@article{BhattaraiHorbachStaatetal.2022, author = {Bhattarai, Aroj and Horbach, Andreas and Staat, Manfred and Kowalczyk, Wojciech and Tran, Thanh Ngoc}, title = {Virgin passive colon biomechanics and a literature review of active contraction constitutive models}, series = {Biomechanics}, volume = {2}, journal = {Biomechanics}, number = {2}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2673-7078}, doi = {10.3390/biomechanics2020013}, pages = {138 -- 157}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The objective of this paper is to present our findings on the biomechanical aspects of the virgin passive anisotropic hyperelasticity of the porcine colon based on equibiaxial tensile experiments. Firstly, the characterization of the intestine tissues is discussed for a nearly incompressible hyperelastic fiber-reinforced Holzapfel-Gasser-Ogden constitutive model in virgin passive loading conditions. The stability of the evaluated material parameters is checked for the polyconvexity of the adopted strain energy function using positive eigenvalue constraints of the Hessian matrix with MATLAB. The constitutive material description of the intestine with two collagen fibers in the submucosal and muscular layer each has been implemented in the FORTRAN platform of the commercial finite element software LS-DYNA, and two equibiaxial tensile simulations are presented to validate the results with the optical strain images obtained from the experiments. Furthermore, this paper also reviews the existing models of the active smooth muscle cells, but these models have not been computationally studied here. The review part shows that the constitutive models originally developed for the active contraction of skeletal muscle based on Hill's three-element model, Murphy's four-state cross-bridge chemical kinetic model and Huxley's sliding-filament hypothesis, which are mainly used for arteries, are appropriate for numerical contraction numerical analysis of the large intestine.}, language = {en} } @article{BhattaraiMayStaatetal.2022, author = {Bhattarai, Aroj and May, Charlotte Anabell and Staat, Manfred and Kowalczyk, Wojciech and Tran, Thanh Ngoc}, title = {Layer-specific damage modeling of porcine large intestine under biaxial tension}, series = {Bioengineering}, volume = {9}, journal = {Bioengineering}, number = {10, Early Access}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2306-5354}, doi = {10.3390/bioengineering9100528}, pages = {1 -- 17}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The mechanical behavior of the large intestine beyond the ultimate stress has never been investigated. Stretching beyond the ultimate stress may drastically impair the tissue microstructure, which consequently weakens its healthy state functions of absorption, temporary storage, and transportation for defecation. Due to closely similar microstructure and function with humans, biaxial tensile experiments on the porcine large intestine have been performed in this study. In this paper, we report hyperelastic characterization of the large intestine based on experiments in 102 specimens. We also report the theoretical analysis of the experimental results, including an exponential damage evolution function. The fracture energies and the threshold stresses are set as damage material parameters for the longitudinal muscular, the circumferential muscular and the submucosal collagenous layers. A biaxial tensile simulation of a linear brick element has been performed to validate the applicability of the estimated material parameters. The model successfully simulates the biomechanical response of the large intestine under physiological and non-physiological loads.