Numerische Berechnung von Ausscheidungsverläufen unter Berücksichtigung der Teilchengeometrie

Berechnung von Ausscheidungsverläufen anhand der Diffusionsgleichung für experimentell ermittelte Teilchengeometrien. Einfluß von Teilchenwachstum und -geometrie auf die Kennwerte des Ausscheidungsverlaufes. Vergleich mit aus Dämpfungsmessungen ermittelten Auslagerungskurven.     

Die elektrische Leitfähigkeit metallkeramischer Werkstoffe der Systeme ZrO2-Mo und Al2O3-Fe zwischen 20 und 1700°C

Berechnung der elektrischen Leitfähigkeit metallkeramischer Werkstoffe. Erklärung der sprunghaften Leitfähigkeitsänderung mit einem Polyedermodell. Messung der elektrischen Leitfähigkeit an gesinterten Metallkeramiken aus elektronenleitendem Zirkonoxid und Molybdän, stabilisiertem, ionenleitendem Zirkonoxid und Molybdän sowie aus Aluminiumoxid und Eisen. Einfluß der Ausgangskorngröße der oxidischen Komponente auf die elektrische Leitfähigkeit.     

Band-tunable and multiplexed integrated circuits for simultaneous recording and stimulation with microelectrode arrays

Two thin-film microelectrode arrays with integrated circuitry have been developed for extracellular neural recording in behaving animals. An eight-site probe for simultaneous neural recording and stimulation has been designed that includes on-chip amplifiers that can be individually bypassed, allowing direct access to the iridium sites for electrical stimulation. The on-probe amplifiers have a gain of 38.9 dB, an upper-cutoff frequency of 9.9 kHz, and an input-referred noise of 9.2 microV rms integrated from 100 Hz to 10 kHz. The low-frequency cutoff of the amplifier is tunable to allow the recording of field potentials and minimize stimulus artifact. The amplifier consumes 68 microW from +/- 1.5 V supplies and occupies 0.177 mm2 in 3 microm features. In vivo recordings have shown that the preamplifiers can record single-unit activity 1 ms after the onset of stimulation on sites as close as 20 microm to the stimulating electrode. A second neural recording array has been developed which multiplexes 32 neural signals onto four output data leads. Providing gain on this array eliminates the need for bulky headmounted circuitry and reduces motion artifacts. The time-division multiplexing circuitry has crosstalk between consecutive channels of less than 6% at a sample rate of 20 kHz per channel. Amplified, time-division-multiplexed multichannel neural recording allows the large-scale recording of neuronal activity in freely behaving small animals with minimum number of interconnect leads.     

Assessment of an instrumented Charpy impact machine

The dynamic responses of the standard Charpy impact machine were studied experimentally using strain gauges and accelerometer attached to the striker and the rotary position sensor fixed at the rotating axis and numerically with the finite element analysis. The fracture propagation was simulated with the cellular automata finite element approach developed earlier. A series of low velocity as well as full capacity Charpy tests were analysed. It was found that the strain gauge signal recorded close to the tup edge and the acceleration recorded at the back of the striker do not match. The energy calculated with the strain gauge data agrees well with the dial reading, while the energy calculated with the accelerometer signal is never near it. Frequencies close to the first natural \hbox{frequency} of the Charpy sample have high modal magnitudes in the acceleration signal but are effectively damped in the strain gauge response. Vibrations of the striker arm have highest modal magnitudes in the rotary position sensor. A low-pass filter is used to obtain the striker movements. The finite element analysis partly supports the experimental observations but also suggests that acceleration at the tup edge suffers higher oscillations than strain.     

Team task analysis: identifying tasks and jobs that are team based

This paper presents initial information on the development and validation of three team task analysis scales. These scales were designed to quantitatively assess the extent to which a group of tasks or a job is team based. During a 2-week period, 52 male students working in 4-person teams were trained to perform a complex highly interdependent computer-simulated combat mission consisting of both individual- and team-based tasks. Our results indicated that the scales demonstrated high levels of interrater agreement. In addition, the scales differentiated between tasks that were predetermined to be individual versus team based. Finally, the results indicated that job-level ratings of team workflow were more strongly related to team performance than were aggregated task-level ratings of team-relatedness or team workflow. These results suggest that the scales presented here are an effective means of quantifying the extent to which tasks or jobs are team based. A research and practical implication of our findings is that the team task analysis scales could serve as criterion measures in the evaluation of team training interventions or predictors of team performance.     

LanV, a bifunctional enzyme: aromatase and ketoreductase during landomycin A biosynthesis

LanV is involved in the biosynthesis of landomycin A. The exact function of this enzyme was elucidated with combinatorial biosynthesis by using Streptomyces fradiae mutants that produce urdamycin A. After expression of lanV in S. fradiae DeltaurdM, which is a mutant that accumulates rabelomycin, urdamycinon B and urdamycin B were found to be produced by the strain. This result indicates that LanV is involved in the 6-ketoreduction of the angucycline core, which preceeds a 5,6-dehydration reaction. 9-C-D-Olivosyltetrangulol was also produced by this strain; this demonstrates that LanV catalyses the aromatization of ring A of the angucycline structure. Coexpression of lanV and lanGT2 in S. fradiae AO, a mutant that lacks all four urdamycin glycosyltransferases, resulted in the production of tetrangulol and the glycoside landomycin H, both of which have an aromatic ring A. As glycosylated angucyclines were not observed after expression of lanGT2 in the absence of lanV, we conclude that LanGT2 needs an aromatized ring A for substrate recognition.     

Die elektrische Leitfähigkeit von Aluminiumnitrid bei Temperaturen zwischen 1100 und 1700 °C und unterschiedlichen Stickstoffpartialdrücken

Schrifttumsübersicht über die elektrische Leitfähigkeit des Aluminiumnitrids AlN zwischen 60 und 1100 °C. Eigene Untersuchungen zur Ermittlung der elektrischen Leitfähigkeit mit Spannungsvergleichsmessungen zwischen 1100 und 1700 °C nach der Zweipol- und Vierpolmethode. Darstellung der Ergebnisse für unterschiedliche Meßfrequenzen, unterschiedliche Gasströmungen und verschiedene Stickstoffpartialdrücke der Argon-Stickstoff-Atmosphäre. Ermittlung der Aktivierungsenergien der Ladungsträger. Erörterung über den Leitungsmechanismus im AlN.