@phdthesis{Walter2012, author = {Walter, Martina}, title = {A new methodological approach to assess drug driving - The German Smartphone Survey}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-75283}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {The aim of the present piece of work was to give information about the frequency of psychoactive substances within the German driver population and to identify preventive and promotive circumstances of drug driving. Furthermore, a new methodological approach to gather and link data about the consumption of psychoactive substances and the mobility of drug users is shown. Traditionally, roadside surveys are conducted to estimate the prevalence of drug driving within a population. By the present study, an alternative method is introduced. In total, 195 drug users (mainly cannabis users) and 100 controls out of the normal driving population were queried for four weeks about their driving and drug consumption behaviour by a questionnaire that was deployed on smartphones. The prevalences of drug driving within the sample were extrapolated into representative values. Because the subjects reported all daily activities within the study-period, it was also possible to describe situations in which the subjects decided against driving under influence. Besides, relevant previous experiences, attitudes, the approval of legal regulations, other traffic-specific parameters, social influences and personality variables were queried. So, individual factors that are associated with drug driving can be specified. The results are integrated in a model that shows dependencies of different societal, behavioural and legal variables. They can serve as major input to the discussion on drug driving and can be of practical use for rehabilitation and prevention purposes. The results can be summarised as follows: - Compared to the results of a German roadside survey from 1994, the prevalences that are found within the present study seem pretty low. This finding is discussed and possible explanations for the described trend are lined out. Furthermore, the prevalences that were calculated in the present study are compared to current data from other European countries. - The results show differences between users and controls on several variables. The differences indicate that substance use impacts on the structuring of day-to-day life. Overall, the controls' days proceed more along a daily working routine than the users' (e.g. less mobility at night, more mobility at rush-hour, alcohol consumption mainly at nights out). - The individual extent to which drugs are consumed differs dependent on daytime, day of the week and kind of substance. Of course, these dependencies also influence the occurrence of drug driving. Other factors of influence on drug driving are the distance, the availability of alternative modes of transport as well as the presence of female companions. - Not everybody who uses drugs drives under the influence of drugs. A striking predictor for frequent drug driving and highly intoxicated driving is a high consumption, associated with risky consumption patterns and a low subjective feeling of impairment after drug consumption. - The subjects' attitudes towards drug driving and their beliefs about social norms largely go in line with the behaviour they engage in. Drug users have rather liberal attitudes towards drug use and driving under influence. - A possible deterrence effect of sanctioning and police enforcement and its dependence on the acceptance and awareness of the measures is delineated. - Only small effects are found when examining the objective impairment that is caused by drug use by a computer-based test battery. This result is critically discussed with regards to the operationalisation of the study groups. - Except from driving under influence, there is no evidence to suggest that DUI offenders also show problematic behaviour according to other traffic-related measures. - Parents and peers may have an influence as role models on the development of problematic behaviour. A good relationship between parents and children may have a positive impact on the development of conventional values and behaviour. - Drug use is associated with some crucial personality dimensions and drugs are often used to solve personal problems. A less precise but similar difference was found for users who commit many drives under influence compared to users who never or only sometimes drive under influence. Moreover, users marginally more often have psychological problems compared to controls. Finally, the strengths and weaknesses of the new methodological approach of data collection are discussed as well as the challenges that are faced when implementing it. All in all, it has proved to be a promising method and should serve as a standard to which future studies should aspire.}, subject = {Verkehrspsychologie}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Gluyas2012, author = {Gluyas, Josef Bheinn George}, title = {Synthesis of Silicon-Based Drugs and Odourants}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-72182}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {This thesis concerns (i) the synthesis and olfactory characterisation of silicon-containing analogues of the musk odourant phantolide, (ii) the synthesis and pharmacological investigation of silicon-containing analogues of retinoids of the EC23 and TTNN type and (iii) the attempted syntheses of silicon-containing analogues of the antipsychotic penfluridol and the antidiarrhoeal agent loperamide. All target compounds and intermediates were characterised by multinuclear NMR studies (1H, 13C, 15N, 19F, 29Si) and elemental analyses or high-resolution mass spectrometry. Additionally, some of these compounds were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.