@phdthesis{Moebert2021, author = {Moebert, Tobias}, title = {Zum Einfluss von Adaptivit{\"a}t auf die Wahrnehmung von Komplexit{\"a}t in der Mensch-Technik-Interaktion}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-49992}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-499926}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {449}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Wir leben in einer Gesellschaft, die von einem stetigen Wunsch nach Innovation und Fortschritt gepr{\"a}gt ist. Folgen dieses Wunsches sind die immer weiter fortschreitende Digitalisierung und informatische Vernetzung aller Lebensbereiche, die so zu immer komplexeren sozio-technischen Systemen f{\"u}hren. Ziele dieser Systeme sind u. a. die Unterst{\"u}tzung von Menschen, die Verbesserung ihrer Lebenssituation oder Lebensqualit{\"a}t oder die Erweiterung menschlicher M{\"o}glichkeiten. Doch haben neue komplexe technische Systeme nicht nur positive soziale und gesellschaftliche Effekte. Oft gibt es unerw{\"u}nschte Nebeneffekte, die erst im Gebrauch sichtbar werden, und sowohl Konstrukteur*innen als auch Nutzer*innen komplexer vernetzter Technologien f{\"u}hlen sich oft orientierungslos. Die Folgen k{\"o}nnen von sinkender Akzeptanz bis hin zum kompletten Verlust des Vertrauens in vernetze Softwaresysteme reichen. Da komplexe Anwendungen, und damit auch immer komplexere Mensch-Technik-Interaktionen, immer mehr an Relevanz gewinnen, ist es umso wichtiger, wieder Orientierung zu finden. Dazu m{\"u}ssen wir zuerst diejenigen Elemente identifizieren, die in der Interaktion mit vernetzten sozio-technischen Systemen zu Komplexit{\"a}t beitragen und somit Orientierungsbedarf hervorrufen. Mit dieser Arbeit soll ein Beitrag geleistet werden, um ein strukturiertes Reflektieren {\"u}ber die Komplexit{\"a}t vernetzter sozio-technischer Systeme im gesamten Konstruktionsprozess zu erm{\"o}glichen. Dazu wird zuerst eine Definition von Komplexit{\"a}t und komplexen Systemen erarbeitet, die {\"u}ber das informatische Verst{\"a}ndnis von Komplexit{\"a}t (also der Kompliziertheit von Problemen, Algorithmen oder Daten) hinausgeht. Im Vordergrund soll vielmehr die sozio-technische Interaktion mit und in komplexen vernetzten Systemen stehen. Basierend auf dieser Definition wird dann ein Analysewerkzeug entwickelt, welches es erm{\"o}glicht, die Komplexit{\"a}t in der Interaktion mit sozio-technischen Systemen sichtbar und beschreibbar zu machen. Ein Bereich, in dem vernetzte sozio-technische Systeme zunehmenden Einzug finden, ist jener digitaler Bildungstechnologien. Besonders adaptiven Bildungstechnologien wurde in den letzten Jahrzehnten ein großes Potential zugeschrieben. Zwei adaptive Lehr- bzw. Trainingssysteme sollen deshalb exemplarisch mit dem in dieser Arbeit entwickelten Analysewerkzeug untersucht werden. Hierbei wird ein besonderes Augenmerkt auf den Einfluss von Adaptivit{\"a}t auf die Komplexit{\"a}t von Mensch-Technik-Interaktionssituationen gelegt. In empirischen Untersuchungen werden die Erfahrungen von Konstrukteur*innen und Nutzer*innen jener adaptiver Systeme untersucht, um so die entscheidenden Kriterien f{\"u}r Komplexit{\"a}t ermitteln zu k{\"o}nnen. Auf diese Weise k{\"o}nnen zum einen wiederkehrende Orientierungsfragen bei der Entwicklung adaptiver Bildungstechnologien aufgedeckt werden. Zum anderen werden als komplex wahrgenommene Interaktionssituationen identifiziert. An diesen Situationen kann gezeigt werden, wo aufgrund der Komplexit{\"a}t des Systems die etablierten Alltagsroutinen von Nutzenden nicht mehr ausreichen, um die Folgen der Interaktion mit dem System vollst{\"a}ndig erfassen zu k{\"o}nnen. Dieses Wissen kann sowohl Konstrukteur*innen als auch Nutzer*innen helfen, in Zukunft besser mit der inh{\"a}renten Komplexit{\"a}t moderner Bildungstechnologien umzugehen.}, language = {de} } @article{MeijeringKernTobi2014, author = {Meijering, Jurian V. and Kern, Kristine and Tobi, Hilde}, title = {Identifying the methodological characteristics of European green city rankings}, series = {Ecological indicators : integrating monitoring, assessment and management}, volume = {43}, journal = {Ecological indicators : integrating monitoring, assessment and management}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1470-160X}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.026}, pages = {132 -- 142}, year = {2014}, abstract = {City rankings that aim to measure the environmental sustainability of European cities may contribute to the evaluation and development of environmental policy of European cities. The objective of this study is to identify and evaluate the methodological characteristics of these city rankings. First, a methodology was developed to systematically identify methodological characteristics of city rankings within different steps of the ranking development process. Second, six city rankings (European Energy Award, European Green Capital Award, European Green City Index, European Soot-free City Ranking, RES Champions League, Urban Ecosystem Europe) were examined. Official websites and any methodological documents found on those websites were content analyzed using the developed methodology. Interviews with representatives of the city rankings were conducted to acquire any additional information. Results showed that the city rankings varied greatly with respect to their methodological characteristics and that all city rankings had methodological weaknesses. Developers of city rankings are advised to use the methodology developed in this study to find methodological weaknesses and improve their ranking. In addition, developers ought to be more transparent about the methodological characteristics of their city rankings. End-users of city rankings are advised to use the developed methodology to identify and evaluate the methodological characteristics of city rankings before deciding to act on ranking results. (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @misc{CrisologoHeistermann2020, author = {Crisologo, Irene and Heistermann, Maik}, title = {Using ground radar overlaps to verify the retrieval of calibration bias estimates from spaceborne platforms}, series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {863}, issn = {1866-8372}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-45963}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-459630}, pages = {17}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Many institutions struggle to tap into the potential of their large archives of radar reflectivity: these data are often affected by miscalibration, yet the bias is typically unknown and temporally volatile. Still, relative calibration techniques can be used to correct the measurements a posteriori. For that purpose, the usage of spaceborne reflectivity observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) platforms has become increasingly popular: the calibration bias of a ground radar (GR) is estimated from its average reflectivity difference to the spaceborne radar (SR). Recently, Crisologo et al. (2018) introduced a formal procedure to enhance the reliability of such estimates: each match between SR and GR observations is assigned a quality index, and the calibration bias is inferred as a quality-weighted average of the differences between SR and GR. The relevance of quality was exemplified for the Subic S-band radar in the Philippines, which is greatly affected by partial beam blockage. The present study extends the concept of quality-weighted averaging by accounting for path-integrated attenuation (PIA) in addition to beam blockage. This extension becomes vital for radars that operate at the C or X band. Correspondingly, the study setup includes a C-band radar that substantially overlaps with the S-band radar. Based on the extended quality-weighting approach, we retrieve, for each of the two ground radars, a time series of calibration bias estimates from suitable SR overpasses. As a result of applying these estimates to correct the ground radar observations, the consistency between the ground radars in the region of overlap increased substantially. Furthermore, we investigated if the bias estimates can be interpolated in time, so that ground radar observations can be corrected even in the absence of prompt SR overpasses. We found that a moving average approach was most suitable for that purpose, although limited by the absence of explicit records of radar maintenance operations.}, language = {en} } @article{CrisologoHeistermann2020, author = {Crisologo, Irene and Heistermann, Maik}, title = {Using ground radar overlaps to verify the retrieval of calibration bias estimates from spaceborne platforms}, series = {Atmospheric Measurement Techniques}, volume = {13}, journal = {Atmospheric Measurement Techniques}, number = {2}, publisher = {Copernicus Publications}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {1867-1381}, doi = {10.5194/amt-13-645-2020}, pages = {645 -- 659}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Many institutions struggle to tap into the potential of their large archives of radar reflectivity: these data are often affected by miscalibration, yet the bias is typically unknown and temporally volatile. Still, relative calibration techniques can be used to correct the measurements a posteriori. For that purpose, the usage of spaceborne reflectivity observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) platforms has become increasingly popular: the calibration bias of a ground radar (GR) is estimated from its average reflectivity difference to the spaceborne radar (SR). Recently, Crisologo et al. (2018) introduced a formal procedure to enhance the reliability of such estimates: each match between SR and GR observations is assigned a quality index, and the calibration bias is inferred as a quality-weighted average of the differences between SR and GR. The relevance of quality was exemplified for the Subic S-band radar in the Philippines, which is greatly affected by partial beam blockage. The present study extends the concept of quality-weighted averaging by accounting for path-integrated attenuation (PIA) in addition to beam blockage. This extension becomes vital for radars that operate at the C or X band. Correspondingly, the study setup includes a C-band radar that substantially overlaps with the S-band radar. Based on the extended quality-weighting approach, we retrieve, for each of the two ground radars, a time series of calibration bias estimates from suitable SR overpasses. As a result of applying these estimates to correct the ground radar observations, the consistency between the ground radars in the region of overlap increased substantially. Furthermore, we investigated if the bias estimates can be interpolated in time, so that ground radar observations can be corrected even in the absence of prompt SR overpasses. We found that a moving average approach was most suitable for that purpose, although limited by the absence of explicit records of radar maintenance operations.}, language = {en} } @article{BrandHeckZiegler2014, author = {Brand, Ralf and Heck, Philipp and Ziegler, Matthias}, title = {Illegal performance enhancing drugs and doping in sport: a picture-based}, series = {Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy}, volume = {9}, journal = {Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy}, publisher = {BioMed Central}, address = {London}, issn = {1747-597X}, doi = {10.1186/1747-597X-9-7}, pages = {11}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Method: Following a known-group differences validation strategy, the doping attitudes of 43 athletes from bodybuilding (representative for a highly doping prone sport) and handball (as a contrast group) were compared using the picture-based doping-BIAT. The Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale (PEAS) was employed as a corresponding direct measure in order to additionally validate the results. Results: As expected, in the group of bodybuilders, indirectly measured doping attitudes as tested with the picture-based doping-BIAT were significantly less negative (eta(2) = .11). The doping-BIAT and PEAS scores correlated significantly at r = .50 for bodybuilders, and not significantly at r = .36 for handball players. There was a low error rate (7\%) and a satisfactory internal consistency (r(dagger dagger) = .66) for the picture-based doping-BIAT. Conclusions: The picture-based doping-BIAT constitutes a psychometrically tested method, ready to be adopted by the international research community. The test can be administered via the internet. All test material is available "open source". The test might be implemented, for example, as a new effect-measure in the evaluation of prevention programs.}, language = {en} }