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The deployment of containers as building modules has grown in popularity over the past years due to their inherent strength, modular construction, and relatively low cost. The upcycled container architecture is being accepted since it is more eco-friendly than using the traditional building materials with intensive carbon footprint. Moreover, owing to the unquestionable urgency of climate change, existing climate-adaptive design strategies may no longer respond effectively as they are supposed to work in the previous passive design. Therefore, this paper explores the conceptual design for an upcycled shipping container building, which is designed as a carbon-smart modular living solution to a single family house under three design scenarios, related to cold, temperate, and hot&ndash, humid climatic zones, respectively. The extra feature of future climate adaption has been added by assessing the projected future climate data with the ASHRAE Standard 55 and Current Handbook of Fundamentals Comfort Model. Compared with the conventional design, Rome would gradually face more failures in conventional climate-adaptive design measures in the coming 60 years, as the growing trends in both cooling and dehumidification demand. Consequently, the appropriate utilization of internal heat gains are proposed to be the most promising measure, followed by the measure of windows sun shading and passive solar direct gain by using low mass, in the upcoming future in Rome. Future climate projection further shows different results in Berlin and Stockholm, where the special attention is around the occasional overheating risk towards the design goal of future thermal comfort.

Die Familie der Prachtfinken gehort zoologisch in die Ordnung der Sperlingsvogel (Passeriformes). Ihre unmittelbaren Nachbarn im zoologischen System sind einerseits die Familie der Webervogel (Ploceidae) und andererseits die Familie der Witwen (Viduidae).

Diese Arbeit untersucht zum einen den Zusammenhang zwi - schen F&E-Aktivitaten und Unternehmenswachstum. Zum an - deren wird analysiert ob und inwiefern sich die Unternehmen - scharakteristika von schnell wachsenden Unternehmen im Vergleich zu Unternehmen mit moderatem bzw. niedrigem Wachstum unterscheiden. Die Ergebnisse zeigen einen eindeutigen positiven Zusammenhang zwi - schen F&E-Aktivitaten und Unternehmensentwicklung (Schaffung von Ar - beitsplatzen bzw. Umsatz und Investitionsdynamik). Daruber hinaus sind schnell wachsende Unternehmen (HGF) innovativer, weisen eine hohere Arbeitsproduktivitat auf, haben einen hoheren Anteil von Unternehmen mit F&E-Aktivitaten, hohere Exportbeteiligung, und hoheren Umsatzanteil von Marktneuheiten als nicht schnell wachsende Unternehmen. Zur Finanzierung ihrer F&E-Aktivitaten greifen HGF unter anderem auch auf die Forschungsforderung zuruck. Von den im Zeitraum 2011- 2015 im FFG Basisprogramm sowie BRIDGE geforderten Unternehmen entsprachen entweder wahrend oder nach dem Forderzeitraum rd. 27% der high-growth Definition von Eurostat.

Das Wirkungsmonitoring 2018 bezieht sich auf im Jahr 2014 beendete Forschungsprojekte. Es wurden alle Forschungsprojekte ab einer Mindestgrose auf Teilneh-merebene ausgewahlt, fur die kein anderwartiges, pro-grammspezifisches Monitoring in der FFG besteht.

Lagebericht gem. § 8 (1) FOG über die aus Bundesmitteln geförderte Forschung, Technologie und Innovation in Österreich. Der vorliegende Bericht ist im Auftrag der Bundesministerien für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMBWF), Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie (BMVIT) und Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort (BMDW) entstanden. Die Erstellung des Berichts erfolgte durch eine Arbeitsgemeinschaft, bestehend aus WPZ Research, Zentrum für Soziale Innovation (ZSI) und KMU Forschung Austria mit Unterstützung von VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik (iit), Technopolis und dem Industriewissenschaftlichen Institut (IWI).

Das Ziel dieser Evaluierung ist eine systematische Gesamtbetrachtung der Umsetzung von H2020 und ERA in Osterreich sowie von EUREKA, COSME und EEN vorzunehmen. Die drei Schwerpunktbereiche der Evaluierung sind: 1. Beauftragung der FFG mit der Beratung und Betreuung von H2020 und ERA (EIP-Beauftragung) 2. Beauftragung der FFG mit dem EU-Performance Monitoring (EU-PM-Beauftragung) 3. Das ERA-Observatorium Austria, das einen ubergeordneten Rahmen fur die Integration der einzelnen Aufgabenstellungen im Bereich der Governance der EU-FTI-Politik in Osterreich auf Seiten des BMBWF bildet. Daruber hinaus werden im Rahmen der Evaluierung erganzend die Beauftragungen zu EUREKA, COSME und dem EEN analysiert.