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BlaneckBornheimGriegeretal.2022, author = {Blaneck, Patrick Gustav and Bornheim, Tobias and Grieger, Niklas and Bialonski, Stephan}, title = {Automatic readability assessment of german sentences with transformer ensembles}, series = {Proceedings of the GermEval 2022 Workshop on Text Complexity Assessment of German Text}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the GermEval 2022 Workshop on Text Complexity Assessment of German Text}, publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics}, address = {Potsdam}, doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2209.04299}, pages = {57 -- 62}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Reliable methods for automatic readability assessment have the potential to impact a variety of fields, ranging from machine translation to self-informed learning. Recently, large language models for the German language (such as GBERT and GPT-2-Wechsel) have become available, allowing to develop Deep Learning based approaches that promise to further improve automatic readability assessment. In this contribution, we studied the ability of ensembles of fine-tuned GBERT and GPT-2-Wechsel models to reliably predict the readability of German sentences. We combined these models with linguistic features and investigated the dependence of prediction performance on ensemble size and composition. Mixed ensembles of GBERT and GPT-2-Wechsel performed better than ensembles of the same size consisting of only GBERT or GPT-2-Wechsel models. Our models were evaluated in the GermEval 2022 Shared Task on Text Complexity Assessment on data of German sentences. On out-of-sample data, our best ensemble achieved a root mean squared error of 0:435.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BlankeSchmidtGoettscheetal.2022, author = {Blanke, Tobias and Schmidt, Katharina S. and G{\"o}ttsche, Joachim and D{\"o}ring, Bernd and Frisch, J{\´e}r{\^o}me and van Treeck, Christoph}, title = {Time series aggregation for energy system design: review and extension of modelling seasonal storages}, series = {Energy Informatics}, volume = {5}, booktitle = {Energy Informatics}, number = {1, Article number: 17}, editor = {Weidlich, Anke and Neumann, Dirk and Gust, Gunther and Staudt, Philipp and Sch{\"a}fer, Mirko}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, issn = {2520-8942}, doi = {10.1186/s42162-022-00208-5}, pages = {1 -- 14}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Using optimization to design a renewable energy system has become a computationally demanding task as the high temporal fluctuations of demand and supply arise within the considered time series. The aggregation of typical operation periods has become a popular method to reduce effort. These operation periods are modelled independently and cannot interact in most cases. Consequently, seasonal storage is not reproducible. This inability can lead to a significant error, especially for energy systems with a high share of fluctuating renewable energy. The previous paper, "Time series aggregation for energy system design: Modeling seasonal storage", has developed a seasonal storage model to address this issue. Simultaneously, the paper "Optimal design of multi-energy systems with seasonal storage" has developed a different approach. This paper aims to review these models and extend the first model. The extension is a mathematical reformulation to decrease the number of variables and constraints. Furthermore, it aims to reduce the calculation time while achieving the same results.}, language = {en} } @masterthesis{Bleeck2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Bleeck, Sophie}, title = {Trabic : zukunftsorientiertes Liefersystem f{\"u}r den urbanen Raum - Optimierte Paketlieferung auf der letzten Meile}, publisher = {FH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, pages = {187 Seiten}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Der Onlinehandel boomt und die Anzahl an Paketsendungen w{\"a}chst stetig. Aktuelle Zustellmethoden sind jedoch nicht nachhaltig und st{\"o}ren den ohnehin schon {\"u}berlasteten innerst{\"a}dtischen Verkehr. Hier m{\"o}chte „TRABIC" Abhilfe schaffen. „TRABIC" ist ein nachhaltiges und zukunftsf{\"a}higes Liefersystem f{\"u}r den urbanen Raum. Die Kombination von innerst{\"a}dtischen Microhubs mit einem neuen Lieferfahrzeug schafft die Basis des Systems. Die den Lieferprozess begleitende KI erm{\"o}glicht einen effizient aufeinander abgestimmten Lieferprozess. Das Lieferfahrzeug bildet das Herz des Konzeptes und wurde auf der Basis eines Lastenrads entwickelt. Um eine effiziente Zustellung zu gew{\"a}hrleisten, wurde es an die Bed{\"u}rfnisse des Lieferprozesses und der Paketzusteller/innen angepasst. Damit erm{\"o}glicht „TRABIC" die Nutzung alternativer Verkehrswege, ist emissionsfrei und bietet somit eine attraktive Alternative zu verrufenen Zustellmethoden.