Identifying Opportunities to Improve Competitiveness through Innovation Illustrated on the Example of Hungary

Due to the economic downturn there is an increased need for companies and economies to outperform their competitors and gain sustainable competitive adventage. However, competiveness is a complex concept. There are a number of definitions and methodologies available to define and measure competitiveness. This study examines the data of a widely referred competitiveness report issued by the World Economic Forum annually. The analysis focuses on how innovation contribute to the overall competitiveness, what are the direct and indirect influencing factors of in novation and how the overall competitiveness may be improved through improving the innovation related indicators. The process is illustrated on the example of Hungary in the context of its’ EU and regional competitive position, with the purpose to identify areas of opportunities to improve national competiveness through innovation

FREKVENCIJA SRCA I RAZINA PAŽNJE I OPUŠTENOSTI TIJEKOM GAÐANJA KOD VRHUNSKIH STRELIČARA

The main purpose of this paper was to present single channel EEG records and heart rate (HR) changes during shooting routine of 8 experienced archers. Possible differences between recurve and compound shooters in named values were investigated in accordance to arrow score. Additional contribution of this study was systematical review of psychophysiological studies done in archery. Descriptive statistics revealed that compound shooters achieved higher arrow score values, had higher heart rate values pre, during and post shooting, had higher attention values pre, during and post shooting and very similar meditation values pre, during and post shooting according to recurve shooters. ANOVA showed significant differences (p<0,01) between compound shooters and recurve shooters in variables of arrow score, all heart rate and attention level variables, except ones concerning meditation levels. Overall, the obtained results were interesting and can serve as a starting ground for future experiments in order to reach valid and concrete biofeedback data that will support archery excellence.Cilj ovog rada bila je prezentacija vrijednosti jednokanalnog mobilnog EEG-a i vrijednosti frekvencije srca tijekom gaðanja 8 vrsnih streličara. Istraživane su potencijalne razlike u navedenim varijablama u odnosu na postignuti rezultat izmeðu dvije vrste streličara: sa zakrivljenim i složenim lukom. Dodatna vrijednost ovog rada je i pregled svih radova koji se tiču psihofizioloških mjera unutar streličarstva. Deskriptivna statistika pokazala je kako streličari sa složenim lukom postižu bolje pogotke, imaju više vrijednosti frekvencije srca prije, tijekom i nakon otpuštanja/okidanja, imaju više vrijednosti koncentracije/pažnje prije, tijekom i nakon otpuštanja/okidanja, i vrlo slične vrijednosti opuštenosti prije, tijekom i nakon otpuštanja/okidanja u odnosu na streličare sa zakrivljenim lukom. ANOVA je pokazala značajne razlike (p<0,01) izmeðu streličara sa složenim i zakrivljenim lukom u varijablama vrijednosti pogotka, frekvencije srca i nivoa koncentracije/pažnje. Zaključno, dobiveni rezultati su zanimjivi i mogu poslužiti kao osnova za buduća istraživanja kako bi se dobili konkretni i pouzdani biofeedback protokoli koji će poboljšati ukupnu streličarsku izvedbu

Keep Them Engaged! Investigating the Effects of Self-centered Social Media Communication Style on User Engagement in 12 European Countries

On Facebook, patterns of user engagement largely shape what types of political contents citizens can see on the platform. Higher engagement leads to higher visibility. Therefore, one of the major goals of political actors' Facebook communication is to produce content with the potential to provoke user engagement, and thereby increase their own visibility. This study introduces the concept of self-centered social media communication style which focuses on 'salient' and 'owned' issues with populist and negative appeals and investigates how user engagement is related to its main elements. We also explore how users' receptivity to these content-related factors is shaped by country context. More specifically, we hypothesize that users are more likely to react, comment on and share posts focusing on salient topics or issues 'owned' by parties rather than more permanent policy issues, and posts including populist appeals and negativity. Further, we test how these effects are moderated by geographical regions and the level of party system polarization. We manually coded 9,703 Facebook posts of 68 parties from 12 European countries in the context of the 2019 European elections. Our findings show that users are more likely to engage with immigration-related, domestic, populist and negative posts, but react less to posts dealing with environmental or economic issues. While issue ownership does not play a significant role for user engagement, country context plays a minor role. However, some populist appeals are more effective in more polarized countries

Diarrhea Is a Hallmark of Inflammation in Pediatric COVID-19

: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a pathogen with enteric tropism. We compared the clinical, biochemical and radiological features of children hospitalized for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, classified in two groups based on the presence of diarrhea. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the variables associated with diarrhea. Overall, 407 children were included in the study (226 males, 55.5%, mean age 3.9 ± 5.0 years), of whom 77 (18.9%) presented with diarrhea, which was mild in most cases. Diarrhea prevalence was higher during the Alpha (23.6%) and Delta waves (21.9%), and in children aged 5-11 y (23.8%). Other gastrointestinal symptoms were most commonly reported in children with diarrhea (p < 0.05). Children with diarrhea showed an increased systemic inflammatory state (higher C-reactive protein, procalcitonin and ferritin levels, p < 0.005), higher local inflammation as judged by mesenteric fat hyperechogenicity (adjusted Odds Ratio 3.31, 95%CI 1.13-9.70) and a lower chance of previous immunosuppressive state (adjusted Odds Ratio 0.19, 95%CI 0.05-0.70). Diarrhea is a frequent feature of pediatric COVID-19 and is associated with increased systemic inflammation, which is related to the local mesenteric fat inflammatory response, confirming the implication of the gut not only in multisystem inflammatory syndrome but also in the acute phase of the infection

Az interventrikuláris szeptum mérése echokardiográfiával: mérési különbségek és klinikai következményeik

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