Austria. Report on the drug situation 2006.

Commissioned each year by the EMCCDA and produced by the national focal points of the Reitox network, the National reports draw an overall picture of the drug phenomenon at national level in each EU Member State. These data are key information to the EMCCDA and are an important resource, among others, for the compilation of its Annual repor

Preventing child pedestrian injuries and deaths arising from vehicle-child accidents in domestic driveways: An action research project

This research was a three-fold investigation into the viability of previous recommendations for vehicle-related child driveway accident safety . Firstly, the groups most at risk of these types of accidents were determined in order that they could be specifically considered when reviewing the practicalities of previous recommendations . Secondly, the feasibility of previous recommendations was systematically examined through both an extensive literature review and key and expert informant interviews . Based on these, the likelihood of implementation of previous safety recommendations for the identified high risk groups was ascertained, providing a basis on which to abandon some previous recommendations, remove obstacles to others which would enhance practicability and generate further recommendations that would be tenable for the at-risk groups in particular. The key findings of this research were, foremost, that there is a noticeable lack of specific reference to vehicle-related child driveway accidents in any legislation or safety guidelines, as well as a shortage of official data that deal expressly with this type of accident. Further, it was found that the major obstacles to the implementation of previous recommendations - particularly the environmental ones - were cost, autonomy, and spatial constraints. While several recommendations were abandoned due to factors such as unproven or dubious effectiveness and/or prohibitive cost, it was found that the most viable recommendations were characterised by their relatively low cost for the families involved. These recommendations were typically environmental or educational in nature. Thus, the recommendations in this report include some moderate regulatory changes to facilitate greater uptake of environmental and behaviour-modifying recommendations as well as practical ideas that all need to be part of a cohesive campaign to address the issue of vehicle-related child driveway accidents in New Zealand

Morpurgi, potomci mariborskih Jevreja

When Zlata Vokač Medić published her historical fiction novel „Marpurgi“ in 1985, it brought to life the memory of the once successful Jewish community, especially within the local environment – a community which significantly characterized medieval Maribor with its life and work. However, the memory of the Jews and their quarter had never been totally erased from the fabric of the city, since it was preserved both in the name of a street, i.e. ‘Židovska ulica’ (Jewish Street), and in the inscription ‘Mariborska sinagoga’ (Maribor Synagogue), placed on the frontage of the former Jewish pray house. Despite all this, it was rather concealed, forgotten and barely known. The present publication accompanies the travelling exhibition The Morpurgos, the descendants of the Maribor Jews. It provides a general insight into the history of the Jewish community in medieval Maribor and presents the departure of their members from the city at the end of the 15th century. At the same time, it tries to reconstruct the paths of those Maribor Jews and their descendants who later took up the family surnames of either Marpurg(er)/Marburg(er) or Morpurgo in the places where they settled down. The Morpurgo surname was by far the most frequent among those surnames, therefore we devoted a special part of the exhibition to the presentation of individual members of the Morpurgo families (this gave the exhibition its title). Through thorough selection, we tried to indicate the wide range of economic, political, cultural and artistic activity and work with which the Morpurgos significantly contributed to the economic and cultural development of their environments.Kada je Zlata Vokač Medić objavila svoj istorijski roman „Marpurgi“ 1985. godine, on je oživeo sećanje na nekada uspešnu jevrejsku zajednicu, posebno u lokalnoj sredini - zajednicu koja je svojim životom i radom značajno obeležila srednjovekovni Maribor. Međutim, sećanje na Jevreje i njihov kvart nikada nije potpuno izbrisano iz tkiva grada, jer je sačuvano kako u nazivu ulice - dakle „Židovska ulica“, tako i u natpisu „Mariborska sinagoga“ postavljenom na pročelju nekadašnjeg jevrejskog molitvenog doma. I pored svega toga, saznanje o životu Jevreja u Mariboru bilo je prilično prikriveno, zaboravljeno i jedva poznato. Ova publikacija prati i putujuću izložbu „Morpurgovi“, koja govori o potomcima mariborskih Jevreja. Knjiga puža opšti uvid u istoriju jevrejske zajednice u srednjovekovnom Mariboru i opisuje okolnosti odlaska njenih pripadnika iz grada krajem 15. veka. Istovremeno, pokušava da rekonstruiše puteve onih mariborskih Jevreja i njihovih potomaka koji su kasnije u mestima njihovog novog nastanjenja uzeli kao porodična prezimena ’nazive’ Marpurg(er)/ Marburg(er) ili Morpurgo. Prezime Morpurgo bilo je daleko najčešće među tim prezimenima, pa smo poseban deo izložbe posvetili predstavljanju pojedinih članova porodice Morpurgo, što je ovoj knjizi i izložbi, i odredilo naziv. Temeljnom selekcijom nastojali smo da ukažemo na širok spektar privrednog, političkog, kulturnog i umetničkog delovanja i rada kojim su Morpurgi značajno doprineli privrednom i kulturnom razvoju novih sredina u kojima su se nastanili

Victims' State

Victims' State is the first integrated account of how Imperial Austria and the successor Austrian Republic responded to the needs of citizen-soldiers and their families in the age of mass politics and the First World War. It shows that compulsory military service and war mobilization changed the mission of the Austrian state and citizens' understanding of what they were entitled to, thus showing how war victim welfare was central to shaping modern European welfare state

Association of clinical, imaging and laboratory parameters with adverse effects of glucocorticoid therapy in patients with giant cell arteritis

BackgroundGiant cell arteritis (GCA) is characterized by inflammation of large and medium vessels. First-line therapy for the treatment of GCA are glucocorticoids, which are effective while potential adverse effects should be considered, especially during long-term use. The aim was to investigate the incidence of glucocorticoids’ adverse effects and potential predictors for them.Materials and methods138 GCA patients were retrospectively evaluated for newly developed glucocorticoid adverse effects in 2020. Potential predictors, defined as initial glucocorticoid pulse therapy, relapse of GCA and concomitant polymyalgia rheumatica as well as parameters of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, including pulse-wave velocity and intima-media-thickness, were measured in 2012.ResultsPotential new glucocorticoid adverse effects per patient was 1 (25th-75th 0–3) of which chronic kidney disease progression (29%), bone fractures (23.2%), cataracts (18.1%), dementia, and arterial hypertension (each at 12.3%) were most commonly recorded. Significant associations were found between occurrence of any relapse and new diabetes mellitus and between initial glucocorticoid pulse therapy and new dementia (all with p < 0.05). In multivariate regression analysis, any relapse was a predictor for developing diabetes mellitus (OR 9.23 [95% CI 1.33–64.05], p = 0.025). However, no correlations were observed between endothelial dysfunction or inflammatory parameters and development of new glucocorticoid adverse effects.ConclusionGCA relapses may be associated for development of diabetes mellitus potentially by increasing glucocorticoid doses. Parameters of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction are not suited predictors for glucocorticoid adverse effects

Planning the Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles in Cities and Regions

Planning the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) is a new challenging task. This book treats all involved aspects: charging technologies and norms, interactions with the electricity system, electrical installation, demand for charging infrastructure, economics of public infrastructure provision, policies in Germany and the EU, external effects, stakeholder cooperation, spatial planning on the regional and street level, operation and maintenance, and long term spatial planning