methodology aiming at accurately predicting RUL without using wear labels, while ensuring implementation efficiency and minimal feature engineering. It involves extracting time-domain features and multiscale features using maximal overlap discrete wavelet transform (MODWT) from three cutting-force sensor signals. Without undergoing any feature selection or dimensionality reduction, the features are fed to machine learning (ML) regression models where they are fused into an RUL decision. For this purpose, one-to-one and sequence-to-sequence regression using random forest (RF) and different long short-term memory (LSTM) networks were used, respectively. The 2010 PHM Data Challenge milling dataset was used for validation. The results highlighted the significant role of sensor fusion in reducing prediction errors and increasing the performance consistency over three test cutters, compared to single sensors. Global interpretations were provided using RF-based feature importance analysis. Our methodology was compared with six existing state-of-the-art works, including different end-to-end deep learning (DL) models using raw data as input, and works coupling heavy feature engineering with DL. The results showed that our methodology consistently outperformed all the comparative methods over the test cutters, despite using fewer sensors, which further proves its competitiveness and suitability in resource- and sensor-constrained environments.}, subject = {Cutting tool; Data-driven models; Feature extraction; Machine learning; Predictive maintenance}, language = {en} } @article{EltaherBreuss2025, author = {Eltaher, Mahmoud and Breuß, Michael}, title = {Deep learning for unsupervised 3D shape representation with superquadrics}, series = {AI}, volume = {6}, journal = {AI}, number = {12}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {2673-2688}, doi = {10.3390/ai6120317}, year = {2025}, abstract = {The representation of 3D shapes from point clouds remains a fundamental challenge in computer vision. A common approach decomposes 3D objects into interpretable geometric primitives, enabling compact, structured, and efficient representations. Building upon prior frameworks, this study introduces an enhanced unsupervised deep learning approach for 3D shape representation using superquadrics. The proposed framework fits a set of superquadric primitives to 3D objects through a fully integrated, differentiable pipeline that enables efficient optimization and parameter learning, directly extracting geometric structure from 3D point clouds without requiring ground-truth segmentation labels. This work introduces three key advancements that substantially improve representation quality, interpretability, and evaluation rigor: (1) A uniform sampling strategy that enhances training stability compared with random sampling used in earlier models; (2) An overlapping loss that penalizes intersections between primitives, reducing redundancy and improving reconstruction coherence; and (3) A novel evaluation framework comprising Primitive Accuracy, Structural Accuracy, and Overlapping Percentage metrics. This new metric design transitions from point-based to structure-aware assessment, enabling fairer and more interpretable comparison across primitive-based models. Comprehensive evaluations on benchmark 3D shape datasets demonstrate that the proposed modifications yield coherent, compact, and semantically consistent shape representations, establishing a robust foundation for interpretable and quantitative evaluation in primitive-based 3D reconstruction.}, subject = {3D shape representation; Superquadrics; Deep learning; Unsupervised learning; Point clouds; Geometric modeling}, language = {en} } @article{GhermannZander2025, author = {Ghermann, Diana E. and Zander, Thorsten O.}, title = {Towards neuroadaptive chatbots : a feasibility study}, series = {Front. Neuroergonomics}, volume = {6}, journal = {Front. Neuroergonomics}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {2673-6195}, doi = {10.3389/fnrgo.2025.1589734}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Large-language models (LLMs) are transforming most industries today and are set to become a cornerstone of the human digital experience. While integrating explicit human feedback into the training and development of LLM-based chatbots has been integral to the progress we see nowadays, more work is needed to understand how to best align them with human values. Implicit human feedback enabled by passive brain-computer interfaces (pBCIs) could potentially help unlock the hidden nuance of users' cognitive and affective states during interaction with chatbots. This study proposes an investigation on the feasibility of using pBCIs to decode mental states in reaction to text stimuli, to lay the groundwork for neuroadaptive chatbots. Two paradigms were created to elicit moral judgment and error-processing with text stimuli. Electroencephalography (EEG) data was recorded with 64 gel electrodes while participants completed reading tasks. Mental state classifiers were obtained in an offline manner with a windowed-means approach and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) for full-component and brain-component data. The corresponding event-related potentials (ERPs) were visually inspected. Moral salience was successfully decoded at a single-trial level, with an average calibration accuracy of 78\% on the basis of a data window of 600 ms. Subsequent classifiers were not able to distinguish moral judgment congruence (i.e., moral agreement) and incongruence (i.e., moral disagreement). Error processing in reaction to factual inaccuracy was decoded with an average calibration accuracy of 66\%. The identified ERPs for the investigated mental states partly aligned with other findings. With this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of using pBCIs to distinguish mental states from readers' brain data at a single-trial level. More work is needed to transition from offline to online investigations and to understand if reliable pBCI classifiers can also be obtained in less controlled language tasks and more realistic chatbot interactions. Our work marks preliminary steps for understanding and making use of neural-based implicit human feedback for LLM alignment.}, subject = {Passive brain-computer interfaces (pBCI); Large-language models (LLM); Error-processing; Moral judgment; AI alignment}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SegabinazziFerreiraNolteVargasetal.2020, author = {Segabinazzi Ferreira, Raphael and Nolte, J{\"o}rg and Vargas, Fabian and George, Nevin and H{\"u}bner, Michael}, title = {Run-time hardware reconfiguration of functional units to support mixed-critical applications}, doi = {10.1109/LATS49555.2020.9093692}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-51804}, year = {2020}, abstract = {System reconfiguration of hardware resources has been done in multiple system domains. Such systems are usually found in the context of FPGAs, where reconfiguration is done usually over its primitives (e.g., LUTs, Flip-Flops). Or even in the context of MPSoC designs, where core management (e.g., lock-step operation in multi-core designs) is the most used approach. However, recent works have shown that configuration at Functional Units (FUs) granularity might come with benefits. For example, it can increase the configuration space due to its finer granularity, and, as a consequence, the options to deal with problems (e.g., due to aging) in the units itself. Within this context, this paper presents a system capable to configure its FUs (e.g., ALUs, multipliers, dividers) into different operation modes. The system uses an Operating System to control HW reconfiguration during process switching time and takes into account the health state of its units in a mixed-criticality applications scenario. Results show that, within this scenario, the system is able to reconfigure itself accomplishing health state modifications of its HW elements.}, subject = {Reconfiguration; Functional units; Fine-grained; Mixed-criticality; Run-time; Rekonfiguration; Laufzeit; Funktionseinheit; Fehlererkennung}, language = {en} } @incollection{JavedScheyttBamidietal., author = {Javed, Abdul Rehman and Scheytt, J. Christoph and Bamidi, Eswara Rao and Kallfass, Ingmar and Krishnegowda, Karthik and Kraemer, Rolf}, title = {Real100G.COM}, series = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, booktitle = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5914}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {231 -- 293}, abstract = {In 2012 a group of researchers proposed a basic research initiative to the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a special priority project (SPP) with the name: Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond. The main goal of this initiative was the investigation of architectures, technologies and methods to go well beyond the state of the art. The target of 100 Gbps was set far away from the (at that time) achievable 1 Gbps such that it was not possible to achieve promising results just by tuning some parameters. We wanted to find breakthrough solutions. When we started the work on the proposal we discussed the challenges to be addressed in order to advancing the wireless communication speed significantly. Having the fundamental Shannon boundary in mind we discussed how to achieve the 100 Gbps speed.}, subject = {100 Gbps; Wireless; Drahtlos; Real100G.COM; PSSS; Drahtloses Sensorsystem; Hochfrequenztechnik; Antenne; Terahertzbereich; Energieffizienz}, language = {en} } @incollection{SongRaveFettweisetal., author = {Song, Xiaohang and Rave, Wolfgang and Fettweis, Gerhard and H{\"a}lsig, Tim and Lankl, Berthold and Cvetkovski, Darko and Grass, Eckhard}, title = {MaximumMIMO : millimeter wave line-of-sight spatial multiplexing}, series = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, booktitle = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5911}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {139 -- 166}, abstract = {In 2012 a group of researchers proposed a basic research initiative to the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a special priority project (SPP) with the name: Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond. The main goal of this initiative was the investigation of architectures, technologies and methods to go well beyond the state of the art. The target of 100 Gbps was set far away from the (at that time) achievable 1 Gbps such that it was not possible to achieve promising results just by tuning some parameters. We wanted to find breakthrough solutions. When we started the work on the proposal we discussed the challenges to be addressed in order to advancing the wireless communication speed significantly. Having the fundamental Shannon boundary in mind we discussed how to achieve the 100 Gbps speed.}, subject = {Wireless; 100 Gbps; Drahtlos; Millimeter wave; Line-of-sight spatial multiplexing; MaximumMIMO; Millimeter-Welle; LOS-Raum-Multiplexing; Drahtloses Sensorsystem; Hochfrequenztechnik; Antenne; Terahertzbereich; Energieffizienz}, language = {en} } @incollection{CarlowitzVossiekGirgetal., author = {Carlowitz, Christian and Vossiek, Martin and Girg, T. and Dietz, M. and Schrotz, A.-M. and Maiwald, T. and Hagelauer, A. and Weigel, R. and Ghaleb, Hatem and Carta, Corrado and Ellinger, Frank and Du, Xuan-Quang and Gr{\"o}zing, Markus and Berroth, Manfred}, title = {SPARS : simultaneous phase and amplitude regenerative sampling}, series = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, booktitle = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5908}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {37 -- 74}, abstract = {In 2012 a group of researchers proposed a basic research initiative to the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a special priority project (SPP) with the name: Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond. The main goal of this initiative was the investigation of architectures, technologies and methods to go well beyond the state of the art. The target of 100 Gbps was set far away from the (at that time) achievable 1 Gbps such that it was not possible to achieve promising results just by tuning some parameters. We wanted to find breakthrough solutions. When we started the work on the proposal we discussed the challenges to be addressed in order to advancing the wireless communication speed significantly. Having the fundamental Shannon boundary in mind we discussed how to achieve the 100 Gbps speed.