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Sustainable Food Chain Model
The value of the food wasted today as food waste in retail and the food industry in Switzerland can be estimated at over 1 billion francs and pollutes the environment with around 10 trillion ecopoints, which corresponds to half of motorized private transport. The federal government is currently developing an action ...
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Digital (Work)Society, Leadership and Social Sustainability
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BIOMAT (Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains)
The aim of the project is to develop sustainable bio-based materials to replace the fossil based counterparts. On the one hand, biomaterials will be produced from side-stream products of agro-food industry. On the other hand, green technologies such as cultivation of microalgae will be used to produce ...
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Blockchain-based model to enhance the financing of fairtrade producers
Problem addressed Certified Fairtrade producers (e.g. by “Max Havelaar”) in developing countries (organised as cooperatives) often have very stable business models and regularly face investment opportunities (e.g. expansion of production or value chain) for which they need external financial sources (e.g. credit ...
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Clamping systems for an automated and more economical process chain of additive-manufactured metal components
In this project, novel clamping systems for the Process Chain of Selective Laser Melting developed. The developed clamping systems provide standardized interfaces for an automated SLM process chain.
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Decent Work and Economic Growth
In context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in the area of 'Decent Work and Economic Growth' (Goal 8), approaches are being developed and data collected which will make it possible to relate the performance of (Swiss) companies to socially accepted objectives. This makes the goal applicable and creates an ...
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Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system
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Evaluation of projects for juveniles in Switzerland
The Evaluation of the funded Projects of NGO's for juveniles without qualification focuses the Output/Outcome of the interventions. For this reason the funded Projects in the French, German and Italian speaking part of Switzerland will be evaluated
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Extending the lifespan of mobile devices
Extending the service life of smartphones and other Internet-enabled mobile devices could significantly reduce their ecological footprint. In pursuit of this, it will be necessary to develop innovative approaches that are both economically viable and appealing to consumers.
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Fine motor skills in school-aged Children with ADHD: A case-control study using digital pens (FAST)
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H2020 SONNET: Social Innovation for the Energy Transition
The overarching aim of SONNET is to develop a systematic understanding of the ways and conditions under which social innovation in the energy sector can contribute to the Energy Union Strategy and enable a clean energy transition of Europe’s energy system. To achieve this aim SONNET will explore the links ...
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How to Reach Swiss Digital Natives with News. A Qualitative Study
Information services for young people today have to meet different requirements than those offered by traditional media. Innovations in this area require both structural changes and new ways of thinking in editorial offices as well as new media formats that anticipate technological and social developments and the ...
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Microbial Epimerases: A Toolbox for the Synthesis of Novel Peptide-Based Drugs
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Nonlinear Thermo-Mechanics of Surface Growth for Additive Manufacturing Applications
Additive manufacturing, is a revolutionary development of manufacturing playing an ever increasing role in our everyday lives. It has many applications in the precise manufacturing in various industries such as mechanical, aerospace, and medical.From a mechanics point of view, understanding and being able to ...
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ODYSSEE MURE II
The ODYSSEE-MURE project aims to support policy makers in EU Member States to fulfil their obligations in the framework of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). In particular, it provides user-friendly databases and web-tools for monitoring and evaluating the impact of energy efficiency policies. The ODYSSEE ...
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Strengthening self-management skills for the world of work 4.0
Rapid technological and social change is currently transforming the world of work. This is accompanied by changes in the demands placed on many occupations. Among other things, employees are being called upon to lead themselves to a much higher degree. It is therefore advisable to take this competence into account ...
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Swiss Payment Monitor 2020
While the Swiss payment market has developed only slowly over the years and cash has been the main means of payment for many, there has been some movement in recent times – partly due to the increasing internationali- zation and digitization of the means of payment market. As a result, new providers are constantly ...
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Telephone hotline of the Association of Midwives of Thurgau
Since the introduction of Swiss Diagnosis Related Groups (SwissDRG), the new tariff system for acute somatic inpatient hospital services, hospital stays after childbirth have shortened and accordingly outpatient postpartum care services provided by midwives have gradually gained more importance. It is ...
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NETFLEX
Sector coupling and increasing production from renewable energy sources are leading to a growing need for grid expansion. Network tariffs enabled by digitalisation could avoid some of these expansions by incentivizing consumers to make their flexibility available at a lower cost. In this project, we will derive ...
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Accessible communication between hearing-impaired people and healthcare professionals
The number of people, especially older adults, with disabling hearing loss is steadily increasing. To date, existing knowledge about this health condition and its impact on patients’ everyday life has not been transferred into developing a standardised communication model for inclusive practice in healthcare. ...