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Brief Note: Four Additional Butterflies from Cedar Bog, Champaign County, Ohio
No full textAuthor Institution: Department of Entomology, Ohio State Universit
Contingency in the Cosmos and the Contingency of the Cosmos: Two Theological Approaches
No full textContingency in reality may be epistemic, due to incomplete knowledge or the intersection of unrelated causal trajectories. In quantum physics, it appears to be ontological. More fundamental and interesting is the limit-question ‘why is there something rather than nothing,’ pointing out the contingency of existence. Contingency in existence provides a context for a proposal to conceive of special divine action as determining quantum states that, physically speaking, seem to be indeterminate. Such a proposal, as defended by Robert J. Russell, avoids some of the problems associated with miraculous interventions, but might face problems if more deterministic programs in physics are successful. The contingency of existence is independent of science, and might be appreciated if one assumes a different view of God, not as an actor in nature but as the Author of nature
Asset mispricing due to cognitive dissonance’, IMF Working Paper WP/05/9
No full textAbstract This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate. The behavior of equity prices is analyzed in a general equilibrium model where agents have preferences not only over consumption but also (implicitly) over their beliefs. To alleviate cognitive dissonance, investors endogenously choose to ignore information that conflicts too much with their ex ante expectations. Depending on the new information that is released, systematic overvaluation and undervaluation of equity prices arise, as well as too much and too little equity price volatility. The distortion in the asset pricing process is closely related to the precision of the information. JEL Classification Numbers: G11, G1
Arbeidsproductiviteit publieke sector in historisch perspectief: De aard van technische ontwikkelingen
No full textIn dit artikel wordt het begrip technische ontwikkeling van arbeid geïntroduceerd. Dit begrip verschilt van het standaard begrip arbeidsproductiviteit doordat het geschoond is voor de invloed van ontwikkelingen in productie, prijzen en omgevingsfactoren. De technische ontwikkeling van arbeid meet dus vooral de invloed van technologische en institutionele veranderingen op de arbeidsproductiviteit. Voor een groot aantal voorzieningen in de publieke sector is dit cijfer berekend. Hieruit blijkt dat de door technologie gedreven sectoren, zoals de netwerksectoren en de ziekenhuissector, een hogere groei laten zien dan de sterk arbeidsintensieve sectoren. De groeisectoren zijn echter ook wel de sectoren waar het beleid het meest via marktprikkels op verbetering van de productiviteit heeft gestuurd. In de niet-groeisectoren zijn andersoortige institutionele veranderingen van grote invloed op de technische ontwikkeling van arbeid, zoals de klassenverkleining in het basisonderwijs en het kwaliteitsbeleid in de caresectoren.Values Technology and InnovationTechnology, Policy and Managemen
The influence of spinal pain, spinal mobility, and spinal curvature on the risk of falling in osteoporotic patients
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The Influence of Spinal Pain, Spinal Mobility, and Spinal Curvature on the Risk of Falling in Osteoporotic Patients
by Antonia Diegisser 1,Janine Huthwelker 1,*,Jürgen Konradi 1ORCID,Friedrich Bodem 1,†,Philipp Drees 2 andUlrich Betz 1ORCID
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Institute of Physical Therapy, Prevention and Rehabilitation, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Author deceased.
