@article{JanusAchtsnichtDrinicetal.2023, author = {Janus, Kevin Alexander and Achtsnicht, Stefan and Drinic, Aleksander and Kopp, Alexander and Keusgen, Michael and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Transient magnesium-based thin-film temperature sensor on a flexible, bioabsorbable substrate for future medical applications}, series = {Applied Research}, journal = {Applied Research}, number = {Accepted manuscript}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, issn = {2702-4288 (Print)}, doi = {10.1002/appl.202300102}, pages = {22 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {In this work, the bioabsorbable materials, namely fibroin, polylactide acid (PLA), magnesium and magnesium oxide are investigated for their application as transient, resistive temperature detectors (RTD). For this purpose, a thin-film magnesium-based meander-like electrode is deposited onto a flexible, bioabsorbable substrate (fibroin or PLA) and encapsulated (passivated) by additional magnesium oxide layers on top and below the magnesium-based electrode. The morphology of different layered RTDs is analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The sensor performance and lifetime of the RTD is characterized both under ambient atmospheric conditions between 30°C and 43°C, and wet tissue-like conditions with a constant temperature regime of 37°C. The latter triggers the degradation process of the magnesium-based layers. The 3-layers RTDs on a PLA substrate could achieve a lifetime of 8.5 h. These sensors also show the best sensor performance under ambient atmospheric conditions with a mean sensitivity of 0.48 Ω/°C ± 0.01 Ω/°C.}, language = {en} } @article{AlnemerKotliarNeuhausetal.2023, author = {Alnemer, Momin Sami Mohammad and Kotliar, Konstantin and Neuhaus, Valentin and Pape, Hans-Christoph and Ciritsis, Bernhard D.}, title = {Cost-effectiveness analysis of surgical proximal femur fracture prevention in elderly: a Markov cohort simulation model}, series = {Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation}, journal = {Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation}, number = {21, Article number: 77}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, issn = {1478-7547}, doi = {10.1186/s12962-023-00482-4}, pages = {12 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Background Hip fractures are a common and costly health problem, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality, as well as high costs for healthcare systems, especially for the elderly. Implementing surgical preventive strategies has the potential to improve the quality of life and reduce the burden on healthcare resources, particularly in the long term. However, there are currently limited guidelines for standardizing hip fracture prophylaxis practices. Methods This study used a cost-effectiveness analysis with a finite-state Markov model and cohort simulation to evaluate the primary and secondary surgical prevention of hip fractures in the elderly. Patients aged 60 to 90 years were simulated in two different models (A and B) to assess prevention at different levels. Model A assumed prophylaxis was performed during the fracture operation on the contralateral side, while Model B included individuals with high fracture risk factors. Costs were obtained from the Centers for Medicare \& Medicaid Services, and transition probabilities and health state utilities were derived from available literature. The baseline assumption was a 10\% reduction in fracture risk after prophylaxis. A sensitivity analysis was also conducted to assess the reliability and variability of the results. Results With a 10\% fracture risk reduction, model A costs between \$8,850 and \$46,940 per quality-adjusted life-year (\$/QALY). Additionally, it proved most cost-effective in the age range between 61 and 81 years. The sensitivity analysis established that a reduction of ≥ 2.8\% is needed for prophylaxis to be definitely cost-effective. The cost-effectiveness at the secondary prevention level was most sensitive to the cost of the contralateral side's prophylaxis, the patient's age, and fracture treatment cost. For high-risk patients with no fracture history, the cost-effectiveness of a preventive strategy depends on their risk profile. In the baseline analysis, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio at the primary prevention level varied between \$11,000/QALY and \$74,000/QALY, which is below the defined willingness to pay threshold. Conclusion Due to the high cost of hip fracture treatment and its increased morbidity, surgical prophylaxis strategies have demonstrated that they can significantly relieve the healthcare system. Various key assumptions facilitated the modeling, allowing for adequate room for uncertainty. Further research is needed to evaluate health-state-associated risks.}, language = {en} } @article{SildatkeKarwanniKraftetal.2023, author = {Sildatke, Michael and Karwanni, Hendrik and Kraft, Bodo and Z{\"u}ndorf, Albert}, title = {A distributed microservice architecture pattern for the automated generation of information extraction pipelines}, series = {SN Computer Science}, journal = {SN Computer Science}, number = {4, Article number: 833}, publisher = {Springer Singapore}, address = {Singapore}, issn = {2661-8907}, doi = {10.1007/s42979-023-02256-4}, pages = {19 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Companies often build their businesses based on product information and therefore try to automate the process of information extraction (IE). Since the information source is usually heterogeneous and non-standardized, classic extract, transform, load techniques reach their limits. Hence, companies must implement the newest findings from research to tackle the challenges of process automation. They require a flexible and robust system that is extendable and ensures the optimal processing of the different document types. This paper provides a distributed microservice architecture pattern that enables the automated generation of IE pipelines. Since their optimal design is individual for each input document, the system ensures the ad-hoc generation of pipelines depending on specific document characteristics at runtime. Furthermore, it introduces the automated quality determination of each available pipeline and controls the integration of new microservices based on their impact on the business value. The introduced system enables fast prototyping of the newest approaches from research and supports companies in automating their IE processes. Based on the automated quality determination, it ensures that the generated pipelines always meet defined business requirements when they come into productive use.