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Short-spored Subulicystidium (Trechisporales, Basidiomycota): high morphological diversity and only partly clear species boundaries
(2018-06-27)
Diversity of corticioid fungi (resupinate Basidiomycota), especially outside the northern temperate climatic zone, remains poorly explored. Furthermore, most of the known species are delimited by morphological concepts only and, not rarely, these concepts are too broad and need to be tested by molecular tools. For many decades, the delimitation of species in the genus Subulicystidium (Hydnodontaceae, Trechisporales) was a challenge for mycologists. The presence of numerous transitional forms as to basidiospore size ...
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The Impact of Visualizing Nested Sets. An Empirical Study on Tree Diagrams and Unit Squares
(2017-01-06)
It is an ongoing debate, what properties of visualizations increase people’s performance when solving Bayesian reasoning tasks. In the discussion of the properties of two visualizations, i.e., the tree diagram and the unit square, we emphasize how both visualizations make relevant subset relations transparent. Actually, the unit square with natural frequencies reveals the subset relation that is essential for the Bayes’ rule in a numerical and geometrical way whereas the tree diagram with natural frequencies does it ...
Habilitation
Algorithmic Methods for Mixed Recurrence Equations, Zeros of Classical Orthogonal Polynomials and Classical Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions of Three-Term Recurrence Equations
(2019-07)
Using an algorithmic approach, we derive classes of mixed recurrence equations satisfied by classical orthogonal polynomials. Starting from certain structure relations satisfied by classical orthogonal polynomials or their connection formulae, we show that our mixed recurrence equations are structurally valid. However, they couldn't be easily obtained with classical methods and for this reason, our algorithmic approach is important. The main algorithmic tool used here is an extended version of Zeilberger's ...
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Beating the limits with initial correlations
(2017-11-28)
Fast and reliable reset of a qubit is a key prerequisite for any quantum technology. For real world open quantum systems undergoing non-Markovian dynamics, reset implies not only purification, but in particular erasure of initial correlations between qubit and environment. Here, we derive optimal reset protocols using a combination of geometric and numerical control theory. For factorizing initial states, we find a lower limit for the entropy reduction of the qubit as well as a speed limit. The time-optimal solution ...
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Coinage Metal Complexes of the Carbenic Tautomer of a Conjugated Mesomeric Betaine Akin to Nitron
(2017-07-07)
This study was motivated by our recent observation that the analytical reagent Nitron (2) is an “instant carbene”, whose reaction with coinage metal salts MX afforded complexes of its carbenic tautomer 1,4-diphenyl-3-phenylamino-1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene (2′). Our aim was to establish an alkyl homologue of 2 in order to achieve a carbenic tautomer of higher donicity. For this purpose 1-tert-butyl-4-methyl-1,2,4-triazol-4-ium-3-tert-butylaminide (6) was synthesized. Its reactions with MX afforded complexes of the carbenic ...
Dissertation
Abhängigkeit des Exchange-Bias Feldes und des Koerzitivfeldes von der mittels Röntgendiffraktometrie gemessenen Kornvolumenverteilung des Antiferromagneten in Exchange-Bias Schichtsystemen
(2019-10-02)
Der Exchange-Bias Effekt wird in vielen technischen Anwendungen, wie z.B. in magnetischen Speichermedien oder in Magnetsensorköpfen zum Pinnen der Magnetisierungsrichtung der Referenzelektrode, eingesetzt. Dieser Effekt tritt ausschließlich in dünnen Schichtsystemen, in denen sich ein dünner Ferromagnet mit einem dünnen Antiferromagneten in Kontakt befindet, auf und bewirkt eine Verschiebung der Hysteresekurve entlang der Magnetfeldachse. Solche Exchange-Bias Schichtsysteme können mittels Ionenbeschuss, d.h., leichte ...
Dissertation
Synthese neuartiger konjugierter mesomerer Betaine und ihr Koordinationsverhalten
(2019-12)
Lange Zeit galten Carbene als transiente Spezies, deren Labilität bzw. hohe Reaktivität gegen eine Isolierbarkeit in Substanz sprach. Erst nach der richtungsweisenden Entdeckung durch ARDUENGO et al., die ein stabiles freies Carben kristallin erhalten konnten, wurden mehr und mehr stabile Carbene isoliert. Das ARDUENGO-Carben gehört zu der Klasse der N-heterocyclischen Carbene (NHCs). Die Stabilität solcher Carbene wird durch zwei Aminosubstituenten am CCarben-Atom und des Weiteren durch die Eingliederung dieses ...
Dissertation
Association of neighboring β-Strands to form the β-barrel structure of the voltage-dependent anion channel, human isoform 1 (hVDAC1) precedes membrane insertion and is largely driven by polar interactions between basic and acidic amino acid side-chains
(2020)
To date, all biophysical folding studies on β-barrel membrane proteins from outer membranes (OMPs) indicated a coupled mechanism of folding and membrane insertion. Most of these studies were performed with smaller OMPs from bacteria. Here we have investigated folding and insertion of a mitochondrial OMP, the voltage-dependent anion-selective channel (VDAC), human isoform 1 (hVDAC1). To examine whether folding and insertion are coupled for hVDAC1, the association of neighboring β-strands of the 19-stranded β-barrel ...
Dissertation
BamB facilitates folding of outer membrane protein A (OmpA) via interactions of its β-propeller with the membrane surface and via a conformation change induced by phosphatidylglycerol
(2019-10-17)
A sufficient folding and insertion of OMPs into the OM of Gram-negative bacteria requires the conserved β-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex. The present thesis concerns the structural properties and folding behavior of the lipoprotein BamB and describes its relevance in the synchronized mechanism of membrane insertion and folding of the β-barrel protein OmpA. Furthermore, specific binding sites in BamB involved in the interaction to the lipid membrane or the periplasmic domain of BamA (PD-BamA) were identified ...
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The Diacylglycerol Analogs OAG and DOG Differentially Affect Primary Events of Pheromone Transduction in the Hawkmoth Manduca sexta in a Zeitgebertime-Dependent Manner Apparently Targeting TRP Channels
(2018-07-24)
For the hawkmoth Manduca sexta accumulating evidence suggests that pheromone transduction acts via a metabotropic signal transduction cascade, with G-protein-dependent phospholipase C (PLC) activations generating diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol trisphosphate as the primary events in hawkmoth pheromone transduction. In contrast, ionotropic olfactory receptor (OR) coreceptor (Orco)-dependent mechanisms do not appear to be involved. In hawkmoths pheromones activated a specific sequence of PLC-dependent ion channels ...