@phdthesis{Geist2015, author = {Geist, Matthias}, title = {Koordinationspolymere auf der Basis von Terpyridin und Dipyridyltriazin: Synthese und Anwendung}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114715}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Der erste Teil der Arbeit untersucht den Einsatzes von 4,6-Di-(pyrid-2´-yl)-1,3,5-triazin als Baustein f{\"u}r Metallo-supramolekulare Polyelektrolyte. Die daf{\"u}r n{\"o}tigen ditopen Liganden werden mittels Stille Kreuzkupplungen dargestellt. Die Absorptions- und Fluoreszenzeigenschaften k{\"o}nnen durch den Einbau von Oligothiophenen eingestellt werden. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit werden die elektrorheologischen Eigenschaften von Metallo-supramolekularen Polyelektrolyten untersucht. Zu diesem Zweck werden die Koordinationspolymere in das Schichtsilikat Montmorillonit interkaliert. Die Interkalation wird mittels verschiedener analytischer Methoden wie Pulverdiffraktometrie, Thermoanalyse oder Infrarotspektroskopie untersucht. Die entstehenden Nanokomposite zeigen einen elektrorheologischen Effekt bei einer geringen Stromdichte.}, subject = {Nanokomposit}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Subbarayal2015, author = {Subbarayal, Prema}, title = {The role of human Ephrin receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2) in Chlamydia trachomatis infection}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114778}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Chlamydia trachomatis (Ctr), an obligate intracellular gram negative human pathogen, causes sexually transmitted diseases and acquired blindness in developing countries. The infectious elementary bodies (EB) of Ctr involved in adherence and invasion processes are critical for chlamydial infectivity and subsequent pathogenesis which requires cooperative interaction of several host cell factors. Few receptors have been known for this early event, yet the molecular mechanism of these receptors involvement throughout Ctr infection is not known. Chlamydial inclusion membrane serves as a signaling platform that coordinates Chlamydia-host cell interaction which encouraged me to look for host cell factors that associates with the inclusion membrane, using proteome analysis. The role of these factors in chlamydial replication was analyzed by RNA interference (RNAi) (in collaboration with AG Thomas Meyer). Interestingly, EphrinA2 receptor (EphA2), a cell surface tyrosine kinase receptor, implicated in many cancers, was identified as one of the potential candidates. Due to the presence of EphA2 in the Ctr inclusion proteome data, I investigated the role of EphA2 in Ctr infection. EphA2 was identified as a direct interacting receptor for adherence and entry of C. trachomatis. Pre-incubation of Ctr-EB with recombinant human EphA2, knockdown of EphA2 by siRNA, pretreatment of cells with anti-EphA2 antibodies or the tyrosine kinase inhibitor dasatinib significantly reduced Ctr infection. This marked reduction of Ctr infection was seen with both epithelial and endothelial cells used in this study. Ctr activates EphA2 upon infection and invades the cell together with the activated EphA2 receptor that interacts and activates PI3K survival signal, promoting chlamydial replication. EphA2 upregulation during infection is associated with Ctr inclusion membrane inside the cell and are prevented being translocated to the cell surface. Ephrins are natural ligands for Ephrin receptors that repress the activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway in a process called reverse signaling. Purified Ephrin-A1, a ligand of EphA2, strongly interferes with chlamydial infection and normal development, supporting the central role of these receptors in Chlamydia infection. Overexpression of full length EphA2, but not the mutant form lacking the intracellular cytoplasmic domain, enhanced PI3K activation and Ctr infection. Ctr infection induces EphA2 upregulation and is mediated by activation of ERK signaling pathway. Interfering with EphA2 upregulation sensitizes Ctr-infected cells to apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) suggesting the importance of intracellular EphA2 signaling. Collectively, these results revealed the first Ephrin receptor "EphA2" that functions in promoting chlamydial infection. In addition, the engagement of a cell surface receptor at the inclusion membrane is a new mechanism how Chlamydia subverts the host cell and induces apoptosis resistance. By applying the natural ligand Ephrin-A1 and targeting EphA2 offers a promising new approach to interfere with Chlamydia infection. Thus, the work provides the evidence for a host cell surface tyrosine kinase receptor that is exploited for invasion as well as for receptor-mediated intracellular signaling to facilitate the chlamydial replication.