@misc{Schnermann2024,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Schnermann, Sophia Victoria},
  title     = {The impact of China's e-mobility development on German motor vehicle manufacturers},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-35327},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-353276},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {Compared to other countries, China was particularly early in developing a comprehensive set of policies to promote electric mobility (e-mobility). The aim of this study is to examine how China's e-mobility development - through changes in formal institutions as well as market forces - has affected German passenger car manufacturers and their competitive environment and positions. The study is guided by two strands of research: new institutional economics and strategic management literature. A holistic multiple-case design is used to analyze five German case study firms. Qualitative interview data are collected through interviews and analyzed using a thematic analysis. The results show that the electric transformation in China has been shaped by changes in formal institutions at the macro, meso, and micro levels. Interestingly, the case study firms were affected not only by changes in China's formal institutions but also by disparities between institutions in China and Europe. Furthermore, the data suggest that German car manufacturers are facing an increasingly competitive environment in China: at least four forces in Porter's five-forces model seem to have intensified in recent years. The extent to which the case study firms have been affected by these developments may depend on the industry segments in which they are positioned. However, it can be argued that the electric transition has blurred the lines between traditional segments of the car industry to some extent. The interview data do not provide evidence that any of the German car brands have substantially changed their positioning, but they do suggest that some of the case study companies did not have an adequate offering for the Chinese market at the time of the interviews. In addition, the study finds that China's transition to e-mobility has led to changes in various parts of the German automakers' value chains, including production, sales, marketing, services, research and development, and procurement. Whether these changes will ultimately result in competitive advantage, parity, or disadvantage remains to be seen.},
  subject      = {Institutionen{\"o}konomie},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Werner2024,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Werner, Lennart},
  title     = {Terrain Mapping for Autonomous Navigation of Lunar Rovers},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-35826},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-358268},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {Autonomous mobile robots operating in unknown terrain have to guide their drive decisions through local perception. Local mapping and traversability analysis is essential for safe rover operation and low level locomotion. This thesis deals with the challenge of building a local, robot centric map from ultra short baseline stereo imagery for height and traversability estimation. Several grid-based, incremental mapping algorithms are compared and evaluated in a multi size, multi resolution framework. A new, covariance based mapping update is introduced, which is capable of detecting sub- cellsize obstacles and abstracts the terrain of one cell as a first order surface. The presented mapping setup is capable of producing reliable ter- rain and traversability estimates under the conditions expected for the Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploreration (CADRE) mission. Algorithmic- and software architecture design targets high reliability and efficiency for meeting the tight constraints implied by CADRE's small on-board embedded CPU. Extensive evaluations are conducted to find possible edge-case scenar- ios in the operating envelope of the map and to confirm performance parameters. The research in this thesis targets the CADRE mission, but is applicable to any form of mobile robotics which require height- and traversability mapping.},
  subject      = {Mondfahrzeug},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Zhang2023,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Zhang, Shenxishuai},
  title     = {Conflicts and Anxieties over Money in Late Ming Vernacular Stories},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-31673},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-316733},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {The present study discusses money and conflicts and anxiety over money in late Ming vernacular stories and contextualizes these stories in the contemporary society of economic prosperity and rapid changes. The high monetization and extensive use of silver and copper cash as currency brought both wealth and conflicts in various aspects of society. Eleven vernacular stories from several collections are adopted as source materials for the close examination, including Jingshi tongyan (Stories to Caution the World, 1624) and Xingshi hengyan (Stories to Awaken the World, 1627) by Feng Menglong (1574-1646) and the two Pai'an jingqi (Slapping the Table in Amazement, 1628 and 1632) collections by Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), etc. The analysis then focuses on the relationship between money and four topics, the late Ming context, social relations, gender ideals, and religion. Multiple voices and various viewpoints in these narratives show human beings' struggles in taming and dominating money, the increasingly familiar and essential object in everyday life. Generally, when people cannot control money properly, there is a fear of its detrimental power to humans and social relations within and beyond families. On the contrary, characters, who are able to control money, are praised.},
  subject      = {Geld},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Lan2022,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Lan, Kai-Yi},
  title     = {Gender and Medicine in the Ming Dynasty: Tan Yunxian's (1461-1556) Medical Case Book},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-28886},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-288862},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This project explores Tan Yunxian's journey of becoming a female doctor in the Ming dynasty. Among all the surviving Ming medical books, Tan Yunxian's medical case book is the only one that was written by a woman. It seems natural, considering she had both scholar-official and medical family backgrounds. Yet, social expectations consider it more suitable for a lady to remain in the household, and not treat patients outside. To legitimize Tan Yunxian's pursuit of a medical career, she applied several strategies to resolve potential criticism toward her and her family. These strategies are analyzed through her autobiographical preface in her medical case book. The project also explores Ming male literatis' perspectives toward Tan Yunxian, the factors that contributed to the preservation and publication of her medical case book, and examined her medical cases under the social-historical and micro-history contexts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Gross2022,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Groß, Lennart},
