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Arend Lijphart, the renowned political scientist, concluded in a widely cited international study from 1999, Patterns of Democracy, that a consensus democracy like that in the Netherlands provides citizens with more say and protection than a majoritarian democracy like the French or American. #MachtigeTijden #politiek #middenpartijen (translated)

A recent IHS study shows that patients who pay privately for their treatment receive an operation date significantly faster, while a possible solution to combat this injustice would be a ban on side jobs for hospital doctors, which seems unrealistic. #Gesundheitssystem #Wartezeiten #PrivateZuzahlung (translated)

🚨Une revue cartographie 267 études présentées comme longitudinales sur le numérique et la santé des jeunes. Son message : ne pas réduire les usages au seul temps d’écran ; les pratiques, les contenus et les contextes comptent aussi. Les liens observés ne suffisent pas à établir une causalité. 📒 Usage quotidien des technologies numériques et santé des jeunes : revue de portée des études longitudinales ✍️ Preetika Banerjee (Department of Pharmacy, CHOICE Institute, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, États-Unis) et Louise Holly (Digital Transformations for Health Lab, Université de Genève, Suisse).JMIR Public Health and Surveillance - avril 2026 Everyday Digital Technology Use and Youth Health: Scoping Review of Longitudinal Studies Capsules Audio de Pratiques en Santé 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9HCp-R71s Analyse de Pratiques en Santé et lien vers la source ℹ️➕ https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/usage-quotidien-des-technologies-numeriques-et-sante-des-jeunes-revue-de-portee-des-etudes-longitudinales-6269 📌 Une carte des preuves plutôt qu’un bilan des effets. Cette revue recense 267 études longitudinales publiées entre 2014 et 2024 et les classe en 6 thèmes (p. 5-7). Elle croise une synthèse par thème avec un décompte par technologie, type d’effet, âge et région (p. 11). Les autrices précisent qu’elle repère les grandes orientations de la recherche et ses lacunes, sans évaluer de façon définitive les effets (p. 11). Un déplacement du regard proposé par les autrices. Les études qui distinguent les façons d’utiliser le numérique trouvent des liens plus constants que celles qui mesurent le seul temps d’écran (p. 11). Les autrices en tirent une implication : passer d’un discours centré sur la responsabilité individuelle à des politiques qui agissent sur les environnements numériques des jeunes (p. 11). La revue peut aider à confronter les messages de prévention sur les écrans à ce que les études longitudinales permettent réellement d’affirmer. 🇬🇧: Daily use of digital technologies and youth health: a scoping review of longitudinal studies - https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/usage-quotidien-des-technologies-numeriques-et-sante-des-jeunes-revue-de-portee-des-etudes-longitudinales-6269 #️⃣ #pratiquesensante #ÉcransEtJeunes #SantéMentaleJeunes #RéseauxSociaux #LittératieNumérique #DéterminantsNumériques #PréventionNumérique #RechercheLongitudinale

The study by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt shows that the intonation used when pronouncing a word like "beer" influences the perception of its meaning, and different listeners can interpret these intonations differently, which can lead to misunderstandings in everyday conversation. #EmpirischeÄsthetik #Wahrnehmung #Intonation (translated)

The university conference (uniko) warns of "enormously negative consequences" for universities, students, and researchers due to vague information about the budget of 16 billion euros for the years 2028 to 2030, which could be accompanied by massive staff cuts. #UniBudget #Bildung #Wissenschaft (translated)

Nathalie Tocci, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies’ European campus in Bologna, said that if the nationalist right held power in Spain, France, Poland and Italy at the same time, she did not consider it an exaggeration to describe the outcome as “the end of the European…” #europa #nacionalismo #política #ES #FR #PL #IT

The federal government is facing the finalization of the controversial university budget on Saturday, which is criticized as too low by universities and students, while the "Future Fund" pushed by the ÖVP is to be finalized at the same time. #UniBudget #Zukunftsdepot #Hochschulfinanzierung (translated)

The author of the contribution stated that Europe should become a security power, not just an economic one. In the strategic study R21 from October 2026, he wrote that Europe has believed for more than thirty years that lasting peace would be secured by economic prosperity, trade cooperation, and diplomacy, and relied on economic interdependence. https://t.co/aWeLxvGpU9 #Evropa #Bezpečnost #Strategie #EU (translated)

A new study shows that the mechanization of the shoemaking trade in Victorian England between 1851 and 1911 led to a loss of more than two-thirds of jobs, but at the same time created 140,000 new positions in other areas, highlighting that technological advancement often does not have the dramatic effects on employment that one might expect. #Sozialgeschichte #TechnologischerWandel #Schuhmacher (translated)

According to a study by the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK), several thousand people in Austria lack insurance coverage despite existing health insurance and are hesitant to seek medical assistance due to fear of costs or shame. #Sozialversicherung #Gesundheit #Österreich (translated)

"From the statistical survey, a realistic picture of certainly several thousands to tens of thousands without health insurance can be concluded," said study author Michael Fuchs from the European Centre for Welfare Policy and Social Research. #Krankenversicherung #SozialeBenachteiligung #Österreich (translated)