cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bridging the Gap Between IDS and Industry 4.0 - Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future
Creators: name: Alexopoulos, Kosmas
name: Bakopoulos, Emmanouil
name: Larrinaga Barrenechea, Felix
name: Castellvi, Silvia
name: Firouzi, Farshad
name: Luca, Gabriele De
name: Maló, Pedro
name: Marguglio, Angelo
name: Meléndez, Francisco
name: Meyer, Tom
name: Orio, Giovanni Di
name: Pethig, Florian
name: Ruíz, Jesús
name: Treichel, Tagline
name: Usländer, Thomas
name: Volz, Friedrich
name: Watson, Kym
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024

description: The Plattform Industrie 4.0 (PI4.0) and the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) are two independent, parallel initiatives with clear focuses. While PI4.0 addresses communication and interaction between networked assets in a smart factory and/or supply chain across an asset or product lifecycle, IDSA is about a secure, sovereign system of data sharing in which all stakeholders can realize the full value of their data. Since data sharing between companies requires both interoperability and data sovereignty, the question emerges regarding the feasibility and rationality of integrating the expertise of PI4.0 and IDSA. The IDS-Industrial Community (IDS-I) is an extension of IDSA whose goal is to strengthen the cooperation between IDSA and PI4.0. Two fields of expertise could be combined: The Platform's know-how in the area of Industrie 4.0 (I4.0) and the IDSA's expertise in the areas of data sharing ecosystems and data sovereignty. In order to realize this vision, many aspects have to be taken into account, as there are discrepancies on multiple levels. Specifically, at the reference architecture level, we have the RAMI4.0 model on the PI4.0 side and the IDS Reference Architecture Model (IDS-RAM) on the IDSA side. While the existing I4.0 and IDS specifications are incompatible e.g. in terms of models (i.e., the AAS metamodel and the IDS information model) and APIs, there is also the issue of interoperability between I4.0 and IDS solutions. This position paper aims to bridge the gap between IDS and PI4.0 by not only analyzing how their existing concepts, tools, etc. have been "connected" in different contexts. Rather, this position paper makes recommendations on how different technologies could be combined in a generic way, independent of the concrete implementation of IDS and/or I4.0 relevant technology components. This paper could be used by both the IDS and I4.0 communities to further improve their specifications, which are still under development. The lessons learned and feedback from the initial joint use of technology components from both areas could provide concrete guidance on necessary improvements that could further strengthen or extend the specifications. Furthermore, it could help to promote the IDS architecture and specifications in the industrial production and smart manufacturing community and extend typical PI4.0 use cases to include data sovereignty by incorporating IDS aspects.
CQELS 2.0: Towards a unified framework for semantic stream fusion
Creators: name: Le-Tuan, Anh
name: Nguyen-Duc, Manh
name: Le, Chien-Quang
name: Tran, Trung-Kien
name: Hauswirth, Manfred
name: Eiter, Thomas
name: Phuoc, Danh Le
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021

description: We present CQELS 2.0, the second version of Continuous Query Evaluation over Linked Streams. CQELS 2.0 is a platform-agnostic federated execution framework towards semantic stream fusion. In this version, we introduce a novel neuralsymbolic stream reasoning component that enables specifying deep neural network (DNN) based data fusion pipelines via logic rules with learnable probabilistic degrees as weights. As a platform-agnostic framework, CQELS 2.0 can be implemented for devices with different hardware architectures (from embedded devices to cloud infrastructures). Moreover, this version also includes an adaptive federator that allows CQELS instances on different nodes in a network to coordinate their resources to distribute processing pipelines by delegating partial workloads to their peers via subscribing continuous queries.
Podział majątku wspólnego w sprawie o rozwód
Creators: name: adwokat dr Piotr Sobański
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Zgodnie z art. 58 § 3 KRO na wniosek jednego z małżonków sąd może w wyroku orzekającym rozwód dokonać podziału majątku wspólnego, jeżeli przeprowadzenie tego podziału nie spowoduje nadmiernej zwłoki w postępowaniu. Podział majątku wspólnego jest kwestią, którą sąd może rozpatrzyć fakultatywnie w sprawie o rozwód. Jak wynika z art. 58 § 3 KRO, sąd nie jest do tego zobligowany. Jeśli podział nie zostanie przeprowadzony w sprawie o rozwód, ustawodawca przewiduje możliwość podziału wspólnego majątku w postępowaniu nieprocesowym (...)
Validation Of Smart Sensors For AI-Based Condition Monitoring In Industry
Creators: name: Schneider, André
name: Lehmann, Martin
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024

