@phdthesis{Reiners2017,
  author    = {Reiners, Nina},
  title     = {Transnational lawmaking coalitions for human rights},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {221, VI},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Nagel2017,
  author    = {Nagel, Rebecca},
  title     = {Genetic and behavioral investigations into African weakly electric fish (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) speciation},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {121},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Zitelmann2017,
  author    = {Zitelmann, Rainer},
  title     = {Pers{\"o}nlichkeit und Verhaltensmuster der Verm{\"o}genselite in Deutschland},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {472},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Shenar2017,
  author    = {Shenar, Tomer},
  title     = {Comprehensive analyses of massive binaries and implications on stellar evolution},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-104857},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {187},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Via their powerful radiation, stellar winds, and supernova explosions, massive stars (Mini \& 8 M☉) bear a tremendous impact on galactic evolution. It became clear in recent decades that the majority of massive stars reside in binary systems. This thesis sets as a goal to quantify the impact of binarity (i.e., the presence of a companion star) on massive stars. For this purpose, massive binary systems in the Local Group, including OB-type binaries, high mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs), and Wolf-Rayet (WR) binaries, were investigated by means of spectral, orbital, and evolutionary analyses. The spectral analyses were performed with the non-local thermodynamic equillibrium (non-LTE) Potsdam Wolf-Rayet (PoWR) model atmosphere code. Thanks to critical updates in the calculation of the hydrostatic layers, the code became a state-of-the-art tool applicable for all types of hot massive stars (Chapter 2). The eclipsing OB-type triple system δ Ori served as an intriguing test-case for the new version of the PoWR code, and provided key insights regarding the formation of X-rays in massive stars (Chapter 3). We further analyzed two prototypical HMXBs, Vela X-1 and IGR J17544-2619, and obtained fundamental conclusions regarding the dichotomy of two basic classes of HMXBs (Chapter 4). We performed an exhaustive analysis of the binary R 145 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which was claimed to host the most massive stars known. We were able to disentangle the spectrum of the system, and performed an orbital, polarimetric, and spectral analysis, as well as an analysis of the wind-wind collision region. The true masses of the binary components turned out to be significantly lower than suggested, impacting our understanding of the initial mass function and stellar evolution at low metallicity (Chapter 5). Finally, all known WR binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) were analyzed. Although it was theoretical predicted that virtually all WR stars in the SMC should be formed via mass-transfer in binaries, we find that binarity was not important for the formation of the known WR stars in the SMC, implying a strong discrepancy between theory and observations (Chapter 6).},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{OhligschlaegerLim2017,
  author    = {Ohligschlaeger-Lim, Kerstin},
  title     = {Erkenntnistheorie im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert in Frankreich},
  series = {Studium Sprachwissenschaft / Beiheft ; 44},
  journal   = {Studium Sprachwissenschaft / Beiheft ; 44},
  editor    = {Haßler, Gerda},
  publisher = {Nodus},
  address   = {M{\"u}nster},
