Weather and climate are among the factors that determine the geographic range and incidence of several major causes of ill health, including morbidity and mortality due to temperature extremes, other extreme weather events...

The influence of mankind on the Earth in recent years has become so significant as to constitute a new geological era: The Anthropocene...

Call Center sind ein stark expandierender Zweig der Dienstleistungsbranche, der bereits im Jahre 2000 circa 150.000 Arbeitsplätze umfasste. Viele dieses Arbeitsplätze zeichnen sich jedoch durch hohe psychische Belastungen und Gesundheitsgefährdungen aus.

Experimental and field evidence show that people perceive and evaluate new risks differently from risks that are common. In particular, people get used to the presence of certain risks and become less eager to avoid them. We explain this observation by including risks in the reference states of...