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Simulation of desk-sharing and occupancy
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Smart Hospital – Integrated Framework, Tools & Solutions (SHIFT)
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SPPC: Swiss Process–Product Corpus of Student Writing Development
SPPC (Swiss Process–Product Corpus of Student Writing Development) is a novel longitudinal corpus of L1 student writing, linking automatically annotated and aggregated process data with the resulting product (text) and competence data. It will facilitate the development of teaching interventions with appropriate ...
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Sustainable commuting at ZHAW
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TCM Medicinal Plants Learning and Research Garden
The TCM Medicinal Plant Garden was developed in 2016 by the Institute for Environment and Natural Resources in collaboration with the Swiss TCM Association and the Phytopharmacy and Natural Products Group of the Institute of Biotechnology and Chemistry at the ZHAW. To date, the garden comprises around 130 ...
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TCology - Thermo-Chemical Network Ecology
The research project TCology is addressing the novel topic of thermochemical networks (TCN) for heat and cold generation, distribution and storage and aims at identifying suitability and applicability to the Swiss context. In comparison to classical hydronic district heating and cooling networks (DHCN), TCNs show ...
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The effectiveness of interventions to prevent child maltreatment
Aim and research questions The expertise aims to assess the effectiveness of interventions to prevent the occurrence and chronification of child maltreatment based on empirical evidence. The expertise’s guiding question is: How effective are interventions in preventing the occurrence and chronification of child ...
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Towards tailored mechanical properties of artificial tissue models
The human skin is the interface between the environment and the body. The skin has several functions such as the thermoregulation, the protection from mechanical injuries, acting as a barrier against microorganisms and the tactile perception. In this project, we aim at developing an innovative artificial skin model ...
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Unlocking the Green Open Access potentiaL in scholarly and professional journals in Switzerland (GOAL)
The GOAL (Unlocking the Green Open Access potentiaL in scholarly and professional journals in Switzerland) project aims to promote so-called green road to Open Access to scholarly and application-oriented journals. These journals are particularly relevant to universities of applied sciences and universities of ...
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USP development with CHO cells
CDR-Life is a biotechnology company pioneering a new and differentiated class of highly tumor-specific immuno-oncology therapeutics based on its proprietary antibody-based T cell engager technology. The collaboration between the competence center for Biochemical Engineering and Cell Cultivation Technique at ZHAW ...
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Valorisation of industrial residues for a sustainable industry (VARESI)
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WinLab co-creation platform: digital matchmaking and ideation platform
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WISER – Digital ecosystem for environmental data and greenhouse gas accounting
Private and public actors face two systemic challenges when conducting greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting as part of their sustainability assessments. First, there is a persistent lack of methodologically sound pathways to streamline the assessment of carbon footprints and resulting decarbonisation strategies. ...
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Artificial Intelligence for Myoelectrically Controlled Cooperative Arm Prostheses
Individuals with an upper limp amputation often use a prosthesis to conduct activities of daily living and participate in society. However, the upper limb is challenging to replace, as the arm and hand have to conduct very complex gross and fine motor movements, with many degrees of freedom. In a survey with 307 ...
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Systematization of production processes for automatized scheduling in industrial SMEs
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Enhanced prothesis for children finger replacements
Children born without hands or fingers and children who were victims of accidents in which they lost fingers or hands are the focus of our project. The goal of this work is to give them better fingers at a lower cost.The disadvantages of traditional designs are the high cost, weight, high forces to hold objects, and ...
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Akteure – Diskurse – Medien
The objective of the project is to explore to what extent central developmental steps of school pedagogy from the mid-19th century are related to current debates in Switzerland. The hypothesis being investigated is that the school as an educational institution became the exposed object of the social statistics ...
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AWACS – Animal Welfare Assessment and Control System for Fish Farms
Urban Blue offers software solutions for land-based aquaculture farms, which include technical and operational aspects. With this innovation project, fish-based aspects are developed to complete the software. This way Urban Blue can provide a comprehensive farm management system that incorporated fish health and ...
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Dashboard development for the international project evaluation of Caritas Switzerland
The aim of this project is to develop a dashboard that enables the interactive evaluation of the standard indicators of Caritas Switzerland's international projects. The content of the dashboard thereby forms an essential basis for strategic project management as well as for accountability in the context of the ...
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Development of a training manual for physical training and an accompanying handout for independent training at home for older persons with mild cognitive impairment
The benefits of physical activity and exercise for health are undisputed and are recommended for the general population, adapted to their needs concerning age or pre-existing conditions. Unfortunately, no training manual has been developed specifically for this group of people and their needs for people with ...