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Tropospheric ozone (O3) is known to have various detrimental effects on plants, such as visible leaf injury, reduced growth and premature senescence. Flux models offer the determination of the harmful ozone dose entering the plant through the stomata. This dose can then be related to phytotoxic effects mentioned above to obtain dose-response relationships, which are a helpful tool for the formulation of abatement strategies of ozone precursors. rnOzone flux models are dependant on the correct estimation of stomatal conductance (gs). Based on measurements of gs, an ozone flux model for two white clover clones (Trifolium repens L. cv Regal; NC-S (ozone-sensitive) and NC-R (ozone-resistant)) differing in their sensitivity to ozone was developed with the help of artificial neural networks (ANNs). White clover is an important species of various European grassland communities. The clover plants were exposed to ambient air at three sites in the Trier region (West Germany) during five consecutive growing seasons (1997 to 2001). The response parameters visible leaf injury and biomass ratio of NC-S/NC-R clone were regularly assessed. gs-measurements of both clones functioned as output of the ANN-based gs model, while corresponding climate parameters (i.e. temperature, vapour pressure deficit (VPD) and photosynthetic active radiation (PAR)) and various ozone concentration indices were inputs. The development of the model was documented in detail and various model evaluation techniques (e.g. sensitivity analysis) were applied. The resulting gs model was used as a basis for ozone flux calculations, which were related to above mentioned response parameters. rnThe results showed that the ANNs were capable of revealing and learning the complex relationship between gs and key meteorological parameters and ozone concentration indices. The dose-response relationships between ozone fluxes and visible leaf injury were reasonably strong, while those between ozone fluxes and NC-S/NC-R biomass ratio were fairly weak. The results were discussed in detail with respect to the suitability of the chosen experimental methods and model type.
The reduction of information contained in model time series through the use of aggregating statistical performance measures is very high compared to the amount of information that one would like to draw from it for model identification and calibration purposes. It is readily known that this loss imposes important limitations on model identification and -diagnostics and thus constitutes an element of the overall model uncertainty as essentially different model realizations with almost identical performance measures (e.g. r-² or RMSE) can be generated. In three consecutive studies the present work proposes an alternative approach towards hydrological model evaluation based on the application of Self-Organizing Maps (SOM; Kohonen, 2001). The Self-Organizing Map is a type of artificial neural network and unsupervised learning algorithm that is used for clustering, visualization and abstraction of multidimensional data. It maps vectorial input data items with similar patterns onto contiguous locations of a discrete low-dimensional grid of neurons. The iterative training of the SOM causes the neurons to form a discrete, data-compressed representation of the high-dimensional input data. Using appropriate visualization techniques, information on distributions, patterns and relationships in complex data sets can be extracted. Irrespective of their potential, SOM applications have earned very little attention in hydrological modelling compared to other artificial neural network techniques. Therefore, the aim of the present work is to demonstrate that the application of Self-Organizing Maps has very high potential to address fundamental issues of model evaluation: It is shown that the clustering and classification of model time series by means of SOM can provide useful insights into model behaviour. In combination with the diagnostic properties of Signature Indices (Gupta et al., 2008; Yilmaz et al., 2008) SOM provides a novel tool for interpreting the model parameters in the hydrological context and identifying parameter sets that simultaneously meet multiple objectives, even if the corresponding model realizations belong to different models. Moreover, the presented studies and reviews also encourage further studies on the application of SOM in hydrological modelling.