}, language = {en} } @article{ThomessenThomaBraun2023, author = {Thomessen, Karolin and Thoma, Andreas and Braun, Carsten}, title = {Bio-inspired altitude changing extension to the 3DVFH* local obstacle avoidance algorithm}, series = {CEAS Aeronautical Journal}, journal = {CEAS Aeronautical Journal}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wien}, issn = {1869-5590 (Online)}, doi = {10.1007/s13272-023-00691-w}, pages = {11 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Obstacle avoidance is critical for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating autonomously. Obstacle avoidance algorithms either rely on global environment data or local sensor data. Local path planners react to unforeseen objects and plan purely on local sensor information. Similarly, animals need to find feasible paths based on local information about their surroundings. Therefore, their behavior is a valuable source of inspiration for path planning. Bumblebees tend to fly vertically over far-away obstacles and horizontally around close ones, implying two zones for different flight strategies depending on the distance to obstacles. This work enhances the local path planner 3DVFH* with this bio-inspired strategy. The algorithm alters the goal-driven function of the 3DVFH* to climb-preferring if obstacles are far away. Prior experiments with bumblebees led to two definitions of flight zone limits depending on the distance to obstacles, leading to two algorithm variants. Both variants reduce the probability of not reaching the goal of a 3DVFH* implementation in Matlab/Simulink. The best variant, 3DVFH*b-b, reduces this probability from 70.7 to 18.6\% in city-like worlds using a strong vertical evasion strategy. Energy consumption is higher, and flight paths are longer compared to the algorithm version with pronounced horizontal evasion tendency. A parameter study analyzes the effect of different weighting factors in the cost function. The best parameter combination shows a failure probability of 6.9\% in city-like worlds and reduces energy consumption by 28\%. Our findings demonstrate the potential of bio-inspired approaches for improving the performance of local path planning algorithms for UAV.}, language = {en} } @article{DigelAkimbekovRogachevetal.2023, author = {Digel, Ilya and Akimbekov, Nuraly and Rogachev, Evgeniy and Pogorelova, Natalia}, title = {Bacterial cellulose produced by Medusomyces gisevii on glucose and sucrose: biosynthesis and structural properties}, series = {Cellulose}, journal = {Cellulose}, publisher = {Springer Science + Business Media}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {1572-882X (Online)}, doi = {10.1007/s10570-023-05592-z}, pages = {15 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {In this work, the effects of carbon sources and culture media on the production and structural properties of bacterial cellulose (BC) synthesized by Medusomyces gisevii have been studied. The culture medium was composed of different initial concentrations of glucose or sucrose dissolved in 0.4\% extract of plain green tea. Parameters of the culture media (titratable acidity, substrate conversion degree etc.) were monitored daily for 20 days of cultivation. The BC pellicles produced on different carbon sources were characterized in terms of biomass yield, crystallinity and morphology by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Our results showed that Medusomyces gisevii had higher BC yields in media with sugar concentrations close to 10 g L-1 after a 18-20 days incubation period. Glucose in general lead to a higher BC yield (173 g L-1) compared to sucrose (163.5 g L-1). The BC crystallinity degree and surface roughness were higher in the samples synthetized from sucrose. Obtained FE-SEM micrographs show that the BC pellicles synthesized in the sucrose media contained densely packed tangles of cellulose fibrils whereas the BC produced in the glucose media displayed rather linear geometry of the BC fibrils without noticeable aggregates.}, language = {en} } @misc{OPUS4-10848, title = {Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den Masterstudiengang Architektur im Fachbereich Architektur an der Fachhochschule Aachen}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {5 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10854, title = {3. Ordnung zur {\"A}nderung der Studien- und Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den Bachelorstudiengang Bauingenieurwesen (7-semestrig), Bachelorstudiengang Bauingenieurwesen mit Praxissemester (8-semestrig), Bachelorstudiengang Bauingenieurwesen mit Auslandssemester (8-semestrig), Abschluss Bachelor of Engineering}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {2 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10852, title = {2. Ordnung zur {\"A}nderung der Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den dualen ausbildungsintegrierenden Bachelorstudiengang „Physiotherapie" und den berufsbegleitenden Bachelorstudiengang „Physiotherapie" an der Fachhochschule Aachen in Kooperation mit der Medizinischen Fakult{\"a}t der Rheinisch-Westf{\"a}lisch Technischen Hochschule Aachen und der Physiotherapieschule des Universit{\"a}tsklinikums Aachen (UK Aachen)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {6 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10847, title = {Fremdfirmenrichtlinie der FH Aachen}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {17 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10901, title = {Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r die Bachelorstudieng{\"a}nge „Elektrotechnik" und „Elektrotechnik mit Praxissemester" im Fachbereich Energietechnik an der FH Aachen : vom 10. Oktober 2019}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {12 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10902, title = {Ordnung zur {\"A}nderung der Gesamtpr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den Bachelorstudiengang „Elektrotechnik mit Orientierungssemester" an der Fachhochschule Aachen und der RWTH Aachen : vom 10. Oktober 2019}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {4 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10879, title = {Studien- und Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den dualen Bachelorstudiengang Bauingenieurwesen - Netzingenieur (9 Semester) und den Bachelorstudiengang Bauingenieurwesen - Netzingenieur (7 Semester) Abschluss Bachelor of Engineering im Fachbereich Bauingenieurwesen an der Fachhochschule Aachen : vom 16. Juli 2012 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 67/2012 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung der {\"A}nderungsordnung vom 16. August 2019 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 78/2019 (Nichtamtliche lesbare Fassung, Studienbeginn WS 2014/15-2016/17)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {13 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10878, title = {Studien- und Pr{\"u}fungsordnung des Studiengangs Bauingenieurwesen - Netzingenieur - Abschluss Bachelor of Engineering - im Fachbereich Bauingenieurwesen an der Fachhochschule Aachen : vom 16. Juli 2012 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 67/2012 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung der {\"A}nderungsordnung vom 16. August 2019 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 78/2019 (Nichtamtliche lesbare Fassung | Studienbeginn WS 2011/12-2013/14)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {11 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10880, title = {Studien- und Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den dualen Bachelorstudiengang Bauingenieurwesen - Netzingenieur (9 Semester) und den Bachelorstudiengang Bauingenieurwesen - Netzingenieur (7 Semester) Abschluss Bachelor of Engineering im Fachbereich Bauingenieurwesen an der Fachhochschule Aachen : vom 16. Juli 2012 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 67/2012 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung der {\"A}nderungsordnung vom 16. August 2019 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 78/2019 (Nichtamtliche lesbare Fassung, Studienbeginn ab WS 2017/18)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {12 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10899, title = {Ordnung zur Aufhebung der Studien- und Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den Masterstudiengang „Facility Management" vom 29. November 2012 (FH-Mitteilung Nr. 127/2012) in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung der {\"A}nderungsordnungen vom 3. Februar 2016 (FH-Mitteilung Nr. 10/2016) und 16. August 2019 (FH-Mitteilung Nr. 82/2019) an der Fachhochschule Aachen : vom 24. Juli 2018 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 122/2018 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung der {\"A}nderungsordnung vom 16. August 2019 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 83/2019 (Nichtamtliche lesbare Fassung)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {3 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10853, title = {Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den dualen ausbildungsintegrierenden Bachelorstudiengang „Physiotherapie" und den berufsbegleitenden Bachelorstudiengang „Physiotherapie" an der Fachhochschule Aachen in Kooperation mit der Medizinischen Fakult{\"a}t der Rheinisch-Westf{\"a}lisch Technischen Hochschule Aachen und der Physiotherapieschule des Universit{\"a}tsklinikums Aachen (UK Aachen)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {9 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10900, title = {Beitragsordnung des Studierendenwerks Aachen (21. {\"A}nderung) : vom 3. Juli 2019}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {2 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10881, title = {Ordnung zur Regelung der Einstellung des Bachelorstudiengangs Bauingenieurwesen - Netzingenieur (7-semestrig) und des dualen Bachelorstudiengangs Bauingenieurwesen - Netzingenieur (9-semestrig) im Fachbereich Bauingeieurwesen an der Fachhochschule Aachen : vom 24. Juli 2018 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 123/2018 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung der {\"A}nderungsordnung vom 16. August 2019 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 79/2019 (Nichtamtliche lesbare Fassung)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {4 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10882, title = {Studien- und Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den Masterstudiengang Bauingenieurwesen - Abschluss Master of Engineering - im Fachbereich Bauingenieurwesen an der Fachhochschule Aachen : vom 10. Dezember 2012 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 129/2012 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung der {\"A}nderungsordnung vom 16. August 2019 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 80/2019 (Nichtamtliche lesbare Fassung)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {9 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-10898, title = {Studien- und Pr{\"u}fungsordnung f{\"u}r den Masterstudiengang Facility Management - Abschluss Master of Engineering - : vom 29. November 2012 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 127/2012 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung der {\"A}nderungsordnung vom 16. August 2019 - FH-Mitteilung Nr. 82/2019 (Nichtamtliche lesbare Fassung | Studienbeginn WS 2016/17-SS 2018)}, organization = {FH Aachen}, pages = {7 Seiten}, year = {2019}, language = {de} }