We describe an algorithm for generating panoramic video from unstructured camera arrays. Artifact-free panorama stitching is impeded by parallax between input views. Common strategies such as multi-level blending or minimum energy seams produce seamless results on quasi-static input. However, on video input these approaches introduce noticeable visual artifacts due to lack of global temporal and spatial coherence. In this paper we extend the basic concept of local warping for parallax removal. Firstly, we introduce an error measure with increased sensitivity to stitching artifacts in regions with pronounced structure. Using this measure, our method efficiently finds an optimal ordering of pair-wise warps for robust stitching with minimal parallax artifacts. Weighted extrapolation of warps in non-overlap regions ensures temporal stability, while at the same time avoiding visual discontinuities around transitions between views. Remaining global deformation introduced by the warps is spread over the entire panorama domain using constrained relaxation, while staying as close as possible to the original input views. In combination, these contributions form the first system for spatiotemporally stable panoramic video stitching from unstructured camera array input.

Ziel der Evaluierung der Forderungsgesellschaften FFG und aws war es, uber 10 Jahre nach Umsetzung der Strukturreformen Bilanz uber deren Zielerreichung zu ziehen. Die Evaluierung basierte auf einem Methodenmix aus qualitativen und quantitativen Vorgehensweisen, der neben einer umfangreichen Dokumenten- und Datenanalyse mehrere standardisierte Befragungen (in den Ressorts, den Agenturen sowie bei den KundInnen der Agenturen) sowie insgesamt uber 80 Interviews und funf Workshops umfasste. Die Ziele der Evaluation waren es, (1) die interne Struktur und Organisation der Agenturen zu charakterisieren, (2) die herausgebildete Unternehmenskulturen in den Agenturen, (3) die Positionierung der Agenturen innerhalb des osterreichischen Innovationssystems und (4) die Steuerung der Agenturen durch die Eigentumerressorts zu analysieren.

An evaporation model for multicomponent fuels and emulsions is implemented in OpenFOAM within the Euler–Lagrangian formulation. The model is suitable for pressures typical of heavy duty gas turbines, up to 30 bar, and considers an increased evaporation rate of the most volatile component when the droplet temperature reaches its boiling temperature. Evaporation of emulsion droplets is modeled following a shell approach, assuming that the water in the droplet core does not evaporate. A diffusivity model is introduced to account for the transport of the dispersed phase from the core to the outer shell. The combustion model is based on the Flamelet Generated Manifold approach. The mixture fraction is calculated from the species mass fractions to couple it with the evaporation model. Flamelet tables are created for different enthalpies and mixture fractions so that they can be used in non-premixed simulations. The thermo-chemistry model considers up to two fuel components by using 4-D tables. Experimental data for n-decane droplets are used to validate the evaporation model. Results from the combustion model are compared with the detailed chemistry solutions. Following the separate evaluation of each model, 1-D spray simulations for 0% and 10% initial water contents are performed to verify the coupling between the models, so that they can be applied to partially pre-vaporized spray flames.

This study focuses on the population trends of two widespread European anuran species: the common toad (Bufo bufo) and the common frog (Rana temporaria). The basis of this study is data gathered over two decades of amphibian fencing alongside roads in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Different statistical approaches were used to analyse the data. Overall average increase or decrease of each species was estimated by calculating a simple average locality index. In addition the statistical software TRIM was used to verify these trends as well as to categorize the data based on the geographic location of each migration site. The results show differing overall trends for the two species: the common toad being stable and the common frog showing a substantial decline over the last two decades. Further analyses based on geographic categorization reveal the strongest decrease in the alpine range of the species. Drainage and agricultural intensification are still ongoing problems within alpine areas, not only in Salzburg. Particularly in respect to micro-climate and the availability of spawning places these changes appear to have a greater impact on the habitats of the common frog than the common toad. Therefore we consider habitat destruction to be the main potential reason behind this dramatic decline. We also conclude that the substantial loss of biomass of a widespread species such as the common frog must have a severe, and often overlooked, ecological impact.

We propose an interactive, optimization-in-the-loop tool for designing inflatable structures. Given a target shape, the user draws a network of seams defining desired segment boundaries in 3D. Our method computes optimally-shaped flat panels for the segments, such that the inflated structure is as close as possible to the target while satisfying the desired seam positions. Our approach is underpinned by physics-based pattern optimization, accurate coarse-scale simulation using tension field theory, and a specialized constraint-optimization method. Our system is fast enough to warrant interactive exploration of different seam layouts, including internal connections, and their effects on the inflated shape. We demonstrate the resulting design process on a varied set of simulation examples, some of which we have fabricated, demonstrating excellent agreement with the design intent.

We introduce a single unifying framework for a wide range of content-aware image warping tasks using a finite element method (FEM). Existing approaches commonly define error terms over vertex finite differences and can be expressed as a special case of our general FEM model. In this work, we exploit the full generality of FEMs, gaining important advantages over prior methods. These advantages include arbitrary mesh connectivity allowing for adaptive meshing and efficient large-scale solutions, a well-defined continuous problem formulation that enables clear analysis of existing warping error functions and allows us to propose improved ones, and higher order basis functions that allow for smoother warps with fewer degrees of freedom. To support per-element basis functions of varying degree and complex mesh connectivity with hanging nodes, we also introduce a novel use of discontinuous Galerkin FEM. We demonstrate the utility of our method by showing examples in video retargeting and camera stabilization applications, and compare our results with previous state of the art methods.