M. Becker

Publication List Details

Period

1968 - 2009

Number

375

Co-Authors

Surface reconstruction and energy gap of superconducting V3Si(001) (2009)

Hauptmann, N., Becker, M., Kroeger, J., Berndt, R.

A yet unknown surface reconstruction of V3Si(001), which is most likely induced by carbon, is used to investigate the quasi-particle energy gap at the atomic scale by a cryogenic scanning tunneling...

Analysis of the productivity of upland rice and cover crops in relay intercropping systems using a mechanistic competition model (2009)

Akanvou, R, Bastiaans, L, Kropff, MJ, Becker, M

Relay intercropping systems with rice cultivars (WAB450-24-3-2-P18-HB (V4) and WAB56-50), the competitive Cajanus cajan and the weakly competitive Stylosanthes hamata were evaluated in the tropical...

Comparative study of variability management in software product lines and runtime adaptable systems (2009)

Alves, V., Schneider, D., Becker, M., Bencomo, N., Grace, P.

Software Product Lines (SPL) and Runtime Adaptation (RTA) have traditionally been distinct research areas addressing different problems and with different communities. Despite the differences, there...

Modelle und Reasoning-Ansätze für die ambiente Notfallerkennung im eigenen Heim (2009)

Storf, H., Kleinberger, T., Becker, M., Prückner, S., Beyer, D., Pirker, M.

Das Auftreten altersbedingter Erkrankungen wird sich entsprechend den Studien zur demographischen Entwicklung verstärken. In Kombination mit dem generellen altersbedingten Verlust kognitiver,...

Comparative study of variability management in software product lines and runtime adaptable systems (2009)

Alves, V., Schneider, D., Becker, M., Bencomo, N., Grace, P.

Software Product Lines (SPL) and Runtime Adaptation (RTA) have traditionally been distinct research areas addressing different problems and with different communities. Despite the differences, there...

Individuelle Gestaltung und Anpassung bestehender Wohnkonzepte (2009)

Wichert, R., Gaugisch, P., Norgall, T., Becker, M.

AAL-Konzepte bestimmen seit einigen Jahren die wissenschaftlichen und marktorientierten Forschungslandschaften. Für die aufgrund der Bevölkerungsentwicklung anstehenden Herausforderungen sind...

Skin sclerosis is only of limited value to identify SSc patients with severe manifestations--an analysis of a distinct patient subgroup of the German Systemic Sclerosis Network (DNSS) Register (2009)

Hanitsch, L. G., Witt, C., Hunzelmann, N., Genth, E., Krieg, T., ...

Objectives. In SSc, diagnosis and classification is based mainly on skin sclerosis. Herein, we investigated in a large multicentre cohort, to what extent skin sclerosis reflects organ involvement and...

Generation of flattop pump pulses for OPCPA by coherent pulse stacking with fiber Bragg gratings (2009)

Rothhardt, J., Hädrich, S., Gottschall, T., Limpert, J., Tünnermann, A., Rothhardt, M., ...

We present a simple and robust pulse shaping device based on coherent pulse stacking. The device is embedded in a polarisation maintaining step index fiber. An input pulse is sent through a fiber...

AUTOMATIC RUN-TIME CHOICE FOR SIMULATION LENGTH IN MIMESIS (*) (2008)

M. Becker, G. Damm, Communicated Bernard Lemaire

Abstract. – This paper presents an algorithm which prevents a simulation user from choosing a simulation length. This choice is always tricky and often leads to CPU-time waste, not to mention...

Morpho – physiological characteristics of Cover crops for analysis of upland rice production in relay intercropping systems (2008)

Akanvou, RK, Becker, M, Bastiaans, L, Kropff, MJ

To assess the suitability of Leguminous species in rice intercropping systems, physiological and morphological characteristics of Crotalaria juncea, Cajanus cajan, Mucuna pruriens var....

Peer-to-peer Communications to Prevent Broadcast Diffusion from Feedback Implosion (2008)

P. Delannoy, V. Gauthier, M. Becker

Abstract—Nowadays low cost UMTS and soon HSDPA network developments lead to an increase in multimedia broadcasted services. The new standard for broadcast over mobiles, DVB-H, needs service...

Efficient Updates of Bounding Sphere Hierarchies for Geometrically Deformable Models (2008)

C. Mendoza, I. Navazo (editors, J. Spillmann, M. Becker, M. Teschner

We present a new approach for efficient collision handling of meshless objects undergoing geometric deformation. The presented technique is based on bounding sphere hierarchies. We show that...

Neutron Beam Effects on Spin Exchange Polarized He-3 (2008)

Sharma, M., Babcock, E., Andersen, K. H., Barron-Palos, L., Becker, M., Boag, S., ...

We have observed depolarization effects when high intensity cold neutron beams are incident on alkali-metal-spin-exchange polarized He-3 cells used as neutron spin filters. This was first observed as...

Cell-Specific Optimized Parameterization of Compressed Mode Operation and Inter-System Handovers in UMTS/GSM Overlay Networks (2008)

I. Forkel, M. Schmocker, L. Lazin, M. Becker, F. Debus, F. Winnewisser

Abstract—Since nation-wide coverage can’t immediately be achieved with the recent roll-out of UMTS networks in many countries, network performance and service continuity is highly based on...

Emergency monitoring and prevention - EU Project EMERGE (2008)

Prückner, S., Madler, C., Beyer, D., Berger, M., Kleinberger, T., Becker, M.

As a consequence of the demographic and societal changes, there is rising involvement of emergency medical services and emergency physicians in geriatric emergencies. Elderly people living in single...

Assisted Living Labor: Szenarien, Ansatz und Erfahrungen im Projekt BelAmI (2008)

Kleinberger, T., Becker, M., Putz, W.

In einer zunehmend älter werdenden Gesellschaft spielt die Frage, wie lange ein Alleinstehender zu Hause in seiner gewohnten Umgebung verbleiben kann, eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Zentrale Fragen...

Adapting X3D for multi-touch environments (2008)

Jung, Y., Keil, J., Behr, J., Webel, S., Zoellner, M., Engelke, T., ...

Multi-touch interaction on tabletop displays is a very active field of todays HCI research. However, most publications still focus on tracking techniques or develop a gesture configuration for a...

Software architecture trends and promising technology for ambient assisted living systems (2008)

Becker, M.

Driven by the ongoing demographical, structural, and social changes in all modern, industrialized countries, there is a huge interest in IT-based equipment and services these days that enable...

Runtime models for self-adaptation in the ambient assisted living domain (2008)

Schneider, D., Becker, M.

Ambient Assisted Living systems (AAL) must fulfill several challenging requirements as, for instance, the ability to render their services at a quality level that is high enough to enable an...

