Natural fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites - An approach on compression molding

This work has been performed at Tapetes Sao Carlos-Brazil with the cooperation of the DaimlerChrysler Research Center Team in Ulm - Germany. The objective of the present paper is to report the results obtained with natural fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester (UP) composites, concerning surface quality measurements. The fibers that have been chosen for this work were sisal and curaua. The samples were produced by compression molding technique and afterwards submitted to three different tests, namely: a) thermal aging; b) water absorption and c) artificial weathering. The surface parameters measured before and after the tests were gloss, haze, short and long-waviness. The results have shown that after the tests there is a high loss of gloss, a high increase in haze, and a high increase in short and long-waviness as well. Curaua reinforced composites had a slightly better behavior when compared with sisal reinforced composites. The effect of the presence of filler and the addition of thermoplastic polyester (TP) on the material behavior has not been evidently detected. This result shows that the conventional technology/methods applied to UP-Fiberglass systems cannot be transferred to natural fibers without any modification. The fiber-matrix interaction and its response to the presence of additives must be fully understood before a successful processing route can be developed for painted natural fibers reinforced UP. Copyright © 2001 Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.

Max Bill in Italia . Lo spazio logico dell'architettura

I Max Bill is an intense giornata of a big fresco. An analysis of the main social, artistic and cultural events throughout the twentieth century is needed in order to trace his career through his masterpieces and architectures. Some of the faces of this hypothetical mural painting are, among others, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Kandinskij, Klee, Mondrian, Vatongerloo, Ignazio Silone, while the backcloth is given by artistic avant-gardes, Bauhaus, International Exhibitions, CIAM, war events, reconstruction, Milan Triennali, Venice Biennali, the School of Ulm. Architect, even though more known as painter, sculptor, designer and graphic artist, Max Bill attends the Bauhaus as a student in the years 1927-1929, and from this experience derives the main features of a rational, objective, constructive and non figurative art. His research is devoted to give his art a scientific methodology: each work proceeds from the analysis of a problem to the logical and always verifiable solution of the same problem. By means of composition elements (such as rhythm, seriality, theme and its variation, harmony and dissonance), he faces, with consistent results, themes apparently very distant from each other as the project for the H.f.G. or the design for a font. Mathematics are a constant reference frame as field of certainties, order, objectivity: ‘for Bill mathematics are never confined to a simple function: they represent a climate of spiritual certainties, and also the theme of non attempted in its purest state, objectivity of the sign and of the geometrical place, and at the same time restlessness of the infinity: Limited and Unlimited ’. In almost sixty years of activity, experiencing all artistic fields, Max Bill works, projects, designs, holds conferences and exhibitions in Europe, Asia and Americas, confronting himself with the most influencing personalities of the twentieth century. In such a vast scenery, the need to limit the investigation field combined with the necessity to address and analyse the unpublished and original aspect of Bill’s relations with Italy. The original contribution of the present research regards this particular ‘geographic delimitation’; in particular, beyond the deep cultural exchanges between Bill and a series of Milanese architects, most of all with Rogers, two main projects have been addressed: the realtà nuova at Milan Triennale in 1947, and the Contemporary Art Museum in Florence in 1980. It is important to note that these projects have not been previously investigated, and the former never appears in the sources either. These works, together with the most well-known ones, such as the projects for the VI and IX Triennale, and the Swiss pavilion for the Biennale, add important details to the reference frame of the relations which took place between Zurich and Milan. Most of the occasions for exchanges took part in between the Thirties and the Fifties, years during which Bill underwent a significant period of artistic growth. He meets the Swiss progressive architects and the Paris artists from the Abstraction-Création movement, enters the CIAM, collaborates with Le Corbusier to the third volume of his Complete Works, and in Milan he works and gets confronted with the events related to post-war reconstruction. In these years Bill defines his own working methodology, attaining an artistic maturity in his work. The present research investigates the mentioned time period, despite some necessary exceptions. II The official Max Bill bibliography is naturally wide, including spreading works along with ones more devoted to analytical investigation, mainly written in German and often translated into French and English (Max Bill himself published his works in three languages). Few works have been published in Italian and, excluding the catalogue of the Parma exhibition from 1977, they cannot be considered comprehensive. Many publications are exhibition catalogues, some of which include essays written by Max Bill himself, some others bring Bill’s comments in a educational-pedagogical approach, to accompany the observer towards a full understanding of the composition processes of his art works. Bill also left a great amount of theoretical speculations to encourage a critical reading of his works in the form of books edited or written by him, and essays published in ‘Werk’, magazine of the Swiss Werkbund, and other international reviews, among which Domus and Casabella. These three reviews have been important tools of