Quantity and quality of conflict of interest policies at German medical schools: a cross-sectional study and survey by Sophie Gepp, Peter Grabitz, David Klemperer, Zoe Friedmann, Leonard Hess, Lisa Specht, Maja Struck, Sophie Kira Tragert, Tobias Walther

“…Objectives To assess the quantity and evaluate the quality of policies and curricula focusing on conflicts of interests (COI) at medical schools across Germany.Design Cross-sectional study, survey of medical schools, standardised web search.Setting Medical schools, Germany.Participants 38 German medical schools.Interventions We collected relevant COI policies, including teaching activities, by conducting a search of the websites of all 38 German medical schools using standardised keywords for COI policies and teaching. …”
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TAXPAYERS’ AWARENESS, TAX PENALTIES AND TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA by Benuh Adama Idris

“… Discourse on tax administration in terms of taxpayers’ awareness and tax penalty is germane because governments at all levels depend on revenue generated through taxation to drive their programmes. …”
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Wireless sensor network for fire detection with network coding to improve security and reliability by Johannes Braun, Faouzi Derbel

“…The proposed WSN is designed to comply with European standards, with a particular focus on German standards, and enables the deployment of sensor nodes that automatically construct a robust and reliable network. …”
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The use of authentic video materials in language teaching by Elena V. Revina

“…The problem of rational use of authentic video is given in the program design for the use of authentic video on the lessons for German language.…”
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Utilization of Buildings’ Foundations for a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Medium to Meet Space and Water Heat Demands by Ammar Alkhalidi, Hamzah Al Khatba, Mohamad K. Khawaja

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Gaussian Process Regression with a Hybrid Risk Measure for Dynamic Risk Management in the Electricity Market by Abhinav Das, Stephan Schlüter

“…It enables consumers to adjust their consumption patterns or market traders to invest and allows more cost-effective and risk-aware decision-making. The potential of our approach is shown in a case study based on the German market. …”
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Nursing staff and supervisors perceptions on stress and resilience: a qualitative study by Madeleine Helaß, Anja Greinacher, Melanie Genrich, Andreas Müller, Peter Angerer, Harald Gündel, Florian Junne, Christoph Nikendei, Imad Maatouk

“…Our aim was to assess the predisposing risk and resilience factors of the stress of nursing staff as well as to explore the common and distinctive perceptions of these factors between nurses without a managerial position (nursing staff) and employees in a supervising position (nurse managers, ward nurses). Design Generic qualitative study using half-standardized interviews. …”
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Radical orthodoxy and protestantism today: John Milbank in conversation by J. Milbank

“…Milbank’s answers to questions from Sven Grosse for a conference, in German, held in Basel, Switzerland in 2017. This written interview will be published in German, but Prof. …”
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How Fast Is Recovery of Impaired Glucose Tolerance after 21-Day Bed Rest (NUC Study) in Healthy Adults? by Martina Heer, Natalie Baecker, Stephan Wnendt, Annelie Fischer, Gianni Biolo, Petra Frings-Meuthen

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Créativité, dialogisme et multimodalité : trois qualités d’un environnement de conception numérique collaboratif by Frédérique Longuet

“…This article focuses on the process of a collaborative learning device digitally enriched in initial teacher training. This experience is designed for the training of German student teachers at a master degree in the Paris Sorbonne school of education (ESPE Paris Sorbonne, 2014-2016). …”
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Sustainable reduction in sound levels on intensive care units through noise management - an implementation study by Sandra Witek, Claudia Schmoor, Fabian Montigel, Birgit Grotejohann, Sven Ziegler

“…Methods The implementation of a setting-specific intervention bundle consisting of (a) ward-specific guide to noise management, (b) further noise reduction and prevention measures and (c) the use of “noise traffic lights” was evaluated in an implementation study with a pre-post design. …”
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TUM4Health, a holistic student health promotion program. Screening of cardiovascular risk factors in university students by Klaus Christian Haggenmüller, Barbara Reiner, Renate Maria Oberhoffer, Nils Olson, Jochen Weil, Thorsten Schulz

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How to enhance company engagement in public-private emergency collaborations in the supply of essential goods by Markus Lüttenberg, Alexander Zienau, Marcus Wiens, Ole Hansen, Florian Diehlmann, Frank Schultmann

“…To enable successful collaboration, the paper develops crisis preparedness guidelines for state institutions and companies. Design/methodology/approach – The authors develop and conduct a survey and statistically analyze the responses of 398 German companies from the food, health-care and logistics sectors. …”
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