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European countries are increasingly using renewable energy. Poland is an outsider of such solutions. The Polish energy sector is primarily based on energy produced from coal. However, environmental changes and regulations of the European Union are forcing the increased use of energy from renewable sources. Renewable energy is an industry that is still developing in Poland. At the same time, Poland is a country where the political decisions of the government over the last few years have resulted in a significant limitation of the possibilities of renewable energy development. These actions have also resulted in lowering the profitability of the currently operating renewable energy enterprises, especially those from the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises. An opportunity for SMEs operating in the renewable energy sector is to merge into industry purchasing groups. The aim of the article&mdash ; and at the same time the research question&mdash ; is: Is it financially safer for renewable energy companies to operate within purchasing groups compared to companies operating independently in this industry? Traditional ways of purchasing can be transferred to integrated purchasing systems, which will be created by purchasing groups associating renewable energy companies. For this purpose, the financial effects of the implementation and functioning of the purchasing groups in the renewable energy sector in relation to entities operating independently were examined. In the research of renewable energy SMEs, a comparative analysis of key indicators determining the possibility of continuing the activity of these entities was made. The following indicators were examined: current financial liquidity ratio, return on sales, operating cycle, cash conversion cycle, share of receivables in current assets, share of inventory in current assets, turnover ratios, level of receivables, liabilities and profitability. The scientific literature is dominated by studies on purchasing groups in the pharmaceutical and construction industries. Thanks to the research conducted, it has been indicated that the renewable energy industry can also improve its profitability, and thus the possibility of safe continuation of operations by extending the business model to inter-entity cooperation within purchasing groups. Increasing the efficiency of individual entities of the renewable energy industry within purchasing groups becomes particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistical analyses and their graphic presentation present the significant impact on the safety and profitability of renewable energy entities in the form of purchasing groups.

Among the renewable energy sources, increasing the use of biomass (agricultural by-products) could be important from both an environmental and a climate protection perspective, but in many cases this is not a part of the current practice. Especially in developing countries, a large amount of agricultural waste suitable for energy use remains unused, remaining on the arable land or being burned in the field. Complicating matters is the fact that some countries have significant fossil energy reserves. This is also the case in Kosovo, which has the largest reserves of coal reserves (lignite) in southeastern Europe. An important question is how polluting and non-climate-friendly fossil fuels are to be replaced when they are available cheaply and in large quantities. The function of the political and economic models used in Europe has local specificity. It is not possible to copy the good solutions introduced by each country because of differences in the economic systems and farmers. Previous research has paid little attention to the producer conditions for available waste biomass sales. Studies have not examined the sales attitudes of farmers, or under what conditions they are willing to sell a larger proportion of the straw produced&mdash ; of course, in such a way that they also meet the needs of animal husbandry, nutrients, and carbon supply. Using binary logistics regression and descriptive statistics not yet used in previous research, we analyzed the factors that influence farmers&rsquo ; willingness to sell, sales barriers, and incentives. According to the respondents, the biggest barriers to selling straw are the lack of a market (74.1%) and baling machines (50.9%), while the main incentives may be a good price (75%) and a guaranteed contract (67.8%). The farmers surveyed believe that, in a safe market, with a multiyear contractual agreement, they would sell more than half of their straw for biomass energy production. The use of straw in animal husbandry is declining due to the introduction of new technological solutions, so the use of straw for energy purposes is an increasingly topical issue in the rapidly developing southeastern European countries as well. Based on our research results, it can be stated that the majority of farmers are willing to sell more than 50% of the amount of straw produced for energy purposes if the business model and state regulations are appropriate.