analysis, since they include tracks of some of Max Bill’s architectural works. The architectural aspect is less investigated than the plastic and pictorial ones in all the main reference manuals on the subject: Benevolo, Tafuri and Dal Co, Frampton, Allenspach consider Max Bill as an artist proceeding in his work from Bauhaus in the Ulm experience . A first filing of his works was published in 2004 in the monographic issue of the Spanish magazine 2G, together with critical essays by Karin Gimmi, Stanislaus von Moos, Arthur Rüegg and Hans Frei, and in ‘Konkrete Architektur?’, again by Hans Frei. Moreover, the monographic essay on the Atelier Haus building by Arthur Rüegg from 1997, and the DPA 17 issue of the Catalonia Polytechnic with contributions of Carlos Martì, Bruno Reichlin and Ton Salvadò, the latter publication concentrating on a few Bill’s themes and architectures. An urge to studying and going in depth in Max Bill’s works was marked in 2008 by the centenary of his birth and by a recent rediscovery of Bill as initiator of the ‘minimalist’ tradition in Swiss architecture. Bill’s heirs are both very active in promoting exhibitions, researching and publishing. Jakob Bill, Max Bill’s son and painter himself, recently published a work on Bill’s experience in Bauhaus, and earlier on he had published an in-depth study on ‘Endless Ribbons’ sculptures. Angela Thomas Schmid, Bill’s wife and art historian, published in end 2008 the first volume of a biography on Max Bill and, together with the film maker Eric Schmid, produced a documentary film which was also presented at the last Locarno Film Festival. Both biography and documentary concentrate on Max Bill’s political involvement, from antifascism and 1968 protest movements to Bill experiences as Zurich Municipality councilman and member of the Swiss Confederation Parliament. In the present research, the bibliography includes also direct sources, such as interviews and original materials in the form of letters correspondence and graphic works together with related essays, kept in the max+binia+jakob bill stiftung archive in Zurich. III The results of the present research are organized into four main chapters, each of them subdivided into four parts. The first chapter concentrates on the research field, reasons, tools and methodologies employed, whereas the second one consists of a short biographical note organized by topics, introducing the subject of the research. The third chapter, which includes unpublished events, traces the historical and cultural frame with particular reference to the relations between Max Bill and the Italian scene, especially Milan and the architects Rogers and Baldessari around the Fifties, searching the themes and the keys for interpretation of Bill’s architectures and investigating the critical debate on the reviews and the plastic survey through sculpture. The fourth and last chapter examines four main architectures chosen on a geographical basis, all devoted to exhibition spaces, investigating Max Bill’s composition process related to the pictorial field. Paintings has surely been easier and faster to investigate and verify than the building field. A doctoral thesis discussed in Lausanne in 1977 investigating Max Bill’s plastic and pictorial works, provided a series of devices which were corrected and adapted for the definition of the interpretation grid for the composition structures of Bill’s main architectures. Four different tools are employed in the investigation of each work: a context analysis related to chapter three results; a specific theoretical essay by Max Bill briefly explaining his main theses, even though not directly linked to the very same work of art considered; the interpretation grid for the composition themes derived from a related pictorial work; the architecture drawing and digital three-dimensional model. The double analysis of the architectural and pictorial fields is functional to underlining the relation among the different elements of the composition process; the two fields, however, cannot be compared and they stay, in Max Bill’s works as in the present research, interdependent though self-sufficient. IV An important aspect of Max Bill production is self-referentiality: talking of Max Bill, also through Max Bill, as a need for coherence instead of a method limitation. Ernesto Nathan Rogers describes Bill as the last humanist, and his horizon is the known world but, as the ‘Concrete Art’ of which he is one of the main representatives, his production justifies itself: Max Bill not only found a method, but he autonomously re-wrote the ‘rules of the game’, derived timeless theoretical principles and verified them through a rich and interdisciplinary artistic production. The most recurrent words in the present research work are synthesis, unity, space and logic. These terms are part of Max Bill’s vocabulary and can be referred to his works. Similarly, graphic settings or analytical schemes in this research text referring to or commenting Bill’s architectural projects were drawn up keeping in mind the concise precision of his architectural design. As for Mies van der Rohe, it has been written that Max Bill took art to ‘zero degree’ reaching in this way a high complexity. His works are a synthesis of art: they conceptually encompass all previous and –considered their developments- most of contemporary pictures. Contents and message are generally explicitly declared in the title or in Bill’s essays on his artistic works and architectural projects: the beneficiary is invited to go through and re-build the process of synthesis generating the shape. In the course of the interview with the Milan artist Getulio Alviani, he tells how he would not write more than a page for an essay on Josef Albers: everything was already evident ‘on the surface’ and any additional sentence would be redundant. Two years after that interview, these pages attempt to decompose and single out the elements and processes connected with some of Max Bill’s works which, for their own origin, already contain all possible explanations and interpretations. The formal reduction in favour of contents maximization is, perhaps, Max Bill’s main lesson.

