Zur Theorie der ebenen,instationären Unterschallströmung um ein schwingendes Profil im Kanal

Summary The mixed boundary value problem for the determination of the velocity potential of an unsteady perturbation flow past an oscillating thin profile in an inviscid compressible gas at subsonic speeds is treated. After the separation of the wave-like terms in the Fourier expansions of the reduced potential, satisfying the Helmholtz wave equation, the boundary value problem for the remaining potential is transformed into a functional equation of the generalized Wiener-Hopf type by means of the Laplace transform. The familiar Wiener-Hopf technique leads to a linear system of infinitely many unknowns which can be solved by iteration for not too small profile lengths. Finally, two analytic expressions for the reduced potential in terms of different kernel functions and formulae for the lift and moment acting on the profile are written down.

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Diese Arbeit enthält einen Teil der von der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes am 30. Oktober 1963 angenommenen Habilitationsschrift des Verfassers.     

Different methods for administering 17β-estradiol to ovariectomized rats result in opposite effects on ischemic brain damage

Background  

Numerous stroke studies have controversially shown estrogens to be either neuroprotective or neurodamaging. The discordant results observed in rat brain ischemia models may be a consequence of discrepancies in estrogen administration modes resulting in plasma concentration profiles far from those intended. To test this hypothesis we reproduced in detail and extended an earlier study from our lab using a different mode of 17β-estradiol administration; home-made silastic capsules instead of commercial slow-release 17β-estradiol pellets. Four groups of female rats (n = 12) were ovariectomized and administered 17β-estradiol or placebo via silastic capsules. All animals underwent MCAo fourteen days after ovariectomy and were sacrificed three days later.     

Solvent Effects on the NMR Chemical Shifts of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Cellulose Therein

The interactions of ionic liquids (IL) with solvents usually used in liquid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy are studied. The ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR chemical shift values of 1-n-butyl-3-methyl (BM)- and 1-ethyl-3-methyl (EM)-substituted imidazolium (IM) -chlorides (Cl) and -acetates (Ac) are determined before and after diluting with deuterated solvents (DMSO-d₆, D₂O, CD₃OD, and CDCl₃). The dilution offers structural modifications of the IL due to the solvents capacity to ionization. For further investigation of highly viscous cellulose dopes made of imidazolium-based IL, solid-state NMR spectroscopy enables the reproducibility of liquid-state NMR data of pure IL. The correlation of liquid- and solid-state NMR is shown on EMIM-Ac and cellulose/EMIM-Ac dope (10 wt %).     

Technological Opportunities for the Implementation of Anti-Microbial Activities into Dry-Wet Shaped Cellulose Fibres

Metal cations are valuable antimicrobial additives for controlling of bacteria growth on textile fibres. By means of multiple actions they are able to suppress the undesirable microbe action also during wound healing. Dry-wet shaping technology offers numerous opportunities for implementation of antimicrobial activities into textile structures (fibres, yarn, fabrics). The degree of load, insertion step as well as type of additive (Ag, Cu, Zn) presents a broad field of physical modification of dry-wet spun cellulose fibres. The investigation of antimicrobial activities of manufactured fibres and yarns exhibit bactericide or bacteriostatic effects against typical pathogenic germs. Ag contents higher than 30 ppm in fibres and 0.06 per cent in yarns as well as Cu contents higher than 100 ppm in fibres and about 0.5 per cent in yarns are fairly effective for a permanent antimicrobial effect. Fabrics based on the developed fibres and yarns could already been successfully commercialised by innovative small and medium sized enterprises (SME).