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Rein abstrakte Gefahr streikbedingt unsorgfältiger Passagierkontrollen ist kein „außergewöhnlicher Umstand“ i. S. v. Art. 5 III FluggastrechteVO
No full textAnmerkung zum BGH-Urteil vom 4.9.201
EuGH, 22.01.2019 - C-193/17: Arbeitsrecht: Österreichische Regelung zum Karfreitagsentgelt – Verstoß gegen Diskriminierungsverbot (m. Anm. Wienbracke)
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Darstellung ausgewählter smarter Mobilitätsinstrumente im Hinblick auf die Klimaneutralität 2050 und Einsatzkonzeption für eine Großstadt am Beispiel der Stadt Gelsenkirchen
Get PDFDurch die steigende Bevölkerung und den gleichzeitig zunehmenden Mobilitätsbedarf, werden durch Verkehrsmittel mit Verbrennungsmotoren große Mengen an Schadstoffen in die Umwelt entlassen.
Besonders betroffen sind Ballungsgebiete mit einer hohen Verkehrsdichte. Unter Berücksichtigung der Klima- und Umweltauflagen müssen neue und nachhaltigere Konzepte entwickelt werden.
An dieser Stelle knüpft die Arbeit an und stellt Verkehrskonzepte von vier europäischen Großstädten dar. Zusätzlich werden die Projekte und Maßnahmen der jeweiligen Verkehrskonzepte diskutiert.
Die Entwicklung von Verkehrskonzepten mit der Vielzahl an Maßnahmen zur Mobilitätssteigerung und die gleichzeitige Einhaltung der Klima- und Umweltauflagen, führt zu Problematiken mit der sich die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit im weiteren Verlauf befassen wird. Für die Erarbeitung eines Einsatzkonzepts im Smart Mobility-Bereich für die Stadt Gelsenkirchen stellt sich die primäre Frage, „Welche Mobilitätsinstrumente sind in den nächsten Jahren notwendig und in welchem Umfang müssen diese erfolgen, um die Klimaneutralität 2050 zu erreichen?“. Der Vergleich der Verkehrskonzepte wirft zudem die Frage auf, „Existiert bereits unter den vier ausgewählten Verkehrskonzepten eins, dass für die Stadt Gelsenkirchen angewendet werden kann?“. Gefordert ist der Einsatz von nachhaltigen und umweltgerechten Mobilitätsinstrumenten und die Entwicklung von intelligenten und modernen Smart Mobility-Konzepten.
Die daraus gewonnen Erkenntnisse werden in dieser Arbeit diskutiert und auf die Stadt Gelsenkirchen reflektiert und unterstützen den Prozess der Entwicklung einer Einsatzkonzeption
Synthesis and characterisation of platinum–cobalt–manganese ternary alloy catalysts supported on carbon nanofibers: An alternative catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction
No full textA systematic method for obtaining a novel electrode structure based on PtCoMn ternary alloy catalyst supported on graphitic carbon nanofibers (CNF) for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acidic media is proposed. Ternary alloy nanoparticles (Co0.6Mn0.4 Pt), with a mean crystallite diameter under 10 nm, were electrodeposited onto a graphitic support material using a two-step pulsed deposition technique. Initially, a surface functionalisation of the carbon nanofibers is performed with the aid of oxygen plasma. Subsequently, a short galvanostatic pulse electrodeposition technique is applied. It has been demonstrated that, if pulsing current is employed, compositionally controlled PtCoMn catalysts can be achieved. Variations of metal concentration ratios in the electrolyte and main deposition parameters, such as current density and pulse shape, led to electrodes with relevant catalytic activity towards HER. The samples were further characterised using several physico-chemical methods to reveal their morphology, structure, chemical and electrochemical properties. X-ray diffraction confirms the PtCoMn alloy formation on the graphitic support and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy highlights the presence of the three metallic components from the alloy structure. The preliminary tests regarding the electrocatalytic activity of the developed electrodes display promising results compared to commercial Pt/C catalysts. The PtCoMn/CNF electrode exhibits a decrease in hydrogen evolution overpotential of about 250 mV at 40 mA cm−2 in acidic solution (0.5 M H2SO4) when compared to similar platinum based electrodes (Pt/CNF) and a Tafel slope of around 120 mV dec−1, indicating that HER takes place under the Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism
Visual Cues: Integration of object pose recognition with an augmented reality system as means to support visual perception in human-robot control
Get PDFAutonomy and self-determination are fundamental aspects of living in our society. Supporting people for whom this freedom is limited due to physical impairments is the fundamental goal of this thesis. Especially for people who are paralyzed, even working at a desk job is often not feasible. Therefore, in this thesis a prototype of a robot assembly workstation was constructed that utilizes a modern Augmented Reality (AR)-Head-Mounted Display (HMD) to control a robotic arm. Through the use of object pose recognition, the objects in the working environment are detected and this information is used to display different visual cues at the robotic arm or in its vicinity. Providing the users with additional depth information and helping them determine object relations, which are often not easily discernible from a fixed perspective.
To achieve this a hands-free AR-based robot-control scheme was developed, which uses speech and head-movement for interaction. Additionally, multiple advanced visual cues were designed that utilize object pose detection for spatial-visual support. The pose recognition system is adapted from state-of-the-art research in computer vision to allow the detection of arbitrary objects with no regard for texture or shape.
Two evaluations were performed, a small user study that excluded the object recognition, which confirms the general usability of the system and gives an impression on its performance. The participants were able to perform difficult pick and place tasks with a high success rate. Secondly, a technical evaluation of the object recognition system was conducted, which revealed an adequate prediction precision, but is too unreliable for real-world scenarios as the prediction quality is highly variable and depends on object orientations and occlusion
Suitability of iterative reconstruction for lung-cancer screening with low-dose computer tomography: First results of a phantom study.
No full textUnderstanding Human-Robot Collaboration for People with Mobility Impairments at the Workplace, a Thematic Analysis
No full textExperimental and numerical investigations of a small animal coil for ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (7T)
No full textThe purpose of this work was to develop and investigate a radiofrequency (RF) coil to perform image studies on small animals using the 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, installed in the imaging platform in the autopsy room (Portuguese acronym PISA), at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is the unique 7T MRI scanner installed in South America. Due to a high demand to create new specific coils for this 7T system, it is necessary to carefully assess the distribution of electromagnetic (EM) fields generated by the coils and evaluate the patient/object safety during MRI procedures. To achieve this goal 3D numerical methods were used to design and analyse a 8-rungs transmit/receive linearly driven birdcage coil for small animals. Calculated magnetic field (B 1) distributions generated by the coil were crosschecked with measured results, indicating good confidence in the simulated results