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Radar digital energy landscape Switzerland
The rapidly advancing digitalization does not stop at the energy industry and will require far-reaching adjustments. For this reason, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy wants to evaluate the development of a "Radar digital energy landscape Switzerland". The planned radar observes and illustrates new digital products ...
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RAPTOR - Research of Aviation PM Technologies, mOdelling and Regulation
To achieve ambitious goals for air quality research, raptor will undertake an in-depth review of available literature to assess knowledge gaps.This will include non-volatile nvpm measurement techniques & corrections and their associated uncertainties as these directly impact modelling studies of local air quality ...
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Record natural, cultural and landscape values in the international natural park Rätikon
In this project special landscape values in the region Prättigau (GR) were collected, evaluated and documented. It is a part of an international project to develope the first trans-bordery natural parcregion Rätikon with regions in Switzerland, Austria and Lichtenstein.
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SCIS Simulation Based Calibration of Infusion Systems
The project SCIS aims at the implementation of a simulation – based platform solution for the calibration of peristaltic pumps used in clinical settings by combining methods from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI).
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ZKB: Accessible digital channels
The aim of this project is to provide know-how and to raise awareness of digital accessibility issues among software developers and other stakeholders at the ZKB. To that end, a combination of training, consulting and accessibility testing is offered.
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CO2 neutral insect production for PetFood
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Agrobiodiversity Summer School
Agrobiodiversity includes the diversity of crops and livestock species and varieties, the diversity of production and food supply systems, different agricultural practices and intensities and the biodiversity that indirectly supports agriculture through provisioning ecosystem services. Agrobiodiversity is ...
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Assessment of derivatives-based hedging solutions
The industry partner asked ZHAW to perform an assessment of the application of derivatives for the protection of equity portfolios. The project covers broad research and analysis on the effectiveness of Put-options on single stocks versus stock indices for tail-risk management.
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Concept and Feasibility Study of a Power Reserve Calculator for General Aviation
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Measuring headache and headache-related dysfunction in Swiss office workers
Primary headaches belong to the most prevalent conditions, leading to pain and disability in the general population and especially in office workers (OW). In a Swiss survey in 2010, a monthly prevalence of 35% in OW has been demonstrated.The Swiss National Foundation has approved a study coordinated by ZHAW ...
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Measuring participation of young children
The Young Children Participation Environment Measure (YC-PEM) is a proxy assessment that describes the participation of young children and environmental features in activities at home, in daycare and preschool and in the community. With the YC-PEM, parents and professionals can learn more about the ...
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NM4SAFETY – Strengthening knowledge and competencies of Nurse Managers for a Safe care environment
Background: Although patient safety is a fundamental principle of health care, a significant number of patients are often unintentionally injured whilst receiving health care, resulting in permanent injury, disability, longer length of hospital stay, death. Nurses have a central role in promoting patient safety in ...
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Research note on the Swiss public pension system and its treatment in public sector accounting
Preparation of a research note summarizing the treatment of public pensions (social benefits) in public sector accounting in Switzerland on behalf of the Government Accounting and Finance Statistics Center at Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF). A jurisdiction’s public pension system can have a substantial ...
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Sensor for a wearable device for early detection of symptoms of possible neurodegenerative diseases
We propose to develop and implement a sensor for a wearable device with the functionality of early detection of symptoms associated with the following neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Parkinson's Disease (PD). Specifically, we focus on the detection and quantification of symptoms associated ...
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Smart City Simulation Platform
An IoT system consists of hundreds of thousands of sensors, connectivity media, cloud analytics, and users. Building such a large and complex IoT system such as smart-city requires careful planning, selection of the right set of hardware and software technology and development of scalable computing infrastructure ...
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Self-Regulated Corrective Actions on GFRP Production Process
The aim of the project is to reduce the manufacturing waste in the production of glass-fiber reinforced plastic is by online analysis and model-predictive control using measurement values continuously collected during the process.
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RealScore – Scanning of Real-World Sheet Music for a Digital Music Stand
ScorePad’s sheet music scanning service works for high quality input; to scale up business, it should work as well for smartphone pictures, used sheets etc. Project RealScore enhances the successful predecessor project by making deep learning adapt to unseen data through unsupervised learning. ...
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Bio-based functional food packaging
The increasing awareness of plastic waste requires answers in the area of food packaging. However, alternative bio-based materials have weaknesses in terms of barrier properties. Active packaging that reduces oxygen by means of targeted chemical reactions can solve the problem. In this project, food packaging films ...
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Data mining in neurological medicine
Restless legs syndrome (RLS, Willis-Ekbom disease) is a neurological movement disorder characterised by motor and sensory symptoms, such as the uncontrollable need to move the legs (and sometimes also the arms). Such need is associated with an unpleasant and disturbing sensation in the lower limbs that typically ...
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Multipol Resolver with passive Rotor (MipRo)