@article{TofeldeBufeTurowski2022, author = {Tofelde, Stefanie and Bufe, Aaron and Turowski, Jens M.}, title = {Hillslope Sediment Supply Limits Alluvial Valley Width}, series = {AGU Advances}, journal = {AGU Advances}, publisher = {American Geophysical Union (AGU); Wiley}, address = {Hoboken, New Jersey, USA}, issn = {2576-604X}, doi = {10.1029/2021AV000641}, pages = {20}, year = {2022}, abstract = {River-valley morphology preserves information on tectonic and climatic conditions that shape landscapes. Observations suggest that river discharge and valley-wall lithology are the main controls on valley width. Yet, current models based on these observations fail to explain the full range of cross-sectional valley shapes in nature, suggesting hitherto unquantified controls on valley width. In particular, current models cannot explain the existence of paired terrace sequences that form under cyclic climate forcing. Paired river terraces are staircases of abandoned floodplains on both valley sides, and hence preserve past valley widths. Their formation requires alternating phases of predominantly river incision and predominantly lateral planation, plus progressive valley narrowing. While cyclic Quaternary climate changes can explain shifts between incision and lateral erosion, the driving mechanism of valley narrowing is unknown. Here, we extract valley geometries from climatically formed, alluvial river-terrace sequences and show that across our dataset, the total cumulative terrace height (here: total valley height) explains 90\%-99\% of the variance in valley width at the terrace sites. This finding suggests that valley height, or a parameter that scales linearly with valley height, controls valley width in addition to river discharge and lithology. To explain this valley-width-height relationship, we reformulate existing valley-width models and suggest that, when adjusting to new boundary conditions, alluvial valleys evolve to a width at which sediment removal from valley walls matches lateral sediment supply from hillslope erosion. Such a hillslope-channel coupling is not captured in current valley-evolution models. Our model can explain the existence of paired terrace sequences under cyclic climate forcing and relates valley width to measurable field parameters. Therefore, it facilitates the reconstruction of past climatic and tectonic conditions from valley topography.}, language = {en} } @article{MiklashevskyFischerLindemann2022, author = {Miklashevsky, Alex and Fischer, Martin H. and Lindemann, Oliver}, title = {Spatial-numerical associations without a motor response? Grip force says 'Yes'}, series = {Acta Psychologica}, volume = {231}, journal = {Acta Psychologica}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1873-6297}, doi = {10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103791}, pages = {1 -- 17}, year = {2022}, abstract = {In numerical processing, the functional role of Spatial-Numerical Associations (SNAs, such as the association of smaller numbers with left space and larger numbers with right space, the Mental Number Line hypothesis) is debated. Most studies demonstrate SNAs with lateralized responses, and there is little evidence that SNAs appear when no response is required. We recorded passive holding grip forces in no-go trials during number processing. In Experiment 1, participants performed a surface numerical decision task ("Is it a number or a letter?"). In Experiment 2, we used a deeper semantic task ("Is this number larger or smaller than five?"). Despite instruction to keep their grip force constant, participants' spontaneous grip force changed in both experiments: Smaller numbers led to larger force increase in the left than in the right hand in the numerical decision task (500-700 ms after stimulus onset). In the semantic task, smaller numbers again led to larger force increase in the left hand, and larger numbers increased the right-hand holding force. This effect appeared earlier (180 ms) and lasted longer (until 580 ms after stimulus onset). This is the first demonstration of SNAs with passive holding force. Our result suggests that (1) explicit motor response is not a prerequisite for SNAs to appear, and (2) the timing and strength of SNAs are task-dependent. (216 words).}, language = {en} } @article{LindnerMoellerHildebrandtetal.2022, author = {Lindner, Nadja and Moeller, Korbinian and Hildebrandt, Frauke and Hasselhorn, Marcus and Lonnemann, Jan}, title = {Children's use of egocentric reference frames in spatial language is related to their numerical magnitude understanding}, series = {Frontiers in Psychology}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2022.943191}, pages = {1 -- 13}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Numerical magnitude information is assumed to be spatially represented in the form of a mental number line defined with respect to a body-centred, egocentric frame of reference. In this context, spatial language skills such as mastery of verbal descriptions of spatial position (e.g., in front of, behind, to the right/left) have been proposed to be relevant for grasping spatial relations between numerical magnitudes on the mental number line. We examined 4- to 5-year-old's spatial language skills in tasks that allow responses in egocentric and allocentric frames of reference, as well as their relative understanding of numerical magnitude (assessed by a number word comparison task). In addition, we evaluated influences of children's absolute understanding of numerical magnitude assessed by their number word comprehension (montring different numbers using their fingers) and of their knowledge on numerical sequences (determining predecessors and successors as well as identifying missing dice patterns of a series). Results indicated that when considering responses that corresponded to the egocentric perspective, children's spatial language was associated significantly with their relative numerical magnitude understanding, even after controlling for covariates, such as children's SES, mental rotation skills, and also absolute magnitude understanding or knowledge on numerical sequences. This suggests that the use of egocentric reference frames in spatial language may facilitate spatial representation of numbers along a mental number line and thus seem important for preschoolers' relative understanding of numerical magnitude.}, language = {en} } @book{BenderDreiackEngelsetal.2022, author = {Bender, Carsten and Dreiack, Stefanie and Engels, Victoria and Fisseler, Bj{\"o}rn and Gregory, Luisa and Gross, Monika and Kaffenberger, Jens and Kost{\"a}dt, Peter and Meyer zu Bexten, Erdmuthe and Rustemeier, Linda and Schwarz, Thorsten and Tannert, Benjamin and Velasquez, Estefania Cepeda and Weber, Gerhard}, title = {Leitfaden zur Digitalen Barrierefreiheit im Hochschulkontext}, series = {Arbeitspapier / Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) ; 66}, volume = {5}, journal = {Arbeitspapier / Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) ; 66}, publisher = {Stifterverband f{\"u}r die Deutsche Wissenschaft}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2365-7081}, doi = {10.5445/IR/1000153177}, pages = {43}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{BertelmannMittermaierKostaedt2022, author = {Bertelmann, Roland and Mittermaier, Bernhard and Kost{\"a}dt, Peter}, title = {Transform2Open}, publisher = {Helmholtz Open Science Office}, address = {Potsdam}, doi = {10.48440/os.helmholtz.054}, pages = {22}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{RezoriBuchallikWarschburger2022, author = {Rezori, Roman Enzio von and Buchallik, Friederike and Warschburger, Petra}, title = {Validation of the German Benefit Finding Scale for youth with chronic conditions}, series = {Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health}, volume = {16}, journal = {Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health}, publisher = {Biomed Central}, address = {London}, issn = {1753-2000}, doi = {10.1186/s13034-021-00438-7}, pages = {1 -- 8}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Background Benefit finding, defined as perceiving positive life changes resulting from adversity and negative life stressors, gains growing attention in the context of chronic illness. The study aimed at examining the psychometric properties of the Benefit Finding Scale for Children (BFSC) in a sample of German youth facing chronic conditions. Methods A sample of adolescents with various chronic conditions (N = 304; 12 - 21years) completed the 10-item BFSC along with measures of intra- and interpersonal resources, coping strategies, and health-related quality of life (hrQoL). The total sample was randomly divided into two subsamples for conducting exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA/CFA). Results EFA revealed that the BFSC scores had a one-dimensional factor structure. CFA verified the one-dimensional factor structure with an acceptable fit. The BFSC exhibited acceptable internal consistency (α = 0.87 - 0.88) and construct validity. In line with our hypotheses, benefit finding was positively correlated with optimism, self-esteem, self-efficacy, sense of coherence, and support seeking. There were no correlations with avoidance, wishful thinking, emotional reaction, and hrQoL. Sex differences in benefit finding were not consistent across subsamples. Benefit finding was also positively associated with age, disease severity, and social status. Conclusions The BFSC is a psychometrically sound instrument to assess benefit finding in adolescents with chronic illness and may facilitate further research on positive adaptation processes in adolescents, irrespective of their specific diagnosis.}, language = {en} } @article{ReegStriglJeltsch2022, author = {Reeg, Jette and Strigl, Lea and Jeltsch, Florian}, title = {Agricultural buffer zone thresholds to safeguard functional bee diversity}, series = {Ecology and Evolution}, volume = {12}, journal = {Ecology and Evolution}, edition = {3}, publisher = {Wiley Online Library}, address = {Hoboken, New Jersey, USA}, issn = {2045-7758}, doi = {10.1002/ece3.8748}, pages = {1 -- 17}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Wild bee species are important pollinators in agricultural landscapes. However, population decline was reported over the last decades and is still ongoing. While agricultural intensification is a major driver of the rapid loss of pollinating species, transition zones between arable fields and forest or grassland patches, i.e., agricultural buffer zones, are frequently mentioned as suitable mitigation measures to support wild bee populations and other pollinator species. Despite the reported general positive effect, it remains unclear which amount of buffer zones is needed to ensure a sustainable and permanent impact for enhancing bee diversity and abundance. To address this question at a pollinator community level, we implemented a process-based, spatially explicit simulation model of functional bee diversity dynamics in an agricultural landscape. More specifically, we introduced a variable amount of agricultural buffer zones (ABZs) at the transition of arable to grassland, or arable to forest patches to analyze the impact on bee functional diversity and functional richness. We focused our study on solitary bees in a typical agricultural area in the Northeast of Germany. Our results showed positive effects with at least 25\% of virtually implemented agricultural buffer zones. However, higher amounts of ABZs of at least 75\% should be considered to ensure a sufficient increase in Shannon diversity and decrease in quasi-extinction risks. These high amounts of ABZs represent effective conservation measures to safeguard the stability of pollination services provided by solitary bee species. As the model structure can be easily adapted to other mobile species in agricultural landscapes, our community approach offers the chance to compare the effectiveness of conservation measures also for other pollinator communities in future.}, language = {en} } @article{KaunathEccard2022, author = {Kaunath, Vera and Eccard, Jana}, title = {Light Attraction in Carabid Beetles}, series = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution}, volume = {10}, journal = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution}, publisher = {Frontiers Media}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {2296-701X}, doi = {10.3389/fevo.2022.751288}, pages = {10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Artificial light at night (ALAN) is altering the behaviour of nocturnal animals in a manifold of ways. Nocturnal invertebrates are particularly affected, due to their fatal attraction to ALAN. This selective pressure has the potential to reduce the strength of the flight-to-light response in insects, as shown recently in a moth species. Here we investigated light attraction of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae).We compared among animals (three genera) from a highly light polluted (HLP) grassland in the centre of Berlin and animals collected at a low-polluted area in a Dark Sky Reserve (DSR), captured using odour bait. In an arena setting tested at night time, HLP beetles (n = 75 across all genera) showed a reduced attraction towards ALAN. Tested during daytime, HLP beetles were less active in an open field test (measured as latency to start moving), compared to DSR (n = 143). However, we did not observe a reduced attraction towards ALAN within the species most common at both sides, Calathus fuscipes (HLP = 37, DSR = 118 individuals) indicating that not all species may be equally affected by ALAN. Reduced attraction to ALAN in urban beetles may either be a result of phenotypic selection in each generation removing HLP individuals that are attracted to light, or an indication for ongoing evolutionary differentiation among city and rural populations in their light response. Reduced attraction to light sources may directly enhance survival and reproductive success of urban individuals. However, decrease in mobility may negatively influence dispersal, reproduction and foraging success, highlighting the selective pressure that light pollution may have on fitness, by shaping and modifying the behaviour of insects.}, language = {en} } @article{KaiserBrenne2022, author = {Kaiser, Michaela and Brenne, Andreas}, title = {{\"A}sthetik - Normativit{\"a}t - Diversit{\"a}t}, series = {Individuelle F{\"o}rderung - Heterogenit{\"a}t und Handlungsperspektiven in der Schule}, journal = {Individuelle F{\"o}rderung - Heterogenit{\"a}t und Handlungsperspektiven in der Schule}, publisher = {Waxmann}, address = {Stuttgart}, isbn = {978-3-8385-5919-3}, doi = {10.36198/9783838559193}, pages = {249 -- 259}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{LiebeDordevicKaufmannetal.2022, author = {Liebe, Thomas and Dordevic, Milos and Kaufmann, J{\"o}rn and Avetisyan, Araks and Skalej, Martin and M{\"u}ller, Notger Germar}, title = {Investigation of the functional pathogenesis of mild cognitive impairment by localisation-based locus coeruleus resting-state fMRI}, series = {Human Brain Mapping}, volume = {43}, journal = {Human Brain Mapping}, edition = {18}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, issn = {1097-0193}, doi = {10.1002/hbm.26039}, pages = {5630 -- 5642}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Dementia as one of the most prevalent diseases urges for a better understanding of the central mechanisms responsible for clinical symptoms, and necessitates improvement of actual diagnostic capabilities. The brainstem nucleus locus coeruleus (LC) is a promising target for early diagnosis because of its early structural alterations and its relationship to the functional disturbances in the patients. In this study, we applied our improved method of localisation-based LC resting-state fMRI to investigate the differences in central sensory signal processing when comparing functional connectivity (fc) of a patient group with mild cognitive impairment (MCI, n = 28) and an age-matched healthy control group (n = 29). MCI and control participants could be differentiated in their Mini-Mental-State-Examination (MMSE) scores (p < .001) and LC intensity ratio (p = .010). In the fMRI, LC fc to anterior cingulate cortex (FDR p < .001) and left anterior insula (FDR p = .012) was elevated, and LC fc to right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ, FDR p = .012) and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC, FDR p = .021) was decreased in the patient group. Importantly, LC to rTPJ connectivity was also positively correlated to MMSE scores in MCI patients (p = .017). Furthermore, we found a hyperactivation of the left-insula salience network in the MCI patients. Our results and our proposed disease model shed new light on the functional pathogenesis of MCI by directing to attentional network disturbances, which could aid new therapeutic strategies and provide a marker for diagnosis and prediction of disease progression.