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    Kinderdoding gevolgd door een ernstige poging tot zelfdoding

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    Het doden van kinderen is een dramatische gebeurtenis. Deze dodingen krijgen een versterkt dramatisch karakter als de dader ook nog zichzelf doodt of een poging daartoe doet. In deze studie wordt onderzocht of kinderdoding gevolgd door een ernstige poging tot zelfdoding een variatie op doding vormt, een variatie op zelfdoding vormt, of als een aparte categorie van dodelijk geweld moet worden beschouwd. SuĂŻcidale ouders die hun kinderen doodden, verschillen in sociaaldemografische, individuele en daadgebonden karakteristieken van niet-suĂŻcidale ouders die hun kind doodden, en van suĂŻcidale ouders die hun kind(eren) niet doodden. Deze verschillen zijn zodanig, dat kinderdoding gevolgd door (een ernstige poging tot) zelfdoding als aparte groep kan worden beschouwd

    Impact assessment of different battery energy storage technologies in distribution grids with high penetration of renewable energies

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    The need for increasing further the penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) is demanding a change in the way distribution grids are managed. In particular, the RESs intermittent and stochastic nature is finding in Battery Energy Storage (BES) systems its most immediate countermeasure. This work presents a reality-based assessment and comparison of the impact of three different BES technologies on distribution grids with high RES penetration, namely Li-ion, Zn-Air and Redox Flow. To this end, a benchmark distribution grid with real prosumers’ generation and load profiles is considered, with the RES penetration purposely scaled up in such a way as to violate the grid operational limits. Then, further to the BES(s) placement on the most affected grid location(s), the impact of the three BES types is assessed considering two Use Cases: 1) Voltage & Congestion Management and 2) Peak Shaving & Energy shifting. Assessment is conducted by evaluating a set of technical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), together with a simplified economic analysis. © 2022, European Association for the Development of Renewable Energy, Environment and Power Quality (EA4EPQ). All rights reserved

    Excess mortality in general hospital patients with delirium: A 5-year follow-up of 519 patients seen in psychiatric consultation

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    Mortality was determined in 519 patients with delirium who were seen in psychiatric consultation in two general hospitals. Among 419 patients with simple delirium (DSM-III: 293.00) in-hospital mortality was 26%. As compared to average hospital patients the age adjusted in-hospital excess mortality ratio varied from 6.2 for patients with malignancies to 2.1 for patients with motor system disease. After hospital discharge the 5-yr cumulative mortality was 51%. As compared to the general population excess mortality was noted in most, but not in all diagnostic subgroups. The age and sex adjusted excess mortality ratio varied from 14.1 for malignancies to 1.3 for motor system disease. The figures underline a general notion that delirium may be an indicator of disorders of grave prognosis, but mortality appears to depend more on the medical condition than on the presence of delirium
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