This thesis presents a study of tsunami deposits created by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Thai Andaman coast. The outcomes of a study are the characteristics of tsunami deposit for paleo-tsunami database, the identification of major sediment layers in tsunami deposit and the reconstructing tsunami run-ups from the characteristics of tsunami deposit for a coastal development program. The investigations of tsunami deposit are made almost 3 years after the event. Field investigations characterize the tsunami deposit as a distinct sediment layer variable in thickness of gray sand deposited with an erosional basis on a pre-existing soil. The best location for the observation of recent tsunami deposit is the area located about 50-200 m inland from the coastline. In most cases, the deposit layer is normally graded. In some cases, the deposit contains rip-up clasts of muddy soils and/or organic matters. The tsunami deposits are compared with three deposits from coastal sub-environments. The mean grain-size and standard deviation of deposits show that the shoreface deposits are fine to very fine sand, poorly to moderately well sorted; the swash zone deposits are coarse to fine sand, poorly to well sorted; the berm/dune deposits are medium to fine sand, poorly to well sorted; and the tsunami deposits are coarse to very fine sand, poorly to moderately well sorted. The plots of deposit mean grain-size versus sorting indicate that the tsunami deposits are composed of shoreface deposits, swash zone deposits and berm/dune deposits as well. The vertical variation of the texture of tsunami deposit shows that the mean grain-size fines upward and fining landward. The analysis and interpretation of the run-up numbers from the characteristics of tsunami deposits get three run-ups for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Thai Andaman coast. It corresponds to field observations from the eye-witness reports and local people- affirmations. The total deposition is a major transportation pattern of onshore tsunami sediments. The sediments must fine in the direction of transport. In general, the major origins of the sediment are the swash zone and berm/dune zone where coarse to medium sand is a significant material, the minor origin of tsunami sediment is a shoreface where a significant material is fine to very fine sand. Only at an area with flat slope shorface, the major origin of tsunami sediment is the shoreface. The thicknesses, the mean grain-sizes, and the standard deviations of tsunami deposits are used to evaluate the influences of coastal morphology on the sediment characteristics. The evaluations show that the tsunami affected areas were attacked by the variable energy waves. Wave energies at the direct tsunami wave affected areas are higher than at the indirect tsunami wave affected areas. Tsunami wave energy is highly dissipated at an area with steep slope shoreface. In the same way, tsunami run-up energy is highly dissipated at an area with steep slope onshore. A channel paralleled to the coastline decreases the run-up velocity, slightly dissipates run-up energy. The road and pond highly influence the characteristics of tsunami deposit and tsunami run-up. A road obstructs the run-up velocity, dissipates run-up energy. A pond decreases run-up velocity, dissipates run-up energy. The characteristics of tsunami deposit can be interpreted for reconstructing the characteristics of tsunami run-up such as a run-up height and a flow velocity. Soulsby et al.(2007)- model is applied for reconstructing tsunami run-up at the study areas. The input parameters are sediment grain-size and sediment inundation distance. Ao Kheuy beach and Khuk Khak beach, Phang Nga province, Thailand are the areas listed for reconstructing tsunami run-up. The evaluated run-up heights are 4.2-4.9 m at Ao Kheuy beach, and 5.4-9.4 m at Khuk Khak beach. The evaluated run-up velocities are 12.8-19.2 m/s (maximum) and 0.2-1.9 m/s (mean) at the coastline and onshore, respectively. Hence, a reasonably good agreement between the evaluated and observed run-up is found. Tsunami run-up height and velocity can be used for coastal development and risk management in the tsunami affected areas. The case studies from the Thai Andaman coast suggest that in the area from coastline to about 70-140 m inland was flooded by the high velocity (high energy) run-ups, and those run-up energies were dissipated there. That area ought to be a non-residential area or a physical protection construction area (flood barrier, forest planting, etc.).