}, language = {en} } @article{HauffeRathAgyapongetal.2022, author = {Hauffe, Robert and Rath, Michaela and Agyapong, Wilson and Jonas, Wenke and Vogel, Heike and Schulz, Tim Julius and Schwarz, Maria and Kipp, Anna Patricia and Bl{\"u}her, Matthias and Kleinridders, Andr{\´e}}, title = {Obesity Hinders the Protective Effect of Selenite Supplementation on Insulin Signaling}, series = {Antioxidants}, volume = {11}, journal = {Antioxidants}, edition = {5}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2076-3921}, doi = {10.3390/antiox11050862}, pages = {1 -- 16}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The intake of high-fat diets (HFDs) containing large amounts of saturated long-chain fatty acids leads to obesity, oxidative stress, inflammation, and insulin resistance. The trace element selenium, as a crucial part of antioxidative selenoproteins, can protect against the development of diet-induced insulin resistance in white adipose tissue (WAT) by increasing glutathione peroxidase 3 (GPx3) and insulin receptor (IR) expression. Whether selenite (Se) can attenuate insulin resistance in established lipotoxic and obese conditions is unclear. We confirm that GPX3 mRNA expression in adipose tissue correlates with BMI in humans. Cultivating 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes in palmitate-containing medium followed by Se treatment attenuates insulin resistance with enhanced GPx3 and IR expression and adipocyte differentiation. However, feeding obese mice a selenium-enriched high-fat diet (SRHFD) only resulted in a modest increase in overall selenoprotein gene expression in WAT in mice with unaltered body weight development, glucose tolerance, and insulin resistance. While Se supplementation improved adipocyte morphology, it did not alter WAT insulin sensitivity. However, mice fed a SRHFD exhibited increased insulin content in the pancreas. Overall, while selenite protects against palmitate-induced insulin resistance in vitro, obesity impedes the effect of selenite on insulin action and adipose tissue metabolism in vivo.}, language = {en} } @article{KayhanMatthesMarriottHaresignetal.2022, author = {Kayhan, Ezgi and Matthes, Daniel and Marriott Haresign, Ira and B{\´a}nki, Anna and Michel, Christine and Langeloh, Miriam and Wass, Sam and Hoehl, Stefanie}, title = {DEEP: A dual EEG pipeline for developmental hyperscanning studies}, series = {Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience}, volume = {54}, journal = {Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam, Niederlande}, issn = {1878-9307}, doi = {10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101104}, pages = {1 -- 11}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Cutting-edge hyperscanning methods led to a paradigm shift in social neuroscience. It allowed researchers to measure dynamic mutual alignment of neural processes between two or more individuals in naturalistic contexts. The ever-growing interest in hyperscanning research calls for the development of transparent and validated data analysis methods to further advance the field. We have developed and tested a dual electroencephalography (EEG) analysis pipeline, namely DEEP. Following the preprocessing of the data, DEEP allows users to calculate Phase Locking Values (PLVs) and cross-frequency PLVs as indices of inter-brain phase alignment of dyads as well as time-frequency responses and EEG power for each participant. The pipeline also includes scripts to control for spurious correlations. Our goal is to contribute to open and reproducible science practices by making DEEP publicly available together with an example mother-infant EEG hyperscanning dataset.}, language = {en} } @article{TiedemannIobbiNivolLeimkuehler2022, author = {Tiedemann, Kim and Iobbi-Nivol, Chantal and Leimk{\"u}hler, Silke}, title = {The Role of the Nucleotides in the Insertion of the bis-Molybdopterin Guanine Dinucleotide Cofactor into apo-Molybdoenzymes}, series = {Molecules}, volume = {27}, journal = {Molecules}, edition = {9}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {1420-3049}, doi = {10.3390/molecules27092993}, pages = {1 -- 15}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The role of the GMP nucleotides of the bis-molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide (bis-MGD) cofactor of the DMSO reductase family has long been a subject of discussion. The recent characterization of the bis-molybdopterin (bis-Mo-MPT) cofactor present in the E. coli YdhV protein, which differs from bis-MGD solely by the absence of the nucleotides, now enables studying the role of the nucleotides of bis-MGD and bis-MPT cofactors in Moco insertion and the activity of molybdoenzymes in direct comparison. Using the well-known E. coli TMAO reductase TorA as a model enzyme for cofactor insertion, we were able to show that the GMP nucleotides of bis-MGD are crucial for the insertion of the bis-MGD cofactor into apo-TorA.}, language = {en} } @article{WeithoffBell2022, author = {Weithoff, Guntram and Bell, Elanor Margaret}, title = {Complex Trophic Interactions in an Acidophilic Microbial Community}, series = {Microorganisms}, volume = {10}, journal = {Microorganisms}, edition = {7}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2076-2607}, doi = {10.3390/microorganisms10071340}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Extreme habitats often harbor specific communities that differ substantially from non-extreme habitats. In many cases, these communities are characterized by archaea, bacteria and protists, whereas the number of species of metazoa and higher plants is relatively low. In extremely acidic habitats, mostly prokaryotes and protists thrive, and only very few metazoa thrive, for example, rotifers. Since many studies have investigated the physiology and ecology of individual species, there is still a gap in research on direct, trophic interactions among extremophiles. To fill this gap, we experimentally studied the trophic interactions between a predatory protist (Actinophrys sol, Heliozoa) and its prey, the rotifers Elosa woralli and Cephalodella sp., the ciliate Urosomoida sp. and the mixotrophic protist Chlamydomonas acidophila (a green phytoflagellate, Chlorophyta). We found substantial predation pressure on all animal prey. High densities of Chlamydomonas acidophila reduced the predation impact on the rotifers by interfering with the feeding behaviour of A. sol. These trophic relations represent a natural case of intraguild predation, with Chlamydomonas acidophila being the common prey and the rotifers/ciliate and A. sol being the intraguild prey and predator, respectively. We further studied this intraguild predation along a resource gradient using Cephalodella sp. as the intraguild prey. The interactions among the three species led to an increase in relative rotifer abundance with increasing resource (Chlamydomonas) densities. By applying a series of laboratory experiments, we revealed the complexity of trophic interactions within a natural extremophilic community.}, language = {en} } @article{PrasseIversenLienhardetal.2022, author = {Prasse, Paul and Iversen, Pascal and Lienhard, Matthias and Thedinga, Kristina and Herwig, Ralf and Scheffer, Tobias}, title = {Pre-Training on In Vitro and Fine-Tuning on Patient-Derived Data Improves Deep Neural Networks for Anti-Cancer Drug-Sensitivity Prediction}, series = {MDPI}, volume = {14}, journal = {MDPI}, edition = {16}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2072-6694}, doi = {10.3390/cancers14163950}, pages = {1 -- 14}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Large-scale databases that report the inhibitory capacities of many combinations of candidate drug compounds and cultivated cancer cell lines have driven the development of preclinical drug-sensitivity models based on machine learning. However, cultivated cell lines have devolved from human cancer cells over years or even decades under selective pressure in culture conditions. Moreover, models that have been trained on in vitro data cannot account for interactions with other types of cells. Drug-response data that are based on patient-derived cell cultures, xenografts, and organoids, on the other hand, are not available in the quantities that are needed to train high-capacity machine-learning models. We found that pre-training deep neural network models of drug sensitivity on in vitro drug-sensitivity databases before fine-tuning the model parameters on patient-derived data improves the models' accuracy and improves the biological plausibility of the features, compared to training only on patient-derived data. From our experiments, we can conclude that pre-trained models outperform models that have been trained on the target domains in the vast majority of cases.}, language = {en} } @article{MiticGrafeBatsiosetal.2022, author = {Mitic, Kristina and Grafe, Marianne and Batsios, Petros and Meyer, Irene}, title = {Partial Disassembly of the Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins during Semi-Closed Mitosis in Dictyostelium discoideum}, series = {Cells}, volume = {11}, journal = {Cells}, number = {3}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2073-4409}, doi = {10.3390/cells11030407}, pages = {14}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Dictyostelium cells undergo a semi-closed mitosis, during which the nuclear envelope (NE) persists; however, free diffusion between the cytoplasm and the nucleus takes place. To permit the formation of the mitotic spindle, the nuclear envelope must be permeabilized in order to allow diffusion of tubulin dimers and spindle assembly factors into the nucleus. In Aspergillus, free diffusion of proteins between the cytoplasm and the nucleus is achieved by a partial disassembly of the nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) prior to spindle assembly. In order to determine whether this is also the case in Dictyostelium, we analysed components of the NPC by immunofluorescence microscopy and live cell imaging and studied their behaviour during interphase and mitosis. We observed that the NPCs are absent from the contact area of the nucleoli and that some nucleoporins also localize to the centrosome and the spindle poles. In addition, we could show that, during mitosis, the central FG protein NUP62, two inner ring components and Gle1 depart from the NPCs, while all other tested NUPs remained at the NE. This leads to the conclusion that indeed a partial disassembly of the NPCs takes place, which contributes to permeabilisation of the NE during semi-closed mitosis.}, language = {en} } @article{MattisBeckmannReinetal.2022, author = {Mattis, Toni and Beckmann, Tom and Rein, Patrick and Hirschfeld, Robert}, title = {First-class concepts}, series = {Journal of object technology : JOT / ETH Z{\"u}rich, Department of Computer Science}, volume = {21}, journal = {Journal of object technology : JOT / ETH Z{\"u}rich, Department of Computer Science}, number = {2}, publisher = {ETH Z{\"u}rich, Department of Computer Science}, address = {Z{\"u}rich}, issn = {1660-1769}, doi = {10.5381/jot.2022.21.2.a6}, pages = {1 -- 15}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Ideally, programs are partitioned into independently maintainable and understandable modules. As a system grows, its architecture gradually loses the capability to accommodate new concepts in a modular way. While refactoring is expensive and not always possible, and the programming language might lack dedicated primary language constructs to express certain cross-cutting concerns, programmers are still able to explain and delineate convoluted concepts through secondary means: code comments, use of whitespace and arrangement of code, documentation, or communicating tacit knowledge.
Secondary constructs are easy to change and provide high flexibility in communicating cross-cutting concerns and other concepts among programmers. However, such secondary constructs usually have no reified representation that can be explored and manipulated as first-class entities through the programming environment.
In this exploratory work, we discuss novel ways to express a wide range of concepts, including cross-cutting concerns, patterns, and lifecycle artifacts independently of the dominant decomposition imposed by an existing architecture. We propose the representation of concepts as first-class objects inside the programming environment that retain the capability to change as easily as code comments. We explore new tools that allow programmers to view, navigate, and change programs based on conceptual perspectives. In a small case study, we demonstrate how such views can be created and how the programming experience changes from draining programmers' attention by stretching it across multiple modules toward focusing it on cohesively presented concepts. Our designs are geared toward facilitating multiple secondary perspectives on a system to co-exist in symbiosis with the original architecture, hence making it easier to explore, understand, and explain complex contexts and narratives that are hard or impossible to express using primary modularity constructs.}, language = {en} } @article{DordevicHoelzerRussoetal.2022, author = {Dordevic, Milos and H{\"o}lzer, Sonja and Russo, Augusta and Garc{\´i}a Alanis, Jos{\´e} Carlos and M{\"u}ller, Notger Germar}, title = {The Role of the Precuneus in Human Spatial Updating in a Real Environment Setting—A cTBS Study}, series = {Life}, volume = {12}, journal = {Life}, edition = {8}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2075-1729}, doi = {10.3390/life12081239}, pages = {1 -- 13}, year = {2022}, abstract = {As we move through an environment, we update positions of our body relative to other objects, even when some objects temporarily or permanently leave our field of view—this ability is termed egocentric spatial updating and plays an important role in everyday life. Still, our knowledge about its representation in the brain is still scarce, with previous studies using virtual movements in virtual environments or patients with brain lesions suggesting that the precuneus might play an important role. However, whether this assumption is also true when healthy humans move in real environments where full body-based cues are available in addition to the visual cues typically used in many VR studies is unclear. Therefore, in this study we investigated the role of the precuneus in egocentric spatial updating in a real environment setting in 20 healthy young participants who underwent two conditions in a cross-over design: (a) stimulation, achieved through applying continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) to inhibit the precuneus and (b) sham condition (activated coil turned upside down). In both conditions, participants had to walk back with blindfolded eyes to objects they had previously memorized while walking with open eyes. Simplified trials (without spatial updating) were used as control condition, to make sure the participants were not affected by factors such as walking blindfolded, vestibular or working memory deficits. A significant interaction was found, with participants performing better in the sham condition compared to real stimulation, showing smaller errors both in distance and angle. The results of our study reveal evidence of an important role of the precuneus in a real-environment egocentric spatial updating; studies on larger samples are necessary to confirm and further investigate this finding.}, language = {en} } @article{MuellerNedielkovArndt2022, author = {M{\"u}ller, Marik and Nedielkov, Ruslan and Arndt, Katja M.}, title = {Strategies for Enzymatic Inactivation of the Veterinary Antibiotic Florfenicol}, series = {Antibiotics}, volume = {11}, journal = {Antibiotics}, number = {4}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2079-6382}, doi = {10.3390/antibiotics11040443}, pages = {1 -- 18}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Large quantities of the antibiotic florfenicol are used in animal farming and aquaculture, contaminating the ecosystem with antibiotic residues and promoting antimicrobial resistance, ultimately leading to untreatable multidrug-resistant pathogens. Florfenicol-resistant bacteria often activate export mechanisms that result in resistance to various structurally unrelated antibiotics. We devised novel strategies for the enzymatic inactivation of florfenicol in different media, such as saltwater or milk. Using a combinatorial approach and selection, we optimized a hydrolase (EstDL136) for florfenicol cleavage. Reaction kinetics were followed by time-resolved NMR spectroscopy. Importantly, the hydrolase remained active in different media, such as saltwater or cow milk. Various environmentally-friendly application strategies for florfenicol inactivation were developed using the optimized hydrolase. As a potential filter device for cost-effective treatment of waste milk or aquacultural wastewater, the hydrolase was immobilized on Ni-NTA agarose or silica as carrier materials. In two further application examples, the hydrolase was used as cell extract or encapsulated with a semi-permeable membrane. This facilitated, for example, florfenicol inactivation in whole milk, which can help to treat waste milk from medicated cows, to be fed to calves without the risk of inducing antibiotic resistance. Enzymatic inactivation of antibiotics, in general, enables therapeutic intervention without promoting antibiotic resistance.