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Die Pflegebranche in Deutschland ist im Umbruch – sie muss dem zunehmenden Fachkräftemangel etwas entgegensetzen und zugleich als eine der Zukunftsbranchen die Potenziale der Technisierung und Digitalisierung heben.
Dieses Buch erfasst und analysiert die derzeitigen Trends und Herausforderungen sowohl im Bereich der praktischen Pflege als auch auf der Ebene des Pflegemanagements auf allen Führungsebenen. Die Autoren der 30 wissenschaftlichen Beiträge zeigen, wie politische Entscheider, die Organe der Selbstverwaltung und die einzelnen Unternehmen durch unterschiedliche Maßnahmen den Problemen der Pflegebranche entgegenwirken können. Es werden eine Reihe von Handlungsmöglichkeiten und Entwicklungsperspektiven für die unterschiedlichen Akteure der Pflegebranche aufgezeigt, bei denen sich der Faktor Mensch und der Faktor Maschine sinnvoll ergänzen können. Auch werden Pflegekonzepte mit in den Blick genommen, die bisher weniger bekannt sind. Ebenso werden innovative Ansätze von Start-ups und sozialen Entrepreneuren in der Pflege präsentiert.
Nicht zuletzt die Corona-Pandemie hat gezeigt, dass die Pflege eine zentrale, systemrelevante Stütze im Gesundheitswesen in Deutschland darstellt. Die jüngsten Reformen in der Pflegepolitik sind Ausdruck davon und zeigen, dass sich Entscheider auf allen Ebenen und in allen Bereichen der Pflege mit den drängenden Fragen auseinandersetzen müssen. Dazu liefert dieses Buch wichtige Impulse und Anregungen.
This chapter is about school suspension through a social work lens. Young people like Martin require the collective to belong, to be a member of a group, to realise their social needs. This is the basic requirement of human mental and social stability. Suspension stands in opposition because it legitimises social exclusion and disregards the linkage between the individual and collective (Bunge 2003). This chapter advocates for a whole systems approach to tackle social problems and develop sustainable interventions that facilitate young peoples’ needs realisation at school.
Objectives: The MetabQoL 1.0 is the first disease-specific health related quality of life (HrQoL) questionnaire for patients with intoxication-type inherited metabolic disorders. Our aim was to assess the validity and reliability of the MetabQoL 1.0, and to investigate neuropsychiatric burden in our patient population. Methods: Data from 29 patients followed at a single center, aged between 8 and 18 years with the diagnosis of methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), propionic acidemia (PA) or isovaleric acidemia (IVA), and their parents were included. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQoL) was used to evaluate the validity and reliability of MetabQoL 1.0.
Results: The MetabQoL 1.0 was shown to be valid and reliable (Cronbach's alpha: 0.64–0.9). Fourteen out of the 22 patients (63.6%) formally evaluated had neurological findings. Of note, 17 out of 20 patients (85%) had a psychiatric disorder when evaluated formally by a child and adolescent psychiatrist. The median mental scores of the MetabQoL 1.0 proxy report were significantly higher than those of the self report (p = 0.023). Patients with neonatal-onset disease had higher MetabQoL 1.0 proxy physical (p = 0.008), mental (p = 0.042), total scores (p = 0.022); and self report social (p = 0.007) and total scores (p = 0.043) than those with later onset disease.
Conclusions: This study continues to prove that the MetabQoL 1.0 is an effective tool to measure what matters in intoxication-type inherited metabolic disorders. Our results highlight the importance of clinical assessment complemented by patient reported outcomes which further expands the evaluation toolbox of inherited metabolic diseases.
Der Unternehmensbewertung kommt seit jeher ein hoher Stellenwert unter den Disziplinen der Betriebswirtschaftslehre zu. Obwohl die Unternehmensbewertung als gut erforschtes Fachgebiet bezeichnet werden kann, gibt es durchaus noch Teilbereiche, denen bisher noch keine ausreichende Beachtung geschenkt worden ist. Hierzu zählt insbesondere die Fragestellung, inwiefern Steuern Einfluss auf das Wertwachstum bei der Bewertung ausüben. Die vorliegende Arbeit versucht diesen Bereich durch eine umfassende Analyse näher zu beleuchten. Dabei werden zunächst die wichtigsten Grundlagen von Unternehmensbewertung, Wachstum und Steuern dargelegt. Die erlangten Erkenntnisse werden anschließend in einem Bewertungsmodell zusammengeführt und interpretiert. Es erfolgt dabei stets eine Gegenüberstellung der steuerlichen Rahmenbedingungen vor und nach der Unternehmenssteuerreform 2008. Um nicht nur den Bedürfnissen der Wissenschaft, sondern ebenfalls denen der Praxis gerecht zu werden, werden die Grundsätze zur Durchführung von Unternehmensbewertungen des Instituts der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW S 1) kritisch in die Analyse mit einbezogen.