The skin is continuously challenged by environmental antigens that may penetrate and elicit a skin sensitization, which can develop into allergic contact dermatitis. Medical treatment for allergic contact dermatitis is limited - in fact only acute symptoms can be cured and for secondary prevention of the disease a lifelong avoidance of the allergen(s) is necessary. Therefore, the screening of the sensitization potential of substance used in commercially available products is indispensable to prevent such diseases. Hence, risk assessment is deduced from data obtained by murine local lymph node assay predominantly, but there exists a need to develop methods capable of providing the same information that do not require the use of animals in view of legislative initiatives such as REACH (registration, evaluation, authorization of chemicals) as well as the 7th Amendment to the Cosmetics Directive (2003/15/EC). Therefore, a number of promising in silico and in vitro approaches are being developed to address this need. In vitro test systems using the response of dendritic cells, which are the key player in the elicitation process of contact dermatitis, are established, but, although these novel methods for hazard identification might find application in the context of screening, it is not clear whether these approaches are useful for the purposes of risk assessment and risk management to predict allergic potency. Therefore, it was investigated whether on the one hand in vitro generated dendritic cells from primary blood monocytes (MoDC) and on the other hand a continuous monocytic cell line, the THP-1 cells, suggested as dendritic cell surrogate, react to a presumably weak allergen. Ascaridol, predicted as one of the possible causes for tea tree oil contact dermatitis, was studied and its effects in these two in vitro skin sensitization models were explored. Thus, the surface expression of CD86, HLADR, CD54, and CD40, which are known as activation markers in both in vitro models, were measured via flow cytometry. For MoDC, an augmented CD86 and HLADR surface expression in comparison to untreated cells were determined after 24 h exposure with ascaridol. An increased CD54 and CD40 surface expression were found only in some donors. After long term incubation of 96 h, ascaridol-treated MoDC still up-regulated CD86 and additionally an augmented CD40 expression was measured in all studied donors. An enhanced CD54 expression was determined for 50 percentage of all investigated donors. Furthermore, CD80, CD83 and CD209 protein expression were up-regulated in MoDC after 96 h of ascaridol incubation. In addition, it was determined that after 24 h ascaridol-treated MoDC showed an increased capacity to uptake antigens, whereas after 96 h this capacity got lost and antigen-capturing devices were reduced in comparison to non-treated MoDC. Moreover, the cytokine release of ascaridol-treated MoDC were measured after 24 h. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL 6 secretion were determined in some donors. Furthermore, IL-8 release was clearly increased after 24 h ascaridol treatment. By the same token, THP-1 cells were analyzed after ascaridol treatment for several activation markers. We found a similar response pattern as measured in MoDC. Ascaridol induced CD86 expression as well as CD54 after 24 h incubation. Additionally, the impact of ascaridol on phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, which had been shown to be involved in increased expression of activation markers like CD86 by others, were studied via Western blot analysis. A phosphorylation of p38 was determined after 15 min of ascaridol stimulation. Moreover, an augmented CD40 and HLADR surface expression were measured in a dose-response manner after 24 h ascaridol treatment. Also similar to MoDC an enhanced IL-8 secretion after ascaridol stimulation was observed in THP-1 cells. Hence, for the first time it was shown that ascaridol has immuno-modulating effects. The obtained data from both in vitro systems, MoDC and THP-1 cells, identified ascaridol as a sensitizer. Although for both systems there remain significant challenges to overcome for potency assessment, ascaridol is presumed to be a weak sensitizer probably. Interestingly, ascaridol treatment of THP-1 cells resulted also in an increased augmentation of CD184 and CCR2, two chemokine receptors expressed on monocyte. Therefore, these data encouraged the exploration of chemokine receptors as tools in skin sensitization prediction. Consequently, the combination of chemical assays with in vitro techniques may provide a useful surrogate to animal testing for skin sensitization. Due to the continuously changing environmental conditions, it is necessary to regularly monitor and update the spectrum of sensitizers that elicit contact dermatitis. Therefore, both debated in vitro test systems will become indispensable tools.