}, subject = {Chlamydia trachomatis}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Freiberg2015, author = {Freiberg, Martina}, title = {UI-, User-, \& Usability-Oriented Engineering of Participative Knowledge-Based Systems}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, isbn = {978-3-95826-012-2 (print)}, doi = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-013-9}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-106072}, school = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, pages = {232}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Knowledge-based systems (KBS) face an ever-increasing interest in various disciplines and contexts. Yet, the former aim to construct the 'perfect intelligent software' continuously shifts to user-centered, participative solutions. Such systems enable users to contribute their personal knowledge to the problem solving process for increased efficiency and an ameliorated user experience. More precisely, we define non-functional key requirements of participative KBS as: Transparency (encompassing KBS status mediation), configurability (user adaptability, degree of user control/exploration), quality of the KB and UI, and evolvability (enabling the KBS to grow mature with their users). Many of those requirements depend on the respective target users, thus calling for a more user-centered development. Often, also highly expertise domains are targeted — inducing highly complex KBs — which requires a more careful and considerate UI/interaction design. Still, current KBS engineering (KBSE) approaches mostly focus on knowledge acquisition (KA) This often leads to non-optimal, little reusable, and non/little evaluated KBS front-end solutions. In this thesis we propose a more encompassing KBSE approach. Due to the strong mutual influences between KB and UI, we suggest a novel form of intertwined UI and KB development. We base the approach on three core components for encompassing KBSE: (1) Extensible prototyping, a tailored form of evolutionary prototyping; this builds on mature UI prototypes and offers two extension steps for the anytime creation of core KBS prototypes (KB + core UI) and fully productive KBS (core KBS prototype + common framing functionality). (2) KBS UI patterns, that define reusable solutions for the core KBS UI/interaction; we provide a basic collection of such patterns in this work. (3) Suitable usability instruments for the assessment of the KBS artifacts. Therewith, we do not strive for 'yet another' self-contained KBS engineering methodology. Rather, we motivate to extend existing approaches by the proposed key components. We demonstrate this based on an agile KBSE model. For practical support, we introduce the tailored KBSE tool ProKEt. ProKEt offers a basic selection of KBS core UI patterns and corresponding configuration options out of the box; their further adaption/extension is possible on various levels of expertise. For practical usability support, ProKEt offers facilities for quantitative and qualitative data collection. ProKEt explicitly fosters the suggested, intertwined development of UI and KB. For seamlessly integrating KA activities, it provides extension points for two selected external KA tools: For KnowOF, a standard office based KA environment. And for KnowWE, a semantic wiki for collaborative KA. Therewith, ProKEt offers powerful support for encompassing, user-centered KBSE. Finally, based on the approach and the tool, we also developed a novel KBS type: Clarification KBS as a mashup of consultation and justification KBS modules. Those denote a specifically suitable realization for participative KBS in highly expertise contexts and consequently require a specific design. In this thesis, apart from more common UI solutions, we particularly also introduce KBS UI patterns especially tailored towards Clarification KBS.}, subject = {Wissensbasiertes System}, language = {en} } @misc{OPUS4-11475, title = {einBlick - Ausgabe 23 - 23. Juni 2015}, volume = {23/2015}, organization = {Julius-Maximilians-Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114751}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Nachrichten aus der Julius-Maximilians-Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, subject = {W{\"u}rzburg}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Ataya2015, author = {Ataya, Mahmoud}, title = {Evaluation des Einsatzes von Active controlled motion (ACM) nach operativ versorgten Sprunggelenksbr{\"u}chen des Types Danis-Weber-B und C mit Notwendigkeit einer Teilbelastung f{\"u}r 6 Wochen postoperativ}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114593}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Bei