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Die digitale Transformation als Vernetzung von Menschen, Organisationen, Maschinen, bis hin zu simplen Gegenständen des täglichen Lebens hat mehr oder weniger starke Auswirkungen auf alle Lebensbereiche. Künstliche Intelligenz und autonome technische Systeme haben direkte Auswirkungen auf die Autonomie des Einzelnen, was neue Fragen für Wissenschaft und Praxis aufwirft. In unterschiedlichen Beiträgen werden Autonomiegewinne und -verluste skizziert, die sich unter anderem im Bereich des Rechts, der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien, in Kunst und Gestaltung, bei Kundenbeziehungen, Kryptowährungen, Medieninhalten sowie im digitalen Arbeitsalltag feststellen lassen. Kritische Entwicklungen wie digitale Sorglosigkeit und Tools und Verfahren wie Projektmanagementsoftware oder predictive analytics gilt es dabei zu bewerten. Damit liefert dieser Band einen Überblick zum aktuellen Stand der Diskussion, zeigt Zusammenhänge auf und sensibilisiert für die Gestaltung des digitalen Wandels.
The excessive control signaling in Long Term Evolution networks required for dynamic scheduling impedes the deployment of ultra-reliable low latency applications. Semi-persistent scheduling was originally designed for constant bit-rate voice applications, however, very low control overhead makes it a potential latency reduction technique in Long Term Evolution. In this paper, we investigate resource scheduling in narrowband fourth generation Long Term Evolution networks through Network Simulator (NS3) simulations. The current release of NS3 does not include a semi-persistent scheduler for Long Term Evolution module. Therefore, we developed the semi-persistent scheduling feature in NS3 to evaluate and compare the performance in terms of uplink latency. We evaluate dynamic scheduling and semi-persistent scheduling in order to analyze the impact of resource scheduling methods on up-link latency.
Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication promises improvements in road safety and efficiency by enabling low-latency and reliable communication services for vehicles. Besides using Mobile Broadband (MBB), there is a need to develop Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) applications with cellular networks especially when safety-related driving applications are concerned. Future cellular networks are expected to support novel latencysensitive use cases. Many applications of V2X communication, like collaborative autonomous driving requires very low latency and high reliability in order to support real-time communication between vehicles and other network elements. In this paper, we classify V2X use-cases and their requirements in order to identify cellular network technologies able to support them. The bottleneck problem of the medium access in 4G Long Term Evolution(LTE) networks is random access procedure. It is evaluated through simulations to further detail the future limitations and requirements. Limitations and improvement possibilities for next generation of cellular networks are finally detailed. Moreover, the results presented in this paper provide the limits of different parameter sets with regard to the requirements of V2X-based applications. In doing this, a starting point to migrate to Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) or 5G - solutions is given.
The next generation cellular networks are expected to improve reliability, energy efficiency, data rate, capacity and latency. Originally, Machine Type Communication (MTC) was designed for low-bandwidth high-latency applications such as, environmental sensing, smart dustbin, etc., but there is additional demand around applications with low latency requirements, like industrial automation, driver-less cars, and so on. Improvements are required in 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks towards the development of next generation cellular networks for providing very low latency and high reliability. To this end, we present an in-depth analysis of parameters that contribute to the latency in 4G networks along with a description of latency reduction techniques. We implement and validate these latency reduction techniques in the open-source network simulator (NS3) for narrowband user equipment category Cat-Ml (LTE-M) to analyze the improvements. The results presented are a step towards enabling narrowband Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) networks.
Accelerated transformation of the society and industry through digi-talization, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies has intensified the need for university graduates that are capable of rapidly finding breakthrough solutions to complex problems, and can successfully implement innovation con-cepts. However, there are only few universities making significant efforts to com-prehensively incorporate creative and systematic tools of TRIZ (theory of in-ventive problem solving) and KBI (knowledge-based innovation) into their de-gree structure. Engineering curricula offer little room for enhancing creativity and inventiveness by means of discipline‐specific subjects. Moreover, many ed-ucators mistakenly believe that students are either inherently creative, or will in-evitably obtain adequate problem-solving skills as a result of their university study. This paper discusses challenges of intelligent integration of TRIZ and KBI into university curricula. It advocates the need for development of standard guidelines and best-practice recommendations in order to facilitate sustainable education of ambitious, talented, and inventive specialists. Reflections of educa-tors that teach TRIZ and KBI to students from mechanical, electrical, process engineering, and business administration are presented.