description: Industrial sensors are now complex cyber-physical systems that must meet rigorous reliability, power, and communication requirements: Industry has challenging requirements for the quality and reliability of the distributed smart sensors used in condition monitoring. As a result of digitalization and the increasing use of AI-based monitoring solutions, we can expect an increase in demand for systematic, efficient design and validation processes. In the future, a product’s journey from prototype to volume production must be accompanied by innovative test and validation strategies for qualifying each sensor system under conditions that are as close as possible to those of the future operating environment. The main goal here is to minimize both the need for future rework (which tends to be expensive), and the risk of failure.
The viability of China’s wood furniture industry
Creators: name: Lee, Dickson
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The following paper will discuss the viability of China’s wood furniture industry. Though out the paper, the paper will discussed why China is becoming so successful in the industry, what factors will affect the viability of the wood furniture industry and what challenges China is current facing. China is currently more open to international trading than ever before. While China is becoming the biggest exporters of wood furniture in the world they have suffered a few setbacks. Setbacks from upcoming competition from developing countries like Brazil and Vietnam, export tariffs placed by United States, United States’ recent economic crisis and increase in the cost of raw material and skilled labour. Despite these setbacks, there are evidences that China is recovering and will continue to upscale their wood furniture products to higher end products. China is also being accused of over relying on trading with United States. There is also evidence that they are starting to trade their wood furniture to other countries but it may be a slow and difficult process. Lastly, there are pressure from other countries and environmental groups that China is not practicing sustainably logging practices. In response, China has goals set up by the State Forest Administration to become more environmentally constructive. With the ability to adapt and the amount of money invested into the wood furniture industry, the industry will be viable for a very long time.
Creation of Hansenula polymorpha fatty acid auxotrophic mutants for genetic study of fatty acid biosynthesis
Creators: name: Sarintip Anamnart Sooksai, Kobkul Laoteng
Publisher: name: Genetics Society of Thailand
Year: 2016
Subjects: fatty acid auxotrophic mutant, Hansenula polymorpha, monounsaturated fatty acid (MFA), polyunsaturated fatty acid (PFA), saturated fatty acid (SFA)

description: 1, 9, Genomics and Genetics
KI-Engineering in der Produktion
Creators: name: Frey, Christian
name: Goßmann, Ann-Kathrin
name: Hasterok, Constanze
name: Hertweck, Philipp
name: Kühnert, Christian
name: Pfrommer, Julius
name: Usländer, Thomas
name: Ernis, Gunar
name: Hecker, Dirk
name: Poretschkin, Maximilian
name: Schulz, Daniel
name: Wegener, Dennis
name: Wirtz, Tim
name: Zimmermann, Alexander
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: KI-Engineering
Systems Engineering
Künstliche Intelligenz
Produktion
Maschinelles Lernen

description: Um Methoden der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) in IT-Systemen der industriellen Produktion nachhaltig und operativ einzusetzen, bedarf es der Methodik des KI-Engineering. KI-Engineering adressiert die systematische Entwicklung und den Betrieb von KI-basierten Lösungen als Teil von Systemen, die komplexe Aufgaben erfüllen. Ziel ist es, das Innovations- und Optimierungspotenzial von KI-Verfahren in der industriellen Produktion nutzen zu können. Die Studie spannt die Dimensionen für KI-Engineering-Anwendungen auf, umreißt die qualitativen Anforderungen in der Entwicklung und im Betrieb unter dem Blickwinkel des Anwenders und Entscheiders. Verschiedene Anwendungsfälle werden in vier Autonomiestufen eingeordnet: von KI-basierten Assistenzfunktionen bis hin zu autonomen und adaptiven Systemen. Zudem werden passende Lösungsmethoden aufgezeigt. Ein Kapitel widmet sich den technischen und organisatorischen Schulden beim Einsatz von KI-Methoden. Hierin wird als Antwort das KI-Engineering-Vorgehensmodell PAISE® im Kontext bestehender Modelle aus dem Data Mining und dem Software-Engineering erläutert. Im Anschluss werden relevante Initiativen und Projekte beschrieben und anstehende Entwicklungen umrissen.
“The Rise and Fall of the Tahrir Repertoire: Theorizing Temporality, Trajectory, and Failure.”
Creators: name: Said, Atef
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This article examines how and why the strategy of occupying Tahrir Square went from being the central mode of action and defining image of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 to an ineffective strategy read by many as symbolic of the revolution’s ultimate failure during the transitional period of 2011–2012. This question speaks to a lacuna in the literature on repertoires, specifically a lack of attention to their temporality and the lessons to be learned from their failure. I propose a framework that looks instead at the trajectory of repertoires and traces their 1) meaning, 2) internal composition, 3) relationality vis-à-vis the regime in relation to which the repertoire is practiced, and 4) temporal momentum. Using this framework, I chart the rise and fall of the Tahrir repertoire in a very short period: from February 12, 2011 to December 5, 2012. The article draws on ethnographic, qualitative, and historical data collected over three research trips: the first, overlapping with the revolution, from February 4 to April 16, 2011; the second, from July 16, 2013 to January 6, 2014; and the third, from December 16, 2014 to January 7, 2015.
A quantitative review of marine mortality and an investigation into the effect of migration on sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Creators: name: O'Meara, Devon
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Marine mortality has remained a poorly understood component of Pacific salmon life-history indicating a need for the re-evaluation of research practices. 45 peer-reviewed journals were retrieved from 1965 to 2010 that addressed the topic of survivorship of sockeye salmon (Onchorhynchus nerka) during the marine phase of migration. To accurately describe the historical trends in research, four topics were quantified in the review: (1) the geographic location of the study, (2) the marine life stage, (3) the type of research question, and (4) the sampling level. Regional trends over the entire time series indicated British Columbia produced the most research followed closely by Alaska, Washington and Oregon, Russia and Japan. Research on the sub-adult and estuarine life stages were significantly less abundant in the literature compared to those that examined adults and coastal-migrating juveniles. All articles in the search (100%) addressed population characteristics. Morphological/physiological, abiotic, and biotic research questions were close to equally addressed in more than 50% of articles, while only 22% of articles examined abiotic factors. Most articles relied solely on population based sampling or individual based sampling with few choosing to incorporate both methods into methodology. Only 9 articles returned in the search used telemetry. Recommendations for future research include an increased attention to anthropogenic factors and pathogens affecting marine mortality, an emphasis on international collaboration, and the shifting population research toward an interdisciplinary approach as proposed in Cooke, Hinch et al. (2008).
Moving data protection forward
Creators: name: Roßnagel, Alexander
name: Geminn, Christian
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2024
Subjects: Data protection
Consumer protection
GDPR