As an interface between an individual and its environment, the skin is a major site of direct exposure to exogenous substances. Once absorbed, these substances may interact with different biomolecules within the skin. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) signaling pathway is one mechanism whereby the skin responds to exposures, predominantly through the induction or upregulation of metabolizing enzymes. One known physiological role of the AhR in many tissues is its involvement in the control of cell cycle progression. In skin, almost nothing is known about this physiological function. Moreover, the question whether frequently used naturally occurring phenolic derivatives like eugenol and isoeugenol impact on the AhR within the skin has rarely been studied so far. Eugenol and isoeugenol are due to their odour referred to as fragrances. The ubiquitous distribution of eugenol and isoeugenol results in an almost unavoidable contact with these substances in our daily lives. Despite this fact, their molecular mechanisms of action in skin are poorly understood. There is evidence supporting the hypothesis that these substances may impact on the AhR. On the one hand, eugenol is shown to induce cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1), a well-known target gene of the AhR. On the other hand, their known anti-proliferative properties might also be mediated by the AhR, based on its physiological function. In order to proof this hypothesis, it was investigated whether eugenol and isoeugenol impact on the AhR signaling pathway in skin cells. Results revealed that eugenol as well as isoeugenol impact on the AhR signaling pathway in skin cells. Both substances caused the translocation of the AhR into the nucleus, induced the expression of the well-known AhR target genes CYP1A1 and AhR repressor (AhRR) and exhibited impact on cell cycle progression. Both substances caused an AhR-dependent cell cycle arrest in skin cells, modulated protein levels of several cell cycle regulatory proteins, inhibited DNA synthesis and thereby reduced cell numbers. The comparison of wildtype cells to AhR knockdown cells revealed an influence of the AhR on cell cycle progression in skin cells in the absence of exogenous ligands. AhR knockdown cells exhibited a slower progression through the cell cycle caused by an accumulation of cells in the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle and a decreased DNA synthesis rate. Modulation of cell cycle regulatory proteins involved in the transition from the G0/G1 to the S phase of the cell cycle was altered in AhR knockdown cells as well. To conclude, eugenol as well as isoeugenol were able to impact on the AhR signaling pathway in skin cells. Their molecular mechanisms of action are similar to those of classical AhR ligands, although their structural characteristics strongly differ from that of these ligands. In the absence of exogenous ligands the AhR promotes cell cycle progression in many tissues and this knowledge could be expanded on skin-derived cells within the scope of this thesis.
In addition to flood disasters on major rivers, damage caused by the flooding of smaller and medium-sized tributaries is also of considerable significance. To ensure that flood protection measures are effective, engineering flood prevention measures on the rivers must be supported by integrated catchment management. This includes decentralised water retention measures implemented in the sectors of forestry, agriculture and in residential areas. Within this scope new instruments have to be elaborated and introduced, such as GIS-based systems and systems for the evaluation of economic consequences and eco-efficiency of flood damage precaution measures associated with land-use. These are extremely significant for improving information management, the prevention of advice to the general public and for the acceptance of flood precaution measures. The conference intends to promote scientific exchange between specialists working on all areas concerning integrated catchment management. This includes the methodology for identification of catchment types prone to flooding hazards, the control and validation of land-use concepts for decentralised water retention as well as its combination and upscaling procedures up to mesoscale catchments. As catchment management is not only the concern of natural scientists the strategies for enhancing catchment management and the development of decision-support tools will also be important topics of the conference. ***Addenda *1. The articles from page 136 to 161 belong to session 5 *2. Article page 107: Ancient irrigation strategies: land use and hazard mitigation in Ma-´rib, Yemen (New list of authors: Ueli Brunner (a) , Michael Schütz (b), Dana Pietsch (c), Peter Kühn (c), Thomas Scholten (c), Iris Gerlach (d))
The allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) to small molecular weight compounds is a common inflammatory skin reaction. ACD is restricted to industrialized countries, has an enormous sociomedical and socioeconomic impact. About 2,800 compounds from the six million chemicals known in our environment are believed to have allergic, and to a lesser degree also contact-sensitizing or immunogenic properties causing allergic contact dermatitis. ACD results from T cell responses to harmless, low molecular weight chemicals (haptens) applied to the skin. Haptens are not directly recognized by the cells of the immune system. They need to be presented by subsets of antigen presenting cells to the cells of the immune system. In this regard, epidermal Langerhans cells (LC) and the cells into which they mature (dendritic cells) are believed to play a pivotal role in