}, subject = {100 Gbps; Wireless; Drahtlos; Simultaneous phase sampling; Amplitude regenerative sampling; Amplituden-regenerativ-Sampling; Simultanes Phasen-Sampling; Drahtloses Sensorsystem; Hochfrequenztechnik; Antenne; Terahertzbereich; Energieffizienz}, language = {en} } @article{BahnsKopkow2023, author = {Bahns, Carolin and Kopkow, Christian}, title = {Physiotherapy for patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis in Germany: a survey of current practice}, series = {BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders}, volume = {24}, journal = {BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg}, issn = {1471-2474}, doi = {10.1186/s12891-023-06464-0}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip and the knee is common and leads to pain, stiffness and disability. Clinical practice guidelines (CPG) provide recommendations to assist healthcare professionals in clinical decision-making. Although evidence-based physiotherapy has been shown to be effective in the management OA, a gap between clinical practice and guideline recommendations exists. Little is known about OA management provided by physiotherapists in Germany and whether treatment aligns with CPGs. The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate the current physiotherapy practice in patients with hip and/or knee OA in Germany, (2) to evaluate physiotherapists' adherence to guideline recommendations and (3) to explore barriers and facilitators to guideline use.}, subject = {Osteoarthrosis; Knee; Hip; Physical therapy; Arthrose; H{\"u}ftgelenk; Knie; Osteoarthrose; Physikalische Therapie; Arthrose; Knie; H{\"u}fte; Physiotherapie}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SegabinazziFerreiraNolte2019, author = {Segabinazzi Ferreira, Raphael and Nolte, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Low latency reconfiguration mechanism for fine-grained processor internal functional units}, doi = {10.1109/LATW.2019.8704560}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-50497}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The strive for performance, low power consumption, and less chip area have been diminishing the reliability and the time to fault occurrences due to wear out of electronic devices. Recent research has shown that functional units within processors usually execute a different amount of operations when running programs. Therefore, these units present different individual wear out during their lifetime. Most existent schemes for re-configuration of processors due to fault detection and other processor parameters are done at the level of cores which is a costly way to achieve redundancy. This paper presents a low latency (approximately 1 clock cycle) software controlled mechanism to reconfigure units within processor cores according to predefined parameters. Such reconfiguration capability delivers features like wear out balance of processor functional units, configuration of units according to the criticality of tasks running on an operating system and configurations to gain in performance (e.g. parallel execution) when possible. The focus of this paper is to show the implemented low latency reconfiguration mechanism and highlight its possible main features.}, subject = {Functional units low latency; Fine-grained; Reconfiguration; Software; Rekonfiguration; Mikroprozessor; Latenzzeit }, language = {en} } @inproceedings{RottaSegabinazziFerreiraNolte2020, author = {Rotta, Randolf and Segabinazzi Ferreira, Raphael and Nolte, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Real-time dynamic hardware reconfiguration for processors with redundant functional units}, series = {Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC)}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC)}, publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE)}, address = {Nashville, TN, USA}, isbn = {978-1-7281-6958-3}, issn = {2375-5261}, doi = {10.1109/ISORC49007.2020.00035}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-52031}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The tiny logic elements in modern integrated circuits increase the rate of transient failures significantly. Therefore, redundancy on various levels is necessary to retain reliability. However, for mixed-criticality scenarios, the typical processor designs offer either too little fault-tolerance or too much redundancy for one part of the applications. Amongst others, we specifically address redundant processor internal functional units (FU) to cope with transient errors and support wear leveling. A real-time operating system (RTOS) was extended to control our prototypical hardware platform and, since it can be configured deterministically within few clock cycles, we are able to reconfigure the FUs dynamically, at process switching time, according to the specified critically of the running processes. Our mechanisms were integrated into the Plasma processor and the Plasma-RTOS. With few changes to the original software code, it was, for example, possible to quickly change from fault-detecting to fault-correcting modes of the processor on demand.}, subject = {Reconfiguration; Run-Time; Modular redundancy; Mixed-criticality; Rekonfiguration; Laufzeit; Funktionseinheit; Redundanz }, language = {en} } @article{KlugBergGramann2023, author = {Klug, Marius and Berg, Timo and Gramann, Klaus}, title = {Optimizing EEG ICA decomposition with data cleaning in stationary and mobile experiments}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {14}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-64919-3}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Electroencephalography (EEG) studies increasingly utilize more mobile experimental protocols, leading to more and stronger artifacts in the recorded data. Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is commonly used to remove these artifacts. It is standard practice to remove artifactual samples before ICA to improve the decomposition, for example using automatic tools such as the sample rejection option of the AMICA algorithm. However, the effects of movement intensity and the strength of automatic sample rejection on ICA decomposition have not been systematically evaluated. We conducted AMICA decompositions on eight open-access datasets with varying degrees of motion intensity using varying sample rejection criteria. We evaluated decomposition quality using mutual information of the components, the proportion of brain, muscle, and 'other' components, residual variance, and an exemplary signal-to-noise ratio. Within individual studies, increased movement significantly decreased decomposition quality, though this effect was not found across different studies. Cleaning strength significantly improved the decomposition, but the effect was smaller than expected. Our results suggest that the AMICA algorithm is robust even with limited data cleaning. Moderate cleaning, such as 5 to 10 iterations of the AMICA sample rejection, is likely to improve the decomposition of most datasets, regardless of motion intensity.}, subject = {Electroencephalography; Independent component analysis; Signal-to-Noise Ratio; Elektroencephalographie; Signal-Rausch Abstand; Unabh{\"a}ngige Komponentenanalyse}, language = {en} } @incollection{Kraemer, author = {Kraemer, Rolf}, title = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655 : preface, contents, list of tables, list of figures, bibliography}, series = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, booktitle = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, editor = {Kraemer, Rolf and Scholz, Stefan}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5716}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-57167}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {i-xxix ; 445-489}, abstract = {In 2012 a group of researchers proposed a basic research initiative to the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a special priority project (SPP) with the name: Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond. The main goal of this initiative was the investigation of architectures, technologies and methods to go well beyond the state of the art. The target of 100 Gbps was set far away from the (at that time) achievable 1 Gbps such that it was not possible to achieve promising results just by tuning some parameters. We wanted to find breakthrough solutions. When we started the work on the proposal we discussed the challenges to be addressed in order to advancing the wireless communication speed significantly. Having the fundamental Shannon boundary in mind we discussed how to achieve the 100 Gbps speed.}, subject = {100 Gbps; Wireless; Drahtlos; SPP-1655; Drahtloses Sensorsystem; Hochfrequenztechnik; Antenne; Terahertzbereich; Energieffizienz}, language = {en} } @article{RiedelMeissnerKaschubowskietal.2024, author = {Riedel, Ramona and Meißner, Karsten and Kaschubowski, Arne and Benndorf, Dirk and Martienssen, Marion and Braun, Burga}, title = {Laundry isolate Delftia sp. UBM14 capable of biodegrading industrially relevant aminophosphonates}, series = {Microorganisms}, volume = {12}, journal = {Microorganisms}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2076-2607}, doi = {10.3390/microorganisms12081664}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Phosphonates such as ethylenediaminetetra (methylenephosphonic acid) (EDTMP) and aminotris (methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP) are used every day in water treatment processes or in household products. Their consumption is still increasing, regardless of the debates on their environmental impact. Here, the microbial characterisation and determination of the biodegradation potential of selected industrially relevant phosphonates for the isolate Delftia sp. UMB14 is reported. The opportunistic strain was isolated from a biofilm that was derived from a conventional washing machine using conventional detergents containing phosphonates. In antimicrobial susceptibility testing, the strain was only susceptible to sulfonamide, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol. Physiological and biochemical characteristics were determined using the BIOLOG EcoPlate assay. Most importantly, the strain was shown to convert D-malic acid and D-mannitol, as confirmed for strains of Delftia lacustris, and thus the new isolate could be closely related. Biodegradation tests with different phosphonates showed that the strain preferentially degrades ATMP and EDTMP but does not degrade glyphosate (GS) and amino (methylphosphonic acid) (AMPA). A specific gene amplification confirmed the presence of phnX (phosphonoacetaldehyde hydrolase) and the absence of PhnJ (the gene for the core component of C-P lyase). The presence of PhnCDE is strongly suggested for the strain, as it is common in Delftia lacustris species.}, subject = {Phosphonates; Biodegradation; PhnX; PhnJ; PhnCDE; Phosphonate; Biologischer Abbau; Mikrobieller Abbau; Waschmittel}, language = {en} } @article{MoralesGertigKotetal.2025, author = {Morales, Carlos and Gertig, Max and Kot, Małgorzata and Alvarado, Carlos and Schubert, Markus Andreas and Zoellner, Marvin Hartwig and Wenger, Christian and Henkel, Karsten and Flege, Jan Ingo}, title = {In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of atomic layer deposited ceria on SiO₂ : substrate influence on the reaction mechanism during the early stages of growth}, series = {Advanced Materials Interfaces}, volume = {12}, journal = {Advanced Materials Interfaces}, number = {5}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Weinheim}, issn = {2196-7350}, doi = {10.1002/admi.202400537}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) of cerium oxide using commercial Ce(thd)4 precursor and O₃ on SiO₂ substrates is studied employing in-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The system presents a complex growth behavior determined by the change in the reaction mechanism when the precursor interacts with the substrate or the cerium oxide surface. During the first growth stage, non-ALD side reactions promoted by the substrate affect the growth per cycle, the amount of carbon residue on the surface, and the oxidation degree of cerium oxide. On the contrary, the second growth stage is characterized by a constant growth per cycle in good agreement with the literature, low carbon residues, and almost fully oxidized cerium oxide films. This distinction between two growth regimes is not unique to the CeOx/SiO₂ system but can be generalized to other metal oxide substrates. Furthermore, the film growth deviates from the ideal layer-by-layer mode, forming micrometric inhomogeneous and defective flakes that eventually coalesce for deposit thicknesses above 10 nm. The ALD-cerium oxide films present less order and a higher density of defects than films grown by physical vapor deposition techniques, likely affecting their reactivity in oxidizing and reducing conditions.