description: This policy paper discusses the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on data subjects, particularly consumers. It highlights that while the GDPR has improved the rights of consumers, it has also created legal uncertainty and failed to provide adequate protection in certain areas, such as scoring. The text suggests 33 amendments to the GDPR to strengthen consumer rights and reduce the power asymmetry between data controllers and data subjects. It emphasizes the need for clear guidelines and specifications to ensure the effective application of the GDPR's consumer-friendly provisions. It concludes that these amendments will enhance the consistency and effectiveness of the regulation.
title: Mercator-Professur 2017
Creators: name: Grosser, Alfred
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 320

description: Alfred Grosser wurde 1925 in Frankfurt geboren, emigrierte mit seiner Familie 1933 nach Frankreich und nahm die französische Staatsbürgerschaft an. Grosser studierte Politikwissenschaft und Germanistik und war ab 1955 Inhaber eines Lehrstuhls am Institut d’études politiques de Paris in Paris. 1992 wurde er als Studien- und Forschungsdirektor an der Fondation nationale des sciences politiques emeritiert. Ab 1965 arbeitete er für zahlreiche Zeitungen und Fernsehanstalten, schrieb politische Kolumnen für Tageszeitungen und setzte sich sehr für die deutsch-französische Verständigung ein. Als Wissenschaftler genießt Grosser einen international ausgezeichneten Ruf, so unterrichtete er als Gastprofessor an den US-Elite-Universitäten Stanford und John Hopkins, in Peking (1987), Tokio (1992) und Singapur (1994). Grosser ist vielfach ausgezeichnet worden, u.a. mit dem Grand Prix de l’Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, dem Großen Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband, dem Theodor-Wolff-Preis für das Lebenswerk sowie dem Henri-Nannen-Preis für das publizistische Lebenswerk.
description: Mercator-Professur
Quick insights into whisky - investigating rapid and efficient methods for sensory evaluation and chemical analysis
Creators: name: Haug, Helen
name: Grasskamp, Andreas
name: Singh, Satnam
name: Sauerwald, Tilman
name: Strube, Andrea
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Whisky
gas chromatography mass spectrometry
automated compound detection
human sensory
classification

description: The evaluation of aroma properties of beverages both analytically as well as with human sensory is a challenging task and most often related to time- and cost-intensive analyses. Whisky is a spirit offering a wide variety of aroma impressions caused by a complex mixture of aroma active compounds. In the present study, methods for the efficient evaluation of aroma characteristics are evaluated for 16 whisky samples of different origins (Scotch and American). Rate all that apply (RATA) was applied as a rapid sensory method for the sensory evaluation of whiskies. Sensory evaluation of the samples led to the determination of eight significant aroma attributes: Caramel / cream caramel / toffee, vanilla, (canned) peach, phenolic, smoky, fruity, flowery and (fermented) apple / cider. Chemical analysis was conducted by stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) coupled to gas chromatography mass spectrometry in combination with an in-house data processing tool for automated analyte detection. Through chemical analysis of the whisky samples and automated compound detection, over 200 mostly aroma-active volatiles were reported. To test both approaches for their potential for sample classification, a simple classification problem (Scotch vs. American) was applied. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) indicates both that sensory evaluation by RATA (97.86%) and the applied analytical procedure (96.94%) are suitable for the distinction between the two whisky types. For both approaches, markers were identified for the classification. These investigations build a solid foundation for the implementation of a versatile platform for rapid and efficient aroma evaluation for various foodstuffs and beverages.
Cloning and characterization of OSB1 gene controlling anthocyanin biosynthesis from Thai black rice
Creators: name: Chotipa Sakulsingharoj, Poonsri Inta
Publisher: name: Genetics Society of Thailand
Year: 2016
Subjects: anthocyanin biosynthesis, OSB1 gene, Oryza sativa, bHLH regulatory proteins

description: 1, 9, Genomics and Genetics
The role and potentials of electric vehicles in corporate mobility management
Creators: name: Kuwalik, Steven
name: Hettesheimer, Tim
name: Funke, Simon
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: corporate mobility management
electric vehicle (EV)
fleet
policy
mobility system

