@unpublished{Dandekar2008, author = {Dandekar, Thomas}, title = {Why are nature´s constants so fine-tuned? The case for an escalating complex universe}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34488}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Why is our universe so fine-tuned? In this preprint we discuss that this is not a strange accident but that fine-tuned universes can be considered to be exceedingly large if one counts the number of observable different states (i.e. one aspect of the more general preprint http://www.opus-bayern.de/uni-wuerzburg/volltexte/2009/3353/). Looking at parameter variation for the same set of physical laws simple and complex processes (including life) and worlds in a multiverse are compared in simple examples. Next the anthropocentric principle is extended as many conditions which are generally interpreted anthropocentric only ensure a large space of different system states. In particular, the observed over-tuning beyond the level for our existence is explainable by these system considerations. More formally, the state space for different systems becomes measurable and comparable looking at their output behaviour. We show that highly interacting processes are more complex then Chaitin complexity, the latter denotes processes not compressible by shorter descriptions (Kolomogorov complexity). The complexity considerations help to better study and compare different processes (programs, living cells, environments and worlds) including dynamic behaviour and can be used for model selection in theoretical physics. Moreover, the large size (in terms of different states) of a world allowing complex processes including life can in a model calculation be determined applying discrete histories from quantum spin-loop theory. Nevertheless there remains a lot to be done - hopefully the preprint stimulates further efforts in this area.}, subject = {Natur}, language = {en} } @article{KleinschmidtScheerDabauvalleetal.1983, author = {Kleinschmidt, J{\"u}rgen A. and Scheer, Ulrich and Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine and Bustin, Michael and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {High mobility group proteins of amphibian oocytes: a large storage pool of a soluble high mobility group-1-like protein and involvement in transcriptional events}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33250}, year = {1983}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @unpublished{Dandekar2007, author = {Dandekar, Thomas}, title = {Some general system properties of a living observer and the environment he explores}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33537}, year = {2007}, abstract = {In a nice assay published in Nature in 1993 the physicist Richard God III started from a human observer and made a number of witty conclusions about our future prospects giving estimates for the existence of the Berlin Wall, the human race and all the rest of the universe. In the same spirit, we derive implications for "the meaning of life, the universe and all the rest" from few principles. Adams´ absurd answer "42" tells the lesson "garbage in / garbage out" - or suggests that the question is non calculable. We show that experience of "meaning" and to decide fundamental questions which can not be decided by formal systems imply central properties of life: Ever higher levels of internal representation of the world and an escalating tendency to become more complex. An observer, "collecting observations" and three measures for complexity are examined. A theory on living systems is derived focussing on their internal representation of information. Living systems are more complex than Kolmogorov complexity ("life is NOT simple") and overcome decision limits (G{\"o}del theorem) for formal systems as illustrated for cell cycle. Only a world with very fine tuned environments allows life. Such a world is itself rather complex and hence excessive large in its space of different states - a living observer has thus a high probability to reside in a complex and fine tuned universe.}, subject = {Komplex }, language = {en} } @article{GrafeSchmuckLinsenmair1992, author = {Grafe, T. Ulmar and Schmuck, Richard and Linsenmair, Karl Eduard}, title = {Reproductive energetics of the African Reed Frogs, Hyperolius viridiflavus and Hyperolius marmoratus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-31187}, year = {1992}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{Linsenmair1994, author = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard}, title = {Biologische Vielfalt und {\"o}kologische Stabilit{\"a}t}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-31157}, year = {1994}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{KobeltLinsenmair1986, author = {Kobelt, Frank and Linsenmair, Karl Eduard}, title = {Adaptations of the reed frog Hyperolius viridiflavus to its arid environment. I. The skin of Hyperolius viridiflavus nitidulus in wet and dry season conditions.