Should I Stay or Should I Go? Risk Perception and Use of Local Public Transport During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In light of the climate crisis, the transport sector needs to be urgently transformed and the number of users of local public transport needs to be increased. However, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic severely affected public transport with passenger numbers declining up to 80% in Germany. In addition to a general decrease in mobility during lockdowns, we can observe a shift in decision-making in regards to modes of transportation, with public transport losing out.

Building clinical trials around patients: Evaluation and comparison of decentralized and conventional site models in patients with low back pain.

Clinical trials are slow and costly, built around the research centers that study local participants. Building clinical trials around patients in their homes and community through remote visits and monitoring could enhance recruitment and increase convenience for participants. This study evaluated different trial settings, a decentralized arm via telemedicine center (virtual study conduct), a conventional arm via health clinic (onsite study conduct) and a mixed model arm.