Verifiche numeriche dello stato di sollecitazione di una struttura alare di un velivolo ultraleggero

Lo scopo del progetto è di calcolare, tramite un modello agli elementi finiti, lo stato di sollecitazione delle parti costituenti l’ala di un velivolo ultraleggero, e di visualizzare i risultati della soluzione del calcolo in maniera grafica. L’aeromobile oggetto di studio è lo Yuma 912 S commercializzato da Alisport, un velivolo di categoria ULM (UltraLeggero Motorizzato) con capacità STOL (Short TakeOff and Landing – decollo ed atterraggio corti). Tutto il lavoro di progettazione, modellazione e calcolo è stato eseguito con un’unica tipologia di programma, CATIA V5, disponibile commercialmente, al fine di evitare conflitti tra diversi programmi CAD (per disegno assistito dal calcolatore) e CAE/FEA (per analisi ingegneristica del prodotto). Il lavoro si è articolato nelle seguenti fasi: progettazione assistita dal calcolatore, sviluppo del modello, valutazione della soluzione. I carichi introdotti nell’analisi sono stati scelti considerando le caratteristiche del velivolo ed il proprio diagramma di manovra, quindi calcolati in maniera teorica e successivamente applicati al modello in esame. La soluzione è stata poi visualizzata tramite simulazione della struttura deformata ed applicazione di una scala di colori sulle zone sottoposte ai diversi stati di sollecitazione.

"Zwetschge sucht Streusel": proposta di traduzione di alcune pagine di un romanzo contemporaneo

Zwetschge sucht Streusel è un romanzo rosa umoristico scritto da Petra Klotz e Susanne Schönfeld ambientato a Ulm, città del Baden-Württemberg. Il testo presenta numerosi elementi legati a questa particolare regione tedesca, come l'uso del dialetto svevo e riferimenti a canzoni, personaggi e leggende locali. Dopo una breve introduzione alle autrici, al testo e all'ambiente culturale nel quale si colloca, l'elaborato sviluppa un'analisi sulle strategie traduttive formulate da Reiß, sui concetti di Fremdes e Eigenes, sulla natura della Komik e il suo rapporto con la traduzione. Viene quindi proposta una traduzione di alcune pagine del romanzo, seguite da un commento al testo e alle strategie traduttive, che analizza lessico e sintassi, giochi di parole e culture-specific items incontrati.

Pulsatile shear and Gja5 modulate arterial identity and remodeling events during flow-driven arteriogenesis

In the developing chicken embryo yolk sac vasculature, the expression of arterial identity genes requires arterial hemodynamic conditions. We hypothesize that arterial flow must provide a unique signal that is relevant for supporting arterial identity gene expression and is absent in veins. We analyzed factors related to flow, pressure and oxygenation in the chicken embryo vitelline vasculature in vivo. The best discrimination between arteries and veins was obtained by calculating the maximal pulsatile increase in shear rate relative to the time-averaged shear rate in the same vessel: the relative pulse slope index (RPSI). RPSI was significantly higher in arteries than veins. Arterial endothelial cells exposed to pulsatile shear in vitro augmented arterial marker expression as compared with exposure to constant shear. The expression of Gja5 correlated with arterial flow patterns: the redistribution of arterial flow provoked by vitelline artery ligation resulted in flow-driven collateral arterial network formation and was associated with increased expression of Gja5. In situ hybridization in normal and ligation embryos confirmed that Gja5 expression is confined to arteries and regulated by flow. In mice, Gja5 (connexin 40) was also expressed in arteries. In the adult, increased flow drives arteriogenesis and the formation of collateral arterial networks in peripheral occlusive diseases. Genetic ablation of Gja5 function in mice resulted in reduced arteriogenesis in two occlusion models. We conclude that pulsatile shear patterns may be central for supporting arterial identity, and that arterial Gja5 expression plays a functional role in flow-driven arteriogenesis.

