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The machining of furniture components requires a complete geometrical specification of dimensions with associated tolerances to define in the first step appropriate manufacturing processes and to carry out the design and setup. Furthermore, a verification of the defined specification after production is a next step to check the quality and related to the production equipment, to calculate process capability and effectiveness.
In 2011, the system of Geometrical Product Specification (GPS) has been published completely. The system is built for a distinct range of geometrical quality characteristics and consists of chains of standards referring to each other. With three elements of these chains, the product can be specified. With three additional elements, the verification of the product and the measuring system is possible. It does not contain the verification of the production processes, the process qualification.
The German standard DIN 68100 provides a frame for dimensioning and tolerancing lengths and also angles, parallelism and straightness for furniture components. It includes a method to consider swelling and shrinking of wood and wood-based materials. Apart from its benefit of specifying products in a supply chain, it is rarely used in the branch nowadays. DIN 68100 is currently far away from GPS.
To gain all benefits arising from GPS the branch needs a consolidated action. New symbols for drafts and an updated method for tolerancing with moisture consideration have to be developed as well as measuring dimensions of flexible work pieces, like most parts in the furniture industry. In GPS, the link between product verification and process specification is not that consistent. In other branches SPC and methods of process qualifications are established. At the moment the kitchen industry is establishing SPC or similar procedures. An action towards GPS can also accompany these efforts.
Due to a shift in the tolerance principles, the GPS system is hardly directly applicable to the furniture industry, e.g. DIN 68100. But there is a real threat that the system is called up accidentally and out of ignorance.
This paper sketches a comprehensive system of product specification, verification for furniture components and process qualification. It will share experience gained in the kitchen furniture industry and will add a theoretical analysis of a possible application of GPS-chains for important examples of quality characteristics. The activities are part of a process (VDI 3415-2) carried out in the working group 102 of the Society of German Engineers (VDI).
This research presents a decision support methodology for the multi-criteria supplier selection and order allocation problem. The proposed approach supports purchasing managers in assembling mid-term supplier portfolios while making them aware of the trade-offs between the supplier sustainability, the purchasing costs, and the overall supply risk. First, we propose a multi-objective optimization model with three objectives: to maximize the supplier sustainability, to select the supplier portfolio with the lowest purchasing costs, and to minimize the supply risk. Our model extends existing mathematical approaches that follow the portfolio theory fathered by H. Markowitz by integrating the aspect ‘risk’ into the supplier selection problem. Secondly, since we allow for integer variables in our model—in contrast to the classical Markowitz portfolio theory—we use the ε-constraint method to visualize the efficient surface. The possibility of considering the non-dominated set of supplier portfolios is advantageous for purchasing managers as they gain a picture of the different optimal supplier portfolios and are able to analyze the trade-offs between the different purchasing goals before making a decision. Finally, we illustrate the applicability of the proposed methodology in a real-world supplier selection and order allocation case from the automotive industry. In the example case, we identify 1754 optimal supplier portfolios that may be assembled based on the eight available suppliers. Our analyses show that each optimal portfolio consists of two suppliers, with one specific supplier being included in each portfolio. Furthermore, four suppliers are not part of any optimal solution.
At present, there is no globally accepted standard for the allocation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to shipments in road freight transportation. The only official international standard for emission calculation of transport operations is the European Norm EN-16258. However, even this norm still allows choosing from several alternative emission allocation schemes. This research aims to harmonize the process of GHG declarations for supply chains by identifying among all allocation units specified by EN-16258 the one that describes a shipment's contribution to GHG emissions best. For this purpose, concepts of the cooperative game theory are used. First, we develop three transport scenarios that allow studying a shipment's effect on GHG: a vehicle routing problem, a network flow model, and a mixed scenario. Our approach extends previous research projects because we take into account that shipment characteristics in terms of origin, destination, weight, and volume consume transport capacities to different degrees, impact the routing of the commercial vehicles and, thus, determine GHG. Second, we present the results of a computational study that bases on the introduced transport scenarios and that compares the allocation vectors resulting from the EN-16258 allocation rules with the Shapley value, which serves as a benchmark for a shipment's contribution to GHG. Furthermore, we show how often the EN-16258 allocation principles are in line with a set of game theoretical fairness criteria. The results indicate that the allocation unit ‘distance’ is the closest to the game theory benchmark and most often in line with game theoretical fairness criteria.
This research presents a novel, state-of-the-art methodology for solving a multi-criteria supplier selection problem considering risk and sustainability. It combines multi-objective optimization with the analytic network process to take into account sustainability requirements of a supplier portfolio configuration. To integrate ‘risk’ into the supplier selection problem, we develop a multi-objective optimization model based on the investment portfolio theory introduced by Markowitz. The proposed model is a non-standard portfolio selection problem with four objectives: (1) minimizing the purchasing costs, (2) selecting the supplier portfolio with the highest logistics service, (3) minimizing the supply risk, and (4) ordering as much as possible from those suppliers with outstanding sustainability performance. The optimization model, which has three linear and one quadratic objective function, is solved by an algorithm that analytically computes a set of efficient solutions and provides graphical decision support through a visualization of the complete and exactly-computed Pareto front (a posteriori approach). The possibility of computing all Pareto-optimal supplier portfolios is beneficial for decision makers as they can compare all optimal solutions at once, identify the trade-offs between the criteria, and study how the different objectives of supplier portfolio configuration may be balanced to finally choose the composition that satisfies the purchasing company's strategy best. The approach has been applied to a real-world supplier portfolio configuration case to demonstrate its applicability and to analyze how the consideration of sustainability requirements may affect the traditional supplier selection and purchasing goals in a real-life setting.
Ziel des Beitrags ist ein integrativer Überblick sowie eine Analyse der Chancen und Risiken von F&E-Aktivitäten multinationaler Pharmaunternehmen in Schwellenländern. Dafür wurde die Literatur zu F&E-Aktivitäten von Big-Pharmaunternehmen und deren Internationalisierung in Schwellenländern systematisch ausgewertet. Das traditionelle F&E-Modell, bei dem Big-Pharmaunternehmen ihre F&E selbst und zentralisiert durchführen, wird durch neue F&E-Ansätze in den Schwellenländern ergänzt. Diese umfassen die Diversifizierung des Produktportfolios, Outsourcing und Kooperationen sowie die Entstehung von Innovationsclustern in Schwellenländern. Aus der Kombination dieser Ansätze ergeben sich drei neue Geschäftsmodelle für Big-Pharmaunternehmen.
Virtual teams that use integrated communication technologies are ubiquitous in cross-border collaboration. This study explored media use and communication performance in multilingual virtual teams. Based on surveys from 96 virtual teams (with 578 team members), the research showed that more time spent in synchronous communication channels such as online conferences increased inclusion and satisfaction. Team members with lower language proficiency felt less included in synchronous and asynchronous collaboration, whereas team members with higher language proficiency felt less satisfied with asynchronous collaboration. Also, limited language proficiency speakers were significantly less likely to view synchronous tools as helpful for their teams to reach a mutual decision. Our data supports Media Synchronicity Theory (MST) for native and highly proficient English speakers. However, MST needs to be adjusted to account for different levels of language proficiency.
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how professional football clubs from the English Premier League, German Bundesliga and Spanish Primera División use digital media to expand their international reach in emerging football markets (EFM) outside of Europe. Based on the EPRG framework and Rugman’s home-region hypothesis, the aim is to broaden the perspective where “sports go global” for a further understanding of actors’ international orientation in the digital sphere.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is based on data from desk research and a qualitative survey, comprising information on international digital media activities of 58 European clubs. Cluster analysis is used to identify different international orientations with regard to digital media activities.
Findings
The data provide evidence that clubs differ strongly in their orientations towards EFM. While some global players that provide digital media content in several EFM languages and attract a large share of Facebook followers from EFM exist, other clubs focus on their home region. League-specific differences become apparent.
Originality/value
This study determines the international online orientations of European football clubs by combining two previously separated research streams in football management studies: internationalisation and digital media activities. Most clubs with a strong EFM fan base choose polycentric, multi-language digital media strategies, followed by geocentric, standardised approaches. By offering a novel angle on internationalisation in professional football, this study contributes towards optimising clubs’ international online strategies for EFM, which are markets that promise high growth rates.
