"Geovisual analysis of VGI for understanding people’s behaviour in relation to multi-faceted context" Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in the form of actively and passively generated spatial content offers extensive potential for a wide range of applications. Realising this potential however requires methods which take account of the specific properties of such data, for example its heterogeneity, quality, subjectivity, spatial resolution and temporal relevance. The creation and production of such content through social media platforms is an expression of human behaviour, and as such influenced strongly by events and external context. In this project we will develop geovisual analysis methods which show how actors interact in LBSM, and how their interactions influence, and are influenced by, their physical and social environment and relations.

This collection contains Supporting Information for the publication "From sunrise to sunset - Exploring landscape preference through global reactions to ephemeral events captured in georeferenced social media" (PLOS). Abstract: Events profoundly influence human-environment interactions. Through repetition, some events manifest and amplify collective behavioral traits, which significantly affects landscapes and their use, meaning, and value. However, the majority of research on reaction to events focuses on case studies, based on spatial subsets of data. This makes it difficult to put observations into context and to isolate sources of noise or bias found in data. As a result, inclusion of perceived aesthetic values, for example, in cultural ecosystem services, as a means to protect and develop landscapes, remains problematic. In this work, we focus on human behavior worldwide by exploring global reactions to sunset and sunrise using two datasets collected from Instagram and Flickr. By focusing on the consistency and reproducibility of results across these datasets, our goal is to contribute to the development of more robust methods for identifying landscape preference using geo-social media data, while also exploring motivations for photographing these particular events. Based on a four facet context model, reactions to sunset and sunrise are explored for Where, Who, What, and When. We further compare reactions across different groups, with the aim of quantifying differences in behavior and information spread. Our results suggest that a balanced assessment of landscape preference across different regions and datasets is possible, which strengthens representativity and exploring the How and Why in particular event contexts. The process of analysis is fully documented, allowing transparent replication and adoption to other events or datasets.

High-speed processes can lead to significant technological advantages like an increased formability, reduced springback or an improved quality of cutting edges. For conventional forming processes, quasi-static conditions are a good approximation and numerical process optimisation is state of the art. However, there is still a need for research in the field of material characterisation for high speed forming and cutting processes. Production technologies with high velocities leads to high strain rates and the dependency of strain hardening and failure behaviour on the forming velocity cannot be neglected. Therefore, the data of the material behaviour at high strain rates is required for modelling high velocity processes. The challenge here is the measurement of relevant process quantities due to short process time that requires a very high sampling rate and the limited size and accessibility of the specimen. In this context, an inverse method for determining material characteristics at high strain rates was developed. The approach here is the measurement of auxiliary test parameters, which are easier to measure and then used as input data for an inverse numerical simulation. Two devices were implemented for different ranges of strain rates: a pneumatically driven device for strain rates up to 1.000 1/s and an electromagnetically driven accelerator for strain rates up to 100.000 1/s. The developed method is presented in detail in [1]. [1] Psyk et al.: Determination of Material and Failure Characteristics for High-Speed Forming via High-Speed Testing and Inverse Numerical Simulation. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp4020031

A new method of surfactant administration, combining advantages of INSURE and LISA/MIST was developed at the TU Dresden. Retrospective patient data is analyzed to evaluate this approach.

Different research groups conduct clinical research in the field of feto/neonatal medicine at the Saxony Center for Feto/Neonatal Health (SCFNH). The research focusses on fetal and neonatal determinants of healthy development in humans.