University of Salzburg

Flexible firewalls: selective cooperation and strategic demarcation between centre-right and far-right parties in the EU

The success of far-right parties across Europe has sparked debate about whether centre-right parties maintain or abandon the cordon sanitaire against the far right. Moving beyond this binary, we conceptualise centre-right strategy in European Union politics as ‘flexible firewalls...

Engineering and land use intensified climate-driven Yangtze River flood hazards since the Little Ice Age

Understanding the interplay between climate variability and human activities is essential for assessing long-term river flood hazards. Yet, the relative contributions of natural and anthropogenic drivers to flood magnitude remain poorly constrained due to limited multicentury rec...

Biomarkers of systemic disease burden and outcomes after transcatheter tricuspid edge-to-edge repair

Abstract Background Risk stratification after transcatheter tricuspid edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER) remains challenging, particularly in patients with advanced right-sided heart failure and systemic disease burden. Biomarkers reflecting inflammation, stress response and multiorgan...