}, subject = {ALD; Cerium oxide; Growth model; In-situ; XPS}, language = {en} } @article{vonWernerGlasauer2025, author = {von Werner, Dina and Glasauer, Stefan}, title = {Increased breathlessness in post-COVID syndrome despite normal breathing patterns in a rebreathing challenge}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {15}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {London}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-025-11728-x}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Severe symptoms in the absence of measurable body pathology are a frequent hallmark of post-COVID syndrome. From a Bayesian Brain perspective, such symptoms can be explained by incorrect internal models that the brain uses to interpret sensory signals. In this pre-registered study, we investigate whether induced breathlessness perception during a controlled CO2rebreathing challenge is reflected by altered respiratory measures (physiology and breathing patterns), and propose different computational mechanisms that could explain our findings in a Bayesian Brain framework. We analysed data from 40 patients with post-COVID syndrome and 40 healthy participants. Results from lung function, neurological and neurocognitive examination of all participants were within normal limits on the day of the experiment. Using a Bayesian repeated-measures ANOVA, we found that patients' breathlessness was strongly increased (BF10,baseline=8.029, BF10,rebreathing=11636, BF10,recovery=43662) compared to controls. When excluding patients who hyperventilated (N = 8, 20\%) during the experiment from the analysis, differences in breathlessness remained (BF10,baseline=1.283, BF10,rebreathing=126.812, BF10,recovery=751.282). For physiology and breathing patterns, all evidence pointed towards no difference between the two groups (0.307 > BF10 < 0.704). In summary, we found intact breathing patterns and physiology but increased symptom perception in patients with post-COVID syndrome.}, subject = {Cognitive neuroscience; Fatigue; Perception; Respiratory signs and symptoms; Sensorimotor processing}, language = {en} } @article{MartienssenRiedelKuehne2024, author = {Martienssen, Marion and Riedel, Ramona and K{\"u}hne, Tom}, title = {Contribution of professional cleaning to indoor air and sewage pollution}, series = {Sustainable Chemistry}, volume = {5}, journal = {Sustainable Chemistry}, number = {4}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2673-4079}, doi = {10.3390/suschem5040019}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-71378}, pages = {275 -- 286}, year = {2024}, abstract = {In this study, several professional cleaning products were analyzed for their impact on local air and sewage contamination. The products were first analyzed for their content of potentially harmful ingredients, their biodegradability, and the potential for the mobilization of hazardous substances from the floorings that were cleaned. The contribution of the cleaning products to sewage pollution with environmentally hazardous substances was studied at full scale. All commercially available cleaning products studied were declared to be environmentally friendly (labeled with the EU Ecolabel). However, despite being labeled as "green" products, between 16 and 24 volatile harmful ingredients were identified. An optimized experimental product, produced completely from natural raw materials, also contained several harmful substances originating from the herbal raw materials themselves. During the field study, we identified a range of trace substances in the sewage. Eight of these substances (e.g., p-cymene, butanone, eucalyptol) significantly originated from the cleaning products. Several others may have originated from the cleaning products, but other sources were also possible. The flooring materials that were cleaned contained several harmful substances themselves. The release of some substances (e.g., toluene) into the sewage significantly increased during the cleaning process.}, subject = {Professional cleaning agents; Trace substances; Biodegradability; Sewage pollution; Environmental impact}, language = {en} } @article{MarkovaNenovaEnglerCordetal.2023, author = {Markova-Nenova, Nonka and Engler, Jan O. and Cord, Anna F. and W{\"a}tzold, Frank}, title = {Will passive acoustic monitoring make result-based payments more attractive? A cost comparison with human observation for farmland bird monitoring}, doi = {10.1111/csp2.13003}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Result-based payments (RBPs) reward land users for conservation outcomes and are a promising alternative to standard payments, which are targeted at specific land use measures. A major barrier to the implementation of RBPs, particularly for the conservation of mobile species, is the substantial monitoring cost. Passive acoustic monitoring may offer promising opportunities for low-cost monitoring as an alternative to human observation. We develop a costing framework for comparing human observation and passive acoustic monitoring and apply it to a hypothetical RBP scheme for farmland bird conservation. We consider three different monitoring scenarios: daytime monitoring for the whinchat and the ortolan bunting, nighttime monitoring for the gray partridge and the common quail, and day-and-night monitoring for all four species. We also examine the effect of changes in relevant parameters (such as participating area, travel distance and required monitoring time) on the cost comparison. Our results show that passive acoustic monitoring is still more expensive than human observation for daytime monitoring. In contrast, passive acoustic monitoring has a cost advantage for nighttime as well as day-and-nighttime monitoring in all considered scenarios.}, subject = {Performance-based payments; Monitoring costs; PAM; ARU; AudioMoth; Monitoringkosten; Ergebnishonorierung; Naturschutz; Landwirtschaft; Monitoring; V{\"o}gel; Erfolgshonorar; Kostenvergleich}, language = {en} } @article{TomasMarinRodriguezCalcerradaArenasCastroetal.2023, author = {Tom{\´a}s Mar{\´i}n, Sergio de and Rodr{\´i}guez-Calcerrada, J{\´e}sus and Arenas-Castro, Salvador and Prieto, Iv{\´a}n and Gonz{\´a}lez, Guillermo and Gil, Luis and Riva, Enrique G. de la}, title = {Fagus sylvatica and Quercus pyrenaica : two neighbors with few things in common}, series = {Forest Ecosystems}, volume = {10}, journal = {Forest Ecosystems}, publisher = {Beijing Foresty University}, address = {Beijing}, issn = {2197-5620}, doi = {10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100097}, year = {2023}, abstract = {The Iberian Peninsula comprises one of the largest boundaries between Mediterranean and Eurosiberian vegetation, known as sub-Mediterranean zone. This ecotone hosts many unique plant species and communities and constitutes the low-latitude (warm) margin of numerous central European species which co-occur with Mediterranean vegetation. Two of the main species found in this region are the Eurosiberian European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and the Mediterranean Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.). It remains unclear how the different physiological and adaptive strategies of these two species reflect their niche partitioning within a sub-Mediterranean community and to what extent phenotypic variation (intraspecific variability) is driving niche partitioning across Eurosiberian and Mediterranean species. We quantified functional niche partitioning, based on the n-dimensional hypervolume to nine traits related to resource acquisition strategies (leaf, stem and root) plus relative growth rate as an additional whole-plant trait, and the environmental niche similarity between Pyrenean oak and European beech. Further, we analyzed the degree of phenotypic variation of both target species and its relationship with relative growth rates (RGR) and environmental conditions. Plant recruitment was measured for both target species as a proxy for the average fitness. Species' functional space was highly segregated (13.09\% overlap), mainly due to differences in niche breadth (59.7\%) rather than niche replacement (25.6\%), and beech showed higher trait variability, i.e., had larger functional space. However, both species shared the environmental space, i.e., environmental niches were overlapped. Most plant traits were not related to abiotic variables or RGR, neither did RGR to plant traits. Both target species share similar environmental space, however, show notably different functional resource-use strategies, promoting a high complementarity that contributes to maintaining a high functionality in sub-Mediterranean ecosystems. Therefore, we propose that conservation efforts be oriented to preserve both species in these habitats to maximize ecosystem functionality and resilience.}, subject = {Environmental niche; European beech; Forest dynamics; Functional niche; Pyrenean oak; {\"O}kologische Nische; Europ{\"a}ische Buche; Walddynamik; Funktionelle Nische; Pyren{\"a}en-Eiche; Iberische Halbinsel; {\"O}koton; {\"O}kologische Nische; Rotbuche; Pyren{\"a}eneiche; Artenschutz; {\"O}kosystem}, language = {en} } @incollection{AscheidWangBirkeetal., author = {Ascheid, Gerd and Wang, Gaojian and Birke, Sebastian and Wehn, Norbert and Herrmann, Matthias and Wang, Yanlu and Hanay, Oner and Bayram, Erkan and Negra, Renato}, title = {LP100 : optimization of 100 Gb/s short range wireless transceivers under processing energy constraints}, series = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, booktitle = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5906}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {1 -- 35}, abstract = {In 2012 a group of researchers proposed a basic research initiative to the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a special priority project (SPP) with the name: Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond. The main goal of this initiative was the investigation of architectures, technologies and methods to go well beyond the state of the art. The target of 100 Gbps was set far away from the (at that time) achievable 1 Gbps such that it was not possible to achieve promising results just by tuning some parameters. We wanted to find breakthrough solutions. When we started the work on the proposal we discussed the challenges to be addressed in order to advancing the wireless communication speed significantly. Having the fundamental Shannon boundary in mind we discussed how to achieve the 100 Gbps speed.}, subject = {100 Gbps; Wireless; Drahtlos; Short range wireless transceiver; Kurzreichweiten-Funk-Transceiver; Drahtloses Sensorsystem; Hochfrequenztechnik; Antenne; Terahertzbereich; Energieffizienz}, language = {en} } @incollection{SteegTebartDuelmeetal., author = {Steeg, Matthias and Tebart, Jonas and D{\"u}lme, Sebastian and St{\"o}hr, Andreas and Exner, Florian and Czylwik, Andreas and Alissa, Mai and Kaiser, Thomas}, title = {Tera50+ : sub-mm-wave 100 Gbit/s fiber-wireless transmission system}, series = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, booktitle = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5909}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {75 -- 108}, abstract = {In 2012 a group of researchers proposed a basic research initiative to the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a special priority project (SPP) with the name: Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond. The main goal of this initiative was the investigation of architectures, technologies and methods to go well beyond the state of the art. The target of 100 Gbps was set far away from the (at that time) achievable 1 Gbps such that it was not possible to achieve promising results just by tuning some parameters. We wanted to find breakthrough solutions. When we started the work on the proposal we discussed the challenges to be addressed in order to advancing the wireless communication speed significantly. Having the fundamental Shannon boundary in mind we discussed how to achieve the 100 Gbps speed.