A multi-agent-based activity recognition approach for ambient assisted living (2008)

Storf, H., Becker, M.

Among the central challenges of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) systems are autonomous and reliable recognition of the assisted person's situation and the proactive offering of adequate assistance...

Verfahren zur Anpassung einer Steuerungslogik eines Systems (2008)

Nick, M., Becker, M., Feike, M.

DE 102008035654 A1 UPAB: 20090222 NOVELTY - The method involves determining a change in a configuration of a system, and testing whether the changed configuration of the system is retrievably stored,...

Simultaneous PET-MRI: a new approach for functional and morphological imaging (2008)

Judenhofer, M.S., Wehrl, H.F., Newport, D.F., Catana, C., Siegel, S.B., Becker, M., ...

Noninvasive imaging at the molecular level is an emerging field in biomedical research. This paper introduces a new technology synergizing two leading imaging methodologies: positron emission...

Performance Measurement of a WEB server, Design of a First Model (2007)

P. Baudracco, C. Fleury, S. Monnier, M. Becker

This paper presents an attempt to evaluate performance of a WEB server. The model can be derived from a model of the server architecture and a model of the users. Several architecture models are...

The Main Questions to be Asked in order to Characterize an ATM Switch Performance Model* (2007)

M. Becker

Performance of ATM networks will depend on switch performance and architecture. In this paper a set of eleven questions is presented in order to be able to study the performance. It is necessary to...

The COMPASS Experiment at CERN (2007)

Abbon, P, Albrecht, E, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu, Alexeev, G D, Alekseev, M G, ...

The COMPASS experiment makes use of the CERN SPS high-intensitymuon and hadron beams for the investigation of the nucleon spin structure and the spectroscopy of hadrons. One or more outgoing...

A MaxBCG Catalog of 13,823 Galaxy Clusters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Koester, BP, McKay, TA, Annis, J, Wechsler, RH, Evrard, AE, Bleem, L, ...

We present a catalog of galaxy clusters selected using the maxBCG red-sequence method from Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric data. This catalog includes 13,823 clusters with velocity dispersions...

A MaxBCG Catalog of 13,823 Galaxy Clusters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Koester, B. P., McKay, T. A., Annis, J., Wechsler, R. H., Evrard, A., Bleem, L., ...

We present a catalog of galaxy clusters selected using the maxBCG redsequence method from Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric data. This catalog includes 13,823 clusters with velocity dispersions...

An architecture for prototyping and application development of visual tracking systems (2007)

Becker, M., Bleser, G., Pagani, A., Stricker, D., Wuest, H.

In this paper we introduce a novel architecture for rapid development and assessment of advanced 3D visual tracking systems. Indeed, we notice that it does not exist up to now a universal tracking...

Hybrid reasoning for monitoring and assistance in ambient assisted living systems (2007)

Nick, M., Becker, M.

Ambient Assisted Living Systems are expected to support people with special needs in their daily routine by continuously monitoring and assisting them. They also improve the autonomy of elderly. In...

Ambient intelligence in assisted living: Enable elderly people to handle future interfaces (2007)

Kleinberger, T., Becker, M., Ras, E., Holzinger, A., Müller, P.

Ambient Assisted Living is currently one of the important research and development areas, where accessibility, usability and learning plays a major role and where future interfaces are an important...

Engineering tele-health solutions in the ambient assisted living lab (2007)

Ras, E., Becker, M., Koch, J.

Despite the advancement in electronic industry and the high potential of ambient intelligence applications in the domain of tele-health, the task of engineering such systems is non-trivial and...

Dezentrale Abwasserentsorgung mit Kleinkläranlagen in Verantwortung eines Wasserwirtschaftsverbandes (2007)

Becker, M., Geisler, S., Hetschel, M., Hiessl, H.

Semi- or decentralised wastewater disposal systems can - especially in rural areas - be alternatives to conventional drainage systems with discharge to a central wastewater treatment plant. Based on...

Realtime camera tracking in the MATRIS project (2007)

Chandaria, J., Thomas, G., Bartczak, B., Koeser, K., Koch, R., Becker, M., ...

In order to insert a virtual object into a TV image, the graphics system needs to know precisely how the camera is moving, so that the virtual object can be rendered in the correct place in every...

Engineering tele-health solutions in the ambient assisted living lab (2007)

Ras, E., Becker, M., Koch, J.

Despite the advancement in electronic industry and the high potential of ambient intelligence applications in the domain of tele-health, the task of engineering such systems is non-trivial and...

Identifying differences between CAD and physical mock-ups using AR (2007)

Webel, S., Becker, M., Stricker, D., Wuest, H.

Since the last ten years product development in automotive industry is changing radically. Most physical mock-ups have vanished and are now replaced by digital ones. But they are still needed for...

QoS specification in ambient intelligence systems (2007)

Schneider, D., Anastasopoulos, M., Bayer, J., Becker, M., Webel, C.

Quality of Service (QoS) is a central characteristic of human-centric Ambient Intelligence (AmI) systems, since it has a strong relation to the degree of satisfaction with the services provided to...

Emergency Monitoring and Prevention - EU Project EMERGE (2007)

Prückner, S., Madler, C., Beyer, D., Berger, M., Kleinberger, T., Becker, M.

As a consequence of the demographic and societal changes, there is rising involvement of emergency medical services and emergency physicians in geriatric emergencies. Elderly people living in single...

Assisted Living Labor: Szenarien, Ansatz und Erfahrungen im Projekt BelAmI (2007)

Kleinberger, T., Becker, M., Putz, W.

In einer zunehmend älter werdenden Gesellschaft spielt die Frage, wie lange ein Alleinstehender zu Hause in seiner gewohnten Umgebung verbleiben kann, eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Zentrale Fragen...

Emergency Monitoring and Prevention - EU Project EMERGE (2007)

Prückner, S., Madler, C., Beyer, D., Berger, M., Kleinberger, T., Becker, M.

As a consequence of the demographic and societal changes, there is rising involvement of emergency medical services and emergency physicians in geriatric emergencies. Elderly people living in single...

Assisted Living Labor: Szenarien, Ansatz und Erfahrungen im Projekt BelAmI (2007)

Kleinberger, T., Becker, M., Putz, W.

In einer zunehmend älter werdenden Gesellschaft spielt die Frage, wie lange ein Alleinstehender zu Hause in seiner gewohnten Umgebung verbleiben kann, eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Zentrale Fragen...

Real-time vision-based tracking and reconstruction (2007)

Bleser, G., Becker, M., Stricker, D.

Many of the recent real-time markerless camera tracking systems assume the existence of a complete 3D model of the target scene. Also the system developed in the MATRIS project assumes that a scene...

