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This paper describes the authors' first experiments in creating an artificial dancer whose movements are generated through a combination of algorithmic and interactive techniques with machine learning. This approach is inspired by the time honoured practice of puppeteering. In puppeteering, an articulated but inanimate object seemingly comes to live through the combined effects of a human controlling select limbs of a puppet while the rest of the puppet's body moves according to gravity and mechanics. In the approach described here, the puppet is a machine-learning-based artificial character that has been trained on motion capture recordings of a human dancer. A single limb of this character is controlled either manually or algorithmically while the machine-learning system takes over the role of physics in controlling the remainder of the character's body. But rather than imitating physics, the machine-learning system generates body movements that are reminiscent of the particular style and technique of the dancer who was originally recorded for acquiring training data. More specifically, the machine-learning system operates by searching for body movements that are not only similar to the training material but that it also considers compatible with the externally controlled limb. As a result, the character playing the role of a puppet is no longer passively responding to the puppeteer but makes movement decisions on its own. This form of puppeteering establishes a form of dialogue between puppeteer and puppet in which both improvise together, and in which the puppet exhibits some of the creative idiosyncrasies of the original human dancer.
Strings P
(2021)
Strings is an audiovisual performance for an acoustic violin and two generative instruments, one for creating synthetic sounds and one for creating synthetic imagery. The three instruments are related to each other conceptually , technically, and aesthetically by sharing the same physical principle, that of a vibrating string. This submission continues the work the authors have previously published at xCoAx 2020. The current submission briefly summarizes the previous publication and then describes the changes that have been made to Strings. The P in the title emphasizes, that most of these changes have been informed by experiences collected during rehearsals (in German Proben). These changes have helped Strings to progress from a predominantly technical framework to a work that is ready for performance.
Durch das Verbundprojekt Gendering MINT digital – Open Science aktiv gestalten wurde ermöglicht, die immer noch marginale Inklusion von Genderwissen in MINT für ein erfolgreiches Gender Mainstreaming zu verbessern. Außerdem konnte das Projekt zur Vernetzung von Genderforschung, Lehre in den Gender Studies und Gleichstellungsarbeit beitragen sowie Transferwissen zur Kompetenzbildung in den MINT-Disziplinen erproben, evaluieren und für einen nachhaltigen Einsatz adaptieren.
Artificial intelligence (AI), and in particular machine learning algorithms, are of increasing importance in many application areas but interpretability and understandability as well as responsibility, accountability, and fairness of the algorithms' results, all crucial for increasing the humans' trust into the systems, are still largely missing. Big industrial players, including Google, Microsoft, and Apple, have become aware of this gap and recently published their own guidelines for the use of AI in order to promote fairness, trust, interpretability, and other goals. Interactive visualization is one of the technologies that may help to increase trust in AI systems. During the seminar, we discussed the requirements for trustworthy AI systems as well as the technological possibilities provided by interactive visualizations to increase human trust in AI.
MINT-College TIEFE
(2021)
Das Projekt MINT-College TIEFE konnte in der zweiten Förderperiode die verschiedenen Maßnahmen der vorangegangenen Förderperiode weiter ausbauen und verstetigen. Die Angebote im Rahmen des Projekts MINT-College TIEFE begleiteten die Studierenden über den Student-Life-Cycle hinweg über das komplette Studium der technischen Studiengänge, beginnend in der Schule und endend beim Übergang in den Beruf. Um die Qualität der Lehre an der Hochschule Offenburg zu verbessern, wurden darüber hinaus verschiedene digital unterstützte Lehrformate weiterentwickelt und ausgebaut. Zentrale Angebote des MINT-College, das 2019 zentrale Einrichtung der Hochschule Offenburg wurde, sind die für die Studieneingangsphase entwickelten Angebote der Einführungstage, des Mentorenprogramms, der Brückenkurse, des Lernzentrums und Angebote für den Übergang in den Beruf, wie das Gründerbüro. Die mediendidaktischen Unterstützungsangebote für Lehrende unterstützten den Lernkulturwandel an der Hochschule. Es wurden systematisch nachhaltige Strukturen aufgebaut, um Innovationen für das Lehren und das Lernen auch künftig entwickeln, erproben und etablieren zu können.
Rechenschaftsbericht 2021
(2021)
Im Rahmen des Forschungsvorhabens GeoSpeicher.bw wurden mehrere Demostandorte in Baden-Württemberg intensiv durch die Projektpartner untersucht bzw. begleitet. Die Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass bestehende Geothermieanlagen gut funktionieren und durch den Betrieb auch klimaschädliche Gasemissionen eingespart werden können. Leider konnte im Rahmen des Vorhabens kein Demoprojekt für einen Aquiferspeicher am städtischen Klinikum Karlsruhe oder auch am Campus Nord des Karlsruhe Instituts für Technologie (KIT) trotz des Nachweises der effektiven Kostenersparnisse und CO2-Einsparungen verwirklicht werden.
Sollte sich die Aquiferspeichertechnologie in Baden-Württemberg etablieren, müsste unbedingt ein Demoprojekt für einen flachen Niedrigtemperatur-Aquiferspeicher entwickelt und gefördert werden. Die Rahmenbedingungen für solch einen Aquiferspeicher wären am Campus Nord grundsätzlich gegeben. Dieser Nachweis wurde durch zahlreiche Untersuchungen im Rahmen von GeoSpeicher.bw eindeutig erbracht.
Der verstärkte Einsatz von Wärmepumpen bei der Realisierung einer klimaneutralen Wärmeversorgung führt zu einer signifikanten Zunahme und Änderung der elektrischen Lasten in den Verteilnetzen. Daher gilt es, Wärmepumpen so zu steuern, dass sie Verteilnetze wenig belasten oder sogar unterstützen.
Inhalt des Projekts „PV²WP - PV Vorhersage für die netzdienliche Steuerung von Wärmepumpen“ (Projektlaufzeit 1.07.2018 – 30.06.2021) war die Demonstration eines neuen Ansatzes zur Steuerung von Heizungssystemen, die auf Wärmepumpen und thermischen Speichern basieren und in Kombination mit einer Photovoltaikanlage betrieben werden. Das übergeordnete Ziel war dabei die Verbesserung der Netzintegration und Smart-Grid-Tauglichkeit entsprechender Heizungssysteme durch eine kostengünstige Technologie bei gleichzeitiger Erhöhung der Wirtschaftlichkeit.
Dabei wurden drei zukunftsweisende Technologien in Kombination genutzt und demonstriert: wolkenkamerabasierte Kurzfristprognosen, prädiktive Steuerung und Regelung sowie machinelearning-basierte Systemmodellierung als Basis für die Optimierung. Als Demonstrationsumgebung diente mit dem Projekthaus Ulm ein real bewohntes Einfamilienhaus.Umweltforschung
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Global energy demand is still on an increase during the last decade, with a lot of impact on the climate change due to the intensive use of conventional fossil-based fuels power plants to cover this demand. Most recently, leaders of the globe met in 2015 to come out with the Paris Agreement, stating that the countries will start to take a more responsible and effective behaviour toward the global warming and climate change issues. Many studies have discussed how the future energy system will look like with respecting the countries’ targets and limits of greenhouse gases and their CO2 emissions. However, these studies rarely discussed the industry sector in detail even though it is one of the major role players in the energy sector. Moreover, many studies have simulated and modelled the energy system with huge jumps of intervals in terms of years and environmental goals. In the first part of this study, a model will be developed for the German electrical grid with high spatial and temporal resolutions and different scenarios of it will be analysed meticulously on shorter periods (annual optimization), with different flexibilities and used technologies and degrees of innovations within each scenario. Moreover, the challenge in this research is to adequately map the diverse and different characteristics of the medium-sized industrial sector. In order to be able to take a first step in assessing the relevance of the industrial sector in Germany for climate protection goals, the industrial sector will be mapped in PyPSA-Eur (an open-source model data set of the European energy system at the level of the transmission network) by detailing the demand for different types of industry and assigning flexibilities to the industrial types. Synthetically generated load profiles of various industrial types are available. Flexibilities in the industrial sector are described by the project partner Fraunhofer IPA in the GaIN project and can be used. Using a scenario analysis, the development of the industrial sector and the use of flexibilities are then to be assessed quantitatively.
Ziel dieser wissenschaftlichen Arbeit war es, mit Hilfe einer Studie zu untersuchen, ob mit der am Vorfuß des Schuhs gebogenen Form positiver Einfluss auf die Biomechanik beim Laufen genommen werden kann. Nach Durchführung der markerbasierten Bewegungsana- lyse sowie einer Kraftmessung mittels instrumentiertem Laufband wurden hierzu über die Berechnungen der inversen Dynamik jeweils sowohl die Kinematik als auch die Kinetik der rechten unteren Extremität in der sagittalen Ebene ermittelt.
Sechzehn Versuchspersonen (25,3 ± 2,2 Jahre) absolvierten jeweils eine Laufeinheit von etwa 20 Sekunden Dauer in der Ebene mit einer flachen sowie mit einer am Vorfuß ge- bogenen Carbonfaser-Platte. Die gewählte Laufgeschwindigkeit betrug unabhängig der Bedingung 3,5 m/s. Letztlich konnte am Zehengrundgelenk ein Formeffekt betrachtet werden, wohingegen am Sprunggelenk eine Signifikanz dieses Effekts ausblieb. So war die Kinematik des Zehengrundgelenks in Form einer Reduktion der maximalen Dorsalflexi- on entlang der Stützphase bedeutsam durch die gebogene Form am Vorfuß beeinflusst. Ebenso wurden sowohl das maximale Plantarflexion-Moment als auch die generierte sowie absorbierte Leistung an diesem Gelenk während des Bodenkontaktes bedeutsam reduziert.
