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Chapter and Conference Paper
Model-based Lifetime Analysis of 2nd-life Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Systems for Stationary Applications
For determination of battery storage business cases key decision criteria are lifetime and State of Health (SoH), in addition to investment costs, operating costs and revenues. The lifetime and SoH strongly depen...
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Open AccessLow sensitivity of needle aspiration cultures in patients with cellulitis/erysipelas
Cellulitis is normally treated without knowledge of the responsible pathogen. Blood cultures are positive in about 2–4 %, and superficial swabs are of no value. Needle aspiration has been proposed with identif...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Techno-ökonomische Bewertung von Lithium-Ionen Batteriespeichern an Windparks
Mit dem zunehmenden Anteil erneuerbarer Energien an der Stromerzeugung in Deutschland steigt der Bedarf an Flexibilität für den Ausgleich von Erzeugung und Verbrauch. Elektrochemische Speicher, insbesondere au...
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Klinische Erfahrungen mit der autologen osteochondralen Mosaikplastik
Bei der Behandlung von chondralen und osteochondralen Schäden der belasteten Oberflächen des Synovialgelenks können verschiedene Techniken eingesetzt werden. Eine Möglichkeit, den Schaden mit hyalinem Knorpel ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CO2 Sequestration by Humic Substances and the Contribution of Quinones and Quinone Imines: Consideration on the Molecular Scale
Recent results support the assumption that hydroquinones (e.g., methoxyhydroquinone, MHQ), benzoquinones (e.g., methoxy-[1,4]benzoquinone, MBQ; 2,5-dihydroxy-[1,4]benzoquinone, DHBQ), and quinone imines (e.g.,...
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Long-term dam safety monitoring of Punt dal Gall arch dam in Switzerland
The 130 m high Punt dal Gall dam is located at the Swiss-Italian border in the South-eastern part of Switzerland and was completed in 1969. The dam is founded on highly folded and partially crushed dolomite an...
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Friction stir welds made out of precipitation hardenable aluminum alloys–experimental investigations of formability potential
The industrial application of aluminum alloys in lightweight constructions is basically connected to two fundamental manufacturing requirements. First, the formability of aluminum blanks must be adequate in or...
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Effects of Hydrophilicity and Microtopography of Titanium Implant Surfaces on Initial Supragingival Plaque Biofilm Formation. A Pilot Study
The aim of the present pilot study is to investigate the effects of hydrophilicity and microtopography of titanium implant surfaces on initial supragingival plaque biofilm formation.
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Chapter
Application of High-Harmonic Radiation for EUV Interferometry and Spectroscopy
We present the setup of a high-harmonic-beamline providing radiation in the 100 eV regime by nonlinear-frequency conversion of a 1 kHz, table-top 7 fs-laser system (high-harmonic generation). The beamline cons...
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Zone-plate interferometry at 13 nm wavelength
We report on interferometry using a two-zone-plate common-path interferometer operating at a wavelength of 13 nm. The interferometer was set up with a laser-driven high-harmonic source emitting radiation with ...
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Concept for Seismic Alarm and Monitoring of Soviet-Designed Nuclear Power Plants
A seismic pre-warning system for nuclear power plants is presented. In this system, a number of accelerometers are installed in seismic stations at a distance of approximately 50 km from the plant, providing a...
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Comparative investigation of the surface properties of commercial titanium dental implants. Part I: chemical composition
The surfaces of five commercially available titanium implants (Brånemark Nobel Biocare, 3i ICE, 3i OSSEOTITE, ITI-TPS, and ITI-SLA) were compared by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectrosco...
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EUV and fast ion emission from cryogenic liquid jet target laser-generated plasma
A liquid jet of either nitrogen or argon of 20 μm diameter was exposed to intense laser fields with pulse durations between 70 fs and 250 ps, leading to intensities of 1016 W cm-2 and 1013 W cm-2, respectively. T...
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Surface characterization
The biocompatibility of commercially pure titanium and its alloys is closely related to their surface properties, with both the composition of the protecting oxide film and the surface topography playing an im...
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Topographical characterization and microstructural interface analysis of vacuum-plasma-sprayed titanium and hydroxyapatite coatings on carbon fibre-reinforced poly(etheretherketone)
In the present study, topographical characterization and microstructural interface analysis of vacuum-plasma-sprayed titanium and hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings on carbon fibre-reinforced polyetheretherketone (C...
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Immobilization of the cell-adhesive peptide Arg–Gly–Asp–Cys (RGDC) on titanium surfaces by covalent chemical attachment
Surface modification of acid-pretreated titanium with 3-aminopropyltriethoxylsilane (APTES) in dry toluene resulted in covalently bonded siloxane films with surface coverage that was relatively controllable by...
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Phagocytic activities in neonatal monocytes
Monocytes play an essential role in cellular host defense as circulating phagocytes, as well as precursors of macrophages. We investigated the principal phagocytic activities in monocytes from cord blood of te...
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Die Wirkung von g-Strophanthin am Herzlungenpräparat des Meerschweinchens bei 27°, 37° und 41°C