}, language = {en} } @article{Miklashevsky2022, author = {Miklashevsky, Alex}, title = {Catch the star! Spatial information activates the manual motor system}, series = {PLoS ONE}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, publisher = {PLOS}, address = {San Francisco, California, US}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0262510}, pages = {1 -- 30}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Previous research demonstrated a close bidirectional relationship between spatial attention and the manual motor system. However, it is unclear whether an explicit hand movement is necessary for this relationship to appear. A novel method with high temporal resolution-bimanual grip force registration-sheds light on this issue. Participants held two grip force sensors while being presented with lateralized stimuli (exogenous attentional shifts, Experiment 1), left- or right-pointing central arrows (endogenous attentional shifts, Experiment 2), or the words "left" or "right" (endogenous attentional shifts, Experiment 3). There was an early interaction between the presentation side or arrow direction and grip force: lateralized objects and central arrows led to a larger increase of the ipsilateral force and a smaller increase of the contralateral force. Surprisingly, words led to the opposite pattern: larger force increase in the contralateral hand and smaller force increase in the ipsilateral hand. The effect was stronger and appeared earlier for lateralized objects (60 ms after stimulus presentation) than for arrows (100 ms) or words (250 ms). Thus, processing visuospatial information automatically activates the manual motor system, but the timing and direction of this effect vary depending on the type of stimulus.}, language = {en} } @article{WestphalKalinowskiHoferichteretal.2022, author = {Westphal, Andrea and Kalinowski, Eva and Hoferichter, Clara Josepha and Vock, Miriam}, title = {K-12 teachers' stress and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review}, series = {Frontiers in Psychology}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2022.920326}, pages = {1 -- 29}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We present the first systematic literature review on stress and burnout in K-12 teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a systematic literature search, we identified 17 studies that included 9,874 K-12 teachers from around the world. These studies showed some indication that burnout did increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were, however, almost no differences in the levels of stress and burnout experienced by K-12 teachers compared to individuals employed in other occupational fields. School principals' leadership styles emerged as an organizational characteristic that is highly relevant for K-12 teachers' levels of stress and burnout. Individual teacher characteristics associated with burnout were K-12 teachers' personality, self-efficacy in online teaching, and perceived vulnerability to COVID-19. In order to reduce stress, there was an indication that stress-management training in combination with training in technology use for teaching may be superior to stress-management training alone. Future research needs to adopt more longitudinal designs and examine the interplay between individual and organizational characteristics in the development of teacher stress and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Krah2022, author = {Krah, Markus}, title = {Ein transnationaler j{\"u}discher Kanon als Verlagsprogramm}, series = {Juden und ihre Nachbarn : die Wissenschaft des Judentums im Kontext von Diaspora und Migration}, booktitle = {Juden und ihre Nachbarn : die Wissenschaft des Judentums im Kontext von Diaspora und Migration}, publisher = {de Gruyter}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-11-077070-4}, doi = {10.1515/9783110772388-011}, pages = {193 -- 212}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Der Verleger, Kaufhausunternehmer und M{\"a}zen Salman Schocken (1877- 1959)neigte nicht zu {\"u}bertriebener Bescheidenheit. Als er 1945 in New York seinen amerikanischen Verlag ins Leben rief, k{\"u}ndigte er ihn mit folgenden Worten an: Schocken ignorierte damit die Arbeit der zahlreichen bestehenden amerikanisch-j{\"u}dischen Verlagsh{\"a}user, da diese seiner Meinung nach nicht die Aufgabe erf{\"u}llten, die ihm vorschwebte: die R{\"u}ckf{\"u}hrung traditionsferner und damit in ihrer Identit{\"a}t unsicherer Juden durch Auseinandersetzung mit ihrem kulturellen Erbe. Dieses Ziel hatte bereits das Programm des Berliner Schocken Verlags (1931- 1938) bestimmt, der die vom Gr{\"u}nder genannten „repr{\"a}sentative[n] Kostproben des Judentums" ver{\"o}ffentlicht und damit zur „j{\"u}dischen Kulturrenaissance" der 1930er Jahre beigetragen hatte.² Auch nach seiner Emigration nach Pal{\"a}stina 1934 blieb Schocken einer deutsch-j{\"u}dischen Wissenskultur zeitlebens verhaftet. Mit seiner verlegerischen Arbeit in den USA wollte Schocken das Programm seines Berliner Verlags f{\"u}r das amerikanische Nachkriegsjudentum neu auflegen, da sich dieses - seiner Meinung nach - in einer {\"a}hnlichen geistigen Situation befand wie das deutsche Judentum der Weimarer Republik. Entsprechend verk{\"u}ndete er 1945 in einer Rede in Jerusalem: „Sie wissen, dass ich jetzt daran arbeite, den Schockenverlag in Amerika zu machen. Das ist eine Imitation des deutschen Verlages. [...] Entfernungen existieren nicht mehr und Einfluss von hier nach dort und dort nach hier ist nicht mehr zu {\"u}bersehen."³ In diesen Aussagen klingen bereits verschiedene Schl{\"u}sselthemen der Rolle von Schocken Books New York an, dessen Geschichte bisher nur ansatzweise erforscht ist: Der Bezug auf Schockens Erfahrungen in Deutschland und das davon gepr{\"a}gte kulturpolitische Programm, das Kontinuit{\"a}ten zwischen zwei r{\"a}umlich und zeitlich fundamental getrennten j{\"u}dischen Gemeinschaften postulierte und auf einen transnationalen Kanon j{\"u}dischen Wissens zielte. Schocken wirkte mit seinen Verlagen, die er in Deutschland, Pal{\"a}stina/Israel und den USA gr{\"u}ndete, nicht nur an drei Schl{\"u}sselorten der j{\"u}dischen Moderne. Sein Verlagsprogramm stand zudem im Kontext eines Schl{\"u}sselprozesses j{\"u}discher Modernisierung: der Transformation traditionell-religi{\"o}sen Wissens in posttraditionell-kulturelle Formen. Dieser Beitrag stellt anhand von Quellen aus dem Verlagsarchiv, der Nachl{\"a}sse von Schockens Lektoren in den USA und der Rezeption von Schocken Books in den USA den Verlagsgr{\"u}nder Salman Schocken und die beiden Verlage in Berlin und New York vor. Im Zentrum der Analyse stehen die transnationale Verflechtung der Verlagsh{\"a}user und die Frage nach dem in den Publikationsprogrammen angestrebten transnationalen Kanon j{\"u}dischen Wissens in der Moderne.}, language = {de} } @article{HippKonrad2022, author = {Hipp, Lena and Konrad, Markus}, title = {Has Covid-19 increased gender inequalities in professional advancement?}, series = {Journal of family research}, volume = {34}, journal = {Journal of family research}, number = {1}, publisher = {University of Bamberg Press}, address = {Bamberg}, issn = {2699-2337}, doi = {10.20377/jfr-697}, pages = {134 -- 160}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Objective: This article analyzed gender differences in professional advancement following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic based on data from open-source software developers in 37 countries. Background: Men and women may have been affected differently from the social distancing measures implemented to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that men and women tend to work in different jobs and that they have been unequally involved in childcare duties, school and workplace closings may have impacted men's and women's professional lives unequally. Method: We analyzed original data from the world's largest social coding community, GitHub. We first estimated a Holt-Winters forecast model to compare the predicted and the observed average weekly productivity of a random sample of male and female developers (N=177,480) during the first lockdown period in 2020. To explain the crosscountry variation in the gendered effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on software developers' productivity, we estimated two-way fixed effects models with different lockdown measures as predictors - school and workplace closures, in particular. Results: In most countries, both male and female developers were, on average, more productive than predicted, and productivity increased for both genders with increasing lockdown stringency. When examining the effects of the most relevant types of lockdown measures separately, we found that stay-at-home restrictions increased both men's and women's productivity and that workplace closures also increased the number of weekly contributions on average - but for women, only when schools were open. Conclusion: Having found gender differences in the effect of workplace closures contingent on school and daycare closures within a population that is relatively young and unlikely to have children (software developers), we conclude that the Covid-19 pandemic may indeed have contributed to increased gender inequalities in professional advancement.}, language = {en} } @article{MalabarbaOliveiraMendesdeSouza2022, author = {Malabarba, Taiane and Oliveira Mendes, Anna Carolina and de Souza, Joseane}, title = {Multimodal resolution of overlapping talk in video-mediated L2 instruction}, series = {Languages : open access journal}, volume = {7}, journal = {Languages : open access journal}, number = {2}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2226-471X}, doi = {10.3390/languages7020154}, pages = {22}, year = {2022}, abstract = {This paper investigates a pervasive phenomenon in video-mediated interaction (VMI), namely, simultaneous start-ups, which happen when two speakers produce a turn beginning in overlap. Based on the theoretical and methodological tenets of conversation analysis and interactional linguistics, the present study offers a multimodal and sequential account of how simultaneous start-ups are oriented to and solved in the context of English as an additional language (L2) tutoring. The micro- and sequential analysis of ten hours of screen-recorded video-mediated data from tutoring sessions between an experienced tutor and an advanced-level tutee reveals that the typical overlap resolution trajectory results in the tutor withdrawing from the interactional floor. The same analysis uncovered a range of resources, such as lip pressing and the verbal utterance 'go ahead', employed in what we call enhanced explicitness, through which the withdrawal is done. The orchestration of these resources allows the tutor to exploit the specific features of the medium to resolve simultaneous start-ups while also supporting the continuation of student talk. We maintain that this practice is used in the service of securing the learner's interactional space, and consequently in fostering the use of the language being learned. The results of the study help advance current understandings of L2 instructors' specialized work of managing participation and creating learning opportunities. Being one of the first studies to detail the practices involved in overlap resolution in the micro-context of simultaneous talk on Zoom-based L2 instruction, this study also makes a significant contribution to research on video-mediated instruction and video-mediated interaction more generally.}, language = {en} } @article{HeisigMatthewes2022, author = {Heisig, Jan Paul and Matthewes, S{\"o}nke Hendrik}, title = {No evidence that strict educational tracking improves student performance through classroom homogeneity}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Soziologie}, volume = {51}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Soziologie}, number = {1}, publisher = {de Gruyter Oldenbourg}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {0340-1804}, doi = {10.1515/zfsoz-2022-0001}, pages = {99 -- 111}, year = {2022}, abstract = {In a recent contribution to this journal, Esser and Seuring (2020) draw on data from the National Educational Panel Study to attack the widespread view that tracking in lower secondary education exacerbates inequalities in student outcomes without improving average student performance. Exploiting variation in the strictness of tracking across 13 of the 16 German federal states (e. g., whether teacher recommendations are binding), Esser and Seuring claim to demonstrate that stricter tracking after grade 4 results in better performance in grade 7 and that this can be attributed to the greater homogeneity of classrooms under strict tracking. We show these conclusions to be untenable: Esser and Seuring's measures of classroom composition are highly dubious because the number of observed students is very small for many classrooms. Even when we adopt their classroom composition measures, simple corrections and extensions of their analysis reveal that there is no meaningful evidence for a positive relationship between classroom homogeneity and student achievement - the channel supposed to mediate the alleged positive effect of strict tracking. We go on to show that students from more strictly tracking states perform better already at the start of tracking (grade 5), which casts further doubt on the alleged positive effect of strict tracking on learning progress and leaves selection or anticipation effects as more plausible explanations. On a conceptual level, we emphasize that Esser and Seuring's analysis is limited to states that implement different forms of early tracking and cannot inform us about the relative performance of comprehensive and tracked systems that is the focus of most prior research.}, language = {en} } @article{WiebkingLinWippert2022, author = {Wiebking, Christine and Lin, Chiao-I and Wippert, Pia-Maria}, title = {Training intervention effects on cognitive performance and neuronal plasticity — A pilot study}, series = {Frontiers in Neurology, section Neurorehabilitation}, volume = {13}, journal = {Frontiers in Neurology, section Neurorehabilitation}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {1664-2295}, doi = {10.3389/fneur.2022.773813}, pages = {11}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Studies suggest that people suffering from chronic pain may have altered brain plasticity, along with altered functional connectivity between pain-processing brain regions. These may be related to decreased mood and cognitive performance. There is some debate as to whether physical activity combined with behavioral therapy (e.g. cognitive distraction, body scan) may counteract these changes. However, underlying neuronal mechanisms are unclear. The aim of the current pilot study with a 3-armed randomized controlled trial design was to examine the effects of sensorimotor training for nonspecific chronic low back pain on (1) cognitive performance; (2) fMRI activity co-fluctuations (functional connectivity) between pain-related brain regions; and (3) the relationship between functional connectivity and subjective variables (pain and depression). Six hundred and sixty two volunteers with non-specific chronic low back pain were randomly allocated to a unimodal (sensorimotor training), multidisciplinary (sensorimotor training and behavioral therapy) intervention, or to a control group within a multicenter study. A subsample of patients (n = 21) from one study center participated in the pilot study presented here. Measurements were at baseline, during (3 weeks, M2) and after intervention (12 weeks, M4 and 24 weeks, M5). Cognitive performance was measured by the Trail Making Test and functional connectivity by MRI. Pain perception and depression were assessed by the Von Korff questionnaire and the Hospital and Anxiety. Group differences were calculated by univariate and repeated ANOVA measures and Bayesian statistics; correlations by Pearson's r. Change and correlation of functional connection were analyzed within a pooled intervention group (uni-, multidisciplinary group). Results revealed that participants with increased pain intensity at baseline showed higher functional connectivity between pain-related brain areas used as ROIs in this study. Though small sample sizes limit generalization, cognitive performance increased in the multimodal group. Increased functional connectivity was observed in participants with increased pain ratings. Pain ratings and connectivity in pain-related brain regions decreased after the intervention. The results provide preliminary indication that intervention effects can potentially be achieved on the cognitive and neuronal level. The intervention may be suitable for therapy and prevention of non-specific chronic low back pain.