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Satellite Measured Ionospheric Magnetic Field Variations over Natural Hazards Sites
No full textProcesses and threats related to natural hazards play an important role in the evolution of the Earth and in human history. The purpose of this study is to investigate magnetic field variations measured at low Earth orbit (LEO) altitudes possibly associated with earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and artificial outbursts. We focus on two missions with well equipped magnetometer packages, the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) and ESA’s three spacecraft Swarm fleet. After a natural hazards survey in the context of this satellites, and consideration of external magnetospheric and solar influences, together with spacecraft interferences, wavelet analysed spatio-temporal patterns in ionospheric magnetic field variations related to atmospheric waves are examined in detail. We provide assessment of the links between specific lithospheric or near surface sources and ionospheric magnetic field measurements. For some of the diverse events the achieved statistical results show a change in the pattern between pre- and post-event periods, we show there is an increase in the fluctuations for the higher frequency (smaller scales) components. Our results are relevant to studies which establish a link between space based magnetic field measurements and natural hazards
Religious Affiliations in Austria at the Provincial Level: Estimates for Vorarlberg, 2001-2018
No full textReligious affiliation is nowadays getting plenty of attention in Austria, in the public spherewith increased presence in the news and in the policy discourse. The aim of this study is toestimate the religious composition of the population of Vorarlberg in 2018, takingadvantage of available data, such as census information and statistics on components ofpopulation change. The latest census that collected data on religion was implemented in2001 and since then population counts have been relying on register data and did not collectdata on the religious affiliation of the Austrian population. Therefore, to study changes inthe religious composition of the population residing in Vorarlberg, it needs to be estimatedusing population projections following a methodology that was developed by Goujon et al.(2017) in a project to reconstruct (and project into the future) the population of Austria andVienna in 2016. The reconstruction shows that Vorarlberg follows similar trends as thoseobserved in Austria since 2001: 1) The share of Roman Catholics declines strongly, 2) thereis a strong increase in the population with no religious affiliation, and 3) the share ofMuslims has increased substantially which is the outcome of two main trends – fertility andmigration. The study of the origin (country of birth) of Muslims residing in Vorarlberg in2018 points at an increasing Austrian-born population, originating from parents or grandparentsborn predominantly in Turkey but also at a diversification as a result of the 2015refugee crisis
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No full textThe Effect of Nativity, Duration of Residence, and Age at Arrival on Obesity: Evidence from an Australian Longitudinal Study
No full textThe motivation for this paper arises from the lack of longitudinal studies which investigate changes in obesity patterns of immigrants and the effect of age at arrival on these patterns and changes. Additionally, few studies examined empirically the pathways by which changes in obesity occur overtime. We investigated differences in the levels of obesity among foreign-born people from English Speaking and non-English Speaking countries relative to native-born Australians, and how those differences changed with duration of residence and age at arrival using a large representative longitudinal dataset. We also explored whether the association between nativity, duration of residence (DoR) and obesity is mediated by English language proficiency, socioeconomic factors and health behaviour factors. We found that the odds of being obese were significantly smaller among foreign-born people, both from English speaking countries and non-English speaking countries compared with native-born people. Relative to the native-born, immigrants from non-English speaking countries lost their measurable obesity advantage with respect to the native-born after 20 years of residence in Australia, whereas immigrants from English speaking countries did not. We did not find a substantial modification in these associations by age at arrival for either immigrants from non-English speaking or English speaking countries. We found some evidence of a mediating role of English language proficiency on obesity for foreign-born people from non-English speaking countries. Given increasing proportions of foreign-born people in Australia, particularly from non-English speaking countries, our results underscore the role of English language proficiency in designing healthy weight interventions
Haas, Johann Honorius
No full text* vor 1692 Kirchdorf an der Krems/OÖ oder Kremsmünster/OÖ, † nach 1738 Leibnitz?/St. Komponist, Organist
Stefan Haas / Michael C. Schneider / Nicolas Bilo, Hg., Die Zählung der Welt. Kulturgeschichte der Statistik (= Studien zur Alltags- und Kulturgeschichte 32, Stuttgart 2019: Franz Steiner Verlag), 261 S., EUR 52,00. ISBN 978-3-515-12117-0. VIRUS - Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin|VIRUS. Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin Band 19. Schwerpunkt: Objekte als Quellen der Medizingeschichte|
No full textThe future of the Protestant Church: Estimates for Austria and for the Provinces of Burgenland, Carinthia and Vienna
No full textSecularization and migration have substantially affected the place of the Protestant Church in the Austrian society in the last decades. The number of members has been shrinking markedly from 447 thousand members in 1971 to 278 thousand in 2018. The trend is visible across all provinces, although the magnitude is stronger in Vienna where both disaffiliation and international migration are stronger: In the capital city, the Protestant population diminished from 126 thousand to 47 thousand over the 1971-2018 period. Using population projections of membership to the Protestant Church, we look at the potential future of affiliation to the Protestant Church in Austria, and in three provinces: Burgenland, Carinthia, and Vienna from 2018 to 2048, considering different paths of fertility and disaffiliation. We also look at the impact of different scenarios regarding the composition of international migration flows on affiliation to the Protestant Church. Our findings suggest that in the absence of compensatory flows, the Protestant Church will keep shrinking unless it manages to stop disaffiliation. The projections also show that migrants, especially within mobile Europe, are a potential source of members that is at present not properly contributing to membership in Austria. According to the TREND EUROPE scenario, which is – seen from today – the most likely scenario with a continuation of declining entries and increased exits, the Protestant population in Austria would still decline from 283 thousand in 2018 to 144 thousand in 2048 (-49%). At the level of the three provinces, the decline would be faster in Vienna (-42%, from 47 to 27 thousand) than in Burgenland (-26%, from 32 to 24 thousand) and Carinthia (-37%, from 48 to 30 thousand). According to this scenario, by 2048 the Protestant population would correspond to 1.5% of the total population of Austria(1.3% in Vienna, 7.3% in Burgenland and 5.4% in Carinthia). Other scenarios reflect the potential impact of different religious composition of future migrant flows, as well as changing disaffiliation patterns. Only under the LIFT scenario, which assumes a reduction in exits by 50% and more migrants enrolling to the Protestant Church, we see an end of the haemorrhage and even an increase in the number of Protestants in Vienna
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