  isbn      = {978-3-89323-144-7},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {277},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {1. Einleitung: Gegenstand und Vorgehensweise (Ziel und Anliegen der Arbeit / Forschungsstand / Methode) ― 2. Die Ideologen und die Seconde Classe des Institut national (Etienne Bonnot de Condillac als Referenz der Ideologen / Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier und die Nomenklatur der Chemie (1787) / Die Grup¬pe der Ideologen / Institutionelle Wirkungsm{\"o}glichkeiten der Ideologen: Die Classe des Sciences morales et politiques am Institut national / Vorlesungen in der Ecole normale de l'an III ) ― 3. Zum Korpus: Rekonstruktion der Ausschreibung (The¬men¬findung und Ausschreibung / Die erste Bewertung (1797) und die Neuausschreibung / Die zweite Bewertung (1799): Bekanntgabe des Gewinners) ― 4. Das archivalische Korpus (Zur Auffindsituation der Preisbewerbungsschriften / Serie B1 (1797) / Serie B2 (1799)) ― 5. Auswertung des Korpus: {\"U}bergreifende Topoi und Argumentationsstrukturen (Semiotisierung und Entsemiotisierung / Der Nutzen der Analyse / Hervorhebung der Schriftsprache gegen{\"u}ber der Lautsprache / Das Mate¬ria¬lisieren / Die Zeichen der Mathematik als Vorbild) ― 6. Schlussbetrachtungen ― Literatur},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Mueller2017,
  author    = {M{\"u}ller, Juliane},
  title     = {Trunk loading and back pain},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-102428},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {ix, 123},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {An essential function of the trunk is the compensation of external forces and loads in order to guarantee stability. Stabilising the trunk during sudden, repetitive loading in everyday tasks, as well as during performance is important in order to protect against injury. Hence, reduced trunk stability is accepted as a risk factor for the development of back pain (BP). An altered activity pattern including extended response and activation times as well as increased co-contraction of the trunk muscles as well as a reduced range of motion and increased movement variability of the trunk are evident in back pain patients (BPP). These differences to healthy controls (H) have been evaluated primarily in quasi-static test situations involving isolated loading directly to the trunk. Nevertheless, transferability to everyday, dynamic situations is under debate. Therefore, the aim of this project is to analyse 3-dimensional motion and neuromuscular reflex activity of the trunk as response to dynamic trunk loading in healthy (H) and back pain patients (BPP). A measurement tool was developed to assess trunk stability, consisting of dynamic test situations. During these tests, loading of the trunk is generated by the upper and lower limbs with and without additional perturbation. Therefore, lifting of objects and stumbling while walking are adequate represents. With the help of a 12-lead EMG, neuromuscular activity of the muscles encompassing the trunk was assessed. In addition, three-dimensional trunk motion was analysed using a newly developed multi-segmental trunk model. The set-up was checked for reproducibility as well as validity. Afterwards, the defined measurement set-up was applied to assess trunk stability in comparisons of healthy and back pain patients. Clinically acceptable to excellent reliability could be shown for the methods (EMG/kinematics) used in the test situations. No changes in trunk motion pattern could be observed in healthy adults during continuous loading (lifting of objects) of different weights. In contrast, sudden loading of the trunk through perturbations to the lower limbs during walking led to an increased neuromuscular activity and ROM of the trunk. Moreover, BPP showed a delayed muscle response time and extended duration until maximum neuromuscular activity in response to sudden walking perturbations compared to healthy controls. In addition, a reduced lateral flexion of the trunk during perturbation could be shown in BPP. It is concluded that perturbed gait seems suitable to provoke higher demands on trunk stability in adults. The altered neuromuscular and kinematic compensation pattern in back pain patients (BPP) can be interpreted as increased spine loading and reduced trunk stability in patients. Therefore, this novel assessment of trunk stability is suitable to identify deficits in BPP. Assignment of affected BPP to therapy interventions with focus on stabilisation of the trunk aiming to improve neuromuscular control in dynamic situations is implied. Hence, sensorimotor training (SMT) to enhance trunk stability and compensation of unexpected sudden loading should be preferred.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Schunack2017,
  author    = {Schunack, Silke},