Јавна управа, као и начин на који она обавља своје послове, доживела је велику трансформацију у последњих тридесет година услед значајних глобалних политичких, правних и економских промена. Важан аспект управних реформи представља широко распрострањено коришћење јавних агенција као облика организације управе, у циљу обављања растућег броја послова који захтевају висок ниво специјализованих знања. ; Public administration organisation and the performance of public tasks have significantly altered over the past 30 years through global political, legal and economic change. An important aspect of the administrative reforms is the widespread use of public agencies as a model of administrative organisation to perform an increasing number of specific tasks requiring high levels of expertise. This PhD thesis analyses the agencification of public administration and the specificities of the process in the field of environmental protection at the European level and in Serbia. The main focus of the research is on the legal aspects of the phenomenon, namely the regulatory functions of agencies at the European level: their interaction with other relevant bodies and actors in the regulatory process; their performance of different administrative tasks (including inspections); and their decision-making roles. The thesis examines specific aspects of the agencification process, the transformation of Serbian public administration in the context of European integration, and the influence this transformation has had on environmental governance. The goal of the research is to examine the evolution and current position of environmental agencies in the European Union's and Serbia's legal orders, to analyse the agencies' interaction with complex administrative arrangements developed at the supranational level, and to argue for enhancing their independence and (regulatory) competencies. The further goal is to contribute to legal scholarship on agencification at national and supranational levels, and especially in the field of environmental protection. The thesis consists of the introduction, three parts and the conclusion. The introduction frames and contextualises the research topic, goals and scientific relevance, and it provides a methodological framework. Part one examines the agencification process primarily at the European level but also nationally. The thesis draws attention to EU-level agency position, typology and administrative decision-making, which are highlighted as challenging issues for legal analysis.

In this article, the author researches and analyzes the main provisions of the theory of communicative capitalism of the American philosopher Jodi Dean. He shows the genesis of this concept and its theoretical foundations. The main provisions of the theory, its characteristics and key features are presented.The article examines how the concept of communicative capitalism is based on the research of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, on the definition of the immaterial labor of Maurizio Lazzarato, the concept of post-politics of Slavoj Zizek, and shows the relationship with other studies and concepts. It is showh how they relate to the contemporary social and philosophical discourse on "digital capitalism". The research is divided into the study of the communicational and capitalist components of the concept. Within the analysis of communication, the concept of "fantasy", which is important for the theory, is identified and researched, and also its work in communication networks. The concept is divided into the fantasy of abundance, participation and integrity. The analysis of capitalism characteristics shows how inequality, exclusion, exploitation and competition in communicative capitalism work.From the author's point of view, Jodi Dean and her concept of communicative capitalism are still relevant and applicable to understanding and analyzing certain phenomena of the current political, social, economic, and cultural situation. ; В статье автор исследует и анализирует основные положения теории коммуникативного капитализма американского философа Джоди Дин. Показывает генезис данной концепции, ее теоретические основания. Излагаются основные пункты теории, ее характеристики и ключевые особенности.Рассматривается, как концепция коммуникативного капитализма основывается на исследованиях Майкла Хардта и Антонио Негри, на определении нематериального труда Маурицио Лаззарато, концепции постполитики Славоя Жижека, показана взаимосвязь с другими исследованиями и концепциями. Демонстрируется, как они соотносятся с современным социально-философским дискурсом относительно «цифрового капитализма». Исследование делится на изучение коммуникационной и капиталистической составляющей концепции. В ходе анализа коммуникации обозначены и исследованы важный для теории концепт «фантазий», который разделен на фантазию изобилия, участия и целостности, и работа концепта в коммуникативных сетях. В рамках анализа характеристик капитализма показано, как работает неравенство, отчуждение, эксплуатация и конкуренция в коммуникативном капитализме.С точки зрения автора статьи, работы Джоди Дин и ее концепция коммуникативного капитализма по-прежнему остаются актуальными и применимы для понимания и анализа определенных феноменов текущей политической, социальной, экономической и культурной ситуации.

