Simulation of SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Emissions in the Infected Population and Resulting Airborne Exposures in Different Indoor Scenarios by Michael Riediker, Christian Monn

“…Estimates suggest that the exhaled viral emissions from an infected person with high viral load can result in critical airborne concentrations in poorly ventilated small rooms. This project aimed to develop an indoor scenario simulator to rapidly assess the potential exposure in different indoor situations. …”
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Preparing for opening night: temporal boundary objects in textually-mediated professional practice by Elisabeth Davies, Pamela J. McKenzie

“…The authors report on two projects in which the role of documents as temporal boundary objects mediating information practices across multiple timelines was explored. …”
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Special issue: Proceedings of the 15th ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, August 26-29, 2024

“…Day Health information post-encountering behaviours on social media platforms Khalid U Fallatah, Morgan A Harvey, Sophie Rutter Information seeking behaviour in music conductors’ repertoire selection Christina Firkins, Michael Barrett-Berg, Ina Fourie Models and theories that can guide grief and bereavement information interventions: an information behaviour lens Ina Fourie Case study on a scientific oral history project using information practice analysis Deborah A. …”
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London’s Great Starfish: The Construction of Mid-Victorian Suburban Fiction by Tamara Silvia Wagner

“…In Trollope's 1858 The Three Clerks, the coming of commuter railways generates a peculiarly modern image of suburbanised, starfish-like, London: ‘London will soon assume the shape of a great starfish. . . . .The old town, extending from Poplar to Hammersmith, will be the nucleus, and the various railway lines will be the projecting rays.’ It is an outgrowth only to be understood as an otherworldly creature: from some undefined depths of alterity, an exotic animal rises to finger the English countryside. …”
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Prospects for development of graphic training of students of technical universities by Zh. A. Nazarova

“…Against this background, the demand for specialists in the field of information modeling has increased, employees have to retrain not only to work with new software, but also to move away from individual creativity of individual employees or departments to collective work on one project simultaneously by all employees from their workplaces (perhaps even from different cities and countries). …”
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Call for Papers: How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? by IF and FRFG

“…Younger people are confronted with the rapidly changing nature of the workplace as well as the rise in temporary work and zero-hour contracts, and are probably more interested in salaries, entry requirements and work contracts, rather than in end-of-career matters such as pensions and retirement ages. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“…Public bodies such as the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) are currently focusing their research efforts on further understanding and documenting the evidence on the multiple risks- including chemical, physical and psychosocial hazards -experienced by workers in the human health and social care activities sector, and their complex interplay. One ongoing project is quantifying the burden of adverse mental health outcomes measured with validated clinical scales from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic until mid-2023. …”
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Clustering the countries of the Asia-Pacific by values of inclusive economic growth by S. S. Matveevskii, L. R. Borisova

“…The experience of development banks has led to the conclusion that they directly affect economic growth: projects implementation ensures production of goods and services, creates new workplaces. …”
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