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-30551}, year = {1986}, abstract = {Hyperolius viridiflavus nitidulus inhabits parts of the seasonally very hot and dry West African savanna. During the long lasting dry season, the small frog is sitting unhidden on mostly dry plants and has to deal with high solar radiation load (SRL), evaporative water loss (EWL) and small energy reserves. It seems to be very badly equipped to survive such harsh climatic conditions (unfavorable surface to volume ratio, very limited capacity to st{\"o}re energy and water). Therefore, it must have developed extraordinary efficient mechanisms to solve the mentioned Problems. Some of these mechanisms are to be looked for within the skin of the animal (e.g. protection against fast desiccation, deleterious effects of UV radiation and over-heating). The morphology of the wet season skin is, in most aspects, that of a "normal" anuran skin. It differs in the Organization of the processes of the melanophores and in the arrangement of the chromatophores in the Stratum spongiosum, forming no "Dermal Chromatophore Unit". During the adaptation to dry season conditions the number of iridophores in dorsal and ventral skin is increased 4-6 times compared to wet season skin. This increase is accompanied by a very conspicuous change of the wet season color pattern. Now, at air temperatures below 35° C the color becomes brownish white or grey and changes to a brilliant white at air temperatures near and over 40° C. Thus, in dry season State the frog retains its ability for rapid color change. In wet season State the platelets of the iridophores are irregularly distributed. In dry season State many platelets become arranged almost parallel to the surface. These purine crystals probably act as quarter-wave-length interference reflectors, reducing SRL by reflecting a considerable amount of the radiated energy input. EWL is as low as that of much larger xeric reptilians. The impermeability of the skin seems to be the result of several mechanisms (ground substance, iridophores, lipids, mucus) supplementing each other. The light red skin at the pelvic region and inner sides of the limbs is specialized for rapid uptake of water allowing the frog to replenish the unavoidable EWL by using single drops of dew or rain, available for only very short periods.}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerTrendelenburgFranke1976, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Regulation of transcription of genes of ribosomal RNA during amphibian oogenesis: a biochemical and morphological study}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32814}, year = {1976}, abstract = {Natural changes in the transcription of rRNA genes were studied in nucleoli from three oogenic stages of the newt Triturus alpestris with electron microscope, autoradiographic, and biochemical techniques. From determinations of the uridine triphosphate pool sizes and [3H]uridine uptake, phosphorylation, and incorporation into 28S and 18S rRNAs in vivo it was estimated that the rate of rRNA synthesis was about 0.01\% in previtellogenic oocytes and 13\% in mature oocytes when compared to midvitellogenesis. Spread preparations of nucleoli showed significant morphological changes in the transcriptional complexes. The total number of lateral fibrils, i.e., ribonucleoproteins containing the nascent rRNA precursor, were drastically decreased in stages of reduced synthetic activity. This indicates that rRNA synthesis is regulated primarily at the level of transcription. The resulting patterns of fibril coverage of the nucleolar chromatin axes revealed a marked heterogeneity. On the same nucleolar axis occurred matrix units that were completely devoid of lateral fibrils, matrix units that were almost fully covered with lateral fibrils, and various forms of matrix units with a range of lateral fibril densities intermediate between the two extremes. Granular particles that were tentatively identified as RNA polymerase molecules were not restricted to the transcription l complexes. They were observed, although less regularly and separated by greater distances, in untranscribed spacer regions as well as in untranscribed gene intercepts. The results show that the pattern of transcriptional control of rRNA genes differs widely in different genes, even in the same genetic unit.}, language = {en} } @article{DabauvalleLoosMerkertetal.1991, author = {Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine and Loos, Karin and Merkert, Hilde and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Spontaneous assembly of pore complex-containing membranes ("Annulate lamellae") in Xenopus egg extract in the absence of chromatin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32797}, year = {1991}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{WilkenKossnerSenecaletal.1993, author = {Wilken, Norbert and Kossner, Ursula and Sen{\´e}cal, Jean-Luc and Scheer, Ulrich and Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine}, title = {Nup180, a novel nuclear pore complex protein localizing to the cytoplasmic ring and associated fibrils}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32049}, year = {1993}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1970, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {The ultrastructure of the nuclear envelope of amphibian oocytes: a reinvestigation. III. Actinomycin D-induced decrease in central granules within the pores.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32110}, year = {1970}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} }