Spatial patterns of evaporation in a small catchment by Hogan Patrick, Szeles Borbala, Rab Gerhard, Oismüller Markus, Pavlin Lovrenc, Parajka Juraj, Strauss Peter, Blöschl Günter

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Latent classes of childhood maltreatment in children and adolescents in foster care: associations with ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD by Katharina Sölva, Alexander Haselgruber, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster

“…Method: Participants were 147 children and adolescents currently living in foster care institutions in Lower Austria. Maltreatment history, ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD were assessed using standardized self-report questionnaires. …”
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Geostatistical analysis of soil texture fractions on the field scale by Masoomeh DELBARI, Peyman AFRASIAB, Willibald LOISKANDL

“…Geostatistical estimation methods including ordinary kriging (OK), lognormal ordinary kriging (LOK), cokriging (COK), and indicator kriging (IK) are compared for the purposes of prediction and, in particular, uncertainty assessment of the soil texture fractions, i.e. sand, silt, and clay proportions, in an erosion experimental field in Lower Austria. The soil samples were taken on 136 sites, about 30-m apart. …”
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Costs and benefits of satellite-based tools for irrigation management by Francesco eVuolo, Laura eEssl, Clement eAtzberger

“…This paper presents the results of a collaborative work with farmers and a cost-benefit analysis of geospatial technologies applied to irrigation water management in the semi-arid agricultural area in Lower Austria. We use Earth observation (EO) data to estimate crop evapotranspiration (ET) and webGIS technologies to deliver maps and irrigation advice to farmers. …”
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How does digitally enabled micro-finance promote income equality for the vulnerable in the expanded BRICS block during the pandemic? by Manoj Kumar M. V., Nasser Almuraqab, Immanuel Azaad Moonesar, Udo Christian Braendle, Ananth Rao, Ananth Rao

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Speleogenesis of the Hermannshöhle cave system (Austria): Constraints from 230Th/U-dating and palaeomagnetic analysis by Lukas Plan, Andrea Schober, Denis Scholz, Christoph Spötl, Petr Pruner, Pavel Bosák

“…Hermannshöhle is a show cave located near Kirchberg/Wechsel in Lower Austria. Together with three nearby and genetically connected caves, it forms the Hermannshöhlen cave system (HHS). …”
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CXCL13 as a biomarker in the diagnostics of European lyme Neuroborreliosis - A prospective multicentre study in Austria by Christoph Waiß, Barbara Ströbele, Uwe Graichen, Sascha Klee, Joshua Gartlehner, Estelle Sonntagbauer, Stephanie Hirschbichler, Alexander Tinchon, Emrah Kacar, Bianca Wuchty, Bianka Novotna, Zofia Kühn, Johann Sellner, Walter Struhal, Christian Bancher, Peter Schnider, Susanne Asenbaum-Nan, Stefan Oberndorfer

“…Design and methods This multicentre prospective study involved 6 neurological departments treating patients in the Lower Austria district (1.7 million inhabitants). The controls were patients scheduled for a spinal tap but not clinically diagnosed with NB. …”
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Poverty in old age in times of COVID-19—Empirical results from Austria by Lukas Richter, Theresa Heidinger

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Comparison of different detection methods for Ascaris suum infection on Austrian swine farms by Anja Joachim, Christian Winkler, Ursula Ruczizka, Andrea Ladinig, Michaela Koch, Alexander Tichy, Lukas Schwarz

“…To introduce and evaluate serology for A. suum screening in Austrian pigs, blood (for serology) (n = 177) and feces (for copromicroscopy) (n = 177) were taken from randomly selected slaughter pig batches from 18 farms at a slaughterhouse in Lower Austria. In addition, livers presented at slaughter (n = 844; max. 70/farm) were evaluated for milk spots. …”
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SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION AND ITS REPEATABILITY FOR POINT CLOUDS FROM DENSE VHR TRI-STEREO SATELLITE IMAGE MATCHING USING MACHINE LEARNING by A.-M. Loghin, N. Pfeifer, J. Otepka-Schremmer

“…The images were collected with two different sensors (Pléiades and WorldView-3) at different timestamps for a study area covering a surface of 24 km², located in Waldviertel, Lower Austria. In particular, we evaluate the performance and precision of the classifier by analysing the variation of the results obtained after multiple scenarios using different training and test data sets. …”
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Reproducibility of improvements in patient-reported functional ability following functional capacity evaluation by Martin Schindl, Harald Zipko, Matthias Bethge

