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Laying hen welfare -The prevention of feather pecking and keel bone damage
(2019-05)
Feather pecking (FP) and keel bone damage (KBD) are important animal welfare problems in laying hen housing, in both organic and conventional systems.
This PhD project aimed (1) to give an overview over results from scientific studies regarding factors with preventive effects on FP, and on the extent practice recommendations are based on this scientific evidence; (2) to identify further influencing factors on FP and to test the significance of the extent of compliance with recommendations; and finally (3) to discover ...
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Untersuchungen zur Entwicklung einer wassersparenden Methode für die streifenförmige Beregnung von Dammkulturen im Feldgemüsebau
(2019-04)
Im Freilandgemüsebau der gemäßigten Klimazone Europas erhöhen Witterungsunsicherheiten und Trockenstress im Frühjahr und Sommer das Risiko für Ernteeinbußen und –ausfälle. Insbesondere bei im Dammanbau dicht unter der Oberfläche der Dammkrone gesäten Kulturen, wie beispielsweise der Möhre, besteht bei trockener Witterung die Gefahr eines ungleichmäßigen und verzögerten Auflaufens mit Folgen für die Bestandsentwicklung. Eine boden- und pflanzenschonende Beregnung der Dammkrone, die genügend pflanzenverfügbares Wasser ...
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Factors influencing consumers’ gaze and purchase behavior for food products labeled with nutrition and health claims
(2019-11)
Short Summary:
The labeling of food products with a nutrition or a health claim is a widespread practice in the EU. These claims are short sentences on the front of food packages which highlight positive nutritional characteristics or beneficial health effects for the body. Research on nutrition and health claims shows a lack of consensus on whether these claims have a positive or a negative effect on consumers’ preferences and purchase behavior. Therefore, the research objective of this dissertation was to investigate ...
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Automatic computation of continued fraction representations as solutions of explicit differential equations
(2019)
The main focus of this thesis is to present a variation of an algorithm first presented by Maulat and Salvy, with which it is possible to algorithmically guess as well as prove continued fraction expansions of analytical expressions with the help of ordinary differential equations.
Dissertation
Multi-Frequency Microwave Radiometer for Medical Thermography
(2019-09)
Microwave radiometer systems are an entirely non-invasive, non-toxic, avoiding ionizing radiation, and relatively inexpensive detecting modality. The microwave radiometry technique is based on the measurement of natural electromagnetic noise signals emitted by lossy materials. In medicine, microwave radiometry technique offers a non-invasive thermometry method having the potential advantages of monitoring and producing a full map of the temperature deeply inside the human tissues. The method of diagnosing procedures ...
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InP - based quantum dots for telecom wavelengths ranges
(2019-12)
Long-distance quantum communication applications require sources of single photons, emitting at telecom wavelengths (around 1550 nm) with minimum attenu-ation losses of silica fiber.
Semiconductor self-assembled InAs/InP-based quantum dots (QDs) are possible candidates to
reach this spectral region. One of the challenges on the way is a QD asymmetry, which limits the fidelity of entangled photons. Therefore, morphological and optical properties of QDs should be improved in order to achieve the necessary quality and ...
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Discovering Knowledge in Bipartite Graphs with Formal Concept Analysis
(2019)
Since the 1970s knowledge based approaches are a crucial part of artificial intelligence (AI) research. In this work we investigate data sets in the form of bipartite graphs, i.e., graphs where a bipartition of the vertex set respecting the edge set can be found, for knowledge. To this end we first relate those bipartite graphs to the structure formal context, as used in formal concept analysis (FCA). This link enables us to employ the whole tool-set of FCA to bipartite graphs and therefore, notably, to bipartite ...
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Implizite Positionierung unter Nutzung des Smartphone-Kompasses
(2019)
Der Ort, an dem ein Nutzer sich in einem Gebäude aufhält, spielt für technische Dienste wie Heimautomatisierung eine zentrale Rolle. In dieser Dissertation wird die Implizite Positionierung vorgestellt, ein neues Verfahren, das den Aufenthaltsort eines Nutzers mittels des Kompasses eines Smartphones erkennt, das der Nutzer bei sich trägt. Das Verfahren findet in den Kompassdaten Muster, die entstehen, wenn Nutzer durch Flure, Treppen, etc. oder um Ecken gehen. Da die Ausrichtungen dieser Orte die Nutzer in ihrer ...
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Resistance Based Integrated Pest Management Strategy for Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida in Potato Cropping Systems
(2019-10)
Potato cyst nematodes (PCN), Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida are important potato pests responsible for high yield losses globally. The ability of PCN to persist in the soil for a long time makes their management challenging and therefore these nematodes are under strict quarantine regulations in many countries. Nevertheless, both PCN species have recently been reported in potato cropping systems in Kenya. Resistant potato cultivars reduce nematode densities in the field below damage threshold levels and thus ...