TY - JOUR A1 - Wala, Thomas A1 - Baumüller, Josef T1 - Die Endfassung der Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive – Neue Maßstäbe für die nachhaltige Unternehmensführung JF - GRC aktuell KW - Unternehmensführung KW - Nachhaltigkeit Y1 - 2022 IS - 3 SP - 87 EP - 91 PB - Linde ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Diler, Abdulkerim A1 - Yanar, Mete A1 - Özdemir, Veysel Fatih A1 - Aydin, Recep A1 - Kaynar, Özgür A1 - Palangi, Valiollah A1 - Lackner, Maximilian A1 - Koçyigit, Rıdvan T1 - Effects of Slaughter Age of Holstein Friesian Bulls on Meat Quality: Chemical Composition, Textural Characteristics, Sensory Attributes and Fatty Acid Profile JF - Foods N2 - This study aimed to investigate the effects of slaughter age (young vs. old), muscle type (Longissimus dorsi (LD), Gluteus medius (GM)) and fat deposits (kidney knob and channel fat, subcutaneous fat, intramuscular fat) on chemical, organoleptic, textural characteristics and fatty acid composition of Holstein Friesian bull meat. For this purpose, the carcasses of 26 Holstein Friesian bulls that had been fattened on the same private farm were assigned to two experimental groups based on their age at slaughter: a young group (YG) (average age: 17.0 ± 1.0 months old) and an old group (OG) (average age: 22.0 ± 1.0 months old). The percentage of crude protein, panel tenderness score, polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) and saturated fatty acid (SFA) content, the PUFA/SFA ratio and the hypocholesterolemic fatty acid (DFA)/hypercholesterolemic fatty acid (OFA) ratio of the bull carcasses decreased significantly with increasing slaughter age. By contrast, the OFA content of the carcasses significantly increased (p < 0.05) with increasing slaughter age. Advanced slaughter age resulted in lower panel tenderness scores. Additionally, the meat of the bulls in the OG was considered to be less healthy because of the less desirable fatty acid composition and nutritional indices, such as the PUFA/SFA and hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratios, compared to the meat from the bulls in the YG. Furthermore, the intramuscular fat and internal fat contained high percentages of PUFA and SFA and high PUFA/SFA and hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratios. Interestingly, the percentage of OFA content in the internal and intramuscular fat tissues decreased with increasing slaughter age. In conclusion, this study provided evidence that slaughter age and muscle and fat type are essential sources of variations in the textural characteristics, sensory panel attributes and fatty acid profile of meat from Holstein Friesian bulls. KW - fatty acid profile KW - sensory evaluation KW - slaughter age KW - texture profile analysis Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12010158 VL - 12 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bağcık, Caner A1 - Koç, Fisun A1 - Erten, Kadir A1 - Esen, Selim A1 - Palangi, Valiollah A1 - Lackner, Maximilian T1 - Lentilactobacillus buchneri Preactivation Affects the Mitigation of Methane Emission in Corn Silage Treated with or without Urea JF - Fermentation N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different forms of Lentilactobacillus buchneri on the in vitro methane production, fermentation characteristics, nutritional quality, and aerobic stability of corn silage treated with or without urea. The following treatments were applied prior to ensiling: (1) no urea treatment and LB; (2) no urea treatment+freeze dried LB; (3) no urea treatment+preactivated LB; (4) with urea treatment+no LB; (5) with urea treatment+freeze dried LB; (6) with urea treatment+preactivated. LB was applied at a rate of 3 × 108 cfu/kg on a fresh basis, while urea was applied at a rate of 1% on the basis of dry matter. Data measured at different time points were analyzed according to a completely randomized design, with a 2 × 3 × 5 factorial arrangement of treatments, while the others were analyzed with a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement. Preactivated LB was more effective than freeze-dried LB in reducing silage pH, ammonia nitrogen, cell-wall components, yeast count, and carbon dioxide production, as well as increasing lactic acid and residual water-soluble carbohydrate and aerobic stability (p < 0.0001). A significant reduction in the methane ratio was observed after 24 h and 48 h incubation with preactivated forms of LB (p < 0.001). The results indicated that preactivated LB combined with urea improved fermentation characteristics, nutritional quality, and aerobic stability and reduced the methane ratio of corn silages. KW - gas production KW - Lentilactobacillus buchneri KW - methane KW - silage KW - urea Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fermentation8120747 VL - 8 IS - 12 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Palangi, Valiollah A1 - Taghizadeh, Akbar A1 - Abachi, Soheila A1 - Lackner, Maximilian T1 - Strategies to Mitigate Enteric Methane Emissions in Ruminants: A Review JF - Sustainability N2 - Methane is the main greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted by ruminants. Mitigation strategies are required to alleviate this negative environmental impact while maintaining productivity and ruminants’ health. To date, numerous methane mitigation strategies have been investigated, reported and suggested by scientists to the livestock industry. In this review, the authors will focus on the commonly practiced and available techniques expanding the knowledge of the reader on the advances of methane mitigation strategies with a focus on the recent literature. Furthermore, the authors will attempt to discuss the drawbacks of the strategies in terms of animal health and performance reduction as well as the concept of feed and energy loss, adding an economic perspective to methane emission mitigation which is in the farmers’ direct interest. As a whole, many factors are effective in reducing undesired methane production, but this is definitely a complex challenge. Conclusively, further research is required to offer effective and efficient methane production mitigation solutions in ruminants worldwide, thus positively contributing to climate change. KW - greenhouse gas (GHG) KW - ruminal microorganism KW - methane emission Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142013229 VL - Vol. 14 IS - Issue 20 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mokhtarzadeh, Shakir A1 - Nobakht, Ali A1 - Mehmannavaz, Yousef A1 - Palangi, Valiollah A1 - Eseceli, Hüseyin A1 - Lackner, Maximilian T1 - Impacts of Continuous and Intermittent Use of Bovine Colostrum on Laying Japanese Quails: Egg Performance and Traits, Blood Biochemical and Antioxidant Status JF - Animals N2 - Quail is used in cookery, but mainly for its egg production around the globe, and sustainable poultry farming practices have been searched. The use of colostrum (beestings or first milk from cows) in quails’ diet can play an important role in providing probiotics and reducing the need for antibiotics, which, in addition to better quail performance, is effective in reducing environmental impacts. The results of the current research show that the continuous use of bovine colostrum (BC) in laying quails’ diets has beneficial effects on their performance, egg traits, blood indexes and antioxidant status. KW - antioxidant KW - blood parameters KW - carcass characteristics KW - egg traits Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12202811 VL - 12 IS - Issue 20 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Palangi, Valiollah A1 - Lackner, Maximilian T1 - Management of Enteric Methane Emissions in Ruminants Using Feed Additives: A Review JF - Animals N2 - Methane emission from enteric fermentation in ruminants is the single most relevant greenhouse gas source in agriculture, and it is amongst the largest anthropogenic ones. As ruminants are needed globally for meat, milk and other goods production on a huge scale, feed additives could offer an interesting solution to reduce CH4 emissions. Methane emission strategies are investigated to maintaining productivity and the overall health of the animal. Some strategies have shown to reduce the propagation and/or eliminate ruminal flora affecting the health and productivity of the animal. Therefore, identifying beneficial strategies leads to improving productivity and the health of the animal and environment. KW - greenhouse gas KW - methane emission KW - ruminants Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12243452 VL - 12 IS - 24 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lietze, Stefanie A1 - Sagmeister, Nicole ED - Pauschenwein, Jutta ED - Hernády, Birgit ED - Michelitsch, Linda T1 - Die sind eh auch mitgemeint! Hochschulkommunikation analysieren und inkludierender gestalten T2 - Tagungsband zum 21. E-Learning Tag der FH JOANNEUM am 21.09.2022 N2 - Hochschulen und Studiengänge sprechen Studieninteressierte nicht bevölkerungsrepräsentativ an. Nach einem kurzen Abriss der aktuellen Lage und der Diversitätsdimensionen werden anhand einer adaptierten Form der „4R- Methode“ des Gender-Mainstreamings Kommunikationsarten, -medien und -ebenen mit Blick auf Kommunizierende und Kontexte beleuchtet. Dieser Beitrag soll Hochschulen und Studiengängen einen einfachen Leitfaden an die Hand geben, die eigene Sprache auf den verschiedenen Kommunikationskanälen kritisch zu reflektieren und inkludierender zu gestalten, um Stereotypisierung zu vermeiden und alle anzusprechen KW - Equality KW - inkludierende Sprache KW - Gender-Stereotype Y1 - SN - 978-3-903318-08-3 SP - 24 EP - 36 PB - Verlag der FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH CY - Graz ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mehnen, Lars A1 - Pohn, Birgit A1 - Blaickner, Matthias A1 - Mandl, Thomas A1 - Dregely, Isabel T1 - Teaching & Learning Analytics for Data-Based Optimization of Teaching and Learning Processes in Courses with Blended Learning T2 - 2022 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), 2022 N2 - Learning Management Systems (LMS), such as Moodle, enable the rapid progress of digitisation in teaching, which is no longer only taking place in the lecture hall, but increasingly “online” and asynchronously. New didactic concepts (blended learning, “flipped classroom”) consist of alternating self-learning and face-to-face phases, with the former taking place in the LMS, i.e. online. However, no analysis has yet been carried out as to how students act with the material in the self-learning phase, or the teachers are not provided with any information about the learning progress of the students during the self-learning phase. In this paper, concepts of learning and teaching analytics are presented to answer these questions and to integrate the measures derived from them into the teaching processes in a sustainable manner. KW - teaching analytics KW - learning analytics KW - learning management systems KW - artificial intelligence KW - Learning management systems Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-953-290-117-7 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Krizek, Gerd Christian A1 - Langer, Karin A1 - Leitgeb, Erich A1 - Seyringer, Dana A1 - Schreivogl, Paul A1 - Grabher-Meyer, Arno T1 - Educational Activities with Photonics Explorer T2 - 2022 International Conference on Broadband Communications for Next Generation Networks and Multimedia Applications (CoBCom) N2 - In this paper we present various educational activities with Photonics Explorer, an educational kit developed by the photonics research team B - PHOT at VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) for students at secondary schools. The concept is a ‘lab-in-a-box’ that enables students of the 2 nd and 3 rd grade to do photonics experiments themselves at school with lasers, LEDs, lenses, optical fibers, and other high-tech components. Even though, the kit was developed for the secondary schools, we use experiments from the kit also for some other teaching activities such as lectures at the university, photonics workshops for teachers and children at primary/secondary schools or for events such as children's/youth's university or the night of sciences. In the frame of Austrian based project Phorsch! we have organized most of these activities which will be presented here. KW - education KW - photonics Y1 - PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Giovagnola, Jessica A1 - Fernandez, Miguel Molina A1 - Beneder, Roman A1 - Schmitt, Patrick A1 - Pegalajar Cuellar, Manuel A1 - Morales Santos, Diego Pedro T1 - Multisensor Avionics Architecture for BVLOS Drone Services T2 - Journal of Physics: Conference Series ; 12th IEEE EASN International Conference EASN2022, Spain, Barcelona, Oct. 18-21, 2022 KW - Heterogeneous Sensor Fusion KW - Multicore Microcontroller KW - Artifical Intelligence KW - BVLOS Drone Services Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2526/1/012084 VL - Volume 2526 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Eder, Gabriele A1 - Voronko, Yuliya A1 - Berger, Karl Anton A1 - Újvári, Gusztáv A1 - Knöbl, Karl A1 - Neumaier, Lukas T1 - UV-Fluoreszenz Bildanalyse zur frühzeitigen Detektion von PV-Leistungsdegradation T2 - Tagungsband der Österreichische Fachtagung für Photovoltaik und Stromspeicherung 2022 KW - Alterungstest KW - Ultraviolet Fluorescence KW - UVF Imaging KW - Lebendauerbestimmung Y1 - ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Himmelstoss, Felix T1 - Design of State-Space Controllers with the Help of Signal Flow Graphs Shown for a Buck Converter JF - WSEAS Transactions on Power Systems, Volume 21, 2022, pp. 421-429 KW - DC/DC converter KW - Buck converter KW - modelling KW - simulation KW - state space controller Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/23202.2022.21.46 VL - Volume 21 SP - 421 EP - 429 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Himmelstoss, Felix T1 - Third order converters with current output for driving LEDs JF - WSEAS Transactions on Power Systems KW - DC/DC converters KW - current output KW - limited duty cycle converter KW - simulation KW - modeling Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/232016.2022.17.40 VL - Volume 17 SP - 402 EP - 409 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Himmelstoss, Felix A1 - Windisch, Michael T1 - Tapped inductor Boost with exploitation of the stray energy T2 - Proceedings of 2022 IEEE 20th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (PEMC 2022), Brasov, Rumania, Sep. 25-29 N2 - Tapped inductor DC-to-DC converters are interesting circuits, the winding ratio of the two windings mounted on the same core change the voltage transformation ratio compared to the untapped inductor. The tapped inductor converters are especially useful, when high or low voltage transformation ratios have to be realized. The disadvantage of this concept is that the coupling between the two windings is not total and can be described by the stray or leakage inductance. This stray inductance leads to a high overvoltage at the active switch, and therefore also across other elements of the converter. After a short summery of the ideal tapped Boost converter, the design of an RCD snubber which limits the overvoltage is explained. To improve the efficiency of the converter two active snubber networks are treated, which feed the energy stored in the snubber capacitor into the input source or into the output circuit. Simulations are used to prove these considerations. KW - DC/DC converter KW - stray inductance KW - recuperation KW - active snubber Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PEMC51159.2022.9962849 SP - 75 EP - 80 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Himmelstoss, Felix A1 - Votzi, Helmut T1 - Two-Stage Step-up Converter with Different Voltage Transformation Ratios depending on the Duty Cycle T2 - 20th International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ’22) Vigo (Spain), 27th to 29th July 2022 N2 - A two-stage converter with high output voltage ratio and reduced current stress of the inductors and partly reduced voltage stress is discussed. The function is explained with the help of voltage and current diagrams. The voltage transformation ratio changes between a quadratic step-up for duty cycles lower 0.5 and a double Boost converter for duty cycles higher than 0.5. Dimensioning hints, the control law for feed-forward controls, the transient when the supply is turned on is discussed and some simulations are given. A comparison to other two-stage converters is also treated. KW - Quadratic boost KW - double boost converter KW - feed-forward control KW - start-up Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.24084/repqj20.218 VL - Vol. 20 SP - 66 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Himmelstoss, Felix A1 - Edelmoser, Karl T1 - Liquid and surface disinfection with pulsed UVC LEDs T2 - 2nd Ahi Evran International Conference on Scientific Research, Kirshehir, Turkey, October 21-23, 2022 KW - disinfection KW - light emitting diode KW - ultraviolet UV light KW - pulsed power KW - DC/DC Converter Y1 - SP - 654 EP - 664 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Himmelstoss, Felix A1 - Yaman, Ferhat A1 - Edelmoser, Karl T1 - Building block for a spot welder T2 - International Congress on Innovation Technologies & Engineering, Sept. 2-4, 2022, Izmir, Turkey, pp. 139-148 KW - spot welding KW - capacitor charging KW - pulse power KW - retrofit Y1 - SP - 139 EP - 148 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Himmelstoss, Felix T1 - Concept to change the voltage transformation ratio of a DC/DC converter T2 - Cukurova 9th International Scientific Researches Conference, Oct. 9-11, 2022, Adana, Turkey, pp. 258-273 KW - DC/DC converter KW - AC-Switch KW - voltage transformation ratio KW - modeling KW - simulation Y1 - SP - 258 EP - 273 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Himmelstoss, Felix T1 - Three DC/DC Converters with continuous input and output current for LED applications T2 - International Conference on Engineering Sciences ICES, Baku, Azerbeijan, Nov. 11-12, 2022 KW - DC/DC converter KW - current control KW - efficiency KW - lighting Y1 - SP - 335 EP - 347 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Nemec, Iris A1 - Frohner, Matthias T1 - How can life science students, especially biomedical engineering students, benefit from the extra-curricular offerings and systems already established in other scientific fields? T2 - Abstracts of the 2022 Joint Annual Conference of the Austrian (ÖGBMT), German (VDE DGBMT) and Swiss (SSBE) Societies for Biomedical Engineering, including the 14th Vienna International Workshop on Functional Electrical Stimulation KW - extra-curricular offerings KW - education Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/bmt-2022-2001 SP - 348 ER -