}, language = {en} } @article{BlockBonaventuraGrahnetal.2022, author = {Block, Andrea and Bonaventura, Klaus and Grahn, Patricia and Bestgen, Felix and Wippert, Pia-Maria}, title = {Stress management in pre-and postoperative care amongst practitioners and patients in cardiac catheterization laboratory: a study protocol}, series = {Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine}, volume = {9}, journal = {Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {2297-055X}, doi = {10.3389/fcvm.2022.830256}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Background: As the number of cardiac diseases continuously increases within the last years in modern society, so does cardiac treatment, especially cardiac catheterization. The procedure of a cardiac catheterization is challenging for both patients and practitioners. Several potential stressors of psychological or physical nature can occur during the procedure. The objective of the study is to develop and implement a stress management intervention for both practitioners and patients that aims to reduce the psychological and physical strain of a cardiac catheterization. Methods: The clinical study (DRKS00026624) includes two randomized controlled intervention trials with parallel groups, for patients with elective cardiac catheterization and practitioners at the catheterization lab, in two clinic sites of the Ernst-von-Bergmann clinic network in Brandenburg, Germany. Both groups received different interventions for stress management. The intervention for patients comprises a psychoeducational video with different stress management technics and additional a standardized medical information about the cardiac catheterization examination. The control condition includes the in hospitals practiced medical patient education before the examination (usual care). Primary and secondary outcomes are measured by physiological parameters and validated questionnaires, the day before (M1) and after (M2) the cardiac catheterization and at a postal follow-up 6 months later (M3). It is expected that people with standardized information and psychoeducation show reduced complications during cardiac catheterization procedures, better pre- and post-operative wellbeing, regeneration, mood and lower stress levels over time. The intervention for practitioners includes a Mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) over 8 weeks supervised by an experienced MBSR practitioner directly at the clinic site and an operative guideline. It is expected that practitioners with intervention show improved perceived and chronic stress, occupational health, physical and mental function, higher effort-reward balance, regeneration and quality of life. Primary and secondary outcomes are measured by physiological parameters (heart rate variability, saliva cortisol) and validated questionnaires and will be assessed before (M1) and after (M2) the MBSR intervention and at a postal follow-up 6 months later (M3). Physiological biomarkers in practitioners will be assessed before (M1) and after intervention (M2) on two work days and a two days off. Intervention effects in both groups (practitioners and patients) will be evaluated separately using multivariate variance analysis. Discussion: This study evaluates the effectiveness of two stress management intervention programs for patients and practitioners within cardiac catheter laboratory. Study will disclose strains during a cardiac catheterization affecting both patients and practitioners. For practitioners it may contribute to improved working conditions and occupational safety, preservation of earning capacity, avoidance of participation restrictions and loss of performance. In both groups less anxiety, stress and complications before and during the procedures can be expected. The study may add knowledge how to eliminate stressful exposures and to contribute to more (psychological) security, less output losses and exhaustion during work. The evolved stress management guidelines, training manuals and the standardized patient education should be transferred into clinical routines}, language = {en} } @article{EllermannMcDowellSchirrenetal.2022, author = {Ellermann, Christin and McDowell, Michelle and Schirren, Clara O. and Lindemann, Ann-Kathrin and Koch, Severine and Lohmann, Mark and Jenny, Mirjam Annina}, title = {Identifying content to improve risk assessment communications within the Risk Profile: Literature reviews and focus groups with expert and non-expert stakeholders}, series = {PLoS ONE}, volume = {17}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, edition = {4}, publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLOS)}, address = {San Francisco, California, USA}, issn = {1553-7358}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0266800}, pages = {23}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Objective To improve consumer decision making, the results of risk assessments on food, feed, consumer products or chemicals need to be communicated not only to experts but also to non-expert audiences. The present study draws on evidence from literature reviews and focus groups with diverse stakeholders to identify content to integrate into an existing risk assessment communication (Risk Profile). Methods A combination of rapid literature reviews and focus groups with experts (risk assessors (n = 15), risk managers (n = 8)), and non-experts (general public (n = 18)) were used to identify content and strategies for including information about risk assessment results in the "Risk Profile" from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. Feedback from initial focus groups was used to develop communication prototypes that informed subsequent feedback rounds in an iterative process. A final prototype was validated in usability tests with experts. Results Focus group feedback and suggestions from risk assessors were largely in line with findings from the literature. Risk managers and lay persons offered similar suggestions on how to improve the existing communication of risk assessment results (e.g., including more explanatory detail, reporting probabilities for individual health impairments, and specifying risks for subgroups in additional sections). Risk managers found information about quality of evidence important to communicate, whereas people from the general public found this information less relevant. Participants from lower educational backgrounds had difficulties understanding the purpose of risk assessments. User tests found that the final prototype was appropriate and feasible to implement by risk assessors. Conclusion An iterative and evidence-based process was used to develop content to improve the communication of risk assessments to the general public while being feasible to use by risk assessors. Remaining challenges include how to communicate dose-response relationships and standardise quality of evidence ratings across disciplines.}, language = {en} } @article{OseiBlockWippert2022, author = {Osei, Francis and Block, Andrea and Wippert, Pia-Maria}, title = {Association of primary allostatic load mediators and metabolic syndrome (MetS): A systematic review}, series = {Frontiers in Endocrinology}, volume = {13}, journal = {Frontiers in Endocrinology}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {1664-2392}, doi = {10.3389/fendo.2022.946740}, pages = {16}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Allostatic load (AL) exposure may cause detrimental effects on the neuroendocrine system, leading to metabolic syndrome (MetS). The primary mediators of AL involve serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS; a functional HPA axis antagonist); further, cortisol, urinary norepinephrine (NE), and epinephrine (EPI) excretion levels (assessed within 12-h urine as a golden standard for the evaluation of the HPA axis activity and sympathetic nervous system activity). However, the evidence of an association between the primary mediators of AL and MetS is limited. This systematic review aimed to critically examine the association between the primary mediators of AL and MetS. PubMed and Web of Science were searched for articles from January 2010 to December 2021, published in English. The search strategy focused on cross-sectional and case-control studies comprising adult participants with MetS, obesity, overweight, and without chronic diseases. The STROBE checklist was used to assess study quality control. Of 770 studies, twenty-one studies with a total sample size (n = 10,666) met the eligibility criteria. Eighteen studies were cross-sectional, and three were case-control studies. The included studies had a completeness of reporting score of COR \% = 87.0 ± 6.4\%. It is to be noted, that cortisol as a primary mediator of AL showed an association with MetS in 50\% (urinary cortisol), 40\% (serum cortisol), 60\% (salivary cortisol), and 100\% (hair cortisol) of the studies. For DHEAS, it is to conclude that 60\% of the studies showed an association with MetS. In contrast, urinary EPI and urinary NE had 100\% no association with MetS. In summary, there is a tendency for the association between higher serum cortisol, salivary cortisol, urinary cortisol, hair cortisol, and lower levels of DHEAS with MetS. Future studies focusing on longitudinal data are warranted for clarification and understanding of the association between the primary mediators of AL and MetS.}, language = {en} } @article{SeržantMoroz2022, author = {Seržant, Ilja A. and Moroz, George A.}, title = {Universal attractors in language evolution provide evidence for the kinds of efficiency pressures involved}, series = {Humanities \& Social Sciences Communications}, volume = {9}, journal = {Humanities \& Social Sciences Communications}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {London}, issn = {2662-9992}, doi = {10.1057/s41599-022-01072-0}, pages = {9}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Efficiency is central to understanding the communicative and cognitive underpinnings of language. However, efficiency management is a complex mechanism in which different efficiency effects-such as articulatory, processing and planning ease, mental accessibility, and informativity, online and offline efficiency effects-conspire to yield the coding of linguistic signs. While we do not yet exactly understand the interactional mechanism of these different effects, we argue that universal attractors are an important component of any dynamic theory of efficiency that would be aimed at predicting efficiency effects across languages. Attractors are defined as universal states around which language evolution revolves. Methodologically, we approach efficiency from a cross-linguistic perspective on the basis of a world-wide sample of 383 languages from 53 families, balancing all six macro-areas (Eurasia, North and South America, Australia, Africa, and Oceania). We explore the grammatical domain of verbal person-number subject indexes. We claim that there is an attractor state in this domain to which languages tend to develop and tend not to leave if they happen to comply with the attractor in their earlier stages of evolution. The attractor is characterized by different lengths for each person and number combination, structured along Zipf's predictions. Moreover, the attractor strongly prefers non-compositional, cumulative coding of person and number. On the basis of these and other properties of the attractor, we conclude that there are two domains in which efficiency pressures are most powerful: strive towards less processing and articulatory effort. The latter, however, is overridden by constant information flow. Strive towards lower lexicon complexity and memory costs are weaker efficiency pressures for this grammatical category due to its order of frequency.}, language = {en} } @article{KobsEhlertLenkeitetal.2022, author = {Kobs, Scarlett and Ehlert, Antje and Lenkeit, Jenny and Hartmann, Anne Therese and Sporer, Nadine and Knigge, Michel}, title = {The influence of individual and situational factors on teachers' justice ratings of classroom interactions}, series = {Frontiers in psychology}, volume = {13}, journal = {Frontiers in psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers Media}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2022.789110}, pages = {18}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Teachers, as role models, are crucial in promoting inclusion in society through their actions. Being perceived as fair by their students is linked to students' feelings of belonging in school. In addition, their decisions of resource allocations also affect students' academic success. Both aspects underpin the importance of teachers' views on justice. This article aims to investigate what teachers consider to be just and how teacher characteristics and situational factors affect justice ratings of hypothetical student-teacher-interactions. In an experimental design, we randomly varied the description of the interacting student in text vignettes regarding his/her special educational need (SEN) (situational factor). We also collected data on teachers' attitudes toward inclusion and experiences with persons with disabilities (individual factors). A sample of in-service teachers in Germany (N = 2,254) rated randomized versions of two text vignettes. To also consider the effect of professional status, a sample of pre-service teachers (N = 275) did the same. Linear mixed effect models point to a negative effect of the SEN on justice ratings, meaning situations in which the interacting student is described with a SEN were rated less just compared to the control condition. As the interacting student in the situations was treated worse than the rest, this was indicative for the application of the need principle. Teachers with more positive attitudes toward inclusion rated the vignettes as significantly less just. Professional status also had a negative effect on justice ratings, with in-service teachers rating the interactions significantly lower than the pre-service teachers. Our results suggest that the teachers applied the principle of need in their ratings. Implications for inclusive teaching practices and future research are discussed further.}, language = {en} } @article{Fritsch2022, author = {Fritsch, Daniel}, title = {Revisiting the Cu-Zn disorder in kesterite type Cu2ZnSnSe4 employing a novel approach to hybrid functional calculations}, series = {Applied Sciences : open access journal}, volume = {12}, journal = {Applied Sciences : open access journal}, number = {5}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2076-3417}, doi = {10.3390/app12052576}, pages = {10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {In recent years, the search for more efficient and environmentally friendly materials to be employed in the next generation of thin film solar cell devices has seen a shift towards hybrid halide perovskites and chalcogenide materials crystallising in the kesterite crystal structure. Prime examples for the latter are Cu2ZnSnS4, Cu2ZnSnSe4, and their solid solution Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1-x)(4), where actual devices already demonstrated power conversion efficiencies of about 13 \%. However, in their naturally occurring kesterite crystal structure, the so-called Cu-Zn disorder plays an important role and impacts the structural, electronic, and optical properties. To understand the influence of Cu-Zn disorder, we perform first-principles calculations based on density functional theory combined with special quasirandom structures to accurately model the cation disorder. Since the electronic band gaps and derived optical properties are severely underestimated by (semi)local exchange and correlation functionals, supplementary hybrid functional calculations have been performed. Concerning the latter, we additionally employ a recently devised technique to speed up structural relaxations for hybrid functional calculations. Our calculations show that the Cu-Zn disorder leads to a slight increase in the unit cell volume compared to the conventional kesterite structure showing full cation order, and that the band gap gets reduced by about 0.2 eV, which is in very good agreement with earlier experimental and theoretical findings. Our detailed results on structural, electronic, and optical properties will be discussed with respect to available experimental data, and will provide further insights into the atomistic origin of the disorder-induced band gap lowering in these promising kesterite type materials.