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) ; Worldwide, up to 20% of children and adolescents experience mental disorders, which are the leading cause of disability in young people. Research shows that serum zonulin levels are associated with increased intestinal permeability (IP), affecting neural, hormonal, and immunological pathways. This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to summarize evidence from observational studies on IP in children diagnosed with mental disorders. The review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A systematic search of the Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, PubMed, and the Web of Science identified 833 records. Only non‐intervention (i.e., observational) studies in children (<18 years) diagnosed with mental disorders, including a relevant marker of intestinal permeability, were included. Five studies were selected, with the risk of bias assessed according to the Newcastle–Ottawa scale (NOS). Four articles were identified as strong and one as moderate, representing altogether 402 participants providing evidence on IP in children diagnosed with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). In ADHD, elevated serum zonulin levels were associated with impaired social functioning compared to controls. Children with ASD may be predisposed to impair intestinal barrier function, which may contribute to their symptoms and clinical outcome compared to controls. Children with ASD, who experience gastro‐intestinal (GI) symptoms, seem to have an imbalance in their immune response. However, in children with OCD, serum zonulin levels were not significantly different compared to controls, but serum claudin‐5, a transmembrane tight‐junction protein, was significantly higher. A meta‐analysis of mean zonulin plasma levels of patients and control groups revealed a significant difference between groups (p = 0.001), including the four studies evaluating the full spectrum of the zonulin peptide family. Therefore, further studies are required to better understand the complex role of barrier function, i.e., intestinal and blood–brain barrier, and of inflammation, to the pathophysiology in mental and neurodevelopmental disorders. This review was PROSPERO preregistered, (162208). ; This manuscript was partially funded by grant European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, grant GEMMA 825033 as well as by the University of Iceland Research Fund. ; Peer Reviewed

Seit den 1950 er Jahren bis in die Gegenwart argumentieren Wissenschaftler/innen aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen für Interdisziplinarität in der Forschung und Lehre. Für die Forschung wird Interdisziplinarität begründet, indem epistemologische und methodologische Grenzen disziplinärer Zugänge aufgezeigt werden. Zugleich wird Interdisziplinarität als ein Korrektiv für disziplinäre Differenzierungsprozesse bewertet. Auch wissenschaftsexterne Interessensgruppen - von supranationalen politischen Gremien über Bürgerbewegungen bis hin zu Kommunen - treten mit der Forderung an die Wissenschaft heran, komplexe ökologische und soziale Probleme mit einem interdisziplinären Zugang zu bearbeiten. Was jedoch jeweils unter interdisziplinärer Forschung verstanden wird, variiert beachtlich. Erschwerend für ein einheitliches Begriffsverständnis kommt hinzu, dass zeitgleich unterschiedliche Begriffe für eine disziplinenübergreifende Wissenschaftspraxis entwickelt wurden. So wird Interdisziplinarität als übergeordnete Bezeichnung für unterschiedliche Kooperationsvarianten zwischen Disziplinen verwendet. Oder Interdisziplinarität wird durch Substantivkomposita oder durch adjektivische Ergänzungen differenziert, wodurch unterschiedliche Praxisformen unterscheidbar werden sollen. Schließlich wird Interdisziplinarität als eine spezifische Form disziplinenübergreifender Wissenschaftspraxis verstanden und von anderen Praxisformen wie Multi- und Transdisziplinarität unterschieden. Interdisziplinarität in der Lehre, zum Beispiel in Form eines integrierten Studium generale, wird als eine Interventionsmöglichkeit bewertet, um den allgemeinbildenden Charakter des Studiums zu erhalten und um Studierende für eine Offenheit für unterschiedliche wissenschaftlichen Methoden - für Nomologische und Hermeneutische - zu gewinnen. Schließlich gilt es auch für die Umsetzung der Ziele der UNESCO Sorge zu tragen, und "Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung" an Hochschulen zu implementieren. ; Scientists in Germany of various natural and social disciplines, reason since the 1950ties up to presence for including an interdisciplinary approach into research and academic teaching. Justifications for interdisciplinary approaches in research emphasise epistemic and methodological limitations of disciplinary approaches. Simultaneously interdisciplniarity is valued as a corrective for processes of increasing differentiations between and within disciplines. Additionally stakeholders, e.g. supra-national political organisations, non-profit organisations as well as town councils, demand from Science and (social) scientists to solve complex ecological and social problems by applying an interdisciplinary