Es wird ein Verfahren zum Simulieren von Vorgängen vorgestellt, das auf der Messung des Eingriffs in ein reales System und dessen gemessener Reaktion beruht. Das Verfahren ist vollständig transparent, denn die notwendigen theoretischen Voraussetzungen zum Verständnis des Verfahrens bestehen nur aus Lehrinhalten aus dem Bachelorstudium für Ingenieure: das Lösen linearer DGLs mit konstanten Koeffizienten, die Laplace-Transformation und die Methode der kleinsten Quadrate. Es kommt ohne nichtlineare Optimierer oder Iterationen aus, weil die Lösung in zwei analytischen Gleichungen ausgedrückt werden kann. Das
Verfahren hat in der Praxis ein großes Einsatzspektrum, denn es ist auf stabile und instabile Systeme mit und ohne Dämpfung anwendbar. Für die Wahl des Eingangssignals gibt es keine Einschränkung und die Anfangsbedingungen können mitgeschätzt werden. Das Verfahren kann im offenen und im geschlossenen Regelkreis eingesetzt werden.
Zur Lösung einer regelungstechnischen Entwurfsaufgabe benötigt man ein Simulationsmodell der Regelstrecke. Entweder benötigt man es, weil es die meisten Entwurfsverfahren zur Bestimmung der Reglerparameter als gegeben voraussetzen oder weil man das Verhalten des Regelkreises zur Verifikation des gewünschten Verhaltens gefahrlos simulieren möchte, bevor man den Regler in dem realen geschlossenen Regelkreis verwendet. Die Motivation zur Entwicklung des hier vorgestellten Verfahrens ist es, Bachelor-Studenten der Ingenieurswissenschaften aus dem höheren Semester, die zum ersten Mal mit Regelungstechnik in Berührung kommen, ein möglichst allgemein anwendbares Verfahren zur Bildung von Streckenübertragungsfunktionen an die Hand zu geben, das von der Theorie her vollständig transparent und allein mit dem aus der Mathematik bisher Gelernten „verstehbar“ für sie ist. Grundsätzlich gibt es zwei verschiedene Arten, ein Simulationsmodell der Regelstrecke zu gewinnen: Bei der physikalischen oder theoretischen Modellbildung werden physikalische Erhaltungssätze auf den idealisierten sprich vereinfachten technischen Vorgang angewendet und nach den gewählten Ein- bzw. Ausgangssignalen umgeformt. Diese Vorgehensweise kann sehr zeitaufwendig sein und hinzukommt, dass Parameter des Modells meist unbekannt sind. Bei der experimentellen Modellbildung geht man von einem gemessenen Ein- bzw. Ausgangssignal aus und gleicht über mehr oder weniger aufwändige Optimierungsverfahren die simulierte Antwort an die gemessene Antwort an.
Der Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) wird unsere Lebenswirklichkeit nachhaltig beeinflussen. Mittels technischer Verfahren maschinellen Lernens oder tiefer neuronaler Netze können Modelle aus existierenden Datenbeständen gelernt und Vorhersagen abgeleitet werden. Wir stellen skizzenartig zwei aktuelle Projekte vor, die sich u.a. mit den Potentialen und der menschzentrierten Gestaltung von Systemen künstlicher Intelligenz beschäftigen. Wir betten dies schlaglichtartig in den Kontext der aktuellen Debatte über die Entwicklung und Gestaltung von KI Systemen ein. Im Zuge dessen umreißen wir Herausforderungen und Chancen für die partizipative und sozialverantwortliche Technologieentwicklung von komplexen und auf Verfahren der künstlichen Intelligenz basierenden Systemen. Schließlich fokussieren wir dabei auf die Arbeitsebene und beschreiben kurz, welche konkreten Aktivitäten wir planen und stellen diese zur Diskussion.
In modern medicine, Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are well-established resources for the appropriate treatment of diseases. Evidence-based CPGs contain recommendations which are based on the state of the art and which have been achieved by consensus of several experts. Nevertheless, there is a potential for problems in translating guideline documents into specific actions for physicians. Therefore we propose to formalize the treatment process in an understandable representation as UML activities together with a domain expert. This formalization serves as a basis for the transfer of knowledge into a model, in this case PROforma, which directly allows execution in an interactive assistance software. The results of this work are part of an ongoing research project on the treatment of colon cancer based on the corresponding evidence-based CPG.
Probabilistic Estimation of Human Interaction Needs in Context of a Robotic Assistance in Geriatrics
(2019)
The key purpose of assistance robots is to help people coping with work-related or everyday tasks. To ensure an intuitive and effective support by an assistance robot, its expectation conform behavior is essential. In particular, when using assistance robots in geriatrics to assist elderly patients, special attention to the human-robot interaction should be paid. In order to help elderly patients maintain their independence and abilities as much as possible, the robot should only intervene when its support is needed. Therefore, the continuous estimation of the patient’s need for interaction is of particular importance. For enabling suitable models to estimate this need, we elaborate the use of Bayesian Networks. The analysis of our results seems promising, yielding a robust and practical approach.
With the digital transformation of companies, ever larger amounts of data are generated and available for analysis. Process mining techniques can be used to extract and analyze process models from these data. Related techniques have quickly developed into an important field with constantly increasing investments in recent years. Thus, the automated analysis of processes has gained an important role in many companies. In this context, graphs have been shown to be an intuitive representation of how the gathered processes are carried out using the aforementioned techniques. For the analysis of these so-called control flow graphs, we investigate the use of convolution neural networks, which are specially designed for graphs: graph convolution networks (GCNs). In our contribution, GCNs are used to perform a regression task based on individual control flows of a process in which farmers apply for specific governmental payments. The approach achieved promising results on this publicly available data set.
This thesis investigates the measurement and prediction of machinery noise in timber-frame buildings. To quantify the structure-borne sound power input from multi-point sources, simplified approaches were assessed that reduce the required data for out-of-plane force excitation. This identified approaches that give estimates within ±5 dB from 20 Hz to 2000 Hz. To investigative the importance of out-of-plane moment excitation, inverse methods were used to determine the power input; these were affected by noise but processing was used to overcome this shortcoming. A series of experimental investigations were carried out on a timber-frame structure undergoing mechanical point excitation. The driving-point mobility showed orthotropic plate characteristics at low frequencies, ribbed-plate characteristics in a narrow frequency band and infinite plate characteristics in mid- and high-frequency ranges. The moment mobility above or in-between studs was similar to infinite beam or plate theory with interpolation between these theories where necessary. The experimental work indicated the potential to use Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) to predict sound transmission. The first experimental finding was that above the mass-spring-mass resonance frequency, the vibrational response of the wall leaves was uncorrelated. The second was a significant decrease in vibration across the wall from the excitation point, with structural intensity showing a decrease in net power flow across successive timber studs. The third was that tongue and groove connections between chipboard sheets significantly reduce the vibration transmission above 500 Hz. This led to different SEA models being used to model a timber-frame wall undergoing mechanical point excitation. A 41-subsystem model was found to be necessary to reproduce the measured vibration levels on both leaves within 10 dB. As there is a significant decrease in vibration with distance in the mid- and high-frequency range, the region close to the excitation point is particularly important and the SEA model has better accuracy in this region. An alternative engineering approach to the prediction of machinery noise in timber-frame buildings was introduced and validated that used measured transmission functions between the injected power and the spatial-average sound pressure level in a receiving room. A field survey and case studies indicate this is a feasible and practical approach.
Providing a subset of previously studied items as retrieval cues can both impair and improve memory for the remaining items. Here, we investigated such part-list cuing effects in younger and older adults’ episodic recall, using listwise directed forgetting to manipulate study context access at test. When context access was maintained, part-list cuing impaired recall regardless of age. In contrast, when context access was impaired, part-list cuing improved recall in younger but not in older adults. The results are consistent with the proposal that older adults show intact inhibition and blocking of competing information, but reduced capability for episodic context reactivation.
