Role of NO3 radical in oxidation processes in the eastern Mediterranean troposphere during the MINOS campaign M. Vrekoussis, M. Kanakidou, N. Mihalopoulos, P. J. Crutzen, J. Lelieveld, D. Perner, H. Berresheim, and E. Baboukas Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1470, 71409 Heraklion, Greece Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abt. Luf...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in mortality 2020 with a resultant decrease life expectancy most countries around the world. In Germany, reduction at birth between 2019 and was comparatively small, -0.20 years. stronger among men than women (-0.24 vs. -0.13 years) eastern rather western Germany (-0.36 -0.16 years). Men experienced biggest decline (-0.41 For German men, less pronounced ...

Affiliations Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Center Munich, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany Centre for Drug Research, Division of Pharmaceutical Bi...

This paper examines the impact of marital status on maternal mortality in the period before and the period after German reunification in the area covered by the former East Germany. Maternal mortality ratio prior to the reunification was stable and declined after reunification. This can be attributed to the adoption of a lenient reporting system from West Germany. Unmarried status, on the othe...

a Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany b Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegraphenberg A 31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany c Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany d Department of Conservation Social...

The Effects of Vocational Training Programmes on the Duration of Unemployment in Eastern Germany This paper focuses on the effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany. We use information from administrative data of the Federal Employment Office. To allow for observable and possible unobservable influences we apply a multivariate mixed proportiona...

OBJECTIVE To study the impact of maternal country of birth on type-1-diabetes (T1D) therapy and outcome. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS 27,643 T1D patients aged ≤20 years with documented maternal country of birth from the multicenter German/Austrian diabetes patient registry (DPV) were analyzed. Patients were categorized based on their mother's origin: Germany/Austria (reference), Turkey, Southern ...

In this paper we study the transition to parenthood, analyzing data from three waves of a psychological longitudinal survey from Rostock, eastern Germany. We apply hazard regressions in order to predict the timing of first births of 117 men and 124 women born in 1970 and 1971. Subjects, who were in their 20s during the 1990s, made their family decisions during the most turbulent times of societ...

Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, mortality was considerably higher in the former East Germany than in West Germany. The gap narrowed rapidly after German reunification. The convergence was particularly strong for women, to the point that Eastern women aged 50-69 now have lower mortality despite lower incomes and worse overall living conditions. Prior research has shown that lower smoking rat...