description: Almost half of all car traffic in Germany results from company-related reasons. Corporate mobility management (CMM) is thereby considered as a main lever to reduce traffic and resulting CO2-emissions by making the company-related traffic more efficient and environmentally and socially compatible through specific measures. The substitution of the company's vehicle fleet by electric vehicles is hereby seen as one of the most popular measures. So far, it has remained unanswered to what extent companies, especially SME, are really applying CMM, which aims they pursue and which measures are therefore implemented. To shed light on the diffusion and motivation for CMM, this paper shows the results of a survey in the technology region of Karlsruhe (Germany). The results indicate that CMM primarily fulfils social objectives prior to ecological or economical ones. While the most commonly implemented measures are the promotion of cycling and the electrification of corporate vehicle fleets.
Septoria spp. Infection among North American Northwest Coast provenances of Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) : a field study of natural infection in a Fraser Valley plantation
Creators: name: Cimolai, Tomas
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Given the recent finding of Septoria musiva among poplars in a Fraser Valley plantation and nearby vicinity in British Columbia, we undertook a field study of Septoria spp. presence among black cottonwood (P. trichocarpa) trees which were being assessed in a British Columbian provenance study. For seven such provenances, S. musiva and S. populicola were found on leaves in frequencies of 3.9-33.3% and 65.8-85.3% respectively. There were no significant differences in the isolation frequency between provenances for either fungus (p>0.10). The provenances were then pooled into two large groups to account for higher and lower latitudes; the lower latitude (South Coast/USA) cluster was found to bear both S. musiva and S. populicola in lesser frequencies (p=0.03 and p=0.01 respectively). S. musiva was isolated from tree canker, but the presence of canker-like lesions on stem and branches did not correlate with the presence of either fungus overall (p>0.10). Endemic S. musiva among poplars in this plantation raises several concerns about the local epidemiology. Further studies to confirm our findings are warranted as are studies that further the understanding of the S. musiva-P. trichocarpa pathosystem.
title: A Comprehensive Python Package for Forecasting Power Outages
Creators: name: Wada, Marcus
name: Su, Wencong
name: Andres, LaRico
Publisher: name: University of Michigan
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine learning
subject: Outages
subject: Michigan

description: Michigan has the second-highest rate of weather-related power outages, posing significant public health risks and resulting in millions of dollars in economic losses. While several studies have employed forecasting methods, including machine learning and artificial neural networks no comprehensive libraries exist to streamline data engineering, correlation testing, and forecasting. This study aims to create a fully integrated library in Python facilitating its integration into diverse applications.
Gesellschaftliche Zukunftsszenarien im Zeitalter des Quantencomputings und der Künstlichen Intelligenz
Creators: name: Borkmann, Vanessa
name: Braun, Steffen
name: Pantzartzis, Iordanis
name: Schubert, Frederic
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Augmented Reality
Big Data
Blockchain
Deep Learning
Kryptographie
Künstliche Intelligenz
Machine Learning
Virtual Reality
Quantencomputing
Quantenkommunikation
Quantensensorik
Quantentechnologie
Qubit
Zukunftstechnologie

description: Das Whitepaper, "Gesellschaftliche Zukunftsszenarien im Zeitalter des Quantencomputings und der Künstlichen Intelligenz", hinterleuchtet das transformative Potenzial und die weitreichenden Implikationen der genannten Technologien auf verschiedene Bereiche des menschlichen Lebens im urbanen Umfeld. Der Fokus liegt dabei zuerst auf der Erläuterung der technologischen Grundprinzipien und der Festlegung eines ethischen Bezugsrahmens, der als Richtschnur für einen verantwortungsbewussten Umgang mit Quantencomputing und Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Gesellschaft dienen soll. In der weiteren Analyse werden verschiedene Szenarien für die Zukunft entworfen, die sowohl die potenziell positiven als auch die negativen Entwicklungen aus einer ausgeglichenen und objektiven Perspektive beleuchten. Besondere Beachtung findet das Wirkungspotenzial der Quanten-KI, einer speziellen Form der Künstlichen Intelligenz, die auf Quantencomputern basiert und die bestehenden Grenzen Künstlicher Intelligenz weit überschreiten könnte. Acht zentrale Lebensbereiche werden in diesem Whitepaper ausführlich behandelt: Gesundheit, Mobilität und Logistik, Finanzwesen, Unterhaltung, Arbeit, Politik, Bildung und Lernen sowie Ökologie und Nachhaltigkeit. Die Autorinnen und Autoren zeigen ein breites Möglichkeitsspektrum auf, das zahlreiche Faktoren berücksichtigt, die die Adaption und Implementierung dieser Technologien beeinflussen können. Das Whitepaper dient als Aufruf zur proaktiven Gestaltung der Zukunft, in der das enorme Potenzial beider Technologien ethisch geleitet und genutzt wird, um einen maximal positiven Einfluss auf die Lebensqualität der globalen Gesellschaft zu erzielen.
How Do I Come To Trust An Electronic Component? Determining what makes a dependable system
Creators: name: Jancke, Roland
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022