In the project, domestic ventilation concepts with PushPull-Fans were investigated. These ventilation units are characterized by a periodically changing supply and exhaust air operation. To ensure balanced operation, these ventilation units are always used in pairs, with one unit being in the exhaust air mode and the other in supply air mode. Measurements were made in a research apartment. The results were used to validate a CFD simulation model for transient studies. A room-by-room layout with two units in one room and a cross-room ventilation layout with two connected units in two rooms were analysed. The age of air was used as the evaluation parameter. With the room-by-room ventilation layout a lower age of air in the bedroom compared to the cross-room layout was obtained. However, in the room-by-room layout, the air flow through the larger living room with connected corridor was poorer in the rear area. With the cross-room layout, the flow through the rooms was more uniform. With the cross-room layout, the average age of air in the apartment could be slightly reduced compared to the room-by-room layout.
In this study, an experimental apparatus is used to excite four U-tube-shaped liquid pistons connected in series, and to study their behaviour. Some of the gas spaces are heated to induce piston oscillations; in others, gas expansion is utilised to produce a refrigeration effect. It was discovered that the liquid piston surface would become unstable and turbulent at relatively low gas charge pressures (2 bar–3 bar). Cylindrical polyethylene floats were employed at each piston surface in order to reduce the area of the free surface of each piston and allow experiments to be conducted over a wide range of operating conditions. Experiments were carried out using gas charge pressures in the range of 1 bar–6 bar. The resulting liquid piston oscillations were measured and analysed to assess the impact of any developing piston instability. Evidence of a liquid piston acceleration limit, likely resulting from the Rayleigh-Taylor instability phenomenon, is consistently observed during the experiments. The use of submerged polyethylene piston floats is found to increase the surface stability and enable maximum accelerations of 25 ms−2 to 30 ms−2.
In March 2019, German-speaking scientists and scholars calling themselves Scientists for Future, published a statement in support of the youth protesters in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (Fridays for Future, Klimastreik/Climate Strike), verifying the scientific evidence that the youth protestors refer to. In this article, they provide the full text of the statement, including the list of supporting facts (in both English and German) as well as an analysis of the results and impacts of the statement. Furthermore, they reflect on the challenges for scientists and scholars who feel a dual responsibility: on the one hand, to remain independent and politically neutral, and, on the other hand, to inform and warn societies of the dangers that lie ahead.
Wide-bandgap semiconductors such as Silicon Carbide (SiC) or Gallium Nitride (GaN) enable fast switching and high switching frequencies of power electronics. However, this potential can not be exploited due to limitations caused by parasitic elements of packaging and interconnections. This paper shows a possibility to minimize parasitic elements of a half-bridge switching cell with 650 V GaN dies integrated into a printed circuit substrate. A sub-nH commutation loop of 0.5 nH inductance gives superior switching characteristics compared to circuits with packaged dies. Simulation and experimental results of an inverse double pulse test confirm our expectations. This study further reveals additional benefits of the proposed technology in terms of mechanical stability and thermal interfacing to heat sinks compared to circuits with packaged dies.
Power cycling and temperature endurance test of a GaN switching cell with substrate integrated chips
(2019)
We present a reliability study of a half-bridge switching cell with substrate integrated 650 V GaN HEMTs. Power Cycling Testing with a ΔTj of 100 K has revealed thermo-mechanically induced failures of contact vias after more than 220 kcycles. The via failure mode of contact opening is confirmed by reverse-bias pulsed IV-measurements to be primarily triggered by a ΔTj imposed thermal gradient and not by a high Tj. The chip electrical characteristics, however, remained unaffected during Power Cycling. Furthermore, a High Temperature Storage test at 125 °C for 5000 h has shown no changes in the electrical performance of substrate integrated GaN HEMTs.
This paper proposes an ultra-low inductance half-bridge switching cell with substrate integrated 650V GaN bare dies. A vertical parallel-plate waveguide structure with 100 μm layer thickness results in a commutation loop inductance of 0.5 nH resulting in a negligible drain-source voltage overshoot in the inductive load standard pulse test. On the other hand reliable circuit operation requires an assessment of the isolation strength of the thin dielectric layer in the main commutation loop, because critical high local electric fields might occur between the pads. Measurements of the dielectric breakdown voltage followed by a statistical failure analysis provide a characteristic life of 14.7 kV and a 10% quantile of 13.5kV in the Weibull fitted data. This characteristic life depends strongly on the ambient temperature and drops to 4.1kV at 125°C. Additionally, ageing tests show an increasing in dielectric breakdown voltage after 500h, 1000h and 2000h at 125°C high-temperature storage due to resin densification processes.
A discrete-time design method for a robust current controller of a servo drive has been developed. It takes the sampling time, the processing dead time and the dynamic behavior of the A/D converter into account. The theoretical calculations are verified using a test stand for high dynamics. The test stand includes a voice coil motor and power electronics with Gallium Nitride (GaN) power semiconductors for switching frequencies of more than 100 kHz. The bandwidth of the current control loop can be improved from typically 1 kHz to 1.5 kHz with insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power semiconductors in state-of-the-art motion control systems to 10 kHz and more.
A calculation method for a robust servo controller design depending on the sampling time and the processing dead time was developed for mechanically stiff drives. With a test stand for high dynamic and high positioning accuracy, the theoretical calculations for the high bandwidth improvements are verified. The test stand includes a voice coil motor and a power electronic with Gallium Nitride (GaN) power semiconductors for switching frequencies of more than 100kHz.
Objective
To validate the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Generic-6 in daily routine clinical practice in Mainland China. Specific objectives were to analyze (1) interrater reliability, (2) convergent validity, (3) known group validity, and (4) predictive validity of the ICF Generic-6.
Design
Multicenter prospective cohort study.
Setting
Fifty hospitals from 20 provinces of Mainland China.
Participants
A total of 4510 patients from departments of rehabilitation, orthopedics, neurology, cardiology, pneumology, and cerebral surgery of the participating hospitals with different health conditions were included in this study.
Intervention
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures
The assessment was undertaken by nurses with ICF Generic-6 in combination with a numeric rating scale. Interrater reliability was evaluated with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Convergent validity was evaluated with Spearman correlation coefficients between ICF Generic-6 and Medical Outcomes Short Form (SF)-12 items. Known group validity was examined by comparing discharge scores between different discharge destinations. Predictive validity was determined by using ICF Generic-6 baseline scores for estimating length of hospital stay with a loglogistic survival model with gamma shared frailty and cost of in-hospital treatment with a mixed effects generalized linear regression model of the gamma family.
Results
The interrater reliability of items and score of ICF Generic-6 was good with ICCs ranging from 0.67-0.87. ICF Generic-6 items were further correlated with respective SF-12 items. Discharge scores of patients differed significantly by discharge destination. The ICF Generic-6 admission score was a significant predictor of length of stay and treatment cost.
Conclusions
The ICF Generic-6 administered in combination with a 0-10 numeric rating scale is a reliable and valid tool for the collection of minimal information on functioning across various clinical settings.
Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is the international standard for describing and monitoring functioning. While the categories, the units of the classification, were not designed with measurement in mind, the hierarchical structure of the classification lends itself to the possibility of summating categories into some higher order domain. Focusing on the chapters of d4 Mobility, d5 Self-Care and d6 Domestic Life, this study seeks to ascertain if qualifiers rating of categories (0-No problem to 4-Complete problem) within those chapters can be summated, and whether such derived measurement is consistent with estimates obtained from well-known instruments which purport to measure the same constructs.
Methods: The current study applies secondary analysis to data previously collected in the context of validating Core Sets for stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis. Data included qualifier-based ratings of the categories in the Core Sets, and the physical functioning sub-scale of the Short-Form 36, and the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0. To examine qualifier-comparator scale item agreement Kappa statistics were used. To identify whether appropriate gradients of the comparator scales were observed across qualifier levels, an Independent Sample Median Test of the ordinal scores was deployed. To investigate the internal validity of the summated ICF categories, the Rasch model was applied.