  title     = {Point-spread function engineering for single-molecule localization microscopy in brain slices},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-28259},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-282596},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) is the method of choice to study biological specimens on a nanoscale level. Advantages of SMLM imply its superior specificity due to targeted molecular fluorescence labeling and its enhanced tissue preservation compared to electron microscopy, while reaching similar resolution. To reveal the molecular organization of protein structures in brain tissue, SMLM moves to the forefront: Instead of investigating brain slices with a thickness of a few µm, measurements of intact neuronal assemblies (up to 100 µm in each dimension) are required. As proteins are distributed in the whole brain volume and can move along synapses in all directions, this method is promising in revealing arrangements of neuronal protein markers. However, diffraction-limited imaging still required for the localization of the fluorophores is prevented by sample-induced distortion of emission pattern due to optical aberrations in tissue slices from non-superficial planes. In particular, the sample causes wavefront dephasing, which can be described as a summation of Zernike polynomials. To recover an optimal point spread function (PSF), active shaping can be performed by the use of adaptive optics. The aim of this thesis is to establish a setup using a deformable mirror and a wavefront sensor to actively shape the PSF to correct the wavefront phases in a super-resolution microscope setup. Therefore, fluorescence-labeled proteins expressed in different anatomical regions in brain tissue will be used as experiment specimen. Resolution independent imaging depth in slices reaching tens of micrometers is aimed.},
  subject      = {Einzelmolek{\"u}lmikroskopie},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Gamaleldin2021,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Gamaleldin, Mariam},
  title     = {Non-canonical Signaling of μ-opioid Receptors},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-24032},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-240327},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {According to the "canonical" paradigm of GPCR signaling, agonist-bound GPCRs only signal to the downstream adenylyl cyclase enzyme when they are seated at the plasma membrane. Upon prolonged binding of an agonist, receptor internalization usually takes place, leading to the termination of this downstream signaling pathway and activation of alternative ones. However, a set of recent studies have shown that at least some GPCRs (e.g. thyroid stimulating hormone receptor) continue signaling to adenylyl cyclase after internalization. In this study, I aimed to investigate canonical signaling by internalized μ opioid receptors (MORs), which are Gi-coupled receptors, using a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensor for cyclic AMP (cAMP) known as Epac1-camps. My results show that the cyclic AMP inhibition signal induced by the binding of DAMGO, a MOR agonist, persists after agonist washout. We hypothesized that this persistent signal might come from internalized DAMGO-bound receptors located in the endosomal compartment. To test this hypothesis, I used dynasore and Dyngo 4a, two dynamin inhibitors that are known to prevent clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Interestingly, dynasore but not Dyngo 4a pretreatment largely blunted the response to MOR activation as well as to adenylyl cyclase activation with Forskolin (FSK). In addition, DAMGO-induced cAMP signal remained persistent even in the presence of 30 M Dyngo 4a. These results might point to a complex interplay between clathrin-mediated internalization and MOR signaling. Further experiments are required to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the persistent MOR signaling and to fully clarify whether MORs are capable of Gi signaling in the endosomal compartment.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Wu2021,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Wu, Dong},
  title     = {Aspects of Gender in The Unofficial History of the Scholars},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-21920},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-219202},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {The present study focuses on Rulin waishi 儒林外史 (The Unofficial History of the Scholars), a well-known Qing novel, from the perspective of gender. It attempts to contribute to the discussion about Chinese masculinity by identifying the representation of the scholars' masculinity in Rulin waishi and offer a better understanding of the novel's position regarding femininity and women. This project shows that the novel nevertheless reflects rather than challenges gender ideologies of its time. The ideal manhood showed in the novel comprises real virtues and authentic learning. It goes against the traditional, orthodox Confucian masculinity which advocates that officialdom is the glorious path to fulfill a learned man's masculinity. It is mainly due to Wu Jingzi's own failure in the civil service examinations and official careers. Regarding the relation of masculinity and sexuality, the novel reveals that a masculine man is not tempted by female charm but can enjoy a harmonious and companionate marriage. Besides, scholars show great anxiety about their masculinity since they are in a marginal position in society. Their manliness is challenged by officials, merchants, and even commoners, as well as their colleagues. Through a careful examination of stories of Pinniang, Miss Lu, and Mrs. Wang, it reveals that the novel holds a conventional opinion on women although it criticizes widow suicide and shows an egalitarian husband-wife relationship. It praises Confucian womanly virtues, such as following and serving the husband, managing the household, and keeping chastity. Female sexuality is blamed as an evil temptation to lead men to go astray. Women's learning gains legitimacy when serving to fulfill domestic responsibilities. It carries the Confucian message that men should take the lead and maintain order in the household and reinforces the rightful patriarchy. In a word, rather than go ahead of its time, Rulin waishi holds a conservative attitude towards gender issues.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Gohli2020,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Gohli, Hannes},
  title     = {'Protect the Environment, Build the Homeland' - A Study of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco City's Measures for Citizens to Act in an Environmentally Sustainable Fashion},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-20660},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-206607},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In order to achieve objectives of sustainable development, the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco City has devised a set of Key Performance Indicators, which require the collaboration of regional government and industrial entities, but also residents to be accomplished. Through qualitative interviews with eco citizens, this study offers an insight into life in an eco city and how aware residents are of their new home's targets and incentives. The thesis investigates, how the eco city encourages residents, who have often never received adequate environmental education, to recycle and adapt their purchasing behaviour. The findings reveal the existence of several technical measures, practical incentive schemes and dissemination techniques that encourage residents to act according to environmental considerations. However, residents are often unaware of the numerical targets or do not make the connection between incentive and intended behaviour. The study highlights possibilities for improvement, in order to enhance residents' understanding of the eco city's objectives. After all, without resident participation and understanding, the Key Performance Indicators may be unattainable and the eco city's eventual economic, social and environmental success in jeopardy.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Hauser2020,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Hauser, Anna Si-Lu},