An Ultra-Low-Power RFID/NFC Frontend IC Using 0.18 μm CMOS Technology for Passive Tag Applications
(2018)
Battery-less passive sensor tags based on RFID or NFC technology have achieved much popularity in recent times. Passive tags are widely used for various applications like inventory control or in biotelemetry. In this paper, we present a new RFID/NFC frontend IC (integrated circuit) for 13.56 MHz passive tag applications. The design of the frontend IC is compatible with the standard ISO 15693/NFC 5. The paper discusses the analog design part in details with a brief overview of the digital interface and some of the critical measured parameters. A novel approach is adopted for the demodulator design, to demodulate the 10% ASK (amplitude shift keying) signal. The demodulator circuit consists of a comparator designed with a preset offset voltage. The comparator circuit design is discussed in detail. The power consumption of the bandgap reference circuit is used as the load for the envelope detection of the ASK modulated signal. The sub-threshold operation and low-supply-voltage are used extensively in the analog design—to keep the power consumption low. The IC was fabricated using 0.18 μm CMOS technology in a die area of 1.5 mm × 1.5 mm and an effective area of 0.7 mm2. The minimum supply voltage desired is 1.2 V, for which the total power consumption is 107 μW. The analog part of the design consumes only 36 μW, which is low in comparison to other contemporary passive tags ICs. Eventually, a passive tag is developed using the frontend IC, a microcontroller, a temperature and a pressure sensor. A smart NFC device is used to readout the sensor data from the tag employing an Android-based application software. The measurement results demonstrate the full passive operational capability. The IC is suitable for low-power and low-cost industrial or biomedical battery-less sensor applications. A figure-of-merit (FOM) is proposed in this paper which is taken as a reference for comparison with other related state-of-the-art researches.
Design of a Programmable Passive SoC for Biomedical Applications Using RFID ISO 15693/NFC5 Interface
(2018)
Low power, low cost inductively powered passive biotelemetry system involving fully customized RFID/NFC interface base SoC has gained popularity in the last decades. However, most of the SoCs developed are application specific and lacks either on-chip computational or sensor readout capability. In this paper, we present design details of a programmable passive SoC in compliance with ISO 15693/NFC5 standard for biomedical applications. The integrated system consists of a 32-bit microcontroller, a sensor readout circuit, a 12-bit SAR type ADC, 16 kB RAM, 16 kB ROM and other digital peripherals. The design is implemented in a 0.18 µm CMOS technology and used a die area of 1.52 mm × 3.24 mm. The simulated maximum power consumption of the analog block is 592 µW. The number of external components required by the SoC is limited to an external memory device, sensors, antenna and some passive components. The external memory device contains the application specific firmware. Based on the application, the firmware can be modified accordingly. The SoC design is suitable for medical implants to measure physiological parameters like temperature, pressure or ECG. As an application example, the authors have proposed a bioimplant to measure arterial blood pressure for patients suffering from Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).
Die traditionellen Geschäftsmodelle der Medienbranche beruhen auf der Werbevermarktung von Spots, Anzeigen und Beilagen und teilweise einem direkten Erlösmodell für journalistische Inhalte durch Subscriber-Modelle/Abonnement bzw. Einzelverkaufserlöse. Diese Geschäftsmodelle verändern sich im Rahmen der digitalen Transformation und der damit verbundenen Medienkonvergenz zugunsten neuer nicht-journalistischer digitaler Geschäftsmodelle. Entscheidend ist eine Analyse der kompletten Geschäftsmodelle vor allem im Hinblick auf die Zielgruppen und den Nutzen der neuen Produkte, bevor der Teilaspekt der unterschiedlichen Erlösmodelle für crossmediale Medien aus der Perspektive der Medienunternehmen geklärt werden kann.