Results: Data from 2,927 subjects from Europe, Australasia, Middle East and South America were available for analysis; 36.3% had experienced a stroke, 35.8% osteoarthritis, and 27.9% had rheumatoid arthritis. The items from the Short-Form 36 could not match directly the qualifier categories as the former had only 3 response options. The Kappa between World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 items and categories was low. For all qualifiers, a significant (<0.001) overall gradient was observed across the comparator scales. Only in few of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 items could no discrete level be detected. The aggregation of the qualifiers at the Chapter and higher order levels mostly revealed fit to the Rasch model. Almost all ICF qualifiers showed ordered thresholds suggesting that the current structure and response options of the qualifiers worked as intended.
Conclusions: The findings of this study provide supporting evidence for the use of the professionally rated categories and associated qualifiers to measure functioning.
Implication for Rehabilitation
- This study provides evidence that functioning data can be collected directly with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) by using the ICF categories as items and the ICF qualifiers as rating scale.
- The findings of this study show the aggregated ratings of ICF categories from the chapters d4 Mobility, d5 Self-care, and d6 Domestic life capture a broader spectrum of the construct than the corresponding summated items from the SF36-Physical Function sub-scale and the corresponding items of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0.
- This study illustrates the potential of building quantitative measurement by aggregating ICF categories and their qualifier ratings into meaningful domains.
Abstract
Objective: Since the 1990s the Functional Independence Measure (FIM™) was believed to measure 2 different constructs, represented by its motor and cognitive subscales. The practice of reporting FIM™ total scores, together with recent developments in the understanding of the influence of locally dependent items on fit to the Rasch model, raises the question of whether the FIM™ 18-item version can be reported as a unidimensional interval-scaled metric.
Design: Rasch analysis of the FIM™ using testlet approaches to accommodate local response dependency.
Patients: A calibration sample containing 946 cases of data from 11,103 patients undergoing neurological or musculoskeletal rehabilitation in Switzerland in 2016.
Results: Baseline analysis and the traditional testlet approach showed no fit with the Rasch model. When items were grouped into 2 testlets, fit to the Rasch model was achieved, indicating unidimensionality across all 18 items. A transformation table to convert FIM™ raw ordinal scores to the corresponding Rasch interval scaled values was created.
Conclusion: This study provides evidence that FIM™ total scores represent a unidimensional set of items, supporting their use in clinical practice and outcome reporting when applying the respective transformation table. This provides a basis for standardized reporting of functioning.
Lay Abstract
The aim of this study was to look in detail at the FIM™, an assessment tool often used for patients undergoing rehabilitation. Some users report the FIM™ as 2 scores: one related to motor tasks, the other to cognitive tasks; others recommend reporting it as a single score including both motor and cognitive tasks. This study explored whether it is statistically meaningful to sum all the points into a single FIM™ total score. The results support the current practice of summing the points into a single total score for patients undergoing musculo-skeletal and neurological rehabilitation. The results also allowed an interval scale to be derived from the FIM™, enabling a broad range of calculations to be made using the FIM™ score, such as calculating the change in FIM™ outcomes from the time a patient is admitted to a rehabilitation clinic until their discharge.
Background
Limitations in upper limb functioning are common in Musculoskeletal disorders and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand scale (DASH) has gained widespread use in this context. However, various concerns have been raised about its construct validity and so this study seeks to examine this and other psychometric aspects of both the DASH and QuickDASH from a modern test theory perspective.
Methods
Participants in the study were eligible if they had a confirmed diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). They were mailed a questionnaire booklet which included the DASH. Construct validity was examined by fit to the Rasch measurement model. The degree of precision of both the DASH and QuickDASH were considered through their Standard Error of Measurement (SEM).
Results
Three hundred and thirty-seven subjects with confirmed RA took part, with a mean age of 62.0 years (SD12.1); 73.6% (n = 252) were female. The median standardized score on the DASH was 33 (IQR 17.5–55.0). Significant misfit of the DASH and QuickDASH was observed but, after accommodating local dependency among items in a two-testlet solution, satisfactory fit was obtained, supporting the unidimensionality of the total sets and the sufficiency of the raw (ordinal or standardized) scores.
Conclusion
Having accommodated local response dependency in the DASH and QuickDASH item sets, their total scores are shown to be valid, given they satisfy the Rasch model assumptions. The Rasch transformation should be used whenever all items are used to calculate a change score, or to apply parametric statistics within an RA population.
Significance and innovations
Most previous modern psychometric analyses of both the DASH and QuickDASH have failed to fully address the effect of a breach of the local independence assumption upon construct validity.
Accommodating this problem by creating ‘super items’ or testlets, removes this effect and shows that both versions of the scale are valid and unidimensional, as applied with a bi-factor equivalent solution to an RA population.
The Standard Error of Measurement of a scale can be biased by failing to take into account the local dependency in the data which inflates reliability and thus making the SEM appear better (i.e. smaller) than the true value without bias.
Background: The Extended Barthel Index (EBI), consisting of the original Barthel Index plus 6 cognitive items, provides a tool to monitor patients’ outcomes in rehabilitation. Whether the EBI provides a unidimensional metric, thus can be reported as a valid sum-score, remains to be examined.
Objective: To examine whether the EBI can be reported as unidimensional interval-scaled metric for neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
Methods: Rasch analysis of a calibration sample of 800 cases from neurological or musculoskeletal rehabilitation in 2016 in Switzerland.
Results: In the baseline analysis no fit to the Rasch Model was achieved. When accommodating local dependencies with a testlet approach satisfactory fit to the Rasch Model was achieved, and an interval scale transformation table was created.
Conclusion: The results support the reporting of adapted EBI total scores for both rehabilitation groups by applying the interval scaled transformation table presented in this study.
Study design
Mapping of the National Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) Database (NSCID) to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Objectives
To link the content of the latest two versions of the NSCID to the ICF; more specifically (1) to compare the content of the current NSCID 2016–2021 version to its predecessor (NSCID 2011–2016) using the ICF as a neutral reference framework, and (2) to compare the content contained in the NSCID 2016–2021 version with relevant ICF Sets.
Setting
The forms of the NSCID 2016–2021 and 2011–2016 versions were linked to the ICF and contrasted. Comparability of the current version of the NSCID with the ICF Core Set for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in the post-acute and long-term context and the two generic ICF sets— ICF Generic-7 and ICF Generic-30 was then examined.
Methods
ICF Linking Rules and descriptive statistics.
Results
The current NSCID 2016–2021 version covers functioning as classified in the ICF with 8 ICF categories more comprehensively than its predecessor does. More than 50% of ICF categories contained in the two ICF Generic Sets were covered. The coverage of the brief ICF Core Sets for SCI by the NSCID 2016–2021 was more than 50%, but the coverage of the comprehensive core sets was low. Results showed the best coverage in the ICF component Activities and Participation.
Conclusions
This study emphasizes how the ICF and its Sets can serve as a reference framework to foster comparability of existing data sets from both clinical practice and research.
LFT- „Hype or Hope“
(2019)
Ziel des Projektes ist es, ein Verfahren für elektrische Vorort-Leistungsanalysen von Photovoltaik (PV)-Anlagen zu entwickeln. Dazu werden die elektrischen Parameter von PV-Strings lokal und global mit Hilfe eines neuen Feldlaboransatzes mit Indoor-Laborgenauigkeit vermessen. Das neue Messverfahren ist normgerecht und wird helfen, die Standardisierung von Feldmessungen weiterzuentwickeln. Im Projekt werden bekannte Messmethoden der Photovoltaik, (IR-Thermografie, I-U-String-Messung, digitale Datenverarbeitung mittels Selbstreferenzierung) zu einem innovativen Gesamtkonzept synthetisch zusammengeführt. Die Entwicklung des Messverfahrens wird an speziell gealterten PV-Anlagen marktbestimmender Technologien (c-Si-, CdTe-, CIGS-Muster-PV-Anlagen) vorangetrieben. So wird das Verfahren auf Erkennung spezifischer Degradationsszenarien und marginaler quantitativer Parameterveränderungen trainiert und geschärft
Outdoor performance analyses of photovoltaic modules can be advantageous compared to indoor investigations, as they take into account the influences of natural test conditions on the modules. However, such outdoor performance assessments usually suffer from poor accuracies due to undefined test conditions for the modules. This paper reports on a comprehensive concept for improved outdoor analysis which results in performance data with indoor laboratory precision. The approach delivers current-voltage characteristics for even more test conditions than required by the standard IEC 61853-1. Hence, curves of modules’ electrical parameters above irradiance can be deduced for any temperatures. The concept allows precise determination of temperature coefficients for user-defined irradiances taking into account outdoor effects like light-soaking or light-induced degradation. The calibration and measurement uncertainty of the presented outdoor analysis method is evaluated quantitatively. For the measurements an advanced outdoor set-up was used.