}, language = {de} } @book{BloeckerEsserHengstebecketal.2022, author = {Bl{\"o}cker, Lene Christin and Esser, Julia and Hengstebeck, Pauline and Venrath, Carolin and Scholtes, Eva}, title = {Aachener Online-Schriften Wirtschaft und Recht. Band 4. 01/2022}, editor = {Kroll-Ludwigs, Kathrin and Bernecker, Andreas and Bassen-Metz, Yasmine and Eggert, Mathias and Fritz, Thomas and Golland, Alexander and H{\"o}hne, Tim and Tran, Duc Hung and Vogt, J{\"u}rgen}, publisher = {FH Aachen / Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften}, address = {Aachen}, publisher = {Fachhochschule Aachen}, pages = {345 Seiten}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Inhaltsverzeichnis - Bachelorarbeiten 1. The impact of the EU non-financial reporting directive on sustainability reporting practices of DAX 30 companies - Lene Christin Bl{\"o}cker 4 - 29 2. Kurzarbeit als Krisenbew{\"a}ltigungsinstrument - Die arbeitsrechtlichen Voraussetzungen f{\"u}r die wirksame Einf{\"u}hrung von Kurzarbeit - Julia Esser 30 - 87 3. Die virtuelle Hauptversammlung der Aktiengesellschaft - Notl{\"o}sung w{\"a}hrend der Corona-Pandemie oder dauerhafte Alternative? - Pauline Hengstebeck 88 - 152 4. Die psychische Gesundheit am Arbeitsplatz - Aktuelle Problematik, Ursachenforschung, Folgen, rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und geeignete Pr{\"a}ventionsmaßnahmen aus Arbeitgebersicht - Carolin Venrath 153 - 224 Inhaltsverzeichnis - Masterarbeiten The influence of religion on the representation of women in politics - Eva Scholtes 225 - 345}, language = {de} } @masterthesis{Bortmann2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Bortmann, Alevtina}, title = {Produktion eines „Corporate Identity"- Werbefilms f{\"u}r ein IoT Technologieunternehmen}, publisher = {FH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, school = {Fachhochschule Aachen}, pages = {45 Seiten}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Mit einem Werbefilm kann man seine Zielgruppe schnell und einfach in wenigen Minuten erreichen, indem man sich als Unternehmen auf eine freundliche Art und Weise vorstellt und somit Vertrauen und Kontakt zu der Zielgruppe herstellt. Außerdem bietet ein Werbefilm eine gute M{\"o}glichkeit sein Unternehmen als modernes und leistungsstarkes Unternehmen zu pr{\"a}sentieren, um potenzielle Kunden oder sogar neue Mitarbeiter zu werben. Mit einem {\"u}berzeugendem Werbefilm, der richtigen Musik und Animation, bleibt ein Werbefilm im Ged{\"a}chtnis der Zuschauer, viel besser als es Printwerbung in Form von einem Flyer oder einer Brosch{\"u}re erf{\"u}llen kann. Zus{\"a}tzlich kann man seine Reichweite im Social-Media Bereich um weitere Kan{\"a}le erweitern. Dies wiederum erm{\"o}glicht dem Unternehmen seinen Kundenstamm zu st{\"a}rken und auszubauen.}, language = {de} } @masterthesis{Braun2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Braun, Linus}, title = {Faces - Lebenswerte Mobilit{\"a}t in St{\"a}dten}, publisher = {FH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, pages = {173 Seiten}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Mobilit{\"a}t stellt oftmals ein Problem in St{\"a}dten dar. Es sind Staus, Abgase, Platzmangel, die sich negativ auf die urbane Lebensqualit{\"a}t auswirken. Dies sind externe Auswirkungen der von Autos dominierten Mobilit{\"a}t. Ziel von „Faces" war es, eine effiziente und vor allem attraktive Alternative zum Automobil zu bieten. Daf{\"u}r denkt das Projekt die Straßenbahn neu. Durch kompaktes Design und die Verwendung autonomer Systeme wird eine h{\"o}here Taktung erm{\"o}glicht. Zudem werden die Bahnen flexibler und k{\"o}nnen den Einsatz am Mobilit{\"a}tsbedarf anpassen. Um den Bed{\"u}rfnissen der Fahrg{\"a}ste gerecht zu werden, l{\"a}sst sich das modulare Interior an die Reisedistanz anpassen. Hier wird ein Mobilit{\"a}tskonzept gezeichnet, das einem mit einem hoffnungsvollen Blick auf das Leben in den St{\"a}dten der Zukunft zur{\"u}ckl{\"a}sst.