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A Comparative Perspective on Social Work Professional Organisations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
No full textBalancing Innovation and Resilience in International Business
Full text linkProceedings of the 8th International Business Conference of the Wuerzburg International Business Forum (WIBF).
The world of international business faces unprecedented challenges and demands. To achieve sustainable growth, companies must both innovate—through new products, processes, markets, or business models—and build resilience against ever more frequent disruptions. Balancing these competing priorities has become a critical aspect of modern business strategy, reflecting the classic dilemma of organizational ambidexterity: The simultaneous need to explore new opportunities while exploiting existing strengths
An improvement in the design process of sustainable peak power rating transformer for solar utility
No full textThermo-Mechanical Degradation Kinetics of a High-Density Poly(Ethylene) Using a Closed-Cavity Rheometer
No full textMechanical recycling of polymers is an essential aspect to achieve circular economy. High shear stress, excessive temperature, and long residence time during reprocessing cause thermo-mechanical degradation of the polymer. Therefore, it is important to understand and quantify this degradation kinetics. Common ways to simulate degradation are very time and material consuming and clear insights into the respective influence of temperature and shear stress on degradation are rare. Within this publication a method is developed using a commercially available, close-cavity rheometer to emulate processing conditions in a defined way. This allows monitoring and predicting the behavior of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and quantify degradation kinetics and changes in the polymer topology. HDPE is selected as a model polymer due to its large production and wide range of applications. Different treated samples are analyzed by various rheological methods. Additionally, molecular characterization is conducted. A kinetic model to predict the changes in the molecular weight as a function of in-phase shear stress, temperature and duration during treatment is presented. The calculated activation energy for the initiation reaction agrees with the activation energy for HDPE degradation from thermogravimetric analysis. This activation energy is lowered by in-phase shear stress, modified by a factor of 1.7 m3 mol−1
Dog-Assisted Interventions for Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Full text linkPurpose: Despite the already extensive scientific literature on dog-assisted interventions, there is still a need to compile further reviews. In this regard, it should be noted that some of the existing reviews no longer reflect the current state of knowledge. The review presented here takes into account the current state of the literature on this topic.
Methods: The present systematic literature search, which was supplemented by an open literature search, identified 13 articles from specialist databases dealing with the effects, possibilities, and challenges of dog-assisted interventions and the use of assistance dogs in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.
Results: Dog-assisted interventions and the use of assistance dogs can have a positive impact on children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders, their family system, caregivers, and the environment in various areas. Conclusions: Although the results appear encouraging, it should be noted that there are potential challenges
Lasting benefits of a web-based training in understanding informal arguments
Full text linkBeing able to comprehend informal arguments in scientific texts is important for scientific literacy in higher education. Successful intervention studies demonstrating that these skills can be trained in university students have not yet provided evidence that gains of explicit training can be maintained beyond immediate post-training assessment. In this study, we tested whether the gains in argument structure comprehension achieved using a self-directed, web-based training intervention could be maintained over several weeks as an indication of sustained improvement in scientific literacy. We also explored characteristics of students and their engagement with the training intervention that resulted in significant and sustained improvements of their argument structure comprehension skills. One hundred students took part in a voluntary supplement to their university courses, completing an online pretest, a 45-minute training session, a posttest (n = 88), and a follow-up test (n = 31). Training effects at posttest were compared with an active control group. The results suggest that the training group exhibited significant gains in argument structure comprehension. These gains were maintained across a four-week period. Students with low starting ability profited the most from the training and gains in argument comprehension were greatest for complex arguments. Training results were positively related to student motivation and this effect was fully mediated by their engagement with the training exercises. The results demonstrate that training gains can be maintained after immediate post-training assessment and suggest that training is particularly effective for low-performing students, for complex arguments, and when students are motivated and engage with the training exercises
Mit künstlicher Intelligenz und Unternehmenswerten Innovationspotenzial heben [Podcast]
No full textWarum und wie können Werte, vor dem Hintergrund der Effekte künstlicher Intelligenz zum Differenzierungsmerkmal für Unternehmen im globalen Wettbewerb werden? In der Podcast-Folge „Humanity & AI“ des WUEconomics Institut für regionale Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. auf https://www.wueconomics.de/podcast werden folgende Fragen zwischen Prof. Dr. Bolsinger und Dr. Lukas Kagerbauer diskutiert:
Werte als Differenzierungsmerkmal für Unternehmen im globalen Wettbewerb.
Welche Werte braucht KI? Warum Menschlichkeit, Transparenz und Datenschutz unverhandelbare Grundlagen für eine erfolgreiche und ethische KI-Entwicklung sind.
Die Rolle von Unternehmen: Wie gelingt es Firmen, Innovation mit ethischen Standards zu verbinden?
Europäische Regulierung als Chance: Kann der EU-AI-Act Unternehmen sogar helfen, ihre Innovationsfähigkeit zu stärken?
KI und der Mensch: Welche Auswirkungen hat der Einsatz von KI auf Mitarbeitende, Prozesse und die Unternehmenskultur?
Eindrücke vom Vortrag Humanity and AI – Grounding Values, bei einer Konferenz in Tokio und Impulse, warum Europa mit seiner Wertebasis im globalen Wettbewerb eine einzigartige Rolle spielen kann, ergänzen die Inhalte