Ambient intelligence in assisted living: Enable elderly people to handle future interfaces (2007)

Kleinberger, T., Becker, M., Ras, E., Holzinger, A., Müller, P.

Ambient Assisted Living is currently one of the important research and development areas, where accessibility, usability and learning plays a major role and where future interfaces are an important...

A hybrid approach to intelligent living assistance (2007)

Nick, M., Becker, M.

IT-based living assistance systems focusing on the support of people with special needs in their daily routine have to continuously monitor and assist them in an appropriate way. To this end, we have...

Hybrid reasoning for monitoring and assistance in ambient assisted living systems (2007)

Nick, M., Becker, M.

Ambient Assisted Living Systems are expected to support people with special needs in their daily routine by continuously monitoring and assisting them. They also improve the autonomy of elderly. In...

A hybrid approach to intelligent living assistance (2007)

Nick, M., Becker, M.

IT-based living assistance systems focusing on the support of people with special needs in their daily routine have to continuously monitor and assist them in an appropriate way. To this end, we have...

Monitoring and assistance in ambient intelligence systems (2007)

Nick, M., Becker, M., Narandzic, D., Werkman, E.

Monitoring and assistance tasks are relevant for various domains, e.g., ambient assisted living and production line control. In this paper we present our monitoring and assistance component MonA,...

Caspase-cleaved HPK1 induces CD95L-independent activation-induced cell death in T and B lymphocytes (2007)

Brenner, D., Golks, A., Becker, M., Muller, W., Frey, C. R., Novak, R., ...

Life and death of peripheral lymphocytes is strictly controlled to maintain physiologic levels of T and B cells. Activation-induced cell death (AICD) is one mechanism to delete superfluous...

BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION Real-Time Camera Tracking in the MATRIS project (2007)

J. Ch, G. Thomas, B. Bartczak, K. Koeser, R. Koch, M. Becker, ...

In order to insert a virtual object into a TV image, the graphics system needs to know precisely how the camera is moving, so that the virtual object can be rendered in the correct place in every...

Signal enhancement in nano-Raman spectroscopy by gold caps on silicon nanowires obtained by vapour-liquid-solid growth (2007)

Christiansen, S. H., Becker, M, Fahlbusch, S, Michler, J, Sivakov, V, Andra, G, ...

Silicon nanowires grown by the vapour-liquid-solid growth mechanism with gold as the catalyst show gold caps ~50-400~nm in diameter with an almost ideal hemispherical shape atop a silicon column....

A new measurement of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries on a transversely polarised deuteron target (2006)

Ageev, E S, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Alexeev, M, Amoroso, A, ...

New high precision measurements of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarised 6LiD target are presented. The data...

The Deuteron Spin-dependent Structure Function $g^{d}_1$ and its First Moment (2006)

Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Alexeev, M, Amoroso, A, Badeek, B, ...

We present a measurement of the deuteron spin-dependent structure function g^d_1 based on the data collected by the COMPASS experiment at CERN during the years 2002-2004. The data provide an accurate...

Lifetimes of electrons in the Shockley surface state band of Ag(111) (2006)

Becker, M., Crampin, S., Berndt, R.

We present a theoretical many-body analysis of the electron-electron (e-e) inelastic damping rate $\Gamma$ of electron-like excitations in the Shockley surface state band of Ag(111). It takes into...

Documenting design decisions: A framework and its evaluation in the ambient intelligence domain (2006)

Falessi, D., Becker, M.

Design decisions crucially influence the success of every software development project. Consequently, a considerable amount of time in the development activities is usually spent to discuss design...

QoS specification in ambient intelligence systems (2006)

Schneider, D., Anastasopoulos, M., Bayer, J., Becker, M., Webel, C.

Quality of Service (QoS) is a central characteristic of human-centric Ambient Intelligence (AmI) systems, since it has a strong relation to the degree of satisfaction with the services provided to...

Strength characterization of laser diced silicon for application in solar industry (2006)

Schönfelder, S., Bagdahn, J., Baumann, S., Kray, D., Mayer, K., Willeke, G., ...

Laser technologies are used in a wide range of process steps in solar industry. In this paper novel laser dicing technologies like LaserMicroJet® and Laser Chemical Etching (LCE) are investigated...

Fast and stable tracking for AR fusing video and inertial sensor data (2006)

Bleser, G., Wohlleber, C., Becker, M., Stricker, D.

Accurate acquisition of camera position and orientation is crucial for realistic augmentations of camera images. Computer vision based tracking algorithms, using the camera itself as sensor, are...

Living assistance systems: An ambient intelligence approach (2006)

Nehmer, J., Becker, M., Karshmer, A., Lamm, R.

In this paper, we present an integrated system concept for the living assistance domain based on ambient intelligence technology and discuss the resulting challenges for the software engineering...

Documenting design decisions: A framework and its evaluation in the ambient intelligence domain (2006)

Falessi, D., Becker, M.

Design decisions crucially influence the success of every software development project. Consequently, a considerable amount of time in the development activities is usually spent to discuss design...

Real-time camera tracking in the matris project (2006)

Chandaria, J., Thomas, G., Bartczak, B., Koeser, K., Koch, R., Becker, M., ...

In order to insert a virtual object into a TV image, the graphics system needs to know precisely how the camera is moving, so that the virtual object can be rendered in the correct place in every...

Design decision rationale. Experiences and steps ahead towards systematic use (2006)

Falessi, D., Becker, M., Cantone, G.

Design decisions crucially influence the success of every software project. While the resulting design is typically documented quite well, the situation is usually different for the underlying...

Approaching ambient intelligent home care systems (2006)

Becker, M., Werkman, E., Anastasopoulos, M., Kleinberger, T.

Ambient Intelligence based home care systems (AHCS) have the potential to overcome problems current home care systems are facing with. On the downside, engineering full-fledged AHCS is a non-trivial...

Embedded intelligence for ambient assisted living (2006)

Bomarius, F., Becker, M., Kleinberger, T.

Our aging societies are facing the problem that more and more elderly people want to live longer at home in their preferred environment despite diseases and handicaps. We have a great chance to...

Documenting design decision rationale to improve individual and team design decision making. An experimental evaluation (2006)

Falessi, D., Cantone, G., Becker, M.

Individual and team decision-making have crucial influence on the level of success of every software project. Even though several studies were already conducted, which concerned design decision...

Covalently coupled nanoparticles in capillary pores as enzyme carrier and as turbulence promoter to facilitate enzymatic polymerizations in flow-through enzyme-membrane reactors (2006)

Becker, M., Ulbricht, M.

Enzyme-membrane reactors (EMR) with enzyme covalently immobilized on the pore walls are interesting alternatives for continuous processes, especially for polymerizations. However, the effective mass...

