@article{OthmanFathyBekhitetal.2021, author = {Othman, Eman M. and Fathy, Moustafa and Bekhit, Amany Abdlrehim and Abdel-Razik, Abdel-Razik H. and Jamal, Arshad and Nazzal, Yousef and Shams, Shabana and Dandekar, Thomas and Naseem, Muhammad}, title = {Modulatory and toxicological perspectives on the effects of the small molecule kinetin}, series = {Molecules}, volume = {26}, journal = {Molecules}, number = {3}, issn = {1420-3049}, doi = {10.3390/molecules26030670}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-223064}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Plant hormones are small regulatory molecules that exert pharmacological actions in mammalian cells such as anti-oxidative and pro-metabolic effects. Kinetin belongs to the group of plant hormones cytokinin and has been associated with modulatory functions in mammalian cells. The mammalian adenosine receptor (A2a-R) is known to modulate multiple physiological responses in animal cells. Here, we describe that kinetin binds to the adenosine receptor (A2a-R) through the Asn253 residue in an adenosine dependent manner. To harness the beneficial effects of kinetin for future human use, we assess its acute toxicity by analyzing different biochemical and histological markers in rats. Kinetin at a dose below 1 mg/kg had no adverse effects on the serum level of glucose or on the activity of serum alanine transaminase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) enzymes in the kinetin treated rats. Whereas, creatinine levels increased after a kinetin treatment at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg. Furthermore, 5 mg/kg treated kinetin rats showed normal renal corpuscles, but a mild degeneration was observed in the renal glomeruli and renal tubules, as well as few degenerated hepatocytes were also observed in the liver. Kinetin doses below 5 mg/kg did not show any localized toxicity in the liver and kidney tissues. In addition to unraveling the binding interaction between kinetin and A2a-R, our findings suggest safe dose limits for the future use of kinetin as a therapeutic and modulatory agent against various pathophysiological conditions.}, language = {en} } @article{YuanBorrmannHouetal.2021, author = {Yuan, Yijun and Borrmann, Dorit and Hou, Jiawei and Ma, Yuexin and N{\"u}chter, Andreas and Schwertfeger, S{\"o}ren}, title = {Self-Supervised point set local descriptors for Point Cloud Registration}, series = {Sensors}, volume = {21}, journal = {Sensors}, number = {2}, issn = {1424-8220}, doi = {10.3390/s21020486}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-223000}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Descriptors play an important role in point cloud registration. The current state-of-the-art resorts to the high regression capability of deep learning. However, recent deep learning-based descriptors require different levels of annotation and selection of patches, which make the model hard to migrate to new scenarios. In this work, we learn local registration descriptors for point clouds in a self-supervised manner. In each iteration of the training, the input of the network is merely one unlabeled point cloud. Thus, the whole training requires no manual annotation and manual selection of patches. In addition, we propose to involve keypoint sampling into the pipeline, which further improves the performance of our model. Our experiments demonstrate the capability of our self-supervised local descriptor to achieve even better performance than the supervised model, while being easier to train and requiring no data labeling.}, language = {en} } @article{BluemigWerr2021, author = {Bl{\"u}mig, Gabriele and Werr, Naoka}, title = {S.P.U.T.N.I.K. - ein Sch{\"u}lertutorial im Sinne des Framework : ein Werkstattbericht}, series = {O-Bib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal}, volume = {8}, journal = {O-Bib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal}, number = {2}, doi = {10.5282/o-bib/5669}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-245702}, pages = {14}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Die Arbeitsgruppe Informationskompetenz im Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (AGIK Bay) ver{\"o}ffentlichte im Oktober 2020 das interaktive E-Tutorial S.P.U.T.N.I.K. zur F{\"o}rderung der Informationskompetenz von Sch{\"u}ler*innen der Oberstufe, das sich inhaltlich am Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education orientiert. Der Artikel zeichnet die Entstehung des Tutorials in Kooperation mit Studierenden des Fachbereichs Archiv- und Bibliothekswesen der Hochschule f{\"u}r den {\"o}ffentlichen Dienst in Bayern nach und skizziert die Herausforderungen bei der finalen Umsetzung durch die Universit{\"a}tsbibliothek W{\"u}rzburg. Das Tutorial ist als Moodle- und Ilias-kompatibles SCORM-Lernpaket mit vielen interaktiven Quizelementen konzipiert und in f{\"u}nf Modulen aufgebaut. Es ist online zug{\"a}nglich und steht zur Nachnutzung innerhalb der DACH-Bibliothekscommunity unter einer Creative Commons Lizenz bereit.