In den letzten Jahren lässt sich insbesondere in den Industrienationen ein wachsendes Interesse für Umweltfragen feststellen. In der betriebswirtschaftlichen Praxis äußert sich dies in der Initiierung verschiedener unternehmerischer Umweltinitiativen, über die regelmäßig in der einschlägigen Wirtschaftspresse zu lesen ist. Zugleich findet sich im Bereich der Wirtschaftswissenschaften ein breiter Literaturkörper, der die Auswirkungen einer verstärkten unternehmerischen Umweltorientierung auf den finanzwirtschaftlichen Erfolg kontrovers diskutiert. So existieren unterschiedlichste Theorien, die von einem positiven oder aber negativen Zusammenhang ausgehen. Empirische Untersuchungen zu dieser Fragestellung sind für Deutschland hingegen kaum auffindbar. Die Studie nimmt sich dieser Lücke an. Dabei werden zu Beginn wesentliche Begrifflichkeiten und Konzepte erläutert. Zudem erfolgt eine ausführliche Diskussion des aktuellen theoretischen Forschungsstands über mögliche Zusammenhänge von unternehmerischer Umweltleistung und finanzwirtschaftlichem Erfolg. Dem werden bisherige empirische Erkenntnisse gegenübergestellt. Den Kern der Untersuchung bilden zwei empirische Analysen am deutschen (Kapital-)Markt. Zunächst wird im Rahmen einer Ereignisstudie für den Zeitraum von 1993 bis 2008 untersucht, inwiefern sich Unternehmenswertänderungen am Aktienmarkt nach der Verleihung von Umweltpreisen feststellen lassen. Innerhalb der zweiten Analyse wird anhand von Querschnittsdaten der Jahre 2006 bis 2008 überprüft, ob ein Zusammenhang zwischen bilanziellen bzw. kapitalmarktbasierten Kennzahlen und sogenannten Umweltratings besteht. Besonderer Wert wird bei beiden Untersuchungen auf die Robustheit der Ergebnisse gelegt, weshalb u. a. der robuste MM-Schätzer sowie Bootstrap-Testverfahren Verwendung finden. Das Buch trägt dazu bei, eine häufig polemisch geführte Diskussion auf eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Basis zu stellen. Anleger erhalten zudem Anhaltspunkte, ob eine Investition in verhältnismäßig "grüne" Unternehmen mit finanziellen Nachteilen verbunden sein muss.
The thorny issue of time
(2023)
As the boundary between real and virtual life is becoming increasingly blurred, researchers and practitioners are looking for ways to integrate the two intending to improve human lives in a plethora of domains. A cutting-edge concept is the design of Digital Twins (DT), having a broad range of implications and applications, spanning from education, training, as well as safety and productivity in the workplace. An emergent approach for implementing DTs is the usage of mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR), which are well aligned with merging real and virtual objects to enhance the human’s ability to interact with and manage DTs. Yet, this is still a novel area of research and, as such, a grounded understanding of the current state, challenges, and open questions is still lacking. Towards this, we conducted a PRISMA-based literature review of scientific articles and book chapters dealing with the use of MR and AR for digital twins. After a thorough screening phase and eligibility check, 25 papers were analyzed, sorted and compared by different categories like research topic (e.g., visualization, guidance), domain (e.g., manufacturing, education), paper type (e.g., design study, evaluation), evaluation type (user study, case study or none), used hardware (e.g., Microsoft HoloLens, mobile devices) as well as the different outcomes (result type and topic, problems, outlook). The major finding of this research survey is the predominant focus of the reviewed papers on the technology itself and the neglect of factors regarding the users. We, therefore, encourage researchers in this area to keep the importance of ease and joy of use in mind and include users in multiple stages of their work.
Organic acidurias (OAs), urea-cycle disorders (UCDs), and maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) belong to the category of intoxication-type inborn errors of metabolism (IT-IEM). Liver transplantation (LTx) is increasingly utilized in IT-IEM. However, its impact has been mainly focused on clinical outcome measures and rarely on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Aim of the study was to investigate the impact of LTx on HrQoL in IT-IEMs. This single center prospective study involved 32 patients (15 OA, 11 UCD, 6 MSUD; median age at LTx 3.0 years, range 0.8–26.0). HRQoL was assessed pre/post transplantation by PedsQL-General Module 4.0 and by MetabQoL 1.0, a specifically designed tool for IT-IEM. PedsQL highlighted significant post-LTx improvements in total and physical functioning in both patients' and parents' scores. According to age at transplantation (≤3 vs. >3 years), younger patients showed higher post-LTx scores on Physical (p = 0.03), Social (p < 0.001), and Total (p =0.007) functioning. MetabQoL confirmed significant post-LTx changes in Total and Physical functioning in both patients and parents scores (p ≤ 0.009). Differently from PedsQL, MetabQoL Mental (patients p = 0.013, parents p = 0.03) and Social scores (patients p = 0.02, parents p = 0.012) were significantly higher post-LTx. Significant improvements (p = 0.001–0.04) were also detected both in self- and proxy-reports for almost all MetabQoL subscales. This study shows the importance of assessing the impact of transplantation on HrQoL, a meaningful outcome reflecting patients' wellbeing. LTx is associated with significant improvements of HrQol in both self- and parentreports. The comparison between PedsQL-GM and MetabQoL highlighted that MetabQoL demonstrated higher sensitivity in the assessment of diseasespecific domains than the generic PedsQL tool.