Aufgrund der vorliegenden Messergebnisse und des aktuellen Forschungsstandes wurde davon ausgegangen, dass die Reduktion der mechanischen Anforderungen am Zehengrund- gelenk in erster Linie infolge geringerer externer Hebelarme herbeigeführt werden konnten. Im Zusammenhang mit dem reduzierten Netto-Energieverlust wurde schließlich ein gerin- geres aktives Muskelvolumen der intrinsischen Fußmuskulatur vermutet. In Anbetracht des am Sprunggelenk ausgebliebenen Formeffekts deuteten die Daten demgegenüber jedoch nicht auf geringere Anforderungen dieses Gelenks infolge der gebogenen Form am Vorfuß hin. Diesbezüglich wurde vermutet, dass womöglich individuelle Antworten auf die Geome- trie der Mittelsohle in Form von einem aktiveren Abstoßen der Reduktion des externen Hebelarms entgegenwirkten.Nichtsdestotrotz deuteten die erhobenen Daten letztlich auf die Unterstützung der Vorteile einer erhöhten Biegesteifigkeit sowie in Teilen auf einen Ausbau dieser Effekte durch die Geometrie am Vorfuß hin.
Die fischer eco solutions ist Hersteller von HT-PEM Brennstoffzellen und deren Komponenten. Das Herzstück der Brennstoffzellen, die Membran-Elektroden-Einheit MEA, wird auf zwei prinzipiell baugleichen Heißpressen der fischer Maschinentechnik gefertigt. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, dass an beiden Pressen die konstant gleiche Qualität produziert werden kann. Außerdem sollen alle relevanten Einflussgrößen und Prozessparameter bei der MEA Herstellung aufgezeigt und optimiert werden.
Es wurden verschiedene Optimierungspotentiale umgesetzt:
• Zunächst werden die Qualitätsunterschiede beider Pressen
mit Hilfe eines Vergleichs-stacks quantitativ ermittelt.
• Die Qualitätsunterschiede sind auf Unterschiede in der
SPS Steuerung zurückzuführen.
• Beide Pressen werden in ihrer Programmierung angepasst
und ein erneuter Teststack validiert die Ursache der
großen Qualitätsunterschiede.
• Stark säurebelastete Bauteile und Baugruppen müssen durch
neue ersetzt werden.
• Mit Hilfe einer Nutzwertanalyse wird eine Material-
substitution der betroffenen Teile durchgeführt und diese
produziert und angebaut.
• Die Prozessparameter bei der MEA Herstellung sind
Presstemperatur T und Presszeit t.
• Mit Hilfe statistischer Versuchsplanung werden Versuche
mit veränderten Parametern durchgeführt.
• Ein Teststack mit 16 verschiedenen Konfigurationen wird
auf einem Teststand getestet.
• Die Auswertung der Versuche erfolgt mit dem
Statistikprogramm MiniTab.
• Mit den optimierten Prozessparametern lässt sich eine
höhere Leistung jeder MEA bei gleichzeitig reduzierter
Zykluszeit und geringerem Energieeinsatz realisieren.
Die urbane Tanzszene umfasst eine große Community aus Tänzern der ganzen Welt. Das Können der Tänzer wird in regelmäßigen Wettbewerben, sogenannten Battles, unter Beweis gestellt. Leider ist es als Außenstehender oder Neuling und selbst als Kenner der Szene mühsam ein Battle zu finden, da diese meist über Privatpersonen geteilt werden und somit nur schwer die Allgemeinheit erreichen. Ebenso ergeht es den Tänzern bei der Suche nach Trainingsorten.
Eine Lösung für dieses Problem soll eine App sein, in der alle Trainingsorte und Battles aufgenommen werden können.
Damit die geeigneten Funktionen ermittelt werden können, wurde eine Analyse der aktuellen Eventplattformen für urbane Tanzevents durchgeführt und ein lösungsorientiertes Konzept für die Problematiken der Wettbewerbs- und Trainingsortsuche entwickelt.
Um die App realisieren zu können, wurden verschiedene Arten von Apps betrachtet und die Cross-Platform Entwicklungart gewählt. Für diese Entwicklungsart wurden mehrere Frameworks beleuchtet und Flutter als geeignetes Framework ausgesucht.
Ein Teil des Konzeptes wurde in ein nutzerorientiertes Design umgewandelt aus dem ein klickbarer Prototyp entstanden ist. Dieser Prototyp wurde von potentiellen Nutzern auf die Probe gestellt und anschließend verbessert.
Für die Umsetzung des Designs wurde sich in das Framework Flutter eingearbeitet und eine grundlegende Architektur für die App mithilfe des State Management Systems BLoC angelegt sowie einige Funktionen aus dem Konzept umgesetzt.
Das Thema Elektromobilität wird immer wichtiger, was unter anderem durch den Ausbau eines kabelgebunden Ladenetzes deutlich wird. Aber auch die Entwicklung berührungsloser Ladetechnologien schreitet voran. So existieren bereits zahlreiche Projekte, die das Laden von Elektrofahrzeugen untersuchen. Untersucht wird hierbei das induktive statische sowie induktive dynamische Laden. In Norwegen, als einer der am schnellsten wachsenden Märkte in Bezug auf die Elektromobilität, wurde im Rahmen dieser Entwicklungsarbeit im Jahr 2020 ein Projekt initiiert, welches das berührungslose Laden mittels Induktion in der Praxis untersucht.
Da die Elektromobilität auch regional ein wichtiges Thema ist und weiter voran gebracht wird, brachte das Induktionsprojekt aus Norwegen den Anstoß, ein derartiges Vorhaben in Offenburg zu initiieren. Ziel des Vorhabens ist dabei, an Taxiständen am Offenburger Bahnhof eine Infrastruktur für induktiv ladbare Taxen aufzubauen, damit Elektro-Taxen während sie auf Kunden warten, kabellos aufgeladen werden können. Da die Durchführung eines solchen Projekts möglicherweise sehr teuer ist, ist es sinnvoll zunächst zu überprüfen, ob einem derartigen Vorhaben etwas im Wege steht.
Daher ist das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit im Rahmen einer vorläufigen Machbarkeitsstudie die Frage zu erörtern, ob das Induktionsprojekt am Standort Offenburg eine detaillierte Machbarkeitsstudie rechtfertigt oder nicht und aufzuzeigen, welche noch zu klärenden Punkte es gibt.
Aus diesem Grund wurden sechs Bereiche einer Machbarkeitsstudie zur Analyse ausgewählt. Dabei wurden unter anderem die Themen Standortanalyse, Stakeholderanalyse oder die Technische Machbarkeit bearbeitet. Zur Veranschaulichung des Schwerpunkts des jeweiligen Analysebereichs, wurde zu Beginn jeden Analysebereichs eine oder mehrere Leitfragen gestellt. Weiterhin erfolgte eine Maßnahmenplanung, die den Erfolg des Projekts fördern könnte.
Das Ergebnis der vorläufigen Machbarkeitsstudie zeigt, dass keine Notwendigkeit zu einer detaillierten Machbarkeitsstudie besteht. Stattdessen könnte das Projekt direkt in die Projektvorbereitungs- bzw. Planungsphase übergehen, da über die wichtigsten Analysebereiche ausreichend Informationen gewonnen werden konnten und zu klärende Fragen aufgezeigt wurden. In einem nächsten Schritt könnte nun die konkrete Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und die Umsetzung der Maßnahmen durchgeführt werden.
Digital transformation strengthens the interconnection of companies in order to develop optimized and better customized, cross-company business models. These models require secure, reliable, and traceable evidence and monitoring of contractually agreed information to gain trust between stakeholders. Blockchain technology using smart contracts allows the industry to establish trust and automate cross-company business processes without the risk of losing data control. A typical cross-company industry use case is equipment maintenance. Machine manufacturers and service providers offer maintenance for their machines and tools in order to achieve high availability at low costs. The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate how maintenance use cases are attempted by utilizing hyperledger fabric for building a chain of trust by hardened evidence logging of the maintenance process to achieve legal certainty. Contracts are digitized into smart contracts automating business that increase the security and mitigate the error-proneness of the business processes.
Most recently, the federal government in Germany published new climate goals in order reach climate neutrality by 2045. This paper demonstrates a path to a cost optimal energy supply system for the German power grid until the year 2050. With special regard to regionality, the system is based on yearly myopic optimization with the required energy system transformation measures and the associated system costs. The results point out, that energy storage systems (ESS) are fundamental for renewables integration in order to have a feasible energy transition. Moreover, the investment in storage technologies increased the usage of the solar and wind technologies. Solar energy investments were highly accompanied with the installation of short-term battery storage. Longer-term storage technologies, such as H2, were accompanied with high installations of wind technologies. The results pointed out that hydrogen investments are expected to overrule short-term batteries if their cost continues to decrease sharply. Moreover, with a strong presence of ESS in the energy system, biomass energy is expected to be completely ruled out from the energy mix. With the current emission reduction strategy and without a strong presence of large scale ESS into the system, it is unlikely that the Paris agreement 2° C target by 2050 will be achieved, let alone the 1.5° C.
IEC 62061:2021-03
(2021)
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition, published in 2005, Amendment 1:2012 and Amendment 2:2015. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
– structure has been changed and contents have been updated to reflect the design process of the safety function,
– standard extended to non-electrical technologies,
– definitions updated to be aligned with IEC 61508-4,
– functional safety plan introduced and configuration management updated (Clause 4),
– requirements on parametrization expanded (Clause 6),
– reference to requirements on security added (Subclause 6.8),
– requirements on periodic testing added (Subclause 6.9),
– various improvements and clarification on architectures and reliability calculations (Clause 6 and Clause 7),
– shift from "SILCL" to "maximum SIL" of a subsystem (Clause 7),
– use cases for software described including requirements (Clause 8),
– requirements on independence for software verification (Clause 8) and validation activities (Clause 9) added,
– new informative annex with examples (Annex G),
– new informative annexes on typical MTTFD values, diagnostics and calculation methods for the architectures (Annex C, Annex D and Annex H).