  title     = {A comparative approach to local organisation of the energy transition},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-20210},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-202109},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In recent years, numerous renewable energy cities were established worldwide, piloting different pathways to transition to clean energy. With the ability to address local needs more precisely in their unique geographic, social and economic contexts, cities play a vital role in implementing overall climate mitigation goals on the local level. In China, many renewable energy cities have emerged as well. However, official documents suggest that Chinese government authorities establish such renewable energy cities strategically, which leads to the assumption that the impulse to become renewable is different from other countries, where bottom-up initiatives are more common. Hence, this thesis explores answer to the question why and how the Chinese government promotes the energy transition of Chinese cities and regions. To explore the dynamics of local energy transition projects, this thesis adopts two frameworks from the field of sustainability transitions, the multi-level perspective and strategic niche management, and applies them to seven European and two Chinese case studies. The European sample includes the cities Graz, G{\"u}ssing, Freiburg, and Helsinki as well as the communities Feldheim, J{\"u}hnde and Murau. The Chinese sample consists of the bottom-up initiative Shaanxi Sunflower Project and the demonstration project Tongli New Energy Town. A comparative analysis evaluates in how far the cases correspond to the multi-level perspective or strategic niche management. The comparison of the case studies reveals that the development of renewable energy cities in China goes beyond a top-down vs. bottom-up logic. In the Chinese context, strategic niche management should be understood as experimentation under hierarchy, which serves at pretesting different approaches before rolling them out nationwide. In addition, the analysis shows that both the multi-level perspective and strategic niche management have their advantages and disadvantages for niche development. Niches following the logic of the multi-level perspective may result in higher stakeholder acceptance, whereas strategic niche management can in turn accelerate niche development. However, since natural niche development cannot be steered intentionally, decision-makers who intend to induce local renewable energy projects have no other option but to resort to strategic niche management. To increase stakeholder acceptance and thus to improve the project outcome, decision-makers are advised to accommodate sufficient room for stakeholder participation in the project design.},
  subject      = {China},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Schaper2018,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Schaper, Anna-Katharina},
  title     = {Conquering China's Second-Tier Cities: An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between a City's Degree of Internationalization and Foreign Companies' Market Entry Decisions in China's Second-Tier Cities},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-161329},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {China's emerging second-tier cities attract more and more foreign companies that are looking for business opportunities. Although much has been written about companies' internationalization strategies, including companies' market entry decisions and market entry mode strategies, research on the relationship between a city's degree of internationalization and foreign companies' market entry decisions and market entry mode strategies in second-tier cities in China is still relatively scarce. Thus, the central research question of this study is: Why and how does a second-tier city's degree of internationalization influence foreign companies' market entry decisions and market entry mode strategies in second-tier China? This study is based on a qualitative research approach; an embedded multiple-case study is applied and interviews with two different target groups are conducted. The first target group consists of foreign companies having established business operations in China's second-tier cities directly and have had no previous business operations in first-tier cites. The second group is made up of foreign companies that initially operated in first-tier China, and then moved to second-tier cities. The company sample compromises small- and medium-sized foreign companies with various industry backgrounds and market entry modes in Chengdu and Chongqing. Since 2015, Maxxelli has been publishing its China International City Index (CICI) on a yearly basis in which it measures and compares China's cities' degree of internationalization. Because Maxxelli revised this year's CICI methodology comprehensively, this study also aims at feedback to improve the overall CICI. This study concludes that a second-tier city's degree of internationalization is particularly important to foreign companies having first set up in Chinese first-tier cities. Companies having established themselves in second-tier cities directly, do not pay a lot of direct attention to a city's degree of internationalization and tend to base their market entry decisions more on business opportunities they identify in a city. In addition, this study argues that in most cases a city's degree of internationalization does not influence the type of market entry mode companies choose to enter second-tier China.},
  subject      = {China},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Shane2017,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Shane, Nadine},
  title     = {The Country-of-Origin Effect and its Potential Impact on How German Consumers Perceive Chinese Luxury Goods},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-153047},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This thesis investigates the impact of the country-of-origin effect on Chinese luxury brands which intend to enter the German luxury goods market. By means of a questionnaire and a quantitative analysis, possible threats to Chinese newcomers that derive from an unfavorable country image are illustrated. In fact, the Chinese origin of luxury goods has an impact on German consumers' perception.},
  subject      = {China},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Ives2016,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Ives, Jaqueline May},
  title     = {The relevance of tax havens for China},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-145794},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {This paper examines the relevance of tax havens for China by determining which tax havens are important for China and to what extent. Furthermore, the motives for Chinese tax haven activity are analysed and compared to the motives of Western companies that primarily use tax havens for the purpose of tax arbitrage. An analysis of two listed Chinese companies, a private and a state-owned entity (SOE), exemplifies how Chinese businesses incorporate tax havens into their business structure and discusses differences between the motives of private and state-owned companies. The magnitude of tax havens found in the business structures emphasise the importance of tax havens for Chinese companies, irrespective of whether the company is an SOE or private, or conducts its business in China or internationally. While the reasons why the state-influenced company incorporated tax havens into their structure seemed to be related to legitimate business motives, the motives behind the structure of the private company seemed questionable. The assessment furthermore confirms that China's weak institutional framework and restricting business environment is a major push factor and gives companies plenty of incentive to go offshore.},
  subject      = {Steueroase},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Forster2013,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Forster, Johannes},