  title     = {Processing of non-canonical word orders in an L2},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-103750},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {xvii, 443 Seiten},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This thesis investigates the processing of non-canonical word orders and whether non-canonical orders involving object topicalizations, midfield scrambling and particle verbs are treated the same by native (L1) and non-native (L2) speakers. The two languages investigated are Norwegian and German. 32 L1 Norwegian and 32 L1 German advanced learners of Norwegian were tested in two experiments on object topicalization in Norwegian. The results from the online self-paced reading task and the offline agent identification task show that both groups are able to identify the non-canonical word order and show a facilitatory effect of animate subjects in their reanalysis. Similarly high error rates in the agent identification task suggest that globally unambiguous object topicalizations are a challenging structure for L1 and L2 speakers alike. The same participants were also tested in two experiments on particle placement in Norwegian, again using a self-paced reading task, this time combined with an acceptability rating task. In the acceptability rating L1 and L2 speakers show the same preference for the verb-adjacent placement of the particle over the non-adjacent placement after the direct object. However, this preference for adjacency is only found in the L1 group during online processing, whereas the L2 group shows no preference for either order. Another set of experiments tested 33 L1 German and 39 L1 Slavic advanced learners of German on object scrambling in ditransitive clauses in German. Non-native speakers accept both object orders and show neither a preference for either order nor a processing advantage for the canonical order. The L1 group, in contrast, shows a small, but significant preference for the canonical dative-first order in the judgment and the reading task. The same participants were also tested in two experiments on the application of the split rule in German particle verbs. Advanced L2 speakers of German are able to identify particle verbs and can apply the split rule in V2 contexts in an acceptability judgment task in the same way as L1 speakers. However, unlike the L1 group, the L2 group is not sensitive to the grammaticality manipulation during online processing. They seem to be sensitive to the additional lexical information provided by the particle, but are unable to relate the split particle to the preceding verb and recognize the ungrammaticality in non-V2 contexts. Taken together, my findings suggest that non-canonical word orders are not per se more difficult to identify for L2 speakers than L1 speakers and can trigger the same reanalysis processes as in L1 speakers. I argue that L2 speakers' ability to identify a non-canonical word order depends on how the non-canonicity is signaled (case marking vs. surface word order), on the constituents involved (identical vs. different word types), and on the impact of the word order change on sentence meaning. Non-canonical word orders that are signaled by morphological case marking and cause no change to the sentence's content are hard to detect for L2 speakers.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Denoyer2017,
  author    = {Denoyer, Aur{\´e}lie},
  title     = {L'exil comme patrie},
  publisher = {Press Universitaires},
  address   = {Rennes},
  isbn      = {978-2-7535-5196-1},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {287},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {fr}
}
@phdthesis{Neuhaus2017,
  author    = {Neuhaus, Christian},
  title     = {Sicherheitsmechanismen f{\"u}r dienstbasierte Softwaresysteme},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {183},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Abouelmaati2017,
  author    = {Abouelmaati, Sherif Abdelfattah Abdelaziz},
