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Background: General practitioners (GPs) are the first point of contact for patients with unexplained symptoms of long/post-COVID (L/PC), whereby patients report suffering from a wide range of systemic, nonspecific persistent symptoms after recovery from acute SARS-CoV‑2 infection. This study explores L/PC care from the GP perspective and describes experiences, challenges and information needs. Methods: An anonymous nationwide survey open to all GPs in ambulatory care in Germany was conducted in September 2022. Data were collected using a self-designed online questionnaire. Analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics. Results are weighted by age, sex and region. Results: Overall, the surveys response rate reached 2.1% of all GPs practicing in Germany; 93% (n = 819) stated that they had provided care for L/PC patients. Therapeutic measures most often recommended by GPs were nondrug therapy, follow-ups, and long-term sick leave prescriptions (doctor's notes). Barriers were encountered in all areas of care, including diagnosis, treatment, continuity of care and coordination. The greatest need for information related to L/PC was seen in the areas of therapy (including medication), pathophysiology and rehabilitation. Conclusion: GPs providing care to L/PC patients in Germany report barriers in care coordination and information needs. Establishing regional networks of GPs in cooperation with special outpatient and rehabilitation facilities and fostering information exchange between research and practice may help to improve the provision of need-based care for these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Research data management has become a part of good scientific practice since the first requirements of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft were introduced in 2015. Universities are thus required to provide researchers with the best possible support. Since 2013, surveys have been conducted throughout Germany to identify desiderates in infrastructure and services. However, an evaluation of the needs has hardly taken place so far. The article summarises developments and issues-based on two needs surveys conducted at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A significant discrepancy between the indicators for assessing the ecological state in Ukraine and global trends is due to shortcomings in the formation of the ecological consciousness of society. One of the ways to improve the ecological situation in the country is to create an effective system of access to public information on the protection of the natural environment. The purpose of the article is to determine the information needs of an environmentally conscious society regarding the functioning of animal husbandry enterprises for the formation of indicators, which provide integrated information about the activities of such enterprises. Today, information on the compliance of the activities of business entities with the requirements of the concept of sustainable development is disclosed in various reporting documents, which led to the formation of integrated reporting. Based on the study results, the system of indicators was formed to provide integrated information on the activities of animal husbandry enterprises. This system includes a number of elements that satisfy the information needs of both internal (employees, owners, in particular shareholders) and external (contractors, product consumers, creditors, investors, government agencies, public organizations) stakeholders. The main directions of the enterprise's activity, which are of the greatest interest to internal and external stakeholders, and are subject to disclosure in non-financial reporting, have been determined. These main directions can be used as the basis for the development of a long-term strategy for the formation of non-financial reporting of such enterprises, which will simplify the preparation of information for its full disclosure. The environmental consciousness of society is gradually growing and there is a high probability that in the near future even potential employees will be interested in the non-financial performance of the enterprise. So, an enterprise's image will grow if it can publish such indicators.

Im gewerblichen Bereich ist der Einsatz von Elektrofahrzeugen ökologisch und ökonomisch vielversprechend. Die gezielte Förderung der Nutzung erfordert jedoch eine gute Kenntnis der Nutzergruppen und ihren Anforderungen. Der Beitrag basiert auf einer Untersuchung in Aachen, in der Leitungspersonen von Pflegediensten und Taxiunternehmen befragt wurden, die die Integration von Elektrofahrzeugen erwägen. Erhoben wurden Anforderungen an Elektrofahrzeuge und den Ausbau von Ladeinfrastruktur sowie wahrgenommene Risiken und Potenziale. Die Ergebnisse werden in Stakeholderprofile überführt und um ermittelte Informations- und Partizipationsbedarfe sowie Präferenzen für Formate ergänzt. Es werden große Branchenunterschiede deutlich. Beide Gruppen benötigen branchenspezifisch aufbereitete Informationsangebote. Die Wechselbereitschaft bei Pflegediensten ist höher. Die Fahrzeuge sollen auf dem Betriebsgelände nach den Schichten (meist über Nacht) geladen werden, Schnellladen ist nicht erforderlich. Für den Umstieg werden Praxisberichte und eine Übersicht zu Fördermöglichkeiten benötigt. Die Taxiunternehmen sehen mehr Risiken als Potenziale. Sie benötigen schnell ladende Fahrzeuge (im Zweischichtsystem). Entscheidungsrelevant ist die Bereitstellung von Schnellladeinfrastruktur an Taxiständen. Abstimmungsbedarf zur Konfliktvermeidung betrifft die Positionierung am Taxistand, die Nutzungszeiten sowie die Vermittlung ladender Elektrofahrzeuge.