approach. However, looking at the literature, it becomes obvious that concepts of 'interdisciplinary research' vary between authors. Additionally complicating for a clarifying process of terminology is the fact, that isochronal various terms for cooperations between disciplines have been invented. So, interdisciplinarity has been used as a superior concept, encompassing various modes of cooperations between disciplines. Interdisciplinarity has also been specified with supplementing adjectives by which different modes of cooperations should become distinct. Finally interdisciplinary has also been conceptualised as a specific mode of cooperation distinguishable from other forms as e.g. multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary cooperation. In academic teaching, as an integrated 'general studies' program, interdisciplinarity is seen to comprehend the potential to maintain, despite all specialisation processes in study courses, "Allgemeinbildung" for all students. Also interdisciplinary teaching is seen to enhance student's openness for different methodological approaches, for nomological as well as hermeneutical method. Finally higher education has the responsibility to realise aims defined by the UNESCO and put into practise "Education for Sustainable Development", which requires necessarily an interdisciplinary approach.

In European research and innovation policy, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Open Science (OS) encompass two co-existing sets of ambitions concerning systemic change in the practice of research and innovation. This paper is an exploratory attempt to uncover synergies and differences between RRI and OS, by interrogating what motivates their respective transformative agendas. We offer two storylines that account for the specific contexts and dynamics from which RRI and OS have emerged, which in turn offer entrance points to further unpacking what 'opening up' to society means with respect to the transformative change agendas that are implicit in the two agendas. We compare differences regarding the 'how' of opening up in light of the 'why' to explore common areas of emphasis in both OS and RRI. We argue that while both agendas align with mission-oriented narratives around grand societal challenges, OS tends to emphasize efficiency and technical optimisation over RRI's emphasis on normative concerns and democracy deficits, and that the two agendas thus contrast in their relative legitimate emphasis on doable outcomes versus desirable outcomes. In our conclusion, we reflect on the future outlook for RRI and OS' co-existence and uptake, and on what their respective ambitions for transformation might mean for science-society scholars and scholarship. ; publishedVersion ; © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.

Honak I.M. REFORMATION OF THE LAND MARKET IN UKRAINE: FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTSPurpose. The aim of the article is to research the theoretical and practical aspects of the current state and prospects of development and regulation of the agricultural land market in Ukraine.Methodology of research. The methodological basis of the study is the dialectical method of scientific knowledge. General scientific and special methods are used in the course of the research, namely deductive, abstract and logical – in the study of problems of the agricultural land market in Ukraine, in assessing the current state of its functioning.Findings. The importance of the Ukrainian land as the main national wealth of the Ukrainian people is proved. Aspects of functioning of the land market in Ukraine at the present stage are described. The risks of launching the land market in times of war and imperfect legislation are considered. The expediency of sale of land to legal entities and concentration of one natural person not more than 200 hectares is substantiated; if business needs more than 200 hectares of land, then it is worth creating cooperatives and more citizens or families will be able to make a profit from joint business.A special mechanism for taxation of agricultural land sales is proposed. The expediency of free sale of land in Ukraine till 2025 is proved. It is substantiated that a tax equivalent to at least five thousand euros per hectare will provide significant revenue to the budget, prevent large-scale speculation in the land market, ensure high value of land and make it possible to use it as the expensive collateral for the purchase of agricultural machinery.Originality. It is established that the free sale of agricultural land in Ukraine to legal entities and individuals is ineffective, and it is advisable to sell only to the state and local communities. It is proved that the increase in the value of agricultural land in Ukraine and the reduction of possible speculation on the land market will be positively influenced by the taxation of land sales operations.Practical value. The obtained results of the study, which are expressed in the conclusions and proposals, contribute to solving problems of ensuring the effective functioning of the agricultural land market in Ukraine.Key words: land; land market; land price; agricultural land; taxation.