A Telecom optical fibers are still being the best transmission medium of digital data and analogue signals for long distance applications. Progress in integrated photonics enables development of photonic chips with new unique properties, circuits of the future, and overcomes current limits in information and communication technologies. The packaging of photonic chips is necessary for taking them out of research laboratories into real implementation in the information and communication technology applications. One important step of packaging is effective coupling of optical radiation between telecom optical fiber with ten microns core dimension and photonic chip optical waveguide with submicron dimensions. For complex photonic chips, it is necessary to couple not one optical fiber but several optical fibers, which are arranged in fiber arrays. In this case, it is necessary to use a 6D positioning system, which allows to optimally adjust the relative position of the photonic chip and the fiber arrays. After setting the optimal relative position of the photonic chip and the fiber array, the process of their fixation follows. One possibility of fixation is gluing with an adhesive in the optical path between the photonic chip and an array of optical fibers with a refractive index close to the refractive index of the optical fiber core. This paper is focused on the experimental test set-up for the temperature characterization of fiber array to photonics chip butt coupling at 1310 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths fixed themselves by UV adhesive in the optical path. The main aims of this works are selection of better adhesive from two types for gluing of photonic chip and fiber array in packaging process of photonics chips and validation of gluing process developing. The coupling and alignment of fiber arrays to photonics chip were done by automated active alignments system and they were fixed themselves by curable epoxy adhesive. Temperature changes of coupling insertion losses are measured and investigated for two different UV adhesives during three temperature cycles from -40 °C to 80 °C in climatic chamber according to Telcordia. Spectral dependence of insertion losses were measured and compared before and after three temperature cycles for 1530 nm to 1570 nm spectral range at room temperature.
This work was supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the contracts APVV-17-0662 and SK-AT-20-0017 and by the COST Action “European Network for High Performance Integrated Microwave Photonics” (EUIMWP) CA16220.
The main aims of this work are the validation of the developed process of gluing a single-mode optical fiber array with a photonic chip and the selection of a more suitable adhesive from the two adhesives being compared. An active alignment system was used for adjusting the two optical fiber arrays to a photonics chip. The gluing was done by two compared UV curable adhesives applied in the optical path. The insertion losses of glued coupling were measured and investigated at two discrete wavelengths 1310 nm and 1550 nm during temperature testing in the climatic chamber according to Telcordia GR_1209_Corei04 [3]. The measurement, investigation, and comparison of insertion losses of the glued coupling at the spectral band from 1530 nm to 1570 nm were done immediately after gluing process and after three temperature cycles in the climatic chamber with one month delay.
In this paper we report on the experimental test set-up for the temperature characterization of fiber array to photonics chip butt coupling at 1310 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths. The alignment and gluing of fiber arrays to photonics chip were done by automated active alignments system and they were fixed themselves by UV curable epoxy adhesive. Temperature changes of coupling insertion losses are measured and investigated for two different UV adhesives during three temperature cycles from -40 °C to 80 °C in climatic chamber. Spectral dependence of insertion losses was measured and compared before and after three temperature cycles for 1530 nm to 1570 nm spectral range at room temperature.
Tap or swipe
(2023)
Through mandatory ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting large companies must disclose their ESG activities showing how sustainability risks are incorporated in their decision-making and production processes. This disclosure obligation, however, does not apply to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), creating a gap in the ESG dataset. Banks are therefore required to collect sustainability data of their SME customers independently to ensure complete ESG integration in the risk analysis process for loans. In this paper, we examine ESG risk analysis through a smart science approach laying the focus on possible value outcomes of sustainable smart services for banks as well as for their (SME) customers. The paper describes ESG factors, how services can be derived from them, targeted metrics of ESG and an ESG Service Creation Framework (business ecosystem building, process model, and value creation). The description of an exemplary use case highlighting the necessary ecosystem for service creation as well as the created value concludes the paper.
With the emergence of the recent Industry 4.0 movement, data integration is now also being driven along the production line, made possible primarily by the use of established concepts of intelligent supply chains, such as the digital avatars. Digital avatars – sometimes also called Digital Twins or more broadly Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) – are already successfully used in holistic systems for intelligent transport ecosystems, similar to the use of Big Data and artificial intelligence technologies interwoven with modern production and supply chains. The goal of this paper is to describe how data from interwoven, autonomous and intelligent supply chains can be integrated into the diverse data ecosystems of the Industry 4.0, influenced by a multitude of data exchange formats and varied data schemas. In this paper, we describe how a framework for supporting SMEs was established in the Lake Constance region and describe a demonstrator sprung from the framework. The demonstrator project’s goal is to exhibit and compare two different approaches towards optimisation of manufacturing lines. The first approach is based upon static optimisation of production demand, i.e. exact or heuristic algorithms are used to plan and optimise the assignment of orders to individual machines. In the second scenario, we use real-time situational awareness – implemented as digital avatar – to assign local intelligence to jobs and raw materials in order to compare the results to the traditional planning methods of scenario one. The results are generated using event-discrete simulation and are compared to common (heuristic) job scheduling algorithms.