The use of electric vehicles in the commercial sector is ecologically and economically promising. To promote the use, however, good knowledge of the (potential) user groups and their needs is required. This paper bases on a survey in Aachen among decision-makers of care services and taxi companies, that are considering the integration of electric vehicles. The requirements for electric vehicles and the construction of charging infrastructure as well as perceived risks and potentials were analysed. The results are transferred to stakeholder profiles. In addition, information and participation requirements were surveyed. The study shows strong sectoral differences. Both groups need sector-specific information offers. The willingness to change is higher in care services. Their vehicles should be charged on the premises after shifts (usually overnight). Fast charging is not necessary. Practice reports and an overview of subsidy opportunities are required. The taxi operators see more risks than potentials. They need fast-charging vehicles (in a two-shift system). The provision of fast-charging infrastructure at taxi stands is relevant for decision-making. Consultation is needed to avoid conflicts concerning the positioning at taxi stands, the times of use and the procurement of charging electric vehicles.

Data are considered to be the "oil of the 21st century". However, the owners of this "commodity" are not multinational companies, but each individual. This paper presents selected results from a representative population survey in the USA and Switzerland. The results show that although financial motives play a role, two other basic motives (information, social influence) are more important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper is the result of some marketing researches about organizations informations needs. For identifying the needs of marketing informations of the organizations in the south region of the country, a series of qualitative research where made, totalizing two focus groups and 5 in-depth interviews. From the research were detained aspects about: present informations sources, needs of informations, and utility of a new portal with marketing information named INFOMARK and the trust in it.

Mit der Entwicklung „smarter“ und „ubiquitärer“ Städte und ihren an das „Internet der Dinge“ orientierten Informationsdiensten eröffnet sich der informationswissenschaftlichen Forschung ein neues weites Untersuchungsfeld. Anhand der ubiquitären Stadt New Songdo City in Südkorea stellen wir Informationsbedarfs- und Technologieakzeptanzuntersuchungen vor, die einen Einblick in die Zufriedenheit der Nutzer mit diesen neuartigen Informationsdiensten gestatten.

