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Efficient Urban Pluvial Flood Simulation
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Evaluation a of falls prevention programme
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Flight operations with drones up to 30kg
Research project for the development of procedures for safe flight operations with civil drones up to 30 kg take-off weight. Based on the FOCA Guidance for an Authorisation for Low Level Operation of RPAS (GALLO), established general aviation flight operation procedures are adapted to the operation of drones. ...
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Fortified food for nutritional deficiencies
Micronutrient (MN) deficiencies cause a considerable burden of disease for children in many countries. Dairy products or cereals are an important food component during adolescence. Fortification of dairy products or cereals with MN may be an effective strategy to overcome MN deficiencies, but their specific impact ...
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Power Alliance
The overall aim of Power Alliance is to evaluate the (trans)national feasibility of a traffic light approach at the grid distribution level N5 in practical terms. The implementation of regional load shaping devices and algorithms requires a high degree of autonomy of the underlying system, so that no or only a ...
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Project Management in Hospitals (FM)
The importance of Project Management (PM) in hospitals is growing due to the increasing amalgamation of disciplines in conjunction with the need for greater efficiency and quality of services in hospitals. Current experience in hospital projects and conversations with people involved in hospital projects has led ...
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Thermal Dosimetric Concept for Evaluating Synergistic Effect of Combined Hyperthermia-Radiotherapy (RT-HT)
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Value orientations and living environment in prisons
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Pre-project "Standard Sustainable Operation Switzerland"
This preliminary project is part of the main project "Standard/Rating system for sustainable operation in Switzerland".in order to achieve a targeted and market-oriented expansion of the sustainable building standard.Switzerland in order to secure the use and operation phase. The ...
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Environmental Sustainability of Renewable Methane for Mobility
Within this subproject in the framework of the National Research Programm 70 regarding energy turnaround, an environmental sustainability assessement of power-to-gas (PtG) methane will be conducted by applying life cycle assessment methodology. In the PtG technology, hydrogen and carbon dioxide are converted to ...
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Personalized cookware with the help of Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
Personalized cookware with the help of Selective Laser Melting (SLM). Feasibility study for the additive manufacturing of handles for pots and pans by means of selective laser melting (SLM) in 1.4404. The additive manufacturing makes it possible to manufacture small quantities with customer-specific designs ...
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COST Action – Mathematical and Computer Science Methods for Food Science and Industry (FoodMC)
The agriculture and food processing sector (agri-food) is facing sustainability challenges of growing complexity, from consumer expectations to concerns over food security, right through to environmental regulations. In such a context, innovation is becoming a decisive factor of competitiveness for companies in ...
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Adaptive energy management system for buildings
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Community Schools in New York
The international research project makes the experience gained from community schools in New York accessible by means of a conceptual and empirical study for promoting all-day schools in Switzerland.
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Cost effective smart grid solutions for the integration of renewable power sources into the low-voltage networks
In this project, technical performance and economic efficiency of solutions for voltage control in distribution grids with large fractions of renewables will be developed and evaluated. This will be carried out based on the analysis of existing distribution grids by extracting approximated/reduced grid models. The ...
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Coupling the cultivation of microalgae with agricultural biogas production
Biogas production by anaerobic digestion is an established technology that allows farmers to generate more income from biomass waste and closing nutrient cycles. These synergies can be extended even further if microalgal cultivation is added to produce algae-based bioproducts. The side-products of biogas ...
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Development of new family of high-endurance sealing system(s) for high-pressure / fast pneumatic valves
The pneumatic valve market needs faster valves of higher endurance. This requires highly sophisticate valve components. From all the components, the sealing system is the most critical. The current project aims at developing a new family of sealing system(s). It is expected that the valves equipped with the ...
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ERBINAT - Erleben und Bildung in der Natur
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Erosion in Alpine Areas
The protection of Alpine Soils is of great importance and closely linked to suitable farming strategies. The Guidelines for environmental protection in agriculture provide detailed reference for surveying, controlling and preventing erosion on alpine surfaces. In this research project, an ArcGIS® Toolbox was ...
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Generation Smartphone
The ZHAW Media Psychology section designed the qualitative research project ‘Generation Smartphone’ in collaboration with the FHNW School of Social Work. The aim is to study smartphone use and its significance in the everyday life of 30 adolescents in the German-speaking part of Switzerland.The qualitative data ...