Der erste Band der ogsa-Reihe greift aktuelle Themen der Sozialen Arbeit in der Postmigrationsgesellschaft auf. Dazu werden mit Migration verbundene Phänomene in ihren theoretischen Grundannahmen, institutionellen Strukturen und in Praxisfeldern reflektiert sowie kritische Perspektiven auf einen professionellen Umgang damit entwickelt. In Tandems aus Theorie und Praxis werden jeweils Themen wie Differenz und Macht, Rassismus, Postkolonialität, Intersektionalität, Empowerment, Social Justice, Border Struggles, Critical Citizenship u. v. m. diskutiert.
Der Einsatz von Robotik im Pflegekontext wird kontrovers diskutiert und löst unterschiedliche Assoziationen aus. In diesem Beitrag stellen wir Ergebnisse aus einer schriftlichen Befragung bei Pflegekräften aus Deutschland vor. Es wird aufgezeigt, für welche Funktionen und Aufgaben sich Pflegekräfte den Einsatz von Roboter vorstellen können und wo gegensätzliche Einstellungen gegenüber Robotern bestehen. Ein Fallbeispiel illustriert ein mögliches Anwendungsfeld. Mit den reflexiven Fragen laden wir die:den Lesenden ein, sich selbst mit der Idee Roboter als Alltagshelfer für ältere Menschen auseinanderzusetzen.
The role of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in the current zeitgeist is to drive innovation, re-shape rigid, established processes in business as well as for consumers. They use new viewpoints to pioneer new (business) models which focus on ‘smartness’ rather than the purely monetary and short-sighted models of yesteryear. Fostering and supporting the culture of this current zeitgeist is a mayor challenge for entre- and intrapreneurial support infrastructures, namely startup centres and innovation hubs of universities and other public institutions as well as innovation centres of private companies. Hereby, support may range from access to funding over provision of resources such as offices or computing hardware to coaching in the development of business ideas and strategic roadmaps for product and service deployment. In this paper, we focus on describing the status-quo of afore- mentioned support infrastructures in Vorarlberg and the Lake Constance region, then extend the scope to existing (international) approaches for aiding founders and inno- vators in the development of smart services. An analysis of success stories of the Vorarlberg startup centre ‘startupstube’ and other initiatives including their compar- ison to international counterparts builds the basis for a methodological framework for (service science) coaching in entre- and intrapreneurial support infrastructures. The paper is concluded by the description of a framework for choosing the right methods and tools to create service value in entre-/intrapreneurship based upon tested, proven know-how and for defining support infrastructure needs based upon pre-defined stakeholder and target groups as well as the (industry) sectors of the innovators.
Smart services disrupt business models and have the potential to stimulate the circular economy transition of regions, enabling an environmentally friendly atmosphere for sustainable and innovation-driven growth of regions. Although smart services are powerful means for deploying circular economy goals in industrial practices, there is little systematic guidance on how the adoption of smart services could improve resource efficiency and stimulate smart regional innovation-driven growth, enabled through circular design. Implemented in the scope of Vorarlberg’s smart specialization strategy, this paper contributes to the literature on the circular economy and regional innovation-driven growth by assessing critical factors of the value creation and value capture implemented within the scope of the quadruple helix system. By identifying the main challenges and opportunities of collaborative value creation and value capture in setting-up smart circular economy strategies and by assessing the role of innovation actors within the quadruple helix innovation system, the study provides recommendations and set of guidelines for managers and public authorities in managing circular transition. Finally, based on the analysis of the role of actors in creating shared value and scaling-up smart circular economy practices in the quadruple helix innovation systems, the paper investigates the role of banks as enablers of circular economy innovation-driven regional growth and smart value creation.
Parametric anti-resonance is a phenomenon that occurs in systems with at least two degrees of freedom; this can be achieved by periodically exciting some parameters of the system. The effect of this properly tuned periodicity is to increase the dissipation in the system, which leads to a raising in the effective damping of vibrations. This contribution presents the design of an open-loop control to reduce the settling time using the anti-resonance concept. The control signal consists of a quasi-periodic signal capable of transferring the system’s oscillations from one mode to another mode of the system. The general averaging technique is used to characterize the dynamics, particularly the so-called slow dynamics of motion. With this analysis, the control signal is designed for the potential application of a microelectromechanical sensor arrangement; for this specific example, up to 96.8% reduction of settling time is achieved.
