@inproceedings{65267, author = {{Hollenhorst, Viola and Riese, Julia and Kenig, Eugeny Y.}}, location = {{Luzern, Schweiz}}, title = {{{Investigation of Surface Roughness Effects on Flow Patterns and Thermal Performance in Additively Manufactured Channels}}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{65085, author = {{Altun, Osman and Ott, Manuel and Meihöfener, Niclas and Budde, Finn and Mozgova, Iryna}}, issn = {{1877-0509}}, journal = {{Procedia Computer Science}}, pages = {{344--353}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{Leveraging Large Language Models in Engineering Design and Product Development: A Snapshot}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.procs.2026.02.040}}, volume = {{276}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inbook{65168, author = {{Keuchen, Marion and Lindemeyer, Sabine}}, booktitle = {{Seelsorge im Lebensraum Schule. Ökumenische Perspektiven}}, editor = {{Igrec, Marie-Theres and Lehner-Hartmann, Andrea and Paulovics, Clemens and Rothgangel, Martin and Wenk, Anne-Kathrin}}, isbn = {{978-3-451-02651-5}}, pages = {{151--171}}, publisher = {{Herder}}, title = {{{Keuchen, Marion/ Lindemeyer, Sabine: Demokratiebildung anhand eines (schul-)seelsorglichen Rituals im Rahmen der Lehramtsausbildung}}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{65311, abstract = {{Information Systems (IS) is rooted in systems theory. Systems theory offers powerful concepts to address challenges of growing system complexity and non-systemic design approaches in information systems. Despite its systemic origins, systems theory remains a peripheral topic in IS. The study addresses this gap by introducing a comprehensive framework of 52 systems-theoretical concepts to guide the design of complex IS artifacts. We synthesize scattered systems knowledge from diverse disciplines to provide a unified level of abstraction for complex information system design. We apply the framework to a use case of business reputation systems to show how the systems lens informs the design of a novel, complex information system. We make three key contributions to the literature. First, the framework provides a common ground for interdisciplinary research in information system design. Second, it offers a unified level of abstraction grounded in systems theory that serves as a coherent basis for artifact design. Third, it demonstrates the potential of systems theory as a foundational justificatory knowledge base. Furthermore, we provide guidance on applying the framework across multiple modes of reasoning, alongside further application guidelines. The study thus serves as a bridge between the body of systems knowledge and contextual design in IS.}}, author = {{Ibrahimli, Ulvi and Hemmrich, Simon and Winkelmann, Axel}}, journal = {{Communication of the Association for Information Systems}}, keywords = {{Information Systems Research, Systems Theory, System Complexity, System Design, Design Science}}, publisher = {{AIS}}, title = {{{Bridging Systems Theory and Information Systems: A Framework for Designing Complex Information Systems}}}, doi = {{https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol58/iss1/37/}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{65316, abstract = {{Metasurfaces are powerful tools for manipulating light using small structures on the nanoscale. In most metasurfaces, near-field couplings are treated as being unfavorable perturbations. Here, we experimentally investigate a structure consisting of sinusoidally modulated silicon waveguides where near-field coupling of local resonances leads to negative coupling, i.e., a negative coupling constant. This gives rise to wave-vector-dependent eigenstates of elliptical, linear, and circular polarizations. In particular, fully circular polarization states are not only present at a single point in momentum space (k-space) but also along a line. This circular polarization line, as well as a linear polarization line, emanates from a polarization degeneracy at the Dirac point. We experimentally validate the existence of these eigenstates and demonstrate the energy-, polarization-, and wave vector dependence of this metasurface as well as its sensitivity to fabrication tolerances. By tuning the incident k-vector, certain polarization-energy eigenstates are strongly reflected, allowing for uses in angle-tunable polarization filters and light sources.}}, author = {{Wetter, Helene and Wingenbach, Jan and Rehberg, Falk and Gao, Wenlong and Schumacher, Stefan and Zentgraf, Thomas}}, issn = {{2330-4022}}, journal = {{ACS Photonics}}, publisher = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}}, title = {{{Polarization- and Wave-Vector Selective Optical Metasurface with Near-Field Coupling}}}, doi = {{10.1021/acsphotonics.5c02865}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inbook{65310, abstract = {{Trust between client and consultant is perhaps the most important asset in con-sulting, as this is a highly intangible knowledge-intensive business that concerns is-sues of outstanding strategic and operational importance for the customers. Cli-ents who have not worked with a particular consultancy face considerable risk when they place an order while lacking reliable information about the service quality they can expect. There is a strong link between