Effect of Beclomethasone Dipropionate and Dexamethasone Isonicotinate on Lung Function, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Cytology, and Transcription Factor Expression in Airways of Horses with Recurrent Airway Obstruction (2006)

Couetil, L, Art, Tatiana, De Moffarts, Brieuc, Becker, M, Melotte, D, Jaspar, Fabrice, ...

Glucocorticoid (GC) therapy is recognized to be effective for the treatment of recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses. Anti-inflammatory properties of GC are thought to be mediated by...

Theoretical analysis of STM-derived lifetimes of excitations in the Shockley surface state band of Ag(111) (2005)

Becker, M., Crampin, S., Berndt, R.

We present a quantitative many-body analysis using the GW approximation of the decay rate $\Gamma$ due to electron-electron scattering of excitations in the Shockley surface state band of Ag(111), as...

[Indications and results of operative treatment in birth-related brachial plexus injuries] (2005)

Becker, M, Berger, A

INTRODUCTION: A review of the literature reveals that under conventional treatment alone or in combination with secondary muscle/tendon transfer about 4 to 43 % of cases show incomplete recovery with...

Dimension-Dependence of the Critical Exponent in Spherically Symmetric Gravitational Collapse (2005)

Bland, J., Preston, B., Becker, M., Kunstatter, G., Husain, V.

We study the critical behaviour of spherically symmetric scalar field collapse to black holes in spacetime dimensions other than four. We obtain reliable values for the scaling exponent in the...

Implementierung eines verlustleistungsoptimierten Dezimators für kaskadierte Sigma-Delta Analog-Digital Umsetzer (2005)

M. Becker, N. Lotze, J. Becker, M. Ortmanns, Y. Manoli

Dieser Beitrag stellt die Implementierung eines neuartigen Ansatzes einer effizienten Dezimator-Architektur für kaskadierte Sigma-Delta Modulatoren vor. Die Rekombinationslogik kaskadierter...

Runtime adaptivity for AmI systems - the concept of adaptivity (2005)

Becker, M., Decker, B., Patzke, T., Syeda, H.A.

This introductory report of the BelAmi project G4 "Runtime Adaptivity for Ambient Intelligence Systems" serves to establish a conceptual basis by discussing the concept of adaptivity. There is a high...

Operating system characteristics for ambient intelligent systems (2005)

Amiry, S., Schmid, K., Becker, M.

Ambient Intelligence (AmI) includes a broad variety of new applications based on distributed, embedded, intelligent user interface, and mobile com-munication technologies. This new paradigm of...

Software product line technology for ambient intelligence applications (2005)

Anastasopoulos, M., Patzke, T., Becker, M.

Ambient intelligence applications raise a series of new challenges to software development due to the combination of mobility, adaptivity and resource scarceness. The combination of these aspects is...

Die adaptive unternehmerische Arbeitsorganisation (2005)

Spath, D., Becker, M., Koch, S.

Turbulent markets, increasingly distributed processes and new co-operative business models are challenges to the labour organization which require new, innovative solutions. The adaptive business...

AKWA 2100. Alternativen der kommunalen Wasserversorgung und Abwasserentsorgung (2005)

Hiessl, H., Toussaint, D., Becker, M., Dyrbusch, A., Geisler, S., Herbst, H., ...

Leistungsfähige urbane Infrastruktursysteme zur Wasserver- und Abwasserentsorgung sind Voraussetzung für eine erfolgreiche Volkswirtschaft. Die historische Entwicklung führte in den westlichen...

Software product line technology for ambient intelligence applications (2005)

Anastasopoulos, M., Patzke, T., Becker, M.

Ambient intelligence applications raise a series of new challenges to software development due to the combination of mobility, adaptivity and resource scarceness. The combination of these aspects is...

Runtime adaptivity for AmI systems - the concept of adaptivity (2005)

Becker, M., Decker, B., Patzke, T., Syeda, H.A.

This introductory report of the BelAmi project G4 "Runtime Adaptivity for Ambient Intelligence Systems" serves to establish a conceptual basis by discussing the concept of adaptivity. There is a high...

Operating system characteristics for ambient intelligent systems (2005)

Amiry, S., Schmid, K., Becker, M.

Ambient Intelligence (AmI) includes a broad variety of new applications based on distributed, embedded, intelligent user interface, and mobile com-munication technologies. This new paradigm of...

Visual tracking for augmented reality: No universal solution but many powerful building blocks (2005)

Becker, M., Bleser, G., Pagani, A., Pastarmov, Y., Stricker, D., Vial, F., ...

In this paper, we present an overview of several visual tracking methods for industrial augmented reality applications. We show that no universal algorithm can deal with the large number of possible...

Eine verlustleistungsoptimierte Dezimator-Architektur für kaskadierte Sigma-Delta Analog-Digital Umsetzer (2004)

M. Becker, K. Heiber, M. Ortmanns, Y. Manoli

Dieser Beitrag stellt einen neuartigen Ansatz einer leistungsfähigen Dezimator-Architektur f¨ur kaskadierte Sigma-Delta Modulatoren vor. Die Besonderheit der dargestellten Struktur ist die...

Explicit representation of variability in software product family assets (2004)

Becker, M.

Motivated by problems resulting from the implicit and varying representation of variability in software product families, this paper discusses an approach to represent variability in product family...

Explicit representation of variability in software product family assets (2004)

Becker, M.

Motivated by problems resulting from the implicit and varying representation of variability in software product families, this paper discusses an approach to represent variability in product family...

Fabrication and properties of ultranano, nano, and microcrystalline diamond membranes and sheets (2004)

Reinhard, D.K., Grotjohn, T.A., Becker, M., Yaran, M.K., Schuelke, T., Asmussen, J.

Thin diamond membranes and free-standing sheets are of interest for a variety of potential applications. This article describes the film nucleation, microwave plasma-assisted...

Polymermembran, bei der in den Poren Biomolekuele fuer bioaffine Wechselwirkungen lokalisiert sind, und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung (2003)

Hicke, H., Keil, B., Becker, M., Hilgendorff, W., Schossig-Tiedemann, M., Ulbricht, M., ...

WO2003057872 A UPAB: 20031006 NOVELTY - Polymer membrane (A) in which the pores, forming open channels that pass right through the membrane, contain: (i) biomolecules (I) for bioaffinity interaction;...

A handheld system for augmented reality e-(motion)-commerce (2003)

Becker, M., Stricker, D.

This paper presents the development of a new e-(motion)-commerce system. The term "e-(motion)-commerce" is introduced to suggest a new system for product presentation, which offers a new experience...

Augmented reality for enhancement of endoscopic interventions (2003)

Bockholt, U., Bisler, A., Becker, M., Müller-Wittig, W.K., Voss, G.