Mediaplanung
(2018)
To this date, it is difficult to find high-level statistics on YouTube that paint a fair picture of the platform in its entirety. This study attempts to provide an overall characterization of YouTube, based on a random sample of channel and video data, by showing how video provision and consumption evolved over the course of the past 10 years. It demonstrates stark contrasts between video genres in terms of channels, uploads and views, and that a vast majority of on average 85% of all views goes to a small minority of 3% of all channels. The analytical results give evidence that older channels have a significantly higher probability to garner a large viewership, but also show that there has always been a small chance for young channels to become successful quickly, depending on whether they choose their genre wisely.
Die Erstellung und der Einsatz digitaler Medien basieren häufig auf der Annahme eines idealtypischen Lernprozesses, welcher die effektive Erarbeitung von Inhalten unter Berücksichtigung individueller Vorkenntnisse und Lebensumstände ermöglicht. Erfahrungen Lehrender legen jedoch die Vermutung nahe, dass Studierende selten ein idealtypisches Lernverhalten an den Tag legen. Für den Beitrag „Nutzungsmuster bei digitalen Medien“ wurden Forschungsarbeiten zu digitalen instruktionalen Medien gezielt ausgewertet, um die tatsächlichen Verhaltensweisen beim Lernen und die hiermit verbundenen Wirkungen aufzuzeigen. Aufbauend auf den Erkenntnissen soll eine Diskussion um mögliche Folgerungen für die Lehre angeregt werden.
Process engineering (PE) focuses on the design, operation, control and optimization of chemical, physical and biological processes and has applications in many industries. Process intensification (PI) is the key development approach in the modern process engineering. The theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ) is today considered as the most comprehensive and systematically organized invention knowledge and creative thinking methodology. This paper analyses the opportunities of TRIZ application in PE and especially in combination with PI. In this context the paper outlines the major challenges for TRIZ application in PE, conceptualizes a possible TRIZ-based approach for process intensification and problem solving in PE, and defines the corresponding research agenda. It also presents the results of the original empirical innovation research in the field of solid handling in the ceramic industry, demonstrates a method for identification and prediction of contradictions and introduces the concept of the probability of contradiction occurrence. Additionally, it describes a technique of process mapping that is based on the function and multi-screen analysis of the processes. This technique is illustrated by a case study dealing with granulation process. The research work presented in this paper is a part of the European project “Intensified by Design® platform for the intensification of processes involving solids handling”.
Nonlinearity can give rise to intermodulation distortions in surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices operating at high input power levels. To understand such undesired effects, a finite element method (FEM) simulation model in combination with a perturbation theory is applied to find out the role of different materials and higher order nonlinear tensor data for the nonlinearities in such acoustic devices. At high power, the SAW devices containing metal, piezoelectric substrate, and temperature compensating (TC) layers are subject to complicated geometrical, material, and other nonlinearities. In this paper, third-order nonlinearities in TC-SAW devices are investigated. The materials used are LiNbO 3 -rot128YX as the substrate and copper electrodes covered with a SiO 2 film as the TC layer. An effective nonlinearity constant for a given system is determined by comparison of nonlinear P-matrix simulations to third-order intermodulation measurements of test filters in a first step. By employing these constants from different systems, i.e., different metallization ratios, in nonlinear periodic P-matrix simulations, a direct comparison to nonlinear periodic FEM-simulations yields scaling factors for the materials used. Thus, the contribution of the different materials to the nonlinear behavior of TC-SAW devices is obtained and the role of metal electrodes, substrate, and TC film are discussed in detail.
An energy oriented design concept was developed within the research project PHOTOPUR which has the development of a PV powered water cleaning system as main focus. During a wine season Plant Protection Products (PPP) are several times sprayed on plants to protect them of undesired insects and herbs or avoid hazardous fungus
types. A work package of the project partner INES in Offenburg led to a design introducing energy profiling already in the early beginning of a product design. The concept is based on three pillars respecting first the
requirements of the core process making up filtering and cleaning and secondary aspects which run, support, maintain and monitor the system to secure availability and product reliability.
