All projects from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Student Requirements in Hybrid Learning Environments
An interdisciplinary and international research project is being developed as part of a PhD research collaboration between ZHAW and NTNU. The project aims to investigate the impact of hybrid learning environments on student requirements in universities. It was prompted by changes in university learning environments ...
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Sustainable nutrition
The aim of this project is an interface between a database of protein-rich foods (DaPro), the Food Chain Model (FCM) and the Menu Sustainability Index (MNI) (for more details, please see the Further Information section below). The interface creates synergies between the three tools by, on the one hand, avoiding ...
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BioVaR – Assessing and Digitizing Risk Exposure Resulting from Biodiversity Loss
We propose a fully digital, science-based solution that can provide forward-looking guidance for companies regarding the financial risks associated with biodiversity loss. We intend to communicate understandable risk metrics using User Interface to a biodiversity-committed network of stakeholders. ...
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Phosphorus in fish farms
Phosphorus is one of the most important emission parameters of fish farms, because phosphorus is the limiting element in freshwaters. If phosphorus enters the water body, even small amounts lead to strong plant and algal growth, which in turn causes a decline in biodiversity and a restriction in the use of habitats. ...
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Spatial sustainable finance: Satellite-based ratings of company footprints in biodiversity and water
We develop and adopt geoprocessing workflows to analyze and model the spatial footprints of companies representing company venues, production sites, or in general areas where companies are active. We combine the spatial environmental assessments with LCA methods to transform non-spatialized into spatialized ...
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Development of an effective extraction method of insect-pathogenic granuloviruses for innovative and sustainable plant protection
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AI for colorectal cancer: towards the improved CMS classification and interpretability
Access to large complex biomedical data today allows scientists to take full advantage of AI-driven approaches in a variety of applications with high societal impact. One such application is precision medicine, which is gradually becoming reality for some cancers. Unfortunately, for colorectal cancer (CRC) ...
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CarNe – Carbon Negative Biochar-based Building Insulation Materials
This research project proposes the development of bio-based, carbon negative building insulation material building upon a successful previous feasibility study. The material development is based on the use of organic waste material which is further processed using natural binders and a subsequent carbonization step. ...
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Investor and Stakeholder Tools for Tracking Companies’ Climate Commitments, Greenwashing and ESG Trends
In this project, we are developing science-based methods to systematically identify potential greenwashing in corporate communications as well as signals of green innovations and technologies. By applying advanced AI methods to thousands of stocks, we aim to develop novel, ESG-compliant financial products. ...
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LEMIG II - Analysis of green waste 2022/23
Since 2012, there have been increasing activities in Switzerland, both at the research level and in the context of legislation and implementation, to quantify waste that arises along the food chain and to introduce measures to avoid or recycle it. The FOEN is striving to create a reliable and uniform database along ...
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Structurally Stable Substrates for Sustainable Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management
The availability of space for urban trees has been continuously decreasing due to the increasing densification of urban areas, compaction of planting substrate, and the presence of underground pipelines. Urban trees are an integral part of green infrastructure in urban areas, providing valuable ecosystem services ...
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Towards mechanically biocompatible implant materials for pelvic floor repair
Vaginal meshes, hazard or cure? This has been the topic of a recent PULS broadcasting on Swiss television.In fact, during the last few years, severe and frequent complications, such as erosions, pain and dyspareunia, inparticular related to transvaginal placement of meshes led to numerous lawsuits and in some ...
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Green!Tea: Renewable Energy for the Vietnamese tea sector
Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia’s economic powerhouses. It aspires to high-quality agricultural production with a view to lucrative export markets, while transitioning towards more renewable forms of energy production to meet COP26 commitments. Solar power and biomass from productive forests are meant to support ...
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Improving the well-being of residents in care homes by making catering services more flexible with the help of technology
It was known from previous projects that catering services in retirement and nursing homes are currently strongly geared towards working hours and the presence of employees. With the increasing individualisation of society, it can be assumed that future residents will demand more flexible catering options. It can ...
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Inhibitors targeting SARS-CoV-2 proteases
So far, vaccines are available to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, which can protect against a severe course, although part of society also does not want to be vaccinated or cannot do so due to pre-existing conditions. With a drug that can fight the virus in the organism, infected patients with severe symptoms would be ...
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Natural Malagasy Plant Dyes
With the Natural Malagasy Plants Dyes the international project team with researchers from the University of Antananarivo and from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences supported by Flexknit as project partner intends to develop a sustainable dyeing processes which is based on the sustainable use of Madagascar’s ...
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Valorization of Swiss Agri-Food Side Streams
Food waste is a topic of concern worldwide as substantial amount of food ends up as waste along the food value chain. This represents not only a resource problem but also an environmental and economic one, on top of being a moral challenge for the modern society. The production of food waste covers all the food life ...
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Active modified surfaces for contained drug release
In this project, a protocol for immobilization of novel anti-fibrotic drug compounds within electrospun meshes of polymer fibres will be established. These meshes will allow for a local and sustained release of the incorporated drug molecules for the treatment of chronic wounds or to prevent implant associated ...
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CHEERS – Using brewery sidestreams to manufacture innovative products
The industrial production of beer often generates large volumes of by-products that are not used optimally. The European project "CHEERS" aims to convert unused by-products and waste of beer production such as bagasse, wastewater, CO2 and CH4 into innovative bio-based products. Currently, bagasse is used for ...
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Feature Learning for Bayesian Inference
The goal of this project is to use interpretable Machine Learning (ML) to find low-dimensional features in high-dimensional noisy data generated by (i) stochastic models or (ii) real systems. In both cases, the problem is to disentangle the effect of high-dimensional disturbances, such as noise or unobserved inputs, ...
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FuelSOME – Multifuel SOFC system with Maritime Energy Vectors
FuelSOME’s vision is to make a substantial contribution to the required drastic reduction of Greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from global shipping (climate change mitigation) with a reduction of air pollutants, such as NOx, SOX, and pollution prevention and control, at the same time. The future roadmap of the ...
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Further Psychometric Validation of the Privacy At Work Inventory (PAW) – Dimensionality in Different Office Types
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Housing Conditions, Privacy, and Aggression during Covid-19 lockdown in the UK
The COVID-19 pandemic, as a suddenly occurring and global exceptional situation, led to comprehensive restrictions on everyday life and posed a significant challenge to the world's population. Personal living circumstances had to adapt to the new conditions, familiar freedoms of movement were severely limited, ...
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LAMASUS – Land use and Management modelling for Sustainable governance
Within this project, the research group collaborates with researcher from 16 EU countries to develop modeling tools and to study conditions for achieving climate neutrality in the European land use sector by 2035.As part of the European Green Deal, the EU must achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The land use sector ...
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Sensory Processing, Office Features and Burnout Symptoms in an Office Worker Population – A Pilot Study
Modern office concepts focus on open and flexible workspace designs to meet the demands of digital transformation and the increasing need for flexibility. Our study will examine the relationship between sensory processing, burnout symptoms, and satisfaction among office workers whilst being mindful of office ...