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Background: The anesthesia premedication consultation is an obligatory procedure prior to any upcoming surgery. It is the anesthesiologist's responsibility to collect all necessary information regarding the patient's medical condition to decide on the appropriate narcosis and to ensure that the patient comprehends the anesthesia procedure and its effects. Aim: Information needs of patients regarding anesthesia are often not adequately fulfilled. This study was carried out to develop a structured questionnaire containing questions that patients may wish to ask the anesthesiologist (question prompt list anesthesiology QPL-A) to support information transfer from the anesthesiologist to the patient in the premedication consultation. The questionnaire should measure the information needs of the patient regarding different aspects of the anesthesia process with good psychometric qualities. Material and methods: Based on a literature review and interviews with experts a list of anesthesia-related questions was developed and distributed to patients receiving premedication consultation at the University Medical Center in Mainz, Germany (n = 202). In addition, patients were also asked to complete the state trait operation anxiety inventory (STOA). Results: Using principal component analysis and subsequent varimax rotation (declaration of total variance 68 %), four reliable information needs scales were extrapolated: (1) anesthesia procedure and effects (QPL-A-E, α = 0.92), (2) anesthesia safety (QPL-A-S, α = 0.86), (3) advice concerning preanesthesia behavior (QPL-A-B, α = 0.85) and (4) anesthetists actions (QPL-A-A, α = 0.79). In order to obtain sufficient information regarding the QPL-A-S, the procedure itself and its effects (QPL-A-E) were found to be of greatest importance for the patients and behavioral changes (QPL-A-B), e. g. stopping smoking, were judged to be less important by the patients. Women scored higher on the QPL-A-E (U-test p ≤ 0.001) and QPL-A-A (U-test p ≤ 0.05) than men. Elderly patients (≥ 70) showed significantly more interest in safety information (QPL-A-S) than younger patients (≤ 39, U-test p ≤ 0.05). All scales showed a significant positive correlation with STOA trait anxiety (r = 0.29-0.50) but only the QPL-A-E and the QPL-A-S scales were associated with STOA state anxiety (QPL-A-E: affective r = 30, cognitive r = 0.36, both p ≤ 0.001; QPL-A-S: affective r = 19, p ≤ 0.05, cognitive r = 0.23, p ≤ 0.01). Self-assessed knowledge on narcosis correlated only weakly with the QPL-A-E (r = 0.21 p ≤ 0.01) but not with the other information areas. Information needs were not associated with the education level of the patient, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification and malignancy of the disease. Most of the participants (77 %) evaluated the QPL-A to be very or fairly helpful for the expression of their information needs. Conclusion: The QPL-A is a useful tool for meeting the subjective information needs of patients which could improve the patient orientation of the anesthesia premedication consultation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract: Lexicography has much to contribute to the information and knowledge society. The very essence of lexicography is its capacity to provide quick and easy access to data from which information needed by different types of users in different types of social situations can be retrieved. In this respect, the article discusses the concepts of information and knowledge related to lexicographic theory. On this basis, it argues that lexicography, if it concentrates on its core capacity, has the potential to be projected beyond the limits of known dictionaries. It proposes that besides the communicative and cognitive user situations that have already been dealt with in lexicographic literature, a third situation, the so-called operational situation, should also be added to the situations relevant to lexicographic theory. In this regard, it points out that other reference works than those traditionally discussed in lexicographic theory should be added to the list of utility tools that may benefit from a lexicographic approach.Keywords: LEXICOGRAPHY, LEXICOGRAPHIC TOOLS, INFORMATION NEEDS, IN-FORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETYOpsomming: Leksikografie in die inligtingsera. Leksikografie het baie om by te dra tot die inligtings- en kennisgemeenskap. Die werklike essensie van die leksikografie is sy ver-moë om vinnige en maklike toegang te verleen tot gegewens waarvan inligting benodig deur ver-skillende soorte gebruikers in verskillende soorte maatskaplike situasies verkry kan word. In hier-die verband bespreek die artikel die begrippe inligting en kennis met betrekking tot die leksikogra-fiese teorie. Op grond hiervan voer dit aan dat die leksikografie, indien dit op sy kernvermoë kon-sentreer, die moontlikheid besit om verby die grense van bekende woordeboeke gevoer te word. Dit stel voor dat, benewens die kommunikatiewe en kognitiewe gebruikersituasies wat reeds in die leksikografiese literatuur behandel is, 'n derde situasie, die sogenaamde operasionele situasie, by die situasies tersaaklik vir die leksikografiese teorie gevoeg behoort te word. In hierdie verband toon dit aan dat ander naslaanwerke as dié wat tradisioneel in die leksikografiese teorie bespreek word, ook by die lys nutsgereedskap wat uit 'n leksikografiese benadering mag voordeel trek, gevoeg behoort te word.Sleutelwoorde: LEKSIKOGRAFIE, LEKSIKOGRAFIESE GEREEDSKAP, INLIGTINGS-BEHOEFTES, INLIGTINGS- EN KENNISGEMEENSKAP

With regard to the internal information unit of a medium-sized consulting company, it is shown how to use a qualitative investigation to identify the need for information of consultants as clients for strategic development. As main topic this article presents the research design. Other units providing information in libraries, archives or research institutions face similar challenges so this article should show a rarely used method in information science for better understanding consumer needs and requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Web search machines have become the most significant tool for research in both the private and professional sphere, browsing the expanse of the internet in order to gather available documents and present them upon request to the user. They aim to satisfy a diverse array of information needs with the documents found, and their success depends largely upon their ability to deliver documents relevant to specific search queries. As such, evaluations of relevance are often carried out in order to compare different information retrieval systems. This article describes some of the results of a retrieval test which analysed the quality and relevance of information-oriented search queries in the field of education. Student users judged Google organic search results in terms of their relevance, reliability, intelligibility and topicality. The research was carried out within the scope of a master thesis that was awarded the VFI Research Prize in 2011 and incorporated into a research project at the University of Hildesheim regarding education related information search on the internet (BISIBS). I thank all those involved in the development of this study and also the Prize Commission for the aforementioned award. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article discusses ethic codes for librarians and other information workers and their implementation by local German libraries or even international cooperation such as the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Topics also mentioned are copyright issues, social abuse of the library system, and the influence on the ethnic codes due to the internet and social media.