When monitoring the energy performance of buildings, it may be of interest to identify the occupation periods of people in the room due to their possible impact on the energy balance. In order to be able to carry out a comprehensive energy assessment of the system and building, it is necessary to be able to classify user influence during the evaluation. This thesis investigates how the presence of people in a room can be determined cost-effectively and with little additional effort. The aim is to determine which sensors of a room control system provide sufficiently reliable data. The presence of 1-2 persons was examined on a test facility of the Technical University Rosenheim. The air-, mean radiation- and surface-temperatures, the air humidity as well as the CO2 and VOC concentrations were measured. For the analysis, a method of supervised machine and statistical learning, random forest, is used. The smallest model error detected in predicting the presence of 1 or 2 persons from CO2 sensor data is 1.43%. The error rates are low for all tested models if time-dynamic effects are used as predictors and the data is processed in a so-called time period form. Additionally, the ways in which this data should ideally be made available for future measurements and processed to facilitate analysis with machine and statistical learning techniques have been investigated. A further goal is to apply the models developed on measurement series in laboratory environments to real rooms and to assess the transferability of these models.
Telematik in der Arbeitsmedizin: Praktische Erfahrungen aus einer Machbarkeitsstudie der BGHM
(2019)
We employed the well-established Horton-Strahler, hierarchical, stream-order (ω) scheme to investigate scaling of nutrient loads (P and N) from ~845 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) distributed along the river network in urbanized Weser River, the largest national basin in Germany (~46K km2; ~8.4 million population). We estimated hydrologic and water quality impacts at the reach- and basin-scales, at two steady river discharge conditions (median flow, QR50; low-flow, QR90). Of the five WWTPs class-sizes (1 ≤ k ≤ 5), ~68% discharge to small low-order streams (ω < 3). We found large variations in capacity to dilute WWTP nutrient loads because of variability in (1) treated wastewater discharge (QU) within and among different class-sizes, and (2) river discharge (QR) within low-order streams (ω < 3) resulting from differences in drainage areas. For QR50, reach-scale water quality impairment assessed by nutrient concentration was likely at 136 (~16%) locations for P and 15 locations (~2%) for N. About 90% of these locations were lower-order streams (ω < 3). At QR50 and only with dilution, basin-scale cumulative nutrient loads from multiple upstream WWTPs increase impaired locations to 266 (~32% of total) for P. Considering in-stream uptake decreased P-impaired streams to 225 (~27%), suggesting the dominant role of dilution in the Weser River basin. Role of in-stream uptake diminished along the flow paths, while dilution in larger streams (4 ≤ ω ≤ 7) minimizes the impact of WWTP loads. Under QR90 conditions [(QR50/QR90) ~ 2.5], water quality impaired locations will likely double for the basin-scale analyses. Long-term water quality data suggested that diffuse sources are the primary contributors for water quality impairments in large streams. Our data-modeling synthesis approach is transferable to other urbanized river basins and extends understanding of point source impacts on water quality across spatial scales.
„Konsequente und durchgehende Festlegung von verwendungsspezifischen Anforderungen" für Bauprodukte?
(2019)
Verschiedene Verbände fordern in einer Stellungnahme eine „konsequente und durchgehende Festlegung von verwendungsspezifischen Anforderungen" für Bauprodukte. Der Artikel diskutiert, ob und wie dies vor dem Hintergrund des nationalen Bauordnungsrechtes in Kombination mit der europäischen Bauproduktenverordnung möglich und sinnvoll ist.
Der Beitrag stellt verschiedene Aussagen rund um die Reform des Bauproduktenrechtes in Deutschland seit MBO 2002, Ausgabe Mai 2016, ins richtige Licht. Es gibt in zahlreichen Beiträgen teilweise verwirrende oder sogar irrtümliche Aussagen zu den betreffenden Änderungen, diese werden hier jeweils mit Quellenbezug diskutiert.
Der Beitrag diskutiert Ursachen und Hintergründe des Reformstaus bei harmonisierten Normen für Bauprodukte nach der europäischen Bauproduktenverordnung. Für Zahlreiche Produktnormen sind von der europäischen Normungsorganisation CEN neuere Fassungen erschienen, diese werden jedoch aus verschiedenen Gründen nicht in die Liste der für die CE-Kennzeichnung maßgeblichen Listen harmonisierter Normen im Amtsblatt der EU übernommen.
Leichtbau und Ressourcenschonung sind zentrale Themen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Hybridverbunde mit Naturfasern (z.B. Flachs, Kenaf) sind Stand der Technik und werden v.a. im Automobilbau verwendet. Durch Hybridverbunde lassen sich die Vorteile von Spritzguss und Pressverfahren kombinieren (Funktionalisierung bei hoher Eigensteifigkeit). Obwohl Holzfasern diverse Vorteile gegenüber Naturfasern bieten (z.B. geringere Rohstoffrisiken), sind sie in diesem Bereich noch nicht umfassend untersucht.
Leichtbau und ressourcenschonende Herstellungstechnologien sind zentrale Themen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Thermoplastische Hybridverbunde mit endlosfaserverstärkten Einlegern spielen dabei eine große Rolle, sogenannte Organobleche. Auch Hybridverbunde mit Naturfaserverstärkung sind seit langem Stand der Technik und werden vor allem in der Automobilindustrie verwendet. Holzfasern sind in diesem Bereich jedoch noch nicht umfassend untersucht.
Der Vortrag befasst sich mit dem Potenzial von Holzfasern für thermoplastische Hybridverbunde im Vergleich zu Naturfasern. Dabei wird ein Einblick auf prozess- und materialtechnische Untersuchungen gegeben. Bei den Versuchen kommen diverse Technologien zum Einsatz. Holzfasern werden über ein Air-Lay-Verfahren mit Kunststofffasern zu einem Vlies gelegt. Bei der Weiterverarbeitung der konsolidierten Vliese zu Hybridverbunden, werden diese mit direkt compoundierten Holzfasern über einen In-Mould-Compounder angespritzt. Es zeigt sich, dass Faserverbunde mit Holzfasern vielversprechende Eigenschaften haben. Weitere Untersuchungen sind nötig, um ein tiefgreifendes Verständnis für die Werkstoffe und die Prozesse zu entwickeln.
Background: Nursing home residents are frequently affected by joint contractures, which impacts their participation and daily activities. A complex intervention, the Participation Enabling Care in Nursing (PECAN), was previously developed and pilot tested to address their needs. Its effectiveness and safety will be evaluated in the present study.
Methods/design: This multicentre cluster-randomised controlled trial will be conducted in 32 nursing homes spread over two regions of Germany. A total of 578 residents over 65 years old with joint contractures will be included. To compare the effect of the PECAN intervention with optimised standard care (usual care and an information session), randomisation will take place at a cluster level.
The individually tailored intervention was designed using the biopsychosocial model in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to reduce activity limitations and participation restrictions resulting from existing joint contractures by addressing barriers and by strengthening supportive factors on an individual level and an organisational level.
The implementation strategy comprises a facilitators’ workshop, a peer mentoring approach including a peer mentor visit and telephone peer counselling, an in-house information event, an information session for the nursing team and a training session on collegial consultation for the facilitators. The in-house information event will also take place in the nursing homes of the control group. The primary outcome is the residents’ participation and activities after 12 months of follow-up as assessed using the PaArticular Scales. The secondary outcome is the residents’ quality of life. A cost-effectiveness analysis (costs per additional resident who experienced a decrease of ten points in the participation or activities subscale of the PaArticular Scales) and a cost–utility analysis (costs per additional quality adjusted life year) will be conducted. We will investigate barriers and facilitators in a comprehensive process evaluation.