Clinical outcomes after PCI for acute coronary syndrome in unprotected left main coronary artery disease: insights from the Swiss Acute Left Main Coronary Vessel Percutaneous Management (SALVage) study

Unprotected left main (ULM) coronary artery disease is encountered in 3%-10% of coronary angiograms and is associated with high mortality. The survival of patients with ULM disease presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) depends on different variables and is lowest in those with cardiogenic shock (CS). The aim of the present study was to estimate the impact of baseline characteristics on the subsequent clinical outcome in patients treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of ULM for ACS.

[Prioritisation in the German health care system--an issue in ophthalmology?]

At the 111th German Medical Assembly in May 2008 in Ulm, Germany, a public debate on rationing of health care performances was started. Since the money in the German health care system is not enough to provide every diagnostic or therapy for every patient as a coverage of the compulsory medical insurances, a lot of specific health care performances have been rationed during the last years not to be covered by the regular medical insurance any more, such as, e. g., PSA measurements in urology or IOP measurements in ophthalmology. In contrast to the health care system in Scandinavia, where rationing of health care performances is publicly documented by the government, no similar public statements exist in Germany. Due to this, it is left to physicians to explain to their patients the "hidden" rationing of public health care performances, which also leads to an increase in individual health care performances (IGeL in Germany) to be paid for privately by the patient. It is undoubtedly true that not all medically possible performances need to be paid for by the health insurance; however, an official determination of these "out of pocket" health care performances is necessary. Therefore, it was the aim herein to work out possible "stop" criteria--according to the Scandinavian system--for common eye diseases and consecutive therapies, which need not be paid for or only be paid after a delay by the health insurances.

Jospeh. Furttenbach. Lebenslauff (1652 – 1664)

Joseph Furttenbach (1591 1667) wirkte als Architekt, Ingenieur, Baumeister, Sammler, Chronist und Tagebuchschreiber in der ersten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Seine autobiographischen Aufzeichnungen sind bisher unveröffentlicht geblieben. Sie werfen faszinierende Schlaglichter auf das Leben eines protestantischen Vermittlers italienischer Barockkultur im Süden des Alten Reiches, auf die kulturellen und sozialen Aktivi täten eines Kunstkammerbesitzers sowie den Alltag eines Stadtbaumeisters und frommen Lutheraners in der Reichsstadt Ulm.

Monte Carlo modeling of polarized light propagation: Stokes vs Jones - Part II

In this second part of our comparative study inspecting the (dis)similarities between “Stokes” and “Jones,” we present simulation results yielded by two independent Monte Carlo programs: (i) one developed in Bern with the Jones formalism and (ii) the other implemented in Ulm with the Stokes notation. The simulated polarimetric experiments involve suspensions of polystyrene spheres with varying size. Reflection and refraction at the sample/air interfaces are also considered. Both programs yield identical results when propagating pure polarization states, yet, with unpolarized illumination, second order statistical differences appear, thereby highlighting the pre-averaged nature of the Stokes parameters. This study serves as a validation for both programs and clarifies the misleading belief according to which “Jones cannot treat depolarizing effects.”

Same same but different: Locational policies in small and medium-sized European cities

Globalized interurban competition is affecting cities of various sizes and locations. Small and medium-sized cities have to find ways to position themselves in global markets by formulating locational policies. This paper outlines an analytical framework of locational policies that cities adopt in order to increase their competitiveness. By comparing two European small and mediumsized cities (Lucerne and Ulm), we examine manifestations of locational policies and compare if these policies are being diverse or resemble each other. We found that strategies of both cities are sharing the intentions to be competitive, but their policy choices differ because the economic and political context is enabling or restricting certain kinds of locational policies. Furthermore, the findings point to the high explanatory power of municipal tax autonomy when studying locational policies.