Selbst sicher sein
(2019)
Rückblicke zur 5. ogsaTAGUNG
(2021)
ROS 2 in Embedded Systemen
(2022)
Das Robot Operating System in seiner zweiten Version (ROS 2) findet zunehmend Verwendung und das nicht nur in Robotern. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über den Aufbau und die Funktion von ROS 2. Die wesentlichen Elemente werden vorgestellt, das Publish-Subscribe-Konzept, das der Kommunikation zugrunde liegt, wird erläutert. Die Anforderungen von ROS 2 an Hardware und Betriebssystem werden beleuchtet und es werden Betrachtungen zu dessen Echtzeitverhalten gemacht.
To create a map of an unknown area, autonomous robots must follow a strategy to explore the area without knowing the optimal paths to reduce the time needed to map the whole area. To reduce the time to accomplish this task, multiple robots can work together to create a map in a more efficient way. However, without proper coordination, the time a team of autonomous robots needs to explore the unknown area can exceed the time needed by a single robot. To counteract the challenges, a shared infrastructure is needed which extracts useful information for the individual robots out of the shared information of all robots so the exploration can be coordinated. These measures introduce new challenges to the system, concerning the load of the communication infrastructure as well as the overall task of exploring and mapping becoming dependent on the correct communication and robustness of the shared team infrastructure. Therefore, the amount of communication and dependency of each individual robot of the rest of the other robots of the team must be reduced to ensure that the robots can continue working even if the communication with the shared infrastructure fails.
Quasilineare Tauchankerspule
(2020)
PV hosting capacity provides utilities the knowledge of the maximum amount of solar installations possible to accommodate in low voltage grids such that no operational problems arise. As the quantification of the hosting capacity requires data collection, grid modelling, and often time-consuming simulations, simplified estimations for large-scale applications are of interest. In this paper, Bayesian statistical inference is applied to estimate the hosting capacities of more than 5000 real feeders in Austria. The results show that the hosting capacity of 95% of the total feeders can be estimated with a mean error below 20% by only having knowledge of a random sample of 5%. Moreover, the hosting capacity estimation at a regional level shows a maximum error below 9%, also relying on a random sample of 5% of the total feeders. Furthermore, the approach proposed provides a methodology to assess new parameters aiming to improve the accuracy of the hosting capacity estimation at a feeder level.
When it comes to improving the health of the general population, mHealth technologies with self-monitoring and intervention components hold a lot of promise. We argue, however, that due to various factors such as access, targeting, personal resources or incentives, self-monitoring applications run the risk of increasing health inequalities, thereby creating a problem of social justice. We review empirical evidence for “intervention-generated” inequalities, present arguments that self-monitoring applications are still morally acceptable, and develop approaches to avoid the promotion of health inequalities through self-monitoring applications.
Blood flow and ventilatory flow strongly influence the concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath. The physicochemical properties of a compound (e.g., water solubility) additionally determine if the concentration of the compound in breath reflects the alveolar concentration, the concentration in the upper airways, or a mixture of both. Mathematical modeling based on mass balance equations helps to understand how measured breath concentrations are related to their corresponding blood concentrations and physiological parameters, such as metabolic rates and endogenous production rates. In addition, the influence of inhaled compounds on their exhaled concentrations can be quantified and appropriate correction formulas can be derived. Isoprene and acetone, two endogenous VOCs with very different water solubility, have been modeled to explain the essential features of their behavior in breath. This chapter introduces the theory of physiological modeling of exhaled VOCs, with examples of isoprene and acetone.
Ordnung aus der Mitte
(2021)
Oral applications of ultra-short laser pulses - a new approach for gentle and painless treatment?
(2006)
This paper presents design, simulation, and optimization of the three-dimensional 1×4 optical multimode interference splitter using IP-Dip polymer as a core and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Sylgard 184 as a cladding. The splitter was simulated by using beam propagation method in BeamPROP simulation engine of RSoft photonic tool and optimized for an operating wavelength of 1.55 µm. According to the minimum insertion loss, the dimensions of the MMI coupler and the length of the whole MMI splitter structure were optimized applying a waveguide with a core size of 4×4 µm2. The objective of the study is to create a design for fabrication by three-dimensional direct laser writing optical lithography.
The paper deals with the optimization of 2x2 optical switch for photonic integrated circuits based on two 2x2 MMI splitters and two phase-modulators. The optical switch was modelled in the RSoftCAD with the simulation tool BeamPROP. The optimization was done to minimise the insertion losses and broaden the spectral band at 1550 nm by using linear tapers in a 2x2 MMI splitter topology. The 2x2 optical switch is a common element for creating more complex 1xN or NxN optical switches in all-optical signal processing.
