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Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
Education•Dornbirn, Austria•
About: Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences is a education organization based out in Dornbirn, Austria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Laser & Evolution strategy. The organization has 156 authors who have published 368 publications receiving 8557 citations. The organization is also known as: Fachhochschule Vorarlberg & FH Vorarlberg.
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TL;DR: The main focus will be on the different approaches to perform robust optimization in practice including the methods of mathematical programming, deterministic nonlinear optimization, and direct search methods such as stochastic approximation and evolutionary computation.
1,435 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide systematic research-based evidence on the usage of the BSC concept in German-speaking countries and develop three primary types of BSC usage reflecting the successive phases in the evolution of the balanced scorecard concept and of its implementation in practice.
Abstract: This paper provides systematic research-based evidence on the usage of the BSC concept in German-speaking countries. We develop three primary types of BSC usage reflecting the successive phases in the evolution of the BSC concept and of its implementation in practice. This typology ranges from the BSC's origin as a multidimensional framework for strategic performance measurement that combines financial and non-financial measures to its advanced usage as an integrated strategic management system that describes strategy by a cause-and-effect logic and that is linked to the reward system. We use this theoretical framework to analyze the spread, implementation and benefits of the different types of Balanced Scorecards. Moreover, the impact of size and industry on BSC usage is analyzed. Our sample consists of a clearly defined segment of the most important publicly traded firms in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and we achieved an overall response rate of 87%.
587 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide systematic research-based evidence on the usage of the balanced scorecard (BSC) concept in German-speaking countries and develop three primary types of BSC usage reflecting successive phases in the evolution of the BSC concept and of its implementation in practice.
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TL;DR: Within the limits of pilot study, VOC-31 and -43 were found to best discriminate between exhaled breath of primary lung cancer cases and healthy controls, making this method attractive for a larger clinical evaluation.
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TL;DR: Data appear to favor the hypothesis that short-term effects visible in breath isoprene levels are mainly caused by changes in pulmonary gas exchange patterns rather than fluctuations in endogenous synthesis, and hold great potential in capturing continuous dynamics of non-polar, low-soluble VOCs over a wide measurement range.
Abstract: A real-time recording setup combining exhaled breath volatile organic compound (VOC) measurements by proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) with hemodynamic and respiratory data is presented. Continuous automatic sampling of exhaled breath is implemented on the basis of measured respiratory flow: a flow-controlled shutter mechanism guarantees that only end-tidal exhalation segments are drawn into the mass spectrometer for analysis. Exhaled breath concentration profiles of two prototypic compounds, isoprene and acetone, during several exercise regimes were acquired, reaffirming and complementing earlier experimental findings regarding the dynamic response of these compounds reported by Senthilmohan et al (2000 Redox Rep. 5 151-3) and Karl et al (2001 J. Appl. Physiol. 91 762-70). While isoprene tends to react very sensitively to changes in pulmonary ventilation and perfusion due to its lipophilic behavior and low Henry constant, hydrophilic acetone shows a rather stable behavior. Characteristic (median) values for breath isoprene concentration and molar flow, i.e., the amount of isoprene exhaled per minute are 100 ppb and 29 nmol min(-1), respectively, with some intra-individual day-to-day variation. At the onset of exercise breath isoprene concentration increases drastically, usually by a factor of ∼3-4 within about 1 min. Due to a simultaneous increase in ventilation, the associated rise in molar flow is even more pronounced, leading to a ratio between peak molar flow and molar flow at rest of ∼11. Our setup holds great potential in capturing continuous dynamics of non-polar, low-soluble VOCs over a wide measurement range with simultaneous appraisal of decisive physiological factors affecting exhalation kinetics. In particular, data appear to favor the hypothesis that short-term effects visible in breath isoprene levels are mainly caused by changes in pulmonary gas exchange patterns rather than fluctuations in endogenous synthesis.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Hans-Georg Beyer | 36 | 149 | 10438 |
Karl Unterkofler | 29 | 74 | 2987 |
Julian King | 20 | 35 | 1791 |
Peter Brezany | 19 | 153 | 1240 |
Klaus Rheinberger | 16 | 32 | 886 |
Markus Preißinger | 15 | 33 | 879 |
Jörg Petrasch | 15 | 35 | 875 |
Thomas Breuer | 12 | 55 | 692 |
Stefan Partel | 12 | 33 | 340 |
P. Hudek | 12 | 31 | 379 |
Frantisek Uherek | 12 | 133 | 586 |
Matthias Domke | 10 | 29 | 321 |
Bettina Friedel | 10 | 32 | 714 |
Willy Christian Kriz | 10 | 18 | 622 |
Stephan Kasemann | 9 | 22 | 215 |