}, language = {de} } @incollection{BraunerVervierBrillowskietal.2022, author = {Brauner, Philipp and Vervier, Luisa and Brillowski, Florian and Dammers, Hannah and Steuer-Dankert, Linda and Schneider, Sebastian and Baier, Ralph and Ziefle, Martina and Gries, Thomas and Leicht-Scholten, Carmen and Mertens, Alexander and Nagel, Saskia K.}, title = {Organization Routines in Next Generation Manufacturing}, series = {Forecasting Next Generation Manufacturing}, booktitle = {Forecasting Next Generation Manufacturing}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-031-07734-0}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-07734-0_5}, pages = {75 -- 94}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Next Generation Manufacturing promises significant improvements in performance, productivity, and value creation. In addition to the desired and projected improvements regarding the planning, production, and usage cycles of products, this digital transformation will have a huge impact on work, workers, and workplace design. Given the high uncertainty in the likelihood of occurrence and the technical, economic, and societal impacts of these changes, we conducted a technology foresight study, in the form of a real-time Delphi analysis, to derive reliable future scenarios featuring the next generation of manufacturing systems. This chapter presents the organization dimension and describes each projection in detail, offering current case study examples and discussing related research, as well as implications for policy makers and firms. Specifically, we highlight seven areas in which the digital transformation of production will change how we work, how we organize the work within a company, how we evaluate these changes, and how employment and labor rights will be affected across company boundaries. The experts are unsure whether the use of collaborative robots in factories will replace traditional robots by 2030. They believe that the use of hybrid intelligence will supplement human decision-making processes in production environments. Furthermore, they predict that artificial intelligence will lead to changes in management processes, leadership, and the elimination of hierarchies. However, to ensure that social and normative aspects are incorporated into the AI algorithms, restricting measurement of individual performance will be necessary. Additionally, AI-based decision support can significantly contribute toward new, socially accepted modes of leadership. Finally, the experts believe that there will be a reduction in the workforce by the year 2030.}, language = {en} } @masterthesis{Breitbach2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Breitbach, Evgeniya}, title = {goodays Garderobe : eine Saison \& Wetter orientierte Station}, publisher = {FH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, pages = {61 Seiten}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Garderobe- ist ein M{\"o}belst{\"u}ck, dessen Nutzungsbedingungen alleine von den Jahreszeiten und dem Wetter bestimmt werden. Mit dem Wechsel der Saison ver{\"a}ndert sich auch unsere Garderobe. Garderobe ist auch erstes Erscheinungsbild eines Zuhauses, welches vieles {\"u}ber deren Bewohner verr{\"a}t. Goodays ist eine erweiterungsf{\"a}hige und nach dem Wetter/Zweck ver{\"a}nderbare Station. Es gibt Feuchtigkeit und Schmutz orientierte Fl{\"a}chen und l{\"u}ftungsf{\"a}hige R{\"a}ume, um Ger{\"u}che zu vermeiden. Die Dimensionen sind flexibel, was nicht viel Platz und Lichtfang wegnimmt. Die Tiefe des M{\"o}belst{\"u}ckes entspricht den notwendigen Kleidern und Schuhmaßen. Verschiede Bestandteile der Kollektion unterst{\"u}tzen bei der Forderung zur Ruhe und verringern den visuellen L{\"a}rm. Geschlossene Staur{\"a}ume sorgen f{\"u}r mehr Ordnung und Neutralit{\"a}t. Die Station bietet Komfort in der Form von Sitzfl{\"a}che und ausreichender Ablagefl{\"a}che.}, language = {de} }