Human Rights (HR) are the highest category of moral rights; thus, they constitute universal, pre-political, and pre-legal rights. Internationally, HR are safeguarded by The International Bill of Human Rights (1948), which is composed of binding treaties ratified by roughly 170 countries, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by 193 nations. Despite this background, HR realization remains a distant reality in many countries worldwide, particularly within emerging markets (EM) - globalized regions still marked by low socioeconomic standards and several HR-related institutional voids (i.e., regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive). Furthermore, the lack of effective international regulations holding multinational enterprises (MNEs) transnationally accountable for their share of HR responsibility in such regions largely compromises HR ideals and allows corporate HR violations to go unpunished. Therefore, MNEs, currently the most powerful organizations in globalized societies, can still loosely choose between being part of the solutions or the problems undermining HR advances in EM. This research, thus, contributes to the underexplored field of business and human rights (BHR) and the organizational neo-institutional literature, both in cross-connection with international business (IB) research. By applying Straussian grounded theory (SGT), this work examines how emerging markets' (EM) and advanced markets' (AM) MNEs address corporate HR responsibility (CHRR) in Brazil (BR), and how they interact with and shape the Brazilian HR institutional context (BR-HRIC). In addition to an in-depth overview of the theoretical perspectives implicated in this objective, this study offers a detailed depiction of the BR-BHR institutional context, complemented by the empirical and comparative analysis of 47 interviews from 22 business (11 BR and 11 AM-MNEs) and 14 non-business cases (governmental and not-for-profit organizations). The results grounded a holistic theoretical model, named the corporative-institutional logics of the BR-HRIC, and revealed that MNEs, regardless of their nation's origin, are active institutional builders of the local HR context. This research also sheds light on the multiple facets composing the institutional and political roles of MNEs, enhanced upon globalization, in HR institutionalization and realization in EM. Still, the 15 propositions that emerged from this study stand as fruitful avenues for IB researchers interested in CHRR without disregarding those less powerful stakeholders along global supply chains, the HR-holders.

ABSTRAK Berdasarkan laporan capaian 12 indikator SPM-BK Kabupaten Jepara tahun 2017-2018 menunjukan pelayanan penderita hipertensi termasuk kedalam 3 indikator terendah setiap tahunnya. pelaksanaan SPM pada pelayanan penderita hipertensi di puskesmas mayong I yaitu 3,83% dari 60% target SPM 2018 yang ditentukan oleh pemerintah Kabupaten Jepara sesuai SK Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Jepara. Tujuanya yaitu untuk mengetahui Sejauhmana proses Standar Pelayanan Minimal pada penderita hipertensi di UPTD Puskesmas Mayong I Kabupaten Jepara. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Penelitian ini berfokus pada evaluasi proses (Planning, Organizing, Actuating, Controlling). Penelitian ini dilaksanakanpada bulan Agustus - September di Puskesmas Mayong I. Teknik analisis data menggunakan 3 langkah yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanakaan SPM-BK pada penderita hipertensi di puskesmas Mayong I dilaksnakan oleh 3 program terkait yaitu PIS-PK sebagai penjaringan, Posbindu dan prolanis sebagai pelaksana rutin. Pelaksanaan SPM-BK pada penderita hipertensi belum berjalan secara maksimal, masih terdapat kendala antara lain penjaringan pasien belum menyeluruh, media KIE belum diterapkan, kurangnya kesiapan SDM Kesehatan. ABTRACT Based on achievement reports of 12 indicators SPM-BK in Jepara Regency by 2017-2018 show that the services for hypertension sufferers are included in the 3 lowest achivement each year. The implementation of SPM for hypertension patients in Puskesmas mayong I is only in 3.83% of 60% SPM 2018 total target determined by the government of Jepara Regency according to decree of the Jepara district health office. The aims of this researce is to find out how far the Implementation process of Minimum Service Standards for hypertension patients in UPTD Puskesmas Mayong I Jepara. This research focuses on process evaluation (Planning, Organizing, Actuating, Controlling). This research was conducted in August - September in Puskesmas Mayong I. This research using 3 steps of Data analysis technique namely data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the implementation of SPM-BK for hypertensive patients at Puskesmas Mayong I was carried out by 3 related programs they are PIS-PK as networking, Posbindu and prolanis as routine implementers. The implementation of SPM-BK in hypertensive patients hasn't run optimally, There are some obstacles included the selection of patients not yet comprehensive, KIE media has not been implemented, lack of readiness of Health Human Resources.