}, language = {en} } @article{TjadenHaarmannSavaskan2022, author = {Tjaden, Jasper and Haarmann, Esther and Savaskan, Nicolai}, title = {Experimental evidence on improving COVID-19 vaccine outreach among migrant communities on social media}, series = {Scientific reports}, volume = {12}, journal = {Scientific reports}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {London}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-20340-2}, pages = {10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Studies from several countries suggest that COVID-19 vaccination rates are lower among migrants compared to the general population. Urgent calls have been made to improve vaccine outreach to migrants, however, there is limited evidence on effective approaches, especially using social media. We assessed a targeted, low-cost, Facebook campaign disseminating COVID-19 vaccine information among Arabic, Turkish and Russian speakers in Germany (N = 888,994). As part of the campaign, we conducted two randomized, online experiments to assess the impact of the advertisement (1) language and (2) depicted messenger (government authority, religious leader, doctor or family). Key outcomes included reach, click-through rates, conversion rates and cost-effectiveness. Within 29 days, the campaign reached 890 thousand Facebook users. On average, 2.3 individuals accessed the advertised COVID-19 vaccination appointment tool for every euro spent on the campaign. Migrants were 2.4 (Arabic), 1.8 (Russian) and 1.2 (Turkish) times more likely to click on advertisements translated to their native language compared to German-language advertisements. Furthermore, findings showed that government representatives can be more successful in engaging migrants online compared to other messengers, despite common claims of lower trust in government institutions among migrants. This study highlights the potential of tailored, and translated, vaccination campaigns on social media for reaching migrants who may be left out by traditional media campaigns.}, language = {en} } @article{Keskin2022, author = {Keskin, Cem}, title = {On the directionality of the Balkan Turkic verb phrase}, series = {Languages}, volume = {8}, journal = {Languages}, number = {1}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2226-471X}, doi = {10.3390/languages8010002}, pages = {20}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Balkan varieties of Turkic, particularly those on the periphery of the Turkic spread area in the region, such as Gagauz and West Rumelian Turkish, are commonly observed to have head-initial verb phrases. Based on a wide survey, this paper attempts a more precise description of the pattern of VP directionality across Balkan Turkic and shows that there is considerable variation in how prevalent VX order is, a pattern that turns out to be more complex than the previous descriptions suggest: Two spectrums of directionality can be discerned between XV and VX orders, contingent upon type of the dependent of the verb and dialect locale. The paper also explores the grammatical causes underlying this shift in constituent order. First, VX order seems to be dependent upon whether a clause is nominal or not. Nonfinite clauses of the nominal type have XV order across Balkan Turkic, while finite clauses and nonfinite clauses of the converbial type show differing degrees of VX order depending on type of dependent and geographical location. Second, VX order appears to be an outcome of verb movement to the left of the dependent in finite clauses and nonfinite clauses of the converbial type, rather than head parameter shift.}, language = {en} } @article{Adreeva2022, author = {Adreeva, Anna}, title = {Frauenfilmdramaturgie im Russischen Kaiserreich der 1910er Jahre}, series = {Apparatus}, volume = {13}, journal = {Apparatus}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2365-7758}, doi = {10.17892/app.2022.00015.270}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Im Artikel werden von Frauen verfasste Filmdrehb{\"u}cher der 1910er Jahre im Russischen Kaiserreich chronologisch untersucht. Zun{\"a}chst werden die ersten Drehbuchautorinnen Makarova und Tat'jana Suchotina-Tolstaja, die am Anfang der 1910er Jahre in Koautorschaft mit den bekannten Autoren (Makarova mit den Regisseur Vladimir Gončarov; Suchotina-Tolstaja mit ihrem Vater Leo Tolstoj) arbeiteten, und ihre Filme in Betracht gezogen. Dann wird der Film Ključi sčastʹja / Schl{\"u}ssel zum Gl{\"u}ck (Vladimir Gardin, Jakov Protazanov, 1913, Russisches Kaiserreich) nach dem Roman von Anastasija Verbickaja n{\"a}her behandelt. Verbickajas Film demonstrierte, dass eine Drehbuchautorin eine selbst{\"a}ndige Autorin sein kann und diente als Impuls f{\"u}r die Entwicklung der Frauenfilmdramaturgie im Russischen Kaiserreich, deren Aufschwung in der zweiten H{\"a}lfte der 1910er Jahre begann, und pr{\"a}gte bestimmte Erwartungen von auf weiblichen Drehb{\"u}chern basierenden Filmen. Maria Kallaš, die an den Drehb{\"u}chern zu den Verfilmungen des russischen literarischen Kanons 1913 arbeitete, kritisierte Verbickajas Text als pseudofeministisch und behauptete in ihrem Essay „Ženskie kabare" („Frauenkabarett"), dass Frauenliteratur noch „keine eigene Sprache" habe (1916). Anna Mar begann ihre Arbeit im Kino 1914, parallel zu Verbiсkajas Nachfolgerinnen, und konzentrierte sich in ihren Filmen auf die soziale Problematik - die Stellung moderner Frauen in der Gesellschaft. Damit er{\"o}ffnete Mar eine neue Entwicklungsperspektive f{\"u}r das weibliche Drehbuchschreiben.}, language = {de} } @article{AlLabanRegerLucke2022, author = {Al Laban, Firas and Reger, Martin and Lucke, Ulrike}, title = {Closing the Policy Gap in the Academic Bridge}, series = {Education sciences}, volume = {12}, journal = {Education sciences}, number = {12}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2227-7102}, doi = {10.3390/educsci12120930}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The highly structured nature of the educational sector demands effective policy mechanisms close to the needs of the field. That is why evidence-based policy making, endorsed by the European Commission under Erasmus+ Key Action 3, aims to make an alignment between the domains of policy and practice. Against this background, this article addresses two issues: First, that there is a vertical gap in the translation of higher-level policies to local strategies and regulations. Second, that there is a horizontal gap between educational domains regarding the policy awareness of individual players. This was analyzed in quantitative and qualitative studies with domain experts from the fields of virtual mobility and teacher training. From our findings, we argue that the combination of both gaps puts the academic bridge from secondary to tertiary education at risk, including the associated knowledge proficiency levels. We discuss the role of digitalization in the academic bridge by asking the question: which value does the involved stakeholders expect from educational policies? As a theoretical basis, we rely on the model of value co-creation for and by stakeholders. We describe the used instruments along with the obtained results and proposed benefits. Moreover, we reflect on the methodology applied, and we finally derive recommendations for future academic bridge policies.}, language = {en} } @article{YangKimTuomainenetal.2022, author = {Yang, Jingdan and Kim, Jae-Hyun and Tuomainen, Outi and Rattanasone, Nan Xu}, title = {Bilingual Mandarin-English preschoolers' spoken narrative skills and contributing factors}, series = {Frontiers in Psyhology}, volume = {13}, journal = {Frontiers in Psyhology}, publisher = {Frontiers Media SA}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2022.797602}, pages = {12}, year = {2022}, abstract = {This study examined the spoken narrative skills of a group of bilingual Mandarin-English speaking 3-6-year-olds (N = 25) in Australia, using a remote online story-retell task. Bilingual preschoolers are an understudied population, especially those who are speaking typologically distinct languages such as Mandarin and English which have fewer structural overlaps compared to language pairs that are typologically closer, reducing cross-linguistic positive transfer. We examined these preschoolers' spoken narrative skills as measured by macrostructures (the global organization of a story) and microstructures (linguistic structures, e.g., total number of utterances, nouns, verbs, phrases, and modifiers) across and within each language, and how various factors such as age and language experiences contribute to individual variability. The results indicate that our bilingual preschoolers acquired spoken narrative skills similarly across their two languages, i.e., showing similar patterns of productivity for macrostructure and microstructure elements in both of their two languages. While chronological age was positively correlated with macrostructures in both languages (showing developmental effects), there were no significant correlations between measures of language experiences and the measures of spoken narrative skills (no effects for language input/output). The findings suggest that although these preschoolers acquire two typologically diverse languages in different learning environments, Mandarin at home with highly educated parents, and English at preschool, they displayed similar levels of oral narrative skills as far as these macro-/micro-structure measures are concerned. This study provides further evidence for the feasibility of remote online assessment of preschoolers' narrative skills.}, language = {en} } @article{OrlandPadubrin2022, author = {Orland, Andreas and Padubrin, Max}, title = {Is there a gender hiring gap in academic economics? Evidence from a network analysis}, series = {Royal Society Open Science}, volume = {9}, journal = {Royal Society Open Science}, edition = {2}, publisher = {Royal Society of London}, address = {London}, issn = {2054-5703}, doi = {10.1098/rsos.210717}, pages = {1 -- 9}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We collect a network dataset of tenured economics faculty in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. We rank the 100 institutions included with a minimum violation ranking. This ranking is positively and significantly correlated with the Times Higher Education ranking of economics institutions. According to the network ranking, individuals on average go down about 23 ranks from their doctoral institution to their employing institution. While the share of females in our dataset is only 15\%, we do not observe a significant gender hiring gap (a difference in rank changes between male and female faculty). We conduct a robustness check with the Handelsblatt and the Times Higher Education ranking. According to these rankings, individuals on average go down only about two ranks. We do not observe a significant gender hiring gap using these two rankings (although the dataset underlying this analysis is small and these estimates are likely to be noisy). Finally, we discuss the limitations of the network ranking in our context.}, language = {en} } @article{HeroldLabottGraessleretal.2022, author = {Herold, Fabian and Labott, Berit K. and Gr{\"a}ssler, Bernhard and Halfpaap, Nicole and Langhans, Corinna and M{\"u}ller, Patrick and Ammar, Achraf and Dordevic, Milos and H{\"o}kelmann, Anita and M{\"u}ller, Notger Germar}, title = {A Link between Handgrip Strength and Executive Functioning: A Cross-Sectional Study in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Controls}, series = {Healthcare : open access journal}, volume = {10}, journal = {Healthcare : open access journal}, edition = {2}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2227-9032}, doi = {10.3390/healthcare10020230}, pages = {1 -- 14}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) who in addition to their memory deficits also suffer from frontal-executive dysfunctions have a higher risk of developing dementia later in their lives than older adults with aMCI without executive deficits and older adults with non-amnestic MCI (naMCI). Handgrip strength (HGS) is also correlated with the risk of cognitive decline in the elderly. Hence, the current study aimed to investigate the associations between HGS and executive functioning in individuals with aMCI, naMCI and healthy controls. Older, right-handed adults with amnestic MCI (aMCI), non-amnestic MCI (naMCI), and healthy controls (HC) conducted a handgrip strength measurement via a handheld dynamometer. Executive functions were assessed with the Trail Making Test (TMT A\&B). Normalized handgrip strength (nHGS, normalized to Body Mass Index (BMI)) was calculated and its associations with executive functions (operationalized through z-scores of TMT B/A ratio) were investigated through partial correlation analyses (i.e., accounting for age, sex, and severity of depressive symptoms). A positive and low-to-moderate correlation between right nHGS (rp (22) = 0.364; p = 0.063) and left nHGS (rp (22) = 0.420; p = 0.037) and executive functioning in older adults with aMCI but not in naMCI or HC was observed. Our results suggest that higher levels of nHGS are linked to better executive functioning in aMCI but not naMCI and HC. This relationship is perhaps driven by alterations in the integrity of the hippocampal-prefrontal network occurring in older adults with aMCI. Further research is needed to provide empirical evidence for this assumption.}, language = {en} } @article{TeichmannLewandowskiAlemani2022, author = {Teichmann, Erik and Lewandowski, Heather J. and Alemani, Micol}, title = {Investigating students' views of experimental physics in German laboratory classes}, series = {Physical Review Physics Education Research}, volume = {18}, journal = {Physical Review Physics Education Research}, edition = {1}, publisher = {APS}, address = {College Park, Maryland, United States}, issn = {1554-9178}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010135}, pages = {010135-1 -- 010135-17}, year = {2022}, abstract = {There is a large variety of goals instructors have for laboratory courses, with different courses focusing on different subsets of goals. An often implicit, but crucial, goal is to develop students' attitudes, views, and expectations about experimental physics to align with practicing experimental physicists. The assessment of laboratory courses upon this one dimension of learning has been intensively studied in U.S. institutions using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS). However, there is no such an instrument available to use in Germany, and the influence of laboratory courses on students views about the nature of experimental physics is still unexplored at German-speaking institutions. Motivated by the lack of an assessment tool to investigate this goal in laboratory courses at German-speaking institutions, we present a translated version of the E-CLASS adapted to the context at German-speaking institutions. We call the German version of the E-CLASS, the GE-CLASS. We describe the translation process and the creation of an automated web-based system for instructors to assess their laboratory courses. We also present first results using GE-CLASS obtained at the University of Potsdam. A first comparison between E-CLASS and GE-CLASS results shows clear differences between University of Potsdam and U.S. students' views and beliefs about experimental physics.}, language = {en} } @article{EhlertPoltzQuandteetal.2022, author = {Ehlert, Antje and Poltz, Nadine and Quandte, Sabine and Kohn-Henkel, Juliane and Kucian, Karin and Aster, Michael von and Esser, G{\"u}nter}, title = {Taking a closer look: The relationship between pre-school domain general cognition and school mathematics achievement when controlling for intelligence}, series = {Journal of Intelligence}, volume = {10}, journal = {Journal of Intelligence}, edition = {3}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2079-3200}, doi = {10.3390/jintelligence10030070}, pages = {1 -- 23}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Intelligence, as well as working memory and attention, affect the acquisition of mathematical competencies. This paper aimed to examine the influence of working memory and attention when taking different mathematical skills into account as a function of children's intellectual ability. Overall, intelligence, working memory, attention and numerical skills were assessed twice in 1868 German pre-school children (t1, t2) and again at 2nd grade (t3). We defined three intellectual ability groups based on the results of intellectual assessment at t1 and t2. Group comparisons revealed significant differences between the three intellectual ability groups. Over time, children with low intellectual ability showed the lowest achievement in domain-general and numerical and mathematical skills compared to children of average intellectual ability. The highest achievement on the aforementioned variables was found for children of high intellectual ability. Additionally, path modelling revealed that, depending on the intellectual ability, different models of varying complexity could be generated. These models differed with regard to the relevance of the predictors (t2) and the future mathematical skills (t3). Causes and conclusions of these findings are discussed.}, language = {en} } @article{KathGaedkevanVelzen2022, author = {Kath, Nadja Jeanette and Gaedke, Ursula and van Velzen, Ellen}, title = {The double-edged sword of inducible defences: costs and benefits of maladaptive switching from the individual to the community level}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {12}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {London}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-13895-7}, pages = {1 -- 14}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Phenotypic plasticity can increase individual fitness when environmental conditions change over time. Inducible defences are a striking example, allowing species to react to fluctuating predation pressure by only expressing their costly defended phenotype under high predation risk. Previous theoretical investigations have focused on how this affects predator-prey dynamics, but the impact on competitive outcomes and broader community dynamics has received less attention. Here we use a small food web model, consisting of two competing plastic autotrophic species exploited by a shared consumer, to study how the speed of inducible defences across three trade-off constellations affects autotroph coexistence, biomasses across trophic levels, and temporal variability. Contrary to the intuitive idea that faster adaptation increases autotroph fitness, we found that higher switching rates reduced individual fitness as it consistently provoked more maladaptive switching towards undefended phenotypes under high predation pressure. This had an unexpected positive impact on the consumer, increasing consumer biomass and lowering total autotroph biomass. Additionally, maladaptive switching strongly reduced autotroph coexistence through an emerging source-sink dynamic between defended and undefended phenotypes. The striking impact of maladaptive switching on species and food web dynamics indicates that this mechanism may be of more critical importance than previously recognized.}, language = {en} } @article{Moeller2022, author = {M{\"o}ller, Klaus-Peter}, title = {In der Ruhmeshalle der deutschen Literatur}, series = {Fontanes Medien}, journal = {Fontanes Medien}, publisher = {de Gruyter}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-11-073323-5}, doi = {10.1515/9783110733235-031}, pages = {533 -- 574}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{Schneider2022, author = {Schneider, Ulrike}, title = {Theodor Fontane innerhalb der deutsch-j{\"u}dischen Zeitschriftenlandschaft}, series = {Fontanes Medien}, journal = {Fontanes Medien}, publisher = {de Gruyter}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-11-073323-5}, doi = {10.1515/9783110733235-032}, pages = {577 -- 592}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{Trilcke2022, author = {Trilcke, Peer}, title = {Die Spatzen quirilierten auf den Telegraphendr{\"a}hten}, series = {Fontanes Medien}, journal = {Fontanes Medien}, publisher = {de Gruyter}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-11-073323-5}, doi = {10.1515/9783110733235-001}, pages = {XI -- XIII}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{SarabadaniMetzlerAlaNissila2022, author = {Sarabadani, Jalal and Metzler, Ralf and Ala-Nissila, Tapio}, title = {Driven polymer translocation into a channel: Isoflux tension propagation theory and Langevin dynamics simulations}, series = {Physical Review Research}, volume = {4}, journal = {Physical Review Research}, edition = {3}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, address = {College Park, Maryland, USA}, issn = {2643-1564}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033003}, pages = {033003-1 -- 033003-14}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Isoflux tension propagation (IFTP) theory and Langevin dynamics (LD) simulations are employed to study the dynamics of channel-driven polymer translocation in which a polymer translocates into a narrow channel and the monomers in the channel experience a driving force fc. In the high driving force limit, regardless of the channel width, IFTP theory predicts τ ∝ f βc for the translocation time, where β = -1 is the force scaling exponent. Moreover, LD data show that for a very narrow channel fitting only a single file of monomers, the entropic force due to the subchain inside the channel does not play a significant role in the translocation dynamics and the force exponent β = -1 regardless of the force magnitude. As the channel width increases the number of possible spatial configurations of the subchain inside the channel becomes significant and the resulting entropic force causes the force exponent to drop below unity.}, language = {en} } @article{VoitHeistermann2022, author = {Voit, Paul and Heistermann, Maik}, title = {A new index to quantify the extremeness of precipitation across scales}, series = {NHESS - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences}, volume = {22}, journal = {NHESS - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences}, edition = {8}, publisher = {Copernicus}, address = {Katlenburg-Lindau}, issn = {1684-9981}, doi = {10.5194/nhess-22-2791-2022}, pages = {2791 -- 2805}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Quantifying the extremeness of heavy precipitation allows for the comparison of events. Conventional quantitative indices, however, typically neglect the spatial extent or the duration, while both are important to understand potential impacts. In 2014, the weather extremity index (WEI) was suggested to quantify the extremeness of an event and to identify the spatial and temporal scale at which the event was most extreme. However, the WEI does not account for the fact that one event can be extreme at various spatial and temporal scales. To better understand and detect the compound nature of precipitation events, we suggest complementing the original WEI with a "cross-scale weather extremity index" (xWEI), which integrates extremeness over relevant scales instead of determining its maximum. Based on a set of 101 extreme precipitation events in Germany, we outline and demonstrate the computation of both WEI and xWEI. We find that the choice of the index can lead to considerable differences in the assessment of past events but that the most extreme events are ranked consistently, independently of the index. Even then, the xWEI can reveal cross-scale properties which would otherwise remain hidden. This also applies to the disastrous event from July 2021, which clearly outranks all other analyzed events with regard to both WEI and xWEI. While demonstrating the added value of xWEI, we also identify various methodological challenges along the required computational workflow: these include the parameter estimation for the extreme value distributions, the definition of maximum spatial extent and temporal duration, and the weighting of extremeness at different scales. These challenges, however, also represent opportunities to adjust the retrieval of WEI and xWEI to specific user requirements and application scenarios.}, language = {en} } @article{AuhagenUth2022, author = {Auhagen, Christopher Patrick and Uth, Melanie}, title = {Variation of relative complementizers in Yucatecan Spanish}, series = {Languages}, volume = {7}, journal = {Languages}, number = {4}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2226-471X}, doi = {10.3390/languages7040279}, pages = {16}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The starting point of this article is the occurrence of determiner-less and bare que relative complementizers like (en) que, '(in) that', instead of (en) el que, '(in) which', in Yucatecan Spanish (southeast Mexico). While reference grammars treat complementizers with a determiner as the standard option, previous diachronic research has shown that determiner-less complementizers actually predate relative complementizers with a determiner. Additionally, Yucatecan Spanish has been in long-standing contact with Yucatec Maya. Relative complementation in Yucatec Maya differs from that in Spanish (at least) in that the non-complex complementizer tu'ux ('where') is generally the only option for locative complementation. The paper explores monolingual and bilingual data from Yucatecan Spanish to discuss the question whether the determiner-less and bare que relative complementizers in our data constitute a historic remnant or a dialectal recast, possibly (but not necessarily) due to language contact. Although our pilot study may not answer these far-reaching questions, it does reveal two separate, but intertwined developments: (i) a generally increased rate of bare que relative complementation, across both monolingual speakers of Spanish and Spanish Maya bilinguals, compared to other Spanish varieties, and (ii) a preference for donde at the cost of other locative complementizer constructions in the bilingual group. Our analysis thus reveals intriguing differences between the complementizer preferences of monolingual and bilingual speakers, suggesting that different variational patterns caused by different (socio-)linguistic factors can co-develop in parallel in one and the [same] region.}, language = {en} } @article{SposiniKrapfMarinarietal.2022, author = {Sposini, Vittoria and Krapf, Diego and Marinari, Enzo and Sunyer, Raimon and Ritort, Felix and Taheri, Fereydoon and Selhuber-Unkel, Christine and Benelli, Rebecca and Weiss, Matthias and Metzler, Ralf and Oshanin, Gleb}, title = {Towards a robust criterion of anomalous diffusion}, series = {Communications Physics}, volume = {5}, journal = {Communications Physics}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {London}, issn = {2399-3650}, doi = {10.1038/s42005-022-01079-8}, pages = {10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Anomalous-diffusion, the departure of the spreading dynamics of diffusing particles from the traditional law of Brownian-motion, is a signature feature of a large number of complex soft-matter and biological systems. Anomalous-diffusion emerges due to a variety of physical mechanisms, e.g., trapping interactions or the viscoelasticity of the environment. However, sometimes systems dynamics are erroneously claimed to be anomalous, despite the fact that the true motion is Brownian—or vice versa. This ambiguity in establishing whether the dynamics as normal or anomalous can have far-reaching consequences, e.g., in predictions for reaction- or relaxation-laws. Demonstrating that a system exhibits normal- or anomalous-diffusion is highly desirable for a vast host of applications. Here, we present a criterion for anomalous-diffusion based on the method of power-spectral analysis of single trajectories. The robustness of this criterion is studied for trajectories of fractional-Brownian-motion, a ubiquitous stochastic process for the description of anomalous-diffusion, in the presence of two types of measurement errors. In particular, we find that our criterion is very robust for subdiffusion. Various tests on surrogate data in absence or presence of additional positional noise demonstrate the efficacy of this method in practical contexts. Finally, we provide a proof-of-concept based on diverse experiments exhibiting both normal and anomalous-diffusion.}, language = {en} } @article{EvansHyde2022, author = {Evans, Myfanwy E. and Hyde, Stephen T.}, title = {Symmetric Tangling of Honeycomb Networks}, series = {Symmetry}, volume = {14}, journal = {Symmetry}, edition = {9}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2073-8994}, doi = {10.3390/sym14091805}, pages = {1 -- 13}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Symmetric, elegantly entangled structures are a curious mathematical construction that has found their way into the heart of the chemistry lab and the toolbox of constructive geometry. Of particular interest are those structures—knots, links and weavings—which are composed locally of simple twisted strands and are globally symmetric. This paper considers the symmetric tangling of multiple 2-periodic honeycomb networks. We do this using a constructive methodology borrowing elements of graph theory, low-dimensional topology and geometry. The result is a wide-ranging enumeration of symmetric tangled honeycomb networks, providing a foundation for their exploration in both the chemistry lab and the geometers toolbox.}, language = {en} } @article{NairLinWippert2022, author = {Na{\"i}r, Alexandra and Lin, Chiao-I and Wippert, Pia-Maria}, title = {Translation and adaptation of the French version of the risk stratification index, a tool for stratified care in chronic low back pain}, series = {Medicina : monthly medical journal of Lithuanian Medical Association, Kaunas}, volume = {58}, journal = {Medicina : monthly medical journal of Lithuanian Medical Association, Kaunas}, number = {4}, publisher = {Kaunas Univ. of Medicine}, address = {Kaunas, Litauen}, issn = {1648-9144}, doi = {10.3390/medicina58040469}, pages = {1 -- 8}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Background and Objectives: Low back pain is a worldwide health problem. An early diagnosis is required to develop personalized treatment strategies. The Risk Stratification Index (RSI) was developed to serve the purpose. The aim of this pilot study is to cross-culturally translate the RSI to a French version (RSI-F) and evaluate the test-retest reliability of RSI-F using a French active population. Materials and Methods: The RSI was translated from German to French (RSI-F) based on the guidelines of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures. A total of 42 French recreational athletes (age 18-63 years) with non-specific low back pain were recruited and filled in the RSI-F twice. The test-retest reliability was examined using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC1,2) and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: Finally, 33 questionnaires were analyzed (14 males and 19 females, age 31 ± 10 years, 9.5 ± 3.2 h/week of training). The test-retest of RSI-F CPI and DISS were excellent (CPI: ICC1,2 = 0.989, p < 0.001; r = 0.989, p < 0.001; DISS: ICC1,2 = 0.991, p < 0.001; r = 0.991, p < 0.001), as well as Korff pain intensity (ICC1,2 = 0.995, p < 0.001; r = 0.995, p < 0.001) and disability (ICC1,2 = 0.998, p < 0.001; r = 0.998, p < 0.001). Conclusion: The RSI-F is linguistically accurate and reliable for use by a French-speaking active population with non-specific low back pain. The RSI-F is considered a tool to examine the evolution of psychosocial factors and therefore the risk of chronicity and the prognostic of pain. Further evaluations, such as internal, external validity, and responsiveness should be evaluated in a larger population.}, language = {en} } @article{StuchteyBlockOseietal.2022, author = {Stuchtey, Fidelis Christin and Block, Andrea and Osei, Francis and Wippert, Pia-Maria}, title = {Lipid Biomarkers in Depression: Does Antidepressant Therapy Have an Impact?}, series = {Healthcare : open access journal}, volume = {10}, journal = {Healthcare : open access journal}, edition = {2}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2227-9032}, doi = {10.3390/healthcare10020333}, pages = {1 -- 11}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Studies have revealed mixed results on how antidepressant drugs affect lipid profiles of patients with major depression disorder (MDD). Even less is known about how patients respond to a switch of antidepressant medication with respect to their metabolic profile. For this, effects of a switch in antidepressants medication on lipid markers were studied in MDD patients. 15 participants (females = 86.67\%; males = 13.33\%; age: 49.45 ± 7.45 years) with MDD and a prescribed switch in their antidepressant medication were recruited at a psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic. Participants were characterized (with questionnaires and blood samples) at admission to the rehabilitation clinic (baseline, T0) and followed up with a blood sample two weeks (T1) later. HDL, LDL, total cholesterol, and triglycerides were determined (T0), and their change analyzed (Wilcoxon test) at follow up (T1). Decrements in HDL (p = 0.041), LDL (p < 0.001), and total cholesterol (p < 0.001) were observed two weeks after a switch in antidepressant medication. Triglycerides showed no difference (p = 0.699). Overall, LDL, HDL, and total cholesterol are affected by a change in antidepressant drugs in patients with MDD. These observations are of clinical relevance for medical practitioners in the planning and management of treatment strategies for MDD patients.