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View article: Methodology for the thermodynamic optimization of steam turbine pump performance
Methodology for the thermodynamic optimization of steam turbine pump performance Open
Pumps are an integral part of steam-driven turbines since they are necessary to provide continuous kinetic energy to the working fluid and operate at considerably high pressures to meet boiler design conditions. Thermodynamic modeling and …
View article: Rezension von: Schuster, Peter, Der gelobte Frieden
Rezension von: Schuster, Peter, Der gelobte Frieden Open
Peter Schuster: Der gelobte Frieden. Täter, Opfer und Herrschaft im spätmittelalterlichen Konstanz. UVK, Universitätsverlag Konstanz 1995. 187 Seiten DM 24,80
View article: Rezension von: Schuster, Peter, Verbrecher, Opfer, Heilige
Rezension von: Schuster, Peter, Verbrecher, Opfer, Heilige Open
Peter Schuster, Verbrecher, Opfer, Heilige, Eine Geschichte des Tötens 1200 – 1700, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta 2015. 416 S. ISBN 978-3-608-94845-5. € 26,95
View article: Senior Capstone Team Formation Based on Project Interest: Team Selection by Students Compared with Team Selection by Instructors
Senior Capstone Team Formation Based on Project Interest: Team Selection by Students Compared with Team Selection by Instructors Open
One of the greatest challenges with a year-long senior design project is team formation. A number of different techniques for this have been described in the literature (see Barkley et al, 2014 for review), including random assignment, all…
View article: An Industry-University Partnership Case Study
An Industry-University Partnership Case Study Open
A Case Study of Long-Term Industry-Student Project SupportAt many universities, senior undergraduate mechanical engineers work in teams on industry-sponsored capstone design projects. These projects provide an excellent opportunity for stu…
View article: Laudatio für Spyros Iakovidis
Laudatio für Spyros Iakovidis Open
The rich corpus of Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzyâs writings is devoted to a wide range of topics concerning the societies of early Greece from very different perspectives and with the help of all available sources. Her work begins with studies o…
View article: 16th International Workshop on Langerhans Cells, 3–6 October 2019, Mainz/Budenheim, Germany
16th International Workshop on Langerhans Cells, 3–6 October 2019, Mainz/Budenheim, Germany Open
Reticulon 1A (RTN1A) is an endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein and besides its expression in neuronal tissues, a marker for cells of the dendritic lineage, including epidermal Langerhans cells (LCs) and dermal dendritic cells (DCs) in…
View article: Manfred Eigen (1927–2019)
Manfred Eigen (1927–2019) Open
Manfred Eigen passed away on February 6, 2019. An outstanding researcher, visionary and pioneer of science has left us—we will miss him very much. All his research and work was directed towards overcoming boundaries, opening up new horizon…
View article: Manfred Eigen (1927–2019)
Manfred Eigen (1927–2019) Open
Mit Manfred Eigen verstarb am 6. Februar 2019 ein herausragender Naturforscher, Visionär und Pionier der Wissenschaft. Sein ganzes Forschen und Schaffen waren darauf ausgerichtet, Grenzen zu überwinden, neue Horizonte zu eröffnen, und das …
View article: What is special about autocatalysis?
What is special about autocatalysis? Open
The single-step autocatalytic reaction A + X ↔ 2X in different environments—batch reactor, flow reactor, logistic equation—is studied by means of conventional deterministic kinetics and as a stochastic process. Self-enhancement requires an…
View article: Esther Cohen, The Crossroads of Justice. Law and Culture in Late Medieval France, 1993
Esther Cohen, The Crossroads of Justice. Law and Culture in Late Medieval France, 1993 Open
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View article: Molecular evolution between chemistry and biology
Molecular evolution between chemistry and biology Open
View article: Increase in Complexity and Information through Molecular Evolution
Increase in Complexity and Information through Molecular Evolution Open
Biological evolution progresses by essentially three different mechanisms: (I) optimization of properties through natural selection in a population of competitors; (II) development of new capabilities through cooperation of competitors cau…
View article: Some mechanistic requirements for major transitions
Some mechanistic requirements for major transitions Open
Major transitions in nature and human society are accompanied by a substantial change towards higher complexity in the core of the evolving system. New features are established, novel hierarchies emerge, new regulatory mechanisms are requi…
View article: All Active All the Time? What are the Implications of Teaching a Traditional Content-Rich Machine Components/Mechanical Systems Design Course Using Active Learning?
All Active All the Time? What are the Implications of Teaching a Traditional Content-Rich Machine Components/Mechanical Systems Design Course Using Active Learning? Open
This paper examines the use of research-proven Active Learning techniques to transform the teaching of a traditional Machine Components/Mechanical Systems Design class. We know from research in Active learning that use of these methods can…
View article: Probability
Probability Open
Probabilistic thinking originated historically when people began to analyze the chances of success in gambling, and its mathematical foundations were laid down together with the development of statistics in the seventeenth century. Since t…
View article: Applications in Biology
Applications in Biology Open
Stochastic phenomena are central to biological modeling. Small numbers of molecules regulate and control genetics, epigenetics, and cellular metabolism, and small numbers of well-adapted individuals drive evolution. As far as processes are…
View article: Ebola—challenge and revival of theoretical epidemiology: Why Extrapolations from early phases of epidemics are problematic
Ebola—challenge and revival of theoretical epidemiology: Why Extrapolations from early phases of epidemics are problematic Open
At the beginning of the second half of the 20th century, there was a widespread belief that science and in particular medicine had progressed so far that Nature could be brought under complete control. It seemed that healthcare and pharmac…