Status: 01/24/2023 12:07 p.m Viral infections can weaken the body in the long term, in rare cases chronic fatigue syndrome develops, possibly also dementia. A study finds evidence of a possible connection. The analysis of 800,000 patient data in the specialist journal neuron shows a clear connection at first glance: people who survived a viral infection had a higher risk of suffering from neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis up to 15 years later. If people...
Global hedge funds underperformed last year at their lowest since 2018. Measured against the HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index, the funds lost 4.25 percent in value, according to data from the analysis company Hedge Fund Research (HFR). The barometer shows the development of the largest hedge funds operating worldwide. Hedge fund managers made heavy losses, especially in stock and cryptocurrency transactions. These collect capital from professional investors such as insurance companies and pension funds and use it to bet...
Status: 01/10/2023 1:56 p.m Munich drivers are stuck in traffic jams for more than 70 hours. This is the highest value of all German cities. Hamburg and Berlin follow closely behind. In an international comparison, however, these are relatively small traffic jams. Munich is the most congested city in Germany. An average commuter lost 74 hours there last year. This was the result of a study by the transport service provider Inrix. Berlin follows in second place with 71 hours...
Status: 05.01.2023 12:13 p.m For the first time since the start of the evaluation ten years ago, there is at least one woman on the majority of listed companies in Germany. However, a woman still faces an average of seven men. According to a study, the management level of top German companies listed on the stock exchange is more female than ever since the EY evaluation began in 2013. According to the auditing and consulting company, for the first time...
air traffic Risk analysis: Arabian airlines travel the safest An Emirates Airbus A-380 approaching Frankfurt Airport. photo © Boris Roessler/dpa When restarting from the Corona lull, international air traffic remained largely safe. But there are new risks because of the Russian attack on Ukraine. The Arab airlines Etihad and Emirates were once again particularly safe on the road last year. In the risk analysis by the Hamburg flight accident agency Jacdec, the two airlines from the United Arab Emirates are...
Of Cornelius Pollmer and David SteinitzAt the end of the year, real research professionals go through the archives again and finally work on those hot stories that have been left lying around for unfortunate reasons (being in a bad mood, vacation, "URGENT" e-mails). In particular, one unusual feature in the program of has not been forgotten in the past few months Bild.de, which this year reached a first, possibly only temporary, high point. The colleagues from Springer-Verlag dealt with anal...
Federal Constitutional Court Karlsruhe is negotiating new police analysis software On a table in the hearing room of the Federal Constitutional Court is a file in the proceedings regarding the use of the police analysis software in Hesse. photo © Uli Deck/dpa Investigators are already working with it in the first federal states, and others could follow: software that sifts through large amounts of data and creates cross-connections between people. Now it is up to the Constitutional Court. The Federal...
Federal Constitutional Court Karlsruhe checks: What can the police do with the new analysis software? A search mask for querying people in the police databases can be seen at an interview for information about the police software "VeRA" at the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (BLKA). © Matthias Balk / Picture Alliance / DPA Investigators are already working with it in the first federal states, and others could follow: software that sifts through large amounts of data and creates cross-connections...
data protection Karlsruhe: What are the police allowed to do with the new analysis software? The Federal Constitutional Court deals with constitutional complaints against data mining. photo © Uli Deck/dpa In the first federal states, investigators are already working with it: software that combs through amounts of data and creates cross-connections. Critics want the constitutional court to draw in guard rails at an early stage. One click - and special software compiles a suspect's profile from lots of small pieces...
We had taken about forty years to recover from Seville, and here we are, we have been back for a long time, after one of those heroic matches that cross time and one of those stab wounds that cross the heart, after a World Cup final like no other, ever. The youngest experienced, on Sunday evening, the defeat of a generation: they will see again, night after night, the image of Randal Kolo Muani presenting himself in front of Emiliano...