The presented paper shows that the results of the design tools guided the developers to assemble a functional model of the water decontamination unit which was manually tested with its concatenated steps of the water cleaning process.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with hemodynamic
optimized biventricular pacing is an established
therapy for heart failure patients with sinus rhythm,
reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and wide QRS
complex. The aim of the study was to evaluate electrical
right and left cardiac atrioventricular delay and left atrial
delay in CRT responder and non-responder with sinus
rhythm. Methods: Heart failure patients with New York
Heart Association class 3.0 ± 0.3, sinus rhythm and
27.7 ± 6.1% left ventricular ejection fraction were measured
by surface ECG and transesophageal bipolar left
atrial and left ventricular ECG before implantation of
CRT devices. Electrical right cardiac atrioventricular
delay was measured between onset of P wave and onset
of QRS complex in the surface ECG, left cardiac
atrioventricular delay between onset of left atrial signal
and onset of left ventricular signal in the transesophageal
ECG and left atrial delay between onset and offset of left
atrial signal in the transesophageal ECG. Results: Electrical
atrioventricular and left atrial delay were
196.9 ± 38.7 ms right and 194.5 ± 44.9 ms left cardiac
atrioventricular delay, and 47.7 ± 13.9 ms left atrial
delay. There were positive correlation between right and
left cardiac atrioventricular delay (r = 0.803 P < 0.001)
and negative correlation between left atrial delay and left
ventricular ejection fraction (r = −0.694 P = 0.026) with
67% CRT responder. Conclusions: Transesophageal
electrical left cardiac atrioventricular delay and left atrial
delay may be useful preoperative atrial desynchronization
parameters to improve CRT optimization.
Im Rahmen der Konstruktionsausbildung an der Hochschule Offenburg wird die Lehre im Fach Technische Dokumentation fortlaufend optimiert. In der vorliegenden Laborstudie wurde das visuelle Wahrnehmen von 34 Maschinenbaustudierenden (2w + 32m) im Alter von 19 bis 29 Jahren mithilfe der Eye-Tracking-Technik und einer Videokamera bei der Analyse einer Baugruppenzeichnung beobachtet.
On the Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Modeling Complex Electrochemical Kinetics and Transport
(2018)
Numerous technologies, such as batteries and fuel cells, depend on electrochemical kinetics. In some cases, the responsible electrochemistry and charged-species transport is complex. However, to date, there are essentially no general-purpose modeling capabilities that facilitate the incorporation of thermodynamic, kinetic, and transport complexities into the simulation of electrochemical processes. A vast majority of the modeling literature uses only a few (often only one) global charge-transfer reactions, with the rates expressed using Butler–Volmer approximations. The objective of the present paper is to identify common aspects of electrochemistry, seeking a foundational basis for designing and implementing software with general applicability across a wide range of materials sets and applications. The development of new technologies should be accelerated and improved by enabling the incorporation of electrochemical complexity (e.g., multi-step, elementary charge-transfer reactions and as well as supporting ionic and electronic transport) into the analysis and interpretation of scientific results. The spirit of the approach is analogous to the role that Chemkin has played in homogeneous chemistry modeling, especially combustion. The Cantera software, which already has some electrochemistry capabilities, forms the foundation for future capabilities expansion.
Die Heterogenität der Studienanfänger/innen erleben viele Lehrende unmittelbar in den Anfängerveranstaltungen, Heterogenität nicht nur in Bezug auf fachliche Vorbildung, sondern auch bezüglich verfügbaren Lernstrategien, Fertigkeiten, Motivation und
Selbstdisziplin. Schon allein einer 90-minütigen Vorlesung konzentriert zu folgen und die
Ergebnisse strukturiert zu sichern, ist für viele eine sehr große Herausforderung. In diesem Erfahrungsbericht wird das seit dem WS 2015/16
an der Hochschule Offenburg erprobte Potenzial moderner Tablets untersucht, Vorteile
von klassischem handschriftlichen An- und Mitschreiben mit einer Vorstruktur, wie sie
z.B. PPT-Slides ermöglichen, zu vereinen.