Computer assisted operation planning systems win more and more recognition in the field of surgery. These systems offer new possibilities to prepare an intervention with the goal to shorten the...

Untersuchungen zur Trocknung von Holzspänen mit Dampf (2003)

Gruber, T., Becker, M.

Steamdrying offers the opportunity of higher efficiency in comparison to drying with normal air. After solving the technical problems steamdrying of wood chips in the industry is now feasible. The...

VERFAHREN UND ANLAGE ZUR ABTRENNUNG VON HOLZINHALTSSTOFFEN AUS BEI DER HOLZVERARBEITUNG ENTSTEHENDEN GASEN (2003)

Sievers, M., Becker, M., Greubel, D.

WO 200185310 A UPAB: 20020321 NOVELTY - Separating wood constituents from gases produced during wood processing comprises contacting the crude gas produced from the wood with liquid. DETAILED...

Effets fonctionnels respiratoires induits par l'inhalation de glycopyrrolate chez le cheval poussif en crise (2003)

Art, Tatiana, De Moffarts, Brieuc, Van Erck, Emmanuelle, Becker, M, Lekeux, Pierre

Bronchoconstriction is one of the most constant clinical sign observed in heaves-affected horses in crisis. Cholinergic pathways are involved in the occurrence of this obstruction. Consequently...

Effets fonctionnels respiratoires induits par l'inhalation de glycopyrrolate chez le cheval poussif en crise (2003)

Art, Tatiana, De Moffarts, Brieuc, Van Erck, Emmanuelle, Becker, M, Lekeux, Pierre

An acute respiratory attack with bronchospasm is associated with excessive stimulation of the parasympathic nervous system. It may be reduced by administration of anticholinergic agents. Atropine and...

Advanced training environment for gynecologic endoscopy (2002)

Müller-Wittig, W.K., Becker, M., Elias, T., Bockholt, U., Voss, G.

Rapid development of medical field, expanding knowledge base and new technologies require continuing medical education to achieve life long learning and to keep the surgeons up to date. Consequently,...

Advanced simulation environment for minimally invasive procedures in gynecology (2002)

Müller-Wittig, W.K., Becker, M., Bockholt, U., Voss, G.

Rapid development of medical field, expanding knowledge base and new technologies require continuing medical education to achieve life long learning and to keep the surgeons up to date. Consequently,...

Polymermembran, bei der in den Poren Enzyme fuer biokatalytische Reaktionen lokalisiert sind, und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung (2002)

Hicke, H., Hilgendorff, W., Keil, B., Ulbricht, M., Becker, M., Paulke, B., ...

WO 200204594 A UPAB: 20020521 NOVELTY - A polymer membrane having an enzyme for biocatalytic reactions localized in the pores, which are open channels across the membrane, where the pores are...

Characterization of growth, nitrogen accumulation and competitive ability of six tropical legumes for potential use in intercropping systems (2001)

Akanvou, R., Bastiaans, L., Kropff, M.J., Goudriaan, J., Becker, M.

Legume cover crops can be successfully used as intercrop or relay crops in low-input farming systems. To select appropriate species for intercropping, experiments were conducted in the savannah zone...

Registration of anatomical structures based on high frequency ultrasound data for intraoperative support (2001)

Becker, M., Felger, W.

In modern medicine, computer support becomes more and more important. Especially the combination of operation planing and the use of the planing results during an operation can help to optimize the...

Application of electroplating in MEMS-micromachining exemplified by a microrelay (2001)

Becker, M., Notarp, D.L., Vogel, J., Kieselstein, E., Sommer, J.P., Brämer, K., ...

Electrodeposition processes were proposed for the fabrication of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) long time ago. Patterned layers of nickel, nickel alloys, gold alloys, silver and copper are...

Sequence and analysis of chromosome 5 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana (2000)

Kaneko, T, Nakamura, Y, Kotani, H, Kato, T, Asamizu, E, ...

The genome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana has been sequenced by an international collaboration, The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative. Here we report the complete sequence of chromosome 5. This...

Fallow residue management effects on upland rice in three agroecological zones of West Africa (2000)

Akanvou, R., Becker, M., Chano, M., Johnson, D.E., Gbaka-Tcheche, H., Touré, A.

Improving fallow quality in upland rice-fallow rotations in West Africa through the site-specific use of leguminous cover crops has been shown to sustain the productivity of such systems. We studied...

Generic Components: a symbiosis of paradigms (2000)

M. Becker

Abstract. Software reuse and especially the paradigm of software components are promising approaches to increase the efficiency of software development. One of the basic problems of software reuse,...

Generic Components to Foster Reuse (2000)

L. Baum, M. Becker

Software reuse and especially the paradigm of software components are promising approaches to increase the efficiency of software development. One of the basic problems of software reuse, however, is...

V.: Supporting Component-Based Software Development Using Domain Knowledge (2000)

L. Baum, M. Becker, L. Geyer, A. Gilbert, G. Molter, V. Tamara

A consistent implementation of component-based reuse bears several implications for the design of the software development process. For instance, requirements engineering has to be tailored to...

Generic Components: a symbiosis of paradigms (2000)

M. Becker

Abstract. Software reuse and especially the paradigm of software components are promising approaches to increase the efficiency of software development. One of the basic problems of software reuse,...

Supporting Component-Based Software Development Using Domain Knowledge (2000)

L. Baum, M. Becker, L. Geyer, A. Gilbert, G. Molter, V. Tamara

A consistent implementation of component-based reuse bears several implications for the design of the software development process. For instance, requirements engineering has to be tailored to...

Mapping Requirements to reusanble Components using Design Spaces (2000)

L. Baum, M. Becker, L. Geyer, G. Molter

A consistent implementation of component-based reuse bears several implications for the design of the software development process. For instance, requirements engineering has to be tailored to...

Height and radial growth trends of Corsican pine in Western France (2000)

Lebourgeois, F., Becker, M., Chevalier, R., Dupouey, J.L., Gilbert, J.M.

Height and radial growth trends were analysed in Corsican pine plantations in western France. Difference in height growth was tested by comparing the site index of stands established before and after...

How to produce androgen antagonists. (2000)

Cato, A.C.B., Mink, S., Becker, M., Shatkina, L.

Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Bologna, I, June 25-28, 2000

Structure and subcellular localization of mutant androgen receptor from SBMA patients. (2000)

Becker, M.

4th Annual Internat.Spinal and Muscular Atrophy Research Clinical Meeting, St.Louis, Mo., June 9-11, 2000

Modulation of androgen receptor action. (2000)

Shatkina, L., Mink, S., Becker, M., Cato, A.C.B.

