Technical University of Munich

Incidence and Predictors of Complications After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation According to VARC‐3 Criteria: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

BACKGROUND: Despite continuous advancements in devices and techniques, transcatheter aortic valve implantation remains associated with complications impacting outcomes. In 2021, the Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) introduced the VARC-3 criteria to better classify proced...

Benchmarking Paper Recommendation Systems: What Does It Mean to Prove That They Work?

This seminar paper was prepared for “Bachelor/Master Seminar – Current/Hot Topics in Applied AI, Business Process Management, and Blockchain” at the Technical University of Munich during Summer Semester 2026. It reviews how paper recommendation, citation recommendation, and liter...

Extending 3DCityDB with Oracle AI Database Support and LLM-Based Natural Language Interfaces

The open-source 3D City Database (3DCityDB) is a widely used solution for storing and managing semantic 3D city models based on the CityGML standard. Its latest version 5 introduces a redesigned and highly generic schema along with a JSON-based schema mapping mechanism, which was...

Introducing FRAM as a tool for surgical process modeling: a case study for understanding surgical scheduling complexity

INTRODUCTION: Surgical processes are inherently variable leading to unexpected delays and cancellations. Due to inefficient and outdated processes, there is a need to understand and improve potential bottlenecks. However, traditional surgical process models (SPMs) focus on intrao...

A physics-guided neural framework for rheology measurement from dynamical laser speckles

Unlocking new frontiers in biomedicine and materials science requires rapid, non-destructive viscoelastic characterization of soft matter in its native state. Laser Speckle Rheology (LSR) has emerged as a transformative optical solution, fundamentally circumventing the invasive a...

The Mader model of muscle energy metabolism simulates key metabolic exercise phenomena

Energy metabolism matches adenosine triphosphate (ATP) resynthesis to hydrolysis even during abrupt transitions such as exercise onset. In 1984, Alois Mader proposed a mechanistic model that captures this regulation through 33 coupled differential equations linking oxidative phos...

Crystallization in the Winterbottom Shape and Sharp Fluctuation Laws

Abstract We address finite crystallization in two dimensions in the presence of a flat crystalline substrate. Particles interact through short-range two- and three-body potentials favoring local square-lattice arrangements. An additional interaction term of relative strength $$\b...

Food resources are more important than nesting resources for explaining wild bee diversity in urban gardens

Abstract Wild bees are declining worldwide, with urbanisation as one major driver. Urban environments can filter for wild bees with specific functional traits and resource requirements. Nevertheless, cities can support many wild bee species, especially in urban gardens. Yet, we d...

An improved three-dimensional thermal multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann model for liquid-vapor phase change

In this paper, an improved three-dimensional (3D) thermal multiple-relaxation-time (MRT) lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is proposed for the temperature field and coupled with a 3D central-moment pseudopotential LB model for the flow field to simulate liquid-vapor phase change, with...

Extending robustness concepts and model formulations for the timetable-constrained railway station routing problem using absorption graphs

Abstract Ensuring the feasibility and robustness of train operations in stations and network nodes is receiving more and more attention given the trend towards a stronger integration of timetabling and network planning in railway systems. Existing approaches for robust station ro...

BATSY4-PRO: an open-source multichannel ultrasound recorder for field bioacoustics

Abstract A variety of behavioural studies of echolocation and acoustic communication in free-flying bats depend on multichannel ultrasonic recordings. However, access to these methods remains geographically uneven: tropical and subtropical regions harbour much of the world’s bat...

Exploring Teleoperator Perception through Kinesthetic Feedback

Exploring Teleoperator Perception through Kinesthetic Feedback Background: Kinesthetic feedback is essential for effective teleoperation, enabling users to perceive and manipulate remote or virtual environments with precision. Haptic codecs exploit human perception thresholds to...

Standards for practical management of drug hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous drugs and proactive early allergy involvement before referral: A WAO Statement

Hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous therapies—including antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, biologics, anesthesia agents, and contrast media—pose significant challenges in acute care settings. These reactions often occur outside the purview of allergy specialists, leading to de...

Exploring Teleoperator Perception through Kinesthetic Feedback

Exploring Teleoperator Perception through Kinesthetic Feedback Background: Kinesthetic feedback is essential for effective teleoperation, enabling users to perceive and manipulate remote or virtual environments with precision. Haptic codecs exploit human perception thresholds to...

Uncertainties of GRACE/GRACE-FO Satellite Gravimetry Data and Thereof Derived Products

Abstract Inter-satellite ranging by space gravimetry missions, such as from the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission and its successor mission GRACE Follow-On, has been established to observe mass variations in the Earth system from space globally. A complex pr...

A global mitochondrial genomic atlas illuminates freshwater microeukaryote diversity

Abstract Environmental genomics has transformed our view of the microbial world, yet progress remains largely prokaryote-centric. Among microbial eukaryotes, inconsistent marker choice and limited species-level resolution blunt diversity estimates and hinder cross-study synthesis...

Lysed erythrocyte membranes metabolically prime endothelial cells for angiogenesis

Endothelial dysfunction is a hallmark of pathological angiogenesis and associated with erythrocyte extravasation and lysis. Whether mediators released from lysed erythrocytes instruct endothelial cells (ECs) for new vessel formation is unknown. Here, we show that the membrane fra...

A Spatiotemporal Multi-Hazard Framework for Strategic Arctic Route-Feasibility Screening Using Grid-Based Environmental Modelling

Strategic Arctic route-feasibility screening requires environmental constraints, missing data, and route exposure to be distinguished rather than treated as a single availability condition. This study develops a grid-based multi-hazard framework that separates geographic feasibil...

On-site strategy for estimating range variances of terrestrial laser scanners based on (un-)scaled intensity values

Abstract Recent advancements in technology have established terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) as a powerful instrument in geodetic deformation analysis. As TLS becomes increasingly integrated into this field, it is essential to develop a comprehensive stochastic model that accurat...

Diagnosing autoimmune encephalitis in psychiatry: clinical recommendations and unresolved challenges from the GENERATE network

Psychiatric syndromes can be caused by underlying autoimmune encephalitis (AE). This represents a diagnostic challenge at the interface of psychiatry and neurology. While AE mostly manifests with a combined, complex neuropsychiatric syndrome, some patients with AE may (initially)...