Do Health Professionals Sufficiently Address Patients’ Disposition Toward Changing Their Nutritional and Physical Activity Habits? Findings from a Pilot Study among People with Typ... by Heike Wieser, Fabio Vittadello, Evi Comploj, Harald Stummer

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A model-based early warning system for runoff-generated debris-flow occurrence: Preliminary results by Cazorzi Federico, Barbini Matteo, Beinat Alberto, Bernard Martino, Boreggio Mauro, Cesca Matteo, Cucchiaro Sara, Dainese Roberta, De Luca Alberto, Demmler Christian, Gregoretti Carlo, Hagen Karl, Lechner Veronika, Maset Eleonora, Neuhauser Michael, Nicolosi Paolo, Zingerle Christoph

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Prospecting the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Müstair (Switzerland) by Jona Schlegel, Geert J. Verhoeven, Patrick Cassitti, Alois Hinterleitner, Klaus Löcker, Hannes Schiel, Christoph Walser, Thomas Reitmaier, Wolfgang Neubauer

“…The Benedictine Convent of Saint John at Müstair is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the eastern part of Switzerland close to South Tyrol’s border (Italy). Known as a well-preserved Carolingian building complex housing Carolingian and Romanesque frescoes, the convent has received much academic attention. …”
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Insuring Alpine Grasslands against Drought-Related Yield Losses Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Data by Mariapina Castelli, Giovanni Peratoner, Luca Pasolli, Giulia Molisse, Alexander Dovas, Gabriel Sicher, Alice Crespi, Mattia Rossi, Mohammad Hussein Alasawedah, Evelyn Soini, Roberto Monsorno, Claudia Notarnicola

“…The developed prototype GPI index was used at the end of the growing season of the year 2022 to calculate the payments of an experimental insurance scheme which was proposed to a group of farmers in Trentino-South Tyrol.…”
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Aromatypicity of Austrian Pinot Blanc Wines by Christian Philipp, Phillip Eder, Sezer Sari, Nizakat Hussain, Elsa Patzl-Fischerleitner, Reinhard Eder

“…These findings could help to ensure that, through targeted measures, Austrian Pinot blanc wines become even more typical and distinguish themselves from other origins such as Germany or South Tyrol through a clear concept of typicity.…”
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Unitarianism with Attributes of Regionalism – Certain Aspects and Relevant Georgian Context by Tinatin Erkvania

“…Given all of the above, the main aim of the Article is to overview the extended standard of regional/political autonomy, with a focus on the idea of improving the Georgian model of territorial organisation, only using Catalonia and South Tyrol as examples so far. This Article was written as part of a research mission to the Faculty of Law of Humboldt University of Berlin. …”
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Environment or genetic isolation? An atypical intestinal microbiota in the Maltese honey bee Apis mellifera spp. ruttneri by Francesca Gaggìa, Rasmus Riemer Jakobsen, Daniele Alberoni, Loredana Baffoni, Simone Cutajar, David Mifsud, Dennis Sandris Nielsen, Diana Di Gioia

“…Honey bee guts were collected in a dry period in the respective breeding areas (the island of Malta and the regions of Emilia-Romagna and South Tyrol in Italy). Microbial DNA from the honey bee gut was extracted and amplified for the V3-V4 regions of the 16S rRNA gene for bacteria and for ITS2 for fungi.ResultsThe analyses carried out show that the Maltese lineage A honey bees have a distinctive microbiota when compared to Italian lineage C honey bees, with the most abundant genera being Bartonellaceae and Lactobacillaceae, respectively. …”
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Debris-flow activity and sediment dynamics in the landslide-influenced Lattenbach catchment, Austria by Aigner Philipp, Kuschel Erik, Sklar Leonard, Zangerl Christian, Hrachowitz Markus, de Haas Tjalling, Huebl Johannes, Kaitna Roland

“…The Lattenbach catchment (basin area 5,3 km², relief 2134 m) in Grins (Tyrol, Austria), is an example for an active DF-site, where there is geomorphological evidence of deep-seated landslide activity. …”
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The Link between Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Anger: A Systematic Review Revealing Research Gaps by Carmen M. Galvez-Sánchez, Gustavo A. Reyes del Paso, Stefan Duschek, Casandra I. Montoro

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Adolescent Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Interplay of Age, Gender, and Mental Health Outcomes in Two Consecutive Cross-Sectional Surveys in Northern Italy by Verena Barbieri, Giuliano Piccoliori, Angelika Mahlknecht, Barbara Plagg, Dietmar Ausserhofer, Adolf Engl, Christian J. Wiedermann

