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Technical University of Dortmund
Education•Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany•
About: Technical University of Dortmund is a education organization based out in Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Context (language use) & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 13028 authors who have published 27666 publications receiving 615557 citations. The organization is also known as: Dortmund University & University of Dortmund.
Topics: Context (language use), Large Hadron Collider, Computer science, Neutrino, Finite element method
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TL;DR: Spatial maps of coupled antiferromagnetic and ferroelectric domains in YMnO3 are obtained by imaging with optical second harmonic generation and lead to a configuration that is dominated by the ferroelectromagnetic product of the order parameters.
Abstract: Ferroelectromagnets are an interesting group of compounds that complement purely (anti-)ferroelectric or (anti-)ferromagnetic materials--they display simultaneous electric and magnetic order. With this coexistence they supplement materials in which magnetization can be induced by an electric field and electrical polarization by a magnetic field, a property which is termed the magnetoelectric effect. Aside from its fundamental importance, the mutual control of electric and magnetic properties is of significant interest for applications in magnetic storage media and 'spintronics'. The coupled electric and magnetic ordering in ferroelectromagnets is accompanied by the formation of domains and domain walls. However, such a cross-correlation between magnetic and electric domains has so far not been observed. Here we report spatial maps of coupled antiferromagnetic and ferroelectric domains in YMnO3, obtained by imaging with optical second harmonic generation. The coupling originates from an interaction between magnetic and electric domain walls, which leads to a configuration that is dominated by the ferroelectromagnetic product of the order parameters.
1,350 citations
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TL;DR: Characterization of the GSTT1 polymorphism will enable a more accurate assessment of human health risk from synthetic halomethanes and other industrial chemicals.
Abstract: In humans, glutathione-dependent conjugation of halomethanes is polymorphic, with 60% of the population classed as conjugators and 40% as non-conjugators. We report the characterization of the genetic polymorphism causing the phenotypic difference. We have isolated a cDNA that encodes a human class Theta GST (GSTT1) and which shares 82% sequence identity with rat class Theta GST5-5. From PCR and Southern blot analyses, it is shown that the GSTT1 gene is absent from 38% of the population. The presence or absence of the GSTT1 gene is coincident with the conjugator (GSST1+) and non-conjugator (GSTT1-) phenotypes respectively. The GSTT1+ phenotype can catalyse the glutathione conjugation of dichloromethane, a metabolic pathway which has been shown to be mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium mutagenicity tester strains and is believed to be responsible for carcinogenicity of dichloromethane in the mouse. In humans, the enzyme is found in the erythrocyte and this may act as a detoxification sink. Characterization of the GSTT1 polymorphism will thus enable a more accurate assessment of human health risk from synthetic halomethanes and other industrial chemicals.
1,302 citations
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TL;DR: The task-switching paradigm offers enormous possibilities to study cognitive control as well as task interference, and the current review provides an overview of recent research on both topics.
Abstract: The task-switching paradigm offers enormous possibilities to study cognitive control as well as task interference. The current review provides an overview of recent research on both topics. First, we review different experimental approaches to task switching, such as comparing mixed-task blocks with single-task blocks, predictable task-switching and task-cuing paradigms, intermittent instructions, and voluntary task selection. In the 2nd part, we discuss findings on preparatory control mechanisms in task switching and theoretical accounts of task preparation. We consider preparation processes in two-stage models, consider preparation as an all-or-none process, address the question of whether preparation is switch-specific, reflect on preparation as interaction of cue encoding and memory retrieval, and discuss the impact of verbal mediation on preparation. In the 3rd part, we turn to interference phenomena in task switching. We consider proactive interference of tasks and inhibition of recently performed tasks indicated by asymmetrical switch costs and n-2 task-repetition costs. We discuss stimulus-based interference as a result of stimulus-based response activation and stimulus-based task activation, and response-based interference because of applying bivalent rather than univalent responses, response repetition effects, and carryover of response selection and execution. In the 4th and final part, we mention possible future research fields.