  title     = {Mathematical Modeling of Complex Fluids},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-83533},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {This thesis gives an overview over mathematical modeling of complex fluids with the discussion of underlying mechanical principles, the introduction of the energetic variational framework, and examples and applications. The purpose is to present a formal energetic variational treatment of energies corresponding to the models of physical phenomena and to derive PDEs for the complex fluid systems. The advantages of this approach over force-based modeling are, e.g., that for complex systems energy terms can be established in a relatively easy way, that force components within a system are not counted twice, and that this approach can naturally combine effects on different scales. We follow a lecture of Professor Dr. Chun Liu from Penn State University, USA, on complex fluids which he gave at the University of Wuerzburg during his Giovanni Prodi professorship in summer 2012. We elaborate on this lecture and consider also parts of his work and publications, and substantially extend the lecture by own calculations and arguments (for papers including an overview over the energetic variational treatment see [HKL10], [Liu11] and references therein).},
  subject      = {Variationsrechnung},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Proell2013,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Pr{\"o}ll, Sebastian},
  title     = {Stability of Switched Epidemiological Models},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-108573},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {In this thesis it is shown how the spread of infectious diseases can be described via mathematical models that show the dynamic behavior of epidemics. Ordinary differential equations are used for the modeling process. SIR and SIRS models are distinguished, depending on whether a disease confers immunity to individuals after recovery or not. There are characteristic parameters for each disease like the infection rate or the recovery rate. These parameters indicate how aggressive a disease acts and how long it takes for an individual to recover, respectively. In general the parameters are time-varying and depend on population groups. For this reason, models with multiple subgroups are introduced, and switched systems are used to carry out time-variant parameters. When investigating such models, the so called disease-free equilibrium is of interest, where no infectives appear within the population. The question is whether there are conditions, under which this equilibrium is stable. Necessary mathematical tools for the stability analysis are presented. The theory of ordinary differential equations, including Lyapunov stability theory, is fundamental. Moreover, convex and nonsmooth analysis, positive systems and differential inclusions are introduced. With these tools, sufficient conditions are given for the disease-free equilibrium of SIS, SIR and SIRS systems to be asymptotically stable.},
  subject      = {Gew{\"o}hnliche Differentialgleichung},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Sieber2013,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Sieber, Christian},
  title     = {Holistic Evaluation of Novel Adaptation Logics for DASH and SVC},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-92362},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Streaming of videos has become the major traffic generator in today's Internet and the video traffic share is still increasing. According to Cisco's annual Visual Networking Index report, in 2012, 60\% of the global Internet IP traffic was generated by video streaming services. Furthermore, the study predicts further increase to 73\% by 2017. At the same time, advances in the fields of mobile communications and embedded devices lead to a widespread adoption of Internet video enabled mobile and wireless devices (e.g. Smartphones). The report predicts that by 2017, the traffic originating from mobile and wireless devices will exceed the traffic from wired devices and states that mobile video traffic was the source of roughly half of the mobile IP traffic at the end of 2012. With the increasing importance of Internet video streaming in today's world, video content provider find themselves in a highly competitive market where user expectations are high and customer loyalty depends strongly on the user's satisfaction with the provided service. In particular paying customers expect their viewing experience to be the same across all their viewing devices and independently of their currently utilized Internet access technology. However, providing video streaming services is costly in terms of storage space, required bandwidth and generated traffic. Therefore, content providers face a trade-off between the user perceived Quality of Experience (QoE) and the costs for providing the service. Today, a variety of transport and application protocols exist for providing video streaming services, but the one utilized depends on the scenario in mind. Video streaming services can be divided up in three categories: Video conferencing, IPTV and Video-on-Demand services. IPTV and video-conferencing have severe real-time constraints and thus utilize mostly datagram-based protocols like the RTP/UDP protocol for the video transmission. Video-on-Demand services in contrast can profit from pre-encoded content, buffers at the end user's device, and mostly utilize TCP-based protocols in combination with progressive streaming for the media delivery. In recent years, the HTTP protocol on top of the TCP protocol gained widespread popularity as a cost-efficient way to distribute pre-encoded video content to customers via progressive streaming. This is due to the fact that HTTP-based video streaming profits from a well-established infrastructure which was originally implemented to efficiently satisfy the increasing demand for web browsing and file downloads. Large Content Delivery Networks (CDN) are the key components of that distribution infrastructure. CDNs prevent expensive long-haul data traffic and delays by distributing HTTP content to world-wide locations close to the customers. As of 2012, already 53\% of the global video traffic in the Internet originates from Content Delivery Networks and that percentage is expected to increase to 65\% by the year 2017. Furthermore, HTTP media streaming profits from existing HTTP caching infrastructure, ease of NAT and proxy traversal and firewall friendliness. Video delivery through heterogeneous wired and wireless communications networks is prone to distortions due to insufficient network resources. This is especially true in wireless scenarios, where user mobility and insufficient signal strength can result in a very poor transport service performance (e.g. high packet loss, delays and low and varying bandwidth). A poor performance of the transport in turn may degrade the Quality of Experience as perceived by the user, either due to buffer underruns (i.e. playback interruptions) for TCP-based delivery or image distortions for datagram-based real-time video delivery. In order to overcome QoE degradations due to insufficient network resources, content provider have to consider adaptive video streaming. One possibility to implement this for HTTP/TCP streaming is by partitioning the content into small segments, encode the segments into different quality levels and provide access to the segments and the quality level details (e.g. resolution, average bitrate). During the streaming session, a client-centric adaptation algorithm can use the supplied details to adapt the playback to the current environment. However, a lack of a common HTTP adaptive streaming standard led to multiple proprietary solutions developed by major Internet companies like Microsoft (Smooth Streaming), Apple (HTTP Live Streaming) and Adobe (HTTP Dynamic Streaming) loosely based on the aforementioned principle. In 2012, the ISO/IEC published the Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) standard. As of today, DASH is becoming widely accepted with major companies announcing their support or having already implemented the standard into their products. MPEG-DASH is typically used with single layer codecs like H.264/AVC, but recent publications show that scalable video coding can use the existing HTTP infrastructure more efficiently. Furthermore, the layered approach of scalable video coding extends the adaptation options for the client, since already downloaded segments can be enhanced at a later time. The influence of distortions on the perceived QoE for non-adaptive video streaming are well reviewed and published. For HTTP streaming, the QoE of the user is influenced by the initial delay (i.e. the time the client pre-buffers video