In Zeiten zunehmenden Umweltbewusstseins und steigender Energiekosten gewinnt die Optimierung der Energieeffizienz von Anlagen und Gebäudetechnik zunehmend an Bedeutung. Insbesondere im Kontext nachhaltiger und ressourcenschonender Heizungs- und Warmwassersysteme haben sich Wärmepumpen als maßgebliche Technologien etabliert. Die effiziente Bereitstellung von Warmwasser nimmt dabei eine essenzielle Position ein, da sie einen erheblichen Anteil am Gesamtenergieverbrauch eines Gebäudes ausmacht. Die vorliegende Masterarbeit widmet sich der Fragestellung, welchen Einfluss Zirkulationsleitungen auf die Effizienz von Wärmepumpen haben und wie sich alternative dezentrale Warmwasserbereitungssysteme auf diese auswirken. Konkret wird diese Fragestellung am Beispiel einer Mittelschule in Frastanz untersucht. Die Untersuchung erfolgt mithilfe von Simulationen mit der Software GeoT*Sol, wodurch verschiedene Szenarien der Warmwasserbereitung und deren Auswirkungen auf die Jahresarbeitszahl (JAZ) der Wärmepumpe simuliert werden. Es werden sechs Varianten verglichen, darunter der Ist-Stand mit Zirkulationsleitung, eine zeitlich angepasste Zirkulation, eine Variante ohne Zirkulation sowie dezentrale Warmwasserbereitung mit und ohne Photovoltaik-Einbindung. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Zirkulationsleitung einen signifikanten Einfluss auf die JAZ einer Wärmepumpe hat, da permanent Wärmeverluste entstehen, selbst ohne Warmwasserbedarf. Die dezentrale Warmwasserbereitung mit PV-Einbindung erweist sich als vielversprechend, sowohl in Bezug auf energetische Einsparungen als auch auf finanzielle Rentabilität. Die Masterarbeit bietet somit wichtige Erkenntnisse und Handlungsempfehlungen für die Mittelschule Frastanz, um ihre Energieeffizienz zu steigern und Kosten einzusparen. Die Empfehlungen zur Beibehaltung der Bestandswärmepumpe, der Installation dezentraler Warmwasserbereitungsanlagen und der PV-Anlage können als Grundlage für zukünftige Investitionsentscheidungen dienen und einen Beitrag zum nachhaltigen Energiemanagement der Schule leisten.
The design and development of smart products and services with data science enabled solutions forms a core topic of the current trend of digitalisation in industry. Enabling skilled staff, employees, and students to use data science in their daily work routine of designing such products and services is a key concern of higher education institutions, including universities, company workshop providers and in further education. The scope and usage scenario of this paper is to assess software modules (‘tools’) for integrated data and analytics as service (DAaaS). The tools are usually driven by machine learning, may be deployed in cloud infrastructures, and are specifically targeted at particular needs of the industrial manufacturing, production, or supply chain sector.
The paper describes existing theories and previous work, namely methods used in didactics, work done for visually designing and using machine learning algorithms (no-code / low- code tools), as well as combinations of these two topics. For tools available on the market, an extended assessment of their suitability for a set of learning scenarios and personas is discussed.
Recent developments in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP) increasingly allow for the extension of such techniques to hitherto unidentified areas of application. This paper deals with the application of state-of-the-art NLP techniques to the domain of Product Safety Risk Assessment (PSRA). PSRA is concerned with the quantification of the risks a user is exposed to during product use. The use case arises from an important process of maintaining due diligence towards the customers of the company OMICRON electronics GmbH.
The paper proposes an approach to evaluate the consistency of human-made risk assessments that are proposed by potentially changing expert panels. Along the stages of this NLP-based approach, multiple insights into the PSRA process allow for an improved understanding of the related risk distribution within the product portfolio of the company. The findings aim at making the current process more transparent as well as at automating repetitive tasks. The results of this paper can be regarded as a first step to support domain experts in the risk assessment process.
Due to the increasing trend of photonic element miniaturisation and the need for optical splitting, we propose and simulate a new type of three-dimensional (3D) optical splitter based on multimode interference (MMI) for the wavelength of 1550 nm. We present various designs and simulations of various parameters for the optimized MMI splitter. We focus on the possibility of its integration on an optical fiber. The design is focused on a possible production process using 3D laser lithography for the prepared experiments. The MMI splitter was prepared by laser lithography using direct writing process and finally investigated by output characterisation by the near-field measurement.
Coupling is one of the most frequently mentioned metric in software systems. However, to measure logical coupling between microservices, runtime information is needed or the availability of service-log files to analyze the calls between services is required. This work presents our emerging results, in which we propose a metric to statically calculate logical coupling between microservices based on commits to versioning systems. We performed an initial validation of the proposed metric with a dataset containing 145 open-source microservices projects. The results illustrate how logical coupling affects every system and increases overtime. However, we did not find a correlation between the number of commits or the number of developers and the introduction of logical coupling. In future, we investigate why, how, and when logical coupling is introduced in a system.