}, subject = {Silicium}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Naetscher2009, author = {N{\"a}tscher, Jennifer Barbara}, title = {Synthese und Charakterisierung neuartiger siliciumorganischer Pharmaka und Riechstoffe sowie siliciumhaltiger Synthesebausteine}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-43183}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt die Synthese von siliciumhaltigen Derivaten des Retinoid-Agonisten Bexarotene und berichtet in diesem Zusammenhang {\"u}ber die Darstellung von neuen siliciumhaltigen Synthesebausteinen. Außerdem wurden siliciumhaltige Derivate der bekannten Riechstoffe Phantolide, Okoumal, Galaxolide und (3E,5E)-5-tert-Butyl-7,7-dimethylocta-3,5-dien-2-on synthetisiert und hinsichtlich ihrer olfaktorischen Eigenschaften untersucht. Die Charakterisierung der Zielverbindungen sowie aller auftretenden Zwischen¬stufen erfolgte durch NMR-Spektroskopie (1H, 11B, 13C, 29Si) und Elementaranalyse. Zus{\"a}tzlich konnte in einigen F{\"a}llen eine strukturelle Charakterisierung durch Einkristall-R{\"o}ntgenstrukturanalyse realisiert werden.}, subject = {Silicium}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Popp2008, author = {Popp, Friedrich}, title = {(2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl)silane: Verwendung als gesch{\"u}tzte Bausteine f{\"u}r die Synthese siliciumhaltiger Wirkstoffe sowie als Silylierungsreagenzien}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-27459}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2008}, abstract = {In Fortf{\"u}hrung der bisher in dieser Forschungsgruppe durchgef{\"u}hrten Studien mit (2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl)silanen wurden im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit weitere Untersuchungen zu den Schutzgruppen-Eigenschaften der Si-(2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl)-Gruppe angestellt und anschließend die hierbei gewonnenen Erkenntnisse verwendet, um Sila-Analoga bereits bekannter biologisch aktiver Verbindungen {\"u}ber neue Synthesewege mit (2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl)silanen darzustellen. Des Weiteren wurden im Rahmen der Untersuchungen zur C/Si-Bioisosterie die pharmakologischen Eigenschaften dieser bereits auf anderem Weg synthetisierten Wirkstoffe in Kooperation mit anderen Forschungsgruppen vervollst{\"a}ndigt. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus wurden auch die Arbeiten zum Thema „(2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl)silane als Silylierungsreagenzien f{\"u}r O-Nucleophile" weitergef{\"u}hrt.}, subject = {Silicium}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Schmid2004, author = {Schmid, Thomas}, title = {Darstellung von Sila-Analoga und siliciumhaltigen Derivaten von Wirk- und Riechstoffen sowie Alpha-Aminos{\"a}uren im Rahmen von Untersuchungen zur C/Si-Bioisosterie}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-9257}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2004}, abstract = {Siliciumhaltige Analoga der Histaminantagonisten Terfenadin und Fexofenadin sowie diverser Riechstoffe (Majantol, Linalool) wurden dargestellt. Desweiteren wurden siliciumhaltige alpha-Aminos{\"a}uren synthetisiert und auf einer Kieselgeloberfl{\"a}che immobilisiert.}, subject = {Silaanaloga}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Christensen2003, author = {Christensen, Morten Overby}, title = {Dynamics of human DNA Topoisomerases I and II}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-4927}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2003}, abstract = {The first goal of this study was to develop cell lines with a stable expression of bio-fluorescent topo II and topo I. This was successfully achieved using a bicistronic vector system. Control experiments showed that proteins of expected size were expressed, and that GFP-tagged topos I, IIa, and IIb were active in the cells and fully integrated in the endogenous pools of the enzymes. These cell-lines provided a novel tool for investigating the cell biology of human DNA topoisomerases. Our most important finding was, that both types of mammalian topoisomerases are entirely mobile proteins that are in continuous and rapid flux between all compartments of the nucleus and between the cytososl and the chromosomes of mitotic cells. This was particularly surprising with regard to topo II, which is considered to be a structural component of the nuclear matrix and the chromosome scaffold. We must conclude that if this was the case, then these architectural structures appear to be much more dynamic than believed until now. In this context it should also be mentioned, that the alignment of topo II with the central axes of the chromosome arms, which has until now been considered a hall-mark of the enzyme's association with the chromosomal scaffold, is not seen in vivo and can be demonstrated to be to some extent an artefact of immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, we show that the two isoforms of topo II (a and b) have a different localisation during mitotic cell division, supporting the general concept that topo II functions at mitosis are exclusively assigned to the a-form, whereas at interphase the two isoenzymes work in concert. Despite unrestricted mobility within the entire nuclear space, topoisomerases I and II impose as mostly nucleolar proteins. We show that this is due to the fact that in the nucleoli they are moving slower than in the nucleoplasm. The decreased nucleolar mobility cannot be due to DNA-interactions, because compounds that fix topoisomerases to the DNA deplete them from the nucleoli. Interestingly, the subnucleolar distribution of topoisomerases I and II was complementary. The type II enzyme filled the entire nucleolar space, but excluded the fibrial centers, whereas topo I accumulated at the fibrial centers, an allocation directed by the enzyme's N-terminus. During mitosis, it also mediates association with the nucleolar organising regions of the acrocentric chromosomes. Thus, topo I stays associated with the rDNA during the entire cell-cycle and consistently colocalizes there with RNA-polymerase I. Finally, we show that certain cancer drugs believed to act by stabilising covalent catalytic DNA-intermediates of topoisomerases, do indeed immobilize the enzymes in living cells. Interestingly, these drugs do not target topoisomerases in the nucleoli but only in the nucleoplasm.}, subject = {Mensch}, language = {en} }