}, language = {de} } @article{BluemigKleinWolf2021, author = {Bl{\"u}mig, Gabriele and Klein, Diana and Wolf, Simone}, title = {Das Framework und die Erstsemesterstudierenden der Medizin : ein Erfahrungsbericht aus der Universit{\"a}tsbibliothek W{\"u}rzburg}, series = {O-Bib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal}, volume = {8}, journal = {O-Bib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal}, number = {2}, doi = {10.5282/o-bib/5649}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-245687}, pages = {17}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Dieser Artikel schildert die Neukonzeption eines Kurses f{\"u}r Erstsemesterstudierende der Medizin an der Universit{\"a}tsbibliothek W{\"u}rzburg unter Einbeziehung des Frameworks for Information Literacy for Higher Education (im Folgenden Framework genannt). Nach einleitenden Bemerkungen zur Theorie der Schwellenkonzepte und zum Framework selbst steht der Kursinhalt mit den dazugeh{\"o}rigen Frames, Knowledge Practices und Dispositions im Fokus. Die Auswertung der Evaluation und ein Ausblick auf die Umsetzung des Kurses in der coronabedingten digitalen Lehre bilden den Schluss.}, language = {de} } @article{YeWilhelmGentschevetal.2021, author = {Ye, Mingyu and Wilhelm, Martina and Gentschev, Ivaylo and Szalay, Alad{\´a}r}, title = {A modified limiting dilution method for monoclonal stable cell line selection using a real-time fluorescence imaging system: A practical workflow and advanced applications}, series = {Methods and Protocols}, volume = {4}, journal = {Methods and Protocols}, number = {1}, doi = {10.3390/mps4010016}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-228896}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Stable cell lines are widely used in laboratory research and pharmaceutical industry. They are mainly applied in recombinant protein and antibody productions, gene function studies, drug screens, toxicity assessments, and for cancer therapy investigation. There are two types of cell lines, polyclonal and monoclonal origin, that differ regarding their homogeneity and heterogeneity. Generating a high-quality stable cell line, which can grow continuously and carry a stable genetic modification without alteration is very important for most studies, because polyclonal cell lines of multicellular origin can be highly variable and unstable and lead to inconclusive experimental results. The most commonly used technologies of single cell originate monoclonal stable cell isolation in laboratory are fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) sorting and limiting dilution cloning. Here, we describe a modified limiting dilution method of monoclonal stable cell line selection using the real-time fluorescence imaging system IncuCyte\(^®\)S3.}, language = {en} } @article{PhilippDietzBucheltetal.2021, author = {Philipp, Marius and Dietz, Andreas and Buchelt, Sebastian and Kuenzer, Claudia}, title = {Trends in satellite earth observation for permafrost related analyses — A review}, series = {Remote Sensing}, volume = {13}, journal = {Remote Sensing}, number = {6}, doi = {10.3390/rs13061217}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-234198}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Climate change and associated Arctic amplification cause a degradation of permafrost which in turn has major implications for the environment. The potential turnover of frozen ground from a carbon sink to a carbon source, eroding coastlines, landslides, amplified surface deformation and endangerment of human infrastructure are some of the consequences connected with thawing permafrost. Satellite remote sensing is hereby a powerful tool to identify and monitor these features and processes on a spatially explicit, cheap, operational, long-term basis and up to circum-Arctic scale. By filtering after a selection of relevant keywords, a total of 325 articles from 30 international journals published during the last two decades were analyzed based on study location, spatio- temporal resolution of applied remote sensing data, platform, sensor