Il presente capitolo è incentrato su uno dei nuovi paradigmi di produzione e consumo, l’economia circolare – i.e., “un’economia in cui gli scarti e l’inquinamento sono minimizzati grazie al design consapevole di prodotti, processi e servizi, il valore delle risorse è mantenuto il più a lungo possibile e i sistemi naturali vengono rigenerati” (Gusmerotti et al., 2020, p. 9). L’elaborato si focalizza in particolare su uno dei modelli di business considerati “circolari” (CBM) (Linder e Williander, 2017), il product-as-a-service (PaaS da qui in poi) (Lacy et al., 2016). Alla base di questo modello di business vi è l’idea che i clienti non acquisiscono la proprietà dei beni, bensì li utilizzano al pari dei servizi, a fronte di un pagamento, come riporta la letteratura concernente i product-service systems (PSS) (Lacy et al., 2016; Mont, 2002; Tukker e Tischner, 2006; Tukker, 2015). Questo approccio al consumo rientra nel più complesso fenomeno della servitizzazione, la quale comporta “l’innovazione nelle capacità e nei processi di un’impresa, in modo che essa possa meglio creare valore – per il cliente e l’impresa stessa – passando dalla vendita di prodotti alla vendita di sistemi di prodotto-servizio” (Neely, 2009, p. 10).
In this work, parametric excitation is introduced in a fully balanced flexible rotor mounted on two identical active gas foil bearings. The active gas foil bearings change the top foil shape harmonically with a specific amplitude and frequency. The deformable foil shape is approximated by an analytical function, while the gas pressure distribution is evaluated by the numerical solution of the Reynolds equation for compressible flow. The harmonic variation of the foil shape generates a respective variation in the bearings’ stiffness and damping properties and the system experiences parametric resonances and antiresonances in specific excitation frequencies. The nonlinear gas bearing forces generate bifurcations in the solutions of the system at certain rotating speeds and excitation frequencies; period doubling and Neimark-Sacker bifurcations are noticed in the examined system, and their progress is evaluated as the two bifurcation parameters (rotating speed and parametric excitation frequency) are changed, though a codimension-2 numerical continuation of limit cycles. It is found that at specific range of excitation frequency there are parametric anti-resonances and the bifurcations collide and vanish. Therefore, a bifurcation-free operating range is established and the system can operate stable at a wide speed range.
The utilization of lasers in dentistry expands greatly in recent years. For instance, fs-lasers are effective for both drilling and caries prevention, while cw-lasers are useful for adhesive hardening. A cutting-edge application of lasers in dentistry is the debonding of veneers. While there are pre-existing tools for this purpose, there is still potential for improvement. Initial efforts to investigate laser assisted debonding mechanisms with measurements of the optical and mechanical properties of teeth and prosthetic ceramics are presented. Preliminary tests conducted with a laser system used for debonding that is commercially available showed differences in the output power set at the systems console to that at specified distances from the handpiece. Furthermore, the optical properties of the samples (human teeth and ceramics) were characterised. The optical properties of the ceramics should closely resemble those of teeth in terms of look and feel, but they also influence the laser assisted debonding technique and thus must be taken into account. In addition first attempts were performed to investigate the mechanical properties of the samples by means of pump-probe-elastography under a microscope. By analyzing the sample surface up to 20 ns after a fs-laser pulse impact, pressure and shock waves could be detected, which can be utilized to determine the elastic constants of specific materials. Together such investigations are needed to shape the basis for a purely optical approach of debonding of veneers utilizing acoustic waves.
Steigende Komplexität von Geschäftsmodellen und in der Niedrigzinsphase stets zulegende Renditeerwartungen an kapitalmarktorientierte Unternehmen führen dazu, dass sich deren Berichterstattung anpasst. Unter anderem ist eine verstärkte Verbreitung und Anwendung von Key Performance Indicators (alternative Führungsgrößen) in der Praxis zu beobachten. Wenigen, zwar prägnanten, aber eben nicht einheitlich definierten oder gar nach geltenden Rechnungslegungsnormen objektiv zu gewinnende Messgrößen kommt eine gesteigerte Bedeutung im externen Berichtswesen zu. Der Beitrag liefert eine Bestandesaufnahme der meist verwendeten Key Performance Indicators in der Praxis in Deutschland, in Österreich und in der Schweiz.
In this paper, we consider the question of data aggregation using the practical example of emissions data for economic activities for the sustainability assessment of regional bank clients. Given the current scarcity of company-specific emission data, an approximation relies on using available public data. These data are reported in different standards in different sources. To determine a mapping between the different standards, an adaptation to the Covariance Matrix Self-Adaptation Evolution Strategy is proposed. The obtained results show that high-quality mappings are found. Nevertheless, our approach is transferable to other data compatibility problems. These can be found in the merging of emissions data for other countries, or in bridging the gap between completely different data sets.
This paper examines the determinants of subnational location choice of Japanese multinational enterprises (JMNEs) in India to investigate whether or not conventional investment behaviour as ‘foot-loose’ and one-off investments has given way to an agglomeration logic as Japanese foreign direct investment has intensified. Using geographic information system analysis of investment project numbers, we find that Japanese MNE behaviour in India is evolving, with complementing but complex subnational interactions of economic, institutional and infrastructure factors serving as strong determinants of location choice consistently across key phases of India’s liberalization. We argue that Japanese investment decisions in India have followed a self-reinforcing dynamic whereby prior investments indeed attract further investment.
International Entrepreneurship explains the opportunities and challenges facing internationalizing entrepreneurial ventures. The book inlcudes a thorough discussion of fundamentals as well as contemporary research findings. Numerous cases, featuring diverse contexts, illustrate theory and help classroom use.
