Objective: The aim of this study was to provide data on child and adolescent psychiatric emergencies focusing on factors leading to immediate hospitalization. Method: A half-year sample consisting of 306 consecutive outpatient emergencies at a large general child and adolescent psychiatric hospital in Germany was examined. Results: 85.3% of the presented patients were aged 13 years or older. 54...

Background. The seasonality of influenza is thought to vary according to environmental factors and human behavior. During winter holidays, potential disease-causing contact and travel deviate from typical patterns. We aim to understand these changes on age-specific and spatial influenza transmission. Methods. We characterized the changes to transmission and epidemic trajectories among children ...

The accuracy of forecasting of electrical load for the electricity industry has a vital significance in the renewal of economic structure as well as various equations including: purchasing and producing energy, load fluctuation, and the development of infrastructures. Its short-term forecasting has a significant role in designing and utilizing power systems and in the distribution systems and h...

Abstract. This study quantifies the impact of emission changes during public holidays on air quality (AQ) and analyses added value accounting for in AQ modelling. Spatial temporal distributions atmospheric concentrations major pollutants (the main focus was NO2, but we also included O3, CO, PM2.5, SO2) were considered at European scale all 2018. Particular attention paid to events with most pro...

This large-scale study, consisting of 21.3 million hand hygiene opportunities from 19 distinct facilities in 10 different states, uses linear predictive models to expose factors that may affect hand hygiene compliance. We examine the use of features such as temperature, relative humidity, influenza severity, day/night shift, federal holidays and the presence of new medical residents in predicti...

In this study, the Market Clearing Price (MCP) is forecasted with Artificial Neural Networks and modeling success examined for different preprocessing strategies. The purpose of study to obtain optimum model a significant estimation provide best price prediction. hour-based electricity generation data diverse production items are assigned as inputs resulting MCP modeled. raw first cleaned from ...

Idler and Kasl's study of elderly New Haven residents indicated that some Christians and Jews postponed their deaths until after the celebration of religious holidays. However, the correct p values are larger than they report and make their conclusions less convincing, especially for Jews.

The impact of reactive school closure on an epidemic is uncertain, since it is not clear how an unplanned closure will affect social mixing patterns. The effect of school holidays on social mixing patterns is better understood. Here, we use mathematical models to explore the influence of the timing of school holidays on the final size and peak incidence of an influenza-like epidemic. A well-tim...