combination and studied environmental focus for a comprehensive overview of past achievements, current efforts, together with future challenges and opportunities. The temporal development of publication frequency, utilized platforms/sensors and the addressed environmental topic is thereby highlighted. The total number of publications more than doubled since 2015. Distinct geographical study hot spots were revealed, while at the same time large portions of the continuous permafrost zone are still only sparsely covered by satellite remote sensing investigations. Moreover, studies related to Arctic greenhouse gas emissions in the context of permafrost degradation appear heavily underrepresented. New tools (e.g., Google Earth Engine (GEE)), methodologies (e.g., deep learning or data fusion etc.)and satellite data (e.g., the Methane Remote Sensing LiDAR Mission (Merlin) and the Sentinel-fleet)will thereby enable future studies to further investigate the distribution of permafrost, its thermal state and its implications on the environment such as thermokarst features and greenhouse gas emission rates on increasingly larger spatial and temporal scales.}, language = {en} } @article{WeissHeinHewig2021, author = {Weiß, Martin and Hein, Grit and Hewig, Johannes}, title = {Between joy and sympathy: Smiling and sad recipient faces increase prosocial behavior in the dictator game}, series = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, volume = {18}, journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, number = {11}, doi = {10.3390/ijerph18116172}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-241106}, year = {2021}, abstract = {In human interactions, the facial expression of a bargaining partner may contain relevant information that affects prosocial decisions. We were interested in whether facial expressions of the recipient in the dictator game influence dictators´ ehavior. To test this, we conducted an online study (n = 106) based on a modified version of a dictator game. The dictators allocated money between themselves and another person (recipient), who had no possibility to respond to the dictator. Importantly, before the allocation decision, the dictator was presented with the facial expression of the recipient (angry, disgusted, sad, smiling, or neutral). The results showed that dictators sent more money to recipients with sad or smiling facial expressions and less to recipients with angry or disgusted facial expressions compared with a neutral facial expression. Moreover, based on the sequential analysis of the decision and the interaction partner in the preceding trial, we found that decision-making depends upon previous interactions.}, language = {en} } @article{UpcinHenkeKleefeldtetal.2021, author = {Upcin, Berin and Henke, Erik and Kleefeldt, Florian and Hoffmann, Helene and Rosenwald, Andreas and Irmak-Sav, Ster and Aktas, Huseyin Bertal and R{\"u}ckschloß, Uwe and Erg{\"u}n, S{\"u}leyman}, title = {Contribution of adventitia-derived stem and progenitor cells to new vessel formation in tumors}, series = {Cells}, volume = {10}, journal = {Cells}, number = {7}, doi = {10.3390/cells10071719}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-242577}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Blocking tumor vascularization has not yet come to fruition to the extent it was hoped for, as angiogenesis inhibitors have shown only partial success in the clinic. We hypothesized that under- appreciated vascular wall-resident stem and progenitor cells (VW-SPCs) might be involved in tumor vascularization and influence effectiveness of anti-angiogenic therapy. Indeed, in patient samples, we observed that vascular adventitia-resident CD34\(^+\) VW-SPCs are recruited to tumors in situ from co-opted vessels. To elucidate this in detail, we established an ex vivo model using concomitant embedding of multi-cellular tumor spheroids (MCTS) and mouse aortic rings (ARs) into collagen gels, similar to the so-called aortic ring assay (ARA). Moreover, ARA was modified by removing the ARs' adventitia that harbors VW-SPCs. Thus, this model enabled distinguishing the contribution of VW-SPCs from that of mature endothelial cells (ECs) to new vessel formation. Our results show that the formation of capillary-like sprouts is considerably delayed, and their number and network formation were significantly reduced by removing the adventitia. Substituting iPSC-derived neural spheroids for MCTS resulted in distinct sprouting patterns that were also strongly influenced by the presence or absence of VW-SPCs, also underlying the involvement of these cells in non-pathological vascularization. Our data suggest that more comprehensive approaches are needed in order to block all of the mechanisms contributing to tumor vascularization.