In einer Vorlesung nicht abgehängt zu werden und die vielen Ergebnisse strukturiert zu sichern, ist für Studienanfänger eine große Herausforderung. Mitschriebe sind sehr oft unvollständig, unstrukturiert oder „zerfläddert“. Mitschreib-Marathon und Mitdenken schließen sich bei vielen aus. Auch aktivierende Lehrmethoden, Medienwechsel, Lehrvideos führen oft dazu, dass eine strukturierte Sicherung der Inhalte des Lehrgesprächs noch erschwert wird.
Es wird ein Best Practice Beispiel gezeigt, Mathematik-Vorlesungen über ein Tablet-basiertes Mitmach-Skript zu gestalten. Dieses dient als Schrittmacher zwischen Input- und Verarbeitungsphasen und unterstützt die strukturierte Verschriftlichung, indem es Vorteile von Tafel, PPT und klassischem Skript vereint. Traditionelle Methoden werden mit technologischen Möglichkeiten kombiniert, um die angesprochenen Herausforderungen bewusster im Lehrstil zu berücksichtigen. Verbindungen zu Virtual Classroom und Video-gestützter Lehre werden aufgezeigt.
Bei vielen Schulungen, Unterrichten und Weiterbildungen kommen PowerPoint-Präsentationen zum Einsatz, welche durch epische Länge, Unmengen von Informationen und Text charakterisiert sind. Zur Folge haben kann dies, dass die meisten Zuhörer binnen kürzester Zeit gedanklich abschalten, den Wortregen über sich ergehen lassen und dabei andere Dinge in den Fokus ihrer Aufmerksamkeit stellen. Die Autoren zeigen, wie und warum der »Zuhörer« zu einem »Zuschauer« werden sollte – sprich: die zu vermittelnden Aspekte und Informationen als einfache Bilder komprimiert darzustellen. Der folgende Beitrag setzt sich mit dieser Art von Perspektivenwechsel kontrovers auseinander und gibt für den Praxisalltag mögliche Lösungsansätze.
The increase in households with grid connected Photovoltaic (PV) battery system poses challenge for the grid due to high PV feed-in as a result of mismatch in energy production and load demand. The purpose of this paper is to show how a Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategy could be applied to an existing grid connected household with PV battery system such that the use of battery is maximized and at the same time peaks in PV energy and load demand are reduced. The benefits of this strategy are to allow increase in PV hosting capacity and load hosting capacity of the grid without the need for external signals from the grid operator. The paper includes the optimal control problem formulation to achieve the peak shaving goals along with the experiment set up and preliminary experiment results. The goals of the experiment were to verify the hardware and software interface to implement the MPC and as well to verify the ability of the MPC to deal with the weather forecast deviation. A prediction correction has also been introduced for a short time horizon of one hour within this MPC strategy to estimate the PV output power behavior.
In rural low voltage grid networks, the use of battery in the households with a grid connected Photovoltaic (PV) system is a popular solution to shave the peak PV feed-in to the grid. For a single electricity price scenario, the existing forecast based control approaches together with a decision based control layer uses weather and load forecast data for the on–off schedule of the battery operation. These approaches do bring cost benefit from the battery usage. In this paper, the focus is to develop a Model Predictive Control (MPC) to maximize the use of the battery and shave the peaks in the PV feed-in and the load demand. The solution of the MPC allows to keep the PV feed-in and the grid consumption profile as low and as smooth as possible. The paper presents the mathematical formulation of the optimal control problem along with the cost benefit analysis . The MPC implementation scheme in the laboratory and experiment results have also been presented. The results show that the MPC is able to track the deviation in the weather forecast and operate the battery by solving the optimal control problem to handle this deviation.
Big Data Governance
(2018)