J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14(13), 4511; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14134511
Submission received: 28 May 2025 / Revised: 17 June 2025 / Accepted: 18 June 2025 / Published: 25 June 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Rehabilitation in Osteoporosis)
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Background/Objective: Although the increased proneness to falling in osteoporotic patients has been stated in the literature, the knowledge of underlying reasons and their possible interactions is incomplete. For this reason, it was the aim of this work to investigate the possible relation between spinal pain, spinal mobility, and spinal curvature on the risk of falling in osteoporotic patients. Methods: Our study included a total of 100 osteoporotic patients. Standardized methods were used to evaluate spinal pain, spinal mobility, and spinal statics. The risk of falling was assessed by the Tinetti test. To explicitly determine potential spine-related risk factors for falling, the results observed were adjusted by linear regression statistics considering already known risk factors (e.g., age, level of activity, muscle weakness, disturbed lateral balance). Results: The risk of falling in osteoporotic patients was found to be influenced by spinal pain (p = 0.010), the total spine mobility (p = 0.013), and, in particular, by its rotational mobility (p = 0.019). Spinal curvature (spine inclination in this context) did not show a significant effect (p = 0.892). Conclusions: Spinal pain and total spine mobility, in particular its rotational mobility, contribute to the risk of falling in osteoporotic patients. This finding should be appropriately considered in preventive patient care programs
Opereren bij schaalnadelen
No full textNa een periode van relatieve rust, slaat opnieuw de fusiekoorts toe onder de bestuurders van Nederlandse ziekenhuizen. Vanuit bedrijfseconomisch perspectief zijn nieuwe ziekenhuisfusies onverstandig. Bij de, toch al grote, Nederlandse ziekenhuizen zijn geen schaalvoordelen te behalen. Alle ziekenhuizen kampen nu al met schaalnadelen: bij schaalvergroting nemen hun kosten sneller toe dan de productie. De bestaande (juridische) instrumenten om fusies te toetsen zijn ontoereikend om ziekenhuisfusies tegen te gaan. De nieuwe wetgeving met een zorgspecifieke fusietoets gaat aan deze praktijk waarschijnlijk niets veranderen. Dat zou een gemiste kans zijn om echte barrières op te werpen tegen ondoelmatige ziekenhuisfusies.Values Technology and InnovationTechnology, Policy and Managemen
Back to square one: Multiple generations under one roof
No full textNowadays, we are back to square one, elderly live independently for longer and are forced to be more self-reliant again, just like they were before the Second World War, before the emergency law of Willem Drees. The traditional welfare state is changing into a participation society. In 2013 King Willem-Alexander stated: “Everyone who is able, is asked to take responsibility for his or her own life” (Rijksoverheid, 2013). As a result, those in need of care receive care at home as much as possible, instead of in an institution. In many cases they rely on their social network. Friends and family then become informal caregivers. This demand for care will increase together with the growing amount ofelderly in the Netherlands, aging. In addition, the change of the traditional welfare state into a participation society strengthened the loneliness of the elderly. In conclusion, the housing market of elderly requires a new layout. The tendency towards a more participatory society asks for a living environment where multiple generations live closer together. By accommodating multiple generations under one roof within a participation supporting, non-institutional environment, the elderly live independently for longer, together with securing their integration into society.Dutch HousingBetween Standards and IdealsArchitecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwellin
Politieke cultuur tussen cultuurgeschiedenis en politieke geschiedenis
No full textH. te Velde, Stijlen van leiderschap. Persoon en politiek van Thorbecke tot Den Uyl
Jac Bosmans, The political culture between political history and the history of civilization
In principle, the author agrees with Te Velde's choice of Thorbecke, Kuyper, Colijn, Drees and Den Uyl as examples of styles of policy-making which, with the benefit of hindsight, seem to be an apt expression of the political spirit of their days, though he does place a few question marks against the choice of Colijn and Drees. In addition, he advocates the establishment of a mutually beneficial co-operative relationship between tfiose political historians who focus in particular on investigating the cultural aspects of politics and those who are more interested in examining the actual results. He argues that this kind of co-operation is necessary in order to withstand the tendency of many cultural historians to claim almost the entire past as the focus of their research, a claim which leaves no room for political history as a separate field of study.
This review is part of the discussion forum 'Stijlen van leiderschap' (H. te Velde)
Paracetamol voor baumol
No full textMet de ‘ziekte van Baumol’ wordt bedoeld dat de verbetering van de arbeidsproductiviteit in dienstverlenende sectoren doorgaans achterblijft bij die in de rest van de economie. Vooral de publieke sector is vatbaar voor deze aandoening. Een analyse van veertien deelsectoren van de publieke sector met gegevens over een periode van twintig tot dertig jaar levert een genuanceerd beeld op. Lang niet al deze deelsectoren lijden aan de ziekte van Baumol. Een bovengemiddelde groei van de productieomvang gaat vaak gepaard met een verbetering van de productiviteit. Per sector zijn verschillende waarnemingsperioden onderscheiden. De productiviteitsontwikkeling in elke periode is afgezet tegen typerende institutionele kenmerken uit die periode. In een tijd van economische voorspoed (midden jaren negentig) daalt de productiviteit. Bij economische tegenspoed (jaren tachtig) geldt het omgekeerde. In slechte tijden staan bezuinigingen voorop, met als zichtbaar resultaat een toenemende productiviteit. De hamvraag met welke instrumenten de productiviteit in de publieke sector valt te verbeteren is lastig te beantwoorden; daarvoor blijkt de praktijk te weerbarstig te zijn.Values Technology and InnovationTechnology, Policy and Managemen
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