Publications by authors named "Ferdinand Graf"

To underpin scientific evaluations of chemical risks, agencies such as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) heavily rely on the outcome of systematic reviews, which currently require extensive manual effort. One specific challenge constitutes the meaningful use of vast amounts of valuable data from new approach methodologies (NAMs) which are mostly reported in an unstructured way in the scientific literature. In the EFSA-initiated project 'AI4NAMS', the potential of large language models (LLMs) was explored.

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The interest in sports performance analysis is rising and tracking data holds high potential for game analysis in team sports due to its accuracy and informative content. Together with machine learning approaches one can obtain deeper and more objective insights into the performance structure. In soccer, the analysis of the defense was neglected in comparison to the offense.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study analyzed injury trends in elite male soccer players aged U14 to U19 over three years, focusing on incidence, severity, and burden of injuries.
  • A total of 562 time-loss injuries were recorded, showing variations in injury rates and impacts—U15 players had the highest incidence, while U14 and U17 faced more severe injuries.
  • Key findings highlighted that thigh, knee, and ankle injuries were the most common, with cruciate ligament injuries having the highest severity and burden, indicating a significant need for age-specific injury prevention strategies.
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