description: Determining what makes a dependable system: Can I trust all of the electronic systems in my vehicle, for example if I’m driving my car at a high speed on the highway or in city traffic at a confusing intersection? Will all of the vehicle’s sensors work as they should and correctly recognize all of the possible dangers around me? In modern vehicles and complex industrial plants today, a number of sensors and many electronic components work to process signals and control commands. Reliable, safe operation of the overall system is possible only if they work flawlessly. With vehicles, safety relates to the physical well-being of passengers as well as other users of the road, while for large industrial plants a safety incident can in principle affect an entire population. So how is trust in an electronic component gained? What is the meaning of trust in electronics and how can we achieve it?
Supplementary document for Multiband tunable exciton-induced transparencies: Exploiting both strong and intermediate coupling in a nanocube-hexagonal-nanoplate heterodimer J-aggregates hybrid - 6126862.pdf
Creators: name: Hu, Zhiwei
name: Cui, Ximin
name: Li, Yang
name: Han, Xiaobo
name: hu, huatian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Digitalisierung in der Landwirtschaft
Creators: name: Eitner, Martin
name: Käßler, Martin
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2020

description: Pflanzenkrankheiten bedrohen die Erträge auf dem Feld. Schädlinge und parasi-täres Unkraut verursachen jedes Jahr hohe Ernteausfälle von bis zu 30 Prozent. Im Projekt FarmerSpace untersucht das Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB in Ilmenau gemeinsam mit Partnern den Einsatz von digitalen Technologien für den Pflanzenschutz. Ziel ist es, Blattkrankheiten und die Ausbreitung von Unkraut frühzeitig zu erkennen und gezielte Schutzmaßnahmen mit Hilfe von Sensorik, Robotik und datengetriebe-nen Lösungen einzuleiten.
An assessment of the Malaysian value-added wood products
Creators: name: Lee, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: This paper attempts to analyze the market of Malaysia’s value added market. Malaysia’s value added market was booming strongly before the recession but has since shown signs of recovery. The recovery has been attributed to the promotion from the furniture promotion council. The main component in Malaysia’s value added sector is rubber board. Rubber board plans a large part in MDF and furniture manufacturing and the increase of price in recent years has decreased the profit. The trade data is often the source to explain growth and trends of wood manufacturing sector. Malaysia is not the only country that has moved away from primary to value added production. China has emerged as a major competitor in the area for secondary and tertiary production.
Priscilla W. Smith to Frank Reynolds of the Long Island Dailey Press, June 18, 1956
Creators: name: Smith, Priscilla W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1956
Subjects: Stony Brook
Correspondence
Advertisements
Newspapers

description: This is letter from Priscilla W. Smith of Stony Brook Community Concert Inc. to Frank Reynolds from the Advertising Department at Long Island Dailey Press on June 18, 1956, in regards to a enclosed check sent by request of C. G. Peterson.
product.intelligence - Datenbasiertes Produktmanagement
Creators: name: Grigoryan, Khoren
name: Lamarz, Jessica
name: Martin, Lucas
name: Asmar, Laban
name: Rabe, Martin
name: Kühn, Arno
name: Fichtler, Timm
name: Koldewey, Christian
name: Kirchberg, Lisa
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2025
Subjects: Produktmanagement
Datenbasiert
KI
Produktmanager
Datenanalyse

description: Das Whitepaper stellt zentrale Erkenntnisse aus dem Projekt vor und beleuchtet die Kernaufgaben und die Rollen im Produktmanagement. Darüber hinaus werden die Datennutzung und relevante Datenarten im Produktmanagement aufgezeigt. Die Vision ist es, datenbasierte Entscheidungen fest im Produktmanagement zu verankern, um fundierte und effiziente Entscheidungen zu ermöglichen. Ein besonderes Augenmerk der Publikation liegt auf den praxisnahen Use Cases der beteiligten Industriepartner, die beispielhaft verdeutlichen, wie datenbasierte Entscheidungen in der Praxis umgesetzt werden. Damit ist das Whitepaper sowohl für Einsteiger im Produktmanagement geeignet als auch für Fortgeschrittene, die einen Einblick in die aktuelle Forschung und praktische Anwendungen erhalten möchten.
Rational design of near-infrared fluorescent carbon nanotube biosensors with covalent DNA-anchors
Creators: name: Metternich, Justus Tom
name: Sistemich, Linda
name: Nißler, Robert
name: Herbertz, Svenja
name: Kruss, Sebastian
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2023
Subjects: nucleic acids
biosensors
carbon nanotubes
quantum defects

description: Semiconducting single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are versatile near infrared (NIR) fluorophores. They are non-covalently modified to create sensors that change their fluorescence when interacting with biomolecules. However, non-covalent chemistry has several limitations and prevents a consistent way to molecular recognition and reliable signal transduction. Here, we introduce a widely applicable covalent approach to create molecular sensors without impairing the fluorescence in the NIR (>1000 nm). For this purpose, we attach single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) via guanine quantum defects as anchors to the SWCNT surface. A connected sequence without guanines acts as flexible capture probe allowing hybridization with complementary nucleic acids. Hybridization modulates the SWCNT fluorescence and the magnitude increases with the length of the capture sequence (20 > 10 >> 6 bases). Incorporation of additional recognition units via this sequence enables a generic route to NIR fluorescent biosensors with improved stability. To demonstrate the potential, we design sensors for bacterial siderophores and the SARS CoV-2 spike protein. In summary, we introduce covalent guanine quantum defect chemistry as rational design concept for biosensors.
title: Mercator-Professur 2018
Creators: name: Gauck, Joachim
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 320

