University of Bamberg

Attitudes Toward Evidence-based Practice in Child and Youth Welfare: The Role of Implementation Climate and Professional Quality of Life

3Abstract Evidence-based practices (EBPs) can support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-informed care for children and adolescents, yet are rarely implemented in German Child and Youth Welfare Service (CYWS) facilities. Although attitudes toward EBPs have been associated wit...

Lexical intonation in Standard German

Abstract Lexical intonation in Standard German, i.e., pitch patterns related to German words, is a disputed subject. On the one hand, German is not a tone language; on the other hand, the tonal patterns of a subset of interjections, calls, and particles are salient. It is argued...

Wealth-Driven Bubbles in Speculative Markets

Abstract We develop a behavioral model that generates wealth-driven bubbles in speculative asset markets whose fundamental value is zero. These dynamics arise from a feedback loop between asset prices and speculators’ wealth: rising prices increase their wealth, leading them to d...

Heat Perceptions, Behaviors, and Barriers of Unhoused Individuals in Germany

ABSTRACT Heat waves pose critical health risks for unhoused people. However, little is known about how this population perceives and copes with heat, particularly in Europe. Employing a sequential mixed‐methods approach, we investigated dimensions of unhoused individuals’ heat pe...

Gradient boosting for hierarchical data in small area estimation

Abstract Small Area Estimation (SAE) combines survey data with auxiliary sources such as administrative records, census data, or alternative datasets that typically offer broader coverage. By integrating these sources, SAE enhances the accuracy of (direct) survey estimates. To ac...

From a one-dimensional hierarchy to a multidimensional space of scientific english: the relationship between a discipline’s place in the hierarchy of the sciences and its use of grammatical structures

Abstract The idea of a Hierarchy of the Sciences (HoS), first proposed by Auguste Comte in the 19th Century, argues that scientific disciplines can be ordered in a hierarchy of complexity, with the inorganic sciences (Astronomy, Physics) being the least complex and the organic sc...

The morpho-syntax of Standard Scottish English

Abstract With empirical research on Standard Scottish English showing a bias towards phonology, the aim of the current study is to contribute to the morpho-syntactic documentation of this variety. Relying on Standard Southern British English for comparison, we concentrate on four...

Frequency of therapeutic drug monitoring in inpatient precision depression care and duration of hospitalization

Abstract In psychiatry, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is routinely used to improve treatment safety and efficacy, yet its association with hospitalization duration and cost-effectiveness remains unclear. We hypothesized that the frequency of routinely requested TDM is associa...