Die Hofstelle naturnah und attraktiv gestalten

Der Leitfaden bietet zahlreiche Anregungen und praktische Tipps für Landwirte zur naturnahen Gestaltung des Hofgeländes. Der Inhalt reicht von der Pflanzung von Gehölzen, der Begrünung von Fassaden und Dächern, Ideen für den Garten über die Gestaltung von Zäunen und Mauern oder der Nutzung von Wasser bis hin zur gezielten Förderung von Insekten, Vögeln und Fledermäusen

Hochpräzise adaptive Steuerung und Regelung robotergeführter Prozesse

The thesis at hand contributes to four main areas. The investigations regarding the absolute accuracy contribute to a better understanding of the accuracy behavior of jointed arm robots. The investigated universal online closed-loop control system allows a reliable compensation of movement deviations. The image data processing system enables a highly accurate and efficient tracking of robotic movements. The developed algorithms for trajectory optimization allow a continuous robotic movement behavior considering process specific boundary conditions.Vorliegende Arbeit liefert in vier Bereichen einen deutlichen Nutzen. Die Absolutgenauigkeitsuntersuchungen liefern einen Beitrag zum besseren Verständnis des Genauigkeitsverhaltens von Knickarmrobotern. Das erforschte universelle Regelungssystem ermöglicht einen zuverlässigen Ausgleich von Bewegungsabweichungen. Das erarbeitete Bildverarbeitungssystem erlaubt die Verfolgung robotischer Bewegungen mit hoher geometrischer Präzision und Zeiteffizienz. Die entwickelten Algorithmen zur automatisierten Bahnoptimierung ermöglichen ein kontinuierliches Roboterbewegungsverhalten unter Berücksichtigung prozessspezifischer Randbedingungen

Quantitative Analysis of corporate income taxation option for partnerships in Germany

The purpose of the article. The aim of this article is to quantitatively analyse the taxation of partnerships in Germany. In doing so, this paper examines the quantitative effects of the new taxation system (so-called ‘option model’) for partnerships in Germany and answers the question of which factors influence the tax burden the most and whether the option model would have been more favourable for large partnerships in Germany in the past. Methodology. The methodology in this paper was a quantitative research within the framework of Pearson correlations of selected microdata, which was provided by the ‘Stiftung Familienunternehmen’ (Foundation for Family Businesses) and includes the partnerships with the highest number of employees in Germany in the years 2010–2018. Results of the research. The results of this paper are, in particular, the amount of withdrawals from the partnership under the option model introduced on 1 January 2022 can be decisive for the tax expense. Furthermore, it was found that the option model would not have led to a lower tax expense for the largest partnerships in Germany in the past

App-basierte digitale Sekundärprävention der koronaren Herzkrankheit : eine Pilotstudie

Einleitung: Die Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK) ist weltweit die häufigste Todesursache. Eine Veränderung des Lebensstils ist ein entscheidender Bestandteil der sekundären Prävention. Nur 30% der KHK-Patienten folgen den entsprechenden Leitlinienempfehlungen. Die weit verbreitete Nutzung von Smartphones bietet die Möglichkeit, die sekundäre Prävention in den täglichen Ablauf von KHK-Patienten zu integrieren. Methoden: Wir haben eine App entwickelt, um die sekundäre Prävention in den Alltag von KHK-Patienten zu integrieren (smartphonegesteuerte sekundäre Prävention, SGSP). Die App bot ein tägliches 15-minütiges Programm, das videogeführte Übungen, Videositzungen mit Hintergrundinformationen über KHK und ein Tool zur Aufzeichnung von Blutdruck und Herzfrequenz einmal täglich enthielt. Die SGSP-App wurde mit dem primären Ergebnis der 28-tägigen Adhärenz getestet. Das sekundäre Ergebnis war eine Kombination aus (1) selbstberichteten Verhaltensänderungen, (2) Erwerb von Wissen über kardiovaskuläre Risikofaktoren und (3) einer Steigerung der Lebensqualität. Ergebnisse: Von den 66 gescreenten Patienten wurden 43 (65%) in die Studie aufgenommen und davon nutzten 17 (40%) die App kontinuierlich für 28 Tage. Aus dieser Gruppe waren 14 (82%) körperlich aktiver und zehn (59%) verbesserten ihre Ernährungsgewohnheiten. Die Nutzung der SGSP-App war auch mit einem Erwerb von Wissen über kardiovaskuläre Risikofaktoren verbunden (70% körperliche Aktivität, 59% gesunde Ernährung). Fazit: Die regelmäßige Nutzung einer SGSP-App scheint Lebensstiländerungen bei Patienten mit KHK zu unterstützen

Development and Quality of Barley Husk Adhesion Correlates With Changes in Caryopsis Cuticle Biosynthesis and Composition

The caryopses of barley become firmly adhered to the husk during grain development through a cuticular cementing layer on the caryopsis surface. The degree of this attachment varies among cultivars, with poor quality adhesion causing “skinning”, an economically significant grain quality defect for the malting industry. Malting cultivars encompassing a range of husk adhesion qualities were grown under a misting treatment known to induce skinning. Development of the cementing layer was examined by electron microscopy and compositional changes of the cementing layer were investigated with gas-chromatography followed by mass spectroscopy. Changes in gene expression during adhesion development were examined with a custom barley microarray. The abundance of transcripts involved early in cuticular lipid biosynthesis, including those encoding acetyl-CoA carboxylase, and all four members of the fatty acid elongase complex of enzymes, was significantly higher earlier in caryopsis development than later. Genes associated with subsequent cuticular lipid biosynthetic pathways were also expressed higher early in development, including the decarbonylation and reductive pathways, and sterol biosynthesis. Changes in cuticular composition indicate that lowered proportions of alkanes and higher proportions of fatty acids are associated with development of good quality husk adhesion, in addition to higher proportions of sterols

Isolation of highly selective IgNAR variable single-domains against a human therapeutic Fc scaffold and their application as tailor-made bioprocessing reagents

Funding This work was supported by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, and Merck KGaA. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Iris Willenbücher and Kerstin Hallstein for the BIAcore™ analysis and Nadine Barron for the bio-layer interferometry work.Peer reviewedPostprin

The Image of Destination Austria as perceived by British Tourists

Over the past decades, tourism destination image (TDI) has been one of the most widely studied areas of tourism research. However, only few authors have researched the image of destination Austria thus far. This study applies the concept of TDI to the context of Austria as tourist destination region (Leiper, 1995) and the country’s perceived image by British consumers. Apart from measuring cognitive and affective images, behavioural intentions of British consumers will be tested. The study attempts to identify potential marketing gaps, leading to the relatively low British visitor numbers over the last years (Office for National Statistics, 2015). Basing on the empirical findings of this study, marketing recommendations will be given, based on the 4P marketing mix approach (Jobber & Chadwick, 2013). This paper takes a mixed method approach to the measurement of the perceived Austrian TDI. This is in line with suggestions by Echtner & Ritchie (1993) and responds to a common criticism that purely quantitative methods cannot grasp the entirety of TDI (e.g. Pikkemaat, 2004), as TDI formation does not only include tangible, but also intangible/psychological factors, for which a purely structured measurement is unlikely to account (Chen & Tsai, 2007) The study finds that British consumers have a rather positive image of Austria. Nevertheless distinct weaknesses of the image could be identified which are likely to be caused by marketing gaps (Gursoy, 2011). The Recommendations of this study provide actionable suggestions for improving the marketing strategy in order to attract more British consumers to Austria, as the data in this study revealed evident potential within the British market