FDZ Annual Report 2008

"Following the exceedingly positive response to our Annual Report 2007, you now have the Annual Report 2008 of the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research in this FDZ Methodenreport. Like last year, the FDZ Annual Report 2008 is not a glossy brochure full of photos but summarises the main events of the past 12 months in a few pages. The Annual Report 2008 is mainly based on key figures which the FDZ made available to the German Council for Social and Economic Data for their evaluation in 2009. The Annual Report also serves to provide transparency for our users, who after all justify the existence of the FDZ. The Report is divided into the following chapters: 'General function', 'Basic information', 'The service-oriented FDZ', 'The international FDZ' and, as an apt conclusion, 'Research at the FDZ'." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) Additional Information Here you can find the German version of the report.Forschungsdatenzentrum - Bericht, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, IAB, amtliche Statistik, Datenzugang, Datenschutz, Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe, IAB-Betriebspanel, IAB-Betriebs-Historik-Panel, IAB-Linked-Employer-Employee-Datensatz, Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien, Datenaufbereitung, Datenausgabe, BA-Beschäftigtenpanel, Befragung, IAB-Querschnittsbefragung, IAB-Haushaltspanel, IAB-kombinierte Firmendaten, IAB-Weiterbildungspanel

WeLL – Unique Linked Employer-Employee Data on Further Training in Germany

This paper explains the main features of an innovative linked employer-employee data set with a particular focus on continuous training in Germany, calledWeLL. The data set comprises establishment data that can be linked to longitudinal information on the associated employees. The employer survey and the first wave of the employee survey were conducted in 2007. Both surveys focus on the collection of training information together with a variety of employee and employer background characteristics. In addition, it is possible to link these data with other survey and administrative data for a large number of respondents.Employee training, establishment data, linked employer-employee data

Trauma precoce, impulsividade e risco de suicídio em mulheres e homens : revisão sistemática e metanálise

Introdução: Atualmente, aproximadamente 700 mil pessoas morrem por suicídio em todo o mundo. Evidências crescentes afirmam que a suicidalidade apresenta natureza multifatorial envolvendo genética, adversidades vividas, personalidade, comportamento, entre outros fatores. Objetivo: O presente estudo objetivou investigar a relação entre trauma precoce, impulsividade e comportamento suicida, principalmente entre mulheres. Metodologia: Consiste em uma revisão sistemática e metanálise que avaliou o efeito do trauma infantil e da impulsividade no comportamento suicida. As buscas foram realizadas em 12 de junho de 2021 nas bases de dados PubMed, Scopus e Web of Science. Dois revisores avaliaram cada registro quanto à elegibilidade e discutiram em caso de desacordo. Quando não houve consenso, um terceiro revisor foi envolvido para tomar uma decisão. Um total de 11.530 registros foram identificados por meio das buscas. Depois que as duplicatas foram removidas, 6.595 registros permaneceram para serem rastreados. Após utilizados critérios de exclusão, restaram 1561 registros para análise do texto completo. A síntese qualitativa incluiu 22 estudos, dos quais 9 foram incluídos nas metanálises. Resultados: Foi encontrado um efeito significativo de abuso sexual, abuso físico, abuso emocional e negligência física nas tentativas de suicídio nos subgrupos de prisioneiros e de usuários de substâncias psicoativas. Além disso, houve um efeito significativo da pontuação total do CTQ (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire) e da dimensão negligência emocional para todos os subgrupos. Sugere-se que as evidências aqui encontradas sejam consideradas em pesquisas futuras e utilizadas para ganhos clínicos na detecção e tratamento do comportamento suicida, especialmente das tentativas de suicídio. Limitações: Este trabalho deve ser visto à luz de algumas limitações: 1) heterogeneidade de baixa a moderada em algumas análises; 2) o processo de revisão pode ter negligenciado alguns estudos sobre o assunto, embora improvável devido aos procedimentos padronizados.Introduction: Currently, approximately 700,000 people die by suicide worldwide. Growing evidence states that suicidality has a multifactorial nature involving genetics, adversities experienced, personality, behavior, among other factors. Objective: To investigate the relationship between early trauma, impulsivity and suicidal behavior, especially among women. Methodology: a systematic review and meta-analysis that evaluated the effect of childhood trauma and impulsivity on suicidal behavior. Searches were performed on June 12, 2021 in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science databases. Two reviewers assessed each entry for eligibility and discussed it in case of disagreement. When there was no consensus, a third reviewer was involved to make a decision. A total of 11,530 records were identified through the searches. After the duplicates were removed, 6595 records remained to be screened. After using exclusion criteria, 1561 records remained for full text analysis. The qualitative synthesis included 22 studies, of which 9 were included in the meta-analyses. Results: A significant correlation of sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and physical neglect was found on suicide attempts in the subgroups of prisoners and users of psychoactive substances. Furthermore, there was a significant effect of the total CTQ (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire) score and the emotional neglect dimension for all subgroups. We suggest that the evidence found here need to be considered in future research and harnessed in clinical practice for the detection and treatment of suicidal behavior, especially suicide attempts. Limitations: This study must be seen in light of some limitations: 1) low to moderate heterogeneity in some analyses; 2) the review process may have overlooked some studies on the subject, although unlikely due to standardized procedures