}, subject = {100 Gbps; Wireless; Drahtlos; Tera50+; Fiber-wireless transmission system; Glasfaser-Funk-{\"U}bertragungssystem; Drahtloses Sensorsystem; Hochfrequenztechnik; Antenne; Terahertzbereich; Energieffizienz}, language = {en} } @article{SaraviaTrachte2025, author = {Saravia, Christian and Trachte, Katja}, title = {Spatiotemporal analysis of NH³ emission sources and their relation to land use types in the eastern German lowlands}, series = {Atmosphere}, volume = {16}, journal = {Atmosphere}, number = {3}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2073-4433}, doi = {10.3390/atmos16030346}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Ammonia (NH³) emissions, which are key precursors of fine particulate matter, pose significant environmental challenges. This study investigated the spatiotemporal variations in NH³ emissions across the eastern German lowlands from 2013 to 2022 using IASI-B satellite data. Five major Land Cover Classes (LCC) -tree, grassland, cropland, built-up areas, and water bodies- were analyzed. The results showed distinct diurnal variations, with nighttime NH³ concentrations exceeding 2.0 × 10¹⁶ molecules cm⁻² in the peak months. Seasonal patterns indicated significant emissions in March (1.2 × 10¹⁶ molecules cm⁻²), April (1.1 × 10¹⁶ molecules cm⁻²), and August (9.6 × 10¹⁵ molecules cm⁻²), while the lowest concentrations occurred in September (0.6 × 10¹⁵ molecules cm⁻²). Persistent hotspots were identified in the northwestern region, where emissions peaked in spring (1.8 × 10¹⁶ molecules cm⁻²) and summer (1.3 × 10¹⁶ molecules cm⁻²), primarily due to agricultural activities. Over the study period, the annual NH³ concentration peaked in 2015, 2018, and 2022. Using k-means clustering, three distinct emission zones were identified, with Cluster 3 showing the highest NH³ emission values, particularly in urban centers, and agricultural zones were identified, covering less than 20\% of the study area, where cropland predominates (8\%). Meteorological factors significantly influenced NH³ levels, with negative correlations obtained for precipitation, wind speed, and evaporation, while solar radiation, boundary layer height, and instantaneous moisture fluxes showed positive correlations. A case study from March 2022, employing the HYSPLIT trajectory model, confirmed that agricultural practices are the dominant NH³ source, with emissions reaching 3.2 × 10¹⁶ molecules cm⁻² in hotspot regions.}, subject = {Ammonia; Remote sensing; Land cover type; Spatiotemporal variability; Cluster k-means}, language = {en} } @article{KaestnerCaviedesVoulliemeHinz2025, author = {K{\"a}stner, Karl and Caviedes-Voulli{\`e}me, Daniel and Hinz, Christoph}, title = {Formation of spatial vegetation patterns in heterogeneous environments}, series = {PLOS One}, volume = {20}, journal = {PLOS One}, number = {5}, publisher = {PLOS}, address = {San Francisco}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324181}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Functioning of many resource-limited ecosystems is facilitated through spatial patterns. Patterns can indicate ecosystems productivity and resilience, but the interpretation of a pattern requires good understanding of its structure and underlying biophysical processes. Regular patterns are understood to form autogenously through self-organization, for which exogenous heterogeneities are negligible. This has been corroborated by reaction-diffusion models which generate highly regular patterns in idealized homogeneous environments. However, such model-generated patterns are considerably more regular than natural patterns, which indicates that the concept of autogenous pattern formation is incomplete. Models can generate patterns which appear more natural when they incorporate exogenous random spatial heterogeneities (noise), such as microtopography or spatially varying soil properties. However, the mechanism through which noise influences the pattern formation has not been explained so far. Recalling that irregular patterns can form through stochastic processes, we propose that regular patterns can form through stochastic processes as well, where spatial noise is filtered through scale-dependent biophysical feedbacks. First, we demonstrate that the pattern formation in nonlinear reaction-diffusion models is highly sensitive to noise. We then propose simple stochastic processes which can explain why and how random exogenous heterogeneity influences the formation of regular and irregular patterns. Finally, we derive linear filters which reproduce the spatial structure and visual appearance of natural patterns well. Our work contributes to a more holistic understanding of spatial pattern formation in self-organizing ecosystems.}, subject = {Linear filters; Anisotropy; Autocorrelation; Bandpass filters; Nonlinear systems}, language = {en} } @article{IjiomaIjiomaHerd2025, author = {Ijioma, Uche Dickson and Ijioma, Michael and Herd, Rainer}, title = {Assessment of quality and health risks in drinking water sources in Aba, Nigeria}, series = {Water Practice \& Technology}, volume = {20}, journal = {Water Practice \& Technology}, number = {4}, publisher = {IWA Publishing}, address = {London}, issn = {1751-231X}, doi = {10.2166/wpt.2025.042}, pages = {937 -- 953}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Unregulated urban activities significantly impact drinking water quality in many developing communities. This study applied a Water Safety Plan (WSP) to assess water quality, health risks, and the effects of harmful environmental practices in Aba, Nigeria, where the waterworks infrastructure is dysfunctional. The datasets used were collected from physicochemical, chemical, and bacteriological analyses of drinking water samples (natural sources: n ¼ 60, secondary sources: n ¼ 19), along with household surveys (120) and semi-structured expert interviews (10). Findings revealed that groundwater is the primary drinking water source, with most facilities classified as improved sources. However, poor sanitation practices, particularly improper septage disposal, were identified as major contributors to water contamination. Risk assessments based on hazard quotient/index (HQ/HI < 1) indicated low health concerns overall, but higher risks were observed in areas with intense urbanization. Bacteriological analysis showed severe contamination in the Aba River, while sachet water posed significant health risks due to the presence of E. coli and total coliform bacteria in some cases. Despite existing environmental policies in Nigeria, weak institutional frameworks and ineffective local governance hinder effective water quality management. Addressing these challenges requires stronger regulatory enforcement and locally adapted strategies to ensure safe drinking water access.}, subject = {Drinking water quality; Hazard quotient/index; Microbial quality; Nigeria; Water safety plan}, language = {en} } @article{BucherDjoudiBirkhofer2025, author = {Bucher, Roman and Djoudi, El Aziz and Birkhofer, Klaus}, title = {Land‑use impacts on crop yield : direct and indirect roles of arthropods and associated ecosystem services in European farmland}, series = {Landscape Ecology}, volume = {40}, journal = {Landscape Ecology}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {Heidelberg}, issn = {1572-9761}, doi = {10.1007/s10980-025-02117-w}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Land-use intensification to increase yields is often detrimental to biodiversity undermining the provision of ecosystem services. However, it is questionable if ecosystem service providers contribute to ecological intensification by achieving the same or higher yields than conventional high-intensity agriculture. In this study, we aimed to disentangle the effects of local and landscape-scale land-use intensification on arthropod communities and their contribution to ecosystem services and crop yield. A set of meta-analytic structural equation models allowed us to assess direct and indirect relationships in the cascade from land use to yield. We selected 37 datasets containing information on land use, community composition, levels of pollination and natural pest control services, and crop yield. We quantified functional diversity of communities by collecting trait information for three exemplary groups of service-providers: bees, ground beetles, and spiders. Local land-use intensification reduced the abundance of all arthropod groups. Spiders were the only group whose species richness was negatively related to a higher percentage of arable land in the landscape. High abundance of bees related positively to oilseed rape pollination and crop yields. In the models for the two predator groups, crop yield was strongly determined by land use, independent of the pest control services provided by natural enemies. Our results suggest a potential for ecological intensification mediated by land-use change in crops where pollination benefits yield, but suggest more nuanced effects for pest control. Our study also calls for experiments on multiple taxonomic groups and ecosystem services that apply comparable methods at similar scales.}, subject = {Agroecology; Ecological intensification; Meta-analytic structural equation models; Pollination; Pest control}, language = {en} } @article{HozadAbendroth2025, author = {Hozad, Ahmad Shabir and Abendroth, Christian}, title = {Electro-composting : an emerging technology}, series = {Fermentation}, volume = {7}, journal = {Fermentation}, number = {11}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2311-5637}, doi = {10.3390/fermentation11070401}, year = {2025}, abstract = {This study focuses on electrical stimulation for composting. Using the PSALSAR method, a comprehensive systematic review analysis identified 22 relevant articles. The examined studies fall into four main systems: electric field-assisted aerobic composting (EAAC), electrolytic oxygen aerobic composting (EOAC), microbial fuel cells (MFCs), and thermoelectric generators (TEGs). Apart from the main systems highlighted above, bioelectrochemically assisted anaerobic composting (AnCBE, III) is discussed as an underexplored system with the potential to improve the efficiency of anaerobic degradation. Each system is described in terms of key materials, composter design, operating conditions, temperature evolution, compost maturity, microbial community, and environmental outcomes. EAAC and EOAC systems accelerate organic matter decomposition by improving oxygen distribution and microbial activity, whereas MFC and TEG systems have dual functioning due to the energy generated alongside waste degradation. These innovative systems not only significantly improve composting efficiency by speeding up organic matter breakdown and increasing oxygen supply but also support sustainable waste management by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and generating bioelectricity or heat. Together, these systems overcome the drawbacks of conventional composting systems and promote future environmental sustainability solutions.