the sensitization process for ACD. LC are able to bind the haptens, internalize them, and present them to naive T cells and induce thereby the development of effector T cells. They are so-called professional antigen presenting cells. This process is initiated and maintained by the release of several mediators, which are released by various cells after their contact with the haptens. One of the first proteins secreted into the environment is interleukin (IL)-1ß. This cytokine is produced and secreted minutes after an antigen enters the cell. It is commonly believed that the large amounts of this protein and other cytokines such as granulocyte-colony stimulation factor (GM-CSF) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-ï¡) needed for the initiation and activation of ACD are coming first from other cells residing in the skin, e.g., keratinocytes, monocytes and macrophages. These cytokines provide the danger signals needed for the activation of the Langerhans cell (LC), which then produce via a positive feedback loop various cytokines themselves. In addition, other proteins such as chemokines influence the generation of danger signals, migration, homing of T cells in the local lymph nodes as well as the recruitment of T cells into the skin. Thus, a small molecular compounds or hapten needs to be able to induce danger signals in order to become immunogenic. In this study, we investigated whether para-phenylenediamine (PPD), an arylamine and common contact allergen, is able to induce danger signals and likely provide the signals needed for an initiation of an immune response[162, 163]. PPD is used as an antioxidant, an ingredient of hair dyes, intermediate of dyestuff, and PPD is found in chemicals used for photographic processing. But up to date, it has not been clearly demonstrated if PPD itself is a sensitizing agent. Thus, this study aimed on the potential of PPD to provide the danger signals by studying IL-1β, TNF-ï¡, and monocyte chemoattractant proteins (MCP-1) in human monocytes, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy volunteers, and also in two human monocyte cell lines namely U937, and THP-1. This study found that PPD decreased dose- and time-dependently the expression and release of three relevant mediators involved in the generation of danger signals. Namely, PPD reduced the mRNA and protein levels for IL-1ß, TNF-ï¡, and MCP-1 in primary human monocytes from various donors. These findings were extended and validated by investigations using the cell line U937. The data were highly specific for PPD, and no such results were gained for its known auto oxidation product called Bandrowski- base or for meta-phenylenediamine (MPD), and ortho-phenylenediamine (OPD). Therefore, we can speculate that this effect is likely to be dependent on the para-substitution. Based on these results we conclude that PPD itself is not able to mount a cascade for the induction of danger signals. It should be mentioned that it is still possible that PPD induces danger signals for sensitization by other unknown processes. Therefore, more research is still needed focusing on this subject especially in professional antigen presenting cells in order to solve the still open question whether PPD itself sensitizes naive T cells or if PPD is solely an allergen. Independently we found unexpectedly that PPD as well as other haptens such as 2, 4-Dinitrochlorobenzene, nickelsulfate, as well as some terpenoide increased clearly the expression of CC chemokin receptor 2 (CCR2), the receptor for the chemokine MCP-1. Up to date, the main importance for the CCR2 receptor comes from results demonstrating that CCR2 is critical for the migration of monocytes after encounter with bacterial lipopolysaccharides. Under these circumstances the receptor disappears from the cell surface and is down regulated. An up regulation of CCR2 has not been reported for haptens, and deserves further investigations.
The fragmentation of landscapes has an important impact on the conservation of biodiversity. The genetic diversity is an important factor for a population- viability, influenced by the landscape structure. However, different species with differing ecological demands react rather differently on the same landscape pattern. To address this feature, we studied ten xerothermophilous butterfly species with differing habitat requirements (habitat specialists with low dispersal power in contrast to habitat generalists with low dispersal power and habitat generalists with higher dispersal power). We analysed allozyme loci for about 10 populations (Ã 40 individuals) of each species in a western German study region with adjoining areas in Luxemburg and north-eastern France. The genetic diversity and genetic differentiation between local populations was discussed under conservation genetic aspects. For generalists we detected a more or less panmictic structure and for species with lower abundance and sedentarily behaviour the effect of isolation by distance. On the other hand, the isolation of specialists was mostly reflected by strong genetic differentiation patterns between the investigated populations. Parameters of genetic diversity were mostly significantly higher in generalists, compared to specialists. Substructures within populations as an answer of low intrapatch migration, low population densities and high population fluctuations could be shown as well. Aspects of landscape history (the historical distribution of habitats resulting of the presence of limestone areas) and the changes of extensive sheep pasturing and the loss of potential habitats in the last few decades (recent fragmentation) are discussed against the gained genetic data-set of the ten butterflies.
