A. Schmidt

Publication List Details

Period

1857 - 2008

Number

306

Co-Authors

How Cooper pairs vanish approaching the Mott insulator in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d (2008)

Kohsaka, Y., Taylor, C., Wahl, P., Schmidt, A., Lee, Jhinhwan, Fujita, K., ...

The antiferromagnetic ground state of copper oxide Mott insulators is achieved by localizing an electron at each copper atom in real space (r-space). Removing a small fraction of these electrons...

Third Level Trigger for the Fluorescence Telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory (2008)

Schmidt, A., Asch, T., Gemmeke, H., Kleifges, M., Menshikov, A., ...

The trigger system for the Auger fluorescence telescopes is implemented in hard- and software for an efficient selection of fluorescence light tracks induced by high-energy extensive air showers. The...

Direct determination of highly size-resolved turbulent particle fluxes with the disjunct eddy covariance method and a 12 ? stage electrical low pressure impactor (2008)

Schmidt, A., Klemm, O.

During summer 2007, turbulent vertical particle fluxes were measured for a period of 98 days near the city centre of Münster in north-west Germany. For this purpose, a valve controlled disjunct eddy...

Direct determination of highly size-resolved turbulent particle fluxes with the disjunct eddy covariance method and a 12 ? stage electrical low pressure impactor (2008)

Schmidt, A., Klemm, O.

During summer 2007, turbulent vertical particle fluxes were measured for a period of 98 days near the city centre of Münster in north-west Germany. For this purpose, a valve controlled disjunct eddy...

Upper Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Ultrahigh Energy Tau Neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory (2008)

Allard, D., Armengaud, E., Aublin, J., Beau, T., Berat, C., Billoir, P., ...

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to Earth-skimming tau-neutrinos $\nu_\tau$ that interact in the Earth's crust. Tau leptons from $\nu_\tau$ charged-current...

Upper Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Ultrahigh Energy Tau Neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory (2008)

Allard, D., Armengaud, E., Aublin, J., Beau, T., Berat, C., Billoir, P., ...

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to Earth-skimming tau-neutrinos $\nu_\tau$ that interact in the Earth's crust. Tau leptons from $\nu_\tau$ charged-current...

Upper Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Ultrahigh Energy Tau Neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory (2008)

Allard, D., Armengaud, E., Aublin, J., Beau, T., Berat, C., Billoir, P., ...

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to Earth-skimming tau-neutrinos $\nu_\tau$ that interact in the Earth's crust. Tau leptons from $\nu_\tau$ charged-current...

Analysis of the mouse tyrosinase promoter in vitro and in vivo (2008)

Ganss, R., Schmidt, A., Schutz, G., Beermann, F.

The restricted expression of the tyrosinase gene in cells producing pigment suggests the presence of cis-regulatory elements and trans-acting tissue-specific factors. Since 270 bp upstream of the...

A null mutation in the perforin gene impairs cytolytic T lymphocyte- and natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity (2008)

Lowin, B., Beermann, F., Schmidt, A., Tschopp, J.

Lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity has been proposed to consist of the polarized secretion of granule-stored perforin leading to target-cell lysis. Nevertheless, perforin-independent pathways were...

Molecular basis of dark-eyed albinism in the mouse (2008)

Schmidt, A., Beermann, F.

Dark-eyed albino (C44H) is a recessive allele at the mouse albino (c) locus, which encodes tyrosinase (monophenol,L-dopa:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.14.18.1), the key enzyme in melanin synthesis....

Misrouting of tyrosinase with a truncated cytoplasmic tail as a result of the murine platinum (cp) mutation (2008)

Beermann, F., Orlow, S. J., Boissy, R. E., Schmidt, A., Boissy, Y. L., Lamoreux, M. L.

Mice homozygous for the platinum (cp) allele at the albino locus manifest severe oculocutaneous albinism despite the presence in vitro of tyrosinase activity at 25% wild-type levels. We demonstrate...

Early death due to defective neonatal lung liquid clearance in alpha-ENaC-deficient mice (2008)

Hummler, E., Barker, P., Gatzy, J., Beermann, F., Verdumo, C., Schmidt, A., ...

The amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel, ENaC, is a heteromultimeric protein made up of three homologous subunits (alpha, beta and gamma) (1,2). In vitro, assembly and expression of...

Tyrosinase, the key enzyme in melanin synthesis, is expressed in murine brain (2008)

Tief, K., Hahne, M., Schmidt, A., Beermann, F.

Tyrosinase is one of the key enzymes in mammalian melanin synthesis. The pigment is produced in two different cell types: the pigmented epithelial cell of the retina, and the melanocyte, a cell of...

Tyrosinase is a new marker for cell populations in the mouse neural tube (2008)

Tief, K., Schmidt, A., Aguzzi, A., Beermann, F.

Tyrosinase, the key enzyme in melanin synthesis, is expressed in pigment cells derived from both neural crest and neuroectoderm. The present study was performed to detect tyrosinase promoter activity...

Decreased blood pressure response in mice deficient of the alpha1b-adrenergic receptor (2008)

Cavalli, A., Lattion, A. L., Hummler, E., Nenniger, M., Pedrazzini, T., Aubert, J. F., ...

To investigate the functional role of different alpha1-adrenergic receptor (alpha1-AR) subtypes in vivo, we have applied a gene targeting approach to create a mouse model lacking the alpha1b-AR...

Early diabetes and abnormal postnatal pancreatic islet development in mice lacking Glut-2 (2008)

Guillam, M. T., Hummler, E., Schaerer, E., Yeh, J. I., Birnbaum, M. J., Beermann, F., ...

Glut-2 is a low-affinity transporter present in the plasma membrane of pancreatic beta-cells, hepatocytes and intestine and kidney absorptive epithelial cells of mice. In beta-cells, Glut-2 has been...

Regulation of the tyrosinase promoter in transgenic mice: expression of a tyrosinase-lacZ fusion gene in embryonic and adult brain (2008)

Tief, K., Schmidt, A., Beermann, F.

The enzyme tyrosinase is indispensable for pigmentation and the gene is expressed mainly in pigment cells. Regulatory elements, at -12 to -15 kb (enhancer) and within the 270 bp directly upstream of...

Tumors of the retinal pigment epithelium metastasize to inguinal lymph nodes and spleen in tyrosinase-related protein 1/SV40 T antigen transgenic mice (2008)

Penna, D., Schmidt, A., Beermann, F.

The pigment epithelium of the retina (RPE) is derived from the optic cup and is essential for function and development of the eye. We produced a transgenic mouse line that expresses simian virus...

lacZ transgenic mice to monitor gene expression in embryo and adult (2008)

Schmidt, A., Tief, K., Foletti, A., Hunziker, A., Penna, D., Hummler, E., ...

In transgenic experiments, lacZ can be used as a reporter gene for activity of a given promoter. Its main advantage is the ease of visualization in situ, on sections or in whole mount preparations,...

Salt restriction induces pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 in mice expressing low levels of the beta-subunit of the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (2008)

Pradervand, S., Barker, P. M., Wang, Q., Ernst, S. A., Beermann, F., Grubb, B. R., ...

The amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is a heteromultimer of three homologous subunits (alpha-, beta-, and gamma- subunits). To study the role of the beta-subunit in vivo, we...

Ectopic expression of RET results in microphthalmia and tumors in the retinal pigment epithelium (2008)

Schmidt, A., Tief, K., Yavuzer, U., Beermann, F.

The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is essential for eye development by interacting with the overlaying neuroepithelium. Regulatory sequences of the gene encoding for tyrosinase-related protein 1...

The tyrosinase tail mediates sorting to the lysosomal compartment in MDCK cells via a di-leucine and a tyrosine-based signal (2008)

Simmen, T., Schmidt, A., Hunziker, W., Beermann, F.

Tyrosinase is a type I membrane protein found in melanosomes, which are lysosomal-like organelles and specific for pigment cells. A mutation of mouse tyrosinase, platinum (cp), leads to truncation of...

