All projects from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Tourism Audits Biosfera Val Müstair
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Biochar in greenroof substrates
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Evaluation of Fish and Feed Quality
The nutrition of less commonly reared fish species, such as the European perch (Perca fluviatilis), in aquaculture systems is not an easy task and suitable feed designed for this fish species are not available so far. Thus, feeds designed for other fish species are used which may not be healthy for the perches. A ...
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Floristic and vegetation-ecological analyses of the green roofs of the lake water plant
The water supply system of the city of Zurich is planning major construction works at the Moos plant. The green roofs with nature conservation value (> 100 years old, with botanical values of cantonal importance (Landolt 2001)) are to be preserved wherever possible. The Urban Ecology Research Group has developed a ...
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Morbillivirus cell entry machinery: mechanisms, structures and antiviral drug discovery
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REFRACT – Repeat protein Function, Refinement, Annotation and Classification of Topologies
REFRACT is an international consortium aiming to extend our knowledge on the mechanism of tandem repeat protein (TRP) function and evolution, establishing a common classification and best practices. Starting from available state of the art computational tools and databases, it aims to drive a new level of TRP ...
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CarbonATE - microbiological methanation
The European Union aims at a transition towards a renewable energy system by strengthening biomass exploitation. Within P2G concept bio-methanation of CO2 from biomass conversion systems with H2 enables an overall emission reduction. For this methanation process the amount of gases serving as potential CO2 sources ...
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SmartCareNet
The players in the Swiss healthcare system are facing major challenges. Overall, they are experiencing a transformation of the care system in two ways: On the one hand, through a shift from a purely supply-oriented to a demand-oriented system, and on the other hand, through digitalisation and the associated ...
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The effect of programmed ribosomal frameshifting on codon usage bias
The discovery of synonymous codon usage bias (CUB) –the unequal use of codons that code for the same amino-acid– has strengthened the notion that synonymous mutations can alter the fitness of organisms. Synonymous or silent mutations are mutations in DNA that do not alter the encoded amino acid sequence. Since CUB ...
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Vegan Agriculture
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Suntory - R&D Collaboration on Coffee
Aroma Fortification of Roasted Whole Bean Coffee - Proof of Principle.
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Endless spheroid
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Workplace Experience
Aim is to develop new theory for Workplace Experience according to scientific standards. The purpose of the development of new theory under inclusion of various experience topics is on the one hand the thematic expansion or the further development of the Facility Management (FM) and the competences. So far, FM has ...
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Exhibition on Nutrition
Conception, planning and realisation of the public exhibition "Nutrition" 2020 at Vögele Kultur Zentrum in Pfäffikon SZ. In presenting IUNR Research topics, objects and artworks, the exhibition illustrates the effects and interrelationships of our food choices.
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Feasibility study: Conversion of a wastewater treatment plant into an aquaculture
With the entry into force of the new Water Protection Act in 2016, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) must install an additional treatment stage (elimination of micro-pollutants) within the next 20 years. As an immediate consequence, municipalities have to decide whether an upgrade is worthwhile or whether they ...
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LaundReCycle South Africa
Day Zero - that's how the day was called when the city of Cape Town, Sout Africa would run out of water during the water crisis in 2018. Only due to strict water-saving regulations, Day Zero was avoided. Since then, it is clearer than ever; South Africa needs urgent investments in infrastructure and the development ...
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Conservation collection of grapevine varieties Halbinsel Au
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Data analysis as a basis for the development of a KPI system for non-medical support services in hospitals
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Digitisation in the outdoor facilities of Campus Grüental
Thanks to a native app, the learning opportunities offered by plant knowledge on the Grüental campus are to be optimised, made more attractive and expanded further.The app should be user-friendly and contain at least the following functions: Finding plants or leading intelligent activities on site Filter by ...
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Energy from Biogas
The ZHAW University of Applied Science is part of an international working group which deals with processes to gain Energy from Biogas (Task 37 of the IEA Bioenergy). The research questions cover the anaerobic digestion (AD) of biomass feedstocks including agricultural residues (e.g. manure and crop residues), ...
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More than hay
The general aim of this and future projects is to consolidate the knowledge on the application of direct greening methods on green roofs namely to adapt typical ecological restoration procedures to urban ecological design and praxis. Specific aims of this project are: 1) to set up of a first inventory with the old, ...
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Park planning Val Calanca
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An integrated modelling and learning framework for real-time online decision assistance in Swiss agriculture
We are developing an agricultural risk decision assistant based on a unique model that can assess and visualize reliable weather and seasonal climate forecasts, soil data, and crop growth forecasts. Based on real-time and historical weather, climate, soil and crop data and novel learning algorithms, the system ...
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Aroma recovery from coffee roasting
Aroma recovery from coffee roasting.
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Microalgae for large-scale CO2 re-mediation: Integrated concepts
Conceptual evaluation of microalgae-based CO2-remediation strategies for a Swiss-based company on the engineering sector.