Danube University Krems

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

Biotribological Testing and Analysis of Articular Cartilage Sliding against Metal for Implants

Christoph Stotter^1,2, Christoph Bauer¹, Bojana Simlinger³, Manel Rodriguez Ripoll³, Friedrich Franek³, Thomas Klestil^1,2, Stefan Nehrer¹

¹Faculty of Health and Medicine, Department for Health Sciences, Medicine and Research, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Danube University Krems, ²Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, LK Baden-Mödling-Hainburg, ³AC2T research GmbH

This protocol describes the preparation, biotribological testing, and analysis of osteochondral cylinders sliding against metal implant material. Outcome measures included in this protocol are metabolic activity, gene expression and histology.

Engineering

Evaluating Usability Aspects of a Mixed Reality Solution for Immersive Analytics in Industry 4.0 Scenarios

Burkhard Hoppenstedt¹, Thomas Probst², Manfred Reichert¹, Winfried Schlee³, Klaus Kammerer¹, Myra Spiliopoulou⁴, Johannes Schobel¹, Michael Winter¹, Anna Felnhofer⁵, Oswald D. Kothgassner⁶, Rüdiger Pryss⁷

¹Institute of Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University, ²Department for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, ³Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, ⁴Faculty of Computer Science, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, ⁵Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, ⁶Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, ⁷Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg

This protocol delineates the technical setting of a developed mixed reality application that is used for immersive analytics. Based on this, measures are presented, which were used in a study to gain insights into usability aspects of the developed technical solution.