“…Methods Patients with musculoskeletal trauma and an unclear return to work prognosis were recruited in a trauma rehabilitation center in Lower Austria. We included patient cohorts of three consecutive years (2016: n = 161, 2017: n = 140; 2018: n = 151). …”
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Pregnancy Outcome after Exposure to Migalastat for Fabry Disease: A Clinical Report by Natalja Haninger-Vacariu, Sarah El-Hadi, Udo Pauler, Marina Foretnik, Renate Kain, Zoltán Prohászka, Alice Schmidt, Nina Skuban, Jay A. Barth, Gere Sunder-Plassmann

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Demographic change and urban health: Towards a novel agenda for delivering sustainable and healthy cities for all [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Alex Ezeh, Sandro Galea, Trudy Harpham, James Duminy, Danzhen You, Daniela Weber, Amy Weimann, Mark R. Montgomery, J. M. Ian Salas

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Bridging the gap in healthcare: creating an online health information prototype for individuals with intellectual disabilities to promote equity and knowledge transfer by Lisa T. Dam, Petra Heidler, Petra Heidler, Isabel King

“…A convenience sample of 20 adults employed in sheltered workshops of the Caritas Lower Austria West facility who met the inclusion criteria participated.ResultsThe prototype addressed four main topics, namely nutrition, medical specialization, first aid, and patient information, offering comprehensive information using easy-to-read language and pictorial content. …”
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Investigations on the occurrence of a muscular disorder in Austrian slaughter pigs by Lukas Schwarz, Carolin Schöner, Rene Brunthaler, Herbert Weissenböck, Tanja Bernreiter-Hofer, Barbara Wallner, Andrea Ladinig

“…A survey to determine the prevalence of fatty muscular disorders of pork revealed that this phenomenon gets frequently observed in Styria, but also occurs in Upper Austria and Lower Austria. Mostly gluteal and lumbal muscles were affected and approximately 20–40% of the affected muscles were replaced by fat. …”
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EVALUATION OF A NOVEL UAV-BORNE TOPO-BATHYMETRIC LASER PROFILER by G. Mandlburger, M. Pfennigbauer, M. Wieser, U. Riegl, N. Pfeifer

“…For assessing the precision and accuracy of the system an experiment was carried out in October 2015 at a pre-alpine river (Pielach in Lower Austria). A 200 m longitudinal section and 12 river cross sections were measured with the BathyCopter sensor system at a flight altitude of 15-20 m above ground level and a measurement rate of 4 kHz. …”
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<i>Fusarium sporotrichioides</i> Produces Two HT-2-α-Glucosides on Rice by Thomas Svoboda, Roman Labuda, Michael Sulyok, Rudolf Krska, Markus Bacher, Franz Berthiller, Gerhard Adam

“…In this study, we focus on a type A trichothecene-producing isolate (15-39) of <i>Fusarium sporotrichioides</i> from Lower Austria. We assessed the secondary metabolite profile and optimized the toxin production conditions on autoclaved rice and found that in addition to large amounts of T-2 and HT-2 toxins, this strain was able to produce HT-2-glucoside. …”
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Extraction of Aged Hydrocarbons from Contaminated Soil Using Plant-Oil-in-Water Emulsions Combined with Oil/Water Separation by Reusable Non-Wovens by Maximilian Lackner, Thomas Hribernig, Markus Lutz, Markus Plank, Karl Putz

“…The technique was tested on a brownfield in Lower Austria, a former refinery site abandoned approx. 80 years ago with a peak hydrocarbon contamination of 40,000 mg/kg of dry soil and free-floating mineral oil on the groundwater level. …”
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Occurrence of Thelazia callipaeda and its vector Phortica variegata in Austria and South Tyrol, Italy, and a global comparison by phylogenetic network analysis by Maria Sophia Unterköfler, Patrick Dengg, Miriam Niederbacher, Sarah Lindorfer, Antonia Eberle, Alexandra Huck, Katalina Staufer, Carina Zittra, Licha Natalia Wortha, Adnan Hodžić, Georg Gerhard Duscher, Josef Harl, Gerhard Schlüsslmayr, Marcos Antonio Bezerra-Santos, Domenico Otranto, Katja Silbermayr, Hans-Peter Fuehrer

“…Thelazia callipaeda and P. variegata were identified in Burgenland, Lower Austria, and Styria. Thelazia callipaeda was also documented in Vienna and P. variegata in Upper Austria and South Tyrol, Italy. …”
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Survey of Potato Growers’ Perception of Climate Change and Its Impacts on Potato Production in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria by Svenja Bomers, Alexandra Ribarits, Anita Kamptner, Tanja Tripolt, Philipp von Gehren, Noémie Prat, Josef Söllinger

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