Einfluss von relativer Luftfeuchtigkeit und Applikationszeit auf die Dentinhaftkraft von sechs verschiedenen Adhäsivsystemen

Einleitung und Ziel: Das Arbeiten mit Adhäsivsystemen und Kompositmaterialien ist techniksensitiv und oft auch zeitaufwändig. Adhäsivsysteme und Kompositmaterialien sind feuchtigkeitsanfällig, weswegen die Verwendung eines Kofferdams von den Herstellern empfohlen wird - nicht nur, um während des Arbeitens mit Adhäsivsystemen und Kompositmaterialien die Gefahr einer Blut- oder Speichelkontamination zu minimieren sondern auch, um die hohe relative Luftfeuchtigkeit in der Mundhöhle auf die Luftfeuchtigkeit der Umgebung zu reduzieren. Abgesehen davon bestehen viele Adhäsivsysteme aus mehreren Applikationsschritten und diese Applikationsschritte weisen jeweils von den Herstellern genau angegebene Applikationszeiten auf. Je nach Adhäsivsystem erscheinen diese Applikationszeiten relativ lang und im klinischen Alltag kann die Gefahr bestehen, dass es zu einer Reduktion der vom Hersteller angegeben Applikationszeiten kommt. Es ist sehr wahrscheinlich, dass sowohl erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit als auch reduzierte Applikationszeiten die Dentinhaftkraft von Adhäsivsystemen negativ beeinflussen. Das Ziel dieser Studie war folglich, den Einfluss von relativer Luftfeuchtigkeit und Applikationszeit auf die Dentinhaftkraft von sechs verschiedenen Adhäsivsystemen zu untersuchen. Material und Methoden: Insgesamt 360 extrahierte menschliche Molaren ohne Füllungen und/oder Karies wurden verwendet (n=15 pro Gruppe; 24 Gruppen). Die Molaren wurden gereinigt und von okklusal bis ins mittlere Zahnkronendentin plangeschliffen. Die plangeschliffenen Molaren wurden anschliessend in selbsthärtendem Kunststoff eingebettet. Danach wurden die Oberflächen des Zahnkronendentins mit einem von sechs Adhäsivsystemen behandelt und Komposit (Filtek Z250; 3M ESPE) in Form eines Zylinders appliziert. Die sechs Adhäsivsysteme umfassten: 1) Syntac Classic (Ivoclar Vivadent), 2) OptiBond FL (Kerr), 3) Clearfil SE Bond (Kuraray), 4) AdheSE (Ivoclar Vivadent), 5) Xeno Select (DENTSPLY DeTrey) sowie 6) Scotchbond Universal (3M ESPE). Die Applikation des Adhäsivsystems und des Kompositzylinders wurde unter vier experimentellen Bedingungen durchgeführt. Die vier experimentellen Bedingungen wurden in einer modifizierten Handschuhbox erstellt (Abb. 1; CSL-GB24, Cleaver Scientific, Rugby, Grossbritannien) und umfassten: a) relative Luftfeuchtigkeit der Umgebung (~45%) und Applikationszeit gemäss Herstellerangaben, b) relative Luftfeuchtigkeit der Umgebung (~45%) und reduzierte Applikationszeit, c) erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit (≥85%) und Applikationszeit gemäss Herstellerangaben sowie d) erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit (≥85%) und reduzierte Applikationszeit. Nach 24 Stunden Lagerung wurden die auf Dentin applizierten Kompositzylinder in einer Universalprüfmaschine (Abb. 2; zwicki Z1.0 TN, Zwick, Ulm, Deutschland) mittels Scherkrafttest belastet (Traversengeschwindigkeit: 1 mm/min) und so die Haftkraftwerte bestimmt. Die Haftkraftwerte wurden anschliessend mit einer nichtparametrischen Varianzanalyse statistisch analysiert, gefolgt von Kruskal-Wallis- und Mann Whitney U-Tests sowie einer Bonferroni-Holm Korrektur für multiples Testen. Das Signifikanzniveau wurde auf α = 0.05 festgelegt. Resultate: Erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit sowie reduzierte Applikationszeit hatten keinen signifikanten Einfluss auf die Haftkraft von zwei der sechs untersuchten Adhäsivsysteme (Clearfil SE Bond und Scotchbond Universal; p = 1.00). Die Haftkraft der anderen vier Adhäsivsysteme (Syntac Classic, OptiBond FL, AdheSE und Xeno Select) wurde durch eine reduzierte Applikationszeit nicht signifikant beeinflusst (p ≥ 0.403). Allerdings reduzierte eine erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit (ungeachtet der Applikationszeit) die Haftkraft von Syntac Classic, OptiBond FL und Xeno Select signifikant (p ≤ 0.003). Eine erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit reduzierte die Haftkraft von AdheSE nur dann signifikant, wenn das Adhäsivsystem mit Applikationszeit gemäss Herstellerangaben verwendet wurde (p = 0.002). Hinsichtlich Unterschiede in der Haftkraft zwischen den sechs Adhäsivsystemen zeigte sich, dass OptiBond FL und Scotchbond Universal generell (sprich ungeachtet der vier experimentellen Bedingungen) die höchste Haftkraft erzielten. Von den anderen vier Adhäsivsystemen wurde Clearfil SE Bond am wenigsten durch erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit oder reduzierte Applikationszeit beeinflusst und zeigte zwar niedrigere Haftkraftwerte im Vergleich zu OptiBond FL und Scotchbond Universal dafür aber die konstanteste Haftkraft unter allen vier experimentellen Bedingungen. Schlussfolgerung: Die Dentinhaftkraft von zwei der sechs untersuchten Adhäsivsysteme (Clearfil SE Bond und Scotchbond Universal) wurde weder durch erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit noch durch reduzierte Applikationszeiten beeinflusst. Die Haftkraft der anderen vier Adhäsivsysteme wurde vor allem durch eine erhöhte relative Luftfeuchtigkeit negativ beeinflusst, grossmehrheitlich aber nicht durch eine reduzierte Applikationszeit. Klinisch ist daher die Kontrolle und Reduktion der relativen Luftfeuchtigkeit durch die Verwendung eines Kofferdams sehr zu empfehlen. Obwohl diese Studie gezeigt hat, dass reduzierte Applikationszeiten einen weniger starken, negativen Einfluss auf die Haftkraft haben, ist es trotzdem angezeigt, die Gebrauchsanleitungen der Adhäsivsysteme zu befolgen und sich an die Herstellerangaben zu halten.

