Interoperability of institutional data management systems

Motivation • Awareness of FAIR data requirements is rising • We have come FAR but: Interoperability is the remaining challenge for productive systems Here we present • Description of the existing infrastructures and interfaces at GEOMAR • Challenges to reach interoperability • A roadmap with planned steps to g

Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen zum Strategiediskurs für einen nachhaltigen Pflanzenbau

Für den rationalen gesellschaftlichen Diskurs zur Lösung der vielfältigen Zielkonflikte auf dem Weg zu einem nachhaltigen Pflanzenbausind wissenschaftliche Fakten über die Beziehungen zwischen den Zielen unabdingbar. Daher hat die Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissen-schaften wissenschaftliche Befunde zu den Themenbereichen Biodiversität, Klimarelevanz und Klimaresilienz, Nährstoffmanagement,Pflanzenschutz, Bodenschutz und Produktion nachwachsender Rohstoffe zusammengestellt und den bestehenden Forschungsbedarfidentifiziert. Nach einem Executive Summary, das die Befunde schlaglichtartig darstellt, werden die Themenbereiche im Einzelnen ausgeführt. Ziel dieses Papiers ist nicht, Empfehlungen für die politische Entscheidungsfindung abzugeben, sondern die öffentliche Diskussiondurch Bereitstellung von Sachinformationen zu unterstützen.Scientific facts about the relationships between the goals are indispensable for the rational social discourse on solving the various conflict-ing goals on the way to sustainable crop production. Therefore, the German Society for Agronomy has compiled scientific findings on thetopics of biodiversity, climate relevance and climate resilience, nutrient management, crop protection, soil protection and production ofrenewable raw materials, and identified the existing need for research. After an executive summary that highlights the findings, the subjectareas are explained in detail. The purpose of this paper is not to make recommendations for policy-making, but to support the publicdebate by providing factual information

Is dementia associated with COVID-19 mortality? A multicenter retrospective cohort study conducted in 50 hospitals in Germany

Background:Dementia has been identified as a major predictor of mortality associated with COVID-19. Objective:The objective of this study was to investigate the association between dementia and mortality in COVID-19 inpatients in Germany across a longer interval during the pandemic. Methods:This retrospective study was based on anonymized data from 50 hospitals in Germany and included patients with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis hospitalized between March 11, 2020 and July, 20, 2022. The main outcome of the study was the association of mortality during inpatient stays with dementia diagnosis, which was studied using multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, and comorbidities as well as univariate logistic regression for matched pairs. Results:Of 28,311 patients diagnosed with COVID-19, 11.3% had a diagnosis of dementia. Prior to matching, 26.5% of dementia patients and 11.5% of non-dementia patients died; the difference decreased to 26.5% of dementia versus 21.7% of non-dementia patients within the matched pairs (n = 3,317). This corresponded to an increase in the risk of death associated with dementia (OR = 1.33; 95% CI: 1.16–1.46) in the univariate regression conducted for matched pairs. Conclusion:Although dementia was associated with COVID-19 mortality, the association was weaker than in previously published studies. Further studies are needed to better understand whether and how pre-existing neuropsychiatric conditions such as dementia may impact the course and outcome of COVID-1