Simulating the Multi-Epoch Direct Detection Technique to Isolate the Thermal Emission of the Non-Transiting Hot Jupiter HD187123B

We report the 6.5$\sigma$ detection of water from the hot Jupiter HD187123b with a Keplerian orbital velocity $K_p$ of 53 $\pm$ 13 km/s. This high confidence detection is made using a multi-epoch, high resolution, cross correlation technique, and corresponds to a planetary mass of 1.4$^{+0.5}_{-0.3}$ $M_J$ and an orbital inclination of 21 $\pm$ 5$^{\circ}$. The technique works by treating the planet/star system as a spectroscopic binary and obtaining high signal-to-noise, high resolution observations at multiple points across the planet's orbit to constrain the system's binary dynamical motion. All together, seven epochs of Keck/NIRSPEC $L$-band observations were obtained, with five before the instrument upgrade and two after. Using high resolution SCARLET planetary and PHOENIX stellar spectral models, along with a line-by-line telluric absorption model, we were able to drastically increase the confidence of the detection by running simulations that could reproduce, and thus remove, the non-random structured noise in the final likelihood space well. The ability to predict multi-epoch results will be extremely useful for furthering the technique. Here, we use these simulations to compare three different approaches to combining the cross correlations of high resolution spectra and find that the Zucker 2003 log(L) approach is least affected by unwanted planet/star correlation for our HD187123 data set. Furthermore, we find that the same total S/N spread across an orbit in many, lower S/N epochs rather than fewer, higher S/N epochs could provide a more efficient detection. This work provides a necessary validation of multi-epoch simulations which can be used to guide future observations and will be key to studying the atmospheres of further separated, non-transiting exoplanets.Comment: Accepted to AJ, 14 pages, 10 figure

Detection of Water Vapor in the Thermal Spectrum of the Non-Transiting Hot Jupiter upsilon Andromedae b

The upsilon Andromedae system was the first multi-planet system discovered orbiting a main sequence star. We describe the detection of water vapor in the atmosphere of the innermost non-transiting gas giant ups~And~b by treating the star-planet system as a spectroscopic binary with high-resolution, ground-based spectroscopy. We resolve the signal of the planet's motion and break the mass-inclination degeneracy for this non-transiting planet via deep combined flux observations of the star and the planet. In total, seven epochs of Keck NIRSPEC $L$ band observations, three epochs of Keck NIRSPEC short wavelength $K$ band observations, and three epochs of Keck NIRSPEC long wavelength $K$ band observations of the ups~And~system were obtained. We perform a multi-epoch cross correlation of the full data set with an atmospheric model. We measure the radial projection of the Keplerian velocity ($K_P$ = 55 $\pm$ 9 km/s), true mass ($M_b$ = 1.7 $^{+0.33}_{-0.24}$ $M_J$), and orbital inclination \big($i_b$ = 24 $\pm$ 4$^{\circ}$\big), and determine that the planet's opacity structure is dominated by water vapor at the probed wavelengths. Dynamical simulations of the planets in the ups~And~system with these orbital elements for ups~And~b show that stable, long-term (100 Myr) orbital configurations exist. These measurements will inform future studies of the stability and evolution of the ups~And~system, as well as the atmospheric structure and composition of the hot Jupiter.Comment: Accepted to A