AbstrakPelayanan prima merupakan pelayanan yang dilakukan sebaik mungkin kepada pelanggan atau konsumen agar dapat merasa puas. Banyak macam-macam tujuan pelayanan prima salah satunya adalah memberikan pelayanan berkualitas terhadap para pelanggannya sehingga menimbulkan kepercayaan pelanggan terhadap barang atau jasa yang ditawarkan oleh penjual. Manfaat dari pelayanan prima yaitu untuk meningkatkan kualitas pelayanan perusahaan ataupun pemerintah terhadap pelanggan, yang dapat menjadi acuan dalam pengembangan penyusunan standar pelayanan. Standar pelayanan dapat didefinisikan sebagai panduan yang digunakan untuk melakukan pelayanan dan menjadi acuan untuk menilai kualitas suatu pelayanan. Pelayanan dapat disebut prima apabila pelanggan telah merasa puas dan sesuai dengan harapan pelanggan. Begitu juga yang dilakukan karyawan frontliner bank BCA untuk melayani nasabahnya dengan pelayanan yang prima yang selalu mementingkan kepuasan nasabah. Berbagai upaya untuk meningkatakan standar kompetensi pegawai dengan mengikuti pelatihan kompetisi, standar kinerja, standar layanan, pengetahuan, keterampilan dan kompetensi keras untuk setiap karyawannya. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu metode penelitian kualitatif dengan mengumpulkan data dari beberapa orang melalui wawancara. Kata kunci :Frontliner Perbankan; Kepuasan Nasabah; Penelitian Kualitatif; Pelayanan Prima; Standar KompetensiAbstrackExcellent service is service that is done as best as possible to customers or consumers in order to be satisfied. There are many kinds of excellent service objectives, one of which is to provide quality service to its customers so that it creates customer trust in the goods or services offered by the seller. The benefits of excellent service are efforts to improve the quality of company or government service to customers, which can serve as a guide in developing service standards preparation. Service standards can be defined as benchmarks used to provide services and become a reference for assessing the quality of a service. Service can be called prime when the customer is satisfied and in accordance with customer expectations. Likewise, BCA bank fronliner employees serve their customers with excellent service who always prioritizes customer satisfaction. Various efforts to improve employee competency standards by participating in competition training, performance standards, service standards, knowledge, skills and hard competencies for each employee. The method used in this research is qualitative research methods by collecting data from several people through interviews.Keyword: Banking Frontliners; Customer Satisfaction; Qualitative Research; Excellent Service; Competency Standards

Only Vanderbilt University affiliated authors are listed on VUIR. For a full list of authors, access the version of record at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300957219306690 ; Introduction: Targeted temperature management (TTM) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has been recommended in international guidelines since 2005. The TTM-trial published in 2013 showed no difference in survival or neurological outcome for patients randomised to 33 degrees C or 36 degrees C, and many hospitals have changed practice. The optimal utilization of TTM is still debated. This study aimed to analyse if a difference in temperature goal was associated with outcome in an unselected international registry population. Methods: This is a retrospective observational study based on a prospective registry - the International Cardiac Arrest Registry 2. Patients were categorized as receiving TTM in the lower range at 32-34 degrees C (TTM-low) or at 35-37 degrees C (TTM-high). Primary outcome was good functional status defined as cerebral performance category (CPC) of 1-2 at hospital discharge and secondary outcome was adverse events related to TTM. A logistic regression model was created to evaluate the independent effect of temperature by correcting for clinical and demographic factors associated with outcome. Results: Of 1710 patients included, 1242 (72,6%) received TIM-low and 468 (27,4%) TTM-high. In patients receiving TTM-low, 31.3% survived with good outcome compared to 28.8% in the TTM-high group. There was no significant association between temperature and outcome (p= 0.352). In analyses adjusted for baseline differences the OR for a good outcome with TTM-low was 1.27, 95% CI (0.94-1.73). Haemodynamic instability