data) and the length and frequency of playback interruptions due to a depleted video playback buffer. Studies highlight that even low stalling times and frequencies have a negative impact on the QoE of the user and should therefore be avoided. The first contribution of this thesis is the identification of QoE influence factors of adaptive video streaming by the means of crowd-sourcing and a laboratory study. MPEG-DASH does not specify how to adapt the playback to the available bandwidth and therefore the design of a download/adaptation algorithm is left to the developer of the client logic. The second contribution of this thesis is the design of a novel user-centric adaption logic for DASH with SVC. Other download algorithms for segmented HTTP streaming with single layer and scalable video coding have been published lately. However, there is little information about the behavior of these algorithms regarding the identified QoE-influence factors. The third contribution is a user-centric performance evaluation of three existing adaptation algorithms and a comparison to the proposed algorithm. In the performance evaluation we also evaluate the fairness of the algorithms. In one fairness scenario, two clients deploy the same adaptation algorithm and share one Internet connection. For a fair adaptation algorithm, we expect the behavior of the two clients to be identical. In a second fairness scenario, one client shares the Internet connection with a large HTTP file download and we expect an even bandwidth distribution between the video streaming and the file download. The forth contribution of this thesis is an evaluation of the behavior of the algorithms in a two-client and HTTP cross traffic scenario. The remainder of this thesis is structured as follows. Chapter II gives a brief introduction to video coding with H.264, the HTTP adaptive streaming standard MPEG-DASH, the investigated adaptation algorithms and metrics of Quality of Experience (QoE) for video streaming. Chapter III presents the methodology and results of the subjective studies conducted in the course of this thesis to identify the QoE influence factors of adaptive video streaming. In Chapter IV, we introduce the proposed adaptation algorithm and the methodology of the performance evaluation. Chapter V highlights the results of the performance evaluation and compares the investigated adaptation algorithms. Section VI summarizes the main findings and gives an outlook towards QoE-centric management of DASH with SVC.},
  subject      = {DASH},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Wenzel2011,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Wenzel, Frank},
  title     = {Smell and repel: Resin based defense mechanisms and interactions between Australian ants and stingless bees},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-65960},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Bees are subject to permanent threat from predators such as ants. Their nests with large quantities of brood, pollen and honey represent lucrative targets for attacks whereas foragers have to face rivalry at food sources. This thesis focused on the role of stingless bees as third party interactor on ant-aphid-associations as well as on the predatory potential represented by ants and defense mechanisms against this threat. Regular observations of an aphid infested Podocarpus for approaching stingless bees yielded no results. Another aim of this thesis was the observation of foraging habits of four native and one introduced ant species for assessment of their predatory potential to stingless bees. All species turned out to be dietary balanced generalists with one mostly carnivorous species and four species predominantly collecting nectar roughly according to optimal foraging theory. Two of the species monitored, Rhytidoponera metallica and Iridomyrmex rufoniger were considered potential nest robbers. As the name implies, stingless bees lack the powerful weapon of their distant relatives; hence they specialized on other defense strategies. Resin is an important, multipurpose resource for stingless bees that is used as material for nest construction, antibiotic and for defensive means. For the latter purpose highly viscous resin is either directly used to stick down aggressors or its terpenic compounds are included in the bees cuticular surface. In a feeding choice experiment, three ant species were confronted with the choice between two native bee species - Tetragonula carbonaria and Austroplebeia australis - with different cuticular profiles and resin collection habits. Two of the ant species, especially the introduced Tetramorium bicarinatum did not show any preferences. The carnivorous R. metallica predominantly took the less resinous A. australis as prey. The reluctance towards T. carbonaria disappeared when the resinous compounds on its cuticle had been washed off with hexane. To test whether the repulsive reactions were related to the stickiness of the resinous surface or to chemical substances, hexane extracts of bees' cuticles, propolis and three natural tree resins were prepared. In the following assay responses of ants towards extract treated surfaces were observed. Except for one of the resin extracts, all tested substances had repellent effects to the ants. Efficacy varied with the type of extract and species. Especially to the introduced T. bicarinatum the cuticular extract had no effect. GCMS-analyses showed that some of the resinous compounds were also found in the cuticular profile of T. carbonaria which featured reasonable analogies to the resin of Corymbia torelliana that is highly attractive for stingless bees. The results showed that repellent effects were only partially related to the sticky quality of resin but were rather caused by chemical substances, presumably sesqui- and diterpenes. Despite its efficacy this defense strategy only provides short time repellent effects sufficient for escape and warning of nest mates to initiate further preventive measures.},
  subject      = {Stachellose Biene},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Knauer2011,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Knauer, Kim},
  title     = {Monitoring ecosystem health of Fynbos remnant vegetation in the City of Cape Town using remote sensing},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-92495},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Increasing urbanisation is one of the biggest pressures to vegetation in the City of Cape Town. The growth of the city dramatically reduced the area under indigenous Fynbos vegetation, which remains in isolated fragments. These are subject to a number of threats including atmospheric deposition, atypical fire cycles and invasion by exotic plant and animal species. Especially the Port Jackson willow (Acacia saligna) extensively suppresses the indigenous Fynbos vegetation with its rapid growth. The main objective of this study was to investigate indicators for a quick and early prediction of the health of the remaining Fynbos fragments in the City of Cape Town with help of remote sensing. First, the productivity of the vegetation in response to rainfall was determined. For this purpose, the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), derived from Terra MODIS data with a spatial resolution of 250m, and precipitation data of 19 rainfall stations for the period from 2000 till 2008 were used. Within the scope of a flexible regression between the EVI data and the precipitation data, different lags of the vegetation response to rainfall were analysed. Furthermore, residual trends (RESTREND) were calculated, which result from the difference between observed EVI and the one predicted by precipitation. Negative trends may suggest a degradation of the habitats. In addition, the so-called Rain-use Efficiency (RUE) was tested in this context. It is defined as the ratio between net primary production (NPP) - represented by the annual sum of EVI - and the annual rainfall sum. These indicators were analysed for their suitability to determine the health of the indigenous Fynbos vegetation. Furthermore, the degree of dispersal of invasive species especially the Acacia saligna was