Symp.on Androgen Receptor Function - Androgens 2000, Rotterdam, NL, September 22-23, 2000

Distribution: Public Code: BISANTE/DEL21 (1999)

M. Becker

M.Marot Abstract: The goal of this deliverable is to provide accurate models of existing terrestrial networks, to be used in conjunction with the user behavior and application models defined in WP 1....

Results of the International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (2nd) Held in Sevres, France in June-July 1985, (1998)

Boulanger, Yu., Faller, J., Groten, E., Arnautow, G., Becker, M.

The second International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters was carried out with six instruments, from five countries occupying pre-assigned sites at the Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM). The...

GripSee: A Robot for Visually-Guided Grasping (1998)

M. Becker, E. Kefalea, E. Maël, M. Pagel, J. Triesch, ...

We have designed an anthropomorphic robot system at our institute as a research platform and demonstrator for the next generation of service robots. GripSee is a visually guided robot which is...

An Information Extraction Core System for Real World German Text Processing (1997)

Neumann, G., Backofen, R., Baur, J., Becker, M., Braun, C.

This paper describes SMES, an information extraction core system for real world German text processing. The basic design criterion of the system is of providing a set of basic powerful, robust, and...

Higher Order Graviton Scattering in M(atrix) Theory (1997)

Becker, K., Becker, M., Polchinski, J., Tseytlin, A.

In matrix theory the effective action for graviton-graviton scattering is a double expansion in the relative velocity and inverse separation. We discuss the systematics of this expansion and subject...

Androgens - key modulators of cellular signalling and gene expression. (1997)

Peterziel, H., Gast, A., Becker, M., Schneikert, J., Cato, A.C.B.

13th Internat.Symp.on Recent Advances in Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monte Carlo, MC, May 25-28, 1997

Supersymmetric Cycles in Exceptional Holonomy Manifolds and Calabi-Yau 4-Folds (1996)

Becker, K., Becker, M., Morrison, D. R., Ooguri, H., Oz, Y., Yin, Z.

We derive in the SCFT and low energy effective action frameworks the necessary and sufficient conditions for supersymmetric cycles in exceptional holonomy manifolds and Calabi-Yau 4-folds. We show...

Neue Anwendungsfelder der Wirbelstromprüfung durch Einsatz einer Prüfelektronik mit großer Signaldynamik und eines digitalen Signalprozessors (DPS) mit hoher Rechenleistung (1996)

Disque, M., Becker, M.

New hardware and software developments by the IZFP in the field of eddy current testing technique provide an efficient testing system with the following mainfeatures: Multifrequency eddy cunrrent...

Mikroskopische und mikroanalytische Untersuchungen an Fundstücken aus dem Fürstengrab von Gommern (1996)

Becker, M., Füting, M., Schnarr, H.

Im Jahre 1990 wurde in der Nähe von Gommern, Ldkr. Jerichower Land (früher Ldkr. Burg), ein germanisches "Fürstengrab" der spätrömischen Kaiserzeit entdeckt. Im Rahmen eines vom...

Sesbania rostrata as green manure for lowland rice in Casamance (Senegal) (1996)

Ndoye, I., Dreyfus, Bernard, Becker, M.

The stem-nodulating tropical legume, Sesbania rostrata, was grown for seven consecutive years for 35-42 days in the pre-rice niche of traditional Casamance (south Senegal) rainfed lowland fields...

Einfluß der Trocknungsbedingungen auf Emissionen bei der Holzspänetrocknung (1995)

Becker, M., Mehlhorn, L.

In the production process of particleboards it is necessary to dry wood particles from their natural moisture to low and homogenous humidity contents. Pollution regulations are responsible for...

Non-perturbative approach to 2D-supergravity and super-Virasoro constraints (1994)

Becker, M

The coupling of N=1 SCFT of type (4m,2) to two-dimensional supergravity can be formulated non-perturbatively in terms of a discrete super-eigenvalue model proposed by Alvarez-Gaum\'e, et al. We...

Non-perturbative approach to 2D-supergravity and super-Virasoro constraints (1994)

Becker, M

The coupling of N=1 SCFT of type (4m,2) to two-dimensional supergravity can be formulated non-perturbatively in terms of a discrete super-eigenvalue model proposed by Alvarez-Gaum\'e, et al. We...

Interactions in the SL(2,R)/U(1) black hole background (1993)

Becker, K, Becker, M

We calculate two- and three-point tachyon amplitudes of the SL(2,R)/U(1) two-dimensional Euclidean black hole for spherical topologies in the continuum approach proposed by Bershadsky and Kutasov. We...

Interactions in the SL(2,R)/U(1) Black Hole Background (1993)

Becker, K., Becker, M.

We calculate two- and three-point tachyon amplitudes of the SL(2,R)/U(1) two-dimensional Euclidean black hole for spherical topologies in the continuum approach proposed by Bershadsky and Kutasov. We...

Nonperturbative solution of the super-Virasoro constraints (1993)

Becker, K, Becker, M

We present the solution of the discrete super-Virasoro constraints to all orders of the genus expansion. Integrating over the fermionic variables we get a representation of the partition function in...

Nonperturbative Solution of the Super-Virasoro Constraints (1993)

Becker, K., Becker, M.

We present the solution of the discrete super-Virasoro constraints to all orders of the genus expansion. Integrating over the fermionic variables we get a representation of the partition function in...

Double scaling limit of the superVirasoro constraints (1992)

Alvarez-Gaumé, Luís, Becker, K, Becker, M, Emparan, R, Mañes, J L

This paper supersedes the preprint Superloop Equations in the Double Scaling Limit, CERN-TH-6575. It is an improved version with corrections in the derivation of the continuum limit, a clarification...

Double Scaling Limit of the Supervirasoro Constraints (1992)

Alvarez-Gaume, Luis, Becker, K., Becker, M., Emparan, R., Manes, J.

This paper supersedes the preprint Superloop Equations in the Double Scaling Limit, CERN-TH-6575. It is an improved version with corrections in the derivation of the continuum limit, a clarification...

Solarthermische Kraftwerksanlagen und Hochtemperatur-Prozeßwärme-Anwendungen (1991)

Becker, M.

bei Akademie der Wissenschaften, Nowosibirsk, Institut für Katalyse, 24.9.91.

Aspect des houppiers et croissance des arbres au cours des dernières décennies dans les régions frontalières d'Allemagne,de France et de Suisse (1990)

BECKER, M., BRÄKER, O.U., KENK, G., SCHNEIDER, O., SCHWEINGRUBER, F.H.

L'article concerne les relations mises en évidence entre la croissance des arbres et l'état des houppiers dans les Vosges, le Jura (français et suisse), le Plateau suisse, quelques régions...

