Technical issues and item development for Collaborative Problem Solving in PISA 2015

Presentation (2012, May 04)

Technical Report LA19.E Rev. B. Headed studs in profiled steel sheeting transverse to the beam. Investigations on design resistance of headed stud shear connectors on the basis of the Final Draft of SC4.PT3 (April 2018)

Report (2021)

The unsafety of current design rules for novel types of open-trough deck geometries for the resistance of headed studs in profiled steel sheeting is well known [1] and it was the main reason behind the ... [more ▼]

The unsafety of current design rules for novel types of open-trough deck geometries for the resistance of headed studs in profiled steel sheeting is well known [1] and it was the main reason behind the nomination of CEN/TC250/SC4- Task SC4.T3: “Revised rules for shear connection in the presence of modern forms of profiled sheeting”. During the RFCS research project “DISCCO” (RFCS-CT-2012-00030) [1], a mechanical model was developed on the basis of a large literature study and previous studies [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] while the corresponding design equations were presented by CEN/TC250/SC4.PT3 and further enhanced during the Research Project “ShearCON” of University of Luxembourg. In order to let the current rules of EN 1994-1-1 6.6 (Eq.(2) and (3)) as unchanged as possible, the limits of its suitable field of applicability (Database B1) was investigated thoroughly by means of the statistical procedure of EN 1990 D.8 [7]. The newly proposed equations (Eq. (7) and (8)) apply only to the cases outside these limits (Database B2). In this way, the proposed solution is able to restore the level of safety to its initial value, so that the partial safety factor for the shear connection ϒV=1.25 is adequate. Conversely, the current situation (without including the new design equations) would need a much higher partial safety factor as shown below. [less ▲]

Technical solution for data collection, data safety and data privacy legislation: experiences from the SWEET study.

in Pediatric diabetes (2012), 13(16), 39-48

BACKGROUND: One of the most important tasks of the SWEET study is benchmarking the data collected. Information on the occurrence of the disease of diabetes, the treatment, and their outcomes in children ... [more ▼]

BACKGROUND: One of the most important tasks of the SWEET study is benchmarking the data collected. Information on the occurrence of the disease of diabetes, the treatment, and their outcomes in children from the different member states of European Union (EU) is crucial. How the collection of data is realized is essential, concerning both the technical issues and the results. The creation of SWEET Centers of Reference (CoR), all over Europe will be facilitated by the access to safe data collection, where legal aspects and privacy are ascertained. OBJECTIVE: To describe the rationale for- and the technical procedure in the data collection implementation, in the SWEET study. SUBJECTS: Selected data on all patients treated at SWEET CoR are collected. METHODS: The SWEET project data collection and management system, consists of modular components for data collection, online data interchange, and a database for statistical analysis. CONCLUSION: The SWEET study and the organization of CoR aims for the goal of offering an updated, secure, and continuous evaluation of diabetes treatment regimens for all children with diabetes in Europe. To support this goal, an appropriate and secure data management system as described in this paper has been created. [less ▲]

(Technical) Standards - a tool of modern governance: The blurring borders between public and private law

Presentation (2018, May)

Technik im Saarbergbau - Historische Entwicklung und regionale Wirkung

Book published by Akademie-Verlag (1990)

Technikwissenschaft als soziale Praxis : Über Macht und Autonomie der Aachener Eisenhüttenkunde 1870–1914

Book published by Franz steiner Verlag (2009)

Techniques avancées de data mining pour l’optimisation énergétique

Poster (2009)

Technische Schutzmaßnahmen an der Schnittstelle der Interessen von Rechteinhabern und Nutzerinteressen

in Taeger, Jürgen (Ed.) Big Data & Co - Neue Herausforderungen für das Informationsrecht Tagungsband Herbstakademie 2014 (2014)

Technische Schutzmaßnahmen an der Schnittstelle der Interessen von Rechteinhabern und Nutzerinteressen – u.a. die Rechtsprechung des EuGH in Nintendo v PC Box (EuGH Rs. C-355/12) Eine grundlegende ... [more ▼]

