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Analyzing Given Names
(2020)
Computer science has evolved so much that it influences almost every part of human live. A particularly personal part of human live is the selection of a given name for a newborn baby. The name discovery service Nameling is our way to help expectant parents with this decision. It is a web service that helps parents to find a given name for their newborn baby. We want to further improve the user experience of Nameling by personalizing its name results for the current user. We deem this important, because the selection ...
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Geospatial crop yield modeling for climate change risk transfer, impact assessment, and adaptation strategies
(2023)
Changing climate and weather patterns increase the pressure on food production systems worldwide, significantly impacting livelihoods and economies at various scales. Understanding and adapting/mitigating climate change are essential to cope with the adverse effects of climate change. Biophysical crop modeling offers a unique way to assess the pros and cons of different adaptation strategies because they integrate physical and biological principles to simulate the use and allocation of captured resources mechanistically. ...
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Sustainability of traditional cocoa agroforests in Ghana
(2022)
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important agricultural commodity that is important to the economies of many countries in the world. Due to cocoa’s dependence on fertile forests soils, its production is a major cause of deforestation and soil degradation in producing countries. When grown in agroforestry systems it can conserve biodiversity, sequester carbon (C), and maintain soil fertility. There are many cocoa agroforests which are managed without synthetic agrochemicals. Because organic cocoa certification is now ...
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Analysis of a Coupled Fluid-Elastic Interaction Problem
(2023-01)
In this thesis, a non-linear system of partial differential equations is studied, describing the motions of an elastic structure which is immersed into an incompressible viscous fluid. The displacement of the elastic structure is modelled by a Lamé system and the fluid velocity as well as the fluid pressure are described by the Navier-Stokes equations. The structure and the fluid are coupled via two boundary conditions at the interface which correspond to continuity of velocities and forces. As the elasticity is ...
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Nutrition transition in Kyrgyzstan: Understanding the triple burden of malnutrition and the importance of dietary quality
(2023)
Nutrition transition, including changes in lifestyle and diet, has been taking place globally. Malnutrition is a serious public health issue responsible for the considerable portion of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Currently, little knowledge about nutrition transition and its relation to malnutrition exists in low and middle-income countries. Kyrgyzstan undergoes a nutrition transition with health and diet implications, especially to women. Kyrgyzstan is believed to be at the end of the ‘receding famine’ stage ...
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Der Einfluss von Befahrung alter Rückegassen mit einem schweren Rückezug auf mechanische, strukturelle und funktionelle Eigenschaften eines mit Fichten bestockten Lössbodens in Abhängigkeit von der Fahrwerkkonfiguration
(2023)
Bei der maschinellen Holzernte mit schweren Holzerntefahrzeugen wird der befahrene Waldboden deformiert und damit potenziell in seiner forstwirtschaftlichen Produktivität eingeschränkt. Mögliche Lösungsansätze für diese unerwünschte Nebenwirkung des Technikeinsatzes sind die Beschränkung der Befahrung des Waldbodens auf permanenten Rückegassen und die Verwendung tragender Bogiebänder. Es besteht jedoch eine Forschungslücke zur Veränderung der physikalischen Eigenschaften von vorverdichtetem Boden bestehender Rückegassen ...
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Maßnahmen zum sozialverträglichen Wiederaufbau der zerstörten Wohngebäude in den informellen Siedlungen in Aleppo unter Würdigung historisch gewachsener Strukturen basierend auf soziokulturellen, planerischen, ökonomischen und baurechtlichen Aspekten.
(2022)
Durch den Bürgerkrieg wurden Teile im Osten Aleppos und insbesondere die sogenannten informellen Siedlungen, die einen Beitrag zur Wohnraumversorgung für etwa 1,00 bis 1,25 Mio. Menschen in Aleppo geleistet haben, am stärksten zerstört. Diese Zerstörungen stellen den Ausgangspunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit dar. Im Vergleich zum modernen Westen Aleppos, in dem freigestellte, zu Blöcken geordnete Mehrfamilienhäuser das Straßenbild bestimmen, sind die informellen Siedlungen als selbstorganisierte Siedlungen im Ostteil ...
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Die Gestaltung gesunder und effektiver digital vermittelter Kommunikation im Kontext von Remote Leadership – eine Betrachtung unter Berücksichtigung des Aspektes der psychologisch sicheren Kommunikation
(2023)
Einhergehend mit einer fortschreitenden Globalisierung und Digitalisierung nimmt auch die Verbreitung von Remote Leadership, auf Distanz vermittelter Führungs- und Kommunikationsprozesse, seit mehreren Jahren stetig zu; im Zuge der Covid-19-Pandemie hat sich diese Entwicklung nochmals beschleunigt. Unternehmen, die angesichts eines internationalen Wettbewerbs mit einem wachsenden Innovations- und Optimierungsdruck konfrontiert sind, müssen in der modernen Arbeitswelt, wollen sie wettbewerbsfähig und erfolgreich ...
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Explaining and Visualizing Structural Knowledge in Bipartite Graphs
(2023)
Bipartite graphs are an important model for the representation and analysis of relationships between two different types of entities. Datasets in this form are commonly found in many fields, such as social networks, biology, and economics. Formal concept analysis is a research approach that allows for the analysis of such bipartite graphs by clustering the data into so-called concepts and ordering those in a lattice structure.
In this thesis we propose multiple approaches for the extraction and visualization of ...
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Solar energy integration in agro-processing in the tropics: a case study of large and small-scale cassava processing
(2023)
Agro-processing is key to reducing post-harvest losses. Agro-processing is defined as a set of techno-economic activities applied to all the products originating from the agricultural farm, livestock, aqua cultural sources, and forests for their conservation, handling, and value-addi-tion to make them usable as food, feed, fibre, fuel, or industrial raw materials [12]. Processing can be sophisticated (relying on industrial plants and machinery) or simple (depending on the sun or indigenous small-scale processes). The ...