“…The sample included adolescents aged 11–19 years from public schools in South Tyrol. Validated psychometric instruments were used to assess HRQoL, anxiety and depression symptoms, and psychosomatic complaints. …”
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Expression of biomarkers connected to endocrine disruption in Cottus gobio and Salmo trutta fario in relation to sewage treatment plant-efflux and pesticides by Michael Niederwanger, Josef Wieser, Melanie Thaler, Agnes Felber, Katja Schmölz, Wolfgang Mark, Erich Tasser, Rüdiger Kaufmann, Bernd Pelster

“…To elaborate whether fish species and populations in the areas of interest were at risk of experiencing endocrine disruption, we identified different biomarkers related to endocrine disruption in Cottus gobio and Salmo trutta fario and applied this approach to selected Austrian freshwater streams pre and post sewage treatment plants and permanent cultures with extensive pesticide output in South Tyrol. Overall, mRNA expression levels of vitellogenin, estrogen receptor α and zona pellucida genes in wildlife fish, compared to a control population reared under constant conditions in the laboratory were significantly increased. …”
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The Association of Physical Activity Level with Micronutrient and Health Status of Austrian Bank Employees by Markus Schauer, Mohamad Motevalli, Derrick Tanous, Susanne Mair, Martin Burtscher, Katharina Wirnitzer

“…Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, this study involved the participation of bank employees (<i>n</i> = 123; average age: 43 years; 49% males) from the federal state of Tyrol, located in the western part of Austria. To assess PA levels and sedentary behavior, the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ; developed by the WHO) was administered. …”
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Blood transcriptomics analysis offers insights into variant-specific immune response to SARS-CoV-2 by Markus Hoffmann, Lina-Liv Willruth, Alexander Dietrich, Hye Kyung Lee, Ludwig Knabl, Nico Trummer, Jan Baumbach, Priscilla A. Furth, Lothar Hennighausen, Markus List

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Development of a benchmarking tool to assess the welfare of dairy cattle on small-scale farms by I. Poulopoulou, T. Zanon, M. Alrhmoun, K. Katzenberger, L. Holighaus, M. Gauly

“…For this reason, 1,891 cows from 204 herds housed in freestall (n = 111) and tiestall (n = 93) husbandry systems in South Tyrol (Northern Italy) were evaluated. The results showed that 17.6% of herds (36 farms) had an average score below 60 (out of 100), which means that immediate intervention should be adopted to improve welfare. …”
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Controlled Reservoir Drawdown—Challenges for Sediment Management and Integrative Monitoring: An Austrian Case Study—Part A: Reach Scale by Christoph Hauer, Marlene Haimann, Patrick Holzapfel, Peter Flödl, Beatrice Wagner, Michael Hubmann, Bernhard Hofer, Helmut Habersack, Martin Schletterer

“…The presented case study deals with such a controlled drawdown beyond the operational level of the Gepatsch reservoir (Tyrol, Austria). Based on the awareness of possible ecological consequences, an advanced set of measures and an integrative monitoring design, consisting of a detailed event-based quantification of suspended sediments, changes in the morphology, especially with respect to fine sediments, and analyses of the biological quality element fish on the reach scale along the Inn River have been developed.…”
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Whole Exome Sequencing Enhanced Imputation Identifies 85 Metabolite Associations in the Alpine CHRIS Cohort by Eva König, Johannes Rainer, Vinicius Verri Hernandes, Giuseppe Paglia, Fabiola Del Greco M., Daniele Bottigliengo, Xianyong Yin, Lap Sum Chan, Alexander Teumer, Peter P. Pramstaller, Adam E. Locke, Christian Fuchsberger

“…Here, we take advantage of the well-characterized Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol (CHRIS) study to perform an exome-wide association study (ExWAS) on absolute concentrations of 175 metabolites in 3294 individuals. …”
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Mortality, and life expectancy in Epilepsy and Status epilepticus—current trends and future aspects by Eugen Trinka, Eugen Trinka, Eugen Trinka, Lucas J. Rainer, Lucas J. Rainer, Claudia A. Granbichler, Georg Zimmermann, Georg Zimmermann, Georg Zimmermann, Markus Leitinger

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Prolonged critical avalanche burial for nearly 23 h with severe hypothermia and severe frostbite with good recovery: a case report by Elisabeth Gruber, Rosmarie Oberhammer, Hermann Brugger, Elisa Bresadola, Matteo Avogadri, Julia Kompatscher, Marc Kaufmann

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Primary school children's health and its association with physical fitness development and health-related factors by Gerhard Ruedl, Armando Cocca, Katharina C. Wirnitzer, Derrick Tanous, Clemens Drenowatz, Martin Niedermeier

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Expression of Tissue Factor and Platelet/Leukocyte Markers on Extracellular Vesicles Reflect Platelet–Leukocyte Interaction in Severe COVID-19 by Tanja Eichhorn, René Weiss, Silke Huber, Marie Ebeyer-Masotta, Marwa Mostageer, Robert Emprechtinger, Ludwig Knabl, Ludwig Knabl, Reinhard Würzner, Viktoria Weber

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