leading to discontinuation of TTM was more common in TTM-low. Conclusions: No significant difference in functional outcome at hospital discharge was found in patients receiving lower-versus higher targeted temperature management. ; Dr Jesper Johnsson has received independent research grants to fund research time from Stig and Ragna Gorthon's Foundation, Thelma Zoega's Foundation, VO FoU Skanevard Sund, the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg IV A OKS program and government funding of clinical research within the Swedish National Health Services (ALF). No commercial funding was received. The funding organizations did not have any access to the data, nor did they have any influence on data analysis or interpretation.

The World Values Survey (WVS) is an international research program devoted to the scientific and academic study of social, political, economic, religious and cultural values of people in the world. The project's goal is to assess which impact values stability or change over time has on the social, political and economic development of countries and societies. The project grew out of the European Values Study and was started in 1981 by its Founder and first President (1981-2013) Professor Ronald Inglehart from the University of Michigan (USA) and his team, and since then has been operating in more than 120 world societies. The main research instrument of the project is a representative comparative social survey which is conducted globally every 5 years. Extensive geographical and thematic scope, free availability of survey data and project findings for broad public turned the WVS into one of the most authoritative and widely-used cross-national surveys in the social sciences. At the moment, WVS is the largest non-commercial cross-national empirical time-series investigation of human beliefs and values ever executed. ; The target population is defined as: individuals aged 18 (16/17 is acceptable in the countries with such voting age) or older (with no upper age limit), regardless of their nationality, citizenship or language, that have been residing in the [country] within private households for the past 6 months prior to the date of beginning of fieldwork (or in the date of the first visit to the household, in case of random-route selection). ; The sampling procedures differ from country to country; probability Sample: Multistage Sample Probability Sample, Simple Random Sample. Representative single stage or multi-stage sampling of the adult population of the country 18 (16) years old and older was used for the WVS 1999-2004. Sample size was set as effective sample size of 1000 respondents or more. Countries with great population size and diversity are requirred to reach an effective sample of N=1200 or larger. ; Study on values realized in the countries of Europe by EVS research network in the 1981-2008 period is not included into the current data-set and is avaliable for both downloading and online-analysis at: http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu. ; Face-to-face interview ; Face-to-face interview: PAPI (Paper and Pencil Interview)

Die Corona-Pandemie und die damit einhergehenden Einschränkungen in fast allen gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Bereichen beeinflussen seit einigen Wochen das Leben der Menschen weltweit. Neben der möglichen Strategie, eine Herdenimmunität durch Infizierung von 60 bis 70 Prozent der Bevölkerung anzustreben, ist ein geeigneter Impfstoff die große Hoffnung, um in naher Zukunft die "alte Normalität", wie es der deutsche Vizekanzler und Finanzminister Olaf Scholz nennt, wiederherzustellen. Vor diesem Hintergrund suchen Wissenschaftler öffentlicher Institutionen und pharmazeutischer Unternehmen unter Hochdruck nach Innovationen. Diese Studie untersucht aktuelle wissenschaftliche Publikationen auf Basis von bibliometrischen Daten von "Europe PubMed Central", um mögliche Spillover-Effekte von der Wissenschaft auf den pharmazeutischen Innovationsprozess zu analysieren. Die zeitliche und ländervergleichende Analyse der wissenschaftlichen Publikationen vom 1. Dezember 2019 bis zum 25. April 2020 zeigt eine Flut an neuen Beiträgen und Erkenntnissen, die dabei helfen sollen, das Virus "SARS-CoV-2" besser zu verstehen, um vor diesem Hintergrund ein Gegenmittel entwickeln zu können. Abgesehen von der quantitativ beeindruckenden Anzahl an Publikationen wird mit Blick auf deren Qualität deutlich, dass Deutschland eine führende