As a result of automation, demand for increased production and reduced operator physical effort, Safety-related Control Systems (referred to as SCS) of machines play an increasing role in the achievement of overall machine safety. Furthermore, the SCS themselves increasingly employ complex electronic technology.
IEC 62061 specifies requirements for the design and implementation of safety-related control systems of machinery. This document is machine sector specific within the framework of IEC 61508.
Um die im Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen vereinbarte Begrenzung der Erderwärmung auf 1,5 Grad Celsius zu begrenzen, muss die Energiewende deutlich stärker vorangetrieben werden als bisher. Das Schaufenster C/sells in der größten der SINTEG-Modellregionen hat sich dieser Herausforderung gestellt. Über vier Jahre haben 56 Partner aus Energiewirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik in Baden-Württemberg, Bayern und Hessen daran gearbeitet, ein zelluläres Energiesystem zu etablieren. Sie haben Musterlösungen für eine erfolgreiche Energiewende entwickelt. In mehr als 30 Demonstrationszellen sowie in neun Partizipationszellen, den sogenannten C/sells-Citys, wurde demonstriert, wie ein Informationssystem die intelligente Organisation von Stromversorgungsnetzen und den regionalisierten Handel mit Energie und Flexibilitäten ermöglicht.
Schlussbericht VanAssist
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MPC-Workshop Februar 2020
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Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema der Progressive Web App, dabei wird auf die Entwicklung und das Wirtschaftliche Potential eingegangen. Die Arbeit kann als Hilfestellung bei der Entscheidung, ob eine Progressive Web App in einem Unternehmen eingesetzt werden soll, dienen.
Among the billions of smartphone users in the world, Android still holds more than 80% of the market share. The applications which the users install have a specific set of features that need access to some device functionalities and sensors that may hold sensitive information about the user. Therefore, Android releases have set permission standards to let the user know what information is being disclosed to the application. Along with other security and privacy improvements, significant changes to the permission scheme are introduced with the Android 6.0 version (API level 23). In this master thesis, the Android permission scheme is tested on two devices from different eras. The evolution of Android over the years is examined in terms of confidentiality. For each device, two applications are built; one focused on extracting every piece of information within the confidentiality scope with every permission declared and/or requested, and the other app focused on getting this type of information without user notification. The resulting analysis illustrates whether how and in what way the Android permission scheme declined or improved over time.
Hersteller von Laufschuhen versprechen ihren Kunden Schuhe, die einen durch gezielte Energierückgabe der Mittelsohlen oder durch eine optimale Dämpfung bei der sportlichen Leistung unterstützen. Als aktueller Teststandard für das Materialreaktionsverhalten von Sportschuhen gilt der ASTM F1976. In diesem Test werden die Schuhe durch einen wiederholten Impulstest untersucht. Allerdings weder Rücksicht auf die zurückgelegte Distanz, noch auf variierende Körpergewichte genommen. In dieser Arbeit wird ein Messverfahren entwickelt, das Sportschuhe über eine simulierte Marathondistanz in Bezug auf die verarbeitete Energiemengen und das Verändern der Festigkeit analysiert. Es wurde ein Schuh der „Ghost“-Reihe der Firma „Brooks“ mit Hilfe einer elektro-dynamischen Prüfmaschine LMT10 der Firma Zwick/Röll zwei Mal im Bereich des Rückfußes mit zwei verschiedenen Lasten analysiert. Die Einstellungsparameter sind recherchierte Durchschnittswerte, die einen erwachsenen Europäer darstellen. Es hat sich herausgestellt, dass ein um 20% geringeres Körpergewicht eines Läufers nicht eine äquivalente geringere umgesetzte Energiemenge bedeutet. Im Vergleich zu der Messung des schwereren Läufers wurden lediglich 65% der Energiemenge umgesetzt. Darüber hinaus nimmt die Festigkeit der Mittelsohle bei der Messung mit 20% weniger Last kontinuierlich ab, wobei sie bei der Messung mit 100% im letzten Drittel der Messung wieder zunimmt. Als Gründe für dieses Verhalten wurden das nichtlineare Reaktionsverhalten von EVA-Schäumen und das anfängliche Verbessern der Gleitfähigkeit der Polymerketten festgestellt.
Threat Modeling is a vital approach to implementing ”Security by Design” because it enables the discovery of vulnerabilities and mitigation of threats during the early stage of the Software Development Life Cycle as opposed to later on when they will be more expensive to fix. This thesis makes a review of the current threat Modeling approaches, methods, and tools. It then creates a meta-model adaptation of a fictitious cloud-based shop application which is tested using STRIDE and PASTA to check for vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and impact risk. The Analysis is done using Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool and IriusRisk. Finally, an evaluation of the results is made to ascertain the effectiveness of the processes involved with highlights of the challenges in threat modeling and recommendations on how security developers can make improvements.
The use of architectural models is a long-proven method for the visualization of designs. More recently, powerful 3D printers have enabled the rapid and cost-effective additive manufacturing (AM) of textured architectural models. The use of AM technology to sample terraced houses in a specific use case (sampling center with more than 1200 customers per year) is examined within this contribution. The aim is to offer customers with limited spatial imagination assistance in the form of detailed architectural models of the whole house, which are divided into different modules. For this purpose, the structure of the terraced house is first analysed and examined for flexible design elements. The implementation of different variants of each floor should serve as a basis for the customer's decision on design and equipment. Thus, the architectural models are additively manufactured using Polyjet modeling. The necessary CAAD-data and interfaces, the technical possibilities and limits of this approach as well as the resulting costs are analyzed. The results of the AM process are evaluated to determine their applicability for the sampling of terraced houses. In addition, the evaluation will show that the additively manufactured architectural models will allow a more precise visualization of the building and thus a faster understanding of the design choices.
Ziel der Investitionsmaßnahme Enerlab 4.0 war die Bereitstellung einer umfangreichen in-operando und post-mortem Diagnostik für dezentrale Energieerzeuger und -Speicher, z. B. Batteriezellen und Photovoltaikzellen. Diese sind wichtige Komponenten für verschiedene Bereiche der Industrie 4.0 – von autonomen Sensoren über energieautarke Produktion bis hin zur Qualitätskontrolle. Zu diesem Zweck wurde die apparative Ausstattung der Hochschule Offenburg erweitert, und zwar sowohl für in-operando Diagnostik (elektrische Zyklierer, Impedanzspektrometer, Temperaturprüfschränke) als auch für post-mortem Diagnostik (Glovebox, Probenpräparationen für vorhandene Werkstoffanalytik und chemische Analytik). Be-reits vorhandene Geräte aus anderen laufenden oder abgeschlossenen Projekten wurden in die neue Infrastruktur integriert. Im Ergebnis entstand ein modernes und leistungsfähiges Batterie- und Photovoltaiklabor, welches in zahlreichen laufenden und neuen Vorhaben genutzt wird.
Die Veränderung von biomechanischen Risikofaktoren für Laufverletzungen bei laufinduzierter Ermüdung
(2021)
In dieser Arbeit wird die Veränderung von biomechanischen Risikofaktoren für Laufverletzungen bei laufinduzierter Ermüdung thematisiert. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es daher zum einen den Haupteffekt der Laufdistanz auf die abhängigen Variablen (Risikofaktoren) mittels einer Varianzanalyse zu untersuchen und zum anderen zu ermitteln ab wann im Detail es innerhalb der 10 km-Laufdistanz zu einer signifikanten Veränderung im Vergleich zum nicht ermüdeten Zustand kommt.
Unternehmen verfolgen seit Jahren das Ziel, Marketingkampagnen online zur Vermarktung ihrer Produkte einzusetzen. Um einen wachsenden Umsatz zu generieren, greifen sie insbesondere auf das E-Mail-Marketing und Newsletter als Instrument zurück. Viele lassen dabei allerdings trotz der regelmäßigen Versendung von E-Mails Optimierungsbedarf entstehen. Daher ist es notwendig zu verstehen, wie solche Newsletter-Kampagnen konzipiert sind und wie sie funktionieren.
Das Ziel in der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es zu beantworten, welche Faktoren für eine gelungene Kampagne beachtet werden sollten und aus diesen einen übersichtlichen Leitfaden zu generieren. Dazu wird die folgende Forschungsfrage gestellt: Inwiefern kann das E-Mail-Marketing und der Newsletter genutzt werden, um die B2C Ziele des Unternehmens erfolgreich zu erfüllen und gleichzeitig die Empfänger und Empfängerinnen zufrieden zu stellen?
Um die Forschungsfrage zu beantworten, wurde eine Literaturrecherche sowie eine qualitative Studie in Form eines Experteninterviews durchgeführt. Die theoretische Literaturrecherche unter-suchte, welche Kriterien bei den jeweiligen Prozessschritten erfüllt sein müssen, damit diese den Nutzenden zufriedenstellt. In der qualitativen Studie waren den teilnehmenden Fachleuten offene Fragen zum E-Mail-Marketing Prozess gestellt worden, die im Anschluss ausgewertet wurden. Dadurch wurden die vorab gewonnenen Kenntnisse auf ihre Anwendbarkeit in der Praxis validiert.