description: Joachim Gauck (78) ist gebürtiger Rostocker. Nach dem Theologiestudium war er von 1965 bis 1990 für die Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Mecklenburgs tätig, viele Jahre davon als Pastor. Schon als Jugendlicher geriet er in Opposition zur DDR-Diktatur. 1989 war er einer der Gründer der Bürgerbewegung Neues Forum und leitete die wöchentlichen Friedensgebete, aus denen die Protestdemonstrationen hervorgingen. Im März 1990 zog Gauck als Abgeordneter in die erstmals frei gewählte Volkskammer ein und wurde Vorsitzender des Parlamentarischen Sonderausschusses zur Kontrolle der Auflösung des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit. Im Oktober 1990 wurde er zum Sonderbeauftragten für die personenbezogenen Stasi-Unterlagen berufen und leitete von 1991 bis 2000 die entsprechende Behörde. Anschließend engagierte er sich in verschiedenen Funktionen u.a. für Demokratie sowie gegen Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Rassismus. Am 18. März 2012 wurde er mit großer Mehrheit zum elften Präsidenten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gewählt. In dieser Zeit ermutigte er die in Deutschland lebenden Menschen – Einheimische ebenso wie Eingewanderte –, ihr Leben aktiv als Bürger zu gestalten und Verantwortung für sich und andere zu übernehmen. Für sein Wirken wurde Joachim Gauck mit zahlreichen Ehrungen und Preisen ausgezeichnet, darunter der Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, der Ludwig-Börne-Preis, der Ewald-von-Kleist-Preis, der Preis für Verständigung und Toleranz, der Open Society Prize, der Internationale Preis der Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung sowie der Reinhard-Mohn-Preis. Er ist unter anderem Ehrendoktor der Universitäten Rostock, Jena, Augsburg, Münster, der National University of Ireland/Galway, der Hebrew University of Jerusalem, der Université Paris-Sorbonne sowie der Maastricht University.
description: Mercator-Professur
Interfacial Dynamics and Catalytic Behavior of Single Ni Atom Site
Creators: name: Priyanga, G. S.
name: Behera, S. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have garnered significant interest due to their ability to reduce metal particles to the atomic scale, enabling finely tunable local environments and enhanced catalytic properties in terms of reactivity and selectivity. Despite this potential, their application has largely been confined to small-molecule transformations as metal-catalyzed reaction. In this study, we present a diverse single-atom nickel (Ni) catalyst established via a nanoporous carbon (NPC) supported practice. This catalyst represents a breakthrough by achieving the bond formation between carbon and nitrogen and interfacial dynamics in the SAC. The present first principle-based density functional simulations establish the reaction dynamics and catalytic behaviour of such SAC. This dynamic nature comprises an exclusive nitrogen intercalated site showing excellent base effects. This base quickly tunes the interfacial atmosphere, enabling dynamic movement of adatoms into the NPC species, significantly changing the reaction path in Ni SACs due to superior steric effects. The research demonstrates that SACs can extend the capabilities of catalytic systems to include a wider range of complex reactions, offering substantial promise for the development of new, efficient synthetic methods for creating value-added molecular products.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures
The benefits and limitations of prefabricated home manufacturing in North America
Creators: name: Rippon, Jordan A.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The purpose of this report is to describe and analyze the potential benefits and limitations of constructing residential homes using the prefabricated manufacturing method found in North America. The ideology behind modular product development and how it is applied to the prefabricated home industry will be explained. This paper aims to educate the reader and provide them with a sufficient understanding of the manufacturing process of prefabricated homes, while comparing the benefits and limitations of this process with the conventional method of „site-built‟ construction. Comparisons will be based on both the assembly and manufacturing techniques arising from each method of production. The summary will provide an overview of topics covered throughout this paper as well as a brief projection of the future market potential of prefab home systems.
Ultrashort Pulse Laser Annealing of Amorphous Atomic Layer Deposited MoS2 Films
Creators: name: Becher, Malte
name: Jagosz, Julia
name: Neubieser, Rahel-Manuela
name: Wree, Jan-Lucas
name: Devi, Anjana
name: Gurevich, Evgeny L.
name: Michel, Marvin Daniel
name: Bock, Claudia
name: Ostendorf, Andreas
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2023
Subjects: ALD
MoS2
laser annealing
Raman
ultrashort pulse laser
2D materials

description: Thin films of molybendum disulfide grown via thermal atomic layer deposition at low temperatures, suitable for temperature sensible substrates, can be amorphous. To avoid a high temperature post treatment of the whole sample, which can cause thermal degradation of the substrate or other layers, a ultrashort pulse (usp) laser-induced transformation to crystalline layers is one of the most promising routes. In this paper we report the crystallization of amorphous MoS2 layers processed with ultrashort laser pulses. The amorphous MoS2 films were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) and exposed to picosecond laser pulses (λ=532 nm). The crystallization and the influence of the processing parameters on the film morphology were analyzed in detail by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, a transition of amorphous MoS2 by laser annealing to self-organized patterns is demonstrated and a possible process mechanism for the ultrashort pulse laser annealing is discussed. Finally, the usp laser annealed films were compared to thermally and continuous wave (cw) laser annealed samples.
Investigating Circular RNAs in Humans: Their Roles and Interactome in Parkinson’s Disease Progression
Creators: name: Van Horn, Megan
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry

