Using HCI-Patterns for Modeling and Design of Knowledge Sharing Systems
AbstractIn this paper we describe a pattern-based approach for designing highly-usable individualized multi-media inter faces for enterprise knowledge identification, structuring and communi cation. A...
View ArticleAn Overview of Extracellular Matrix Structure and Function
AbstractExtracellular matrix (ECM) not only provides a stable framework for maintaining the shape of multicellular organisms under physical load and during locomotion, but it is also essential for...
View ArticleHCI Patterns as a Means to Transform Interactive User Interfaces to Diverse...
AbstractThis paper introduces a pattern-based method for transformation of user interfaces of interactive applications to diverse contexts of use. The method is demonstrated with the help of various...
View ArticlePatterns and Models for Automated User Interface Construction – In Search of...
AbstractThis paper starts with an analysis of current or proven model and pattern-based user interface development methods and techniques. It discusses how these approaches facilitate the construction...
View ArticleFormal Pattern Specifications to Facilitate Semi-automated User Interface...
AbstractThis paper depicts potentialities of formal HCI pattern specifications with regard to facilitate the semi-automated generation of user interfaces for interactive applications. In a first step...
View ArticleEvaluation of Model-Based User Interface Development Approaches
AbstractThe PaMGIS framework was developed at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and is aimed at supporting user interface designers without profound software development skills to specify the...
View ArticleA Unified Pattern Specification Formalism to Support User Interface Generation
AbstractThe development of interactive software typically requires the combined skills of software developers, HCI, platform and marketing specialists in order to create applications with good software...
View ArticleEnamel is the Hardest Biomaterial Known
AbstractEnamel is the protective cover of the teeth of vertebrates. The mature enamel is the most durable material in the organism and withstands high forces and the wear of chewing and cutting for a...
View ArticleBiominerals and Their Function in Different Organisms
AbstractVery different forms of biomineralization have developed during evolution. Organisms which adopted mineralization during their evolution are found in almost all groups of living organisms,...
View ArticleIntroduction
AbstractSome 600 million years ago, biological evolution altered the genes of mollusks in a way that enabled them to incorporate calcium carbonate in the form of its mineral calcite. The shells of the...
View ArticlePractical Aspects of Pattern-Supported Model-Driven User Interface Generation
AbstractToday, highly interactive software has become a crucial ingredient of the daily life. Rapidly evolving technologies and simultaneously increasing user demands make human-computer interaction...
View ArticleIn Vitro Studies of Mineral–Protein Interactions
AbstractThis chapter deals with the studies on interactions of proteins or organic compounds with minerals, which were performed “in vitro” or using another catchphrase “in the test tube.” These...
View ArticleFormation of Mollusk Shells
AbstractSecretion of calcium and carbonate ions together with 300 to 600 proteins and polysaccharides from the calcifying epithelium of the mantle organ of bivalves leads to the formation of shells...
View ArticleDifferent Types of Molecular Control of Biomineralization
AbstractBiomineralization is under genetic control. This follows from the identity of the mineralization pattern of parents and offspring. The glass house of a diatom mother is identical to the glass...
View ArticleBiomineralization Processes for Future Research
AbstractResearch is very active in the biomineralization field. The key question of the control of biomineral formation is only partially solved. A breakthrough in this direction in any of the many...
View ArticleWhat Can We Learn from Biology for Material Science?
AbstractA most promising approach is the use of biological expression or cultivation methods. In these cases, the difficult steps of synthesis and shape formation are performed by biological processes....
View ArticleThe Glasshouse of Diatoms
AbstractDiatoms are unicellular algae which protect their cell body by a highly ornate, silicified cell wall that forms a glasshouse called a frustule. Most diatoms possess a photosynthetic apparatus,...
View ArticleOutlook
AbstractThe protein–mineral interactions, the influence of basement membranes and lipid bilayers, the events during cell secretion and exocytosis, and other mechanisms discussed in this book are late...
View ArticleChemistry and Minerals
AbstractBiominerals are minerals which are formed in an organism under the control of genes; these genes encode matrix components or proteins needed for enzymatic activity, trafficking, or other...
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