Technische Schutzmaßnahmen an der Schnittstelle der Interessen von Rechteinhabern und Nutzerinteressen – u.a. die Rechtsprechung des EuGH in Nintendo v PC Box (EuGH Rs. C-355/12) Eine grundlegende Funktion von Ureberrechten ist es, einen Ausgleich zwischen den Rechten von Autoren und anderen Rechteinhabern auf der einen Seite und Nutzern von geschützten Werken auf der anderen Seite herzustellen. Technische Schutzmaßnah-men sind ein Mittel für Rechteinhaber die Nutzung ihrer Werke einzuschränken und da-mit widerrechtliche Nutzungen zu unterbinden. Schutzmaßnahmen können jedoch auch gesetzlich erlaubte Handlungen einschränken. Das Unionsrecht nimmt mit Artikel 6 der Urheberrechtsrichtlinie (RL 2001/29/EC) die Mitgliedssaaten in die Pflicht, Rechteinhabern Rechtschutz für die Umgehung techni-scher Schutzmaßnahmen zur Verfügung zu stellen. Gleichzeitig stellt die Richtlinie klar, dass Nutzer urheberrechtlich geschützter Werke von gewissen urheberrechtlichen Schranken profitieren sollen, welche wiederrum nicht durch technische Schutzmaßnah-men praktisch eingegrenzt werden dürfen. Wie sich diese Rechtebeziehung konkret in Anwendungsfällen des Artikel 6 der Urheberrechtsrichtlinie darstellt, ist Gegenstand die-ses Papers. Während andere Aspekte der Urheberrechtsrichtlinie, zwar nicht erschöpfend, aber zu-mindest jedoch ausführlich diskutiert worden sind, ist Artikel 6 bisher wenig Aufmerk-samkeit beschieden worden. Mit Nintendo v PC Box hat der EuGH erstmals eine Frage zur Vorabentscheidung vorgelegt bekommen, die sich hauptsächlich mit technischen Schutzmaßnahmen beschäftigt. Allerdings wurden schon vorher solche Maßnahmen vom Gericht tangential diskutiert. Das jüngste Urteil lässt zumindest erahnen, wie sich Artikel 6 in das Gefüge des europäischen Urheberechte einfügen wird, und vor allem, inwieweit ein Interessenausgleich durch technischen Schutzmaßnahmen wirksam Ge-stalt annehmen könnte. Das Paper betrachtet konkret zwei Anwendungsfälle von technischen Schutzmaßnah-men, die – direkt oder indirekt – Gegenstand von Vorlagefragen vor dem Gerichtshof waren. [less ▲]

The Techno-politics of Colour: Britain and the European Struggle for a Colour Television Standard

in Journal of British Cinema and Television (2010)

Technocratic urban development: Large digital corporations as power brokers of the digital age

in Planning Theory and Practice (2022)

Large digital corporations such as Amazon.com or Alphabet Inc. are forging their position in cities by promoting themselves as the sole providers of so-called essential urban infrastructures. In this ... [more ▼]

Large digital corporations such as Amazon.com or Alphabet Inc. are forging their position in cities by promoting themselves as the sole providers of so-called essential urban infrastructures. In this paper, we reflect on how the behaviours of these current-day ‘tech giants’ are similar to those of the mid-20th century, a time period also known for dramatic infrastructural change in North American and Europe. Specifically, we are reminded of Robert Moses and how he pushed for infrastructural change in New York City and State, which were also supposedly the height of state-of-the-art urban planning at the time. He pushed his agenda, however, by brokering power and strong-arming the urban and regional development field. We reflect on Alphabet Inc.’s project in Toronto and Amazon’s search for a second headquarters in New York City and how these LDCs were similarly armed with executive and financial power and an ability to bully the field of urban development in their own interest. Behaving as digital-age power brokers, they engaged managerial-technocratic modes of urban governance to instigate projects that ultimately failed. We argue that Alphabet’s and Amazon’s strategies not only resemble those of Moses, but that all three deploy tactics that debase planning practice itself. [less ▲]