TY - JOUR A1 - Lattemann, Christoph A1 - Schneider, A.-M. A1 - Kupke, Soeren T1 - Corporate social responsibility and the capabilities based view : a case study of a multinational enterprise Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lattemann, Christoph T1 - User acceptance of virtual Worlds Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ette, Ottmar T1 - Arab-Caribbean origins : on the transareal dimension in Amin Maalouf's literary work. Coming home to the familiar unknown Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-631-56716-6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stieglitz, Stefan A1 - Lattemann, Christoph T1 - An Approach to Ad-hoc Messaging Networks Using Time Shifted Propagation Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Köchy, Martin T1 - Effects of simulated daily precipitation patterns on annual plant populations depend on life stage and climatic region N2 - Background To improve the understanding of consequences of climate change for annual plant communities, I used a detailed, grid-based model that simulates the effect of daily rainfall variability on individual plants in five climatic regions on a gradient from 100 to 800 mm mean annual precipitation (MAP). The model explicitly considers moisture storage in the soil. I manipulated daily rainfall variability by changing the daily mean rain (DMR, rain volume on rainy days averaged across years for each day of the year) by ± 20%. At the same time I adjusted intervals appropriately between rainy days for keeping the mean annual volume constant. In factorial combination with changing DMR I also changed MAP by ± 20%. Results Increasing MAP generally increased water availability, establishment, and peak shoot biomass. Increasing DMR increased the time that water was continuously available to plants in the upper 15 to 30 cm of the soil (longest wet period, LWP). The effect of DMR diminished with increasing humidity of the climate. An interaction between water availability and density-dependent germination increased the establishment of seedlings in the arid region, but in the more humid regions the establishment of seedlings decreased with increasing DMR. As plants matured, competition among individuals and their productivity increased, but the size of these effects decreased with the humidity of the regions. Therefore, peak shoot biomass generally increased with increasing DMR but the effect size diminished from the semiarid to the mesic Mediterranean region. Increasing DMR reduced via LWP the annual variability of biomass in the semiarid and dry Mediterranean regions. Conclusion More rainstorms (greater DMR) increased the recharge of soil water reservoirs in more arid sites with consequences for germination, establishment, productivity, and population persistence. The order of magnitudes of DMR and MAP overlapped partially so that their combined effect is important for projections of climate change effects on annual vegetation. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/8/4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich T1 - Cancellation of a Publication JF - Preprint / Universität Potsdam, Institut für Mathematik, Arbeitsgruppe Partiell Y1 - 2008 SN - 1437-739X PB - Univ. CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Köchy, Martin A1 - Mathaj, Martin A1 - Jeltsch, Florian A1 - Malkinson, Dan T1 - Resilience of stocking capacity to changing climate in arid to Mediterranean landscapes N2 - Small livestock is an important resource for rural human populations in dry climates. How strongly will climate change affect the capacity of the rangeland? We used hierarchical modelling to scale quantitatively the growth of shrubs and annual plants, the main food of sheep and goats, to the landscape extent in the eastern Mediterranean region. Without grazing, productivity increased in a sigmoid way with mean annual precipitation. Grazing reduced productivity more strongly the drier the landscape. At a point just under the stocking capacity of the vegetation, productivity declined precipitously with more intense grazing due to a lack of seed production of annuals. We repeated simulations with precipitation patterns projected by two contrasting IPCC scenarios. Compared to results based on historic patterns, productivity and stocking capacity did not differ in most cases. Thus, grazing intensity remains the stronger impact on landscape productivity in this dry region even in the future. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/gj0567116q770036/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-008-0048-6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laschewsky, André A1 - Garnier, Sebastien A1 - Kirsten, Juliane A1 - Mertoglu, Murat A1 - Skrabania, Katja A1 - Lutz, Jean-Francois T1 - Comb-like polymeric surfactants by combining block and graft copolymer architectures Y1 - 2006 SN - 0065-7727 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kupke, Sören A1 - Lattemann, Christoph A1 - Stieglitz, Stefan T1 - Knowledge governance in virtual corporations Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-86573-532-4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thiel, Marco A1 - Romano, Maria Carmen A1 - Kurths, Jürgen A1 - Rolfs, Martin A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold T1 - Generating surrogates from recurrences N2 - In this paper, we present an approach to recover the dynamics from recurrences of a system and then generate (multivariate) twin surrogate (TS) trajectories. In contrast to other approaches, such as the linear-like surrogates, this technique produces surrogates which correspond to an independent copy of the underlying system, i.e. they induce a trajectory of the underlying system visiting the attractor in a different way. We show that these surrogates are well suited to test for complex synchronization, which makes it possible to systematically assess the reliability of synchronization analyses. We then apply the TS to study binocular fixational movements and find strong indications that the fixational movements of the left and right eye are phase synchronized. This result indicates that there might be only one centre in the brain that produces the fixational movements in both eyes or a close link between the two centres. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/ SN - 1364-503X ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fanselow, Gisbert A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold A1 - Schlesewsky, Matthias T1 - Syntactic variation in German wh-questions Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Koechy, Martin A1 - Brakenhielm, Sven T1 - Separation of effects of moderate N deposition from natural change in ground vegetation of forests and bogs N2 - The effect of moderate rates of nitrogen deposition on ground floor vegetation is poorly predicted by uncontrolled surveys or fertilization experiments using high rates of nitrogen (N) addition. We compared the temporal trends of ground floor vegetation in permanent plots with moderate (7-13 kg/ha/yr) and lower bulk N deposition (4-6 kg/ha/yr) in southern Sweden during 1982-1998. We examined whether trends differed between growth forms (vascular plants and bryophytes) and vegetation types (three types of coniferous forest, deciduous forest, and bog). Trends of site-standardized cover and richness varied among growth forms, vegetation types, and deposition regions. Cover in spruce forests decreased at the same rate with both moderate and low deposition. In pine forests cover decreased faster with moderate deposition and in bogs cover decreased faster with low deposition. Cover of bryophytes in spruce forests increased at the same rate with both moderate and low deposition. In pine forests cover decreased faster with moderate deposition and in bogs and deciduous forests there was a strong non-linear increase with moderate deposition. The trend of number of vascular plants was constant with moderate and decreased with low deposition. We found no trend in the number of bryophyte species. We propose that the decrease of cover and number with low deposition was related to normal ecosystem development (increased shading), suggesting that N deposition maintained or increased the competitiveness of some species in the moderate-deposition region. Deposition had no consistent negative effect on vegetation suggesting that it is less important than normal successional processes. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.039 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.039 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schneider, Anna Maria A1 - Stieglitz, Stefan A1 - Lattemann, Christoph T1 - Social Software as an instrument of CSR Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - DFT-GIAO-NBO and 13C NMR study of the delta-syn-axial effect in 2,4-disubstituted adamantanes N2 - Six groups of diastereomeric 2,4-disubstituted adamantanes were studied with DFT-GIAO-NBO (natural orbital analysis) methods. The calculated 13C chemical shifts reproduce well the experimental data. It was found that among all diastereomers, those bearing substituents in -syn-axial positions showed the largest overall deshielding, i.e. the sum of all 13C chemical shifts [;;(13C)] was the greatest and also had the highest delocalization contribution to the molecular energy evaluated with NBO. The higher delocalization energy is proposed to be the origin of the deshielding -syn-axial effect Y1 - 2008 UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrc.2333/pdf U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/Mrc.2333 SN - 0749-1581 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lattemann, Christoph A1 - Kupke, Sören A1 - Schneider, Anna Maria A1 - Stieglitz, Stefan T1 - Broadband diffusion with Public Private Partnerships? Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kupke, Sören A1 - Lattemann, Christoph T1 - Alliance Capability : Exploration of its Path Dependent Development Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sellrie, Frank A1 - Warsinke, Axel A1 - Micheel, Burkhard T1 - Homogeneous indirect fluorescence quenching immunoassay for the determination of low molecular weight substances JF - Analytical & bioanalytical chemistry N2 - This paper describes the principle of a homogeneous indirect fluorescence quenching immunoassay that uses monoclonal antibodies. It is a carrier-free assay system that is performed completely in solution. The assay system was established for the determination of a low molecular weight substance (hapten), the herbicide diuron, used as a model analyte. A fluorescein-monuron conjugate together with a fluorescence-quenching monoclonal anti-fluorescein antibody and an anti-analyte antibody (here an anti-diuron/monuron monoclonal antibody) were used as central components of the assay. The fluorescein-monuron conjugate can be bound either by the anti-fluorescein monoclonal antibody or by the anti-diuron/ monuron monoclonal antibody. Due to steric hindrance, binding of both antibodies to the conjugate was not possible at the same time. By selecting the antibody concentrations appropriately, a dynamic equilibrium can be established that permits the preferential binding of the anti-diuron/monuron antibody to the conjugate, which allows the fluorescein in the conjugate to fluoresce. This equilibrium can be easily altered by adding free analyte (diuron), which competes with the conjugate to bind to the anti-diuron/monuron antibody. A reduction of anti-diuron/monuron antibody binding to the conjugate results in an increase in the binding of the anti-fluorescein antibody, which leads to a decrease in the fluorescence of the conjugate. The fluorescence is therefore a direct indicator of the state of equilibrium of the system and thus also the presence of free unconjugated analyte. The determination of an analyte based on this test principle does not require any washing steps. After the test components are mixed, the dynamic equilibrium is rapidly reached and the results can be obtained in less than 5 min by measuring the fluorescence of the fluorescein. We used this test principle for the determination of diuron, which was demonstrated for concentrations of approximately 5 nM. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/n7227875454216v7/ VL - 386 IS - 2 SP - 206 EP - 210 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schlag, Peter M. A1 - Osterziel, Karl Joseph A1 - Özcelik, Cemil A1 - Scherneck, Siegfried A1 - Wenzel, Katrin A1 - Daskalow, Katjana A1 - Herse, Florian A1 - Seitz, Susanne A1 - Zacharias, Ute A1 - Schenk, Jörg A. A1 - Schulz, Herbert A1 - Hübner, Norbert A1 - Micheel, Burkhard T1 - The protein phosphatase 1 inhibitor KEPI is down regulated in breast cancer cell lines and tissues and involved in the regulation of the tumour suppressor EGR1 via the MEK-ERK pathway N2 - KEPI is a protein kinase C-potentiated inhibitory protein for type 1 Ser/Thr protein phosphatases. We found no or reduced expression of KEPI in breast cancer cell lines, breast tumors and metastases in comparison to normal breast cell lines and tissues, respectively. KEPI protein expression and ubiquitous localization was detected with a newly generated antibody. Ectopic KEPI expression in MCF7 breast cancer cells induced differential expression of 95 genes, including the up-regulation of the tumor suppressors EGR1 (early growth response 1) and PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog), which is regulated by EGR1. We further show that the up-regulation of EGR1 in MCF7/KEPI cells is mediated by MEK-ERK signaling. The inhibition of this pathway by the MEK inhibitor UO126 led to a strong decrease in EGR1 expression in MCF7/KEPI cells. These results reveal a novel role for KEPI in the regulation of the tumor suppressor gene EGR1 via activation of the MEK-ERK MAPK pathway. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.atypon-link.com/doi/abs/10.1515/BC.2007.062 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Farges, Francois A1 - de Wispelaere, S. A1 - Rossano, Stephanie A1 - Munoz, Manuel A1 - Wilke, Max A1 - Flank, Anne-Marie A1 - Lagarde, Pierre T1 - Local structures around Si, Al, and Na in hydrated silicate glasses Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Starke, Ines A1 - Kammer, Stefan A1 - Grunwald, Nicolas A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Holdt, Hans-Jürgen A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich T1 - Complexation of diazaperylene and bisisoquinoline with transition metal ions in the gas phase studied by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry N2 - The complex formation of the ligands 1,12-diazaperylene (dap), 1,1-bisisoquinoline (bis), 2,2-bipyridine (bpy) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) with transition metal ions (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ru, Os, Re, Pd, Pt, Ag and Cd) in the gas phase has been studied by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. With the exception of Ru, Os, Fe, Ni and Cu, singly charged complexes [MLn]+ (n = 1,2) were observed. The complexes of dap and bis with Ru, Os, Fe and Ni ions, and the mixed ligand complexes with bpy and phen, are preferably of the doubly charged type [ML3]2+. In addition, collision- induced dissociation (CID) measurements were employed to evaluate the relative stabilities of these complexes. The CID experiments of mixed-ligand complexes which contain both dap and phen or dap and bpy exhibit preferential elimination of bpy, indicating that bpy is a weaker ligand than phen and dap. Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Giannitsis, Evangelos A1 - Roth, Heinz Jürgen A1 - Leithaeuser, Renate M. A1 - Scherhag, Jürgen A1 - Beneke, Ralt A1 - Katus, Hugo A. T1 - New highly sensitivity assay used to measure cardiac troponin T concentration changes during a continuous 216- km marathon Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.clinchem.org/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2008.116566 SN - 0009-9147 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steinbrück, Dörte A1 - Rasch, Claudia A1 - Kumke, Michael Uwe T1 - Photophysics of Ochratoxin A in aqueous solution Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich T1 - Quantitative study and visualization of spherical 2(N + 1)2 homoaromaticity by through space NMR shieldings (TSNMRS) N2 - The through space NMR shielding (TSNMRS) values of adamantane, the 2(N + 1)2 spherical (4c, 2e) homoaromatic compounds 1,3-dehydro-5,7-adamantandiyl dication (C10H122+) and 1,3-dehydro-5,7-cubandiyl dication (C8H42+), and the (6c, 8e) homoaromatic compound 2,2;,4,4;,6,6;,8,8;,10,10;-dehydroadamantane tetracation (C10H44+) have been ab initio calculated, employing the NICS concept, and visualized as iso-chemical shielding surfaces (ICSSs). TSNMRS values can be successfully employed to study both the endohedral and exohedral aromaticity/ antiaromaticity of the compounds studied. Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theochem.2007.11.029 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Feudel, Fred A1 - Tuckerman, L. S. A1 - Gellert, Marcus A1 - Seehafer, Norbert T1 - Bifurcations of rotating waves in rotating spherical shell convection JF - Physical Review E N2 - The dynamics and bifurcations of convective waves in rotating and buoyancy-driven spherical Rayleigh-Benard convection are investigated numerically. The solution branches that arise as rotating waves (RWs) are traced by means of path-following methods, by varying the Rayleigh number as a control parameter for different rotation rates. The dependence of the azimuthal drift frequency of the RWs on the Ekman and Rayleigh numbers is determined and discussed. The influence of the rotation rate on the generation and stability of secondary branches is demonstrated. Multistability is typical in the parameter range considered. KW - nonsymmetric linear-systems KW - thermal-convection KW - fluid shells KW - hopf-bifurcation KW - onset KW - magnetoconvection KW - number KW - flow Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.053015 SN - 1539-3755 SN - 1550-2376 VL - 92 IS - 5 PB - American Physical Society CY - Woodbury ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuster, Isabell A1 - Krahé, Barbara A1 - Ilabaca Baeza, Paola A1 - Munoz-Reyes, Jose Antonio T1 - Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration among Male and Female College Students in Chile JF - Frontiers in psychology N2 - Evidence on the prevalence of sexual aggression among college students is primarily based on studies from Western countries. In Chile, a South American country strongly influenced by the Catholic Church, little research on sexual aggression among college students is available. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine the prevalence of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration since the age of 14 (the legal age of consent) in a sample of male and female students aged between 18 and 29 years from five Chilean universities (N = 1135), to consider possible gender differences, and to study the extent to which alcohol was involved in the reported incidents of perpetration and victimization. Sexual aggression victimization and perpetration was measured with a Chilean Spanish version of the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S), which includes three coercive strategies (use or threat of physical force, exploitation of an incapacitated state, and verbal pressure), three victim-perpetrator constellations (current or former partners, friends/acquaintances, and strangers), and four sexual acts (sexual touch, attempted sexual intercourse, completed sexual intercourse, and other sexual acts, such as oral sex). Overall, 51.9% of women and 48.0% of men reported at least one incident of sexual victimization, and 26.8% of men and 16.5% of women reported at least one incident of sexual aggression perpetration since the age of 14. For victimization, only few gender differences were found, but significantly more men than women reported sexual aggression perpetration. A large proportion of perpetrators also reported victimization experiences. Regarding victim-perpetrator relationship, sexual aggression victimization and perpetration were more common between persons who knew each other than between strangers. Alcohol use by the perpetrator, victim, or both was involved in many incidents of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration, particularly among strangers. The present data are the first to provide a systematic and detailed picture of sexual aggression among college students in Chile, including victimization and perpetration reports by both men and women and confirming the critical role of alcohol established in past research from Western countries. KW - sexual aggression KW - victimization KW - perpetration KW - prevalence KW - coercive strategies KW - relationship constellations KW - alcohol KW - Chile Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01354 SN - 1664-1078 VL - 7 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hamou, Sarah T1 - The Indian Ocean BT - A strategic Maritime Space for Trade JF - Developing Intra-regional Exchanges through the Abolition of Commercial and Tariff Barriers : Myth or Reality? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) JF - L’abolition des barrières commerciales et tarifaires dans la région de l’Océan indien : Mythe ou réalité? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-2-8076-0126-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3726/978-2-8076-0127-7 SN - 2235-1078 SP - 425 EP - 433 PB - Lang CY - Bruxelles ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fritz, Maximilian T1 - International Commercial Arbitration n the Framwork of the WTO JF - Developing Intra-regional Exchanges through the Abolition of Commercial and Tariff Barriers : Myth or Reality? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) JF - L’abolition des barrières commerciales et tarifaires dans la région de l’Océan indien : Mythe ou réalité? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-2-8076-0126-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3726/978-2-8076-0127-7 SN - 2235-1078 SP - 395 EP - 409 PB - Lang CY - Bruxelles ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bezzenberger, Tilman T1 - Coexistence and Harmonization of Company Laws JF - Developing Intra-regional Exchanges through the Abolition of Commercial and Tariff Barriers : Myth or Reality? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) JF - L’abolition des barrières commerciales et tarifaires dans la région de l’Océan indien : Mythe ou réalité? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-2-8076-0126-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3726/978-2-8076-0127-7 SN - 2235-1078 SP - 181 EP - 192 PB - Lang CY - Bruxelles ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kappler, Johannes T1 - The Free Flow of Financial Services in Europa and the Access of Non-European Financial Service Providers to the European Market JF - Developing Intra-regional Exchanges through the Abolition of Commercial and Tariff Barriers : Myth or Reality? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) JF - L’abolition des barrières commerciales et tarifaires dans la région de l’Océan indien : Mythe ou réalité? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-2-8076-0126-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3726/978-2-8076-0127-7 SN - 2235-1078 SP - 97 EP - 114 PB - Lang CY - Bruxelles ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Romano, Francesco T1 - TTIP and Free Trade Agreements between the European Union and Thrid Countries JF - Developing Intra-regional Exchanges through the Abolition of Commercial and Tariff Barriers : Myth or Reality? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) JF - L’abolition des barrières commerciales et tarifaires dans la région de l’Océan indien : Mythe ou réalité? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-2-8076-0126-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3726/978-2-8076-0127-7 SN - 2235-1078 SP - 79 EP - 95 PB - Lang CY - Bruxelles ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lettl, Tobias T1 - The Meaning of Undistorted Competition on a Common Market and the Rules for its Maintenance using the Example of the European Union Competition Rules JF - Developing Intra-regional Exchanges through the Abolition of Commercial and Tariff Barriers : Myth or Reality? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) JF - L’abolition des barrières commerciales et tarifaires dans la région de l’Océan indien : Mythe ou réalité? (Cultures juridiques et politiques ; 10) Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-2-8076-0126-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3726/978-2-8076-0127-7 SN - 2235-1078 SP - 65 EP - 77 PB - Lang CY - Bruxelles ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine T1 - Administrative Reforms in the Intergovernmental Setting BT - Impacts on Multi-Level Governance from a Comparative Perspective JF - Multi-Level Governance: The Missing Linkages (Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management) N2 - Purpose This chapter is aimed at contributing to the question of how institutional reforms affect multi-level governance (MLG) capacities and thus the performance of public task fulfillment with a particular focus on the local level of government in England, France, and Germany. Methodology/approach Drawing on concepts of institutional evaluation, we analytically distinguish six dimensions of impact assessment: vertical coordination; horizontal coordination; efficiency/savings; effectiveness/quality; political accountability/democratic control; equity of service standards. Methodologically, we rely on document analysis and expert judgments that could be gleaned from case studies in the three countries and a comprehensive evaluation of the available secondary data in the respective national and local contexts. Findings Institutional reforms in the intergovernmental setting have exerted a significant influence on task fulfillment and the performance of service delivery. Irrespective of whether MLG practice corresponds to type I or type II, task devolution (decentralization/de-concentration) furthers the interlocal variation and makes the equity of service delivery shrink. There is a general tendency of improved horizontal/MLG type I coordination capacities, especially after political decentralization, less in the case of administrative decentralization. However, decentralization often entails considerable additional costs which sometimes overload local governments. Research implications The distinction between multi-purpose territorial organization/MLG I and single-purpose functional organization/MLG II provides a suitable analytical frame for institutional evaluation and impact assessment of reforms in the intergovernmental setting. Furthermore, comparative research into the relationship between MLG and institutional reforms is needed to reveal the explanatory power of intervening factors, such as the local budgetary and staff situation, local policy preferences, and political interests in conjunction with the salience of the transferred tasks. Practical implications The findings provide evidence on the causal relationship between specific types of (vertical) institutional reforms, performance, and task-related characteristics. Policy-makers and government actors may use this information when drafting institutional reform programs and determining the allocation of public tasks in the intergovernmental setting. Social implications In general, the euphoric expectations placed upon decentralization strategies in modern societies cannot straightforwardly be justified. Our findings show that any type of task transfer to lower levels of government exacerbates existing disparities or creates new ones. However, the integration of tasks within multi-functional, politically accountable local governments may help to improve MLG type I coordination in favor of local communities and territorially based societal actors, while the opposite may be said with regard to de-concentration and the strengthening of MLG type II coordination. Originality/value The chapter addresses a missing linkage in the existing MLG literature which has hitherto predominantly been focused on the political decision-making and on the implementation of reforms in the intergovernmental settings of European countries, whereas the impact of such reforms and of their consequences for MLG has remained largely ignored. KW - Public administration KW - decentralization KW - institutional reforms KW - local governments KW - intergovernmental setting Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-1-78441-874-8 (print) SN - 978-1-78441-873-1 (epub) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2045-794420150000004008 SN - 2045-7944 SN - 2045-7952 VL - 4 SP - 183 EP - 215 PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited CY - Bingley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Salzwedel, Annett A1 - Heidler, Maria-Dorothea A1 - Haubold, Kathrin A1 - Schikora, Martin A1 - Reibis, Rona Katharina A1 - Wegscheider, Karl A1 - Jöbgens, Michael A1 - Völler, Heinz T1 - Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in employable patients after acute coronary event in cardiac rehabilitation JF - Vascular Health and Risk Management N2 - Introduction: Adequate cognitive function in patients is a prerequisite for successful implementation of patient education and lifestyle coping in comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs. Although the association between cardiovascular diseases and cognitive impairments (CIs) is well known, the prevalence particularly of mild CI in CR and the characteristics of affected patients have been insufficiently investigated so far. Methods: In this prospective observational study, 496 patients (54.5 ± 6.2 years, 79.8% men) with coronary artery disease following an acute coronary event (ACE) were analyzed. Patients were enrolled within 14 days of discharge from the hospital in a 3-week inpatient CR program. Patients were tested for CI