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Parti-CP: Barriers and facilitators for participation in children for cerebral palsy, their siblings and families in Switzerland
The aim of Parti-CP is to gather profound knowledge about how children with CP, their siblings, and their families as a whole experience participation in Switzerland, then use this knowledge to formulate evidence-based recommendations. The mixed-methods study will include four work packages with qualitative and ...
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Platform for drug target identification
A major problem in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery projects is the unknown identity of the molecular biological target, even when very potent ligands are available, such as those discovered in a phenotypic screen. Therefore, methods for hit optimization, such as structure-based design, or better understanding ...
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Revolutionizing Education60+: Digital Lifelong Learning
The global phenomenon of population aging and the rapid pace of digital transformation are defining our era. In 2020, 25% of Swiss citizens were aged 60 or older, reflecting a trend observed worldwide as the population over 65 continues to grow. However, amidst this digital revolution, older adults often encounter ...
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Risk perception, mitigation preferences, and value of prevention in smart homes: implications for insurance and risk management
Taking an integrated and systems approach, we study the new risk landscape and analyze the relation between risk perception, risk mitigation behavior and risk pricing. Since many of the households’ risks are covered by insurance, we embed our findings in the insurance economics context. Overall, our research aims to ...
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Shipment Publication for Roche
Compiling, conditioning and presenting the data retrieved from real-life-shipmentstudies concerning pharmaceutical drug-transport, in the context of a peer-reviewed scientificpaper/publication.
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Soluble Coffee
The goal of this Project is to Conduct an Aroma audit of an instant coffee production line.
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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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SWEET EDGE: Integrating very high shares of decentralized renewable energy into the Swiss energy system
EDGE wants to fast-track the growth of locally sourced decentralized renewable energy in Switzerland. The project aims to ensure that by 2035 and 2050, when ambitious shares of renewable energy are reached, the Swiss energy system is designed and operated in a technically and economically optimal and secure way, and ...
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Swiss-AL: Linguistic Open-Research-Data Practices for Applied Sciences
The ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics develops Swiss-AL (Applied Linguistics), an ex- tensive collection of text data in all Swiss national languages, a linguistic processing pipe- line, and a browser-based analysis workbench, enabling researchers to explore copyright- protected data on public language ...
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TAMINA® – lmproving proximal humerus fracture treatment
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Visual Interestingness - All images are equal but some images are more equal than others
Interestingness -- the power of attracting or holding one's attention (thefreedictionary.com). Not only the features of a given object or event determines whether it is considered as being interesting or not, but also prior knowledge, the current task or even emotional or motivational valence. In the project ...
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Why do some older workers with adverse health conditions remain in the labor force while others exit early?
In our project, we focus on the labor force participation of older workers with adverse healthconditions (i.e., chronic conditions, injuries, or illnesses, both in physical and mental terms). Evidence shows that a non-negligible share of workers experiences adverse health conditions at the end of their ...
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What influence does the Metaverse have on the development of the Swiss live communications industry?
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Polysun-ML
The project is developing a new type of cloud service for designing optimized building and district heating system solutions. The focus is on economic and sustainable goals. For this purpose, massively parallel simulations are used for multi-objective optimization and the training of machine learning-based ...
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Automated visual inspection of a life-supporting blood pump
The aim of this Innovation Booster project is to select suitable sensor technologies and measurement methods, test their technical feasibility and determine critical parameters.
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AGGREGATE - The value of aggregators in a flexible and decentralized Swiss energy system
In a future electricity system with high shares of renewables and new demand entities, conventional generation alone will not be able to balance supply and demand. Therefore, active participation of distributed energy resources is necessary. Yet, due to imperfect information, bounded rationality, and regulatory ...
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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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Build-Your-Own DAO – Designing and Implementing a Decentralized Autonomous Organization
In this project, a DAO design reference model is elaborated and the necessary elements and functions are implemented as templates based on a blockchain. With this, organization based on computer code can be controlled and managed without central management or employees.
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Carbon Capture on algorithm based highly efficient three-dimensional ceramic surfaces
The potential of additively manufactured algorithm-based structures such as the well-known TPMS triply periodic minimal surfaces is manifold. One highly interesting field of application is chemical engineering. Mathematically optimized structures allow, among other things, maximum mass and energy exchange surfaces ...