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Amysta SaaS
The proposed innovations: universal connectors interfacing with various clouds in use today and in future, feeds cost data into the enterprise cost classification platform, which normalizes, correlates, and eventually offers a secure SaaS. Exploiting Swiss geopolitical advantages, it will strengthen Amysta ...
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Comparative genomics to untangle insect pathogenicity in plant-associated pseudomonads
We study the genomes of an array of plant-beneficial pseudomonads using a comparative genomics approach. The aim is to define the potential of the different isolates as insect pathogens and as plant beneficials.
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Developing a new detection method for small mammals, focusing on small mustelids and dormice (TubeCam)
Habitat loss through settlement expansion and intensification of agriculture is becoming a major threat for many animal species. The populations of least weasels, ermine, polecats and pine martens in the Central Swiss Plateau are, according to uniform assessments by experts, understood to be in decline. In addition ...
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Energy discourses in Switzerland
Issues surrounding the production, supply, and use of energy will be of concern to Switzerland in the next few years and the decades to come. In the project “Energy discourses in Switzerland”, researchers in the ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics are investigating the communicative prerequisites for the ...
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Enhanced Enterprise Risk Management Framework based on STPA
The Enhanced Enterprise Risk Management Framework (EERMF) enables identification and assessment of hazards and risks using System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) methodology. EERMF is embedded in a software solution that allows enterprises to effectively use STPA in a new risk management framework, ...
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Future Study - Banking Specialists 2030
The study examines on the basis of different scenarios which future challenges. It examines the changes in the significance and competence requirements in the various fields of activity and shows the consequences for career development and the demands on educational programs.
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Literacy for Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship education and competencies for entrepreneurship have received increasing attention at various levels of education in the last decade and have become major fields of interdisciplinary research (Fayolle, 2007 & 2010; Weber et al., 2014 for overviews). In the German speaking countries researchers have ...
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Novel Generic Collision Avoidance Algorithm
The work performed at the Center for Aviation consisted of the design of a novel generic collision avoidance algorithm. Generic meaning that it could be used by fixed wing aircraft, rotary wing aircraft, manned and unmanned aircraft and others. The algorithm developed by the Center for Aviation is based on the NASA ...
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Oiling of sewage sludge
From municipal sewage sludge, valuable substances such as lipids can be extracted for the production of biodiesel. This project develops the technical basis for this extraction. With this on site process, a molasses-like extract is to be obtained from the sewage sludge. This extract should be of sufficiently high ...
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Optimization of the post-harvest process of cocoa beans in Ecuador
The general objective of this study is to optimize cocoa bean production in Ecuador in order to obtain a product – fermented and dried cocoa beans – with a reliable, high-quality aroma.
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Smart City Innovation Office
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Unfolding next generation demand-side information models (IMPROVE)
One of the keys to a successful reduction of energy consumption will be achieved through better informed consumers. The IMPROVE project aims to reduce the gap between the information available to the energy suppliers regarding their clients’ consumption, and the information available to the latter. An analysis of ...
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Real-time price anomaly detection for market data quality monitoring
SIX Financial Information AG is a financial data vendor. Billions of price messages are processed and delivered to clients by SIX every day. In order to improve market data quality, project "Market Data Detective" aims at developing and evaluating the effectiveness of new, mostly automated and innovative ...
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Discovering evolutionary innovations by assessing variation and natural selection in protein tandem repeats
Tandem repeats (TRs) are abundant in proteomes across all kingdoms of life. Having an impressive variety of sizes, structures and functions, TRs often offer enhanced binding properties and are associated with disease and immunity related functions. While mechanisms generating protein TRs are poorly understood, ...
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Bio-protection of meat and fish products (LISTprotect)
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Dementia associated apathy
The lack of overt behaviour in individuals exhibiting dementia-associated apathy is not only stressful to family members and caregivers, it is also a major challenge for medical and nursing staff. Knowing whether apathy arises from an impaired function of the neural network of affect due to ...
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Development of a freefloating e-bike sharing service with user co-production
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Energy Discourse and Phraseology
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Filmfestival audience survey - Audience Development
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Flight Network Simulation at Swiss International Air Lines