description: Circular RNAs (circRNA) are products of alternative splicing that consist of a closed  circular structure through a covalent 3′-5′ phosphodiester linkage. Their unique structure lends  itself to a variety of physical properties and functions, including increased half-life within the  cellular environment and the ability to sponge microRNA (miRNA) and RNA-binding proteins  (RBPs). Through sponging, circRNA can directly affect networks of interaction by reducing the  levels of available miRNA or RBPs through sequestration. Additionally, circRNA have been  demonstrated to be cargo within extracellular vesicles known as exosomes, allowing them to  spread their effects throughout the body.
CircRNA in brain and blood tissue samples from PD patients are identified and analyzed  for significant differential expression (DE) to better understand their influence and relationship  within Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathology. PD is a neurodegenerative disease affecting millions  of people with no current cure, only symptomatic treatment. Through previous studies, circRNA  have been shown to have significant changes in expression in neurodegenerative conditions,  indicating a potential role in pathology or as a biomarker of parkinsonism. Also included within  this thesis is a study on the relationship between circRNA expression and the early stages of HIV  infection.  
To investigate the presence and relationship between circRNA and PD, a bioinformatics  pipeline is constructed and implemented. RNA-sequencing sets for each of the areas of interest  are analyzed using the pipeline to identify three DE circRNA present in brain samples and ten DE  circRNA present across all blood samples. An age- and gender-based analysis is conducted on  the blood sample circRNA to determine if distribution of circRNA is biased towards a certain time  period of disease progression or particular demographic characteristic. Each group of DE circRNA  is further explored for secondary structure features, binding to miRNA and RBPs, and known  carriage by exosomes. Further, RNA-sequencing data from each study is re-analyzed for mRNA transcript isoforms for determination of competitive or non-competitive expression between  circRNA and mRNA produced from the same genomic locus.  
Further analysis shows minor overlap between the two DE circRNA populations, indicating  that there may be exosomal transfer of PD-related circRNA. Many of the DE circRNA show links  to PD pathology, primarily through genomic origin, and also contain binding sites for miRNA and  RBPs previously implicated in PD progression. A large number of circRNA interactomes interface  with pathways affecting mitochondrial dysfunction, neuronal degradation, and neuroinflammation,  all characteristics of PD pathology. This thesis proposes various novel circRNA as putative  biomarkers for PD progression and suggests new networks of interaction as their modes of action
Risk attitudes of tax practitioners and firm influence
Creators: name: Lynch, Ruth
name: McCullagh, Orla
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350103
subject: Financial accounting