Selenium increased hydrogenase expression in autotrophically cultures Bradyrhizobium japonicum and is a constituent of the purified enzyme. (1988)

Boursier, P., Hanus, F.J., Papen, H., Russell, S.A., Becker, M., Evans, H.J.

We have investigated the effect of added selenite on autotrophic growth and the time course of hydrogen oxidation derepression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum 122 DES cultured in a medium purified to...

Effect of selenium on hydrogenase induction and autotrophic growth of Bradyrhizobium japonicum (1988)

Becker, M., Hanus, F.J., Papen, H., Boursier, P., Evans, H.J., Russell, S.A.

Because certain bacterial enzymes (1) and hydrogenases in Methanococcus vanielli and Desulfovibrio contain Se (2,3), we conducted experiments to determine whether Se is important in the H2-recycling...

N-Chlorcarbonyloxy-5-norbornen-2,3-dicarboximid, Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung und seine Verwendung. (1988)

Henklein, P., Becker, M., Buettner, W., Loth, F., Dautzenberg, H., Forner, K., ...

EP 134041 A UPAB: 19930925 (A) N-Chlorocarbonyloxy-5-norbornene -2,3-dicarboximide of formula (I) is new: (B) Prodn. of protected amino acids or peptides of formula R2NHCOOR R2NHCOOR1 (II), activated...

A propos du dépérissement des forêts : climat, sylviculture et vitalité de la sapinière vosgienne (1988)

BECKER, M., LEVY, G.

Sur la base de l'analyse des cernes de 1 200 sapins répartis dans 200 placettes sur l'ensemble des Vosges,on a établi que le potentiel de production global a augmenté de 70 % entre 1850 et...

KNK II experience with local flux tilting to locate defective fuel subassemblies. (1987)

Hoffmann, G., Jacobi, S., Schleisiek, K., Schmitz, G., Stieglitz, L., Becker, M.

Fast Breeder Systems. Experience Gained and Path to Economical Power Generation : Proc.of the Internat.Conf., Richland, Wash., September 13-17, 1987

Radionuclide behaviour in the KNK II primary cover gas during operation with open fuel. (1984)

Becker, M., Stade, K.Ch., Richard, H., Stamm, H.H., Hanke, H.D., Clauss, H., ...

Liquid Metal Engineering and Technology: Proc.of the 3rd Internat.Conf., Oxford, GB, April 9-13, 1984

Spermine-DNA complexes build up metastable structures. Small-angle X-ray scattering and circular dichroism studies (1979)

Becker, M., Misselwitz, R., Damaschun, Hilde, Damaschun, G., Zirwer, D.

Spermine-DNA complexes have been examined by small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering as well as by circular dichroism studies. Condensed complexes are building up below a critical ionic strength....

Untersuchung zum Ausbreitungsverhalten nuklearer Schadstoffe im Nah- und Fernbereich. (1979)

Becker, M., Hiller, J., Huebschmann, W., Nester, K., Schuettelkopf, H., Thomas, P., ...

In: Projekt Nukleare Sicherheit. Halbjahresbericht 1978/2. KfK-2750 (Oktober 79) S.4800/13-4800/32

Définition des stations en forêt de Haye. Potentialités du Hêtre et du Chêne (1978)

BECKER, M.

Le massif étudié est représentatif des très importantes surfaces forestières situées sur les plateaux calcaires du Nord-Est de la France. La typologie, établie sur la base de près de 800...

Study of DNA-spermine interactions by use of small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering and circular dichroism (1978)

Damaschun, Hilde, Damaschun, G., Becker, M., Buder, E., Misselwitz, R., Zirwer, D.

Circular dichroism measurements with DNA-spermine complexes at 0.075 M NaCl and at 0.15 M NaCl reveal +Ψ (type I) and −Ψ (type II) CD spectra respectively. From small-angle X-ray scattering...

Untersuchung zum Ausbreitungsverhalten nuklearer Schadstoffe im Nah- und Fernbereich. (1978)

Becker, M., Hiller, J., Huebschmann, W., Schuettelkopf, H., Thomas, P., Vogt, S.

In: Projekt Nukleare Sicherheit. Halbjahresbericht 1978/1. KfK-2700 (November 78) S.4800/2-4800/10

Three genes coding for subunits of the membrane sector (F0) of the Escherichia coli adenosine triphosphatase complex.

Downie, J A, Cox, G B, Langman, L, Ash, G, Becker, M, Gibson, F

Two mutant unc alleles, unc-469 and unc-476, have been characterized as affecting a previously undescribed gene, designated uncF. The uncF gene is part of the unc operon (with the gene order being...

Characterization of kinectin, a kinesin-binding protein: primary sequence and N-terminal topogenic signal analysis.

Yu, H, Nicchitta, C V, Kumar, J, Becker, M, Toyoshima, I, Sheetz, M P

Kinectin is a kinesin-binding protein (Toyoshima et al., 1992) that is required for kinesin-based motility (Kumar et al., 1995). A kinectin cDNA clone containing a 4.7-kilobase insert was isolated...

Cloning, molecular characterization, and functional activity of Schistosoma japonicum glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, a putative vaccine candidate against schistosomiasis japonica.

Waine, G J, Becker, M, Yang, W, Kalinna, B, McManus, D P

We report the cloning, molecular characterization, and purification of functionally active recombinant glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) from the human bloodfluke Schistosoma...

Spermine-DNA complexes build up metastable structures. Small-angle X-ray scattering and circular dichroism studies.

Becker, M, Misselwitz, R, Damaschun, H, Damaschun, G, Zirwer, D

Spermine-DNA complexes have been examined by small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering as well as by circular dichroism studies. Condensed complexes are building up below a critical ionic strength....

Study of DNA-spermine interactions by use of small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering and circular dichroism.

Damaschun, H, Damaschun, G, Becker, M, Buder, E, Misselwitz, R, Zirwer, D

Circular dichroism measurements with DNA-spermine complexes at 0.075 M NaCl and at 0.15 M NaCl reveal +psi (type I) and -psi (type II) CD spectra respectively. From small-angle X-ray scattering...

Drainin required for membrane fusion of the contractile vacuole in Dictyostelium is the prototype of a protein family also represented in man.

Becker, M, Matzner, M, Gerisch, G

The contractile vacuole expels water by forming a channel with the plasma membrane and thus enables cells to survive in a hypo-osmotic environment. Here we characterize drainin, a Dictyostelium...

Large-scale reductions in speeding and accidents in Canada and Israel: a behavioral ecological perspective.

Van Houten, R, Rolider, A, Nau, P A, Friedman, R, Becker, M, Chalodovsky, I, ...

We assessed the effects of posted feedback and warning ticket programs on speeding and accidents in two cities. In Experiment 1, speeding feedback signs were effective even when 10 were used in...