Factor structure of the Bern Psychopathology Scale in a sample of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

BACKGROUND The Bern Psychopathology Scale (BPS) is based on a system-specific approach to classifying the psychopathological symptom pattern of schizophrenia. It consists of subscales for three domains (language, affect and motor behaviour) that are hypothesized to be related to specific brain circuits. The aim of the study was to examine the factor structure of the BPS in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. METHODS One hundred and forty-nine inpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders were recruited at the Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Germany (n=100) and at the University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland (n=49). Psychopathology was assessed with the BPS. The VARCLUS procedure of SAS(®) (a type of oblique component analysis) was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS Six clusters were identified (inhibited language, inhibited motor behaviour, inhibited affect, disinhibited affect, disinhibited language/motor behaviour, inhibited language/motor behaviour) which explained 40.13% of the total variance of the data. A binary division of attributes into an inhibited and disinhibited cluster was appropriate, although an overlap was found between the language and motor behaviour domains. There was a clear distinction between qualitative and quantitative symptoms. CONCLUSIONS The results argue for the validity of the BPS in identifying subsyndromes of schizophrenia spectrum disorders according to a dimensional approach. Future research should address the longitudinal assessment of dimensional psychopathological symptoms and elucidate the underlying neurobiological processes.

An Exploratory Study of Data Quality Management Practices in the ERP Software Systems Context

Quality data are not only relevant for successful Data Warehousing or Business Intelligence applications; they are also a precondition for efficient and effective use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. ERP professionals in all kinds of businesses are concerned with data quality issues, as a survey, conducted by the Institute of Information Systems at the University of Bern, has shown. This paper demonstrates, by using results of this survey, why data quality problems in modern ERP systems can occur and suggests how ERP researchers and practitioners can handle issues around the quality of data in an ERP software Environment.

Vollständige Zeichnungs-Schule in zwölf Abschnitten : methodisch neu bearbeitet für Gymnasien, Schulen und den Selbstunterricht

entworfen und lithographiert von Paul Leuchte in Ulm