description: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to garner a deeper understanding of the site of influence of aspects of risk management for tax practitioners.
Design/methodology/approach – The research design is twofold. Phase one consisted of a wide-scale international survey with 1,061 tax experts across 59 jurisdictions. In phase two, the authors followed up with 68 semi-structured interviews with tax practitioners working in 11 different countries.
Findings – The findings recognise the importance of the firm as a significant “site of influence” for tax practitioners in shaping their risk appetite in their tax work. The firm eclipses other influences of risk such as professional body oversight, public interest and demographic markers such as gender and career stage. The authors show that firm is significant, irrespective of size of firm.
Practical implications – This work has practical implications as the findings highlight the importance of oversight of professional service firms by both the professional accountancy bodies and revenue authorities. The findings may have impact on the ethical training and guidance for trainee accountants in terms of an increased awareness on the employing firm as a site of influence for tax practitioners.
Originality/value – This research is important as it adds to the significant body of work on firm socialisation and highlights the important role that the firm holds in moderating (or exacerbating) the risk appetite of tax practitioners, which has significant implications in terms of pushing the boundaries of tax aggressive behaviours. The work aims to recognise the important role that tax practitioners can have in moderating aggressive tax practice, and, thus, reducing tax inequalities and shaping a better world of “Reduced Inequalities”(SDG10).
title: Will Asset Managers Dash for Cash? Implications for Central Banks
Creators: name: Cimon, David
name: Dion, Jean-Philippe
name: Fontaine, Jean-Sébastien
name: Sandhu, Jabir
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05cc98565
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: In times of stress, if the potential demand from asset managers for market liquidity approaches or exceeds dealers’ ability to intermediate, it could lead to a precautionary but disruptive dash for cash and may lead central banks to intervene. If the likelihood of such a dash for cash increases in the future, central banks may wish to consider enhancing their tool kits to provide asset managers with greater access to cash-like assets, regardless of dealers’ capacity to intermediate, while managing moral hazard and asset managers’ expectations of support from central banks in a crisis. We explore ways for central bank to use new facilities that make it easier for asset managers to convert existing assets to cash as well as possible ways to introduce new assets with liquidity that central banks would guarantee.
description: En périodes de tensions, si la demande potentielle de liquidités de la part des gestionnaires d’actifs est près d’atteindre ou dépasse la capacité d’intermédiation des courtiers, cela pourrait entraîner une ruée vers les liquidités, motivée certes par la précaution mais qui perturberait les marchés et pourrait amener les banques centrales à intervenir. Si la probabilité d’une telle ruée vers les liquidités s’accentuait dans l’avenir, les banques centrales pourraient envisager d’améliorer leur gamme d’outils pour faciliter l’accès des gestionnaires d’actifs à des actifs facilement convertibles en liquidités, quelle que soit la capacité d’intermédiation des courtiers. Mais elles devraient aussi gérer en même temps le risque moral et les attentes des gestionnaires d’actifs à l’égard de leur soutien en cas de crise. Nous étudions comment les banques centrales pourraient utiliser de nouveaux mécanismes qui permettraient aux gestionnaires d’actifs de convertir facilement des actifs existants en liquidités ainsi que des façons d’introduire de nouveaux actifs liquides qui seraient garantis par chaque banque centrale concernée.
Exact Correlation Functions for Dual-Unitary Quantum circuits with exceptional points
Creators: name: Hu, Xi-Dan
name: Zhang, Dan-Bo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dual-unitary quantum circuits can provide analytic spatiotemporal correlation functions of local operators from transfer matrices, enriching our understanding of quantum dynamics with exact solutions. Nevertheless, a full understanding is still lacking as the case of a non-diagonalizable transfer matrix with exceptional points has less been investigated. In this paper, we give an inverse approach for constructing dual-unitary quantum circuits with exceptional points in the transfer matrices, by establishing relations between transfer matrices and local unitary gates. As a consequence of the coalesce of eigenvectors, the correlation functions exhibit a polynomial modified exponential decay, which is significantly different from pure exponential decay, especially at early stages. Moreover, we point out that the Hamiltonian evolution of a kicked XXZ spin chain can be approximately mapped to a dual-unitary circuit with exceptional points by Trotter decomposition. Finally, we investigate the dynamics approaching and at exceptional points, showing that behaviors of correlation functions are distinct by Laplace transformation.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures, references added
title: Umwelt Ruhr – Vitalität einer Region
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: 914.3
subject: 550

description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 19
FrequencyLowCut Pooling - Plug & Play against Catastrophic Overfitting
Creators: name: Grabinski, Julia
name: Jung, Steffen
name: Keuper, Janis
name: Keuper, Margret
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: CNNs
Adversarial Robustness
Aliasing

description: Over the last years, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have been the dominating neural architecture in a wide range of computer vision tasks. From an image and signal processing point of view, this success might be a bit surprising as the inherent spatial pyramid de sign of most CNNs is apparently violating basic signal processing laws, i.e. Sampling Theorem in their down-sampling operations. However, since poor sampling appeared not to affect model accuracy, this issue has been broadly neglected until model robustness started to receive more attention. Recent work [18] in the context of adversarial attacks and distribution shifts, showed after all, that there is a strong correlation between the vulnerability of CNNs and aliasing artifacts induced by poor down sampling operations. This paper builds on these findings and introduces an aliasing free down-sampling operation which can easily be plugged into any CNN architecture: FrequencyLowCut pooling. Our experiments show, that in combination with simple and Fast Gradient Sign Method (FGSM) adversarial training, our hyper-parameter free operator substantially improves model robustness and avoids catastrophic overfitting. Our code is available at https://github.com/GeJulia/flc_pooling
Surfactant assisted exfoliation of near infrared fluorescent silicate nanosheets
Creators: name: Hill, Björn
name: Abraham, Smitha
name: Akhtar, Anas
name: Selvaggio, Gabriele
name: Tschulik, Kristina
name: Kruss, Sebastian
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2023
Subjects: 2D materials
nanosheets
silicates
near-infrared fluorescence
exfoliation

description: Fluorophores that emit light in the near infrared (NIR) are advantageous in photonics and imaging due to minimal light scattering, absorption, phototoxicity and autofluorescence in this spectral region. The layered silicate Egyptian Blue (CaCuSi4O10) emits as bulk material bright and stable fluorescence in the NIR and is a promising NIR fluorescent material for (bio)photonics. Here, we demonstrate a surfactant-based (mild) exfoliation procedure to produce nanosheets (EB-NS) of high monodispersity, heights down to 1 nm and diameters <20 nm in large quantities. The approach combines planetary ball milling, surfactant assisted bath sonication and centrifugation steps. It avoids the impurities that are typical for the harsh conditions of tip-sonication. Several solvents and surfactants were tested and we find the highest yield for sodium dodecyl benzyl sulfate (SDBS) and water. The NIR fluorescence emission (λem≈930-940 nm) is not affected by this procedure, is extremely stable and is not affected by quenchers. This enables the use of EB-NS for macroscopic patterning/barcoding of materials in the NIR. In summary, we present a simple and mild route to NIR fluorescent nanosheets that promise high potential as NIR fluorophores for optical applications.
title: Herz-Kreislaufmedizin – Experimentelle und klinische Kardiologie
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: 610

description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 20