Absence of fibroblast growth factor 2 does not prevent tumor formation originating from the RPE (2008)

Foletti, A., Ackermann, J., Schmidt, A., Hummler, E., Beermann, F.

We have analysed the importance of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) in tumor development. In a transgenic mouse model (Tyrp1-Tag) tumors form in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), invade...

Search for B-s(0)->mu(+)mu(-) and B-0 ->mu(+)mu(-) Decays with 2 fb(-1) of p(p)over-bar Collisions (2008)

Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...

We have performed a search for B-s(0)->mu(+)mu(-) and B-0 ->mu(+)mu(-) decays in p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV using 2 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected by the CDF II...

Lean-Prinzipien für verbesserte Kosteneffizienz: Instandhaltungseffizienz durch Lean Maintenance (2008)

Bandow, G., Schmidt, A.

Die Bedeutung der Instandhaltung nimmt weiter zu. In einem Lean Umfeld mit einer immer verschwendungsärmeren Produktion stehen nicht nur die Kosteneffizienz und Verfügbarkeit der Produktionsmittel...

The substitution of Phentolamine with an equal amount of Chlopromazine as an alpha-blocker in vasoactive cocktails used for intracavernous injection therapy for the treatment of erectile disfunction (2007)

Uebel, R A, Schmidt, A

Introduction: This brief report describes the replacement of phentolamine mesylate with an equal amount of chlorpromazine HCl in vasoactive drug mixtures used as intracavernous (IC) injection therapy...

An Intrinsic Bond-Centered Electronic Glass with Unidirectional Domains in Underdoped Cuprates (2007)

Kohsaka, Y., Taylor, C., Fujita, K., Schmidt, A., Lupien, C., Hanaguri, T., ...

Removing electrons from the CuO2 plane of cuprates alters the electronic correlations sufficiently to produce high-temperature superconductivity. Associated with these changes are spectral weight...

Occurrence of concurrent `orthogonal' polarization modes in the Lienard-Wichert field of a rotating superluminal source (2007)

Schmidt, A., Ardavan, H., Fasel, J., Singleton, J., Ardavan, A.

We evaluate the Lienard-Wiechert field of a rotating superluminal point source numerically and show that this radiation field has the following intrinsic characteristics. (i) It is sharply focused...

CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance (2007)

Bayatian, G. L., Chatrchyan, S., Hmayakyan, G., Sirunyan, A. M., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., ...

CMS is a general purpose experiment, designed to study the physics of pp collisions at 14 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC). It currently involves more than 2000 physicists from more than 150...

Adaptive sampling of intersectable models exploiting image and object-space coherence (2007)

Schmidt, A.

In ray casting interactivity is limited by intersection tests with the underlying surface. Depending on the surface, intersection tests can be very expensive operations. To achieve interactivity in...

Catalytic Membrane Reactors for Partial Oxidation Using Perovskite Hollow Fiber Membranes and for Partial Hydrogenation Using a Catalytic Membrane Contactor (2007)

Caro, J., Caspary, K. J., Hamel, C., Hoting, B., Kölsch, P., Langanke, B., ...

Two consecutive model reactions of the type A->B->C are studied in two kinds of catalytic membrane reactors. The partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas due to CH4 + ½O2 -> CO + 2H2 was...

Neue Vorgehensmodelle zur prozessorientierten Logistikplanung (2007)

Kuhn, A., Schmidt, A., Beller, M.

Die Prozessorientierung als dominierende Sichtweise zur Analyse und Optimierung sämtlicher Unternehmensabläufe hat die Planung logistischer Systeme beeinflusst und viele der funktionsorientierten...

Catalytic membrane reactors for partial oxidation using perovskite hollow fiber membranes and for partial hydrogenation using a catalytic membrane contactor (2007)

Caro, J., Caspary, K.J., Hamel, C., Hoting, B., Kölsch, P., Langanke, B., ...

Two consecutive model reactions of the type A -> B -> C are studied in two kinds of catalytic membrane reactors. The partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas due to CH4 + (1)/O-2(2) ->...

Im Wissensnetz: Linked Information Processes in Research Networks (2007)

Braun, S., Hefke, M., Schmidt, A., Sevilmis, N.