using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) upon admission to and discharge from CR. Additionally, sociodemographic, clinical, and physiological variables were documented. The data were analyzed descriptively and in a multivariate stepwise backward elimination regression model with respect to CI. Results: At admission to CR, the CI (MoCA score < 26) was determined in 182 patients (36.7%). Significant differences between CI and no CI groups were identified, and CI group was associated with high prevalence of smoking (65.9 vs 56.7%, P = 0.046), heavy (physically demanding) workloads (26.4 vs 17.8%, P < 0.001), sick leave longer than 1 month prior to CR (28.6 vs 18.5%, P = 0.026), reduced exercise capacity (102.5 vs 118.8 W, P = 0.006), and a shorter 6-min walking distance (401.7 vs 421.3 m, P = 0.021) compared to no CI group. The age- and education-adjusted model showed positive associations with CI only for sick leave more than 1 month prior to ACE (odds ratio [OR] 1.673, 95% confidence interval 1.07–2.79; P = 0.03) and heavy workloads (OR 2.18, 95% confidence interval 1.42–3.36; P < 0.01). Conclusion: The prevalence of CI in CR was considerably high, affecting more than one-third of cardiac patients. Besides age and education level, CI was associated with heavy workloads and a longer sick leave before ACE. KW - cardiac rehabilitation KW - cognitive impairment KW - prevalence KW - acute coronary event KW - patient education Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S121086 SN - 1176-6344 SN - 1178-2048 VL - 13 SP - 55 EP - 60 PB - Dove Medical Press Ltd CY - Albany, Auckland ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zimmermann, Andreas A1 - Sener, Meltem T1 - Chemical Weapons and the International Criminal Court JF - American Journal of International Law KW - Aggression KW - Statute Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5305/amerjintelaw.108.3.0436 SN - 0002-9300 SN - 2161-7953 VL - 108 IS - 3 SP - 436 EP - 448 PB - ASIL CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haßler, Gerda ED - McElvenny, James T1 - ‘Communicating the past to the present’ BT - Is anachronism inevitable? Desirable? JF - History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences KW - anachronism KW - conceptual history KW - Ferdinand de Saussure KW - linguistic historiography KW - Plato´s Cratylus KW - salon KW - word order Y1 - 2015 UR - http://hiphilangsci.net/2015/06/03/salon-anachronism-in-linguistic-historiography SN - 2366-2409 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haßler, Gerda T1 - Evidentiality and the expression of speaker’s stance in Romance languages and German JF - Discourse Studies : an interdisciplinary journal for the study of text and talk N2 - In recent years, the category of evidentiality has also come into use for the description of Romance languages and of German. This has been contingent on a change in its interpretation from a typological category to a semantic-pragmatic category, which allows an application to languages lacking specialised morphemes for the expression of evidentiality. We consider evidentiality to be a structural dimension of grammar, the values of which are expressed by types of constructions that code the source of information which a speaker imparts. If we look at the situation in Romance languages and in German, drawing a boundary between epistemic modality and evidentiality presents problems that are difficult to solve. Adding markers of the source of the speaker’s knowledge often limits the degree of responsibility of the speaker for the content of the utterance. Evidential adverbs are a frequently used means of marking the source of the speaker’s knowledge. The evidential meaning is generalised to marking any source of knowledge, what can be regarded as a result of a process of pragmaticalisation. The use of certain means which also carry out evidential markings can even contribute to the blurring of the different kinds of evidentiality. German also has modal verbs which in conjunction with the perfect tense of the verb have a predominantly evidential use (sollen and wollen). But even here the evidential marking is not without influence on the modality of the utterance. The Romance languages, however, do not have such specialised verbs for expressing evidentiality in certain contexts. To do this, they mark evidentiality – often context bound – by verb forms such as the conditional and the imperfect tense. This article shall contrast the different architectures used in expressing evidentiality in German and in the Romance languages. KW - Adverbs KW - evidentiality KW - modal verbs KW - modality KW - pragmaticalisation Y1 - 2015 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461445614564522 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445614564522 SN - 1461-4456 SN - 1461-7080 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 182 EP - 209 PB - Sage Publications CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Andreas A1 - Rabsch, Wolfgang A1 - Broeker, Nina K. A1 - Barbirz, Stefanie T1 - Bacteriophage tailspike protein based assay to monitor phase variable glucosylations in Salmonella O-antigens JF - BMC microbiology N2 - Background Non-typhoid Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) accounts for a high number of registered salmonellosis cases, and O-serotyping is one important tool for monitoring epidemiology and spread of the disease. Moreover, variations in glucosylated O-antigens are related to immunogenicity and spread in the host. However, classical autoagglutination tests combined with the analysis of specific genetic markers cannot always reliably register phase variable glucose modifications expressed on Salmonella O-antigens and additional tools to monitor O-antigen glucosylation phenotypes of S. Typhimurium would be desirable. Results We developed a test for the phase variable O-antigen glucosylation state of S. Typhimurium using the tailspike proteins (TSP) of Salmonella phages 9NA and P22. We used this ELISA like tailspike adsorption (ELITA) assay to analyze a library of 44 Salmonella strains. ELITA was successful in discriminating strains that carried glucose 1-6 linked to the galactose of O-polysaccharide backbone (serotype O1) from non-glucosylated strains. This was shown by O-antigen compositional analyses of the respective strains with mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis. The ELITA test worked rapidly in a microtiter plate format and was highly O-antigen specific. Moreover, TSP as probes could also detect glucosylated strains in flow cytometry and distinguish multiphasic cultures differing in their glucosylation state. Conclusions Tailspike proteins contain large binding sites with precisely defined specificities and are therefore promising tools to be included in serotyping procedures as rapid serotyping agents in addition to antibodies. In this study, 9NA and P22TSP as probes could specifically distinguish glucosylation phenotypes of Salmonella on microtiter plate assays and in flow cytometry. This opens the possibility for flow sorting of cell populations for subsequent genetic analyses or for monitoring phase variations during large scale O-antigen preparations necessary for vaccine production. KW - Salmonella Typhimurium KW - O-antigen KW - Tailspike protein KW - Bacteriophage KW - Phase variation KW - O-serotyping KW - Flow cytometry Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0826-0 SN - 1471-2180 VL - 16 PB - BioMed Central CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Henze, Andrea A1 - Homann, Thomas A1 - Rohn, Isabelle A1 - Aschner, Michael A. A1 - Link, Christopher D. A1 - Kleuser, Burkhard A1 - Schweigert, Florian J. A1 - Schwerdtle, Tanja A1 - Bornhorst, Julia T1 - Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system to study post-translational modifications of human transthyretin JF - Scientific reports N2 - The visceral protein transthyretin (TTR) is frequently affected by oxidative post-translational protein modifications (PTPMs) in various diseases. Thus, better insight into structure-function relationships due to oxidative PTPMs of TTR should contribute to the understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms. While the in vivo analysis of TTR in mammalian models is complex, time- and resource-consuming, transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans expressing hTTR provide an optimal model for the in vivo identification and characterization of drug-mediated oxidative PTPMs of hTTR by means of matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization – time of flight – mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Herein, we demonstrated that hTTR is expressed in all developmental stages of Caenorhabditis elegans, enabling the analysis of hTTR metabolism during the whole life-cycle. The suitability of the applied model was verified by exposing worms to D-penicillamine and menadione. Both drugs induced substantial changes in the oxidative PTPM pattern of hTTR. Additionally, for the first time a covalent binding of both drugs with hTTR was identified and verified by molecular modelling. KW - n-acetyl-cysteine KW - s-glutathionylation KW - force-field KW - c. elegans KW - life-span KW - protein KW - cells KW - menadione KW - disease KW - binding Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37346 SN - 2045-2322 VL - 6 PB - Nature Publishing Group CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shaki, Samuel A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Competing Biases in Mental Arithmetic BT - When Division Is More and Multiplication Is Less JF - Frontiers in human neuroscience N2 - Mental arithmetic exhibits various biases. Among those is a tendency to overestimate addition and to underestimate subtraction outcomes. Does such “operational momentum” (OM) also affect multiplication and division? Twenty-six adults produced lines whose lengths corresponded to the correct outcomes of multiplication and division problems shown in symbolic format. We found a reliable tendency to over-estimate division outcomes, i.e., reverse OM. We suggest that anchoring on the first operand (a tendency to use this number as a reference for further quantitative reasoning) contributes to cognitive biases in mental arithmetic. KW - heuristics and biases KW - numerical cognition KW - mental arithmetic KW - mental number line KW - operational momentum Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00037 SN - 1662-5161 VL - 11 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Borg, Erik A1 - Fichtelmann, Bernd T1 - Land-water masks: basis for automated pre- and thematic processing of remote sensing data JF - Potsdamer Geographische Praxis N2 - Earth observation data have become an outstanding basis for analyzing environmental aspects. The increasing availability of remote sensing data is accompanied by an increasing user demand. Within the scope of the COOPERNICUS-initiative, the automatic processing of remote sensing data is important for supplying value- added-information products. The use of additional data like land-water-masks in the context of deriving value-added information products can stabilize and improve the product quality of information products. The authors of this contribution would like to discuss different automated processing algorithms which are based on land-water masks for value-added data interpretation. These developments were supported or accompanied by Prof. Hartmut Asche. Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-103454 SN - 978-3-86956-389-3 SN - 2194–1599 SN - 2194–1602 IS - 12 SP - 77 EP - 99 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Siemer, Julia T1 - Using Statistics Canada Data To Map Canada´s Population JF - Potsdamer Geographische Praxis N2 - Statistics Canada, Kanada’s nationale Statistikbehörde, bietet eine Reihe räumlicher Basisdaten zur Kartenerstellung und räumlichen Analyse ihrer Bevölkerungsdaten an. Der folgende Bericht zeigt die Möglichkeiten und Einschränkung der angebotenen räumlichen Daten für die Bevölkerungskartographie auf und stellt die vorhandenen Verwaltungsgrenzdateien bis zur kleinsten Einheit, dem so genannten ‚dissemination block‘, in ihrer Struktur vor. Die räumlich sehr ungleiche Verteilung der Bevölkerung Kanadas stellt eine besondere Herausforderung bei der kartographischen Visualisierung dar. Üblicherweise angewendete Methoden wie die Choroplethen-Methode sind im Falle Kanadas streng genommen nur zur Visualisierung kleinräumiger Bevölkerungsdichte geeignet. Um die Darstellung der Bevölkerungsdichte und -verteilung auch für größere Raumeinheiten, z. B. den so genannten ‚census divisions‘ oder die Provinzen, zu ermöglichen, veröffentlicht Statistics Canada einen Datensatz, der die Abgrenzung der Ökumene, also der bewohnten Fläche, des Landes veranschaulicht. Diese Datei ermöglicht es dem Nutzer die Bevölkerungsdichte und -verteilung des Landes angemessen und detailliert zu visualisieren. N2 - Statistics Canada, Canada’s national statistics agency, offers a suite of spatial files for mapping and analysis of its various population data products. The following article showcases possibilities and shortfalls of the existing spatial files for mapping population data, and provides an overview of the structure of the available boundary files from the regional to the dissemination block level. Due to Canada’s highly dispersed population, mapping its distribution and density can be challenging. Common mapping techniques such as the choropleth method are suitable only for mapping spatially high resolution data such as data at the dissemination area level. To allow for mapping of population data at less detailed levels such as census divisions or provinces, Statistics Canada has created a so-called ecumene boundary file which outlines the inhabited area of Canada and can be used to more accurately visualize Canada’s population distribution and density. Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-103439 SN - 978-3-86956-389-3 SN - 2194–1599 SN - 2194–1602 IS - 12 SP - 35 EP - 49 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kempert, Sebastian Benjamin A1 - Götz, Regina A1 - Blatter, Kristine A1 - Tibken, Catharina A1 - Artelt, Cordula A1 - Schneider, Wolfgang A1 - Stanat, Petra T1 - Training Early Literacy Related Skills BT - To Which Degree Does a Musical Training Contribute to Phonological Awareness Development? JF - Frontiers in psychology N2 - Well-developed phonological awareness skills are a core prerequisite for early literacy development. Although effective phonological awareness training programs exist, children at risk often do not reach similar levels of phonological awareness after the intervention as children with normally developed skills. Based on theoretical considerations and first promising results the present study explores effects of an early musical training in combination with a conventional phonological training in children with weak phonological awareness skills. Using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design and measurements across a period of 2 years, we tested the effects