}, language = {en} } @article{LindnerMoellerDresenetal.2022, author = {Lindner, Nadja and Moeller, Korbinian and Dresen, Verena and Pixner, Silvia and Lonnemann, Jan}, title = {Children's spatial language skills predict their verbal number skills}, series = {PLOS ONE}, volume = {17}, journal = {PLOS ONE}, number = {10}, publisher = {PLOS}, address = {San Francisco}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0277026}, pages = {15}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The process of number symbolization is assumed to be critically influenced by the acquisition of so-called verbal number skills (e.g., verbally reciting the number chain and naming Arabic numerals). For the acquisition of these verbal number skills, verbal and visuospatial skills are discussed as contributing factors. In this context, children's verbal number skills have been found to be associated with their concurrent spatial language skills such as mastery of verbal descriptions of spatial position (e.g., in front of, behind). In a longitudinal study with three measurement times (T1, T2, T3) at an interval of about 6 months, we evaluated the predictive role of preschool children's (mean age at T1: 3 years and 10 months) spatial language skills for the acquisition of verbal number skills. Children's spatial language skills at T2 significantly predicted their verbal number skills at T3, when controlling for influences of important covariates such as vocabulary knowledge. In addition, further analyses replicated previous results indicating that children's spatial language skills at T2 were associated with their verbal number skills at T2. Exploratory analyses further revealed that children's verbal number skills at T1 predict their spatial language at T2. Results suggests that better spatial language skills at the age of 4 years facilitate the future acquisition of verbal number skills.}, language = {en} } @article{NeuschaeferRubePatheNeuschaeferRubePueschel2022, author = {Neusch{\"a}fer-Rube, Frank and Pathe-Neusch{\"a}fer-Rube, Andrea and P{\"u}schel, Gerhard Paul}, title = {Discrimination of the activity of low-affinity wild-type and high-affinity mutant recombinant BoNT/B by a SIMA cell-based reporter release assay}, series = {Toxins}, volume = {14}, journal = {Toxins}, edition = {1}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2072-6651}, doi = {10.3390/toxins14010065}, pages = {1 -- 11}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is used for the treatment of a number of ailments. The activity of the toxin that is isolated from bacterial cultures is frequently tested in the mouse lethality assay. Apart from the ethical concerns inherent to this assay, species-specific differences in the affinity for different BoNT serotypes give rise to activity results that differ from the activity in humans. Thus, BoNT/B is more active in mice than in humans. The current study shows that the stimulus-dependent release of a luciferase from a differentiated human neuroblastoma-based reporter cell line (SIMA-hPOMC1-26-Gluc) was inhibited by clostridial and recombinant BoNT/A to the same extent, whereas both clostridial and recombinant BoNT/B inhibited the release to a lesser extent and only at much higher concentrations, reflecting the low activity of BoNT/B in humans. By contrast, the genetically modified BoNT/B-MY, which has increased affinity for human synaptotagmin, and the BoNT/B protein receptor inhibited luciferase release effectively and with an EC50 comparable to recombinant BoNT/A. This was due to an enhanced uptake into the reporter cells of BoNT/B-MY in comparison to the recombinant wild-type toxin. Thus, the SIMA-hPOMC1-26-Gluc cell assay is a versatile tool to determine the activity of different BoNT serotypes providing human-relevant dose-response data.}, language = {en} } @article{SecklerMetzler2022, author = {Seckler, Henrik and Metzler, Ralf}, title = {Bayesian deep learning for error estimation in the analysis of anomalous diffusion}, series = {Nature Communnications}, volume = {13}, journal = {Nature Communnications}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK}, address = {London}, issn = {2041-1723}, doi = {10.1038/s41467-022-34305-6}, pages = {13}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Modern single-particle-tracking techniques produce extensive time-series of diffusive motion in a wide variety of systems, from single-molecule motion in living-cells to movement ecology. The quest is to decipher the physical mechanisms encoded in the data and thus to better understand the probed systems. We here augment recently proposed machine-learning techniques for decoding anomalous-diffusion data to include an uncertainty estimate in addition to the predicted output. To avoid the Black-Box-Problem a Bayesian-Deep-Learning technique named Stochastic-Weight-Averaging-Gaussian is used to train models for both the classification of the diffusionmodel and the regression of the anomalous diffusion exponent of single-particle-trajectories. Evaluating their performance, we find that these models can achieve a wellcalibrated error estimate while maintaining high prediction accuracies. In the analysis of the output uncertainty predictions we relate these to properties of the underlying diffusion models, thus providing insights into the learning process of the machine and the relevance of the output.}, language = {en} } @misc{Hammann2022, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Hammann, Angelika}, title = {L'initiative « Universit{\´e}s Europ{\´e}ennes »}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-54168}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-541681}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XXI, 73}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Le Pr{\´e}sident de la R{\´e}publique fran{\c{c}}aise, Emmanuel Macron, a prononc{\´e} le 26 septembre 2017 dans le grand auditorium de l'Universit{\´e} de la Sorbonne devant un public compos{\´e} d'{\´e}tudiants et de responsables politiques un ambitieux discours sur l'Europe. Parmi ses « initiatives pour l'Europe » figure la cr{\´e}ation d'universit{\´e}s europ{\´e}ennes. L'objectif de cette {\´e}tude est de mettre en lumi{\`e}re l'h{\´e}ritage et les apports fran{\c{c}}ais et allemands dans ce nouveau mod{\`e}le de partenariat europ{\´e}en en construction. Quel est le r{\^o}le jou{\´e} par le niveau minist{\´e}riel en France et en Allemagne dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre de l'initiative ? Quel est le degr{\´e} et quelle est la nature d'intervention des Agences nationales Erasmus dans chacun des deux pays ? Quel est le positionnement de l'Universit{\´e} franco-allemande par rapport {\`a} ces nouvelles alliances ainsi que sa contribution ? {\`A} partir de trois exemples, {\`a} savoir les alliances ECIU, EPICUR et FORTHM, nous illustrons comment la coop{\´e}ration franco-allemande ainsi que les relations transfrontali{\`e}res d{\´e}velopp{\´e}es au sein de r{\´e}seaux pr{\´e}existants alimentent ces « r{\´e}seaux des r{\´e}seaux ». Ce m{\´e}moire puise ses principales sources de 15 entretiens semi-directifs, men{\´e}s entre ao{\^u}t 2020 et janvier 2021 aupr{\`e}s d'acteurs allemands, fran{\c{c}}ais et europ{\´e}ens. La richesse de leur expertise nourrit la conclusion dans laquelle nous tentons de mettre en exergue la dimension franco-allemande de cette initiative. Avec un regard franco-allemand, nous proposons un r{\´e}sum{\´e} des actuelles forces, opportunit{\´e}s, faiblesses et menaces qui favorisent ou entravent le d{\´e}veloppement de cette nouvelle initiative. Der Pr{\"a}sident der franz{\"o}sischen Republik, Emmanuel Macron, hielt am 26. September 2017 im großen H{\"o}rsaal der Universit{\"a}t Sorbonne vor einem Publikum aus Studenten und Politikern eine ambitionierte Rede zu Europa. Zu seinen "Initiativen f{\"u}r Europa" geh{\"o}rt die Schaffung von Europ{\"a}ischen Hochschulnetzwerken. Das Ziel dieser Masterarbeit besteht darin, das deutsch-franz{\"o}sische Erbe sowie die Beitr{\"a}ge beider L{\"a}nder in diesen neuen Modellen zu untersuchen :.Welche Rolle spielt die ministerielle Ebene in Frankreich und Deutschland bei der Umsetzung der Initiative? In welchem Umfang und auf welche Art und Weise beteiligen sich die nationalen Erasmus-Agenturen in beiden L{\"a}ndern ? Welche Position nimmt die Deutsch-Franz{\"o}sische Hochschule in Bezug auf diese neuen Allianzen ein und welche Unterst{\"u}tzung bietet sie? Anhand von drei Beispielen, den Allianzen ECIU, EPICUR und FORTHM, wird beschrieben, welche Beitr{\"a}ge die deutsch-franz{\"o}sische Zusammenarbeit sowie grenz{\"u}berschreitende Kooperationen leisten. Die Hauptquellen f{\"u}r diese Masterarbeit stellen 15 semidirektive Experteninterviews dar, die zwischen August 2020 und Januar 2021 mit deutschen, franz{\"o}sischen und europ{\"a}ischen Akteuren gef{\"u}hrt wurden. Der Reichtum ihrer Expertise fließt in die Schlussfolgerung ein, in der wir versuchen, die deutsch-franz{\"o}sische Dimension dieser Initiative hervorzuheben. Mit einer deutsch-franz{\"o}sischen Perspektive versuchen wir, die St{\"a}rken, Chancen, Schw{\"a}chen und Bedrohungen zusammenzufassen, die die Entwicklung dieser neuen Initiative beg{\"u}nstigen oder behindern. The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, gave an ambitious speech on Europe to an audience of students and politicians in the large lecture hall of the Sorbonne University on 26 September 2017. Among his "Initiatives for Europe" is the creation of European University Networks. The aim of this Master's thesis is to examine the Franco-German heritage and the contributions of both countries in these new models :.What is the role of the ministerial level in France and Germany in the implementation of the initiative? To what extent and in what way do the national Erasmus agencies in both countries participate ? What is the position of the Franco-German University in relation to these new alliances and what support does it offer? Using three examples, the ECIU, EPICUR and FORTHM alliances, the contributions of Franco-German cooperation and cross-border cooperation are described. The main sources for this Master's thesis are 15 semi-directive expert interviews conducted with German, French and European actors between August 2020 and January 2021. The wealth of their expertise feeds into the conclusion, in which we try to highlight the Franco-German dimension of this initiative. With a Franco-German perspective, we try to summarise the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats that favour or hinder the development of this new initiative.}, language = {fr} } @article{WeissLanzl2022, author = {Weiß, Norman and Lanzl, Theresa}, title = {Die wechselvolle Geschichte der Mitgliedschaft Russlands im Europarat}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r ausl{\"a}ndisches {\"o}ffentliches Recht und V{\"o}lkerrecht}, volume = {82}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r ausl{\"a}ndisches {\"o}ffentliches Recht und V{\"o}lkerrecht}, number = {4}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Baden-Baden}, issn = {0044-2348}, doi = {10.17104/0044-2348-2022-4-801}, pages = {801 -- 829}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Der russische Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine hat auch die Europ{\"a}ische Menschenrechtsarchitektur ins Wanken gebracht. Der Europarat reagierte schnell und beendete die Mitgliedschaft der Russischen F{\"o}deration. Aus diesem Anlass blickt der Beitrag zur{\"u}ck auf die wechselvolle Geschichte der Mitgliedschaft Russlands im Europarat. Seit dem Beitritt vor 26 Jahren haben Konfrontationen die - oftmals kurzen- Phasen der Kooperation {\"u}berschattet. Das wirft die Frage auf, inwieweit die „Politik des Dialogs" gegen{\"u}ber der Russischen F{\"o}deration geeignet war, die Menschenrechtslage in Russland zu verbessern. Der Beitrag legt zudem die rechtlichen Grundlagen von Beitritt und Ende der Mitgliedschaft dar und untersucht, wie sich der Ausschluss auf die Anwendbarkeit der Europ{\"a}ischen Menschenrechtskonvention (EMRK) auswirkt. Der Ausschluss Russlands stellt einen Wendepunkt dar. Zwar wird damit ein potenziell gef{\"a}hrlicher Pr{\"a}zedenzfall geschaffen. Jedoch entsteht durch die geschlossene Reaktion der restlichen Mitgliedstaaten auch ein Momentum f{\"u}r Reformen und eine R{\"u}ckbesinnung auf das Gr{\"u}ndungsziel des Europarates - die kollektive Durchsetzung der Menschenrechte.}, language = {de} } @article{AndersSaitHorsley2022, author = {Anders, Janet and Sait, Connor R. J. and Horsley, Simon A. R.}, title = {Quantum Brownian motion for magnets}, series = {New journal of physics : the open-access journal for physics}, volume = {24}, journal = {New journal of physics : the open-access journal for physics}, number = {3}, publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.}, address = {Bristol}, issn = {1367-2630}, doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/ac4ef2}, pages = {21}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Spin precession in magnetic materials is commonly modelled with the classical phenomenological Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation. Based on a quantized three-dimensional spin + environment Hamiltonian, we here derive a spin operator equation of motion that describes precession and includes a general form of damping that consistently accounts for memory, coloured noise and quantum statistics. The LLG equation is recovered as its classical, Ohmic approximation. We further introduce resonant Lorentzian system-reservoir couplings that allow a systematic comparison of dynamics between Ohmic and non-Ohmic regimes. Finally, we simulate the full non-Markovian dynamics of a spin in the semi-classical limit. At low temperatures, our numerical results demonstrate a characteristic reduction and flattening of the steady state spin alignment with an external field, caused by the quantum statistics of the environment. The results provide a powerful framework to explore general three-dimensional dissipation in quantum thermodynamics.}, language = {en} } @article{Reich2022, author = {Reich, Karin}, title = {Die Beziehungen zwischen Alexander von Humboldt und Hans Christian {\O}rsted}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {45}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-59238}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-592381}, pages = {73 -- 96}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Hans Christian {\O}rsted geh{\"o}rte zu den bedeutendsten Physikern seiner Zeit, er und Michael Faraday waren die Sch{\"o}pfer des Elektromagnetismus. Ein erstes Treffen zwischen Alexander von Humboldt und Oersted fand im Fr{\"u}hjahr 1823 in Paris statt. Weitere Treffen folgten in Altona bzw. Hamburg im Jahr 1827, in Berlin 1828, in Berlin und Potsdam 1843 sowie in Kopenhagen 1845. Die erhaltenen Briefe - zwei Briefe von Humboldt an {\O}rsted sowie zwei Briefentw{\"u}rfe von Oersted an Humboldt - gew{\"a}hren weitere Einblicke in das gute Verh{\"a}ltnis, das diese beiden Wissenschaftler miteinander pflegten. Obwohl {\O}rsted eines der treuesten Mitglieder des G{\"o}ttinger Magnetischen Vereins war und beste Beziehungen zu Gauß und Weber unterhielt, spielten im „Kosmos" {\O}rsteds Beitr{\"a}ge zum Erdmagnetismus keine Rolle, hier wurden nur {\O}rsteds Beitr{\"a}ge zum Elektromagnetismus gew{\"u}rdigt.}, language = {de} } @article{AngelPuigSamper2022, author = {{\´A}ngel Puig-Samper, Miguel}, title = {Humboldt and his geographical album of New Spain}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {45}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-59233}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-592335}, pages = {29 -- 71}, year = {2022}, abstract = {During his trip to New Spain in 1803, Alexander von Humboldt visited large tracts of New Spanish territory, which includes modern Mexico and part of the United States. This trip provided the data for his geographical Atlas of the region, as well as information about the ancient Mexican cultures that he would later include in the general Atlas and in other major works, such as Vues des Cordill{\`e}res. Likewise, Humboldt's Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain displayed a comprehensive physical, natural, economic, and social description of Mexico in the colonial period, which will also be analysed. With these works, Humboldt presented a new geographical and cultural image of New Spain to the European audiences. In addition to this, his work made important contributions to cartographic knowledge.