Die Recherche und Interview-Aussagen zeigen, dass die Erfolgsfaktoren in allen Prozessschritten verteilt liegen. Besonders die Planung und die Konzeption der Werbemittel haben einen großen Anteil an der Zufriedenheit von Empfangenden Personen. Neben der Einhaltung der Gesetzlage liegt der Fokus auf einer unternehmensspezifischen Zielsetzung und einer umfangreichen Ziel-gruppenanalyse. Adressen variieren in der Qualität und können unterschiedlich generierbar sein. Sie sollten vor der Nutzung und unabhängig von dem Ursprung validiert werden. Bei der Gestal-tung empfiehlt sich der Einsatz von interessanten Texten, emotionalen Bildern und gut platzierten Call-to-Actions. Die Nutzung einer Personalisierung und Individualisierung erhöht die Aufmerksam-keit und die E-Mail sollte abschließend getestet werden. Grundsätzlich muss für eine inhaltliche Relevanz für den Nutzenden gesorgt sein. Hinsichtlich des Versands sollten Frequenz und Zeit-punkt an die individuellen Zielgruppen angepasst werden. Der Einsatz einer Blacklist vor dem Ver-sand und die Aufnahme in eine Whitelist führen beide zu einer verbesserten Resonanz auf Kun-denseite. Ein erfolgreiches Controlling besteht, neben der Vielzahl an Kennzahlen, vor allem aus einem transparenten Tracking dieser. Nur durch ein Zusammenspiel beider kann die Zielerreichung realistisch betrachtet werden. Die regelmäßige Bereinigung des Adressverteilers von Abmeldern und nicht erreichbaren Adressen, sowie das zielgerichtete Anschreiben von Nicht-Reagierern er-höhen die Performance. Software wirkt dabei unterstützend und sollte genutzt werden
Weiterführende Forschung im E-Mail-Marketing Marketings für Newsletter könnte auf eine noch genauere Betrachtung des Controllings oder der Zielgruppenanalyseausgerichtet sein.
The aim of the essay is to identify current trends in infrastructure financing in times of net zero, crucial challenges, and solutions to overcome these issues. To gain information, a fundamental literal research, and interviews with infrastructure financing specialists of development banks were conducted. The growing importance of climate aspects for financing decisions, the changing sources of infrastructure funding and the increased role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) can be listed as the most important trends. The main challenges are the financing gap for infrastructure, the high investment risks and a lack of standards, and policies regarding climate neutrality. To overcome these challenges, innovative financing solutions and the merging of public and private funding have been identified as potential solutions.
This paper examines and evaluates the challenges and opportunities of export credit agencies (ECA) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Political risks, unrest and instability made exports in the MENA region arduous. Further challenges are demonetization, the lack of reliable information and the acquisition of skilled employees. Access to financial resources can be quite challenging and several ECAs in the MENA region struggle from having no economies of scale. The global trend of globalisation and digitalisation has proved to be both a challenge and an opportunity. Nevertheless, the ECAs are becoming progressively important and needed in the MENA region. ECAs can benefit from this by working closely with financial institutions, banks and stakeholders. Other opportunities are infrastructure, renewable energies, international events and the diversification of the product portfolio. Through research on the ECAs EGE, ECI, Credit Oman and ICIEC, differences of multilateral and national export credit agencies have been analysed as well.
The aim of this essay is to point out the challenges and opportunities of government export credits and insurance in Europe. The Covid-19 pandemic confronted the entire world with new challenges. This also applied to the export financing and insurance market. Furthermore, there are also challenges that play a major role for ECAs regardless of the pandemic. However, the risks are also offset by opportunities that may enable European export credit agencies to prevail against international competition.
The focus of this essay is on the export credit agencies from Finland (Finnvera), Sweden (EKN) and Portugal (COSEC). As part of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) the three ECAs share many fundamental similarities but in some points they may also distinguish from each other.
The aim of this essay is to give an overview about recent developments of the government innovation funds of Sweden and Finland. In order to discover recent developments basic knowledge regarding innovation funds, funding structures and information about the two big funding agencies Vinnova Sweden and Business Finland is presented. Building on this information, the developments of the two funding agencies are compared and examined for similarities and differences. Both countries have a very similar structure in terms of the R&D sector and are striving with the same issues. Just as sustainability is a leading issue, the collaboration between the different shareholders is another main challenge. Both topics were negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both Sweden and Finland had to really push forward innovation with financial support and political, strategic goals. Even though there are strong recent developments, the countries are facing the same challenges, do have similar funding structures and therefore have no big comparative strengths or weaknesses to each other.
Innovation Policies and Government Instruments – An illustration of Israel’s innovation system
(2021)
The aim of this paper is to introduce innovation policy measures, government instruments and conceptual approaches to promote innovation growth. Since Israel is increasingly establishing itself as a pioneer for innovation, this paper mainly refers to their innovation policy. This paper will explain why Israel's innovation policy is successful and which actors play a particularly important role in it. Using semi-structured interviews, government experts like the Israel Innovation Authority as well as companies like Bosch were asked about Israel’s national innovation system and its success which allowed diverse perspectives on the topic.
The aim of this essay is to give a systematic review of the literature. Climate change is omnipresent and manifests itself in a steady increase in global warming. This trend was triggered as a reaction to increasing emissions in the course of industrialization. Climate finance is generally understood to be the provision of public, private, and alternative sources of finance that represent measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Significant commitments to support developing countries by developed countries have been manifested in the UNFCC climate framework and the Paris Climate Agreement. Funding from public and private sources increased to a total of $540 billion in 2019. Whether multilateral or bilateral, the largest share is provided in the form of loans to the target countries.
Germany was considered the world's export champion for a long time, until it was overtaken by China in 2009. Both nations provide officially supported export credits to national exporting organizations, but the two systems operate differently. German export credit guarantees serve as a substitute when the private market is unable to assume the risks of exporting companies. The German Export Credit Agency Euler Hermes is responsible for processing applications on behalf of the Federal Government. China belongs to the largest providers of export finance with the institutions China EXIM and Sinosure. While Germany is bound by the OECD consensus, which defines the level playing field, Chinese export credit agencies have greater flexibility not being bound by international rules or agreements.
Disruptive innovations can solve major global challenges. However, the system in Germany does not sufficiently favor the development of such innovations. The disruptive output of leading nations like the United States puts increasing pressure on Germany’s innovation leadership. The German innovation agency SPRIND was founded in 2019 and is a suitable instrument to promote disruptive innovations. The SPRIND itself cites the American innovation agency DARPA, which has been promoting disruptive innovations since 1958, a role model. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to conduct a comparative analysis of DARPA and SPRIND. To answer the research question, secondary sources were used. In addition, two expert interviews were conducted with employees of SPRIND. The result of this paper is a systematic comparison that identifies the key differences and similarities between the two agencies. SPRIND is based on DARPA in key success factors, such as the person-centered approach, funding instruments or risk management. However, compared to DARPA, SPRIND has a major disadvantage; namely several administrative hurdles which inhibit agile action.
Im Jahre 2010 bot die Hochschule Offenburg ein Medizintechnikstudium mit dem Schwerpunkt ’Kardiologie, Elektrophysiologie und elektronische kardiologische Implantate’ als Bachelor- und später auch Masterstudiengang an. Ziel des auf diesen Schwerpunkt ausgelegten didaktischen Lehrkonzeptes ist die Vermittlung sofort anwendungsbereiten theoretischen Wissens und praktischen Könnens, welches die Absolventinnen und Absolventen in ihrer künftigen Berufsausübung in der Industrie oder als technische Partner der behandelnden Ärztinnen und Ärzte in hochspezialisierten klinischen Einrichtungen benötigen.
Aufgrund fehlender kommerzieller Angebote ist zur Umsetzung dieses Lehrkonzeptes die ingenieurtechnische Realisierung geeigneter Lehrmittel zwingend erforderlich. Dies betrifft die hard- und softwareseitige Erstellung visueller Demonstrationsmöglichkeiten für pathologische und implantatinduzierte Herzrhythmen, sowie die synthetische Bereitstellung originalgetreuer elektrokardiographischer Ableitsignale aus der klinischen Routine. Des Weiteren den Aufbau von in-vitro Trainingssystemen zu Therapien mit elektronischen kardiologischen Implantaten sowie zur Hochfrequenz-Katheterablation.
Insbesondere die Wahlfächer ’Programmierung von Herzschrittmachern’ und ‚Programmierung von Defibrillatoren’, deren Besuch den Teilnehmenden einen besonders raschen Berufseinstieg ermöglichen sollte, wurden in didaktischer Hinsicht in engem Bezug zum 4-Komponenten-Instruktionsdesign-Modell der Lehre gestaltet.
Durch den kontinuierlichen Einsatz der Instrumente der formativen Evaluation gelangen sowohl deutliche Verbesserungen am Gesamtkonzept der Lehrveranstaltungen als auch an den dort eingesetzten, selbst realisierten Lösungen des benannten speziellen Lehr- und Trainingsequipments.
Eine summative Evaluation des Lehrkonzeptes ist aufgrund seines Alleinstellungsmerkmals schwierig. Aus diesem Grund erschien die quantitative Prüfung des Einflusses eines Besuchs des praktisch orientierten Wahlfachs ’Programmierung von Herzschrittmachern’ auf die Note der kombinierten Abschlussklausur in den Fächern ’Elektrokardiographie’ und ’Elektrostimulation’ sinnvoll. In diese Evaluation eingeschlossen wurde eine Kohorte von 221 Studierenden, 76 Frauen und 145 Männer, von denen 93 am Wahlfach nicht teilnahmen und 128 die es besucht hatten.
Über 7 zusammengefasste Studienjahre zeigte sich, dass die praktische Ausbildung im Wahlfach ’Programmierung von Herzschrittmachern’ das Leistungsniveau der Studierenden der Medizintechnik in der kombinierten Abschlussprüfung ’Elektrokardiographie und Elektrostimulation’ deutlich beeinflusste.
Das im Rahmen dieser Arbeit mitgestaltete Lehrkonzept, die realisierten Lehrmaterialien und Lehrumgebungen wurden im Bachelor- und Masterstudiengang der Medizintechnik an der Hochschule Offenburg in den Praktika, Seminaren und Vorlesungen des Schwerpunktes ’Kardiologie, Elektrophysiologie und elektronische kardiologische Implantate’ vielfältig genutzt. Sie ermöglichten die Gestaltung interaktiver praktischer Weiterbildungsveranstaltungen für ärztliches und mittleres medizinisches Personal und für auf diesen Gebieten tätige medizintechnische Firmen.