1,223 citations
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TL;DR: Results from an analysis with a third year of data from the complete IceCube detector are consistent with the previously reported astrophysical flux in the 100 TeV-PeV range at the level of 10(-8) GeV cm-2 s-1 sr-1 per flavor and reject a purely atmospheric explanation for the combined three-year data at 5.7σ.
Abstract: A search for high-energy neutrinos interacting within the IceCube detector between 2010 and 2012 provided the first evidence for a high-energy neutrino flux of extraterrestrial origin. Results from an analysis using the same methods with a third year (2012-2013) of data from the complete IceCube detector are consistent with the previously reported astrophysical flux in the 100 TeV-PeV range at the level of 10(-8) GeV cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) per flavor and reject a purely atmospheric explanation for the combined three-year data at 5.7 sigma. The data are consistent with expectations for equal fluxes of all three neutrino flavors and with isotropic arrival directions, suggesting either numerous or spatially extended sources. The three-year data set, with a live time of 988 days, contains a total of 37 neutrino candidate events with deposited energies ranging from 30 to 2000 TeV. The 2000-TeV event is the highest-energy neutrino interaction ever observed.
1,183 citations
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University of Cologne1, Max Planck Society2, University of Bonn3, Ghent University4, Broad Institute5, Stanford University6, Technical University of Dortmund7, Columbia University8, University of Melbourne9, St. Vincent's Health System10, University of Jena11, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza12, University of Groningen13, VU University Amsterdam14, University of Bologna15, University of Liverpool16, University of Oslo17, University of Zurich18, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre19, Institut Gustave Roussy20, University of Grenoble21, Vanderbilt University22, Harvard University23, University of Washington24, University of Strasbourg25
TL;DR: This study implicates histone modification as a major feature of SCLC, reveals potentially therapeutically tractable genomic alterations and provides a generalizable framework for the identification of biologically relevant genes in the context of high mutational background.
Abstract: Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive lung tumor subtype with poor prognosis(1-3). We sequenced 29 SCLC exomes, 2 genomes and 15 transcriptomes and found an extremely high mutation rate of 7.4 +/- 1 protein-changing mutations per million base pairs. Therefore, we conducted integrated analyses of the various data sets to identify pathogenetically relevant mutated genes. In all cases, we found evidence for inactivation of TP53 and RB1 and identified recurrent mutations in the CREBBP, EP300 and MLL genes that encode histone modifiers. Furthermore, we observed mutations in PTEN, SLIT2 and EPHA7, as well as focal amplifications of the FGFR1 tyrosine kinase gene. Finally, we detected many of the alterations found in humans in SCLC tumors from Tp53 and Rb1 double knockout mice(4). Our study implicates histone modification as a major feature of SCLC, reveals potentially therapeutically tractable genomic alterations and provides a generalizable framework for the identification of biologically relevant genes in the context of high mutational background.
1,177 citations
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Hermann Kolanoski | 145 | 1279 | 96152 |
Marc Besancon | 143 | 1799 | 106869 |
Kerstin Borras | 133 | 1341 | 92173 |
Emmerich Kneringer | 129 | 1021 | 80898 |
Achim Geiser | 129 | 1331 | 84136 |
Valerio Vercesi | 129 | 937 | 79519 |
Jens Weingarten | 128 | 896 | 74667 |
Giuseppe Mornacchi | 127 | 894 | 75830 |
Kevin Kroeninger | 126 | 836 | 70010 |
Daniel Muenstermann | 126 | 885 | 70855 |
Reiner Klingenberg | 126 | 733 | 70069 |
Claus Gössling | 126 | 775 | 71975 |
Diane Cinca | 126 | 822 | 70126 |
Frank Meier | 124 | 677 | 64889 |
Daniel Dobos | 124 | 679 | 67434 |