investigated. With the specific characteristics of the tested indicators and the spectral signature of Acacia saligna, i.e. its unique reflectance over the course of the year, the dispersal was estimated. Since the growth of invasive species dramatically reduces the biodiversity of the fragments, their presence is an important factor for the condition of ecosystem health. This work focused on 11 test sites with an average size of 200ha, distributed over the whole area of the City of Cape Town. Five of these fragments are under conservation and the others shall be protected in the near future, too, which makes them of special interest. In January 2010, fieldwork was undertaken in order to investigate the state and composition of the local vegetation. The results show promising indicators for the assessment of ecosystem health. The coefficients of determination of the EVI-rainfall regression for Fynbos are minor, because the reaction of this vegetation type to rainfall is considerably lower than the one of the invasive species. Thus, a good distinction between indigenous and alien vegetation is possible on the basis of this regression. On the other hand, the RESTREND method, for which the regression forms the basis, is only of limited use, since the significance of these trends is not given for Fynbos vegetation. Furthermore, the RUE has considerable potential for the assessment of ecosystem health in the study area. The Port Jackson willow has an explicitly higher EVI than the Fynbos vegetation and thus its RUE is more efficient for a similar amount of rainfall. However, it has to be used with caution, because local and temporal variability cannot be extinguished in the study area over the rather short MODIS time series. These results display that the interpretation of the indicators has to be conducted differently from the literature, because the element of invasive species was not considered in most of the previous papers. An increase in productivity is not necessarily equivalent with an improvement in health of the fragment, but can indicate a dispersal of Acacia saligna. This shows the general problem of the term 'degradation' which in most publications so far is only measured by productivity and other factors like invasive species are disregarded. On the basis of the EVI-rainfall regression and statistical measures of the EVI, the distribution of invasive species could be delineated. Generally, a strong invasion of the Port Jackson willow was discovered on the test sites. The results display that a reasoned and sustainable management of the fragments is essential in order to prevent the suppression of the indigenous Fynbos vegetation by Acacia saligna. For this purpose, remote sensing can give an indication which areas changed so that specific field surveys can be undertaken and subsequent management measures can be determined.},
  subject      = {remote sensing},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Gogolin2010,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Gogolin, Christian},
  title     = {Pure State Quantum Statistical Mechanics},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-106065},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {The capabilities of a new approach towards the foundations of Statistical Mechanics are explored. The approach is genuine quantum in the sense that statistical behavior is a consequence of objective quantum uncertainties due to entanglement and uncertainty relations. No additional randomness is added by hand and no assumptions about a priori probabilities are made, instead measure concentration results are used to justify the methods of Statistical Physics. The approach explains the applicability of the microcanonical and canonical ensemble and the tendency to equilibrate in a natural way. This work contains a pedagogical review of the existing literature and some new results. The most important of which are: i) A measure theoretic justification for the microcanonical ensemble. ii) Bounds on the subsystem equilibration time. iii) A proof that a generic weak interaction causes decoherence in the energy eigenbasis. iv) A proof of a quantum H-Theorem. v) New estimates of the average effective dimension for initial product states and states from the mean energy ensemble. vi) A proof that time and ensemble averages of observables are typically close to each other. vii) A bound on the fluctuations of the purity of a system coupled to a bath.},
  subject      = {Quantenstatistik},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Fronczek2009,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Fronczek, David Norman},
  title     = {Integration of fluorescence and atomic force microscopy for single molecule studies of protein complexes},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-70731},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {The scope of this work is to develop a novel single-molecule imaging technique by combining atomic force microscopy (AFM) and optical fluorescence microscopy. The technique is used for characterizing the structural properties of multi-protein complexes. The high-resolution fluorescence microscopy and AFM are combined (FIONA-AFM) to allow for the identification of individual proteins in such complexes. This is achieved by labeling single proteins with fluorescent dyes and determining the positions of these fluorophores with high precision in an optical image. The same area of the sample is subsequently scanned by AFM. Finally, the two images are aligned and the positions of the fluorophores are displayed on top of the topographical data. Using quantum dots as fiducial markers in addition to fluorescently labeled proteins, fluorescence and AFM information can be aligned with an accuracy better than 10 nm, which is sufficient to identify single fluorescently labeled proteins in most multi-protein complexes. The limitations of localization precision and accuracy in fluorescence and AFM images are investigated, including their effects on the overall registration accuracy of FIONA-AFM hybrid images. This combination of the two complementary techniques opens a wide spectrum of possible applications to the study of protein interactions, because AFM can yield high resolution (5-10 nm) information about the conformational properties of multi-protein complexes while the fluorescence can indicate spatial relationships of the proteins within the complexes. Additionally, computer simulations are performed in order to validate the accuracy of the registration algorithm.},
  subject      = {Kraftmikroskopie},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Ferschke2009,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Ferschke, Oliver},
  title     = {Semantic Relations in WordNet and the BNC},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-46188},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {From the introduction: It is not always easy to define what a word means. We can choose between a variety of possibilities, from simply pointing at the correct object as we say its name to lengthy definitions in encyclopaedias, which can sometimes fill multiple pages. Although the former approach is pretty straightforward and is also very important for first language acquisition, it is obviously not a practical solution for defining the semantics of the whole lexicon. The latter approach is more widely accepted in this context, but it turns out that defining dictionary and encyclopaedia entries is not an easy task. In order to simplify the challenge of defining the meaning of words, it is of great advantage to organize the lexicon in a way that the structure in which the words are integrated gives us information about the meaning of the words by showing their relation to other words. These semantic relations are the focal point of this paper. In the first chapter, different ways to describe meaning will be discussed. It will become obvious why semantic relations are a very good instrument to organizing the lexicon. The second chapter deals with WordNet, an electronic lexical database which follows precisely this approach. We will examine the semantic relations which are used in WordNet and we will study the distinct characteristics of each of them. Furthermore, we will see which contribution is made by which relation to the organization of the lexicon. Finally, we will look at the downside of the fact that WordNet is a manually engineered network by examining the shortcomings of WordNet. In the third chapter, an alternative approach to linguistics is introduced. We will discuss the principles of corpus linguistics and, using the example of the British National Corpus, we will consider possibilities to extract semantic relations from language corpora which could help to overcome the deficiencies of the knowledge based approach. In the fourth chapter, I will describe a project the goal of which is to extend WordNet by findings from cognitive linguistics. Therefore, I will discuss the development process of a piece of software that has been programmed in the course of this thesis. Furthermore, the results from a small\&\#8208;scale study using this software will be analysed and evaluated in order to check for the success of the project.},