Position in der wissenschaftlichen Forschung einnimmt. Die Position Deutschlands in der Bekämpfung des Virus motiviert eine Detailbetrachtung. Neben einer Analyse nach Standorten und Institutionen, die die Forschungsleistung Deutschlands besser verstehen lässt, soll auch die Bedeutung dieser für den deutschen Pharma-Standort im Mittelpunkt stehen. Lockerungen der politisch ergriffenen Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Auswirkungen des Virus auf die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung und auf die Wirtschaft bedürfen einer Rückkoppelung mit Erkenntnissen aus der wissenschaftlichen Forschung und Innovationen aus der Pharmaindustrie. ; The corona pandemic and the associated restrictions on social and economic life have been affecting all our lives around the world for several weeks now. Besides, the possible strategy of aiming for herd immunity by infecting 60 to 70 percent of the population, a suitable vaccine is the great hope to restore the "old normality", as Olaf Scholz calls it, in the near future. Against this background, science and pharmaceutical companies are looking for innovations. This study examines the flood of scientific publications on the basis of bibliometric data from "Europe PubMed Central" to analyze the spillover effects from science to the pharmaceutical innovation process. The analysis of the scientific publications from December 1, 2019, to April 15, 2020, over time and in comparison to other countries, reveals a flood of new contributions and findings that should help to better understand the virus "SARS-CoV-2" in order to develop an vaccine against this background. In addition to the quantitatively impressive number of publications, the quality of research shows that Germany is a leader in scientific research. This leading role of Germany in the fight against the virus motivates a detailed examination. In addition to an analysis according to locations and institutions, which provides a better understanding of Germany's research performance, the focus will also be on the significance of this for the pharmaceutical industry in Germany.

Public interest in the community is the main target in public service providers. Officials of the Office of Population and Civil Registry as a bureaucrat at the regional level are required to be able to handle the constraints faced in the government's promoted development efforts. Officials of the Office of Population and Civil Registration must be able to carry out its first function is to provide services to the community well, deft, effective and efficient. Another problem that often arises is the discipline of employees in providing services this proved many employees who come not on time, start the service not on time, rest not in time, and employees also home before the time to go home. This also greatly affects the service because if the shortage of employees then the counter service that will be opened also a little, so that the impact of many people who are not served. The purpose of this research are; 1) To know Employee Perception Against Attendance of Administration Service Bureau at Department of Population and Civil Regent of Bima Regency; 2) To know the Factors that may affect the Presence of Calo Administration Services At the Department of Population and Civil Registration Bima District.This research uses qualitative approach method with technique of determination of informant use Purposive sampling, meaning intentionally intake technique. Methods of data collection ie observation, interview (Interview) and documentation. Data type is qualitative data and sourced from secondary and primary data with data analysis technique Data Reduction, Data Presentation (Data Display), and Conclusion drawing / verification.The result of research shows that: The distance of the Office of Population and Civil Registry of Bima Regency is far and there is no public transportation passing through it. So that has a private vehicle that many do service in the Department of Population and Civil Registry Bima District, for people living in remote areas usually take care of services, especially the service of birth certificate by handing someone close to his relationship with bureaucracy or brokers even if they have to pay more. The presence of brokers is difficult to separate from public services. But now their existence began to decrease, because the government increasingly simplify the process of document management and licensing.)