University of Salzburg

The Left in the European Parliament: between responsiveness and responsibility

Research on radical left parties (RLPs) and European integration has often treated The Left in the European Parliament (The Left), either as a relatively coherent Eurosceptic party group or has examined differences between RLPs as a party family. This article contributes to the l...

Verbal violence against children in Jordan: Legal gaps and procedural barriers

Verbal violence against children is a pervasive yet often overlooked form of abuse with significant psychological consequences. While international child rights frameworks emphasize protection from all forms of violence, legal recognition and enforcement of protections against ve...

Land use intensification results in abrupt transitions between extensively and intensively managed grasslands

Abstract Understanding whether land use intensification causes regime shifts (i.e. persistent, large changes in ecosystem states) is of key importance for management, particularly if these shifts occur abruptly as thresholds in land use intensity are crossed. Further, these thres...

Product of Powers of Distinct Primes as Sums of Fibonacci Numbers

Abstract Let $$F_n$$ F n be the n -th Fibonacci number. In this paper, we study the Diophantine equation $$F_n+F_m=p^xq^y$$ F n + F m = p x q y in nonnegative integers $$n\ge m$$ n ≥ m , x and y , where p and q are fixed distinct prime numbers. We determine all pairs of primes (...

On the Lavrentiev Gap for Manifold-Valued Maps

Abstract We characterize necessary and sufficient conditions ensuring approximation by smooth maps in the Sobolev space $$W^{1,\varphi }$$ W 1 , φ between suitable compact manifolds, where the prototypical example of Young function $$\varphi $$ φ is the double-phase integrand.

Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in the Garhwal Himalaya Integrating Seismic Shaking and Active‐Fire Predictors With an XGBoost Model

ABSTRACT The Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India, is a tectonically active, deeply dissected orogen in which landsliding is conditioned by a heterogeneous mix of topographic, geological, hydro‐climatic, seismic and anthropogenic controls. Reliable, high‐resolution susceptibili...

Green space exposure predicts manic episodes in bipolar disorder: one year longitudinal analysis using smartphone-derived GPS data

Abstract Urban living is linked to increased psychiatric morbidity, while green spaces may protect mental health via stress-buffering effects. Yet, the role of green space exposure in the onset of affective episodes in bipolar disorder (BD) remains unclear. Using 12 months of GPS...

Where's the Team Spirit? An Exploratory Study on Team Development Through Co-located Tablet-Based VR

We explore how narrative-driven asymmetric VR experiences can support the development of teamwork-related knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs), such as communication, coordination, trust, and reflexivity. We present the design and evaluation of a tablet-based VR training exper...

Response diversity increases functional but decreases compositional stability of grassland communities

Summary The insurance hypothesis of biodiversity assumes that biodiversity increases ecosystem stability when functionally redundant species exhibit distinct responses to environmental changes, allowing some species to compensate for the loss of others. However, empirical evidenc...

Electrical Resistivity Tomography for the 2D and 3D Investigation of Pingos and Permafrost Mounds in Northern Canada's Mountain and Coastland Areas

ABSTRACT Pingos and related permafrost mounds are widespread periglacial landforms in Arctic environments that are ice‐rich on the one hand and contain taliks on the other, making them vulnerable to climate change. So far, the interior, geophysical characteristics, and distributi...

Ecological momentary insights into cannabis use and its contexts: a pre-post legalization study in Germany

Abstract Globally, cannabis ranks third in psychoactive substance prevalence after nicotine and alcohol, with heavy use linked to psychosis, anxiety, and depression. However, real-time data on how legal reforms influence consumption remain scarce. This Ecological Momentary Assess...

Don’t Look up: Evaluating the Tradeoff Between Performance and Sustainability of Text Classification Using Open LLMs

The increasing adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) as a text analysis method in social science presents a critical yet under-examined trade-off between model performance and environmental sustainability. This research provides a systematic evaluation comparing the performanc...

Understanding pre- and post-COVID urban neighborhood dynamics: a study analyzing georeferenced tweets for New York City

Abstract Sudden disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can reshape multiple dimensions of everyday urban life by affecting social interactions, mobility patterns, and the use of urban spaces. Previous research efforts trying to understand the consequences for citizens relied...

Snow microinvertebrates from lowlands, high mountains and the Arctic—implications for conservation efforts

Abstract The protection of cryospheric ecosystems and their biota cannot be properly defined without a detailed species inventory. Snow microinvertebrates are crucial for estimating cryophilic biodiversity, yet they are poorly described at broader spatial scales. To fill this kno...

How transgender, gender diverse (TGD) and cisgender youth cope with daily stress: Insights from an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

This study investigated gender minority stress (GMS), coping, and mental health in trans, gender diverse (TGD) and cis youth in Germany and Austria and explored immediate effects of coping on stress in daily life. A 14-day Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) study containing th...

Contrasting population genetic structures of freshwater eels ( Anguilla marmorata, A. bicolor, A. mossambica ) from Madagascar

Abstract Freshwater eels (genus Anguilla ) are of major biological and commercial interest due to their complex catadromous life cycle and as a high‐value fishery resource, but the biology of tropical species is still poorly understood. This study investigates the genetic integri...

Mapping structural heterogeneity in three-dimensional biophotonic gyroid networks using position-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering

Abstract The wings of select Papilionid and Lycaenid butterflies contain a three-dimensional gyroid network of a solid cuticle phase in air. In butterfly scales, gyroid networks are optically interesting, as they create the green colour observed in the wings of these butterflies....

More Than Fluid: AI-Derived Pleural Effusion Volume as a Marker of Cardiovascular Congestion in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Background/Objectives: Pleural effusions are frequently encountered on pre-procedural computed tomography (CT) scans in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). While often regarded as a marker of congestion and advanced cardiovascular disease, their cl...

Crossing effects in the tactile temporal order judgment task: a meta-analysis

Abstract The tactile temporal order judgment (TOJ) task is widely used in multisensory neuroscience. Participants judge which of two tactile stimuli, one on each hand, came first. A key finding is that TOJ performance declines when the arms are crossed, likely due to interactions...

PanEuCOPT-01: Photodynamic Inactivation of fungal mycelial spheres of plant-pathogenic Botrytis cinerea

This protocol describes an assay for Photodynamic Inactivation of the plant-pathogenic filamentous fungal species Botrytis cinerea. Grey mold ( B. cinerea ) occurs worldwide and affects over 200 different crops. Several resistant strains of the species have been collected on fiel...