The effect of 17β-estradiol-DNA adducts on the replication of exon # 5 of the human suppressor gene p53

AbstractUsing a PCR technique, exon # 5 of the human tumor suppressor gene p53 was amplified and ligated into the pCRII vector and transformed into Escherichia coli INVαF’ competent cells. The cloned exon # 5 was 184 bp long. Evidence is presented to show that after dimethyldioxirane epoxidation, 17β-estradiol was able to form 17β-estradiol-DNA adducts and to strongly inhibit the replication of the cloned exon # 5 producing smaller sizes of DNA fragments and introducing errors of incorporation at the 3′-end of the terminating DNAs. The errors occurred mainly at the clusters of the complementary ‘G’ and ‘A’ bases on the template strand DNA, presumably, the major sites where the 17β-estradiol-DNA adducts were formed

Integrating Ethics into the NLP Curriculum

To raise awareness among future NLP practitioners and prevent inertia in the field, we need to place ethics in the curriculum for all NLP students—not as an elective, but as a core part of their education. Our goal in this tutorial is to empower NLP researchers and practitioners with tools and resources to teach others about how to ethically apply NLP techniques. We will present both high-level strategies for developing an ethics-oriented curriculum, based on experience and best practices, as well as specific sample exercises that can be brought to a classroom. This highly interactive work session will culminate in a shared online resource page that pools lesson plans, assignments, exercise ideas, reading suggestions, and ideas from the attendees. Though the tutorial will focus particularly on examples for university classrooms, we believe these ideas can extend to company-internal workshops or tutorials in a variety of organizations. In this setting, a key lesson is that there is no single approach to ethical NLP: each project requires thoughtful consideration about what steps can be taken to best support people affected by that project. However, we can learn (and teach) what issues to be aware of, what questions to ask, and what strategies are available to mitigate harm

Ground- and Space-based Detection of the Thermal Emission Spectrum of the Transiting Hot Jupiter KELT-2Ab

We describe the detection of water vapor in the atmosphere of the transiting hot Jupiter KELT-2Ab by treating the star-planet system as a spectroscopic binary with high-resolution, ground-based spectroscopy. We resolve the signal of the planet's motion with deep combined flux observations of the star and the planet. In total, six epochs of Keck NIRSPEC $L$-band observations were obtained, and the full data set was subjected to a cross correlation analysis with a grid of self-consistent atmospheric models. We measure a radial projection of the Keplerian velocity, $K_P$, of 148 $\pm$ 7 km s$^{-1}$, consistent with transit measurements, and detect water vapor at 3.8$\sigma$. We combine NIRSPEC $L$-band data with $Spitzer$ IRAC secondary eclipse data to further probe the metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen ratio of KELT-2Ab's atmosphere. While the NIRSPEC analysis provides few extra constraints on the $Spitzer$ data, it does provide roughly the same constraints on metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen ratio. This bodes well for future investigations of the atmospheres of non-transiting hot Jupiters.Comment: accepted to A

WeLL - berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil lebenslangen Lernens: Bisherige Arbeiten und Perspektiven

Der Bericht fasst die Aktivitäten des Projektteams während der dreijährigen Laufzeit von 2007 bis 2009 des Projekts WeLL ('Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens') zusammen. Insbesondere werden die im Rahmen des Projekts erhobenen Daten und deren Nutzungsmöglichkeiten für interessierte Wissenschaftler beschrieben. Darüber hinaus werden die bisher erschienenen Publikationen vorgestellt, und es wird ein Ausblick auf zukünftig geplante Aktivitäten gegeben