Dynamics of proximal signaling events after TCR/CD8-mediated induction of proliferation or apoptosis in mature T-cells

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Naturwiss., Diss., 2009

Experimental and numerical investigation of vehicle soiling processes

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Verfahrens- und Systemtechnik, Diss., 2012

Radiação solar em superfieies horizontal e vertical com exposição norte

In the field of agrometeorological studies we are in need of the estimation of the solar radiation frequently. At the present study the authors have worked out some dat:t regarding the hours of sunshine during the months of August, September, October, November, December and January of 1957, 1958 and 1959. Based on such hours of sunshine in the Agrometeorological Station, located at the Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" - U.S. P., in Piracicaba, the authors calculated the solar radiation received on a plane and horizontal surface, from the method proposed by Glover and Mc Culloch. With those results the authors estimated the percentual part of radiation that would be received on vertical wall facing north.

Algorithmic assistance to the optimization process in vehicle routing problems

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Maschinenbau, Diss., 2013

Bistable attractor dynamics in neuromorphic aVLSI chips

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Diss., 2014

Analysis of the TCR-mediated signaling dynamics

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Naturwiss., Diss., 2014

Convective dynamics of traveling autocatalytic fronts in a modulated gravity field

Aus: Physical chemistry, chemical physics, Vol. 16.2014, H. 47, S. 26279 - 26287

Nonlinear dynamics of Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) production in Ralstonia eutropha and Rhodospirillum rubrum

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Diss., 2015

Methods for analyzing the influence of molecular dynamics on neuronal activity

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2015

Dynamics in growth and metabolism of adherent MDCK cells unraveled by an integrated modeling approach

Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Fakultät für Verfahrens- und Systemtechnik, Univ., Dissertation, 2015

Vertical competition and multi-period interaction : a theoretical and behavioral analysis on the impact of strategic inventories in supply chain management

Otto-von-Guericke-Universtität Magdeburg, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Univ., Dissertation, 2015

Episodes of the life and death of thin fluid membranes : patterns and dynamics at the cross-over from two to three dimensions

Otto-von Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Dissertation, 2016

Estratificação vertical de formigas em cerrado strictu sensu no Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brasil

Formicidae é um grupo abundante no solo e também largamente distribuído em todos os estratos da vegetação, constituindo-se em um bom modelo biológico para estudos de estratificação vertical. O objetivo geral do trabalho foi determinar os padrões de estratificação da assembléia de formigas em três estratos verticais (solo, estrato arbustivo e estrato arbóreo). Os dados foram coletados no Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas, em uma área de cerrado strictu sensu. A coleta de formigas foi realizada utilizando-se armadilhas do tipo pitfall. Foram instaladas 11 armadilhas no solo, 17 em plantas do estrato arbustivo e 23 em plantas do estrato arbóreo (uma armadilha por planta). Foi coletado um total de 49 espécies de formigas, pertencentes a 15 gêneros e cinco subfamílias. Através de curvas de acumulação de espécies, pôde-se verificar que existem 37,5% a mais de espécies no solo do que nas árvores e 35% a mais de espécies nas árvores do que nos arbustos. Uma análise de agrupamento indicou uma similaridade mediana entre as espécies de formigas do solo e vegetação (estrato arbustivo e arbóreo). Uma análise de aninhamento demonstrou que as espécies presentes no solo são um subconjunto das espécies presentes nos dois estratos de vegetação. Mesmo sem uma estratificação vertical muito clara, a alta diversidade de formigas encontrada no cerrado pode ser explicada em parte pelo fato de algumas espécies serem especializadas em forragear e/ou nidificar no solo e outras na vegetação.

Seasonal dynamics of a drosophilid (Diptera) assemblage and its potencial as bioindicator in open environments

Drosophila Fallen, 1823 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) is for long a well-established model organism for genetics and evolutionary research. The ecology of these flies, however, has only recently been better studied. Recent papers show that Drosophila assemblies can be used as bioindicators of forested environment degradation. In this work the bioindicator potential of drosophilids was evaluated in a naturally opened environment, a coastal strand-forest (restinga). Data from nine consecutive seasonal collections revealed strong temporal fluctuation pattern of the majority of Drosophila species groups. Drosophila willistoni group was more abundant at autumns, whereas D. cardini and D. tripunctata groups were, respectively, expressive at winters and springs, and D. repleta group at both seasons. The exotic species D. simulans Sturtevant, 1919 (from D. melanogaster group) and Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970 were most abundant at summers. Overall, the assemblage structure did not show the same characteristics of forested or urban environments, but was similar to the forests at winters and to cities at summers. This raises the question that this locality may already been under urbanization impact. Also, this can be interpreted as an easily invaded site for exotic species, what might lead to biotic homogenization and therefore can put in check the usage of drosophilid assemblages as bioindicators at open environments.

Population dynamics of the pea crab Austinixa aidae (Brachyura, Pinnotheridae): a symbiotic of the ghost shrimp Callichirus major (Thalassinidea, Callianassidae) from the southwestern Atlantic

The Pinnotheridae family is one of the most diverse and complex groups of brachyuran crabs, many of them symbionts of a wide variety of invertebrates. The present study describes the population dynamics of the pea crab Austinixa aidae (Righi, 1967), a symbiont associated with the burrows of the ghost shrimp Callichirus major (Say, 1818). Individuals (n = 588) were collected bimonthly from May, 2005 to September, 2006 along a sandy beach in the southwestern Atlantic, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Our data indicated that the population demography of A. aidae was characterized by a bimodal size-frequency distribution (between 2.0 and 4.0 mm and between 8.0 and 9.0 mm CW) that remained similar throughout the study period. Sex ratio does not differ significantly from 1:1 (p > 0.05), which confirms the pattern observed in other symbiontic pinnotherids. Density values (1.72 ± 1.34 ind. • ap.-1) are in agreement with those found for other species of the genus. The mean symbiosis incidence (75.6%) was one of the highest among species of the Pinnotheridae family, but it was the lowest among the three studied species of the genus. Recruitment pattern was annual, beginning in May and peaking in July, in both years, after the peak of ovigerous females in the population (from March to May). Our findings describe ecological and biological aspects of A. aidae similar to those of other species of this genus, even from different geographic localities.