Bochum University of Applied Sciences

Organized communities as pre-existing infrastructures of care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A transnational dialogue

This article draws from a community-engaged study of how ordinary people's social justice mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, Canada, Germany, and Peru placed demands on local and national governments for equitable social policies. It challenges celebratory narra...

Optimal exercise dose in adults with chronic low back pain disorders: systematic review with dose-response network meta-analysis

Objective To quantify exercise dose-response relationships and estimate the optimal dose in adults with chronic low back pain disorders (CLBDs). Design Systematic review with random-effects model-based (non-linear) dose-response network meta-analysis. Risk of bias was assessed wi...

Increasing topical sunscreen use in German outdoor workers: results of a non-randomised controlled intervention study

BACKGROUND: Occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a major environmental risk factor for skin cancer. Outdoor workers accumulate high lifetime UVR exposure and therefore face an increased risk of developing actinic keratoses and skin cancer. Despite establi...

Empathy for pain processing in individuals with elevated internet addiction scores: an event-related potential study

Abstract This study aimed to comprehensively elucidate patterns of empathy impairment using self-report, performance-based, and electrophysiological measures, alongside two cognitive measures, in individuals with elevated internet addiction (IA) scores (HIA, n = 20) compared to t...

Coordinated motion planning: Multi-agent path finding in a densely packed, bounded domain

Abstract We study Multi-Agent Path Finding for arrangements of labeled agents in the interior of a simply connected domain: Given a unique start and target position for each agent, the goal is to find a sequence of parallel, collision-free agent motions that minimizes the overall...

Assessing the potential, effectiveness and implementation challenges of beach and tourism ecolabels for beach macrolitter reduction

Abstract There is an urgent need to address the contribution of mass tourism to coastal litter generation, however, identifying effective, context-specific measures to reduce listed litter remains challenging. This study evaluated 142 beach and tourism ecolabels against a list of...