Discussion: We expect a clinically relevant improvement of participation and activities in residents with joint contractures. Our findings will provide important insights regarding participation in the situation of the affected individuals.
Die neuen Assistenten
(2019)
Der ARIS Architect 10 der Software AG ist eines der weltweit führenden Prozessmodellierungstools. Dieses Buch bietet eine umfangreiche Einführung in das ARIS-Konzept und das praktische Arbeiten mit der Software. Ziel ist es, das tägliche Arbeiten und einfache Projekte mit ARIS selbstständig zu erledigen. Im Vordergrund stehen die Modellierung und Modellauswertung.
Der ARIS-Versionswechsel von 9 auf 10 machte eine Überarbeitung dieses Buchs unumgänglich, die der Autor in der vorliegenden fünften Auflage umgesetzt hat. Dafür hat er die komplette Funktionalität überprüft und angepasst. Das neue Kapitel 2 beschreibt in kurzen Zügen die innovative „ARIS Cloud“ für das orts- und zeitunabhängige Teamwork. Zahlreiche Aufgaben und zwei umfangreiche Fallstudien (jeweils mit Lösungen) bieten eigenständige Übungsmöglichkeiten. Das Buch ist als ARIS-Einführung auch für das Selbststudium bestens geeignet. Abbildungen und Modelle stehen zum Download zur Verfügung und veranschaulichen das Gelernte.
Background: Acquired joint contractures have a significant impact on functioning and quality of life in nursing home residents. There is very limited evidence on measures for prevention and treatment of disability due to joint contractures. We have developed the PECAN intervention (Participation Enabling CAre in Nursing) to improve social participation in nursing home residents. A cluster-randomised pilot trial was conducted to assess the feasibility of study procedures in preparation for a main trial according to the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) framework.
Methods: Nursing homes in two regions of Germany were randomly allocated either to the intervention or optimised standard care (control group). All residents with joint contractures aged > 65 years were eligible for the study. The residents’ data were collected through structured face-to-face interviews by blinded assessors at baseline, after 3 and 6 months. The primary outcome was social participation, measured by a subscale of the PaArticular Scales. Secondary outcomes included activities and instrumental activities of daily living, health-related quality of life, falls and fall-related consequences. Data on the trial feasibility were collected via documentation forms.
Results: Seven out of 12 nursing homes agreed to participate and remained in the trial. Of 265 residents who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, 129 were randomised either to the intervention (n = 64) or control group (n = 65) and analysed. A total of 109 (85%) completed the trial after 6 months. The mean age was 85.7 years (SD 7.0), 80% were women. The severity of the residents’ disability differed across the clusters. The completion rate was high (> 95%), apart from the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale. Some items of the PaArticular Scales were not easily understood by residents. The frequency of falls did not differ between study groups.
Conclusion: Our data confirmed the feasibility of the overall study design. We also revealed the need to improve the procedures for the recruitment of residents and for data collection before implementation into a main trial. The next step will be an adequately powered main trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the intervention.
Die empirische Studie „Elektromobilität: Status, Bedarf und Potentiale öffentlicher Ladeinfrastruktur“ beschäftigt sich mit dem Status und den Geschäftsstrukturen von Versorgungsunternehmen im Geschäftsfeld der Elektromobilität sowie dem aktuellen Stand, den Planungen und den Entwicklungen im Bereich der öffentlichen Ladeinfrastruktur. Sie liefert Informationen zu der Bedeutung, der Struktur und der marktseitigen Ausgestaltung von den Geschäftsmodellen der öffentlichen Ladeinfrastruktur von Versorgungsunternehmen sowie den strategischen Implikationen hinsichtlich der zukünftigen Investitionen, Hürden, Anreize sowie dem erforderlichen Netzausbau und den Auswirkungen auf die Geschäftsmodelle der öffentlichen Ladeinfrastruktur.
Die Studie wurde im Zeitraum April bis Juli 2019 erhoben. Insgesamt haben 33 Energieversorgungsunternehmen (EVU) aus dem gesamten Bundesgebiet an der Studie teilgenommen. Die 33 teilnehmenden Unternehmen sind je zu einem Drittel kleine, mittelgroße und große EVU, wobei sich die Charakterisierung nach der Größe an der Anzahl der Mitarbeiter orientiert.
Generating a more detailed understanding of domestic electricity demand is a major topic for energy suppliers and householders in times of climate change.
Over the years there have been many studies on consumption feedback systems to inform householders, disaggregation algorithms for Non-Intrusive-Load-Monitoring (NILM), Real-Time-Pricing (RTP) to promote supply aware behavior through monetary incentives and appliance usage prediction algorithms. While these studies are vital steps towards energy awareness, one of the most fundamental challenges has not yet been tackled: Automated detection of start and stop of usage cycles of household appliances. We argue that most research efforts in this area will benefit from a reliable segmentation method to provide accurate usage information.
We propose a SVM-based segmentation method for home appliances such as dishwashers and washing machines. The method is evaluated using manually annotated electricity measurements of five different appliances recorded over two years in multiple households.
Durch Integrieren der Variothermie können Organobleche wirtschaftlich und technisch verbessert zu Hybridbauteilen verarbeitet werden. Somit steigert sich der Wettbewerbsvorteil gegenüber konventionellen Werkstoffen weiter. An einer Technische Hochschule wird seit mehr als zehn Jahren intensiv an der Thematik der Verbindungstechnologien sowie den Haftungsmechanismen zwischen endlosfaserverstärkten Thermoplasten, den sogenannten Organoblechen, und angespritzten Funktionsstrukturen geforscht. Im Fokus stehen prozesstechnische Einflüsse, die die Verbundhaftung der Hybridleichtbaustrukturen erhöhen.
Nowadays, fluorescence lifetime measurements and the method of fluorescence lifetime imaging are already state of the art in biomedical research. Also first investigations show that polymers could be identified due to their endogenous fluorescent lifetime. Thus an approach of identifying polymers with fluorescence lifetime imaging is done in this contribution. Therefore, four different polymers are examined and evaluated with statistical methods in order to determine their specific fluorescence lifetimes.
Das Pflegeberufegesetz eröffnet Chancen zur Weiterentwicklung der praktischen Ausbildung. Eine Chance besteht darin, die neuen zeitlichen Ressourcen in der Praxisanleiterqualifikation dafür zu nutzen, mehr Methodenkompetenz in handlungsorientierten Anleitungsmethoden aufzubauen. Es zeigt sich nämlich, der Einsatz handlungsorientierter Methoden zur Entwicklung beruflicher Handlungskompetenz nötig ist, diese in der praktischen Pflegeausbildung aber kaum Anwendung finden.
An der TH Rosenheim haben Studierende des Bachelorstudienganges Pflege die Möglichkeit, die Praxisanleiterqualifikation zu erwerben, wenn sie im achten Semester ein zusätzliches Modul zu berufspädagogischen Grundlagen der Praxisanleitung absolvieren. Im Sommersemester 2019 wurde der Schwerpunkt dieses Moduls auf handlungsorientierte Anleitungsmethoden und deren Implementierung gelegt. Bei der Leittextmethode bearbeiten Lernende über einen längeren Zeitraum, anhand zur Verfügung gestellter Medien und unter Nutzung weiterer Ressourcen der Praxis einen Leitfragenkatalog, der z.B. dazu dient, sie auf die selbständige Durchführung einer pflegerischen Aufgabe vorzubereiten oder ein neues Arbeitsfeld zu erkunden. Da der Leittextmethode nicht nur das Potenzial zugeschrieben wird, berufliche Handlungskompetenz zu fördern sondern auch Praxisanleitende zu entlasten, erhielten die Studierenden den Auftrag, Leittexte zu selbstgewählten Themen der praktischen Pflegeausbildung zu entwickeln.
