diff --git a/AMDiS/src/Element.cc b/AMDiS/src/Element.cc
index 152e10d676b74f70afe5f5d5d3787ba7bbd75b9f..a20ede18a9db741ec903f414f6fdfc6a9fb4bf66 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/Element.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/Element.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     child[1] = NULL;
     newCoord = NULL;
     elementData = NULL;
+    mark = 0;
 
     if (mesh) {
       setDOFPtrs();
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/RefinementManager1d.cc b/AMDiS/src/RefinementManager1d.cc
index eecc3f667d8e01bfeb8af4940cfcc0511ac25095..13c265db97968d26e0fe385914407efd7e75d1cd 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/RefinementManager1d.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/RefinementManager1d.cc
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@
 
 namespace AMDiS {
 
-  int RefinementManager1d::recursiveRefineFunction(ElInfo* el_info)
+  int RefinementManager1d::recursiveRefineFunction(ElInfo* elInfo)
   {
-    Line       *el = dynamic_cast<Line*>(const_cast<Element*>( el_info->getElement())), *child[2];
+    Line *el = dynamic_cast<Line*>(const_cast<Element*>(elInfo->getElement())), *child[2];
 
-    Mesh* mesh = el_info->getMesh();
+    Mesh* mesh = elInfo->getMesh();
 
-    if(el_info->getProjection(0)) {
+    if (elInfo->getProjection(0)) {
       traversePtr->newCoord(true);
     }
 
     if (el->getMark() <= 0)
       return 0;
 
-    child[0] = dynamic_cast<Line*>( mesh->createNewElement(el));
-    child[1] = dynamic_cast<Line*>( mesh->createNewElement(el));
+    child[0] = dynamic_cast<Line*>(mesh->createNewElement(el));
+    child[1] = dynamic_cast<Line*>(mesh->createNewElement(el));
 
     int mark = max(0, el->getMark() - 1);
     child[0]->setMark(mark);
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /*  the other vertices are handed on from the parent                        */
     /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-    child[0]->setDOF(0, const_cast<int*>( el->getDOF(0)));
-    child[1]->setDOF(1, const_cast<int*>( el->getDOF(1)));
+    child[0]->setDOF(0, const_cast<int*>(el->getDOF(0)));
+    child[1]->setDOF(1, const_cast<int*>(el->getDOF(1)));
 
     /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /*  there is one more leaf element, two hierachical elements,               */
@@ -64,14 +64,13 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     mesh->incrementNumberOfVertices(1);
     mesh->incrementNumberOfElements(2);
 
-    if (mesh->getNumberOfDOFs(CENTER))
-      {
-	/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-	/* there are dofs at the barycenter of the triangles                        */
-	/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-	child[0]->setDOF(mesh->getNode(CENTER), const_cast<int*>( mesh->getDOF(CENTER)));
-	child[1]->setDOF(mesh->getNode(CENTER), const_cast<int*>( mesh->getDOF(CENTER)));
-      }
+    if (mesh->getNumberOfDOFs(CENTER)) {
+      /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+      /* there are dofs at the barycenter of the triangles                        */
+      /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+      child[0]->setDOF(mesh->getNode(CENTER), const_cast<int*>(mesh->getDOF(CENTER)));
+      child[1]->setDOF(mesh->getNode(CENTER), const_cast<int*>(mesh->getDOF(CENTER)));
+    }
 
     /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /*  if there are functions to interpolate data to the finer grid, do so     */
@@ -80,82 +79,69 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     RCNeighbourList  ref_list(1);  // = {{nil, 0, 0}};
     ref_list.setElement(0, el);
  
-    int iadmin;
     int nrAdmin = mesh->getNumberOfDOFAdmin();
-    for(iadmin = 0; iadmin < nrAdmin; iadmin++) {
+    for (int iadmin = 0; iadmin < nrAdmin; iadmin++) {
       std::list<DOFIndexedBase*>::iterator it;
       DOFAdmin* admin = const_cast<DOFAdmin*>(&mesh->getDOFAdmin(iadmin));
       std::list<DOFIndexedBase*>::iterator end = admin->endDOFIndexed();
-      for(it = admin->beginDOFIndexed(); it != end; it++)
+      for (it = admin->beginDOFIndexed(); it != end; it++)
 	(*it)->refineInterpol(ref_list, 1);
     }
 