  subject      = {WordNet},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Selig2007,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Selig, Christian},
  title     = {The ITS2 Database - Application and Extension},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-23895},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {Der internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) des ribosomalen Genrepeats ist ein zunehmend wichtiger phylogenetischer Marker, dessen RNA-Sekund{\"a}rstruktur innerhalb vieler eukaryontischer Organismen konserviert ist. Die ITS2-Datenbank hat zum Ziel, eine umfangreiche Ressource f{\"u}r ITS2-Sequenzen und -Sekund{\"a}rstrukturen auf Basis direkter thermodynamischer als auch homologiemodellierter RNA-Faltung zu sein. Ergebnisse: (a) Eine komplette Neufassung der urspr{\"u}nglichen die ITS2-Datenbank generierenden Skripte, angewandt auf einen aktuellen NCBI-Datensatz, deckte mehr als 65.000 ITS2-Strukturen auf. Dies verdoppelt den Inhalt der urspr{\"u}nglichen Datenbank und verdreifacht ihn, wenn partielle Strukturen mit einbezogen werden. (b) Die Endbenutzer-Schnittstelle wurde neu geschrieben, erweitert und ist jetzt in der Lage, benutzerdefinierte Homologiemodellierungen durchzuf{\"u}hren. (c) Andere m{\"o}glichen RNA-Strukturaufkl{\"a}rungsmethoden (suboptimales und formenbasiertes Falten) sind hilfreich, k{\"o}nnen aber Homologiemodellierung nicht ersetzen. (d) Ein Anwendungsfall der ITS2-Datenbank in Zusammenhang mit anderen am Lehrstuhl entwickelten Werkzeugen gab Einblick in die Verwendung von ITS2 f{\"u}r molekulare Phylogenie.},
  subject      = {Phylogenie},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Walz2004,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Walz, Yvonne},
  title     = {Measuring burn severity in forests of South-West Western Australia using MODIS},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-14745},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Burn severity was measured within the Mediterranean sclerophyll forests of south-west Western Australia (WA) using remote sensing data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The region of south-west WA is considered as a high fire prone landscape and is managed by the state government's Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM). Prescribed fuel reduction burning is used as a management tool in this region. The measurement of burn severity with remote sensing data focused on monitoring the success and impact of prescribed burning and wildfire in this environment. The high temporal resolution of MODIS with twice daily overpasses in this area was considered highly favourable, as opportunities for prescribed burning are temporally limited by climatic conditions. The Normalised Burn Ratio (NBR) was investigated to measure burn severity in the forested area of south-west WA. This index has its heritage based on data from the Landsat TM/ETM+ sensors (Key and Benson, 1999 [1],[2]) and was transferred from Landsat to MODIS data. The measurement principally addresses the biomass consumption due to fire, whereas the change detected between the pre-fire image and the post-fire image is quantified by the {\"A}NBR. The NBR and the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) have been applied to MODIS and Landsat TM/ETM+ data. The spectral properties and the index values of the remote sensing data have been analysed within different burnt areas. The influence of atmospheric and BRDF effects on MODIS data has been investigated by comparing uncorrected top of atmosphere reflectance and atmospheric and BRDF corrected reflectance. The definition of burn severity classes has been established in a field trip to the study area. However, heterogeneous fire behaviour and patchy distribution of different vegetation structure made field classification difficult. Ground truth data has been collected in two different types of vegetation structure present in the burnt area. The burn severity measurement of high resolution Landsat data was assessed based on ground truth data. However, field data was not sufficient for rigorous validation of remote sensing data. The NBR index images of both sensors have been calibrated based on training areas in the high resolution Landsat image. The burn severity classifications of both sensors are comparable, which demonstrates the feasibility of a burn severity measurement using moderate spatial resolution 250m MODIS data. The normalisation through index calculation reduced atmospheric and BRDF effects, and thus MODIS top of at-mosphere data has been considered suitable for the burn severity measurement. The NBR could not be uniformly applied, as different structures of vegetation influenced the range of index values. Furthermore, the index was sensitive to variability in moisture content. However, the study concluded that the NBR on MODIS data is a useful measure of burn severity in the forested area of south-west WA.},
  subject      = {Westaustralien},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{May2002,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {May, Jan-Hendrik},
  title     = {The Quebrada de Purmamarca, Juyuj, NW-Argentina : Landscape Evolution and Morphodynamics in the Semi-Arid Andes},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34416},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2002},
  abstract  = {This study aims at reconstructing landscape evolution in the Quebrada de Purmamarca, NW-Argentina. Thorough mapping of the existing landforms and present morphodynamic situation was conducted on the base of intensive field work and the interpretation of remote sensing imagery. Aside from geomorphological mapping, field work focused on the description of numerous sedimentological and pedological profiles. The analysis of these profiles was supported by laboratory data from field samples (granulometry, CaCO3 content) but also by a 14C age date. With particular regard to pedological questions, several samples from soil crust were micromorphologically analysed and interpreted. The resulting data allowed the reconstruction of several phases of landscape evolution in the Quebrada de Purmamarca back to the Miocene. During this phase, the Andes were still a landscape of relatively low relief being subject to processes of planation under conditions markedly more humid than today. Highly faulted and deformed fanglomerates are the first evidence of a progressing uplift coupled under an increasingly arid climate. As a consequence of continued uplift and alternating phases of erosion and aggradation, large terrace systems have formed. Particularly the youngest terrace level shows good preservation. Against the background of the intense climatic changes characteristic for the Pleistocene, these terraces have been the major focus of this study. They are built up almost entirely from coarse debris-flow sediments which are thought to be the result of a significant drop of the periglacial belt of more than 1,000 meters. This interpretation is confirmed by a variety of relict periglacial landforms like "glatthang" morphology (smooth topography), sheets of frost debris and