The transition from college to university can have a variety of psychological effects on students who need to cope with daily obligations by themselves in a new setting, which can result in loneliness and social isolation. Mobile technology, specifically mental health apps (MHapps), have been seen as promising solutions to assist university students who are facing these problems, however, there is little evidence around this topic. My research investigates how a mobile app can be designed to reduce social isolation and loneliness among university students. The Noneliness app is being developed to this end; it aims to create social opportunities through a quest-based gamified system in a secure and collaborative network of local users. Initial evaluations with the target audience provided evidence on how an app should be designed for this purpose. These results are presented and how they helped me to plan the further steps to reach my research goals. The paper is presented at MobileHCI 2020 Doctoral Consortium.
Significant progress in the development and commercialization of electrically conductive adhesives has been made. This makes shingling a very attractive approach for solar cell interconnection. In this study, we investigate the shading tolerance of two types of solar modules based on shingle interconnection: first, the already commercialized string approach, and second, the matrix technology where solar cells are intrinsically interconnected in parallel and in series. An experimentally validated LTspice model predicts major advantages for the power output of the matrix layout under partial shading. Diagonal as well as random shading of a 1.6-m2 solar module is examined. Power gains of up to 73.8 % for diagonal shading and up to 96.5 % for random shading are found for the matrix technology compared to the standard string approach. The key factor is an increased current extraction due to lateral current flows. Especially under minor shading, the matrix technology benefits from an increased fill factor as well. Under diagonal shading, we find the probability of parts of the matrix module being bypassed to be reduced by 40 % in comparison to the string module. In consequence, the overall risk of hotspot occurrence in matrix modules is decreased significantly.
A versatile liquid metal (LM) printing process enabling the fabrication of various fully printed devices such as intra- and interconnect wires, resistors, diodes, transistors, and basic circuit elements such as inverters which are process compatible with other digital printing and thin film structuring methods for integration is presented. For this, a glass capillary-based direct-write method for printing LMs such as eutectic gallium alloys, exploring the potential for fully printed LM-enabled devices is demonstrated. Examples for successful device fabrication include resistors, p–n diodes, and field effect transistors. The device functionality and easiness of one integrated fabrication flow shows that the potential of LM printing is far exceeding the use of interconnecting conventional electronic devices in printed electronics.
Social Haptic Communication (SHC) is one of the many tactile modes of communication used by persons with deafblindness to access information about their surroundings. SHC usually involves an interpreter executing finger and hand signs on the back of a person with multi-sensory disabilities. Learning SHC, however, can become challenging and time-consuming, particularly to those who experience deafblindness later in life. In this work, we present PatRec: a mobile game for learning SHC concepts. PatRec is a multiple-choice quiz game connected to a chair interface that contains a 3x3 array of vibration motors emulating different SHC signs. Players collect scores and badges whenever they guess the right SHC vibration pattern, leading to continuous engagement and a better position on a leaderboard. The game is also meant for family members to learn SHC. We report the technical implementation of PatRec and the findings from a user evaluation.
Loneliness, an emotional distress caused by the lack of meaningful social connections, has been increasingly affecting university students who need to deal with everyday situations in a new setting, especially those who have come from abroad. Currently there is little work on digital solutions to reduce loneliness. Therefore, this work describes the general design considerations for mobile apps in this context and outlines a potential solution. The mobile app Noneliness is used to this end: it aims to reduce loneliness by creating social opportunities through a quest-based gamified system in a secure and collaborative network of local users. The results of initial evaluations with the target audience are described. The results informed a user interface redesign as well as a review of the features and the gamification principles adopted.
Objective: To identify and evaluate the evidence of the most relevant running-related risk factors (RRRFs) for running-related overuse injuries (ROIs) and to suggest future research directions.
Design: Systematic review considering prospective and retrospective studies. (PROSPERO_ID: 236832)
Data sources: Pubmed. Connected Papers. The search was performed in February 2021.
Eligibility criteria: English language. Studies on participants whose primary sport is running addressing the risk for the seven most common ROIs and at least one kinematic, kinetic (including pressure measurements), or electromyographic RRRF. An RRRF needed to be identified in at least one prospective or two retrospective studies.
Results: Sixty-two articles fulfilled our eligibility criteria. Levels of evidence for specific ROIs ranged from conflicting to moderate evidence. Running populations and methods applied varied considerably between studies. While some RRRFs appeared for several ROIs, most RRRFs were specific for a particular ROI. The biomechanical measurements performed in many studies would have allowed for consideration of many more RRRFs than have been reported, highlighting a potential for more effective data usage in the future.
Conclusion: This study offers a comprehensive overview of RRRFs for the most common ROIs, which might serve as a starting point to develop ROI-specific risk profiles of individual runners. Future work should use macroscopic (big data) approaches involving long-term data collections in the real world and microscopic approaches involving precise stress calculations using recent developments in biomechanical modelling. However, consensus on data collection standards (including the quantification of workload and stress tolerance variables and the reporting of injuries) is warranted.
Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit befasst sich mit den Marketing-Kommunikationsstrategien im zweiseitigen Markt am Beispiel einer Immobilienplattform.
Das primäre Ziel dieser Arbeit besteht darin, auf Grundlage der Netzwerkeffekte im zweiseitigen Markt und durch Anwendung von Onlinemarketingmaßnahmen die Positionierung der Plattform Immobilien Rith in den Internetsuchergebnissen zu optimieren.
Das hier vorgestellte System verbindet das neue Konzept der Peer-to-Peer-Navigation mit dem Einsatz von Augmented Reality zur Unterstützung von bettseitig durchgeführten externen Ventrikeldrainagen. Das sehr kompakte und genaue Gesamtsystem beinhaltet einen Patiententracker mit integrierter Kamera, eine Augmented-Reality-Brille mit Kamera und eine Punktionsnadel bzw. einen Pointer mit zwei Trackern, mit dessen Hilfe die Anatomie des Patienten aufgenommen wird. Die exakte Position und Richtung der Punktionsnadel wird unter Zuhilfenahme der aufgenommenen Landmarken berechnet und über die Augmented-Reality-Brille für den Chirurgen sichtbar auf dem Patienten dargestellt. Die Methode zur Kalibrierung der statischen Transformationen zwischen Patiententracker und daran befestigter Kamera beziehungsweise zwischen den Trackern der Punktionsnadel sind für die Genauigkeit sehr wichtig und werden hier vorgestellt. Das Gesamtsystem konnte in vitro erfolgreich getestet werden und bestätigt den Nutzen eines Peer-to-Peer-Navigationssystems.
Objective: To quantify the effect of inhaled 5% carbon-dioxide/95% oxygen on EEG recordings from patients in non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE).
Methods: Five children of mixed aetiology in NCSE were given high flow of inhaled carbogen (5% carbon dioxide/95% oxygen) using a face mask for maximum 120s. EEG was recorded concurrently in all patients. The effects of inhaled carbogen on patient EEG recordings were investigated using band-power, functional connectivity and graph theory measures. Carbogen effect was quantified by measuring effect size (Cohen's d) between "before", "during" and "after" carbogen delivery states.
Results: Carbogen's apparent effect on EEG band-power and network metrics across all patients for "before-during" and "before-after" inhalation comparisons was inconsistent across the five patients.
Conclusion: The changes in different measures suggest a potentially non-homogeneous effect of carbogen on the patients' EEG. Different aetiology and duration of the inhalation may underlie these non-homogeneous effects. Tuning the carbogen parameters (such as ratio between CO2 and O2, duration of inhalation) on a personalised basis may improve seizure suppression in future.
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Synchronisation eines Netzwerkgeräts für die drahtlose Kommunikation, insbesondere eines Netzwerk-Endgeräts, in einem Drahtlosnetzwerk, wobei das Netzwerkgerät einen integrierten Schaltkreis für die drahtlose Kommunikation (IWC), eine Synchronisationsevent-Detektoreinrichtung (SED) für das Detektieren von Synchronisationsevents, einen steuerbaren Clock-Generator (CCG) für das Erzeugen eines synchronisierten Zeitsignals TCCGund eine Synchronisationssteuereinrichtung (SCD) zur Steuerung des Synchronisationsvorgangs des Netzwerkgeräts umfasst. In dem Netzwerkgerät werden während einer Synchronisationsphase folgende Verfahrensschritte durchgeführt: Zunächst wird ein Synchronisations-Frame empfangen und ein Synchronisations-Timestamp TAPdetektiert. Anschließend wird ein Timestamp TBmittels einer im IWC enthaltenen IWC-Clock erzeugt, der die Empfangszeit des Synchronisations-Frames definiert. In einem weiteren Schritt wird an einem Port des IWC ein Potenzialwechsel erzeugt, der einen Synchronisationsevent darstellt. Weiterhin wird ein Timestamp TSEmittels der IWC-Clock erzeugt, der den Zeitpunkt des Synchronisationsevents definiert. Die SED detektiert den Synchronisationsevent durch Auswerten der zeitlichen Länge des Potenzialwechsels des Ports des IWC und erzeugt einen Timestamp TSunter Verwendung des synchronisierten Zeitsignals TCCG, wobei der Timestamp TSdenselben Zeitpunkt des Synchronisationsevents definiert wie der Timestamp TSE. Die Timestamps TAP, TB, TSEund TS, die mittels Verarbeitung von ein oder mehreren Synchronisationsevent-Frames gemäß den Schritten (a) bis (d) ermittelt wurden, werden dann zur Synchronisierung des vom CCG erzeugten synchronisierten Zeitsignals TCCGauf das Master-Zeitsignal verwendet.
Synthesizing voice with the help of machine learning techniques has made rapid progress over the last years [1]. Given the current increase in using conferencing tools for online teaching, we question just how easy (i.e. needed data, hardware, skill set) it would be to create a convincing voice fake. We analyse how much training data a participant (e.g. a student) would actually need to fake another participants voice (e.g. a professor). We provide an analysis of the existing state of the art in creating voice deep fakes and align the identified as well as our own optimization techniques in the context of two different voice data sets. A user study with more than 100 participants shows how difficult it is to identify real and fake voice (on avg. only 37 percent can recognize a professor’s fake voice). From a longer-term societal perspective such voice deep fakes may lead to a disbelief by default.
Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) are hardware-based security primitives, which allow for inherent device fingerprinting. Therefore, intrinsic variation of imperfect manufactured systems is exploited to generate device-specific, unique identifiers. With printed electronics (PE) joining the internet of things (IoT), hardware-based security for novel PE-based systems is of increasing importance. Furthermore, PE offers the possibility for split-manufacturing, which mitigates the risk of PUF response readout by third parties, before commissioning. In this paper, we investigate a printed PUF core as intrinsic variation source for the generation of unique identifiers from a crossbar architecture. The printed crossbar PUF is verified by simulation of a 8×8-cells crossbar, which can be utilized to generate 32-bit wide identifiers. Further focus is on limiting factors regarding printed devices, such as increased parasitics, due to novel materials and required control logic specifications. The simulation results highlight, that the printed crossbar PUF is capable to generate close-to-ideal unique identifiers at the investigated feature size. As proof of concept a 2×2-cells printed crossbar PUF core is fabricated and electrically characterized.
Printed electronics (PE) offers flexible, extremely low-cost, and on-demand hardware due to its additive manufacturing process, enabling emerging ultra-low-cost applications, including machine learning applications. However, large feature sizes in PE limit the complexity of a machine learning classifier (e.g., a neural network (NN)) in PE. Stochastic computing Neural Networks (SC-NNs) can reduce area in silicon technologies, but still require complex designs due to unique implementation tradeoffs in PE. In this paper, we propose a printed mixed-signal system, which substitutes complex and power-hungry conventional stochastic computing (SC) components by printed analog designs. The printed mixed-signal SC consumes only 35% of power consumption and requires only 25% of area compared to a conventional 4-bit NN implementation. We also show that the proposed mixed-signal SC-NN provides good accuracy for popular neural network classification problems. We consider this work as an important step towards the realization of printed SC-NN hardware for near-sensor-processing.
Data Science
(2021)
Know-how für Data Scientists
• Übersichtliche und anwendungsbezogene Einführung
• Zahlreiche Anwendungsfälle und Praxisbeispiele aus unterschiedlichen Branchen
• Potenziale, aber auch mögliche Fallstricke werden aufgezeigt
Data Science steht derzeit wie kein anderer Begriff für die Auswertung großer Datenmengen mit analytischen Konzepten des Machine Learning oder der künstlichen Intelligenz. Nach der bewussten Wahrnehmung der Big Data und dabei insbesondere der Verfügbarmachung in Unternehmen sind Technologien und Methoden zur Auswertung dort gefordert, wo klassische Businss Intelligence an ihre Grenzen stößt.
Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende Einführung in Data Science und deren praktische Relevanz für Unternehmen. Dabei wird auch die Integration von Data Science in ein bereits bestehendes Business-Intelligence-Ökosystem thematisiert. In verschiedenen Beiträgen werden sowohl Aufgabenfelder und Methoden als auch Rollen- und Organisationsmodelle erläutert, die im Zusammenspiel mit Konzepten und Architekturen auf Data Science wirken.
Diese 2., überarbeitete Auflage wurde um neue Themen wie Feature Selection und Deep Reinforcement Learning sowie eine neue Fallstudie erweitert.
Activities for rehabilitation and prevention are often lengthy and associated with pain and frustration. Their playful enrichment (hereafter: gamification) can counteract this, resulting in so-called “exergames”. However, in contrast to games designed solely for entertainment, the increased motivation and immersion in gamified training can lead to a reduced perception of pain and thus to health deterioration. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor activities continuously. However, only an AI-based system able to generate autonomous interventions could vacate the therapists’ costly time and allow better training at home. An automated adjustment of the movement training’s difficulty as well as individualized goal setting and control are essential to achieve such autonomy. This article’s contribution is two-fold: (1) We portray the potentials of gamification in the health area. (2) We present a framework for smart rehabilitation and prevention training allowing autonomous, dynamic, and gamified interactions.
Achieving Positive Hospitality Experiences through Technology: Findings from Singapore and Malaysia
(2021)
Customers’ experience is one of the most impactful factors in the tourism industry. Only by offering customers an excellent experience is it possible to build and ensure long-term customer loyalty. In today’s world, technology plays a key role in providing customers with an excellent customer experience. This study has the objective of analyzing how a positive customer experience can be achieved, and which technologies are necessary to ensure this. Results were collected through a literature review, and qualitative interviews with managers of selected hotels, as well as of attractions in Malaysia and Singapore. The analysis of these hotels and attractions is based on a set of criteria to determine the extent of the adoption of the new standards that contribute to positive online customer experiences. As a conclusion, different perspectives are compared, and positive and negative aspects of the use of modern technologies in the tourism industry are specified and discussed.
The NaSiO Institute (Institute for Sustainable Silicate Research in Offenburg, https://inasio.hs-offenburg.de/) has been working for years on climate-friendly alternatives to insulation materials and inorganic binders, as well as the reasonable use of construction waste in the building industry. The aim of research is to realize the enormous CO 2 saving potential of the construction sector worldwide. A stopping of climate heating will only succeed if these climate-friendly alternatives are used in the construction industry. This is the only way to realize the enormous CO2 savings that will be needed in future to comply with the Paris Agreement.
Strategische Analysetechniken ermöglichen langfristig eine strukturierte Erfassung unternehmensinterner Ressourcen in Ausrichtung auf den Markt. Die hier beschriebenen Basis-Techniken umfassen das Produkt-Lebenszyklusanalyse-Modell, verschiedene Typen der Portfolio-Analyse, die Wertketten-Analyse und die SWOT-Analyse. Diese Techniken unterstützen das Marketing-Controlling, Geschäftsfeld- und Marktanalysen für das Management zu erstellen und strategische Handlungsoptionen abzuleiten.
In diesem einführenden Kapitel geben die Autoren einen Überblick über die Entstehung des Marketing-Controllings, dessen Aufgaben, organisatorische Einbindung in das Unternehmen sowie dessen strategische und operative Ausprägungen. Zudem werden die einzelnen Beiträge dieses Handbuches im Zusammenhang vorgestellt.
Produkt-Controlling
(2021)
Zentraler Baustein des Marketing ist die „facettenreiche“ Produktpolitik. Im nachstehenden Beitrag wird zunächst die Einordnung der Produktpolitik in den Zielkatalog des Marketing und des Unternehmens skizziert. Das Produkt-Controlling wird verstanden als zielgerichtete Unterstützung der Managementaufgaben im Kontext der Produktpolitik mittels passender Instrumente – Instrumente, die der Phase der Produktentstehung wie der Marktzyklusphase zuzuordnen sind. Erkennbar wird: es gibt ein umfangreiches Set an Methoden, die das Marketing-Management unterstützen und die Sicherstellung der Marketing-Effektivität und Marketing-Effizienz gewährleisten. Die Komplexität des Produkt-Controllings bedingt sich auch durch den ausreichenden Einbezug preis-, qualitäts- und markenpolitischer Informationen in die Zielkontrolle.
Wie entscheiden Helden?
(2021)
As the world economy rapidly decarbonises to meet global climate goals, the export credit sector must keep pace. Countries representing over two-thirds of global GDP have now set net zero targets, as have hundreds of private financial institutions. Public and private initiatives are now working to develop new standards and methodologies for shifting investment portfolios to decarbonisation pathways based on science.
However, export credit agencies (ECAs) are only at the beginning stages of this seismic transformation. On the one hand, the net zero transition creates risks to existing business models and clients for the many ECAs, while on the other, it creates a significant opportunity for ECAs to refocus their support to help countries and trade partners meet their climate targets. ECAs can best take advantage of this transition, and minimise its risks, by setting net zero targets and adopting credible plans to decarbonise their portfolios. Collaboration across the sector can be a powerful tool for advancing this goal.
UAVs (engl. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) sind in den vergangenen Jahren auch außerhalb militärischer und wissenschaftlicher Nutzung beliebter geworden. Für autonome Fluganwendungen ist die Überwachung der Umgebung zwingend notwendig. In dieser Arbeit wird ein experimenteller Ansatz zur Hinderniserkennung mit Radar- und Lidarsensorik präsentiert. Dieser setzt sich aus der Kollisionsvermeidung der Flugsteuerung px4, einem Nvidia Jetson TX2 als Flugbegleitcomputer und den Sensoren Slamtec RPLidar A2M6 und Texas Instruments AWR1443 Radar zusammen. Insgesamt wurden drei verschiedene Hardwarekomponenten getestet. Zur Auswertung der Versuche wird eine durch Python OS-unabhängige Auswertesoftware entwickelt und implementiert. Die Versuchsplanung setzt sich aus drei Versuchen mit jeweils fünf in Geometrie und Textur unterschiedlichen Hindernissen zusammen. Die Versuchsergebnisse zeigen, dass der eingesetzte Lidar gegenüber dem Radar Vorteile auf kurze Distanz aufweist. Zur Reproduzierbarkeit von Experimenten auf kurzer Distanz wird die Entwicklung eines fixen Messaufbaus empfohlen.
The identification of vulnerabilities is an important element of the software development process to ensure the security of software. Vulnerability identification based on the source code is a well studied field. To find vulnerabilities on the basis of a binary executable without the corresponding source code is more challenging. Recent research has shown how such detection can be performed statically and thus runtime efficiently by using deep learning methods for certain types of vulnerabilities.
This thesis aims to examine to what extent this identification can be applied sufficiently for a variety of vulnerabilities. Therefore, a supervised deep learning approach using recurrent neural networks for the application of vulnerability detection based on binary executables is used. For this purpose, a dataset with 50,651 samples of 23 different vulnerabilities in the form of a standardised LLVM Intermediate Representation was prepared. The vectorised features of a Word2Vec model were then used to train different variations of three basic architectures of recurrent neural networks (GRU, LSTM, SRNN). For this purpose, a binary classification was trained for the presence of an arbitrary vulnerability, and a multi-class model was trained for the identification of the exact vulnerability, which achieved an out-of-sample accuracy of 88% and 77%, respectively. Differences in the detection of different vulnerabilities were also observed, with non-vulnerable samples being detected with a particularly high precision of over 98%. Thus, the methodology presented allows an accurate detection of vulnerabilities, as well as a strong limitation of the analysis scope for further analysis steps.