}, subject = {Electric field-assisted; Composting; Bioelectrochemical treatment; Energy generation; Waste management}, language = {en} } @article{KotGawlińskaNęcekPożarowskaetal.2025, author = {Kot, Małgorzata and Gawlińska-Nęcek, Katarzyna and Pożarowska, Emilia and Henkel, Karsten and Schmeißer, Dieter}, title = {Photosensitivity and carrier densities of perovskite solar absorbers}, series = {Advanced Science}, volume = {12}, journal = {Advanced Science}, number = {16}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Weinheim}, issn = {2198-3844}, doi = {10.1002/advs.202412711}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Dark and light current-voltage characteristics of perovskite solar absorbers are analyzed in terms of their carrier densities. The analysis reveals p-type large polarons as a dominant carrier type in the investigated perovskite solar cells. The mechanism causing photosensitivity is attributed to the dissociation (and pairing) of bipolarons to large polarons (and vice versa) that are controlled by the internal potential Γ. As an example, the polaron concept is tested for a formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cell. The individual steps of the data analysis are demonstrated and determine the ionicity factor of this perovskite film, quantify the density of the large polarons, and predict the gain and loss of photo-induced carriers. It is deduced that a reversible light-on/off operation can only occur when the bias voltage never exceeds a critical value of the internal potential. The results gained in this study suggest that the novel analysis can be successively applied on different hybrid perovskite materials, too.}, subject = {Bipolarons; Ionicity factor; Large polarons; Perovskite solar cells}, language = {en} } @incollection{DeutschmannGieseJacobetal., author = {Deutschmann, Bj{\"o}rn and Giese, Malte and Jacob, Arne F. and Lofti, Nima and Gerfers, Friedel and Vehring, S{\"o}nke and B{\"o}ck, Georg}, title = {PolyData/DataRace : polymer-integrated CMOS-based high-speed communication systems at W-band}, series = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, booktitle = {Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond : architectures, approaches and findings of German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1655}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5917}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {397 -- 444}, abstract = {In 2012 a group of researchers proposed a basic research initiative to the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a special priority project (SPP) with the name: Wireless 100 Gbps and beyond. The main goal of this initiative was the investigation of architectures, technologies and methods to go well beyond the state of the art. The target of 100 Gbps was set far away from the (at that time) achievable 1 Gbps such that it was not possible to achieve promising results just by tuning some parameters. We wanted to find breakthrough solutions. When we started the work on the proposal we discussed the challenges to be addressed in order to advancing the wireless communication speed significantly. Having the fundamental Shannon boundary in mind we discussed how to achieve the 100 Gbps speed.}, subject = {100 Gbps; Wireless; Drahtlos; PolyData; DataRace; W-band; W-Band; Drahtloses Sensorsystem; Hochfrequenztechnik; Antenne; Terahertzbereich; Energieffizienz}, language = {en} } @article{HanReiterSchlipfetal.2023, author = {Han, Weijia and Reiter, Sebastian and Schlipf, Jon and Mai, Christian and Spirito, Davide and Jose, Josmy and Wenger, Christian and Fischer, Inga A.}, title = {Strongly enhanced sensitivities of CMOS compatible plasmonic titanium nitride nanohole arrays for refractive index sensing under oblique incidence}, series = {Optics Express}, volume = {31}, journal = {Optics Express}, number = {11}, publisher = {Optica Publishing Group}, address = {Washington, DC}, issn = {1094-4087}, doi = {10.1364/OE.481993}, pages = {17389 -- 17407}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Titanium nitride (TiN) is a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) compatible material with large potential for the fabrication of plasmonic structures suited for device integration. However, the comparatively large optical losses can be detrimental for application. This work reports a CMOS compatible TiN nanohole array (NHA) on top of a multilayer stack for potential use in integrated refractive index sensing with high sensitivities at wavelengths between 800 and 1500 nm. The stack, consisting of the TiN NHA on a silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer with Si as substrate (TiN NHA/SiO2/Si), is prepared using an industrial CMOS compatible process. The TiN NHA/SiO2/Si shows Fano resonances in reflectance spectra under oblique excitation, which are well reproduced by simulation using both finite difference time domain (FDTD) and rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) methods. The sensitivities derived from spectroscopic characterizations increase with the increasing incident angle and match well with the simulated sensitivities. Our systematic simulation-based investigation of the sensitivity of the TiN NHA/SiO2/Si stack under varied conditions reveals that very large sensitivities up to 2305 nm per refractive index unit (nm RIU-1) are predicted when the refractive index of superstrate is similar to that of the SiO2 layer. We analyze in detail how the interplay between plasmonic and photonic resonances such as surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs), Rayleigh Anomalies (RAs), and photonic microcavity modes (Fabry-P{\´e}rot resonances) contributes to this result. This work not only reveals the tunability of TiN nanostructures for plasmonic applications but also paves the way to explore efficient devices for sensing in broad conditions.}, subject = {TiN; Plasmonics; Plasmonik; Plasmonik; Photonik; Titannitrid; Plasmonics; Photonics}, language = {en} } @article{TomasMarinGalanDiazRodriguezCalcerradeetal.2023, author = {Tom{\´a}s Mar{\´i}n, Sergio de and Gal{\´a}n D{\´i}az, Javier and Rodr{\´i}guez-Calcerrade, J{\´e}sus and Prieto, Iv{\´a}n and Riva, Enrique G. de la}, title = {Linking functional composition moments of the sub-mediterranean ecotone with environmental drivers}, series = {Frontiers in Plant Science}, volume = {14}, journal = {Frontiers in Plant Science}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {1664-462X}, doi = {10.3389/fpls.2023.1303022}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Functional trait-based approaches are extensively applied to the study of mechanisms governing community assembly along environmental gradients. These approaches have been classically based on studying differences in mean values among species, but there is increasing recognition that alternative metrics of trait distributions should be considered to decipher the mechanisms determining community assembly and species coexistence. Under this framework, the main aim of this study is to unravel the effects of environmental conditions as drivers of plant community assembly in sub-Mediterranean ecotones. We set 60 plots in six plant communities of a sub-Mediterranean forest in Central Spain, and measured key above- and belowground functional traits in 411 individuals belonging to 19 species, along with abiotic variables. We calculated community-weighted mean (CWM), skewness (CWS) and kurtosis (CWK) of three plant dimensions, and used maximum likelihood techniques to analyze how variation in these functional community traits was driven by abiotic factors. Additionally, we estimated the relative contribution of intraspecific trait variability and species turnover to variation in CWM. The first three axes of variation of the principal component analyses were related to three main plant ecological dimensions: Leaf Economics Spectrum, Root Economics Spectrum and plant hydraulic architecture, respectively. Type of community was the most important factor determining differences in the functional structure among communities, as compared to the role of abiotic variables. We found strong differences among communities in their CWMs in line with their biogeographic origin (Eurosiberian vs Mediterranean), while differences in CWS and CWK indicate different trends in the functional structure among communities and the coexistence of different functional strategies, respectively. Moreover, changes in functional composition were primarily due to intraspecific variability. We observed a high number of strategies in the forest with the different communities spreading along the acquisitive-conservative axis of resource-use, partly matching their Eurosiberian-Mediterranean nature, respectively. Intraspecific trait variability, rather than species turnover, stood as the most relevant factor when analyzing functional changes and assembly patterns among communities. Altogether, our data support the notion that ecotones are ecosystems where relatively minor environmental shifts may result in changes in plant and functional composition.}, subject = {Mixed-species forest; Sub-mediterranean; Ecotone; Functional structure; Intraspecific variability; {\"O}koton; Funktionelle Struktur; Intraspezifische Variabilit{\"a}t; Artengemischter Wald; Submediterran; Spanien; Meseta; {\"O}koton; Wald; Pflanzengesellschaft; Umweltver{\"a}nderung; Maximum-Likelihood-Technik}, language = {en} } @article{BoellmannMartienssen2024, author = {B{\"o}llmann, J{\"o}rg and Martienssen, Marion}, title = {Seasonal variability of cultivable nitrate-reducing and denitrifying bacteria and functional gene copy number in fresh water lake}, series = {microorganisms}, volume = {12}, journal = {microorganisms}, number = {3}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2076-2607}, doi = {10.3390/microorganisms12030511}, year = {2024}, abstract = {This study describes the seasonal course of denitrifying and nitrate-reducing bacteria in a dimictic mesotrophic lake (Lake Scharm{\"u}tzelsee, Brandenburg, Germany) within a three-year period from 2011 to 2013. The bacterial cell numbers were quantified by the fluorescence microscopy, most probable number (MPN) and PCR-dependent quantification of the chromosomal 16S rDNA and of the nirS and nirK gene copy number. The highest seasonal differences (up to three orders of magnitudes) have been measured usingMPNin the epilimnion. This variation was not reflected by PCR-dependent approaches or direct microscopical enumeration. At adverse conditions (low temperature and/or low nitrate concentrations), the differences between MPN and gene copy numbers increased by up to five orders of magnitudes and decreased to one magnitude at favourable environmental conditions. These results can be explained best by an increasing ratio of viable but not cultivable (VBNC) cells or dead cells at impairing conditions. In the hypolimnion, the courses of MPN and nir gene copy numbers were similar. This can be explained by a higher feeding pressure and therefore smaller amounts of dormant cells. In the pelagial in general, the total cell numbers enumerated by either microscopical or molecular approaches were similar. In the sediment, more than 99\% of the DNA was obviously not related to viable bacteria but was rather DNA in dead cells or adsorbed to particle surfaces.}, subject = {Denitrification; Nitrite reductase; Microscopical cell number; Hypolimnion; Dimictic lake; Denitrifikation; Nitrit-Reduktase; Mikroskopische Zellzahl; Dimiktischer See}, language = {en} } @article{FrimpongKorantengOpoku2023, author = {Frimpong, Bernard Fosu and Koranteng, Addo and Opoku, Fosu Senior}, title = {Analysis of urban expansion and its impact on temperature utilising remote sensing and GIS techniques in the Accra metropolis in Ghana (1986-2022)}, doi = {10.1007/s42452-023-05439-z}, year = {2023}, abstract = {The Accra Metropolis of Ghana has experienced rapid urban expansion over the past decades. Agricultural and forest-lands have been transformed into urban/built-up areas. This study analysed urban expansion and its relationship with the temperature of Accra from 1986 to 2022. Multi-source datasets such as remote sensing (RS) and other ancillary data were utilised. Land use land cover (LULC) maps were produced employing the random forests classifier. Land surface temperature (LST) and selected d(RS) Indices were extracted. Regression techniques assessed the interplay between LST and remote sensing indices. The LULC maps revealed increasing trends in the urban/built-up areas at the expense of the other LULC types. The analysis from the LST and the RS indices revealed a direct relationship between temperature and urban/built-up areas and an inverse relationship between temperature and vegetation. Thus, spatial urban expansion has modified the urban temperature of Accra. The integrated utilisation of RS and GIS demonstrated to be an efficient approach for analysing and monitoring urban expansion and its relationship with temperature.