-    if (!mesh->queryCoarseDOFs() && mesh->getNumberOfDOFs(CENTER))
-      {
-	mesh->freeDOF(const_cast<int*>( el->getDOF(mesh->getNode(CENTER))), CENTER);
-	el->setDOF(mesh->getNode(CENTER), NULL);
-      }
+    if (!mesh->queryCoarseDOFs() && mesh->getNumberOfDOFs(CENTER)) {
+      mesh->freeDOF(const_cast<int*>( el->getDOF(mesh->getNode(CENTER))), CENTER);
+      el->setDOF(mesh->getNode(CENTER), NULL);
+    }
 
     return 0;
   }
 
   Flag RefinementManager1d::refineMesh(Mesh *aMesh)
   {
-    int           n_elements;
-
     mesh = aMesh;
-
-    n_elements = mesh->getNumberOfLeaves();
+    int nElements = mesh->getNumberOfLeaves();
 
     doMoreRecursiveRefine = true;
-    while (doMoreRecursiveRefine)
-      {
-	doMoreRecursiveRefine = false;
-	traversePtr = this;
-	mesh->traverse(-1, 
-		       Mesh::CALL_LEAF_EL |
-		       Mesh::FILL_BOUND |
-		       Mesh::FILL_COORDS,
-		       recursiveRefineFunction);
-      }
+    while (doMoreRecursiveRefine) {
+      doMoreRecursiveRefine = false;
+      traversePtr = this;
+      mesh->traverse(-1, Mesh::CALL_LEAF_EL | Mesh::FILL_BOUND | Mesh::FILL_COORDS,
+		     recursiveRefineFunction);
+      WAIT_REALLY;
+    }
   
-    n_elements = mesh->getNumberOfLeaves() - n_elements;
+    nElements = mesh->getNumberOfLeaves() - nElements;
 
-    if(newCoords) {
+    if (newCoords) {
       setNewCoords(); // call of sub-class method  
     }
 
-    return(n_elements ? MESH_REFINED : Flag(0));
+    return (nElements ? MESH_REFINED : Flag(0));
   }
 
-  int RefinementManager1d::newCoordsFct(ElInfo *el_info)
+  int RefinementManager1d::newCoordsFct(ElInfo *elInfo)
   {
-    Element *el = el_info->getElement();
-    int j;
+    Element *el = elInfo->getElement();
     int dow = Global::getGeo(WORLD);
 
-    Projection *projector = el_info->getProjection(0);
+    Projection *projector = elInfo->getProjection(0);
 
-    if (el->getFirstChild() && projector && (!el->isNewCoordSet()))
-      {
-	WorldVector<double> *new_coord = NEW WorldVector<double>;
-
-	for (j = 0; j < dow; j++)
-	  (*new_coord)[j] = (el_info->getCoord(0)[j] + el_info->getCoord(1)[j])*0.5;
-
-	projector->project(*new_coord);
-
-	el->setNewCoord(new_coord);
-      }
+    if (el->getFirstChild() && projector && (!el->isNewCoordSet())) {
+      WorldVector<double> *new_coord = NEW WorldVector<double>;
+      
+      for (int j = 0; j < dow; j++)
+	(*new_coord)[j] = (elInfo->getCoord(0)[j] + elInfo->getCoord(1)[j]) * 0.5;
+      
+      projector->project(*new_coord);      
+      el->setNewCoord(new_coord);
+    }
 
     return 0;
   }
 
   void RefinementManager1d::setNewCoords()
   {
-    Flag fillFlag = Mesh::CALL_EVERY_EL_PREORDER|
-      Mesh::FILL_BOUND|
-      Mesh::FILL_COORDS;
+    Flag fillFlag = Mesh::CALL_EVERY_EL_PREORDER | Mesh::FILL_BOUND | Mesh::FILL_COORDS;
   
     mesh->traverse(-1, fillFlag, newCoordsFct);
   }