Latest documents http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/index/index/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:01:49 +0000 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:01:49 +0000 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23170 Background Drowning is a constant global problem which claims proximately half a million victims worldwide each year, whereas the number of near-drowning victims is considerably higher. Public health strategies to reduce the burden of death are still limited. While research activities in the subject drowning grow constantly, yet there is no scientometric evaluation of the existing literature at the present time. Methods The current study uses classical bibliometric tools and visualizing techniques such as density equalizing mapping to analyse and evaluate the scientific research in the field of drowning. The interpretation of the achieved results is also implemented in the context of the data collection of the WHO. Results All studies related to drowning and listed in the ISI-Web of Science database since 1900 were identified using the search term "drowning". Implementing bibliometric methods, a constant increase in quantitative markers such as number of publications per state, publication language or collaborations as well as qualitative markers such as citations were observed for research in the field of drowning. The combination with density equalizing mapping exposed different global patterns for research productivity and the total number of drowning deaths and drowning rates respectively. Chart techniques were used to illustrate bi- and multilateral research cooperation. Conclusions The present study provides the first scientometric approach that visualizes research activity on the subject of drowning. It can be assumed that the scientific approach to this topic will achieve even greater dimensions because of its continuing actuality. Jan David Alexander Groneberg; Ute Schilling; Cristian Scutaru; Stefanie Uibel; Simona Zitnik; Daniel Müller; Doris Klingelhöfer; Beatrix Kloft article http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23170 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:01:49 +0000 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/7760 Due to an increasing awareness of the potential hazardousness of air pollutants, new laws, rules and guidelines have recently been implemented globally. In this respect, numerous studies have addressed traffic-related exposure to particulate matter using stationary technology so far. By contrast, only few studies used the advanced technology of mobile exposure analysis. The Mobile Air Quality Study (MAQS) addresses the issue of air pollutant exposure by combining advanced high-granularity spatial-temporal analysis with vehicle-mounted, person-mounted and roadside sensors. The MAQS-platform will be used by international collaborators in order 1) to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to road structure, 2) to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to traffic density, 3) to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to weather conditions, 4) to compare exposure within vehicles between front and back seat (children) positions, and 5) to evaluate "traffic zone"- exposure in relation to non-"traffic zone"-exposure. Primarily, the MAQS-platform will focus on particulate matter. With the establishment of advanced mobile analysis tools, it is planed to extend the analysis to other pollutants including including NO2, SO2, nanoparticles, and ozone. Jan David Alexander Groneberg; Cristian Scutaru; Mathias Lauks; Masaya Takemura; Tanja Christina Fischer; Silvana Kölzow; Anke van Mark; Stefanie Uibel; Ulrich Wagner; Karin Vitzthum; Fabian Beck; Stefanie Mache; Carolin Kreiter; Bianca Kusma; Annika Friedebold; Hanna Zell; Alexander Gerber; Johanna Bock; Khaled Al-Mutawakl; Johannnes Donat; Maria Victoria Geier; Carolin Pilzner; Pia Welker; Ricarda Joachim; Harald Bias; Michael Götting; Mohannad Sakr; Johann P. Addicks; Julia-Annik Börger; Anna-Maria Jensen; Sonja Grajewski; Awfa Shami; Niko Neye; Stefan Kröger; Sarah Hoffmann; Lisa Kloss; Sebastian Mayer; Clemens Puk; Ulrich Henkel; Robert Rospino; Ute Schilling; Evelyn Krieger; Gesa Westphal; Andreas Meyer-Falcke; Hagen Hupperts; Andrés de Roux; Salome Tropp; Marco Weiland; Janette Mühlbach; Johannes Steinberg; Anne Szerwinski; Sepiede Falahkohan; Claudia Sudik; Anna Bircks; Oliver Noga; Nicolas Dickgreber; Quoc-Thai Dinh; Heiko Golpon; Beatrix Kloft; Rafael Neill B. Groneberg; Christian Witt; Sabine Wicker; Li Zhang; Jochen Springer; Birgitta Kütting; Ervin C. Mingomataj; Axel Fischer; Norman Schöffel; Volker Unger; David Quarcoo article http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/7760 Tue, 18 May 2010 13:49:57 +0200