trust and reputation, as the positive reputation of a consultancy can act as a substitute for a new client’s missing individual experience with the provider, fostering trust in the service quali-ty. Thus, creating, maintaining, and demonstrating a good reputation is of signifi-cant importance for consultancies in a very competitive industry. To facilitate trustworthy signals, we design and implement a novel reputation mechanism that carries a monetary weight stored on a blockchain network as an immutable, decentralized, and transparent ledger. Based on an implementation in the Ethereum network and subsequent evaluation, we conclude that the reputation mechanism can contribute to leveling information asymmetry and reducing risk while increasing reputation and trust. The mechanism lends itself to being used in other business-to-business scenarios that suffer from similar information asymmetries.}}, author = {{Hemmrich, Simon and Nissen, Volker}}, booktitle = {{ Advanced Studies in Consulting Research and Digitalization – A Scientific Update on the Digital Transformation of the Consulting Industry. Springer.}}, editor = {{Nissen, Volker}}, keywords = {{Reputation Systems, Consulting, Design Science Invention, Incentive, Blockchain, Monetary ratings, building trust, reduce information asymmetry consulting, B2B reputation system, consulting risk reduction, supplier evaluation system}}, title = {{{A blockchain-based reputation system for consulting}}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inproceedings{65313, author = {{Ibrahimli, Ulvi and Hemmrich, Simon and Winkelmann, Axel}}, location = {{Münster}}, title = {{{Reputation as a Sociotechnical Design Problem: A Social Systems Theory Lens for Business Reputation Systems}}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inproceedings{65357, author = {{Kim, Minjun and Devaraj, Vasanthan and Seo, Hyeon-Seok and Eom, Seongjae and Lee, Jeong-Su and Lee, Donghan and Zentgraf, Thomas and Lee, Jong-Min and Jeon, Min Yong}}, booktitle = {{Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XXII}}, editor = {{Razeghi, Manijeh and Khodaparast, Giti A. and Vitiello, Miriam S.}}, publisher = {{SPIE}}, title = {{{Fabrication of uniform, high-field-enhanced plasmonic satellite clusters using multidewetting}}}, doi = {{10.1117/12.3095416}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inbook{65252, author = {{Becher, Andrea and Diederich, Julia and Gläser, Eva}}, booktitle = {{Perspektiv(en)wechsel. Sachunterricht neu denken}}, editor = {{Schmeinck, Daniela and Peschel, Markus and Goll, Thomas}}, pages = {{35--44}}, publisher = {{Verlag Julius Klinkhardt}}, title = {{{Lehrkräfteprofessionalisierung im Sachunterricht – Chancen und Herausforderungen durch Künstliche Intelligenz (KI)}}}, volume = {{36}}, year = {{2026}}, } @misc{65356, author = {{Droß-Krüpe, Kerstin and Ghetta, Marcello}}, booktitle = {{RAC}}, pages = {{968--980}}, publisher = {{Hiersemann}}, title = {{{Viehhaltung }}}, volume = {{33}}, year = {{2026}}, } @unpublished{65358, abstract = {{We determine the asymptotic growth of extensions of local function fields of characteristic p counted by discriminant, where the Galois group is a subgroup of the affine group AGL_1(p). More general, we solve the corresponding counting problems for all groups which arise in a tower of a cyclic extension of order p over a cyclic extension of degree d coprime to p. This in particular give answers for certain non-abelian groups including S_3, dihedral groups of order 2p, and many Frobenius groups.}}, author = {{Klüners, Jürgen and Müller, Raphael}}, booktitle = {{arXiv:2604.02152}}, title = {{{Counting Frobenius extensions over local function fields}}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{65360, author = {{Meier, Heiko and Sennefelder, Lisa}}, issn = {{1610-3181}}, journal = {{Sport und Gesellschaft}}, publisher = {{Walter de Gruyter GmbH}}, title = {{{Rezension zu: Wewer, G.: Nach der Kritik: Reformen im Weltsport? }}}, doi = {{10.1515/sug-2026-2008}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inproceedings{61444, abstract = {{Backchannels and fillers are important linguistic expressions in dialogue, but often treated as ‘noise’ to be bypassed in modern transformer-based language models. Our work studies the representation of them in language models using three fine-tuning strategies. The models are trained on three dialogue corpora in English and Japanese, where backchannels and fillers are preserved and annotated, to investigate how fine-tuning can help LMs learn their representations. We first apply clustering analysis to the learnt representation of backchannels and fillers, and have found increased silhouette scores in representations from fine-tuned models, which suggests that fine-tuning enables LMs to distinguish the nuanced semantic variation in different backchannel and filler use. We also use natural language generation (NLG) metrics and qualitative analysis to confirm that the utterances generated by fine-tuned language models resemble human-produced utterances more closely. Our findings suggest the potentials of transforming general LMs into conversational LMs that are more capable of producing human-like languages adequately.