Printed electronics, due to its manufacturability using printing technology, allows for fabrication on large areas and the usage of flexible substrates and thus enables novel applications. Non-impact printing technology, such as inkjet-printing, permits for flexible, decentralized manufacturing of electronic devices and systems. This further facilitates split-manufacturing in security-critical electrical components, as well as a maximum in design flexibility in terms of free form factors and non-standardized structures with different geometrical sizes, reaching from a few micrometers up to several millimeters.
Based on the technological benefits printed electronics offers, it provides an interesting counterpart to classical silicon-based electronics, which is usually densely integrated on miniaturized, rigid areas. By utilizing both technologies in a complementary manner, novel systems in the form of hybrid systems can be enabled. Whilst hybrid systems, incorporating passive printed components and electrically conductive wiring concepts, are already commercialized, complex printed systems, which also utilize active components remain rare. To enable more complex (hybrid) systems, various building blocks are required. This includes possibilities for lightweight, printed data storage, the capability to provide sustainable, self-powered printed components and especially circuits for secure, unique identification for holistic printed systems, deployed in the internet of things.
The presented thesis focuses on inkjet-printed electronic devices, circuits and hybrid systems. It investigates solutions for current scientific questions in the area of efficient data storage, sustainable electronics and hardware-based security in printed electronics.
For data storage, an inkjet-printed memristor is developed. The device is fully electrically evaluated with a focus on its data storage capabilities. Furthermore, the printed device is of special interest due to its easy manufacturability and integration capabilities. The experimental analysis reveals that the developed memristor is highly suitable as lightweight non-volatile memory device.
In order to enable sustainable electronic systems, an inkjet-printed full-wave rectifier based on near-zero threshold voltage electrolyte-gated transistors is developed and fully electrically characterized. The circuit is capable for small alternating voltage rectification of low-frequency vibration energy harvesters in the sub-volt region. This provides an important building block in enabling sustainable, self-powered electronic systems. The inkjet-printed full-wave rectifier is evaluated by electrical simulation and experimentally.
To tackle hardware-based security for printed electronics, two implementations for inkjet-printed physically unclonable functions are developed and presented. For unique identification, intrinsic variation in active printed devices are exploited. One implementation is based on a crossbar architecture, incorporating integrable electrolyte-gated transistor cells. The second implementation, the so-called differential circuit physically unclonable function, is based on inverter structures, which provide the basis for unique response generation. Both physically unclonable functions are evaluated using an electrical simulation-based approach and experimentally. The differential circuit approach is furthermore fully integrated within a silicon-based electronic platform environment and serves as intrinsic variation source in a hybrid system. The hybrid system physically unclonable function is fully verified regarding performance metrics and is capable to generate highly unique responses for secure identification.
Emerging applications in soft robotics, wearables, smart consumer products or IoT-devices benefit from soft materials, flexible substrates in conjunction with electronic functionality. Due to high production costs and conformity restrictions, rigid silicon technologies do not meet application requirements in these new domains. However, whenever signal processing becomes too comprehensive, silicon technology must be used for the high-performance computing unit. At the same time, designing everything in flexible or printed electronics using conventional digital logic is not feasible yet due to the limitations of printed technologies in terms of performance, power and integration density. We propose to rather use the strengths of neuromorphic computing architectures consisting in their homogeneous topologies, few building blocks and analog signal processing to be mapped to an inkjet-printed hardware architecture. It has remained a challenge to demonstrate non-linear elements besides weighted aggregation. We demonstrate in this work printed hardware building blocks such as inverter-based comprehensive weight representation and resistive crossbars as well as printed transistor-based activation functions. In addition, we present a learning algorithm developed to train the proposed printed NCS architecture based on specific requirements and constraints of the technology.
The compliant nature of distal limb muscle-tendon units is traditionally considered suboptimal in explosive movements when positive joint work is required. However, during accelerative running, ankle joint net mechanical work is positive. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how plantar flexor muscle-tendon behavior is modulated during fast accelerations. Eleven female sprinters performed maximum sprint accelerations from starting blocks, while gastrocnemius muscle fascicle lengths were estimated using ultrasonography. We combined motion analysis and ground reaction force measurements to assess lower limb joint kinematics and kinetics, and to estimate gastrocnemius muscle-tendon unit length during the first two acceleration steps. Outcome variables were resampled to the stance phase and averaged across three to five trials. Relevant scalars were extracted and analyzed using one-sample and two-sample t-tests, and vector trajectories were compared using statistical parametric mapping. We found that an uncoupling of muscle fascicle behavior from muscle-tendon unit behavior is effectively used to produce net positive mechanical work at the joint during maximum sprint acceleration. Muscle fascicles shortened throughout the first and second steps, while shortening occurred earlier during the first step, where negative joint work was lower compared with the second step. Elastic strain energy may be stored during dorsiflexion after touchdown since fascicles did not lengthen at the same time to dissipate energy. Thus, net positive work generation is accommodated by the reuse of elastic strain energy along with positive gastrocnemius fascicle work. Our results show a mechanism of how muscles with high in-series compliance can contribute to net positive joint work.
The present work ties in with the problem of bicycle road assessment that is currently done using expensive special measuring vehicles. Our alternative approach for road condition assessment is to mount a sensor device on a bicycle which sends accelerometer and gyroscope data via WiFi to a classification server. There, a prediction model determines road type and condition based on the sensor data. For the classification task, we compare different machine learning methods with each other, whereby validation accuracies of 99% can be achieved with deep residual networks such as InceptionTime. The main contribution of this work with respect to comparable work is that we achieve excellent accuracies on a realistic dataset classifying road conditions into nine distinct classes that are highly relevant for practice.
Über zwei Jahrzehnte hat sich an der Hochschule Offenburg im Umfeld von Professor Elmar Bollin eine Forschungsgruppe etabliert, die die Bereiche Gebäudeautomation und nachhaltige Energietechnik zusammenführten. Anfänglich ging es darum die Potenziale der internetbasierten Wetterprognostik und modell-basierten Anlagensteuerung für die Verbesserung des Komforts und der Energieeffizienz im Gebäude zu nutzen. Im Rahmen von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten mit Einsatz von dynamischen Gebäudesimulationen konnte schließlich ein Algorithmus gefunden werden, der es ermöglichte auf Basis von prognostizierter Außentemperatur und Sonneneinstrahlung den Energiebedarf eines Bürogebäudes für den Folgetag vorherzusagen. In Verbindung mit der Gebäudeautomation entstand so die adaptive und prädiktive TABS-Steuerung AMLR.
This work aimed to determine the influence of two hydrogels (alginate, alginate-di-aldehyde (ADA)/gelatin) on the mechanical strength of microporous ceramics, which have been loaded with these hydrogels. For this purpose, the compressive strength was determined using a Zwick Z005 universal testing machine. In addition, the degradation behavior according to ISO EN 10993-14 in TRIS buffer pH 5.0 and pH 7.4 over 60 days was determined, and its effects on the compressive strength were investigated. The loading was carried out by means of a flow-chamber. The weight of the samples (manufacturer: Robert Mathys Foundation (RMS) and Curasan) in TRIS solutions pH 5 and pH 7 increased within 4 h (mean 48 ± 32 mg) and then remained constant over the experimental period of 60 days. The determination surface roughness showed a decrease in the value for the ceramics incubated in TRIS compared to the untreated ceramics. In addition, an increase in protein concentration in solution was determined for ADA gelatin-loaded ceramics. The macroporous Curasan ceramic exhibited a maximum failure load of 29 ± 9.0 N, whereas the value for the microporous RMS ceramic was 931 ± 223 N. Filling the RMS ceramic with ADA gelatin increased the maximum failure load to 1114 ± 300 N. The Curasan ceramics were too fragile for loading. The maximum failure load decreased for the RMS ceramics to 686.55 ± 170 N by incubation in TRIS pH 7.4 and 651 ± 287 N at pH 5.0.
Introduction: The use of scaffolds in tissue engineering is becoming increasingly important as solutions need to be found to preserve human tissues such as bone or cartilage. Various factors, including cells, biomaterials, cell and tissue culture conditions, play a crucial role in tissue engineering. The in vivo environment of the cells exerts complex stimuli on the cells, thereby directly influencing cell behavior, including proliferation and differentiation. Therefore, to create suitable replacement or regeneration procedures for human tissues, the conditions of the cells’ natural environment should be well mimicked. Therefore, current research is trying to develop 3-dimensional scaffolds (scaffolds) that can elicit appropriate cellular responses and thus help the body regenerate or replace tissues. In this work, scaffolds were printed from the biomaterial polycaprolactone (PCL) on a 3D bioplotter. Biocompatibility testing was used to determine whether the printed scaffolds were suitable for use in tissue engineering.
Material and Methods: An Envisiontec 3D bioplotter was used to fabricate the scaffolds. For better cell-scaffold interaction, the printed polycaprolactone scaffolds were coated with type-I collagen. Three different cell types were then cultured on the scaffolds and various tests were used to investigate the biocompatibility of the scaffolds.
Results: Reproducible scaffolds could be printed from polycaprolactone. In addition, a coating process with collagen was developed, which significantly improved the cell-scaffold interaction. Biocompatibility tests showed that the PCL-collagen scaffolds are suitable for use with cells. The cells adhered to the surface of the scaffolds and as a result extensive cell growth was observed on the scaffolds. The inner part of the scaffolds, however, remained largely uninhabited. In the cytotoxicity studies, it was found that toxicity below 20% was present in some experimental runs. The determination of the compressive strength by means of the universal testing machine Z005 by ZWICK according to DIN EN ISO 604 of the scaffolds resulted in a value of 68.49 ± 0.47 MPa.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International TRIZ Future Conference on Automated Invention for Smart Industries, TFC 2021, held virtually in September 2021 and sponsored by IFIP WG 5.4.