den sehr h{\"a}ufigen Sprunggelenksfrakturen von Typ Weber-B und -C ist oftmals nur eine limitierte Belastung f{\"u}r die ersten 6 postoperativen Wochen m{\"o}glich, was die funktionelle Nachbehandlung erschwert. Dies f{\"u}hrt wahrscheinlich zu einer Steigerung der arbeitsunf{\"a}higkeitsdauer. Die aktivkontrollierte Nachbehandlung bietet unserer Meinung nach ein standarisiertes Verfahren, das eine selbstst{\"a}ndige, regelm{\"a}ßige und sichere Handhabung erlaubt, welche man in der Rehabilitation von operativ versorgten Sprunggelenksfrakturen nutzen k{\"o}nnte. Das Ziel der Studie war herauszufinden, ob der Einsatz einer Aktiv-kontrollierten Bewegungsschiene (ACM) nach operativ versorgten Sprunggelenksbr{\"u}chen des TypesDanis- Weber-B und -C mit der Notwendigkeit einer Teilbelastung von 6 Wochen postoperativ einen Einfluss auf die Ergebnisse nach 6 und 12 Wochen hat. In der Literatur wurde keine Studie {\"u}ber den Einfluss einer solchen Bewegungsschiene im Vergleich zu einer alleinigen Physiotherapie auf den Ergebnissen nach operativ versorgten Sprunggelenksbr{\"u}chen gefunden. Als einzige Studie dieser Art haben wir herausgefunden, dass dies zu einer besseren Funktion des verletzten Sprunggelenkes und zu einer k{\"u}rzeren Arbeitsunf{\"a}higkeitsdauer f{\"u}hrt. Dadurch kann ein sozio{\"o}konomischer Vorteil erzielt werden.}, subject = {Aktiv-kontrollierten Bewegungsschiene}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Fischer2015, author = {Fischer, Markus}, title = {Synthese neuartiger siliciumorganischer Wirkstoffe sowie siliciumhaltiger Synthese-Bausteine unter Verwendung der 4-Methoxyphenyl-, 2,6-Dimethoxyphenyl- und 2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl-Schutzgruppe}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-113987}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Synthese siliciumhaltiger Wirkstoffe und Synthese-Bausteine des 4-Silapiperidin-Typs: Im Rahmen der systematischen Untersuchungen unseres Arbeitskreises zur C/Si-Bioisosterie wurde f{\"u}r bereits bekannte σ-Rezeptor-Antagonisten eine neue verbesserte Syntheseroute entwickelt, wobei die Endprodukte jeweils in einer sechsstufigen Synthese dargestellt und als entsprechende Hydrochloride isoliert wurden. Ein weiteres Teilprojekt der vorliegenden Arbeit betraf die Entwicklung einer Syntheseroute zur Darstellung von Sila-L-741,626, dem Sila-Analogon des selektiven D2-Dopamin-Rezeptorantagonisten L-741,626. In einem weiteren Teilprojekt der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde ein neuer, s{\"a}urefreier Weg zu 4 Silapiperidin-Bausteinen mit NH-Funktion entwickelt, der eine Staudinger-Reaktion als ringschließenden Syntheseschritt beinhaltet. Am Beispiel einer Modellverbindung, die in zwei alternativen jeweils f{\"u}nfstufigen Synthesen ausgehend von Dichlordiphenylsilan dargestellt und als Hydrochlorid isoliert wurde, konnte die neue Syntheseroute erfolgreich ausgearbeitet werden. Die anhand der Modellverbindung erfolgreich getestete Syntheseroute konnte im Folgenden auf ein Zielmolek{\"u}l angewendet werden, das anstatt einer inerten Phenyl-Gruppe die s{\"a}urelabilere 4-Methoxyphenyl- (MOP-) Gruppe tr{\"a}gt. Synthese siliciumhaltiger Wirkstoffe und Synthese-Bausteine des 4-Silacyclohexan-1-on- und (4-Silacyclohexan-1-yl)amin-Typs: Im Zusammenhang mit unseren systematischen Untersuchungen zur C/Si-Bioisosterie wurde Sila-pramiverin dargestellt. Dies gelang in einer vierstufigen Synthese, ausgehend von Dichlordiphenylsilan. Im Zuge dieser Synthese fand Brown's DCME-Prozess Anwendung, um in einer Eintopf-Reaktion das entsprechende 4-Silacyclohexan-1-on und daraus durch anschließende reduktive Aminierung mit Isopropylamin Sila-pramiverin erstmals darzustellen. Analog zur Synthese von Sila-pramiverin konnten ebenfalls Synthese-Bausteine des 4 Silacyclohexan-1-on-Typs sowie des (4-Silacyclohexan-1-yl)amin-Typs unter Verwendung der 4 Methoxyphenyl- (MOP ), 2,6-Dimethoxyphenyl- (DMOP-) bzw. 2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl- (TMOP-) Schutzgruppe dargestellt werden. In einer Machbarkeitsstudie wurde zudem unter selektiver Abspaltung der 4 Methoxyphenyl- (MOP ), 2,6-Dimethoxyphenyl- (DMOP-) bzw. 2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl- (TMOP-) Schutzgruppe der phenylierten 4 Silacyclohexan-1-one mittels Chlorwasserstoff das entsprechende Chlorsilan dargestellt. Synthese siliciumhaltiger Synthese-Bausteine des 4-Silatetrahydropyran-Typs: Eine fast g{\"a}nzlich unerforschte Klasse siliciumhaltiger Heterocyclen stellen 4 Silatetrahydropyrane dar. Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit konnte zun{\"a}chst anhand einer Modellstudie das 4,4-Diphenyl-4-silatetrahydropyran dargestellt werden. Die f{\"u}r die Modellverbindung ausgearbeitete Syntheseroute konnte schließlich auf die Synthese der 4 Methoxyphenyl- (MOP-) und 2,6-Dimethoxyphenyl- (DMOP-) substituierten 4 Silatetra¬hydropyrane {\"u}bertragen werden. Diese konnten jeweils in einer vierstufigen Synthese dargestellt werden. Lediglich die Synthese der 2,4,6-Trimethoxyphenyl- (TMOP-) substituierten 4 Silatetra¬hyropyrane gelang aufgrund der Instabilit{\"a}t der mesylierten Zwischenstufen nicht.}, subject = {Silicium}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Hartmann2015, author = {Hartmann, Matthias}, title = {Optimization and Design of Network Architectures for Future Internet Routing}, issn = {1432-8801}, doi = {10.25972/OPUS-11416}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114165}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {At the center of the Internet's protocol stack stands the Internet Protocol (IP) as a common denominator that enables all communication. To make routing efficient, resilient, and scalable, several aspects must be considered. Care must be taken that traffic is well balanced to make efficient use of the existing network resources, both in failure free operation and in failure scenarios. Finding the optimal routing in a network is an NP-complete problem. Therefore, routing optimization is usually performed using heuristics. This dissertation shows that a routing optimized with one objective function is often not good when looking at other objective functions. It can even be worse than unoptimized routing with respect to that objective function. After looking at failure-free routing and traffic distribution in different failure scenarios, the analysis is extended to include the loop-free alternate (LFA) IP fast reroute mechanism. Different application scenarios of LFAs are examined and a special focus is set on the fact that LFAs usually cannot protect all traffic in a network even against single link failures. Thus, the routing optimization for LFAs is targeted on both link utilization and failure coverage. Finally, the pre-congestion notification mechanism PCN for network admission control and overload protection is analyzed and optimized. Different design options for implementing the protocol are compared, before algorithms are developed for the calculation and optimization of protocol parameters and PCN-based routing. The second part of the thesis tackles a routing problem that can only be resolved on a global scale. The scalability of the Internet is at risk since a major and intensifying growth of the interdomain routing tables has been observed. Several protocols and architectures are analyzed that can be used to make interdomain routing more scalable. The most promising approach is the locator/identifier (Loc/ID) split architecture which separates routing from host identification. This way, changes in connectivity, mobility of end hosts, or traffic-engineering activities are hidden from the routing in the core of the Internet and the routing tables can be kept much smaller. All of the currently proposed Loc/ID split approaches have their downsides. In particular, the fact that most architectures use the ID for routing outside the Internet's core is a poor design, which inhibits many of the possible features of a new routing architecture. To better understand the problems and to provide a solution for a scalable routing design that implements a true Loc/ID split, the new GLI-Split protocol is developed in this thesis, which provides separation of global and local routing and uses an ID that is independent from any routing decisions. Besides GLI-Split, several other new routing architectures implementing Loc/ID split have been proposed for the Internet. Most of them assume that a mapping system is queried for EID-to-RLOC mappings by an intermediate node at the border of an edge network. When the mapping system is queried by an intermediate node, packets are already on their way towards their destination, and therefore, the mapping system must be fast, scalable, secure, resilient, and should be able to relay packets without locators to nodes that can forward them to the correct destination. The dissertation develops a classification for all proposed mapping system architectures and shows their similarities and differences. Finally, the fast two-level mapping system FIRMS is developed. It includes security and resilience features as well as a relay service for initial packets of a flow when intermediate nodes encounter a cache miss for the EID-to-RLOC mapping.