}}, author = {{Wang, Yu and Lao, Leyi and Huang, Langchu and Skantze, Gabriel and Xu, Yang and Buschmeier, Hendrik}}, location = {{San Diego, CA, USA}}, title = {{{Investigating the representation of backchannels and fillers in fine-tuned language models}}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inproceedings{65363, abstract = {{Recent theoretical advancement of information density in natural language has brought the following question on desk: To what degree does natural language exhibit periodicity pattern in its encoded information? We address this question by introducing a new method called AutoPeriod of Surprisal (APS). APS adopts a canonical periodicity detection algorithm and is able to identify any significant periods that exist in the surprisal sequence of a single document. By applying the algorithm to a set of corpora, we have obtained the following interesting results: Firstly, a considerable proportion of human language demonstrates a strong pattern of periodicity in information; Secondly, new periods that are outside the distributions of typical structural units in text (e.g., sentence boundaries, elementary discourse units, etc.) are found and further confirmed via harmonic regression modeling. We conclude that the periodicity of information in language is a joint outcome from both structured factors and other driving factors that take effect at longer distances. The advantages of our periodicity detection method and its potentials in LLM-generation detection are further discussed.}}, author = {{Ou, Yulin and Wang, Yu and Xu, Yang and Buschmeier, Hendrik}}, location = {{San Diego, CA, USA}}, title = {{{Identifying the periodicity of information in natural language}}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inbook{57745, author = {{Büttner, Denise and Füllekruss, David}}, booktitle = {{Demokratiebildung in Theorie und Praxis: Synergien zwischen Schulforschung und Deutschdidaktik}}, editor = {{Kocyba, Kristina and Kofer, Martina}}, title = {{{Deutsch als Garant für demokratische Teilhabe? Linguizismuskritische Anfragen an ein Verständnis von Demokratiebildung im Deutschunterricht}}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{65315, author = {{Greil, Stefan and Kaluza-Thiesen, Eleonore and Schulz, Kim Alina and Sureth-Sloane, Caren}}, journal = {{eJournal of Tax Research}}, title = {{{Navigating Transfer Pricing Complexity: Standardization, Cooperation, Transparency}}}, volume = {{forthcoming}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{65270, abstract = {{In perovskite solar cells (PSCs), electron transport layers (ETLs) play an important role in the selection and transport of electrons. Understanding the properties of these layers in relation to device performance is essential for optimizing solar cell efficiency and enabling their integration into emerging architectures, such as flexible solar cells. Here, we deposited TiO2 at different thicknesses using atomic layer deposition (ALD), a technique well-suited for producing uniform and pinhole-free films. The crystal structure of the layers was controlled by depositing the films at three different temperatures: 150 °C, 250 °C, and 350 °C. The layers were characterized in detail to determine the morphology (by atomic force microscopy), surface composition (by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and the crystal structure (by X-ray diffraction). The TiO2 layers were then incorporated as ETLs in planar perovskite solar cells to evaluate their influence on device performance. Higher deposition temperatures led to improvements in device fill factor and open-circuit voltage, leading to more efficient solar cells. Notably, the best device performance for the ALD-TiO2 layers was achieved with films deposited at 250 °C.}}, author = {{Qudsia, Syeda and Weiss, Alexander and Sirkiä, Saara and Wang, Fuzeng and Rosqvist, Emil and Los Arcos, Teresa De and Weinberger, Christian and Halme, Janne and Kemell, Marianna and Smått, Jan-Henrik}}, issn = {{0169-4332}}, journal = {{Applied Surface Science}}, keywords = {{Titanium dioxide, Atomic layer deposition, Electron transport layer, Perovskite solar cells}}, pages = {{166755}}, title = {{{Influence of deposition temperature and thickness of ALD-TiO2 on planar perovskite solar cell performance}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.166755}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{65373, abstract = {{To reduce CO₂ emissions, the automotive industry is adopting multi-material structures. Fusion-based joining reaches its limits for aluminium–steel due to brittle intermetallic phases and mismatched thermophysical properties; therefore, mechanical joining (e.g., SPR) is used. Though conventional SPR requires tool changes for different stack-ups. Versatile self-piercing riveting (V-SPR) addresses this with an extended punch actuator and a multi-range-capable rivet (Kappe in PERD16:363–378, 2022), enabling joints up to 600 MPa across varying thicknesses without retooling. With the use of ultra-high-strength steels up to 1000 MPa, optimisation is required. This study quantifies how rivet shank geometry affects joint formation using a design of experiments and validated 2D axisymmetric FE simulations. The optimum depends strongly on the material system. For CP1000–EN AW-6014, maximum interlock f is predicted for a medium shank thickness of about 0.73 mm, a small internal foot radius of 0.620 mm, and a deeper drill depth of 3.136 mm, yielding f fc =0.4503 mm with a desirability of 0.954. For EN AW-6014–EN AW-6014, the optimum shifts to a thinner shank of 0.670 mm, a larger internal foot radius of 0.820 mm and a shallow drill depth of 2.30 mm, giving ffc = 0.3023 mm with a desirability of 1.0. A compromise geometry of 0.713 mm shank thickness, 0.776 mm internal foot radius and 2.755 mm drill depth achieves ffc = 0.3641 mm for CP1000–aluminium and ffc = 0.1851 mm for aluminium–aluminium with an overall desirability D = 0.6378, expanding V-SPR to ultra-high-strength steel–aluminium joints while maintaining aluminium joinability.