}, subject = {Urban expansion; Change detection; Land use land cover; Regression; Remote sensing; St{\"a}dtische Expansion; Erkennung von Ver{\"a}nderungen; Landnutzung Landbedeckung; Temperatur; Fernerkundung; Accra; Stadt; Expansion; Landnutzung; Temperatur; Fernerkundung}, language = {en} } @article{KhanSidorczukBeckeretal.2024, author = {Khan, Muhammad Moman and Sidorczuk, Katarzyna and Becker, Juliane and Aleksandrowicz, Adrianna and Baraniewicz, Karolina and Ludwig, Christina and Ali, Aamir and Kingsley, Robert A. and Schierack, Peter and Kolenda, Rafał}, title = {Characterization of clumpy adhesion of Escherichia coli to human cells and associated factors influencing antibiotic sensitivity}, series = {Microbiology Spectrum}, volume = {12}, journal = {Microbiology Spectrum}, number = {5}, publisher = {American Society for Microbiology (ASM)}, address = {Washington, DC}, issn = {2165-0497}, doi = {10.1128/spectrum.02606-23}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Escherichia coli intestinal infection pathotypes are characterized by distinct adhesion patterns, including the recently described clumpy adhesion phenotype. Here, we identify and characterize the genetic factors contributing to the clumpy adhesion of E. coli strain 4972. In this strain, the transcriptome and proteome of adhered bacteria were found to be distinct from planktonic bacteria in the supernatant. A total of 622 genes in the transcriptome were differentially expressed in bacteria present in clumps relative to the planktonic bacteria. Seven genes targeted for disruption had variable distribution in different pathotypes and non-pathogenic E. coli, with the pilV and spnT genes being the least frequent or absent from most groups. Deletion (Δ) of five differentially expressed genes, flgH, ffp, pilV, spnT, and yggT, affected motility, adhesion, or antibiotic stress. ΔflgH exhibited 80\% decrease and ΔyggT depicted 184\% increase in adhesion, and upon complementation, adhesion was significantly reduced to 13\%. ΔflgH lost motility and was regenerated when complemented, whereas Δffp had significantly increased motility, and reintroduction of the same gene reduced it to the wild-type level. The clumps produced by Δffp and ΔspnT were more resistant and protected the bacteria, with ΔspnT showing the best clump formation in terms of ampicillin stress protection. ΔyggT had the lowest tolerance to gentamicin, where the antibiotic stress completely eliminated the bacteria. Overall, we were able to investigate the influence of clump formation on cell surface adhesion and antimicrobial tolerance, with the contribution of several factors crucial to clump formation on susceptibility to the selected antibiotics.}, subject = {Escherichia coli; Clumpy adhesion; Motility; Antibiotic tolerance; Stress; Escherichia coli; Zelladh{\"a}sion; Ph{\"a}notyp; Genanalyse}, language = {en} } @article{LangnerSieberRietigetal.2023, author = {Langner, Thomas and Sieber, Tim and Rietig, Anja and Acker, J{\"o}rg}, title = {A phenomenological and quantitative view on the degradation of positive electrodes from spent lithium-ion batteries in humid atmosphere}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-023-32688-0}, year = {2023}, abstract = {The present study deals with the phenomenological observation of the corrosion of the positive electrode foil of lithium-ion batteries containing LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 (NMC) as cathode material. Due to the presence of moisture, localized water accumulation is formed on the NMC surface. The water absorbed by the electrolyte reacts with the NMC under Li+/H+ exchange and the resulting pH increase leads to dissolution of the carrier foil and characteristic salt-like blooms on the NMC surface. With the increase in the relative area occupied by the holes in the aluminum foil per time, a sufficiently suitable parameter was found with which to quantitatively determine the extent of corrosion. The degree of degradation depends on time and ambient humidity. It was shown that functional recycling with the water jet method is no longer applicable for degraded foils, since the mechanical stability of the foils decreases as corrosion progresses. Lithium, aluminum, sulfur and oxygen were detected in the blooms using SEM-EDX and Laser-Induced-Breakdown-Spectroscopy (LIBS). The underlying NMC layer was found to contain mainly aluminum and significantly lower lithium content than the non-degraded material. SEM and Raman microscopy analyses also showed that the active material is also locally degraded and therefore no longer suitable for functional recycling.}, subject = {Analytical chemistry Surface chemistry; Inorganic chemistry; Materials chemistry; Process chemistry; Materials science; Analytische Chemie; Anorganische Chemie; Werkstoffchemie; Werkstoffkunde; Chemische Technik; Analytische Chemie; Lithiumbatterie; Elektrodenfolie; Korrosion; Recycling}, language = {en} } @article{SchneidereitBreuss2023, author = {Schneidereit, Toni and Breuß, Michael}, title = {Adaptive neural-domain refinement for solving time-dependent differential equations}, doi = {10.1186/s13662-023-03789-x}, year = {2023}, abstract = {A classic approach for solving differential equations with neural networks builds upon neural forms, which employ the differential equation with a discretisation of the solution domain. Making use of neural forms for time-dependent differential equations, one can apply the recently developed method of domain segmentation. That is, the domain may be split into several subdomains, on which the optimisation problem is solved. In classic adaptive numerical methods, the mesh as well as the domain may be refined or decomposed, in order to improve the accuracy. Also, the degree of approximation accuracy may be adapted. Therefore, it is desirable to transfer such important and successful strategies to the field of neural-network-based solutions. In the presented work, we propose a novel adaptive neural approach to meet this aim for solving time-dependent problems. To this end, each subdomain is reduced in size until the optimisation is resolved up to a predefined training accuracy. In addition, while the neural networks employed are by default small, we propose a means to adjust also the number of neurons in an adaptive way. We introduce conditions to automatically confirm the solution reliability and optimise computational parameters whenever it is necessary. Results are provided for several initial-value problems that illustrate important computational properties of the method.}, subject = {Neural forms; Differential equations; Physics-informed neural networks; Adaptive neural refinement; Domain decomposition; Neuronale Formen; Differentialgleichungen; Physikalisch informierte neuronale Netze; Adaptive neuronale Verfeinerung; Gebietszerlegung; Differentialgleichung; Neuronales Netz}, language = {en} } @article{AfitiriAfrifa2024, author = {Afitiri, Abdul-Rahaman and Afrifa, Ernest Kofi Amankwa}, title = {Households' willingness to use water from a solar water disinfection treatment system for household purposes}, series = {World}, volume = {5}, journal = {World}, number = {4}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2673-4060}, doi = {10.3390/world5040060}, pages = {1181 -- 1193}, year = {2024}, abstract = {The consumption of contaminated water contributes to the global burden of diarrhea and other water-borne diseases, especially among young children. While decentralized solar water disinfection treatment systems (hereafter SODIS) remain a viable option to have safe drinking water, our understanding of the effects of household water treatment before use on willingness to accept and adopt a SODIS is limited. In this study, a complementary log-log regression analysis of the compositional and contextual factors that systematically vary with willingness to accept and adopt a SODIS in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba (STK) district of Ghana was carried out. Based on our findings, a greater proportion of households (97\%) are willing to accept and adopt a SODIS. Compositional and contextual factors such as age, marital status, education, religion, and geographical location significantly contribute to households' willingness to accept and adopt a SODIS in the STK district of Ghana. Households that treat their water before use (66\%, p < 0.05) are more likely to accept and adopt a SODIS compared to those that do not treat their water before use. The findings, therefore, suggest that scaling up SODIS in the STK district is sacrosanct and highlight the necessity to analyse compositional and contextual factors influencing willingness to accept and adopt SODIS. Our findings will inform policies and programs aimed at implementing SODIS in the study area to improve the health of communities that rely on poor-quality drinking water sources.}, subject = {SODIS; Disinfection; Willingness to accept; Adoption; Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district}, language = {en} } @article{ZschechLechowskiKuturkovaetal.2024, author = {Zschech, Ehrenfried and Lechowski, Bartlomiej and Kuturkova, Kristina and Panchenko, Luliana and Kr{\"u}ger, Peter and Clausner, Andr{\´e}}, title = {Laboratory X-ray microscopy of 3D nanostructures in the hard X-ray regime enabled by a combination of multilayer X-ray optics}, series = {Nanomaterials}, volume = {14}, journal = {Nanomaterials}, number = {2}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2079-4991}, doi = {10.3390/nano14020233}, year = {2024}, abstract = {High-resolution imaging of buried metal interconnect structures in advanced microelectronic products with full-field X-ray microscopy is demonstrated in the hard X-ray regime, i.e., at photon energies > 10 keV. The combination of two multilayer optics—a side-by-side Montel (or nested Kirkpatrick-Baez) condenser optic and a high aspect-ratio multilayer Laue lens—results in an asymmetric optical path in the transmission X-ray microscope. This optics arrangement allows the imaging of 3D nanostructures in opaque objects at a photon energy of 24.2 keV (In-Kα X-ray line). Using a Siemens star test pattern with a minimal feature size of 150 nm, it was proven that features < 150 nm can be resolved. In-Kα radiation is generated from a Ga-In alloy target using a laboratory X-ray source that employs the liquid-metal-jet technology. Since the penetration depth of X-rays into the samples is significantly larger compared to 8 keV photons used in state-of-the-art laboratory X-ray microscopes (Cu-Kα radiation), 3D-nanopattered materials and structures can be imaged nondestructively in mm to cm thick samples. This means that destructive de-processing, thinning or cross-sectioning of the samples are not needed for the visualization of interconnect structures in microelectronic products manufactured using advanced packaging technologies. The application of laboratory transmission X-ray microscopy in the hard X-ray regime is demonstrated for Cu/Cu6Sn5/Cu microbump interconnects fabricated using solid-liquid interdiffusion (SLID) bonding.}, subject = {X-ray microscopy; High-resolution radiography; Nanostructure; Advanced packaging; R{\"o}ntgenmikroskopie; Hochaufl{\"o}sende Radiographie; Nanostruktur; Erweiterte Verpackung; Nanostruktur; R{\"o}ntgenmikroskopie; Radiographie}, language = {en} } @article{LiedtkeWartmannShietal.2025, author = {Liedtke, Victoria and Wartmann, Thomas and Shi, Wenjie and Kahlert, Ulf D.