University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern

Endogenous strategy spaces in sequential- and simultaneous-move duopoly games

Abstract Duopoly markets are widely discussed in industrial economics under the assumptions of quantity and price competition in sequential- and simultaneous-move duopoly games with differentiated goods. We compare Nash and Stackelberg equilibria in which the firms endogenously c...

Power-law scaling of mitotic spindles with genome sizes across eukaryotes is driven by chromosome crowding

Abstract Genome size varies more than 10,000-fold across eukaryotes, yet how the mitotic spindle adapts to this range remains unknown. Here we show that metaphase plate width scales with genome size following a power law with an exponent of ~1/3 across eukaryotes. Comparative ana...

Visualising Physcomitrium patens protoplasts with full‐rotation soft X‐ray tomography

Abstract Soft X‐ray tomography (SXT) is a label‐free, high‐resolution imaging modality that is optimal for 3D visualisation of whole hydrated cells. Although SXT has been extensively used to study remodelling in more than 130 mammalian cell lines, its application to plants remain...

Beyond carbon dioxide: decoupling headspace and buffering reveals a bicarbonate requirement for anaerobic gut fungi growth

Abstract Background Anaerobic gut fungi ( Neocallimastigomycota ) are major lignocellulose degraders in herbivore gastrointestinal tracts, but reproducible axenic cultivation remains difficult because conventional serum-bottle systems intrinsically couple CO 2 headspace, bicarbon...

CFD investigation of turbulent dissipation rates in peripheral pumps for micromixing

Peripheral pumps are promising micromixing devices due to their intricate internal flow structures and elevated turbulent dissipation rates. This study presents a detailed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of turbulent dissipation in a peripheral pump, employing transie...

Fatigue Inspection of Carbon Steel Due to Extrusions and Intrusions Using an Angle-Resolved Scattered Light Sensor

An angle-resolved scattered light sensor is a non-contact surface inspection technique that is robust and has a high resolution for roughness measurement at approximately 1 nm. Typically, during the early stage of cyclic loading in metals, persistent slip bands (PSBs) emerge on t...

Psychotherapy remission prediction models show limited cross-clinic generalizability in routine outpatient care

Abstract Clinical prediction models for psychotherapy outcomes have the potential to assist therapists in planning a patient’s individual treatment, but their clinical utility depends on maintaining predictive performance across settings. We assessed prediction of post-treatment...

Construction and Validation of the HEXACO-MFC in German and English Samples

The HEXACO-60 is a popular rating-scale questionnaire for the assessment of the HEXACO personality traits: honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness versus anger, conscientiousness, and openness to experience. Given the disadvantages of the rating scale format,...

Combining Formal Reasoning and LLMs for Scenario-Based Educational STEM Exercises

Abstract Large language models (LLMs) enable scalable generation of educational exercises for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) but often produce mathematically invalid or physically inconsistent problems, while manual authoring remains accurate but hard to...

Climate-responsive robotic brickwork for monolithic building envelopes

Abstract This research aims to reconcile geometric complexity and environmental performance in robotic bricklaying by proposing an integrated design-to-fabrication methodology for site-specific, monolithic building envelopes. As a sustainable alternative to contemporary multi-lay...

Data2Value: Explainable, Inline Image-Based Monitoring for Robust Batch Crystallization

Poster presented at ISIC 2026 (International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization), Budapest, Hungary. Crystallization is a key unit operation for the isolation and purification of active pharmaceutical ingredients, with more than 80 % of all APIs manufactured via crystallizat...

Data2Value: Explainable, Inline Image-Based Monitoring for Robust Batch Crystallization

Poster presented at ISIC 2026 (International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization), Budapest, Hungary. Crystallization is a key unit operation for the isolation and purification of active pharmaceutical ingredients, with more than 80 % of all APIs manufactured via crystallizat...

Anticipating the hospital of the future: stakeholder perspectives on 6G technology requirements in health care

PURPOSE: The ongoing 6G standardization process is largely driven by technical advancements, but with limited consideration of sector-specific needs, particularly in health care. The current scientific literature primarily focuses on technical aspects, offering minimal empirical...

Biofilm Source Shapes the Tolerance to Short‐Term Ciprofloxacin Exposure

ABSTRACT Periphytic biofilms are key mediators of freshwater ecosystem processes but are increasingly exposed to anthropogenic stressors. We compared biofilms sampled upstream and downstream of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, two source communities presumed to diffe...

Amortized inverse kinematics via graph attention for real-time human avatar animation

Inverse kinematics (IK) is a core operation in animation, robotics, and biomechanics: given Cartesian constraints, recover joint rotations under a known kinematic tree. In many real-time human avatar pipelines, the available signal per frame is a sparse set of tracked 3D joint po...

The Rieske type [2Fe-2 S] cluster of a cytosolic oxygenase from Aspergillus fumigatus

Abstract A cytosolic oxygenase enzyme from the mold creating Aspergillus fumigatus has been expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. Mössbauer spectroscopy at 77 K of a 57 Fe-enriched protein (abbreviated as Afox) yields two components with equal relative areas. Component 1 ha...

BAASNet: boundary-aware deep learning for accurate polyp segmentation in colonoscopy

Abstract Colorectal polyps are primarily detected through colonoscopy, which plays a central role in early cancer prevention. Precise polyp segmentation supports treatment planning and diagnostic accuracy by providing masks that encode clinically relevant structures. Recent advan...

The Effects of Structural Conditions on Sectoral Productivity in South, East and South East Asia

Abstract The debate over the IMF’s conditions for international lending has been ongoing since its inception, with growing concerns about its imposition on developing countries, particularly since the 1980s. In addition to assessing their normative influence, a critical focus is...