Effiziente Lüftungssysteme zur Sicherstellung guter Luftqualität sind für energieeffiziente Gebäude essentiell. Ein Hemmnis für den Einsatz stellen insbesondere in der Sanierung die nach wie vor hohen Kosten dar. In mehreren Projekten [Schiantarelli 2015] [Sibille et al. 2013] wurde bisher versucht, vereinfachte Systeme zu entwickeln [Sibille, Pfluger 2016] [Huber 2013]. In diesem Forschungsprojekt wurde die Idee einer technisch einfachen und möglichst kanalfreien Belüftungsmöglichkeit mithilfe von aktiven Überströmern untersucht. Dabei wird die Zuluft nur zentral in der Mischzone der Wohnung (Flur, offenes Wohnzimmer) eingebracht. Die Abluft wird konventionell erfasst. Dadurch kann auf ein Zuluftkanalnetz verzichtet werden. Der aktive Überströmer ist dabei in die Zwischenwand bzw. im Türsturz des Anforderungsraumes (z.B. Schlafzimmer) eingebaut. Er besteht aus einem Axiallüfter mit einem Durchmesser von 120 mm, der (bei geschlossener Tür) die Luft aus der Mischzone in das angrenzende Schlafzimmer fördert.
Time series are series of values ordered by time. This kind of data can be found in many real world settings. Classifying time series is a difficult task and an active area of research. This paper investigates the use of transfer learning in Deep Neural Networks and a 2D representation of time series known as Recurrence Plots. In order to utilize the research done in the area of image classification, where Deep Neural Networks have achieved very good results, we use a Residual Neural Networks architecture known as ResNet. As preprocessing of time series is a major part of every time series classification pipeline, the method proposed simplifies this step and requires only few parameters. For the first time we propose a method for multi time series classification: Training a single network to classify all datasets in the archive with one network. We are among the first to evaluate the method on the latest 2018 release of the UCR archive, a well established time series classification benchmarking dataset.
Der Beitrag zeigt die bauordnungsrechtlichen Anforderungen allgemein und speziell hinsichtlich des Brandschutzes an werkmäßig hergestellte Dämmstoffe (schwerpunktmäßig Dämmstoffe aus Mineralwolle, aber nicht ausschließlich) auf. Dazu werden formalen Randbedingungen für die Nachweisführung bei diesen nach der EU-Bauprodukte-Verordnung CE-gekennzeichneten Produkten dargestellt.
In this work we investigate students’ thinking about and difficulties with incompressible, steady pipe flow. There is substantial evidence that students have difficulty applying and prioritizing the two basic principles of mass conservation (i.e., the continuity equation) and energy conservation (i.e., Bernoulli’s equation). When distracted by questions which involve gravity students based their answers on ill-supported assumptions about local pressures. The predominant arguments use a simplified Bernoulli equation, descriptive arguments or analogies to single-particle motion. Based on these results, an instructional intervention is developed that seems to address the observed difficulties.
We describe an investigation of the heterogeneity in conceptual understanding of first-year
engineering students by using the force concept inventory (FCI) as a diagnostic tool. The
average FCI pre- and posttest results depend significantly on the type of school graduation.
Even interactive teaching methods that have proven to be more effective in learning outcome
cannot dissolve this heterogeneity within the first year of university study.
Die wohl größte aktuelle Umweltverschmutzung mit Kunststoffen findet in Ozeanen, Seen und Flüssen statt. Bis jetzt gibt es kein etabliertes Verfahren, mit dem Kunststoffe in Umwelt- bzw. Wassermatrizen detektiert werden können. Deshalb wird mit einem Verfahren, welches auf dem Prinzip der Fluoreszenz basiert, untersucht, ob unter Laborbedingungen Kunststoffe in Wasser detektiert und identifiziert werden können. Anhand eines mathematischen Modells, einer Simulation und mit Hilfe von optischen Experimenten wird gezeigt, dass der Nachweis und auch eine Identifikation von Kunststoffen in Abhängigkeit der Wassertiefe, mit diesem Verfahren möglich ist.
Today, the automatic separation of polymers from each other in an industrial scale is an unsolved problem. In laboratory environments, two methods are known whereby plastic is sorted either by color or by fluorescence decay time measurements that require fast synchronization and thus expensive equipment. A simple and pragmatic process is proposed to separate plastics from each other: all fluorescent photons are counted in relation to the absorbed photons. A theoretical model and an experimental setup are built in order to determine an apparatus specific quantum efficiency.
Beech circular hollow laminated veneer lumber sections for temporary soil nailing applications
(2019)
Beech Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) circular hollow sections for use as temporary geotechnical soil nailing systems are developed within this thesis. Due to their permanent subsoil cement embedment, combined with high water saturation and permanent loading, the timber sections will lose strength and stiffness over time. Taking into account a duration of load factor for permanent loading of two years, it is recommended to reduce the short term tensile and bending strength of beech circular hollow sections to be used as geotechnical soil nails by 80%. In addition to the determination of material properties on small, clear specimens and full-sized cross-sections, an appropriate surface gluing quality between the veneers is fundamental to this subsoil application of the permanently cement-embedded, engineered timber product. The circular cross-section geometry and the permanently high-alkaline environment of the structural member is not covered by presently standardised testing and conditioning methods for examining LVL surface bond line quality. Standardised test methods had to be modified to determine bonding parameters for the circular, hollow LVL sections. As cement grout ensures the bond between the wooden nails and soil for the mobilisation of a soil reinforcement effect, a reliable connection between cement and wood is required. However, soluble wood constituents may inhibit cement hydration in the contact surface between the timber nails and cement. Pull-off tests on clear LVL specimens with different cement and wood surface modifications as well as the results of large-scale push-out tests are therefore presented. But to permanently ensure the contact between the wood and cement, a high degree of saturation above wood fibre saturation is necessary to keep the hollow sections in a swollen state without moisture-dependent wood shrinking. As no publications of wood moisture development in subsoil were available, long-term tests were performed, measuring the moisture content of subsoil-stored LVL in dependence on the soil moisture content, the suction and the precipitation during a time span of one year. Besides a negative cement influence on the material strength, a positive effect of cement coating on subsoil fungal destruction was realised, resulting in a significantly increased lifetime of cement-coated wood compared to uncoated wood. For temporary soil nailing applications, fungal wood deterioration was found to be of minor importance. But the reduced material strength due to a severe alkaline attack of wood demands a re-consideration of current soil nailing design methods, usually based on a mechanical limit equilibrium analysis of a rigid body motion where just tensile forces of the reinforcement elements are considered, and accompanying forces like bending moments and shear forces are neglected. Distributed fibre optic strain measurements of a steel-reinforced soil nail wall during a time span of six weeks reveal considerable nail curvatures, which are negligible in the case of ductile soil nails with low diameters, but are a significant factor for beech circular hollow laminated veneer lumber sections of larger diameters and brittle material behaviour.
In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, wie sich das bedarfsgewichtete Pro-Kopf-Einkommen in Haushalten Alleinerziehender mit Kindern im Vergleich zu entsprechenden Haushalten mit verheirateten Eltern im Zuge der arbeits-, familien- und sozialpolitischen Reformen seit 1997 vor und nach staatlicher Umverteilung verändert hat. Zweitens wird mit Effekt-Dekompositionen analysiert, inwieweit Veränderungen der Einkommenssituation von alleinerziehenden und verheirateten Müttern auf Veränderungen ihrer Merkmale und deren Auswirkungen zurückgeführt werden können. Die Analysen basieren auf 19 Wellen des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels (SOEP) von 1997 bis 2015. Während das bedarfsgewichtete Netto-Pro-Kopf-Einkommen von alleinerziehenden Müttern auch dank staatlicher Transfer weitgehend unverändert geblieben ist, hat sich die Einkommenssituation von verheirateten Müttern vor allem aufgrund ihres steigenden Bildungsniveaus und ihrer gestiegener Erwerbstätigkeit verbessert. Die zunehmende Einkommensungleichheit zwischen beiden Familienformen kann demnach auf die zunehmend besseren Bildungsressourcen und die gesteigerte Arbeitsmarktaktivität verheirateter Mütter zurückgeführt werden, wohingegen Alleinerziehende vermehrt auf Sozialleistungen angewiesen waren.
Der Beitrag erläutert die Hintergründe des für einige Bauprodukte in Deutschland geforderten Nachweises, dass sie nicht glimmen und beschreibt die aktuelle rechtliche Situation. Er stellt das europäische Prüfverfahren EN 16733 kurz vor und legt die Folgen für Planer und Verwender der Bauprodukte dar. Schließlich wird ein Ausblick auf die zu erwartenden zukünftigen Entwicklungen gegeben.