asymmetric valleys. As sediment supply from periglacial debris production exceeded the transport capacity of the drainage system leading to the dominance of depositional processes. Aggradation has been interrupted or at least weakened several times as reflected by two lacustrine to fluvial intervals within the terrace deposits. In this context, particularly the younger interval might announce a shift in morphodynamics around 49 ka BP (14C age), when the phase of terrace aggradation grades into a phase of dominant alluvial fan activity. On the terrace surfaces a well-developed reddish soil has developed. It is interpreted to indicate a phase of increased humidity possibly in relation with the "Minchin" wet phase between 40 ka BP and 25 ka BP. At many places, this reddish soil is overlain by a markedly cemented sand crust. Based on the good sorting of medium and fine sand, this sand crust could be interpreted as fluvio-eolian sediment. Its deposition under very arid and cold climatic conditions may be attributed to the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, the sand crust shows signs of erosion at many places and has not been observed anywhere below the level of the terrace surface. Therefore the onset of severe erosion and incision resulting in the evacuation of enormous quantities of sediment from the study area is assumed to postdate the LGM, possibly due to increased discharge rates during a wetter Lateglacial. Regardless of its timing, the intense incision is likely to have cut down to below the present floodplain evidently causing several mass wasting events in the study area. Since the early Holocene a number of short-term changes seem to have been responsible for the landscape evolution of the Quebrada de Purmamarca. More humid phases of pronounced slope smoothing have alternated with semi-arid phases of longer duration. The well-developed, polycyclic calcretes on top of the inactive terraces and alluvial fans give evidence for these changes. At present, the marked desert pavement on top of most terraces and alluvial fan surfaces prevent soil. The concentration of runoff on these pavements amplifies badland formation and alluvial fan activity along the terrace slopes. The presently observed floodplain aggradation may be attributed to these processes but considering the severe gullying reaching far into the upper study area, the aggradation may as well reflect a more general and regional trend.},
  subject      = {Quart{\"a}r},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Lenhard2002,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Lenhard, Alexandra},
  title     = {Intra- and intermanual transfer of adaptation to unnoticed virtual displacement under terminal and continuous visual feedback},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-23889},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2002},
  abstract  = {Versuchspersonen trainierten mit der rechten Hand Zielbewegungen zu verschiedenen Zielen unter terminalem oder kontinuierlichem visuellem Feedback. F{\"u}r eines der Ziele wurde die visuelle R{\"u}ckmeldung so manipuliert, dass Bewegungen zu diesem Ziel k{\"u}rzer wirkten, als sie tats{\"a}chlich waren. Nach dem Training sollten die gleichen Ziele sowohl mit der trainierten rechten als auch mit der untrainierten linken Hand erreicht werden. Bewegungen der rechten Hand passten sich an die unbemerkte visuelle Transformation an. Die Adaptation war unter kontinuierlichem Feedback schw{\"a}cher als unter terminalem. Außerdem generalisierte die Adapation nur unter terminalem, aber nicht unter kontinuierlichem Feedback, auf andere Zielbewegungen in die gleiche Richtung, aber nicht auf Zielbewegungen in die entgegengesetzte Richtung. Bewegungen der untrainierten linken Hand zeigten qualitativ die gleichen adaptationsbedingten Ver{\"a}nderungen wie Bewegungen der rechten Hand. Die Ergebnisse sprechen f{\"u}r die Annahme, dass beim Training der rechten Hand eine effektorunabh{\"a}ngige r{\"a}umliche Repr{\"a}sentation ver{\"a}ndert wird, auf die bei der Steuerung beider H{\"a}nde zur{\"u}ckgegriffen wird.},
  subject      = {Motorisches Lernen},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Geiger2000,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Geiger, Markus},
  title     = {The Geology of the southern Warmbad Basin Margin - Tephrostratigraphy, Age, Fossil Record and Sedimentary Environment of Carboniferous-Permian Glacigenic Deposits of the Dwyka Group, Zwartbas, southern Namibia},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-46251},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2000},
  abstract  = {At Zwartbas, about 10 km west of Vioolsdrif, southern Namibia, the Dwyka succession is composed of tillites and distal fossiliferous dropstone-bearing glacio-marine shales. The completely exposed Dwyka succession is interbedded with thin bentonites, altered distal pyroclastic deposits, which were derived from the magmatic arc at the southern rim of Gondwana. Dropstone-bearing and dropstonefree sequences intercalate with four diamictites, of which the two lowest were certainly recognised as tillites. Four events of deglaciation were proven at Zwartbas and thus consist with correlative deposits in southern Africa. Numerous fossilised fishes, trace fossils, and plant fragments appear frequently within the lower half of the Dwyka succession whereas trace fossils were principally found in the complete succession. Although the environmental determination is quite problematic, the fossil assemblage rather implies proximal, shallow water conditions with temporary restricted oxygenation. The hinterland was covered with considerable vegetation, which points to a moderate climate. Water salinity determinations based on shale geochemistry rectify contrary palaeontological results and point to rather brackish or non-marine conditions in comparison to present-day salinites. Geochemical analyses of the bentonites relate the pyroclastic deposits with acid to intermediate source magmas, as they are known from the magmatic arc in present-day Patagonia. Tectono-magmatic comparisons furthermore emphasise a syn-collision or volcanic-arc situation of the magma source. However, significant cyclicity in the production of the pyroclastic deposits was not observed. Radiometric age determinations of two tuff beds clearly date the onset of glacial activity into the Late Carboniferous.},
  subject      = {Namibia},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Geiger1999,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Geiger, Markus},
  title     = {An Explanation of the Geological Map 1:10000 of the Namibian borderland along the Orange River at Zwartbas - Warmbad District - Karas Region - Namibia},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-46269},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {1999},
  abstract  = {The locality of Zwartbas is situated at the border of Namibia and South Africa about 15 km west of Noordoewer. The mapped area is confined by the Tandjieskoppe Mountains in the north and the Orange River in the south. Outcropping rocks are predominantly sediments of the Nama Group and of the Karoo Supergroup. During the compilation of this paper doubts arose about the correct classification of the Nama rocks as it is found in literature. Since no certain clues were found to revise the classification of the Nama rocks, the original classification remains still valid. Thus the Kuibis and Schwarzrand Subgroup constitute the Nama succession and date it to Vendian age. A glacial unconformity represents a hiatus for about 260 Ma. This is covered by sediments of the Karoo Supergroup. Late Carboniferous and early Permian glacial deposits of diamictitic shale of the Dwyka and shales of the Ecca Group overlie the unconformity. The shales of the Dwyka Group contain fossiliferous units and volcanic ash-layers. A sill of the Jurassic Tandjiesberg Dolerite Complex (also Karoo Supergroup) intruded rocks at the Dwyka-Ecca-boundary. Finally fluvial and aeolian deposits and calcretes of the Cretaceous to Tertiary Kalahari Group and recent depositionary events cover the older rocks occasionally.},
  subject      = {Namibia},
  language  = {en}
}