}, subject = {Netzwerk}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Karl2015, author = {Karl, Ingolf}, title = {Die Bedeutung von TRAF2 bei TRAIL-induzierter Apoptose und Nekroptose}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114506}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt TRAIL-induzierte Apoptose und Nekroptose in verschiedenen Zelllinien. Im Speziellen wurden die verschiedenen Funktionen des TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) untersucht. Hierzu wurde ein transienter Knockdown etabliert und dessen Wirkung auf die Suszeptibilit{\"a}t der Zellen gegen{\"u}ber dem Zytokin TRAIL untersucht. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass ein Knockdown von TRAF2 nicht nur zur Sensitivierung f{\"u}r Apoptose f{\"u}hrt, sondern auch in Nekroptose-kompetenten Zellen zu einer Verst{\"a}rkung der durch Caspaseinhibition mittels zVAD-fmk nach TRAIL-Stimulation induzierten Nekroptose f{\"u}hrt. Mittels des Zytokins Fc-TWEAK wurde Fn14-vermittelt TRAF2 aus dem Zytosol in ein Triton X100-unl{\"o}sliches Kompartiment rekrutiert und dadurch physiologisch depletiert. Dies f{\"u}hrte zwar kaum zu gesteigerter TRAIL-abh{\"a}ngiger Apoptose, sensitivierte jedoch analog zum TRAF2-Knockdown RIP3-exprimierende Zellen f{\"u}r Nekroptose. Durch Vergleich RIP3-negativer (HeLa-Leervektor) mit RIP3-exprimierenden Zellen (HeLa RIP3, HT29, HaCaT) konnte die Essentialit{\"a}t von RIP3 f{\"u}r die Nekroptose herausgestellt werden und Einsatz des RIP1-Kinase-Inhibitors Necrostatin-1 sowie des MLKL-Inhibitors Necrosulfonamide belegte die Beteiligung der Nekroptosomkomponenten RIP1 und MLKL. Antagonismus putativen autokrinen TNFs bewies, dass es sich bei dem durch Fc-TWEAK verst{\"a}rkten Zelltod um einen direkten TRAIL-Effekt handelte und Inhibition kanonischen NFkBs durch IKK2-Inhibitor TPCA-1, dass die TRAF2-Knockdown-vermittelte Sensitivierung gegen{\"u}ber TRAIL nicht auf ver{\"a}ndertes NFkB-Signalling zur{\"u}ckzuf{\"u}hren ist. Einsatz des SMAC-Mimetikums BV6 rekapitulierte zudem stark das im TRAF2-Knockdown Gesehene und unterstrich die Bedeutung der cIAPs. Immunpr{\"a}zipitation von Caspase 8 unter nekroptotischen Bedingungen zeigte bei TRAF2-Knockdown eine Depletion von TRAF2 und cIAP1/2 sowie RIP1 und RIP3 aus dem Komplex mit Caspase 8. Insgesamt wird deutlich, dass TRAF2 einerseits antiapoptotisch wirkt als K48-Ubiquitinligase, die die Halbwertszeit aktiver Caspase 8-Komplexe determiniert und andererseits eine antinekroptotische Funktion hat, da es durch Rekrutierung von cIAP1/2 an RIP1 die TRAIL-induzierte Nekroptose verhindert, wenn die Caspasen inhibiert sind.}, subject = {Nekrose}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{AliMontenegro2015, author = {Ali, Qasim and Montenegro, Sergio}, title = {A Simple Approach to Quadrocopter Formation Flying Test Setup for Education and Development}, series = {INTED2015 Proceedings}, booktitle = {INTED2015 Proceedings}, publisher = {International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)}, isbn = {978-84-606-5763-7}, issn = {2340-1079}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114495}, pages = {2776 -- 2784}, year = {2015}, abstract = {A simple test setup has been developed at Institute of Aerospace Information Technology, University of W{\"u}rzburg, Germany to realize basic functionalities for formation flight of quadrocopters. The test environment is planned to be utilized for developing and validating the algorithms for formation flying capability in real environment as well as for education purpose. An already existing test bed for single quadrocopter was extended with necessary inter-communication and distributed control mechanism to test the algorithms for formation flights in 2 degrees of freedom (roll / pitch). This study encompasses the domain of communication, control engineering and embedded systems programming. Bluetooth protocol has been used for inter-communication between two quadrocopters. A simple approach of PID control in combination with Kalman filter has been exploited. MATLAB Instrument Control Toolbox has been used for data display, plotting and analysis. Plots can be drawn in real-time and received information can also be stored in the form of files for later use and analysis. The test setup has been developed indigenously and at considerably low cost. Emphasis has been placed on simplicity to facilitate students learning process. Several lessons have been learnt during the course of development of this setup. Proposed setup is quite flexible that can be modified as per changing requirements.}, subject = {Flugk{\"o}rper}, language = {en} } @misc{OPUS4-11457, title = {einBlick - Ausgabe 22 - 16. Juni 2015}, volume = {22/2015}, organization = {Julius-Maximilians-Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114576}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Nachrichten aus der Julius-Maximilians-Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, subject = {W{\"u}rzburg}, language = {de} }