Diskussionen um bauordnungsrechtliche Anforderungen bei nach Bauprodukteverordnung CE-gekennzeichneten Bauprodukten konzentriert sich häufig auf Fragen des Brandschutzes. Der Beitrag zeigt auf, wie auch die anderen Grundanforderungen an Bauwerke ("BWR" oder "BRCW") in den deutschen Landesbauordnungen und der Verwaltungsvorschrift technische Baubestimmungen konkretisiert werden. Die einzelnen BWR werden diskutiert und - wo möglich - mit einfachen Beispielen erläutert.
Der Beitrag erläutert das Konzept der Bausätze nach Bauproduktenverordnung (BauPVO), einer Sonderform der Bauprodukte. Es werden offene Fragen zum Bausatz diskutiert und das Verhältnis des nach BauPVO definierten Bausatzes zur nach den deutschen Bauordnungen definierten definierten Bauarten behandelt.
Innovative beech laminated veneer lumber (LVL) circular hollow sections for the use as temporary geotechnical soil nailing systems are currently being developed. Due to the permanent subsoil cement embedment, combined with high water saturation and permanent loading, the timber sections will lose strength and stiffness over time to a degree currently unknown. This paper presents the tensile and bending material properties of flat and curved beech LVL under various periods of immersion in a water–cement grout solution aiming at inducing both water saturation and long-term alkaline attack of the timber.
In total, 824 and 279 samples were tested in tension and bending, respectively. Results show that samples manufactured from 3 mm thick veneers result in tensile strength and stiffness 17% and 24% higher, respectively, than samples manufactured from 2 mm thick veneers. A reduction in the initial bending and tensile strength of up to 70% was found after 90 days of water saturation and cement contact. Taking into account a duration of load factor for permanent loading of two years, it is recommended to reduce the short-term tensile and bending strength of beech circular hollow sections to be used as geotechnical anchors by 80%.
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Einfluss einer Beschleunigungsregelung auf das Regelverhalten von Servoantrieben untersucht. Auf einen Beschleunigungssensor wird verzichtet. Die Istbeschleunigung wird aus dem Positionsmesswert berechnet. Anhand eines verifizierten Modells für Positionsmessfehler wird der Einfluss der Positionsauflösung und der Messsignalqualität auf die berechnete Beschleunigung dargestellt. Basierend auf diesen Ergebnissen wird das Konzept einer kombinierten Strom- und Beschleunigungsregelung entwickelt und dessen Funktionalität nachgewiesen.
Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht den Einsatz von Halbleitern großer Bandlückenenergie, wie Siliziumkarbid und Galliumnitrid, in Stromrichtern der Antriebstechnik. Diese Halbleiter weisen im Vergleich zu bipolaren IGBTs geringere Schaltverluste auf, wodurch die Schaltfrequenz deutlich erhöht werden kann. Das ermöglicht den Einsatz von Motorfiltern kompakter Bauform und geringen Kosten. Als Ergebnis erhält man einen Stromrichter mit hoher Stromreglerbandbreite und nahezu ideal sinusförmigen Ausgangsspannungen mit geringen Signalverzerrungen.
Werkstoffeinflüsse auf den Spritzgussprozess von hochgefüllten Phenol-Formaldehydharz Formmassen
(2019)
Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden verschiedene duroplastische Formmassen laboranalytisch hinsichtlich der rheologischen und thermischen Eigenschaften untersucht. Es wurde u.a. gezielt die absolute Materialfeuchte gesteigert, um den Einfluss dieser auf das Fließ Härtungsverhalten zu charakterisieren. Anschließend wurden die Materialien auf einer hochinstrumentierten Spritzgussmaschine mit einem Fließspiralenwerkzeug untersucht. Dabei konnte ein direkter Zusammenhang zwischen dem Rückfluss und dem Plastifizierdrehmoment in Abhängigkeit der Materialfeuchte und der Prozessparameter detektiert werden . Des Weiteren wurden über die Differenzdruckmessung im Fließspiralenwerkzeug die scheinbaren Viskositäten über den Fließweg ermittelt. Hierbei konnten unterschiedliche Aufschmelzeffekte über die Fließweglänge in Abhängigke it der duroplastischen Formmasse, der absoluten Materialfeuchte und der Prozessparameter detektiert werden . Durch Schererwärmung konnte die Formmassentemperatur teilweise die Werkzeugtemperatur übersteigen. Hinsichtlich der mechanischen Eigenschaften (Schlagzähigkeit, Biegefestigkeit) konnten keine signifikanten Einflussgrößen detektiert werden. Hinsichtlich des Tg konnten systematischen Unterschiede detektiert und begründet werden. Die beste Möglichkeit zur Ermittlung des Tg lieferte die TMA. Die thermischen Glasübergänge korrelieren mit den in der DSC ermittelten Aushärtegraden , wobei mit steigender Materialfeuchte ein geringer Aushärtegrad detektiert wird.
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Generic- 30 Set (previously referred to as Rehabilitation Set) is a minimal set of ICF categories for reporting and assessing functioning and disability in clinical populations with different health conditions along the continuum of care. Recently, the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SIMFER) developed an Italian modification of the simple and intuitive descriptions (SID) of these categories. This study was the first one to implement the use of the SID in practice.1)
To implement the use of the ICF in clinical practice and research among Italian Residents in PRM. 2) To verify if the SID made the application of ICF Generic 30 Set more user-friendly than the original descriptions. 3) To examine the prevalence of functioning problems of patients accessing Rehabilitation Services to serve as reference for the development of an ICF-based clinical data collection tool.Multicenter cross-sectional study.
Italian Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PRM) outpatient rehabilitation services. Patients referring to Italian PRM outpatient rehabilitation services and Italian Residents in PRM.Each School of Specialization involved, randomly, received the ICF Generic-30 Set with the original descriptions or with the SID.
Residents collected over a 4-month period (April-July 2016) patients data related to the ICF Generic-30 Set categories. Moreover, the residents self- assessed their difficulty in using the ICF Generic-30 Set with the original descriptions or with the SID, through a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS).Ninety-three residents collected functioning data of 864 patients (mean aged 57.7±19.3) with ICF Generic-30 Set: 304 with the original descriptions and 560 with SID. The difficulty in using the ICF Generic-30 Set with SID was rated as lower than using the original descriptions (NRS = 2.8±2.5 vs 3.5±3.1; p<0.001).
The most common disease was the back pain (9.6%) and the most common altered ICF categories were b280 (76.3%) and b710 (72.9%).This multicenter cross-sectional study shown that the ICF Generic-30 Set is a valuable instrument for reporting and assessing functioning and disability in clinical populations with different health conditions and along the continuum of care and that SID facilitate the understanding of the ICF categories and therefore their use in clinical practice.
This National survey, improving the knowledge of ICF among Italian PRM residents, represents an important step towards the system-wide implementation of ICF in the healthcare system.
This scoping review aimed to generate an overview of existing quality management (QM) models for inpatient healthcare published in peer-reviewed literature.
Data sources
Peer-reviewed publications published until June 2016 were retrieved from the databases Medline, PubMed, CINAHL and Cochrane Library using search terms related to QM and models.
Study selection
Publications mentioning a QM model for general application in healthcare or inpatient care in their title or abstract were included. Languages considered were: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Data extraction was 3-fold. First, publication characteristics were summarized. Second, the frequency of each identified model was documented and the publications were divided into conceptual and implementation publications. Third, relevant QM models were identified and information regarding the model, including content and relationship with other models, was extracted.
Of 925 retrieved publications, 213 were included. The included publications reported on 64 different QM models that were suitable for or used in inpatient care. Seventeen models were identified as being relevant. The 17 models were then categorized into three different levels: conceptual quality improvement models, concrete application models and country specific adaptations.
This scoping review provides an overview of 17 existing QM models for inpatient care and their relationships with each other. Various types of models with differing aspects and components exist. In searching for QM models, many different concepts like QM system, accreditation or methodologies appeared. For future investigation, concepts of interest should be clarified.