It has been the overall aim of this research work to assess the potential of hyperspectral remote sensing data for the determination of forest attributes relevant to forest ecosystem simulation modeling and forest inventory purposes. A number of approaches for the determination of structural and chemical attributes from hyperspectral remote sensing have been applied to the collected data sets. Many of the methods to be found in the literature were up to now just applied to broadband multispectral data, applied to vegetation canopies other than forests, reported to work on the leaf level or with modelled data, not validated with ground truth data, or not systematically compared to other methods. Attributes that describe the properties of the forest canopy and that are potentially open to remote sensing were identified, appropriate methods for their retrieval were implemented and field, laboratory and image data (HyMap sensor) were acquired over a number of forest plots. The study on structural attributes compared statistical and physical approaches. In the statistical section, linear predictive models between vegetation indices derived from HyMap data and field measurements of structural forest stand attributes were systematically evaluated. The study demonstrates that for hyperspectral image data, linear regression models can be applied to quantify leaf area index and crown volume with good accuracy. For broadband multispectral data, the accuracy was generally lower. The physically-based approach used the invertible forest reflectance model (INFORM), a combination of well established sub-models FLIM, SAIL and LIBERTY. The model was inverted with HyMap data using a neural network approach. In comparison to the statistical approach, it could be shown that the reflectance model inversion works equally well. In opposition to empirically derived prediction functions that are generally limited to the local conditions at a certain point in time and to a specified sensor type, the calibrated reflectance model can be applied more easily to different optical remote sensing data acquired over central European forests. The study on chemical forest attributes evaluated the information content of HyMap data for the estimation of nitrogen, chlorophyll and water concentration. A number of needle samples of Norway spruce were analysed for their total chlorophyll, nitrogen and water concentrations. The chemical data was linked to needle spectra measured in the laboratory and canopy spectra measured by the HyMap sensor. Wavebands selected in statistical models were often located in spectral regions that are known to be important for chlorophyll detection (red edge, green peak). Predictive models were applied on the HyMap image to compute maps of chlorophyll concentration and nitrogen concentration. Results of map overlay operations revealed coherence between total chlorophyll and zones of stand development stage and between total chlorophyll and zones of soil type. Finally, it can be stated that the hyperspectral remote sensing data generally contains more information relevant to the estimation of the forest attributes compared to multispectral data. Structural forest attributes, except biomass, can be determined with good accuracy from a hyperspectral sensor type like HyMap. Among the chemical attributes, chlorophyll concentration can be determined with good accuracy and nitrogen concentration with moderate accuracy. For future research, additional dimensions have to be taken into account, for instance through exploitation of multi-view angle data. Additionally, existing forest canopy reflectance models should be further improved.
In past years, desertification and land degradation have been acknowledged as a major threat to human welfare world-wide, and their environmental and societal implications have sparked the formulation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Any measure taken against desertification, or the design of dedicated early warning systems, must take into account both the spatial and temporal dimensions of process driving factors. Equally important, past and present reactions of ecosystems to physical and socio-economical disturbances or management interventions need to be understood. In this context, remote sensing and geoinformation processing support the required assessment, monitoring and modelling approaches, and hence provide an essential contribution to the scientific component of the struggle against desertification. Supported by DG Research of the European Commission, the Remote Sensing Department of the University of Trier convened RGLDD to promote scientific exchange between specialists working on the interface of remote sensing, geoinformation processing, desertification/land degradation research and its socio-economic implications. Although targeted at the scientific community, contributions with application perspectives were of crucial importance and both an overview of the current state of the art as well as operational opportunities were presented. Hosted at the Robert-Schuman Haus in Trier, the conference gained widespread attention and attracted an international audience from all parts of the world, which underlines the global dimension of land degradation and desertification processes. Based on a rigorous review of submitted abstracts, more than 100 contributions were accepted for oral and poster presentation, which are found in these proceedings edition in full paper form. Please note: This document is optimised for screen resolution, to receive a high-resolution version please contact the editors.