}, title = {Linking LEDGF/p75 overexpression with microsatellite instability and KRAS mutations : a small-scale study in colorectal cancer}, series = {Cancer Control}, volume = {32}, journal = {Cancer Control}, publisher = {Sage}, address = {London}, doi = {10.1177/10732748251313499}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-69673}, pages = {1 -- 9}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks third in men and second in women, with 153,020 new cases and 52,550 deaths in 2023, and with a projected incidence of 2.2 million new cases by 2030 due to lifestyle changes and enhanced diagnostic capabilities. Identification and analysis of new biomarkers, like lens epithelium-derived growth factor splice variant of 75 kDa (LEDGF/p75), which is known to play a crucial role as stress-related oncogene, can make a significant contribution in facilitating early CRC detection. This study analyzed the expression of LEDGF/p75 and the ubiquitin E2 conjugating enzyme UBC13 in 15 CRC tissue samples and adjacent non-tumor tissues. All patient samples underwent NGS-based mutation analysis beforehand. The western blot technique was used for protein analysis, and the results were further validated using mRNA expression data from 521 patient samples from the TCGA database. LEDGF/p75 expression was significantly elevated in nearly all tumor tissue samples compared to adjacent tissue (11/15, 73.3\%). Additionally, the UBC13 enzyme, a key regulator in the degradation of signaling molecules, was also increased in most tumor tissue samples (9/15, 60.0\%). Co-overexpression of LEDGF/p75 and UBC13 was evident in 6/6 patients. Patients with KRAS and MSH2 mutations showed a 75\% and 100\% correlation with LEDGF/p75 overexpression, respectively. This study confirms the upregulation of LEDGF/p75 in CRC and shows its correlation with KRAS and MSH2 mutations. The interaction of LEDGF/p75 with DNA damage response proteins may contribute to drug resistance and increased tumor aggressiveness. LEDGF/p75's potential as a prognostic biomarker independent of lymph node involvement or CEA levels highlights its potential in personalized therapy, and warrants further research into its therapeutic targeting.}, subject = {LEDGF/p75; Colorectal cancer; Biomarker; Personalized therapy; DNA repair}, language = {en} } @book{Kuennemann2022, author = {K{\"u}nnemann, Andreas}, title = {Existenz- und Regularit{\"a}tstheorie der zweidimensionalen Variationsrechnung mit Anwendungen auf das Plateausche Problem f{\"u}r Fl{\"a}chen vorgeschriebener mittlerer Kr{\"u}mmung}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-658-41640-9}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-41641-6}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {247}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt f{\"u}r eine breite Klasse zweidimensionaler Variationsprobleme eine Existenz- und Regularit{\"a}tstheorie, die der L{\"o}sung von Randwertproblemen partieller Differentialgleichungssysteme dient. Dabei werden bekannte Ergebnisse gr{\"u}ndlich untersucht und umfassend aufgearbeitet. Teilweise wird eine geeignete Anpassung der Voraussetzungen einiger Resultate vorgenommen. Speziell wird die Theorie auf das Plateausche Problem f{\"u}r Fl{\"a}chen vorgeschriebener mittlerer Kr{\"u}mmung im R3 angewendet. Eingangs wird das Konzept der direkten Methoden der Variationsrechnung erl{\"a}utert. {\"U}ber einen fundamentalen Satz zur schwachen Unterhalbstetigkeit von Funktionalen wird die Existenz eines Minimierers f{\"u}r eine breite Klasse von Variationsproblemen nachgewiesen. Da die Existenztheorie in Sobolev-R{\"a}umen agiert, sind Untersuchungen zur Regularit{\"a}t eines Minimierers notwendig. Im Rahmen der Regularit{\"a}tstheorie wird das Dirichletsche Wachstumstheorem von Morrey gezeigt, welches ein hinreichendes Kriterium f{\"u}r die H{\"o}lder-Stetigkeit einer Funktion X ∈ W1,2(G) liefert. Zum Nachweis der Anwendbarkeit des Dirichletschen Wachstumstheorems auf einen Minimierer wird ein Wachstumslemma verwendet. Dabei werden eine Verkn{\"u}pfung des Dirichlet-Integrals mit Fourierreihen sowie das Dirichlet- Integral der harmonischen Ersetzung einer Funktion mit L2-Randwerten genutzt. Infolgedessen ergibt sich die H{\"o}lder-Stetigkeit im Inneren f{\"u}r einen Minimierer. Zudem wird die Stetigkeit des Minimierers bis zum Rand gezeigt, sodass die Existenz eines stetigen Minimierers f{\"u}r eine breite Klasse von Variationsproblemen gesichert ist. Anschließend erfolgt die Berechnung der ersten Variation sowie die damit verbundene Herleitung der schwachen Euler-Lagrange-Gleichung, welche eine Beziehung zur L{\"o}sungstheorie von Differentialgleichungen im Sinne des Dirichletschen Prinzips herstellt. Ausgehend von der schwachen Euler-Lagrange-Gleichung wird die H{\"o}lder-Stetigkeit der ersten Ableitungen eines Minimierers bewiesen. F{\"u}r die L{\"o}sung von Randwertproblemen mit partiellen Differentialgleichungen zweiter Ordnung mithilfe der Variationsrechnung ist der Nachweis stetiger zweiter Ableitungen des Minimierers notwendig. Dabei wird der Fokus auf sogenannte Minimierer vom Poissonschen Typ gelegt. Eine C2,σ-Rekonstruktion, die auf der Schaudertheorie basiert, liefert in diesem Fall die gew{\"u}nschte Regularit{\"a}t. In Anwendung dessen werden das Randwertproblem harmonischer Abbildungen in Riemannschen R{\"a}umen sowie das Dirichletproblem des H-Fl{\"a}chen-Systems behandelt, indem jeweils ein geeignetes Variationsproblem aufgestellt wird. Als Erweiterung des Dirichletproblems des H-Fl{\"a}chen-Systems wird das allgemeine Plateausche Problem f{\"u}r Fl{\"a}chen vorgeschriebener mittlerer Kr{\"u}mmung mit den erarbeiteten Methoden der Variationsrechnung untersucht. Zudem wird das Plateausche Problem f{\"u}r Fl{\"a}chen vorgeschriebener mittlerer Kr{\"u}mmung in Kugeln, in Zylindern sowie insbesondere im Einheitskegel gel{\"o}st. Insgesamt wird eine ausf{\"u}hrliche, in sich geschlossene und gut verst{\"a}ndliche Existenzund Regularit{\"a}tstheorie der zweidimensionalen Variationsrechnung zur Behandlung von Randwertproblemen partieller Differentialgleichungssysteme dargestellt, welche sich in besonderer Weise bei der L{\"o}sung des Plateauschen Problems f{\"u}r Fl{\"a}chen vorgeschriebener mittlerer Kr{\"u}mmung entfaltet.}, subject = {Variationsrechnung; Variationsrechnung; Dimension 2; Mittlere Kr{\"u}mmung; Plateau-Problem; Partielle Differentialgleichungen; Plateausches Problem; Regularit{\"a}tstheorie; Morrey; Variation calculation; Partial differential equations; Plateau problem; Regularity theory}, language = {de} } @article{RichterRachowIsraeletal.2023, author = {Richter, Jana and Rachow, Fabian and Israel, Johannes and Roth, Norbert and Charlafti, Evgenia and G{\"u}nther, Vivien and Flege, Jan Ingo and Mauss, Fabian}, title = {Reaction mechanism development for methane steam reforming on a Ni/Al2O3 catalyst}, doi = {10.3390/catal13050884}, year = {2023}, abstract = {In this work, a reliable kinetic reaction mechanism was revised to accurately reproduce the detailed reaction paths of steam reforming of methane over a Ni/Al2O3 catalyst. A steadystate fixed-bed reactor experiment and a 1D reactor catalyst model were utilized for this task. The distinctive feature of this experiment is the possibility to measure the axially resolved temperature profile of the catalyst bed, which makes the reaction kinetics inside the reactor visible. This allows for understanding the actual influence of the reaction kinetics on the system; while pure gas concentration measurements at the catalytic reactor outlet show near-equilibrium conditions, the inhere presented temperature profile shows that it is insufficient to base a reaction mechanism development on close equilibrium data. The new experimental data allow for achieving much higher quality in the modeling efforts. Additionally, by carefully controlling the available active surface via dilution in the experiment, it was possible to slow down the catalyst conversion rate, which helped during the adjustment of the reaction kinetics. To assess the accuracy of the revised mechanism, a monolith experiment from the literature was simulated. The results show that the fitted reaction mechanism was able to accurately predict the experimental outcomes for various inlet mass flows, temperatures, and steam-to-carbon ratios.}, subject = {1D modeling; Reaction rates; Methane steam reforming; Fixed-bed reactor experiments; Nickel catalyst; 1D-Modellierung; Reaktionsgeschwindigkeiten; Methan-Dampfreformierung; Festbettreaktor-Experimente; Nickel-Katalysator; Katalysator; Reaktionsmechanismus; Festbettreaktor; Steamreforming; Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit}, language = {en} } @article{AsliMhgoubKlaus2025, author = {Asli, Majid and Mhgoub, Mosaab and Klaus, H{\"o}schler}, title = {Numerical investigation of a turbine working with a highly unsteady exhaust flow of a hydrogen-driven rotating detonation combustion}, series = {International Journal of Thermofluids}, volume = {29}, journal = {International Journal of Thermofluids}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2666-2027}, doi = {10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101356}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Traditionally, turbomachines are designed for steady-state operations around which they achieve optimal performance and efficiency. However, in novel applications, a turbomachine may be exposed to unsteady flow forcing the machine to operate under fluctuating off design conditions. Pressure Gain Combustion (PGC) through detonation can be an extreme example of unsteady flow which affects the turbine performance adversely. The efficient way of energy extraction from PGCs is still an open question which needs extensive turbine design optimizations for such unsteady flow. Any flow field optimization problem in such applications needs a multitude of simulations, which can be too computationally expensive to be utilized as it is realized as an unsteady 3D-CFD problem. In this regard, the current study aims at proposing and evaluating an approach for optimizing a turbine working under highly unsteady exhaust flow of a Rotating Detonation Combustion (RDC). A two stage turbine is placed downstream an RDC and the turbine inlet condition is calculated by a 2D-Euler simulation tool. A turbine optimization problem is defined and three optimization processes with an objective of minimizing entropy are performed using steady-state 3D-CFD simulation as the objective function evaluator. The turbine inlet boundary conditions in the three optimization efforts include peak, mean and trough values of the RDC outlet pulsating flow condition. Finally, detailed unsteady simulations are carried out for the three new geometries and compared with the baseline turbine. The results showed that the steady-state Reynolds Averaged Navier Stocks (RANS) simulations can be utilized using either mean or trough values of the pulsating boundary condition in iterating a design optimization problem, instead of full unsteady RANS simulations applying time and circumferential location dependent boundary conditions. Given the specific RDC boundary condition and the turbine geometry in this study, the optimized turbine exhibited up to 7.71\% less entropy generation and up to 7\% higher output power compared to the baseline counterpart in unsteady operation. This approach enables a more efficient design optimization process while accounting for the complex dynamics of the RDC exhaust flow. Overall, the approach presented in this paper is practical for optimizing highly unsteady turbomachines specifically for the case of RDCs during any early design optimization procedure, addressing the computational challenges associated with simulating unsteady flows while ensuring the turbine's effectiveness under real operating conditions.}, subject = {Unsteady turbine; Entropy generation; Rotating detonation; Optimization; Computational fluid dynamic}, language = {en} } @article{ErtugrulEmdadiHaertel2025, author = {Ertugrul, G{\"o}khan and Emdadi, Aliakbar and H{\"a}rtel, Sebastian}, title = {Powder production and additive manufacturing of iron aluminide alloys using plasma ultrasonic atomization and laser-directed energy deposition}, series = {Additive Manufacturing Letters}, volume = {14}, journal = {Additive Manufacturing Letters}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2772-3690}, doi = {10.1016/j.addlet.2025.100313}, year = {2025}, abstract = {With a combination of desirable properties such as low density, high specific yield strength, low material cost, and excellent oxidation and corrosion resistance, iron aluminide (Fe-Al) has shown considerable potential to be an alternative to high-alloy chromium steels, and in some cases even nickel-based superalloys, in hightemperature applications. Due to these features, it is especially suitable for the aerospace and automotive industries. Recent advancements indicate an increasing interest in Fe-Al within the additive manufacturing industry, particularly in directed energy deposition (DED) processes. Despite this progress, processing of Fe-Al materials using the laser directed energy deposition (L-DED) has not been sufficiently investigated. In this study, Fe-Al powder material was produced from a commercial Al rod encased in a commercial low alloy-steel tube by a plasma-based ultrasonic atomization eliminating the need to cast an alloy ingot in advance. Subsequently, the produced powder was used in a L-DED process to fabricate an additively manufactured sample. The sample was investigated in terms of mechanical property, microstructure, chemical composition, and phase structure by scanning electron microscope (SEM) / energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and microhardness analyses.