}, language = {en} } @article{Dunkel2021, author = {Dunkel, Franz G.}, title = {Sieben neue Arten aus dem Schweizer Ranunculus auricomus-Komplex}, series = {Forum Geobotanicum}, volume = {10}, journal = {Forum Geobotanicum}, issn = {1867-9315}, doi = {10.3264/FG.2021.0825}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-243782}, pages = {1-27}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Die Arten des Schweizer Ranunculus-auricomus-Komplexes sind nur zu einem Teil bekannt. Zur vollst{\"a}ndigeren Erfassung des Komplexes wurden Exkursionen in die s{\"u}dwestliche und {\"o}stliche Schweiz unternommen. Es wurden sieben neue Arten entdeckt, die hier beschrieben und abgebildet sind. Ihre Taxonomie und Gef{\"a}hrdung wird diskutiert. R. chalarocarpus W. Koch ex Dunkel ist bereits bei Koch provisorisch erw{\"a}hnt, R. clavicornis Dunkel wird nun g{\"u}ltig beschrieben. Beide Arten sind aufgrund ihres Vorkommens in Auw{\"a}ldern und feuchten Laubw{\"a}ldern stark gef{\"a}hrdet, R. clavicornis sogar fast ausgestorben. Der neu beschriebene R. thurgoviae kommt im Osten der Schweiz vor (Kanton Thurgau). Die bislang bekannte Verbreitung von R. allobrogorum Dunkel, R. crenulatus Dunkel, R. genevensis Dunkel und R. lineatus ist fast vollst{\"a}ndig auf den Kanton Genf beschr{\"a}nkt. Die Arten des Ranunculus auricomus-Komplexes sind ein sensibler Indikator f{\"u}r Ver{\"a}nderungen der Vegetation und Umwelt und sollten diesbez{\"u}glich deutlich mehr Gewicht bekommen.}, subject = {Ranunculus}, language = {de} } @article{Drenckhahn2021, author = {Drenckhahn, Detlev}, title = {Zur Vegetation der Seedeiche der Nordseek{\"u}ste Schleswig-Holsteins - Implikationen f{\"u}r die Umsetzung des Generalplans K{\"u}stenschutz}, series = {Forum Geobotanicum}, volume = {10}, journal = {Forum Geobotanicum}, issn = {1867-9315}, doi = {10.3264/FG.2021.0825a}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-243795}, pages = {28-37}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Bis zum Jahr 2100 prognostiziert der Weltklimarat (IPCC 2021) einen Anstieg des Meeresspiegels von bis zu 63-101 cm gegen{\"u}ber heutigen Wasserst{\"a}nden. Im Rahmen des Generalplans K{\"u}stenschutz Schleswig-Holstein(GKSH) soll als Klimafolgeanpassung eine Erh{\"o}hung und Profil{\"a}nderung der meisten Nordseedeiche und Elbedeiche erfolgen (zusammen 363,3 km mit einer Vegetationsfl{\"a}che von 3.500 ha). Diese Maßnahmen werden mit einem vollst{\"a}ndigen Verlust der alten Deichvegetation einhergehen und zur Freisetzung von großen Mengen an CO₂ aus dem Bodenkohlenstoff f{\"u}hren. Die Seedeiche der Nordseek{\"u}ste (262 km) z{\"a}hlen zu den artenreichen, semi-nat{\"u}rlichen und von Schafen beweideten Grasl{\"a}ndern (Fl{\"a}che von 2600 ha) in Schleswig-Holstein mit bis zu 18 Gras- und 64 zweikeim-bl{\"a}ttrigen Bl{\"u}tenpflanzen und an die Vegetation gebundene 800-1000 Arten von Invertebraten (darunter 200 K{\"a}ferarten). Auf die Außenb{\"o}schung dringen Pflanzen der Salzwiesengesellschaften vor. Die steileren, w{\"a}rmeexponierten ({\"u}berwiegend nach Osten und S{\"u}den ausgerichtet) und durch Vertritt l{\"u}ckigen Innenb{\"o}schungen der Seedeiche sind wertvolle Refugien w{\"a}rmeliebender, konkurrenzschwacher Arten von Magerstandorten und Trittgesellschaften wie die folgenden mediterran-subatlantischen Arten: Knotenklettenkerbel (Torilis nodosa), Zwergklee/Armbl{\"u}tiger Klee (Trifolium micranthum) und Vogelfußklee (Trifolium ornithopodioides). F{\"u}r die Erhaltung beider Kleearten (die aktuelle Verbreitung wird dokumentiert) besitzt Schleswig-Holstein eine nationale und nordwest-europ{\"a}isch-kontinentale Verantwortlichkeit. Folgende Maßnahmen zum Schutz der reichhaltigen Deichvegetation und Teilen seiner Invertebratenfauna bei der Deichverst{\"a}rkung im Rahmen des GKSH werden vorgeschlagen: 1. Abheben der Grasnarbe mit Wurzelraum und zeitnahe Wiederverlegung der alten Grasnarbe (Soden) auf das neue Deichprofil; das ist auch wichtig zum Erhalt des Bodenkohlenstoffs (Klimaschutz). 2. Einsaat von neuen Deichprofilen mit Saatgut von artenreichen Deichabschnitten. 3. Aufnahme substanzieller Forschungsprogramme/Forschungsf{\"o}rderung zur {\"O}kologie der Seedeiche. Weiterhin sollte auf den Einsatz von Herbiziden auf Deichen zur Bek{\"a}mpfung von Disteln verzichtet werden.}, subject = {Seedeich}, language = {de} }