of two interventions: a consecutive combination of a musical and a phonological training and a phonological training alone. The design made it possible to disentangle effects of the musical training alone as well the effects of its combination with the phonological training. The outcome measures of these groups were compared with the control group with multivariate analyses, controlling for a number of background variables. The sample included N = 424 German-speaking children aged 4–5 years at the beginning of the study. We found a positive relationship between musical abilities and phonological awareness. Yet, whereas the well-established phonological training produced the expected effects, adding a musical training did not contribute significantly to phonological awareness development. Training effects were partly dependent on the initial level of phonological awareness. Possible reasons for the lack of training effects in the musical part of the combination condition as well as practical implications for early literacy education are discussed. KW - phonological awareness KW - musical training KW - phonological training KW - preschool children KW - early literacy Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01803 SN - 1664-1078 VL - 7 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Steffen A1 - Müller, Juliane A1 - Stoll, Josefine A1 - Prieske, Olaf A1 - Cassel, Michael A1 - Mayer, Frank T1 - Incidence of back pain in adolescent athletes BT - a prospective study JF - BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation N2 - Background Recently, the incidence rate of back pain (BP) in adolescents has been reported at 21%. However, the development of BP in adolescent athletes is unclear. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of BP in young elite athletes in relation to gender and type of sport practiced. Methods Subjective BP was assessed in 321 elite adolescent athletes (m/f 57%/43%; 13.2 ± 1.4 years; 163.4 ± 11.4 cm; 52.6 ± 12.6 kg; 5.0 ± 2.6 training yrs; 7.6 ± 5.3 training h/week). Initially, all athletes were free of pain. The main outcome criterion was the incidence of back pain [%] analyzed in terms of pain development from the first measurement day (M1) to the second measurement day (M2) after 2.0 ± 1.0 year. Participants were classified into athletes who developed back pain (BPD) and athletes who did not develop back pain (nBPD). BP (acute or within the last 7 days) was assessed with a 5-step face scale (face 1–2 = no pain; face 3–5 = pain). BPD included all athletes who reported faces 1 and 2 at M1 and faces 3 to 5 at M2. nBPD were all athletes who reported face 1 or 2 at both M1 and M2. Data was analyzed descriptively. Additionally, a Chi2 test was used to analyze gender- and sport-specific differences (p = 0.05). Results Thirty-two athletes were categorized as BPD (10%). The gender difference was 5% (m/f: 12%/7%) but did not show statistical significance (p = 0.15). The incidence of BP ranged between 6 and 15% for the different sport categories. Game sports (15%) showed the highest, and explosive strength sports (6%) the lowest incidence. Anthropometrics or training characteristics did not significantly influence BPD (p = 0.14 gender to p = 0.90 sports; r2 = 0.0825). Conclusions BP incidence was lower in adolescent athletes compared to young non-athletes and even to the general adult population. Consequently, it can be concluded that high-performance sports do not lead to an additional increase in back pain incidence during early adolescence. Nevertheless, back pain prevention programs should be implemented into daily training routines for sport categories identified as showing high incidence rates. KW - Pain occurrence KW - Young athletes KW - Injury KW - Training volume Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-016-0064-7 SN - 2052-1847 VL - 8 PB - BioMed Central CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Kelling, Alexandra A1 - Umbreen, Sumaira A1 - Linker, Torsten T1 - Crystal structures of three bicyclic carbohydrate derivatives JF - Acta crystallographica Section E ; Crystallographic communications N2 - The title compounds, [(1R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-4,5-bis(acetyloxy)-7-oxo-2-oxabicyclo- [4.2.0]octan-3-yl]methyl acetate, C14H18O8, (I), [(1S,4R,5S,6R)-5-acetyloxy-7- hydroxyimino-2-oxobicyclo[4.2.0]octan-4-yl acetate, C11H15NO6, (II), and [(3aR,5R,6R,7R,7aS)-6,7-bis(acetyloxy)-2-oxooctahydropyrano[3,2-b]pyrrol-5- yl]methyl acetate, C14H19NO8, (III), are stable bicyclic carbohydrate derivatives. They can easily be synthesized in a few steps from commercially available glycals. As a result of the ring strain from the four-membered rings in (I) and (II), the conformations of the carbohydrates deviate strongly from the ideal chair form. Compound (II) occurs in the boat form. In the five-membered lactam (III), on the other hand, the carbohydrate adopts an almost ideal chair conformation. As a result of the distortion of the sugar rings, the configurations of the three bicyclic carbohydrate derivatives could not be determined from their NMR coupling constants. From our three crystal structure determinations, we were able to establish for the first time the absolute configurations of all new stereocenters of the carbohydrate rings. KW - crystal structure KW - carbohydrate deriv­atives KW - conformation KW - configuration Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989016018727 SN - 2056-9890 VL - 72 IS - 12 SP - 1839 EP - 1844 PB - IUCR CY - Chester ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lah, Ljerka A1 - Trense, Daronja A1 - Benke, Harald A1 - Berggren, Per A1 - Gunnlaugsson, Þorvaldur A1 - Lockyer, Christina A1 - Öztürk, Ayaka A1 - Öztürk, Bayram A1 - Pawliczka, Iwona A1 - Roos, Anna A1 - Siebert, Ursula A1 - Skóra, Krzysztof A1 - Víkingsson, Gísli A1 - Tiedemann, Ralph T1 - Spatially Explicit Analysis of Genome-Wide SNPs Detects Subtle Population Structure in a Mobile Marine Mammal, the Harbor Porpoise JF - PLoS one N2 - The population structure of the highly mobile marine mammal, the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), in the Atlantic shelf waters follows a pattern of significant isolation-by-distance. The population structure of harbor porpoises from the Baltic Sea, which is connected with the North Sea through a series of basins separated by shallow underwater ridges, however, is more complex. Here, we investigated the population differentiation of harbor porpoises in European Seas with a special focus on the Baltic Sea and adjacent waters, using a population genomics approach. We used 2872 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), derived from double digest restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq), as well as 13 microsatellite loci and mitochondrial haplotypes for the same set of individuals. Spatial principal components analysis (sPCA), and Bayesian clustering on a subset of SNPs suggest three main groupings at the level of all studied regions: the Black Sea, the North Atlantic, and the Baltic Sea. Furthermore, we observed a distinct separation of the North Sea harbor porpoises from the Baltic Sea populations, and identified splits between porpoise populations within the Baltic Sea. We observed a notable distinction between the Belt Sea and the Inner Baltic Sea sub-regions. Improved delineation of harbor porpoise population assignments for the Baltic based on genomic evidence is important for conservation management of this endangered cetacean in threatened habitats, particularly in the Baltic Sea proper. In addition, we show that SNPs outperform microsatellite markers and demonstrate the utility of RAD-tags from a relatively small, opportunistically sampled cetacean sample set for population diversity and divergence analysis. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162792 SN - 1932-6203 VL - 11 IS - 10 PB - PLoS CY - Lawrence, Kan. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pellanda, Marina T1 - Tarkovsky’s legacy BT - Tarkovskian inspirations in contemporary cinema JF - Andrej Tarkovskij: Klassiker – Классик – Classic – Classico : Beiträge zum internationalen Tarkovskij-Symposium an der Universität Potsdam ; Band 2 Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-100557 SN - 978-3-86956-352-7 SP - 549 EP - 571 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Paperny, Vladimir T1 - Andrej Tarkovskij and Andrej Končalovskij BT - Lives, Films, Culture JF - Andrej Tarkovskij: Klassiker – Классик – Classic – Classico : Beiträge zum internationalen Tarkovskij-Symposium an der Universität Potsdam ; Band 2 Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-100515 SN - 978-3-86956-352-7 SP - 471 EP - 486 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Salvestroni, Simonetta T1 - A Recurring Theme in Tarkovsky’s Cinema BT - The Window as the Entrance to Another Dimension JF - Andrej Tarkovskij: Klassiker – Классик – Classic – Classico : Beiträge zum internationalen Tarkovskij-Symposium an der Universität Potsdam ; Band 2 Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-100472 SN - 978-3-86956-352-7 SP - 399 EP - 407 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wippert, Pia-Maria A1 - Fliesser, Michael T1 - National doping prevention guidelines : Intent, efficacy and lessons learned BT - A 4-year evaluation JF - Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy N2 - Background Doping presents a potential health risk for young athletes. Prevention programs are intended to prevent doping by educating athletes about banned substances. However, such programs have their limitations in practice. This led Germany to introduce the National Doping Prevention Plan (NDPP), in hopes of ameliorating the situation among young elite athletes. Two studies examined 1) the degree to which the NDPP led to improved prevention efforts in elite sport schools, and 2) the extent to which newly developed prevention activities of the national anti-doping agency (NADA) based on the NDPP have improved knowledge among young athletes within elite sports schools. Methods The first objective was investigated in a longitudinal study (Study I: t0 = baseline, t1 = follow-up 4 years after NDPP introduction) with N = 22 teachers engaged in doping prevention in elite sports schools. The second objective was evaluated in a cross-sectional comparison study (Study II) in N = 213 elite sports school students (54.5 % male, 45.5 % female, age M = 16.7 ± 1.3 years (all students had received the improved NDDP measure in school; one student group had received additionally NADA anti-doping activities and a control group did not). Descriptive statistics were calculated, followed by McNemar tests, Wilcoxon tests and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Results Results indicate that 4 years after the introduction of the NDPP there have been limited structural changes with regard to the frequency, type, and scope of doping prevention in elite sport schools. On the other hand, in study II, elite sport school students who received further NADA anti-doping activities performed better on an anti-doping knowledge test than students who did not take part (F(1, 207) = 33.99, p <0.001), although this difference was small. Conclusion The integration of doping-prevention in elite sport schools as part of the NDPP was only partially successful. The results of the evaluation indicate that the introduction of the NDPP has contributed more to a change in the content of doping prevention activities than to a structural transformation in anti-doping education in elite sport schools. Moreover, while students who did receive additional education in the form of the NDPP“booster sessions” had significantly more knowledge about doping than students who did not receive such education, this difference was only small and may not translate to actual behavior. KW - Doping KW - Anti-doping program KW - Anti-doping guideline KW - Elite sports schools Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-016-0079-9 SN - 1747-597X VL - 11 PB - BioMed Central CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerth, Sabrina A1 - Klassert, Annegret A1 - Dolk, Thomas A1 - Fliesser, Michael A1 - Fischer, Martin H. A1 - Nottbusch, Guido A1 - Festman, Julia T1 - Is Handwriting Performance Affected by the Writing Surface? BT - Comparing Preschoolers', Second Graders', and Adults' Writing Performance on a Tablet vs. Paper JF - Frontiers in psychology N2 - Due to their multifunctionality, tablets offer tremendous advantages for research on handwriting dynamics or for interactive use of learning apps in schools. Further, the widespread use of tablet computers has had a great impact on handwriting in the current generation. But, is it advisable to teach how to write and to assess handwriting in pre- and primary schoolchildren on tablets rather than on paper? Since handwriting is not automatized before the age of 10 years, children's handwriting movements require graphomotor and visual feedback as well as permanent control of movement execution during handwriting. Modifications in writing conditions, for instance the smoother writing surface of a tablet, might influence handwriting performance in general and in particular those of non-automatized beginning writers. In order to investigate how handwriting performance is affected by a difference in friction of the writing surface, we recruited three groups with varying levels of handwriting automaticity: 25 preschoolers, 27 second graders, and 25 adults. We administered three tasks measuring graphomotor abilities, visuomotor abilities, and handwriting performance (only second graders and adults). We evaluated two aspects of handwriting performance: the handwriting quality with a visual score and the handwriting dynamics using online handwriting measures [e.g., writing duration, writing velocity, strokes and number of inversions in velocity (NIV)]. In particular, NIVs which describe the number of velocity peaks during handwriting are directly related to the level of handwriting automaticity. In general, we found differences between writing on paper compared to the tablet. These differences were partly task-dependent. The comparison between tablet and paper revealed a faster writing velocity for all groups and all tasks on the tablet which indicates that all participants—even the experienced writers—were influenced by the lower friction of the tablet surface. Our results for the group-comparison show advancing levels in handwriting automaticity from preschoolers to second graders to adults, which confirms that our method depicts handwriting performance in groups with varying degrees of handwriting automaticity. We conclude that the smoother tablet surface requires additional control of handwriting movements and therefore might present an additional challenge for learners of handwriting. KW - handwriting KW - movement kinematics KW - writing acquisition KW - children KW - graphomotor control KW - tablet Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01308 SN - 1664-1078 VL - 7 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER -