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Workshop der Mitarbeiter der EDV-Abteilungen der wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken in Thüringen am 10. Mai 2006, Weima

Kataloganreicherung und Zeitschriftenerschließung mit MyBib eDoc® und C-3 am Ibero-Amerikanischen Institut, Preußischer Kulturbesitz : neue Verfahren zur Optimierung der bibliografischen Nachweissituation in einer großen Spezialbibliothek

Die Bibliothek des Ibero-Amerikanischen Instituts der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin (IAI) ist mit uber 830.000 Monografien, 33.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen, von denen ca. 5.000 als laufende Abos gefuhrt werden, und zahlreichen weiteren groBen Sondersammlungen (Landkarten,Tontrager, Videos, DVDs, Nachlasse etc.) die größte Spezialbibliothek zu Lateinamerika, Spanien, Portugal und der Karibik in Europa und nach der Library of Congress in Washington und der Nettie-Lee-Benson-Collection der University of Texas in Austin die drittgrößte Spezialbibliothek dieser Art in der Welt. Über Kauf, Tausch und Schenkung erweitert sich der Bestand jedes Jahr um ca. 30.000 Monografien. Um die Nachweissituation von Sammelband- und Zeitschriftenaufsätzen und gleichzeitig das bibliografische Informationsangebot im Sinne einer Spezialbibliothek zu verbessern, führt das IAI seit 2008 ein Projekt unter Einsatz von MyBib eDoc® und C-3-Periodakaserver durch

Nordisk-nordtysk kontakt i backspegeln: på väg mot en variationssensitiv modell av grammatisk arealitet

Dialectological research has traditionally focused on individual languages. Cross-linguistic areal linguistics, on the other hand, has rarely taken into account intra-language variation. The PROJEKT project combines a dialectological, areal typological and contact linguistic perspective. It aims to identify and map grammatical features shared by both Nordic and North German varieties (both standard languages and non-standard language varieties such as dialects and regiolects) and to identify recurring areal patterns reflecting characteristic historical language contact scenarios. The project is based on a concept of areality that includes not only the geographical, but also the social and situational dimensions. Its empirical basis consists of existing grammatical dialect descriptions and other documentary resources. The article presents the theoretical and technical background of the project and discusses an example of the type of analysis it enables.Dialektologisk forskning har traditionellt fokuserat på individuella språk. Tvärspråklig areallingvistik har å andra sidan sällan tagit hänsyn till inomspråklig variation. Projektet GrammArNord (Grammatisk arealitet i Norden och norra Tyskland) kombinerar ett dialektologiskt med ett arealtypologiskt och ett kontaktlingvistiskt perspektiv. Det syftar till att identifiera och kartlägga grammatiska drag som är gemensamma för både nordiska och nordtyska varieteter (både standardspråken och icke-standardspråkliga varieteter såsom dialekter och regiolekter) samt att identifiera typiska areala mönster som återspeglar karaktäristiska historiska språkkontaktscenarion. Projektet bygger på ett arealitetsbegrepp som innefattar inte bara den geografiska utan även den sociala och den situationella dimensionen. Dess empiriska bas utgörs av befintliga grammatiska dialektbeskrivningar och andra dokumentariska resurser. Artikeln presenterar projektets teoretiska och tekniska bakgrund samt diskuterar ett exempel på vilken typ av analys det möjliggör

Robot-assisted gait self-training: assessing the level achieved

This paper presents the technological status of robot-assisted gait self-training under real clinical environment conditions. A successful rehabilitation after surgery in hip endoprosthetics comprises self-training of the lessons taught by physiotherapists. While doing this, immediate feedback to the patient about deviations from the expected physiological gait pattern during training is important. Hence, the Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) developed for this type of training employs task-specific, user-centered navigation and autonomous, real-time gait feature classification techniques to enrich the self-training through companionship and timely corrective feedback. The evaluation of the system took place during user tests in a hospital from the point of view of technical benchmarking, considering the therapists’ and patients’ point of view with regard to training motivation and from the point of view of initial findings on medical efficacy as a prerequisite from an economic perspective. In this paper, the following research questions were primarily considered: Does the level of technology achieved enable autonomous use in everyday clinical practice? Has the gait pattern of patients who used additional robot-assisted gait self-training for several days been changed or improved compared to patients without this training? How does the use of a SAR-based self-training robot affect the motivation of the patients

Mobile robot-based gait training after total hip arthroplasty (THA) improves walking in biomechanical gait analysis

There are multiple attempts to decrease costs in the healthcare system while maintaining a high treatment quality. Digital therapies receive increasing attention in clinical practice, mainly relating to home-based exercises supported by mobile devices, eventually in combination with wearable sensors. The aim of this study was to determine if patients following total hip arthroplasty (THA) could benefit from gait training on crutches conducted by a mobile robot in a clinical setting. Method: This clinical trial was conducted with 30 patients following total hip arthroplasty. Fifteen patients received the conventional physiotherapy program in the clinic (including 5 min of gait training supported by a physiotherapist). The intervention group of 15 patients passed the same standard physiotherapy program, but the 5-min gait training supported by a physiotherapist was replaced by 2 × 5 min of gait training conducted by the robot. Length of stay of the patients was set to five days. Biomechanical gait parameters of the patients were assessed pre-surgery and upon patient discharge. Results: While before surgery no significant difference in gait parameters was existent, patients from the intervention group showed a significant higher absolute walking speed (0.83 vs. 0.65 m/s, p = 0.029), higher relative walking speed (0.2 vs. 0.16 m/s, p = 0.043) or shorter relative cycle time (3.35 vs. 3.68 s, p = 0.041) than the patients from the control group. Conclusion: The significant higher walking speed of patients indicates that such robot-based gait training on crutches may shorten length of stay (LOS) in acute clinics. However, the number of patients involved was rather small, thus calling for further studies

Prediction of Emerging Technologies Based on Analysis of the U.S. Patent Citation Network

The network of patents connected by citations is an evolving graph, which provides a representation of the innovation process. A patent citing another implies that the cited patent reflects a piece of previously existing knowledge that the citing patent builds upon. A methodology presented here (i) identifies actual clusters of patents: i.e. technological branches, and (ii) gives predictions about the temporal changes of the structure of the clusters. A predictor, called the {citation vector}, is defined for characterizing technological development to show how a patent cited by other patents belongs to various industrial fields. The clustering technique adopted is able to detect the new emerging recombinations, and predicts emerging new technology clusters. The predictive ability of our new method is illustrated on the example of USPTO subcategory 11, Agriculture, Food, Textiles. A cluster of patents is determined based on citation data up to 1991, which shows significant overlap of the class 442 formed at the beginning of 1997. These new tools of predictive analytics could support policy decision making processes in science and technology, and help formulate recommendations for action

Richard Löwenherz im Museum : Menschen und Objekte in Bewegung

Irgendwo in unserem sogenannten Allgemeinwissen über das Mittelalter ist auch die Vorstellung verankert, dass das Leben früher ruhiger, gemütlicher und nicht so hektisch war wie heute. Früher, als die Welt noch ‚normal’ war, hatten die meisten Menschen einen festen Lebensmittelpunkt, waren fest verwurzelt in einer Gemeinschaft und verließen ihre Heimat nur dann, wenn es sich gar nicht vermeiden lies. Nur wenige – nämlich die besonders Überprivilegierten und die besonders Unterprivilegierten -, also die, die es sich leisten konnten oder die, die dazu gezwungen wurden, waren unterwegs. Alle anderen blieben ein Leben lang zuhause, an dem Ort, an dem sie ihren festen Lebensmittelpunkt hatten. Soweit unser intuitives Vorwissen darüber, wie es früher, also auch schon im Mittelalter, gewesen sein muss. Dieses mehr ‚gefühlte’ als wissenschaftlich erwiesene Vorwissen haben wir im Rahmen eines Hauptseminars zur Geschichte des Mittelalters im Herbst 2017 gründlich hinterfragt. Ausgangspunkt war die Ausstellung „Richard Löwenherz“, die im September am Historischen Museum der Pfalz in Speyer eröffnet wurde. Ein Seminar zum Thema führte uns auf die Spuren der im Museum gezeigten Objekte, von dort auf die Spuren der Menschen im Umfeld des berühmten Königs von England

A study of patent thickets

Report analysing whether entry of UK enterprises into patenting in a technology area is affected by patent thickets in the technology area