}}, author = {{Kaimann, Pia Katharina and Ritter, Nico and Bobbert, Mathias and Meschut, Gerson}}, issn = {{2731-6564}}, journal = {{Discover Mechanical Engineering}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Influence of the shank geometry on the joint formation of the versatile self-piercing riveting of ultra-high-strength steel-aluminium and aluminium-aluminium assemblies}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s44245-026-00221-y}}, volume = {{5}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{65375, abstract = {{Abstract Vitamin D has been associated with depression, potentially via anti-inflammatory mechanisms, yet data is scarce, particularly in adolescence. We investigated (1) whether lower vitamin D status is associated with greater depression severity and (2) whether this association is statistically moderated by inflammation in patients of a child and adolescent psychiatry department. At admission fasting morning venous blood was drawn. Serum vitamin D (25(OH)D) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were analyzed in all participants [n=465 (64.7%♀; 11.3-18.9 years)]. In a subsample [n=177], we additionally measured tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma and interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10. Depression severity was assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) [n=450], the Diagnostic System for Mental Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence via self-assessment (DISYPS Self) [n=441], and parent-assessment (DISYPS Proxy) [n=422]. Overall, 43.2% [n=201] were at risk for vitamin D deficiency (<30nmol/L), and 73.5%-83.2% –depending on assessment tool– showed at least mild depression. Linear regression revealed an inverse association between 25(OH)D and BDI-II in both crude and CRP-adjusted full-sample models. Logistic regressions showed a robust inverse association between 25(OH)D and DISYPS Proxy, but not for DISYPS Self. Although 25(OH)D was inversely correlated with some pro-inflammatory markers, neither their inclusion in regression models nor formal mediation analyses supported inflammation as a mediator of the vitamin D–depression association. Overall, our results suggest that vitamin D relates modestly to both depression and inflammation in adolescence. However, based on the measured parameters, we cannot confirm that anti-inflammatory effects are the link between vitamin D and depression.}}, author = {{Schlarbaum, Laura and Jankovic, Nicole and Bühlmeier, Judith and Engler, Harald and Hirtz, Raphael and Grasemann, Corinna and Peters, Triinu and Hinney, Anke and Antel, Jochen and Hebebrand, Johannes and Föcker, Manuel and Libuda, Lars}}, issn = {{0007-1145}}, journal = {{British Journal of Nutrition}}, pages = {{1--37}}, publisher = {{Cambridge University Press (CUP)}}, title = {{{Does inflammation explain the association between vitamin D and depression? Results of a cross-sectional study in children and adolescents}}}, doi = {{10.1017/s0007114526106928}}, year = {{2026}}, } @book{61869, abstract = {{There are few things left on earth that people have not attempted to measure. From temperature to time, from finances to football, numbers are a crucial mediator of how we perceive and understand the world we live in. Increasingly, however, it is humans themselves who are the subject of quantification. Our fitness and success, even our personality traits and attractiveness, are now the stuff of scales and scores. But what does it do to us to be on the receiving end of such measurement? One of the world’s most successful global metrics is the school grade. Long predating the digital age, educational marks can be traced back at least to sixteenth-century European schools and have since conquered the world, becoming the indicator of academic achievement. To understand what it means to be quantified, Noëlle Rohde undertook in-depth fieldwork in a German comprehensive school where students receive more than one hundred grades per year. By staying close to the pupils as they are continually examined and assessed, her ethnography illustrates how marks mould students’ self-images, how they enforce meritocratic thinking and serve as a potent disciplinary tool. Marked: School Grades and the Quantified Life not only offers a nuanced account of the effects of grades on students, but also tells a cautionary tale of the increasing quantification of human life. }}, author = {{Rohde, Noëlle}}, publisher = {{London School of Economics (LSE) Press}}, title = {{{Marked. School Grades and the Quantified Life}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.mar}}, year = {{2026}}, }