}, subject = {Iron aluminides (Fe-Al); Laser directed energy deposition (L-DED); Plasma ultrasonic atomization; Powder; Intermetallic phase}, language = {en} } @article{RimHezilFellahetal.2025, author = {Rim, Imen and Hezil, Naouel and Fellah, Mamoun and Saoudi, Adel and Aleksei, Obrosov and El-Hiti, Gamal A.}, title = {Enhancing kaolin performance through organic molecule modification and assessing its efficiency for lead and copper adsorption}, series = {Environmental Technology \& Innovation}, volume = {36}, journal = {Environmental Technology \& Innovation}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2352-1864}, doi = {10.1016/j.eti.2024.103904}, year = {2025}, abstract = {The research aimed to enhance the efficacy of kaolin in water treatment by incorporating diphenylamine (DPA) and to evaluate its effectiveness in adsorbing lead and copper in wastewater in comparison to natural kaolin (Nat-kaolin). This entailed modifying kaolin with DPA to create DPA-kaolin and conducting comprehensive characterization utilizing a range of techniques, including X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersion X-ray (EDX), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential thermal analysis (DTA), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis. The results demonstrated the successful modification of DPA, as evidenced by an increase in BET-specific surface area of about 25 \% (from 66.69 m².g⁻¹ to 71.35 m².g⁻¹), indicating enhanced adsorption capacity. XRD analysis confirmed the composition of the samples, while TGA/DTA indicated changes in water adsorption and dehydroxylation. SEM and EDX illustrated the tubular nature of the clay with a decrease in the amount of Al, about 10.76 \%, and the amount of Si, about 10.38 \%, on the DPA-kaolin. Notably, the FTIR spectrum of DPA-kaolin showed the presence of new vibration bands at 1248 cm⁻¹, indicating the presence of DPA. In terms of adsorption, the DPA-kaolin exhibited significantly higher maximum adsorption capacities for Pb(II) and Cu(II) compared to the nat-kaolin, with values of 151 μmol/g and 134 μmol/g, respectively.These values were significantly higher than those observed for Nat-kaolin, which demonstrated adsorption capacities of 103 μmol/g for Pb(II) and 91 μmol/g for Cu(II). The adsorption kinetics indicated that the pseudo-second-order kinetic model described the sorption mechanism for both Pb(II) and Cu(II). This was evidenced by the values of R², which were 0.999 and 0.996, respectively. The study provides clear evidence that DPA-kaolin is more effective than Nat-kaolin in removing lead (Pb(II)) and copper (Cu(II)) from wastewater. Through rigorous experimentation, it was observed that DPA-kaolin exhibited notably enhanced adsorption capabilities for both Pb(II) and Cu(II) compared to Nat-kaolin. These findings serve to emphasize the practical importance and potential.}, subject = {Kaolin clay; Water treatment; DPA-Kaolin; Chemical treatment; Adsorption; Isotherms}, language = {en} } @article{FrankenNetzerMaussetal., author = {Franken, Tim and Netzer, Corinna and Mauss, Fabian and Pasternak, Michal and Seidel, Lars and Borg, Anders and Lehtiniemi, Harry and Matrisciano, Andrea and Kulzer, Andre Casal}, title = {Multi-objective optimization of water injection in spark-ignition engines using the stochastic reactor model with tabulated chemistry}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, address = {London, England}, issn = {1468-0874}, doi = {10.1177/1468087419857602}, abstract = {Water injection is investigated for turbocharged spark-ignition engines to reduce knock probability and enable higher engine efficiency. The novel approach of this work is the development of a simulation-based optimization process combining the advantages of detailed chemistry, the stochastic reactor model and genetic optimization to assess water injection. The fast running quasi-dimensional stochastic reactor model with tabulated chemistry accounts for water effects on laminar flame speed and combustion chemistry. The stochastic reactor model is coupled with the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm to find an optimum set of operating conditions for high engine efficiency. Subsequently, the feasibility of the simulation-based optimization process is tested for a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic numerical test case. The newly proposed optimization method predicts a trade-off between fuel efficiency and low knock probability, which highlights the present target conflict for spark-ignition engine development. Overall, the optimization shows that water injection is beneficial to decrease fuel consumption and knock probability at the same time. The application of the fast running quasi-dimensional stochastic reactor model allows to run large optimization problems with low computational costs. The incorporation with the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm shows a well-performing multi-objective optimization and an optimized set of engine operating parameters with water injection and high compression ratio is found.}, subject = {Ottomotor; Water injection; Genetic optimization; Spark-ignition engine; Stochastic reactor model; Detailed chemistry; Wassereinspritzung; Prozessoptimierung; Stochastisches Modell}, language = {en} } @article{AliKhanKolendaetal.2023, author = {Ali, Aamir and Khan, Muhammad Moman and Kolenda, Rafal and Olowe, Olugbenga Adekunie and Weinreich, J{\"o}rg and Li, Ganwu and Schierack, Peter}, title = {The role of AJB35136 and fdtA genes in biofilm formation by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli}, doi = {10.1186/s12917-023-03672-7}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Background Infections caused by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) result in significant economic losses in poultry industry. APEC strains are known to form biofilms in various conditions allowing them to thrive even under harsh and nutrient-deficient conditions on different surfaces, and this ability enables them to evade chemical and biological eradication methods. Despite knowing the whole genome sequences of various APEC isolates, little has been reported regarding their biofilm-associated genes. A random transposon mutant library of the wild-type APEC IMT 5155 comprising 1,300 mutants was analyzed for biofilm formation under nutrient deprived conditions using Videoscan technology coupled with fluorescence microscopy. Seven transposon mutants were found to have reproducibly and significantly altered biofilm formation and their mutated genes were identified by arbitrary PCR and DNA sequencing. The intact genes were acquired from the wild-type strain, cloned in pACYC177 plasmid and transformed into the respective altered biofilm forming transposon mutants, and the biofilm formation was checked in comparison to the wild type and mutant strains under the same conditions. Results In this study, we report seven genes i.e., nhaA, fdeC, yjhB, lysU, ecpR, AJB35136 and fdtA of APEC with significant contribution to biofilm formation. Reintroduction of AJB35136 and fdtA, reversed the altered phenotype proving that a significant role being played by these two O-antigen related genes in APEC biofilm formation. Presence of these seven genes across nonpathogenic E. coli and APEC genomes was also analyzed showing that they are more prevalent in the latter.}, subject = {APEC; Biofilm; Gene; Complementation; Transposon mutant; VideoScan; Genkomplementierung; Transposon-Mutanten; Gefl{\"u}gelkrankheit; Escherichia coli; Biofilm; Komplementation; Transponson; Mutant}, language = {en} } @article{RakhiMauss2024, author = {Rakhi, and Mauss, Fabian}, title = {Numerical investigation of equilibrium and kinetic aspects for hydrogenation of CO₂}, series = {Catalysts}, volume = {14}, journal = {Catalysts}, number = {9}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2073-4344}, doi = {10.3390/catal14090562}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Even if huge efforts are made to push alternative mobility concepts, such as electric cars and fuel-cell-powered cars, the significance and use of liquid fuels is anticipated to stay high during the 2030s. Biomethane and synthetic natural gas (SNG) might play a major role in this context, as they are raw material for chemical industry that is easy to be stored and distribute via existing infrastructure, and are a versatile energy carrier for power generation and mobile applications. Since biomethane and synthetic natural gas are suitable for power generation and for mobile applications, they can therefore replace natural gas without any infrastructure changes, thus playing a major role. In this paper, we aim to comprehend the direct production of synthetic natural gas from CO₂ and H₂ in a Sabatier process based on a thermodynamic analysis as well as a multi-step kinetic approach. For this purpose, we thoroughly discuss CO₂ methanation to control emissions in order to maximize the methane formation along with minimizing the CO formation and to understand the complex methanation process. We consider an equilibrium and kinetic modeling study on the NiO-SiO₂catalyst for methanation focusing on CO₂-derived SNG. The thermodynamic analysis of CO₂ hydrogenation is preformed to define the optimal process parameters followed by the kinetic simulations for catalyst development. The investigation presented in this paper can also be used for developing machine learning algorithms for methanation processes.}, subject = {Equilibrium calculations; Thermodynamic analysis; Kinetic modeling; CO₂ Methanation; Gibbs free energy minimization}, language = {en} } @article{ShafieeDorneanuArellanoGarcia2025, author = {Shafiee, Parisa and Dorneanu, Bogdan and Arellano-Garcia, Harvey}, title = {Improving catalysts and operating conditions using machine learning in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of jet fuels (C8-C16)}, series = {Chemical Engineering Journal Advances}, volume = {21}, journal = {Chemical Engineering Journal Advances}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2666-8211}, doi = {10.1016/j.ceja.2024.100702}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) offers a promising route for producing sustainable jet fuels from syngas. However, optimizing catalyst design and operating conditions for the ideal C8-C16 jet fuel range is challenging. Thus, this work introduces a machine learning (ML) framework to enhance Co/Fe-supported FTS catalysts and optimize their operating conditions for a better jet fuel selectivity. For this purpose, a dataset was implemented with 21 features, including catalyst structure, preparation method, activation procedure, and FTS operating parameters. Moreover, various machine-learning models (Random Forest (RF), Gradient Boosted, CatBoost, and artificial neural networks (ANN)) were evaluated to predict CO conversion and C8-C16 selectivity. Among these, the CatBoost model achieved the highest accuracy (R2 = 0.99). Feature analysis revealed that FTS operational conditions mainly affect CO conversion (37.9 \%), while catalyst properties were primarily crucial for C8-C16 selectivity (40.6 \%). The proposed ML framework provides a first powerful tool for the rational design of FTS catalysts and operating conditions to maximize jet fuel productivity. .}, subject = {Jet fuels (C8-C16); Machine learning (ML); Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS); Operational conditions; Catalyst preparation}, language = {en} }