Three genes coding for subunits of the membrane sector (F0) of the Escherichia coli adenosine triphosphatase complex.

Downie, J A, Cox, G B, Langman, L, Ash, G, Becker, M, Gibson, F

Two mutant unc alleles, unc-469 and unc-476, have been characterized as affecting a previously undescribed gene, designated uncF. The uncF gene is part of the unc operon (with the gene order being...

Characterization of kinectin, a kinesin-binding protein: primary sequence and N-terminal topogenic signal analysis.

Yu, H, Nicchitta, C V, Kumar, J, Becker, M, Toyoshima, I, Sheetz, M P

Kinectin is a kinesin-binding protein (Toyoshima et al., 1992) that is required for kinesin-based motility (Kumar et al., 1995). A kinectin cDNA clone containing a 4.7-kilobase insert was isolated...

Cloning, molecular characterization, and functional activity of Schistosoma japonicum glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, a putative vaccine candidate against schistosomiasis japonica.

Waine, G J, Becker, M, Yang, W, Kalinna, B, McManus, D P

We report the cloning, molecular characterization, and purification of functionally active recombinant glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) from the human bloodfluke Schistosoma...

Spermine-DNA complexes build up metastable structures. Small-angle X-ray scattering and circular dichroism studies.

Becker, M, Misselwitz, R, Damaschun, H, Damaschun, G, Zirwer, D

Spermine-DNA complexes have been examined by small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering as well as by circular dichroism studies. Condensed complexes are building up below a critical ionic strength....

Study of DNA-spermine interactions by use of small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering and circular dichroism.

Damaschun, H, Damaschun, G, Becker, M, Buder, E, Misselwitz, R, Zirwer, D

Circular dichroism measurements with DNA-spermine complexes at 0.075 M NaCl and at 0.15 M NaCl reveal +psi (type I) and -psi (type II) CD spectra respectively. From small-angle X-ray scattering...

Drainin required for membrane fusion of the contractile vacuole in Dictyostelium is the prototype of a protein family also represented in man.

Becker, M, Matzner, M, Gerisch, G

The contractile vacuole expels water by forming a channel with the plasma membrane and thus enables cells to survive in a hypo-osmotic environment. Here we characterize drainin, a Dictyostelium...

Large-scale reductions in speeding and accidents in Canada and Israel: a behavioral ecological perspective.

Van Houten, R, Rolider, A, Nau, P A, Friedman, R, Becker, M, Chalodovsky, I, ...

We assessed the effects of posted feedback and warning ticket programs on speeding and accidents in two cities. In Experiment 1, speeding feedback signs were effective even when 10 were used in...

Anti-inflammatory drugs and variceal bleeding: a case-control study

De Ledinghen, V, Heresbach, D, Fourdan, O, Bernard, P, Liebaert-Bories, M, Nousbaum, J, ...

a CHU, Poitiers, France, b CHU, Rennes, c CHU, Paris-St Antoine, d CHU, Bordeaux, e CHU, Limoges, f CHU, Brest, g CHU, Morlaix, h CHU, Besançon, i CHU, Nîmes

Scanning laser fundus perimetry before laser photocoagulation of well defined choroidal neovascularisation

Rohrschneider, K., Gluck, R., Becker, M., Holz, F., Kruse, F., Fendrich, T., ...

AIM—To assess the centre of fixation before laser photocoagulation of well defined juxtafoveal or extrafoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) secondary to age related macular degeneration (AMD),...

p21waf correlates with DNA replication but not with prognosis in invasive breast cancer

Gohring, U, Bersch, A, Becker, M, Neuhaus, W, Schondorf, T

Background/Aims—p21waf plays a central role both in the regulation of the cell cycle and in DNA replication. Accordingly, p21waf is a putative tumour suppressor. The role of p21waf expression in...

Anti-myeloperoxidase autoantibodies react with native but not denatured myeloperoxidase.

Falk, R J, Becker, M, Terrell, R, Jennette, J C

We wondered whether anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO) autoantibodies (MPO-ANCA) found in patients with systemic vasculitis react with a conformational epitope or epitopes on the MPO molecule. Sera from 15...

Crystallization of phycoerythrin 545 of Rhodomonas lens using detergents and unusual additives.

Becker, M., Stubbs, M. T., Huber, R.

Phycoerythrin 545 from the cryptomonad alga, Rhodomonas lens, has been crystallized under a wide variety of conditions. Although this type of photosynthetic light-harvesting protein is water soluble,...

Dual versus triple therapy of Helicobacter pylori infection: results of a multicentre trial

Behrens, R., Lang, T., Keller, K., Bindl, L., Becker, M., Rodeck, B., ...

OBJECTIVE—To compare dual therapy (omeprazole and amoxicillin) with triple therapy (omeprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin) in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. The efficacy of 1...

Prognosis for babies born with fused eyelids.

Cross, G, Becker, M, Congdon, P

The overall mortality for babies referred to our unit with fused eyelids was 68.7%; but when severe skin bruising was present only one of 18 babies survived (5.6%). This compares with a survival rate...

HIV-1 infection in a cohort of haemophilic patients.

Wagner, N, Bialek, R, Radinger, H, Becker, M, Schneweis, K E, Brackmann, H H, ...

The course of HIV infection in 53 haemophilic patients aged 5-20 years was evaluated by clinical examination and laboratory tests. During the evaluation time (median 30 months) two patients died of...

Intravenous immunoglobulin in HIV-I infected haemophilic patients.

Wagner, N, Bialek, R, Radinger, H, Brackmann, H H, Becker, M

In order to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in the early stages of HIV infection (patients without AIDS or AIDS related complex) a prospective controlled open trial was...

Polymorphisms of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 are not involved in pancreatic diseases

Verlaan, M, Drenth, J, Truninger, K, Koudova, M, Schulz, H, Bargetzi, M, ...

Background: Xenobiotic mediated cellular injury is thought to play a major role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic diseases. Genetic variations that reduce the expression or activity of detoxifying...

Development and characterization of a tamoxifen-resistant breast carcinoma xenograft

Naundorf, H, Becker, M, Lykkesfeldt, A E, Elbe, B, Neumann, C, Büttner, B, ...

A human tamoxifen-resistant mammary carcinoma, MaCa 3366/TAM, originating from a sensitive parental xenograft 3366 was successfully established by treatment of tumour-bearing nude mice with 1–50 mg...

Sensitive PCR method for the detection and real-time quantification of human cells in xenotransplantation systems

Becker, M, Nitsche, A, Neumann, C, Aumann, J, Junghahn, I, Fichtner, I

The sensitive detection of human cells in immunodeficient rodents is a prerequisite for the monitoring of micrometastasis of solid tumours, dissemination of leukaemic cells, or engraftment of...