5 results on '"Brückmann, R."'
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2. PV Legal - Reduction of Bureaucratic Barriers for Successful PV Deployment in the EU
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Sonvilla, P.-M., Chrometzka, T., Nogara, M.M.A., Brückmann, R., Anta, J., and Latour, M.
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Markets for PV Systems ,PV Deployment - Abstract
24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 4453-4455, The PV LEGAL project aims at reducing legal-administrative barriers for the development of photovoltaic (PV) systems in 12 European countries. The action, co-funded by the “Intelligent Energy Europe” programme and coordinated by BSW-Solar, will initially set-up a publicly accessible database illustrating the legaladministrative procedures required to develop and install a PV system in the participating countries and later analyse, discuss and propose framework changes resulting in more streamlined and proportionate procedures. This paper introduces the project and describes how the initial research phase will be articulated. In order to exemplify the work that will be carried out by the PV LEGAL project consortium over the next 3 years, the paper also focuses on Spain, showing how the current framework places an disproportionate and unnecessary burden to developers of small PV systems and how ASIF, an association part of the PV LEGAL consortium is collaborating to alleviate the problem.
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- 2009
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3. Early-life maternal deprivation affects the mother-offspring relationship in domestic pigs, as well as the neuroendocrine development and coping behavior of piglets.
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Gimsa U, Brückmann R, Tuchscherer A, Tuchscherer M, and Kanitz E
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Early-life adversity may have programming effects on the psychological and physiological development of offspring. Domestic pigs ( Sus scrofa ) are an excellent model species for studying these effects because of their many physiological similarities to humans. Piglets from 10 sows were subjected to daily 2-h maternal deprivation on postnatal days (PND) 2-15 alone (DA) or in a group of littermates (DG). Control piglets (C) from 10 sows stayed with their mothers. Mother-offspring interaction, milk oxytocin, and cortisol were analyzed. An open-field/novel-object (OF/NO) test was performed with piglets on PNDs 16 and 40. Plasma cortisol and immune parameters were determined on PND 5 and 16. Two piglets from each group and sow were sacrificed on PND 20 and stress-related gene expression in the limbic system and prefrontal cortex (PFC), as well as splenic lymphocyte proliferative abilities, were examined. The milk cortisol of sows increased during the first separation of mother and offspring on the second day of lactation, whereas milk oxytocin did not change. The increase in cortisol by the OF/NO test on PND 16 was greater in C piglets than in DA and DG ones. DA piglets showed less agitated behavior than DG and C piglets in the OF/NO test at PND 16, but appeared more fearful. On PND 40, DA piglets showed more arousal than DG and C piglets in the OF/NO test. Neither plasma IgA nor N/L ratios in blood nor mitogen-induced proliferation of spleen lymphocytes were affected by deprivation. We found a higher mRNA expression of CRHR1 in the hypothalamus and a higher expression of MR in the hippocampus in DA piglets than in DG ones. The expression of GR, MR, and CRHR1 genes in the PFC was reduced by maternal deprivation, however, the expression of arginine vasopressin and oxytocin receptors was not affected. Repeated maternal deprivation induces sustained effects on stress reactivity and behavior of domestic piglets. Some of these effects were buffered by the presence of littermates. In addition, we found sex-specific differences in behavior and gene expression., Competing Interests: RB is currently employed by the company EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG. During the study he was employed by the FBN. The Service Group Statistical Consulting is not a company but an organizational unit of the FBN. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Gimsa, Brückmann, Tuchscherer, Tuchscherer and Kanitz.)
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- 2022
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4. Financing conditions of renewable energy projects - results from an EU wide survey.
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Roth A, Đukan M, Anatolitis V, Jimeno M, Banasiak J, Brückmann R, and Kitzing L
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This data note aims to present a dataset with values for financing conditions for renewable energy projects in Europe. This includes weighted average cost of capital, cost of debt, cost of equity, debt share, debt service coverage ratio and loan tenors. The dataset was elaborated in the framework of the "Auctions for Renewable Energy Support II" project (AURES II). The main goal of the AURES II project is to provide policy support to the Member States of the European Union in order to improve the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of auctions for renewable energy support. As part of the AURES II project, an extensive survey (structured interviews) was conducted between September 2019 and April 2020 with different stakeholders involved in the renewable energy industry, such as banks, project developing companies, and investment funds, among others. The technologies covered were solar photovoltaics (PV), wind onshore, and wind offshore. Interviewees were asked to provide values for financing conditions for specific projects (for certain cases, country estimates or ranges of values were provided). Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, and Denmark were selected as focus countries, for which the interviews also included qualitative questions to discuss the observed quantitative data in these countries. The presented data has been used as the main input to elaborate an AURES II report on renewable energy financing conditions in Europe., Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed., (Copyright: © 2022 Roth A et al.)
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- 2022
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5. Early-Life Maternal Deprivation Predicts Stronger Sickness Behaviour and Reduced Immune Responses to Acute Endotoxaemia in a Pig Model.
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Brückmann R, Tuchscherer M, Tuchscherer A, Gimsa U, and Kanitz E
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- Acute Disease, Animals, Cytokines immunology, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Lipopolysaccharides toxicity, Male, Receptors, Mineralocorticoid immunology, Swine, Behavior, Animal, Endotoxemia chemically induced, Endotoxemia immunology, Endotoxemia pathology, Endotoxemia physiopathology, Illness Behavior, Maternal Deprivation, Sex Characteristics
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Early-life adversity may have programming effects on neuroendocrine and immune adaptation mechanisms in humans and socially living animals. Using a pig model, we investigated the effect of daily 2-h maternal and littermate deprivation from postnatal days 2-15, either alone (DA) or in a group of littermates (DG) on the neuroendocrine, immunological and behavioural responses of piglets challenged with the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on day 42. LPS increased plasma concentrations of cortisol, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) and induced typical signs of sickness in all piglets. DA+DG piglets showed stronger signs of sickness compared to control (C) piglets. Plasma TNF-α concentrations were significantly lower in DA+DG males. In addition, the TNF-α/IL-10 ratio was significantly lower in DA than in DG and C males. Gene expression analyses showed lower hypothalamic TNF-α mRNA expression and diminished mRNA expression of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and IL-10 in the amygdala of DA+DG piglets in response to LPS. Interestingly, males showed a higher MR- and a lower IL-10 mRNA expression in the amygdala than females. The present data suggest that repeated maternal deprivation during early life may alter neuroendocrine and immune responses to acute endotoxaemia in a sex-specific manner.
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- 2020
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