Creating an Environment That Encourages Women Entrepreneurs

If women do not participate fully in entrepreneurial activities, we lose half the potential of our society and economic development will be limited. Women who do take on entrepreneurial roles succeed admirably. Thus, their participation is all the more important. This article cites a speech by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, in which she offers several reasons for women's lack of participation and leadership. These factors are discussed and several solutions are proposed which could contribute to making the environment of a community more supportive and conducive to the successful participation of women in leadership roles

Semantik der Sinne : die lexikografische Erfassung von Geschmacksadjektiven

Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch

Öleinträge ins Meer über die offshore Ölindustrie und die Tankschiffahrt: Eine Kurzstudie über Eintragsgrößen, Abbauprozesse und Schadenswirkung von Kohlenwasserstoffen unter ökologisch-ökonomischen Gesichtspunkten

Im Auftrag des Instituts für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel und dem Institut für Energieanwendung und Rationelle Energiewirtschaft an der Universität Stuttgart; Die vorliegende Arbeit ist das Ergebnis einer 3-monatigen Studie über Einträge und Wirkungen von Kohlenwasserstoffen, die durch Aktivitäten der offshore Erdölproduktion und durch die Tankschiffahrt in die marine Umwelt gelangen. Sie umfaßt zunächst einen Überblick über Art und Umfang von Einträgen aus weltweiten und regionalen offshore Aktivitäten. Als exemplarische Fallstudie werden ergänzend aktuelle Informationen über Art und Umfang von Entsorgungen in die Nordsee durch die norwegische Ölplattform OSEBERG C gegeben. Globale und regionale Eintragsgrößen aus dem Transport von Rohöl und seiner Raffinate durch Tanker werden anschließend erörtert. Zum erständnis der Auswirkungen auf die Lebewelt erschien eine Betrachtung der Ausbreitung von Öl im Meer sowie dessen Veränderung unter dem Einfluß physikalisch-biologischer Abbauprozesse als notwendig. Abschließend werden potentielle Auswirkungen eines küstennahen Ölunfalls auf den betroffenen Wirtschaftsraum diskutiert und auf Probleme hingewiesen, die sich aus der Entsorgung ausgedienter Ölförderplattformen ergeben können

EMail-Verteiler zur Distribution digitaler Informationen im Zentrum für ZMK-Münster

Auf der Basis verschiedener in HTML-Seiten integrierter PHP-Scripte können EMails an vordefinierte Zielgruppen, z.B. an alle Studenten, an alle Mitarbeiter einer Poliklinik oder auch an eine manuell selektierbare individuelle Liste von Personen geschickt werden. Der PHP-Server des Apache-Webserves sorgt für eine augenblickliche, schnelle Distribution ohne Abhängigkeit von Mail-Servern der Universität, persönlichen Providern oder lokalen EMail-Programmen. Digitale Verteiler sind herkömmlichen 'Snail-Mail'-Verteilern in Geschwindigkeit und Qualität weit überlegen und werden diese vermutlich bald vollständig ersetzen können

An account of scientific transfer to the industry: the co-development of an incident analysis tool

This paper is an account of scientific transfer to, and co-development with, a commercial organization. The context is that of safety management of an energy distribution network. A company called EnergyCo approached the authors about their need of an incident analysis method. The company wanted a tool that would help them better capture the causes of incidents during maintenance operations on their network. The expertise they particularly asked for was that of human factors; an angle to work analysis they valued but had not been able to deploy at the time. Beyond the mere technical contents of the tool that was developed, we wish to provide an account of the various transactions, exchanges and collaborations that took place during the development of this method. We will highlight a particular angle of scientific transfer: co-development. In doing so, we will try to convey the message that scientific transfer goes beyond a mere "push" model. Indeed, we are of the opinion that in the case of the development of a method for the industry, transfer can be turned very productively into a codevelopment collaboration

The National Park Idea: Historical Misconceptions and Ecological Realities

17 pages. Contains references

The mechanism of caesium intercalation of graphene

Properties of many layered materials, including copper- and iron-based superconductors, topological insulators, graphite and epitaxial graphene can be manipulated by inclusion of different atomic and molecular species between the layers via a process known as intercalation. For example, intercalation in graphite can lead to superconductivity and is crucial in the working cycle of modern batteries and supercapacitors. Intercalation involves complex diffusion processes along and across the layers, but the microscopic mechanisms and dynamics of these processes are not well understood. Here we report on a novel mechanism for intercalation and entrapment of alkali-atoms under epitaxial graphene. We find that the intercalation is adjusted by the van der Waals interaction, with the dynamics governed by defects anchored to graphene wrinkles. Our findings are relevant for the future design and application of graphene-based nano-structures. Similar mechanisms can also play a role for intercalation of layered materials.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures in published form, supplementary information availabl

Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene and Graphene Intercalation Compounds. X-Ray Standing Wave and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy Studies

The morphology of graphene/Iridium(111) was studied by x-ray standing wave (XSW) measurements. A dependence of the moire corrugation on the graphene coverage is observed. A comparison with density functional theory (DFT) reveals a discrepancy on the corrugation caused by stress appearing from the cool down from the preparation temperature. The model of rehybridised graphene due to cluster adsorption is supported by a structure analysis. Graphene intercalation compounds were investigated by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), low energy electron diffraction (LEED), and XSW. It is shown that intercalation takes place via cracks and holes at wrinkles and wrinkle crossings. The superstructures of caesium intercalated graphene are resolved. For intercalants interacting mainly via van der Waals forces it could be shown that the graphene-intercalant distance is dependent on the charge transfer. Moreover, the structure analysis supports that oxygen intercalation leads to quasi freestanding graphene. A rigid-band model is introduced and applied to graphene intercalation compounds. Scanning tunnelling microscopy measurements reveal clear indications for Dirac electron scattering at defects. In these processes the pseudo-spin is not conserved leading to both inter- and intravalley scattering