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Technische Universität Darmstadt
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About: Technische Universität Darmstadt is a education organization based out in Darmstadt, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Computer science & Context (language use). The organization has 17316 authors who have published 40619 publications receiving 937916 citations. The organization is also known as: Darmstadt University of Technology & University of Darmstadt.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the transition from super-AGB star to massive star was studied and it was shown that a propagating neon-oxygen burning shell is common to both the most massive electron capture supernova (EC-SN) progenitors and the lowest mass iron-core collapse supernova progensitors.
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TL;DR: Tackling the challenge of predicting the properties of species and habitats that promote or inhibit invasions from food web perspective may aid ecologists in identifying rules that govern invasions in natural ecosystems.
Abstract: A central and perhaps insurmountable challenge of invasion ecology is to predict which combinations of species and habitats most effectively promote and prevent biological invasions. Here, we integrate models of network structure and nonlinear population dynamics to search for potential generalities among trophic factors that may drive invasion success and failure. We simulate invasions where 100 different species attempt to invade 150 different food webs with 15–26 species and a wide range (0.06–0.32) of connectance. These simulations yield 11 438 invasion attempts by non-basal species, 47 per cent of which are successful. At the time of introduction, whether or not the invader is a generalist best predicts final invasion success; however, once the invader establishes itself, it is best distinguished from unsuccessful invaders by occupying a lower trophic position and being relatively invulnerable to predation. In general, variables that reflect the interaction between an invading species and its new community, such as generality and trophic position, best predict invasion success; however, for some trophic categories of invaders, fundamental species traits, such as having the centre of the feeding range low on the theoretical niche axis (for non-omnivorous and omnivorous herbivores), or the topology of the food web (for tertiary carnivores), best predict invasion success. Across all invasion scenarios, a discriminant analysis model predicted successful and failed invasions with 76.5 per cent accuracy for properties at the time of introduction or 100 per cent accuracy for properties at the time of establishment. More generally, our results suggest that tackling the challenge of predicting the properties of species and habitats that promote or inhibit invasions from food web perspective may aid ecologists in identifying rules that govern invasions in natural ecosystems.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the theory of configurational forces is briefly recast, together with the underlying balance laws, and it is shown that in the case of a homogeneous body without body forces the additional balance laws are identically satisfied if the standard force balance holds.
Abstract: The theory of configurational forces is briefly recast, together with the underlying balance laws. It is shown, that in the case of a homogeneous body without body forces the additional balance laws are identically satisfied if the standard force balance holds. In approximate solutions, for example obtained by finite elements, the equilibrium is not satisfied exactly, thus configurational forces occur on discretization nodes. An implementation of the configurational force balance into the finite element scheme is presented. The use of configurational forces is discussed with three main aspects. It is demonstrated how configurational forces can be used to check and to improve the finite element solution. Examples from fracture mechanics and problems with material inhomogeneities are discussed. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of age of school entry on educational outcomes using two different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school and in the middle of secondary school.
Abstract: We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational outcomes using two different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school and in the middle of secondary school. Results are obtained based on instrumental variable estimation exploiting the exogenous variation in month of birth. We find robust and significant positive effects on educational outcomes for pupils who enter school at 7 instead of 6 years of age: test scores at the end of primary school increase by about 0.40 standard deviations and the probability to attend the highest secondary schooling track (Gymnasium) increases by about 12% points.
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TL;DR: In this article, the fatigue behavior of commercial bulk Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) induced by bipolar cycling was investigated, and the authors found that higher cycling fields (2× E c ) yield stronger fatigue, higher AE energy values and lower threshold values for the onset of AE events at high cycle numbers.
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Yang Gao | 168 | 2047 | 146301 |
Herbert A. Simon | 157 | 745 | 194597 |
Stephen Boyd | 138 | 822 | 151205 |
Jun Chen | 136 | 1856 | 77368 |
Harold A. Mooney | 135 | 450 | 100404 |
Bernt Schiele | 130 | 568 | 70032 |
Sascha Mehlhase | 126 | 858 | 70601 |
Yuri S. Kivshar | 126 | 1845 | 79415 |
Michael Wagner | 124 | 351 | 54251 |
Wolf Singer | 124 | 580 | 72591 |
Tasawar Hayat | 116 | 2364 | 84041 |
Edouard Boos | 116 | 757 | 64488 |
Martin Knapp | 106 | 1067 | 48518 |
T. Kuhl | 101 | 761 | 40812 |
Peter Braun-Munzinger | 100 | 527 | 34108 |