In 2021, a prominent Austria dairy producer suffered from an IT attack and was completely paralysed. Without clearly defined mitigation measures in place, major disruptions were caused alongside the whole supply chain, including logistics service providers, governmental food safety bodies, as well as retailers (i.e., supermarkets and convenience stores). In this paper, we ask the question how digitisation and digital transformation impact IT security, especially when considering the complex company ecosystems of food production and food supply chains in Austria. The problem statement stems from a gap in knowledge of key differences in approaches towards IT security, resilience, risk management and especially business interfaces between food suppliers, supermarkets, distributors, logistics and other service providers. In order to answer related research questions, firstly, the authors conduct literature research, and highlight common guidelines and standardisation as well as look at state-based recommendations for critical infrastructure. In a second step, the paper describes a quantitative and qualitative survey with Austrian food companies (producers and retailers) which is described in detail in the paper. A description of recommended measures for the industry, further steps, as well as an outlook conclude the paper.
In this work, we investigated the influence of different etch depths of the rib waveguides on the performance of SiN-based AWGs. For this purpose, an 8-channel 100 GHz AWG was designed for a center wavelength of 850 nm. The design parameters entered were calculated using the AWG-Parameters tool. The simulations were performed with a commercial photonic tool PHASAR from Optiwave. The simulated performance was evaluated using the AWG-Analyzer tool. For the AWG design, we used three identical rib waveguides with different etch depths to simulate possible etch imperfection. The simulations show the wavelength shift and degradation of the AWG performance.
This paper presents the design, simulation, and optimization of a 1×128 multimode interference (MMI) splitter with a silica-on-silicon channel profile. This work aims to study the influence of the different S-Bend output waveguide shapes at the end of the MMI coupler on the final optical properties. The 1×128 MMI splitters have been simulated using beam propagation method in OptiBPM software. The optical properties of all considered splitters with different shapes of outputs waveguides are discussed and compared with each other. Based on the minimum insertion loss and non-uniformity, the final shape of output waveguides, ensuring the lowest losses, is determined.
In the era of digital transformation an evolution takes place. Following this, new perspectives concerning leadership are required, especially in virtual teams. Shared Leadership is a promising leadership form to meet the challenges in a virtual team setting. Particularly, studies show that shared leadership increases performance, team creativity and innovative behavior. Moreover, the responsibility is distributed among several, not one individual. Nevertheless, it is unclear, which skills are needed in shared leadership teams and how they could be trained. Therefore, we develop a conceptual framework to pave the way for an empirical inquiry of the skills for and the role of shared leadership. Moreover, we encourage the discussion, whether the current leadership development is still viable and offer practical implications to develop shared leadership.
In Bewegung kommen
(2023)
Purpose: Although there is an apparent potential in using data for advanced services in manufacturing environments, SMEs are reluctant to share data with their ecosystem partners, which prevents them from leveraging this potential. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the reasons behind these resistances. The argumentation paves the way for elaborating countermeasures that are adequate for the specific situation and the typical capabilities of SMEs.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The analysis is based on literature research and in-depth interviews with management representatives of 15 companies in manufacturing service ecosystems. Half of these are manufacturers and the other half technology or service providers for manufacturers. They are SMEs or partly larger companies operating in structures that are typical for SMEs.
Findings: Data sharing hurdles are investigated in the five dimensions, 1. quantifying the value of data, 2. willingness to share data and trust, 3. organizational culture and mindset, 4. legal aspects, and 5. security and privacy. The ability to quantify the value of data is a necessary but not sufficient precondition for data sharing, which must be enabled by adequate measures in the other four dimensions.
Originality/Value: The findings of this empirical study and the solution approach provide an SME-specific framework to analyze hurdles that must be overcome for sharing data in an ecosystem.
Manufacturing SMEs can apply the framework to overcome the hurdles by specific insights and solution approaches. Furthermore, the analysis illustrates the future research direction of the project towards a comprehensive solution approach for data sharing in a manufacturing ecosystem.
IBH Living Lab AAL
(2021)
Highly-sensitive single-step sensing of levodopa by swellable microneedle-mounted nanogap sensors
(2022)
Microneedle (MN) sensing of biomarkers in interstitial fluid (ISF) can overcome the challenges of self-diagnosis of diseases by a patient, such as blood sampling, handling, and measurement analysis. However, the MN sensing technologies still suffer from poor measurement accuracy due to the small amount of target molecules present in ISF, and require multiple steps of ISF extraction, ISF isolation from MN, and measurement with additional equipment. Here, we present a swellable MN-mounted nanogap sensor that can be inserted into the skin tissue, absorb ISF rapidly, and measure biomarkers in situ by amplifying the measurement signals by redox cycling in nanogap electrodes. We demonstrate that the MN-nanogap sensor measures levodopa (LDA), medication for Parkinson disease, down to 100 nM in an aqueous solution, and 1 μM in both the skin-mimicked gelatin phantom and porcine skin.