At first glance, it seems to be quite surprising that so far traditional business process-oriented knowledge management techniques have not been transferred to research in order to improve the...

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Sicherung der Integritaet und/oder Nichtabstreitbarkeit von paketbasierter, zeitkritischer Kommunkation (2007)

Schmidt, A., Kuntze, N., Hett, C.

DE 102006025369 A1 UPAB: 20070822 NOVELTY - The method involves ensuring the integrity and/or non-repudiability for contents and/or time and/or location and/or identity of a conversational partner of...

Supporting mobile service usage through physical mobile interaction (2007)

Broll, G., Siorpaes, S., Rukzio, E., Paolucci, M., Hamard, J., Wagner, M., ...

Although mobile services can be used ubiquitously, their employment and the interaction with them are still restricted by the constraints of mobile devices. In order to facilitate and leverage mobile...

Sensing technologies and the player-middleware for context-awareness in kitchen environments (2007)

Kranz, M., Schmidt, A., Rusu, R.B., Madonado, A., Beetz, M., Hörnler, B., ...

In this paper, we report on a use case of networked sensing technologies in the context of smart homes and specifically the kitchen as scenario for our research. We adapt, use and extend an existing...

Gas station flash survey: A method for interviewing drivers (2007)

Kern, D., Schmidt, A.

Interviews and questionnaires are very important techniques to acquire information from the potential user. Surveys are one tool to understand users' needs which is in particular helpful in the...

A capacitive sensing toolkit for pervasive activity detection and recognition (2007)

Wimmer, R., Kranz, M., Schmidt, A., Boring, S.

In this paper we present a toolkit for realizing capacitive sensing applications for human-computer interaction in pervasive computing systems. We argue that capacitive sensors - due to their unique...

Mobile platforms for playful learning and interaction (2007)

Vodvarsky, E., Holleis, P., Kranz, M., Schmidt, A.

In this paper, we present two mobile platforms in an interactive learning context for children. The first system is the BlueCube, a wirelessly networked tangible computer using acceleration sensors...

Concepts, Developments and Advanced Applications of the PAX Toolkit (2006)

Kappler, S, Erdmann, M, Felzmann, U, Flossdorf, A, Kirsch, M, Müller, G, ...

The Physics Analysis eXpert (PAX) is an open source toolkit for high energy physics analysis. The C++ class collection provided by PAX is deployed in a number of analyses with complex event...

Concepts, Developments and Advanced Applications of the PAX Toolkit (2006)

Kappler, S., Erdmann, M., Felzmann, U., Flossdorf, A., Kirsch, M., Mueller, G., ...

The Physics Analysis eXpert (PAX) is an open source toolkit for high energy physics analysis. The C++ class collection provided by PAX is deployed in a number of analyses with complex event...

Les Houches Physics at TeV Colliders 2005, Standard Model and Higgs working group: Summary report (2006)

Buttar, C., Dittmaier, S., Drollinger, V., Frixione, S., Nikitenko, A., Abdullin, S. Willenbrock S., ...

This Report summarises the activities of the "SM and Higgs" working group for the Workshop "Physics at TeV Colliders", Les Houches, France, 2-20 May, 2005. On the one hand, we performed a variety of...

Minor segmental wall motion abnormalities detected in patients with Chagas' disease have adverse prognostic implications (2006)

Pazin-Filho,A., Romano,M.M.D., Almeida-Filho,O.C., Furuta,M.S., Viviani,L.F., Schmidt,A., ...

Recent data from our laboratory have shown that patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas' disease can have impairment of left ventricular contractility, as evaluated by the slope of the left...

Automated grading of left ventricular segmental wall motion by an artificial neural network using color kinesis images (2006)

Murta Jr.,L.O., Ruiz,E.E.S., Pazin-Filho,A., Schmidt,A., Almeida-Filho,O.C., Simões,M.V., ...

The present study describes an auxiliary tool in the diagnosis of left ventricular (LV) segmental wall motion (WM) abnormalities based on color-coded echocardiographic WM images. An artificial neural...