  title     = {Intellektuellen-Rolle in G{\"u}nter Grass Werken},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-396736},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {244},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Die vorliegende Arbeit tr{\"a}gt den Titel: Intellektuellen-Rolle in G{\"u}nter Grass Werken : „Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand"(1966), „{\"O}rtlich bet{\"a}ubt"(1969), „Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke"(1972), und „Ein weites Feld"(1995). Das erste Kapitel befasst sich insgesamt mit drei Haupttiteln II. Der Intellektuelle II.1 Das allgemeine Umfeld In diesem Teil der Dissertation sollen Aussagen getroffen werden, die auf folgende und weitere Fragen eine Antwort geben: Was ist ein Intellektueller? Wie kam der Begriff zustande? Gibt es Unterschiede zwischen den Intellektuellen und wie werden sie eingeteilt? II.2 Das deutsche Umfeld Die Behandlung des Nazisystems und dessen historische Hintergr{\"u}nde vermittelt bedeutsame Lehren. Aber wozu braucht man diese Lehren? Gibt es Spuren von Nationalsozialismus heutzutage? Wo waren die Intellektuellen bei der Bildung des Nationalsozialismus? Ist der Nationalsozialismus erst mit Hitler aufgetaucht? Wenn zuvor, in welcher Phase hat er sich im Bewusstsein der Deutschen verankert? Ob theoretische bzw. geistige Tendenzen dazu beigetragen haben? II.3 Das Bild von Grass als Intellektueller II.3.1 Positionierung Eine Hauptthese f{\"u}r Grass intellektuelle Positionierung wird durch die Verbindung zwischen Grass' Grundkonzeption der gesellschaftspolitischen Intellektualit{\"a}t und der Gruppe 47 ermittelt. Dann bezweckt die Behandlung von Grass Bild nach Erscheinen seines autobiographischen Werks: „Beim H{\"a}uten der Zwiebel" (2006), dass seine Intellektualit{\"a}t nicht nur aus dem positiven, sondern auch aus dem negativen Profil beleuchtet wird. Aus der Darstellung zahlreicher Ansichten von G{\"u}nter Grass werden f{\"u}nf thematische Kernpunkte als Konzepte behandelt. Unter jedem Konzept sollen spezifische Vorschl{\"a}ge zur gesellschaftlichen Positionierung aufgezeigt werden. II.3.2 Grass' politische Merkmale Es handelt sich hier um die intellektuellen Charaktereigenschaften. Dadurch kommen manche Fragen zu Wort: Hat G{\"u}nter Grass gesellschaftliche Aktivit{\"a}ten? Hat er die Voraussetzungen daf{\"u}r? Wie ist der Umfang seiner Aktivit{\"a}ten? Hat die Gruppe 47 Einfluss auf Grass intellektuelle Merkmale? Steht bei Grass eine Methode der gesellschaftspolitischen Arbeit zur Verf{\"u}gung? Dann wird die politische Sprache von G{\"u}nter Grass und ihre Wirkung auf den Rezipienten untersucht. Danach wird nach Grass' Auffassung von der Revision gefragt und ob sie mit seiner Auffassung der Aufkl{\"a}rung zusammenpasst. Darauf wird die Funktion der Revision in seinem literarischen Werk und in seiner gesellschaftspolitischen Aktivit{\"a}t gezeigt. Abschließend werden die Argumente seiner Intellektualit{\"a}t untersucht: Wie hat Grass' gesellschaftspolitische Aktivit{\"a}t den konkreten politischen Rahmen ber{\"u}cksichtigt? Um diese Frage zu beantworten, muss der Zusammenhang zwischen Politik und Moral verdeutlicht werden. III. Historischer Kontext und Inhalt der Werke Unter diesem Titel wird erstens der historische Zusammenhang der untersuchten Werke skizziert. Dann werden meistens durch Argumente aus jedem Werk selbst nicht nur der Kern des Werkes und sein Handlungsverlauf, sondern auch die daf{\"u}r angewandte Methode dargestellt. IV. Bezug der untersuchten Werke zu konkreten gesellschaftspolitischen Fragen IV.1 Interaktionswege des Intellektuellen mit der Gesellschaft, vor allem beim Wandel gesellschaftspolitischer Prozesse Zentralkonzepte des ersten Werkes sind: Vermittlung, Engagement, Solidarit{\"a}t und die Aktualit{\"a}t als Maßstab. Diese werden durch zwei Konzepte des zweiten Werkes: Appell an Generationen beim Wechsel und Zusammenhaltsprinzip an Revision gebunden, sowie durch die Behandlung vom Prozess der Meinungsbildung im vierten Werk ausgearbeitet. IV.2 Thematische Aspekte zur Vermeidung eines Naziregimes Aus den thematischen Perspektiven der drei letzten Werke geht eine bunte Sammlung intellektueller Konzepte aus, die zur Bek{\"a}mpfung von Nazivorspr{\"u}nge verwendet werden k{\"o}nnen. V. P{\"a}dagogische Strategien der untersuchten Werke Die p{\"a}dagogischen Aspekte der untersuchten Werke sollen intellektuelle Werte vermitteln, die einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur L{\"o}sung gesellschaftspolitischer Probleme und Konflikte leisten. VI. Entwicklung der literarischen und gesellschaftspolitischen Vision Hier wird die Entwicklungslinie der gesellschaftspolitischen Vision in den untersuchten Werken verfolgt. VII. Zur Rezeption der vier Werke Durch die Auseinandersetzung mit der negativen Kritik wird angestrebt, ihre Subjektivit{\"a}t darzulegen, damit der gesellschaftspolitische Wert der vier Werke enth{\"u}llt wird.},
  language  = {de}
}