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Today the Schulenburg family looks back on a history of almost 800 years with 24 traceable generations. Throughout history, the family has produced and nurtured remarkable individuals - male and...

This research presents a method for efficiently and reproducibly comparing diverse battery thermal management concepts in an early stage of development to assist in battery system design. The basis...

In the software development process, formal verification and functional testing are complementary approaches which are used to verify the functional correctness of software; however, even perfectly...

The present volume draws on the experience of the Workshop held in Benin City, Nigeria in May 2018, where doctoral students and experienced mentors met to work on their journal articles from a simple...

Nowadays we are living in an era that is overloaded with information. Decision-making in this environment can sometimes become a nightmare. There are too many choices and we simply cannot explore...

Outdoor group housing is increasingly recognized as an appropriate housing system for horses. However, ambient temperatures in Central Europe can range from -25 C in winter to +35 C in summer, thus...

Two novel nanoarchitectures - including the highly branched spikecube exemplified by β-SnWO4 and the biomimetic nanopeapod manifested in Au@Nb@HxK1-xNbO3 - were put forward for the first time in...

AlGaN/GaN HEMTs reliability and stability issues were investigated in dependence on epitaxial design and process modification. DC-Step-Stress-Tests have been performed on wafers as a fast device...

Focus of this study is the pressurization system of a cryogenic liquid propellant tank for the launcher application. Objective of the pressurization system is to provide the required pressure...

Organic and Fairtrade certified coffees have become very popular among socially, environmentally and health conscious consumers in recent years. As consumers pay higher prices for these certified...

Industrial processes are currently based on considerable consumption of fossil resources. Bringing down the level of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere when extracting and processing these...

Stimulated Brillouin scattering is the most dominant nonlinear effect in single mode optical fibers. Its unique spectral characteristics, especially the narrow bandwidth of 20 - 30 MHz enable...

The topic of the thesis is banks and the Swiss economy. It consists of four main parts which make empirical contributions to the fields of banking, productivity analysis, financial economics,...

This book in Italian is an essay about some latin inscriptions preserved in the lapidarium of the Samnium Museum (Museo del Sannio) in the town of Benevento (southern Italy). It is intended not only...

This study investigates the bonding properties of modified wood by considering three different aspects: water related characteristics, mechanical performance and optical (fluorescence microscopy and...

In space, liquids behave differently than on earth due to lack of gravity. For gas-free propellant delivery a Propellant Management Device (PMD) or Liquid Acquisition Device (LAD) is often applied in...

Non-proteinogenic amino acids are often important constituents of biologically potent natural products. The synthesis of these amino acids is often time-consuming, non-trivial and not sustainable...

The concept of language teaching methods has a long tradition in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT), and it has been affected by the rise and fall of different methods throughout its...

This dissertation is devoted to attitudes of consumers toward luxury in two agricultural markets, horse sports and foods. Literature postulates a change of perceived luxury definitions and motives...

Vertical Farming is defined as a highly industrialized year round cultivation method for food production, adaptable for multiple crop types, where the verticalized building typology, its programme...

Sarah ANYANG AGBOR'S text is a conceptual, historical and functional examination of Commonwealth Literature. The text comes across as a nice way to review some of the essential conceptual and...

Organic electronics are getting more and more interest from industrial companies and research groups in the last years since they enable many new applications, which could not be realized by...

In recent years, Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) developed into mature photon detectors which are chosen in a wide field of applications. However, the dark count rate (DCR) of SiPMs sets strong...

"I find Prof Tagou's book refreshingly captivating, original and above all up-to-date. For the first time with no taboo and no bias, a Cameroonian, scholar hits head-on theories and practices of...

Producing high quality optical systems at reasonable cost is a challenge and solutions enabling cost-efficient production in small to medium quantities need to be developed in order for Germany to...

This thesis presents the generic rules for permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) with tooth coil winding arrangement. The generic rules concentrates on minimized cogging torque and torque...

Over the years, birches keep declining at various locations in Europe especially in cities, parks streets as well as forest due to biotic and abiotic stress factors. The decline of birches is...

Beschreibung Cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora Koch) is a major pest of cowpea, an important African Indigenous Vegetable (AIV) in tropical Africa. Cowpea leaves are a popular delicacy providing daily...

The ongoing diffusion of digital technologies heralds a major change in the mobility domain as it helps to unearth significant opportunities for the reorganization of socio-technical arrangements...

A song was presented in the Kaweinag-Asmat language by people living in the south of the Asmat region in Papua in 1984. It conveyed parts of the story of Saunat, one of their mythical heroes. Several...