The 28 full papers and 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. They are organized in the following thematic sections: inventiveness and TRIZ for sustainable development; TRIZ, intellectual property and smart technologies; TRIZ: expansion in breadth and depth; TRIZ, data processing and artificial intelligence; and TRIZ use and divulgation for engineering design and beyond.
Chapter ‘Domain Analysis with TRIZ to Define an Effective “Design for Excellence’ is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Sustainable chemical processes should be designed to combine the technological advantages and progress with lower safety risks and minimization of environmental impact such as, for example, reduction of raw materials, energy and water consumption, and avoidance of hazardous waste and pollution with toxic chemical agents. A number of novel eco-friendly chemical technologies have been developed in the recent decades with the help of the eco-innovations approaches and methods such as Life Cycle Analysis, Green Process Engineering, Process Intensification, Process Design for Sustainability, and others. An emerging approach to the sustainable process design in process engineering builds on the innovative solutions inspired from nature. However, the implementation of the eco-friendly technologies often faces secondary ecological problems. The study postulates that the eco-inventive principles identified in natural systems allow to avoid secondary eco-problems and proposes to apply these principles for sustainable design in chemical process engineering. The research work critically examines how this approach differs from the biomimetics, as it is commonly used for copying natural systems. The application of nature-inspired eco-design principles is illustrated with an example of a sustainable technology for extraction of nickel from pyrophyllite.
The proposed method includes identification and documentation of the elementary TRIZ inventive principles from the TRIZ body of knowledge, extension and enhancement of inventive principles by patents and technologies analysis, avoiding overlapping and redundant principles, classification and adaptation of principles to at least following categories such as working medium, target object, useful action, harmful effect, environment, information, field, substance, time, and space, assignment of the elementary inventive principles to the at least following underlying engineering domains such as universal, design, mechanical, acoustic, thermal, chemical, electromagnetic, intermolecular, biological, and data processing. The method includes classification of abstraction level of the elementary principles, definition of the statistical ranking of principles for different problem types, and specific engineering or non-technical domains, definition of strategies for selection of principles sets with high solution potential for predefined problems, automated semantic transformation of the elementary inventive principles into solution ideas, evaluation of automatically generated ideas and transformation of ideas to innovation or inventive concepts.
Energiemanagement im Betrieb
(2021)
Über zwei Jahrzehnte hat sich an der Hochschule Offenburg eine Forschungsgruppe etabliert, die die beiden Bereiche Gebäudeautomation und nachhaltige Energietechnik zusammenführte. Anfangs ging es darum, Potentiale der internetbasierten Wetterprognostik und modell-basierten Anlagensteuerung für die Verbesserung des Komforts und der Energieeffizienz im Gebäude zu nutzen. Im Rahmen von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten mit Einsatz von dynamischen Gebäudesimulationen konnte ein Algorithmus gefunden werden, der es ermöglichte auf Basis von prognostizierter Außentemperatur und Sonneneinstrahlung den Energiebedarf eines Bürogebäudes für den Folgetag vorherzusagen. In Verbindung mit der Gebäudeautomation entstand so die adaptive und prädiktive TABS-Steuerung AMLR.
Dieses Fachbuch gibt einen vertieften Einblick in das dynamische Verhalten von thermoaktiven Bauteilsystemen. Es wird eine neu entwickelte und vielfach erprobte, selbstlernende und vorausschauende TABS-Steuerung vorgestellt. Dazu wird auf die Erfordernisse einer effektiven TABS-Steuerung eingegangen und die Grundlagen und Funktionsweise der neu entwickelten AMLR-Steuerung erläutert. Anhand mehrerer Anwendungsbeispiele wird die Umsetzung in die bauliche Praxis erläutert und mit Hilfe von umfangreichen Messergebnissen die Funktion der neuen AMLR-Steuerung nachgewiesen. Abschließend werden Empfehlungen für die Anwendung von AMLR in der baulichen TABS-Praxis hinsichtlich Anlagenhydraulik und Umsetzung in der Gebäudeautomation gegeben.
The paper describes the implementation of practical laboratory settings in a virtual environment. With the entry of VR glasses into the mass market, there is a chance to establish educational and training applications for displaying some teaching materials and practical works. Therefore our project focuses on the realization of virtual experiments and environments, which gives users a deep insight into selected subfields of Optics and Photonics. Our goal is not to substitute the hand on experiments rather to extend them. By means of VR glasses, the user is offered the possibility to view the experiment from several angles and to make changes through interactive control functions. During the VR application, additional context-related information is displayed. By using object recognition, the specific graphics and texts for the respective object are loaded and supplemented at the appropriate place. Thus, complex facts are supported in an informative way. The prototype is developed using the Unity Engine and can thus be exported to different platforms and end devices. Another major advantage of virtual simulations to the real situation is the high degree of controllability as well as the easy repeatability. With slight modifications, entire experiments can be reused. Our research aims to acquire new knowledge in the field of e-learning in association with VR technology. Here we try to answer a core question of the compatibility of the individual media components.
As engineering graduates and specialists frequently lack the advanced skills and knowledge required to run eco-innovation systematically, the paper proposes a new learning materials and educational tools in the field of eco-innovation and evaluates the learning experience and outcomes. This programme is aimed at strengthening student’s skills and motivation to identify and creatively overcome secondary eco-contradictions in case if additional environmental problems appear as negative side effects of eco-friendly solutions. The paper evaluates the efficiency of the proposed interdisciplinary tool for systematic eco-innovation including creative semi-automatic knowledge-based idea generation and concept development. It analyses the learning experience and identifies the factors that impact the eco-innovation performance of the students.
Increasing power density causes increased self-generation of harmonics and intermodulation. As this leads to violations of the strict linearity requirements, especially for carrier aggregation (CA), the nonlinearity must be considered in the design process of RF devices. This raises the demand of accurate simulation models. Linear and nonlinear P-Matrix/COM models are used during the design due to their fast simulation times and accurate results. However, the finite element method (FEM) is useful to get a deeper insight in the device's nonlinearities, as the total field distributions can be visualized. The FE method requires complete sets of material tensors, which are unknown for most relevant materials in nonlinear micro-acoustics. In this work, we perform nonlinear FEM simulations, which allow the calculation of nonlinear field distributions of a lithium tantalate based layered SAW system up to third order. We aim at achieving good correspondence to measured data and determine the contributions of each material layer to the nonlinear signals. Therefore, we use approximations circumventing the issue of limited higher order tensor data. Experimental data for the third order nonlinearity is shown to validate the presented approach.
Surface acoustic waves are propagated toward the edge of an anisotropic elastic medium (a silicon crystal), which supports leaky waves with a high degree of localization at the tip of the edge. At an angle of incidence corresponding to phase matching with this leaky wedge wave, a sharp peak in the reflection coefficient of the surface wave was found. This anomalous reflection is associated with efficient excitation of the leaky wedge wave. In laser ultrasound experiments, surface acoustic wave pulses were excited and their reflection from the edge of the sample and their partial conversion into leaky wedge wave pulses was observed by optical probe-beam deflection. The reflection scenario and the pulse shapes of the surface and wedge-localized guided waves, including the evolution of the acoustic pulse traveling along the edge, have been confirmed in detail by numerical simulations.
Properties of higher-order surface acoustic wave modes in Al(1-x)Sc(x)N / sapphire structures
(2021)
In this work, surface acoustic wave (SAW) modes and their dependence on propagation directions in epitaxial Al0.68Sc0.32N(0001) films on Al2O3(0001) substrates were studied using numerical and experimental methods. In order to find optimal propagation directions for higher-order SAW modes, phase velocity dispersion branches of Al0.68Sc0.32N on Al2O3 with Pt mass loading were computed for the propagation directions <11-20> and <1-100> with respect to the substrate. Experimental investigations of phase velocities and electromechanical coupling were performed for comparison with the numerical results. Simulations carried out with the finite element method (FEM) and with a Green function approach allowed identification of each wave type, including Rayleigh, Sezawa and shear horizontal wave modes. For the propagation direction <1-100>, significantly increased wave guidance of the Sezawa mode compared to other directions was observed, resulting in enhanced electromechanical coupling (k2eff = 1.6 %) and phase velocity (vphase = 6 km/s). We demonstrated, that selecting wave propagation in <1-100> with high mass density electrodes results in increased electromechanical coupling without significant reduction in phase velocities for the Sezawa wave mode. An improved combination of metallization, Sc concentration x, and SAW propagation direction is suggested which exhibits both high electromechanical coupling (k2eff > 6 %) and high velocity (vphase = 5.5 km/s) for the Sezawa mode.
The present invention is directed to a storage-stable formulation of long-chain RNA. In particular, the invention concerns a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule. The present invention is furthermore directed to methods for preparing a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule by spray-drying. The invention further concerns the use of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines, to a method of treating or preventing a disorder or a disease, to first and second medical uses of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule and to kits, particularly to kits of parts, comprising such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule.
The present invention is directed to a storage-stable formulation of long-chain RNA. In particular, the invention concerns a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule. The present invention is furthermore directed to methods for preparing a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule by spray-freeze drying. The invention further concerns the use of such a dry powder composition comprising a long- chain RNA molecule in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines, to a method of treating or preventing a disorder or a disease, to first and second medical uses of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule and to kits, particularly to kits of parts, comprising such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule.
The present invention is directed to a storage-stable formulation of long-chain RNA. In particular, the invention concerns a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule. The present invention is furthermore directed to methods for preparing a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule by spray-drying. The invention further concerns the use of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines, to a method of treating or preventing a disorder or a disease, to first and second medical uses of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule and to kits, particularly to kits of parts, comprising such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule.