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High-availability scalable operational communication system
Operational communication systems for command and control centers of transport companies or emergency organizations have to cope with complex connection situations that span networks of different technologies (telephony, trunked radio, mobile radio). The requirements in terms of functionality, performance ...
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Historizing GINES
GINES is a spatio-temporal decision-support system for planning applications. The software emerged a research project of the geoinformatics research unit that spun off in 2015 into an independent software company. In this this collaborative research project between the geoinformatics research unit and GINES ...
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Networking of independent midwives in Switzerland: access to early childhood promotion programs for families with newborn babies
Midwives in Switzerland accompany women and families during pregnancy and childbirth up to eight weeks after birth. During this time they not only attend the mother during labour and birth, they also promote the health of the mother and her child and support parents in caring for their newborn child. During the ...
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Quantified self - halfway between lifestyle and medicine
Starting position Inexpensive sensors in portable devices and an increasing number of applications (apps) for lifestyle, wellness and health tracking allow users to record their physical activity and behaviour. This self-tracking has become known as Quantified Self (QS) and provides a wealth of data (big data) that ...
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Smart Commuting
This project explores new ways of combining work and life with new intelligent transport systemservices and new concepts for supporting sustainable commuting. The mobility of workforce isincreasing due to technology development, commuting and the nature of work. This has manyconsequences as long commuting ...
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Water Repellent, Durable and Fluorine]Free Coatings for Textile Applications
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Wind energy potential in close proximity to the rail network of the Swiss Federal Railways SBB
The wind energy potential in close proximity to the railway network of the Swiss Federal Railways SBB is analyzed and quantified with reference to the vertical turbines A32, A45 and A64 of the Vertical Sky series (Agile Windpower AG). Wind conditions, topographical restrictions and an extensive list of criteria ...
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SIDAC2
The aim of the SIDAC2 project is an integrated system for the valuation and management of existing real estate. The SIDAC2 project team was made up of ZHAW researchers from the Institute for Facility Management (IFM), the Institute for Administration and Management (IVM) and the Institute for Applied ...
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Ressource management ski world championship 2017 St.Moritz
Large-scale events usually cause an increase in the consumption of resources and can therefore have a temporary or lasting impact on the environment. Environmentally friendly resource management is therefore essential for a major event in the dimension of the Ski WM 2017 today. In 2016/2017, the Environmental ...
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Aquatic-terrestrial floodplain monitoring using remote sensing
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Assessment of centre of pressure excursion during sitting after stroke
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Cart for magnetic resonance imaging
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Drivers of Global Value Chains (OECD Projekt)
The aim of this project is to analyse the key drivers of the future evolution of regional and global value chains (GVC) such as the advancements of automation and ICT in general, labour cost increases and the rise of the middle class in developing countries, demographic trends, sustainability, shipping costs, GVC ...
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Quality and Expertise in Discourse
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Smart Alarms and Verified Events (SAVE)
False alarms are a major cost driver for owners of alarm systems. To remedy this problem, we develop a novel alarm verification service by leveraging the power of an alarm data warehouse. By analyzing live streams of alarms, comparing them with historic alarms and enriching them with information from open data, our ...
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Smart bioclimatic low-carbon urban areas as innovative energy isles in the sustainable city
This proposal plans to investigate, implement and validate energy neutral Smart Urban Isles (SUI), defined as “areas around a public building, which make use of the synergies between different (building) functions and of the scale advantages for energy (storage) solutions”. The project is formed by three ...
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Transnational CLOUD for Interconnection of Demonstration Facilities for Smart Grid Lab Research & Development
The aim is to assess the future challenges in the European power grid providing: energy management strategies to allow optimal operation of the distribution grid and market design for integration of renewable energy sources, recommendations to maintain dynamic stability after considerable increase of RES, market ...
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Wireless network for the monitoring of vineyards and orchards
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Life Cycle Assessment of the Dismantling of Wind Turbines
There are currently just over 30 large wind turbines in Switzerland, with strong expansion of wind energy in the next few years as part of the Energy Strategy 2050. Wind turbines are designed for a service life of approximately 20 years. The plants are then dismantled and disposed of. There are different views ...
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1st European COST Conference on Mathematics for Industry in Switzerland
We aim to bring European academics, young researchers, students and industrial practitioners together to promote «Mathematics for Industry» in Switzerland. We want to promote «Mathematics for Industry» in Switzerland, similar to what ECMI is doing on an European-wide level. We have three thematic workshops, focusing ...