The article discusses the constitutional and legal dimensions of freedom of information and access to information law in Germany, as they relate to libraries. The distinction in German constitutional law between freedom of information as a civil right designed to prevent government censorship and access to information as a service provided primarily by public libraries is clarified. Models for guaranteeing these rights through public financing of libraries are also addressed.

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The study addressed the following questions: (1) What are the information needs of older people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and how can these needs be classified? (2) How effectively do persons with PD perceive professional information/communication giving? (3) Do information needs change over the stages of the disease? Data were collected in semi-structured conversational style interviews in three clinics as well as at home in two rural and urban areas in Germany. 33 persons with PD over 65 years of age with low, medium and high severity of disease participated voluntarily. The findings can be summarized as follows: (1) Information needs of older persons with PD refer to identifiable themes and contexts. Based on different motives a minority of participants expressed no information needs. (2) Various sources of information useful for persons with PD were identified (information from professionals, audiovisual material, written material, information given by members of the family, friends and other patients). (3) Information needs change over the phases of the disease. (4) Persons with PD described positive and negative experiences with information giving / communication by professionals and made various recommendations which may help to improve professional care. Four measures can be suggested to improve information giving and communication. First, any attempt to give information should be preceded by an assessment of the actual state of information needs of the person with PD. Second, for some persons with PD it may be indicated to postpone giving information to a later more appropriate time. Third, the most adequate information for a given person has to be selected from a variety of sources. Fourth, professionals should encourage active seeking of information and contacts between persons with PD. Fifth, information giving is most effective, (1) if patients and professionals meet at regular time intervals, (2) if professionals foster an atmosphere of confidentiality, openness and encouragement, (3) if information and interaction are adapted to the person with PD, and (4) if the information given is comprehensible. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0301176

Background: As in other chronic diseases, providing medical information plays a key role in the therapy of atopic eczema. It is already known that information leaflets often do not meet the criteria of evidence-based patient information (EBPI)., Objective: Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the quality of information leaflets on atopic eczema., Material and Methods: A total of 35 leaflets were included in the study. They were collected from self-aid groups, from the internet, from general practitioners, from pediatricians and dermatologists as well as from pharmacies in Regensburg. The quality of information provided was assessed using the DISCERN instrument., Results: Almost all of the 35 patient information leaflets assessed had shortcomings, scoring only mid- or low-point in the analysis. None of the leaflets was of excellent quality. Only three leaflets were estimated to contain good quality information., Conclusion: Most of the leaflets did not meet the criteria of evidence-based patient information. In conclusion, there may be a lack of quality information about atopic eczema. Improving the existing material and comparing the EBPI standards with the information needs of atopic eczema patients should be topics of future research.

In Germany, seasonal influenza vaccination has been recommended for pregnant women since 2010 and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for girls since 2007. Gynecologists play an important role in the communication and vaccination of these two target groups. Moreover, seasonal influenza vaccination is also recommended for healthcare workers, as well as adults aged ≥ 60 years and individuals with underlying chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to gain first insights into the acceptance and implementation of the seasonal influenza und HPV vaccination recommendations in gynecological practices. In the context of the national influenza immunization campaign-which is jointly carried out by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA)-a questionnaire was sent together with influenza information kits to 7477 gynecologists in September 2014. Data from 1469 (20 %) gynecologists were included in the analysis. 72 % of respondents reported that they themselves received a seasonal influenza shot each year. The majority of gynecologists recommended seasonal influenza vaccination for pregnant women (93 %) and HPV vaccination for girls (97 %). The most commonly stated reasons against influenza vaccination were safety concerns. Those against HPV vaccination were effectiveness concerns. Additionally, for both vaccinations the provision of vaccine-related information to the patient was considered too time consuming.The high acceptance of seasonal influenza and HPV vaccination among gynecologists is discordant with the available vaccination coverage figures in Germany. Gynecologists must be reminded of their important role in the prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases in adolescents and adult women. Immunization and communication skills should be considered more strongly as an integral part of medical education and further training for gynecologists.