}, language = {en} } @article{Ette2022, author = {Ette, Ottmar}, title = {Alexander von Humboldt im Archiv}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {45}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-59232}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-592326}, pages = {13 -- 28}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Der Aufsatz erschließt die Anf{\"a}nge, Ergebnisse und Erfolge der editionsphilologischen Arbeit im laufenden Projekt des BBAW-Langzeitvorhabens „Alexander von Humboldt auf Reisen - Wissenschaft aus der Bewegung" und gibt einen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber die Zuk{\"u}nfte philologischen Arbeitens mit den Methoden der Digital Humanities. Dabei werden auch bibliophile Druckausgaben digitaler Publikationen und die kontinuierliche {\"O}ffentlichkeitsarbeit der Figur Alexander von Humboldts in den Blick genommen, was durch zahlreiche Vernetzungen zwischen Institutionen international gef{\"o}rdert und durch kontinuierliche Kooperationen insbesondere durch das neu gegr{\"u}ndete Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies (HCTS) in China/Changsha erweitert wird. Diskutiert wird die wissenschaftliche Bedeutung der graphischen und visuellen Dimension des Humboldt'schen Archivs, die durch die digitale Aufbereitung des Materials Forscher:innen weltweit miteinander verbindet und neue Forschungskonzepte er{\"o}ffnet.}, language = {de} } @article{Biermann2022, author = {Biermann, Kurt-Reinhard}, title = {Kurt-R. Biermann: Die Datierung der Briefe Alexander von Humboldts}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {45}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-59240}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-592404}, pages = {97 -- 106}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{PaesslerSchwarz2022, author = {P{\"a}ßler, Ulrich and Schwarz, Ingo}, title = {Ein Brief Alexander von Humboldts an Charles-Guillaume {\´E}tienne}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {45}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-59229}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-592295}, pages = {5 -- 11}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Dieser Artikel skizziert erstmals Alexander von Humboldts Verbindung zu dem franz{\"o}sischen Dramatiker, Parlamentarier und Miteigent{\"u}mer der Tageszeitung „Le Constitutionnel" Charles-Guillaume {\´E}tienne (1777-1845). Wir ver{\"o}ffentlichen das einzige bislang bekannte Schreiben Humboldts an Étienne und stellen Erw{\"a}hnungen Humboldts sowie seines gelehrten Netzwerkes in „Le Constitutionnel" der Jahre 1821 bis 1826 zusammen. Die Dokumente machen deutlich, wie Humboldt Zeitungsberichte f{\"u}r seine wissenschaftliche {\"O}ffentlichkeitsarbeit einsetzte.}, language = {de} } @article{Holl2022, author = {Holl, Frank}, title = {Hinweis zum Beitrag von Irene Pr{\"u}fer Leske in HiN, Bd. 22, Nr. 43 (2021)}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {44}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-59002}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-590028}, pages = {173 -- 173}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{SchulzLuepertz2022, author = {Schulz-L{\"u}pertz, Eberhard}, title = {Alexander von Humboldt und Ulrich Jasper Seetzen}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {44}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58987}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-589870}, pages = {95 -- 130}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die beiden Forschungsreisenden Alexander von Humboldt und Ulrich Jasper Seetzen haben sich w{\"a}hrend der gemeinsamen Studienzeit in G{\"o}ttingen kennengelernt und sich dort {\"u}ber ihre Arbeiten zur Naturkunde ausgetauscht. Sp{\"a}ter brach Seetzen, wie Humboldt, zu einer großen Expedition auf, die ihn als ersten Europ{\"a}er durch das zentrale Afrika f{\"u}hren sollte. Seine Forschungen im Nahen Osten gelten bis heute als Pionierleistungen der Orientalistik. Das Unternehmen fand auf der arabischen Halbinsel ein vorzeitiges, tragisches Ende. {\"U}ber die Beziehung der beiden Kommilitonen w{\"a}hrend ihrer G{\"o}ttinger Zeit war bislang wenig bekannt. Ein k{\"u}rzlich entdecktes Brieffragment erm{\"o}glicht neue Einblicke. Es erweist sich als eine Abschrift Seetzens aus einem bislang unbekannten Brief des einundzwanzigj{\"a}hrigen Humboldt {\"u}ber dessen Helgolandreise 1790. Im Zusammenhang mit weiteren Quellen kann diese Jugendfreundschaft nun besser bewertet werden.}, language = {de} } @article{Huelsenberg2022, author = {H{\"u}lsenberg, Dagmar}, title = {Anwendung naturwissenschaftlicher und kameralistischer Erkenntnisse auf die Verarbeitung von Rohstoffen durch den jungen Alexander von Humboldt}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {44}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58936}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-589363}, pages = {33 -- 57}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Alexander von Humboldt geh{\"o}rt zu den ersten Fachleuten, die f{\"u}r die sichere Beherrschung technischer und {\"o}konomischer Prozesse gleichzeitig naturwissenschaftliche und kameralistische Kenntnisse anwendeten und dabei weiterentwickelten. Durch die allseitige Betrachtung von Herstellungsvorg{\"a}ngen gelang es ihm, f{\"u}r seine Vorgesetzten gut durchdachte Vorschl{\"a}ge zur Gestaltung der Rohstoffverarbeitung zu formulieren. Nach einigen Fakten aus seinem kameralistischen und h{\"u}ttenm{\"a}nnischen Studium wird das anhand von Beispielen belegt. Dazu geh{\"o}ren u. a. die Anlage von Gradierwerken, der Einsatz hochwertiger Rohstoffe in der Steingutfertigung, die Anwendung von Komplexrohstoffen zur Glasschmelze, die Auswahl effektiver Wasserr{\"a}der, die Dimensionierung der Gaskan{\"a}le in Porzellanbrenn{\"o}fen sowie der Einsatz von Flussmitteln f{\"u}r die Roheisenschmelze. Bei der Ausreichung eines k{\"o}niglichen Kredites f{\"u}r die Blaufarbenherstellung zeigte sich der Kameralist.}, language = {de} } @article{Stottmeister2022, author = {Stottmeister, Ulrich}, title = {Der Mineraloge August Schmidt und die Entdeckung der Ural-Diamanten 1829}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {44}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58994}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-589945}, pages = {131 -- 160}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Aus Archivfunden und historischen Zeitungsberichten rekonstruiert der Artikel die Lebensspuren von August Schmidt (1802-1832) w{\"a}hrend seiner T{\"a}tigkeit im Ural als Mineraloge und Bergwerksverwalter. Ausf{\"u}hrlich werden die von Schmidt angewendeten naturwissenschaftlichen Analysemethoden beschrieben, mit denen ihm der eindeutige Nachweis der ersten gefundenen Ural-Diamanten gelang. Schmidt {\"u}berbrachte Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) einen der Diamanten als Geschenk seines Vorgesetzten, Adolphe Graf von Polier (1795-1830), und erhielt die Gelegenheit, Humboldt seine eigenen Ideen zur technischen Modernisierung und zur Energieeinsparung vorzustellen. Der fr{\"u}he Tod von August Schmidt, der im Ural Fjodor Fjodorowitsch Schmidt genannt wurde, verhinderte weitgehend die Verwirklichung dieser Ideen und f{\"u}hrte durch die Vornamensunterschiede zu gerichtlichen Auseinandersetzungen um seinen Nachlass.}, language = {de} } @article{Korneffel2022, author = {Korneffel, Peter}, title = {Alexander von Humboldt postfrisch}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {44}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58943}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-589433}, pages = {59 -- 82}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Seit 1950 erschienen weltweit {\"u}ber hundert Briefmarken mit Alexander von Humboldt und/oder seinen grafischen Arbeiten als Motive. Peter Korneffel verarbeitete die komplette Sammlung der Marken aus {\"u}ber 25 L{\"a}ndern zu dem Buch Alexander von Humboldt. Weltmarken sowie zu mehreren philatelistischen Ausstellungen und Vortr{\"a}gen. Der Festvortrag vom 5.9.2019 in Berlin zum offiziellen Erscheinen der Sonderbriefmarke 250. Geburtstag Alexander von Humboldt bildet die Grundlage zu diesem Beitrag. Die Motive, ihre Gestaltung, ihre thematische Kontextualisierung, sowie die Herausgeber und die Zeitpunkte des Erscheinens der jeweiligen Briefmarken dokumentieren eine teils zuf{\"a}llige und teils {\"u}berraschende Humboldt-Rezeption. Recherchierte Hintergr{\"u}nde zu den Ausgaben und Illustrationen vertiefen hierin eine bislang weitestgehend unbekannte Rezeptionsgeschichte.}, language = {de} } @article{Lee2022, author = {Lee, Jie-Oun}, title = {Erz{\"a}hlstrategien eines transdisziplin{\"a}ren Naturforschers}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {44}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58983}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-589836}, pages = {83 -- 94}, year = {2022}, abstract = {In dieser vorliegenden Untersuchung habe ich versucht, mit den narratologischen Methoden die spezifische Erz{\"a}hlweise in Alexander von Humboldts Kosmos herauszufinden und sie auf ihre naturanschaulichen Implikationen hin zu deuten. Wir konnten im Kosmos einen Erz{\"a}hler feststellen, den man in der Literaturwissenschaft als einen auktorialen Erz{\"a}hler bezeichnen w{\"u}rde. Dieser Erz{\"a}hler verwandelt sich im Laufe der Zeit in andere Erz{\"a}hlfiguren wie in die „denkende Betrachtung", den „ordnenden Geist" usw. Die Natur wird von ihrem Standpunkt aus erlebend beschrieben. In konkreten Textteilen tritt ein Textsubjekt auf, das sich mithilfe der „Analogien", „Person als Authentizit{\"a}t" und „modaler Werte" als kompetentes Diskurs-Subjekt des jeweiligen naturwissenschaftlichen Bereichs konstituiert. Die erz{\"a}hlstrategischen oder epistemischen Stichworte im Kosmos sind naturwissenschaftliches Wissen, Experimente, Messen, Beobachten und die neuesten Messinstrumente. Neben ihnen sind Analogie, Authentizit{\"a}t und modale Werte wichtige erz{\"a}hlerische Episteme.}, language = {de} } @article{Werner2022, author = {Werner, Petra}, title = {Ernste Kunst kann nicht gedeihen ohne Gunst}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XXIII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {44}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58997}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-589975}, pages = {161 -- 171}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Albert Berg (1825-1884) was the first director of the Silesian Art Museum in Breslau. He was supported by a network of sponsors, who advised him on planning his trips and bought paintings (or arranged purchases). A particularly important mentor beginning in 1849 was Alexander von Humboldt, also the singer Amalie Joachim. Berg made a number of important contacts with fellow students during his law studies in Bonn. He formed a particularly close relationship with Friedrich Franz II von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who, in 1844, invited Berg to a journey. This expedition marked the beginning of a lifelong friendship. Friedrich Franz II bought numerous paintings from Berg and worked behind the scenes to organize Berg's career.}, language = {de} } @misc{Lorenz2022, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Lorenz, Theo}, title = {Entwicklung eines Konzepts zur Umsetzung des SAMR-Modells im Geographieunterricht}, series = {Potsdamer Geographische Praxis}, journal = {Potsdamer Geographische Praxis}, number = {17}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-540-8}, issn = {2194-1599}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-53846}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-538462}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {87}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die Gesellschaft befindet sich l{\"a}ngst in einem digitalen Transformationsprozess. Alle gesellschaftlichen Bereiche ver{\"a}ndern sich. Man spricht von einer Kultur der Digitalit{\"a}t, die den Leitmedienwechsel vom gedruckten Buch hin zum vernetzten digitalen Endger{\"a}t beschreibt. Auch die Institution „Schule" muss sich diesem Wandel {\"o}ffnen. Einen wesentlichen Schritt stellt das Strategiepapier der Kultusministerkonferenz „Bildung in der digitalen Welt" aus dem Jahr 2017 dar. Darin legt sie die wesentlichen Handlungsfelder zu einem digitalen Wandel fest und erweitert den Bildungsauftrag um die „Kompetenzen in der digitalen Welt". Das sog. SAMR-Modell stellt dabei ein geeignetes Umsetzungs- und Reflektionswerkzeug f{\"u}r den Einsatz digitaler Medien dar. Es strukturiert den Einsatz auf vier Stufen. Die beiden unteren Stufen (Substitution und Augmentation) schreiben der Art und Weise, wie die digitalen Medien genutzt werden, eine Ersatz- oder Verbesserungsfunktion des analogen Lernwerkzeuges zu. Ziel des Modells ist es aber, mithilfe hinzugewonnener digitaler M{\"o}glichkeiten, Lernen neu zu gestalten. Da das Modell aus den USA stammt, weist es weder direkten Bez{\"u}ge zum Strategiepapier der Kultusministerkonferenz noch zu den Bildungsstandards der Geographie auf. Diese wissenschaftliche Arbeit stellt diese Bez{\"u}ge her. Ziel ist es, auf der Grundlage des SAMR-Modells ein Handlungskonzept f{\"u}r Geographielehrkr{\"a}fte zu entwickeln. Es zeigt auf, wie sie sowohl fachliche Kompetenzen als auch Kompetenzen in der digitalen Welt systematisch bei den Lernenden f{\"o}rdern k{\"o}nnen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Sojka2022, author = {S{\´o}jka, Pia}, title = {Writing travel, writing life}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-537-8}, issn = {2629-2548}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-55879}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-558799}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {319}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The book compares the texts of three Swiss authors: Ella Maillart, Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Nicolas Bouvier. The focus is on their trip from Gen{\`e}ve to Kabul that Ella Maillart and Annemarie Schwarzenbach made together in 1939/1940 and Nicolas Bouvier 1953/1954 with the artist Thierry Vernet. The comparison shows the strong connection between the journey and life and between ars vivendi and travel literature. This book also gives an overview of and organises the numerous terms, genres, and categories that already exist to describe various travel texts and proposes the new term travelling narration. The travelling narration looks at the text from a narratological perspective that distinguishes the author, narrator, and protagonist within the narration. In the examination, ten motifs could be found to characterise the travelling narration: Culture, Crossing Borders, Freedom, Time and Space, the Aesthetics of Landscapes, Writing and Reading, the Self and/as the Other, Home, Religion and Spirituality as well as the Journey. The importance of each individual motif does not only apply in the 1930s or 1950s but also transmits important findings for living together today and in the future.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Villamizar2022, author = {Villamizar, Natalia}, title = {Heimat}, number = {4}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-530-9}, issn = {2629-2548}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-54108}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-541086}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {191}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Esta investigaci{\´o}n propone un estudio transareal de las series autoficcionales del escritor austriaco Thomas Bernhard y el colombiano Fernando Vallejo, dos autores cuya obra se caracteriza por una dura cr{\´i}tica a sus pa{\´i}ses de origen, a sus Heimaten, pero tambi{\´e}n por un complejo arraigamiento. Los an{\´a}lisis interpretativos demuestran que en Die Autobiographie y El r{\´i}o del tiempo la Heimat se presenta como un constructo que abarca no solamente elementos dichosos, sino que presenta tambi{\´e}n elementos negativos, disolutivos, destructivos, con lo cual ambos autores de distancian de una concepci{\´o}n tradicional de Heimat como territorio necesariamente arm{\´o}nico al que el sujeto se siente positivamente vinculado. En cambio, ella se concibe como un conjunto dis{\´i}mil, frente al cual el sujeto se relaciona, necesariamente, de modo ambivalente y problem{\´a}tico. En ambos autores la narraci{\´o}n literaria se configura como un acto en el que no simplemente se representa esa ambivalencia, sino en el que, sobre todo, se impugnan las formas de hostilidad que le confieren a la Heimat su car{\´a}cter inh{\´o}spito. Para ello, ambos autores recurren a la implementaci{\´o}n de dos recursos fundamentales: la m{\´i}mesis y el movimiento. La investigaci{\´o}n muestra de qu{\´e} manera las obras estudiadas la Heimat se presenta como un espacio de continuos movimientos, intercambios e interacciones, en el que act{\´u}an mecanismos de opresi{\´o}n, pero tambi{\´e}n dispositivos de oposici{\´o}n, pr{\´a}cticas de apertura intersubjetiva y aspiraciones de integraci{\´o}n comunitaria.}, language = {es} } @misc{Herrmann2022, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Herrmann, Tanja}, title = {Die Loi Blanquer - eine Chance f{\"u}r die deutsch-franz{\"o}sische Lehramtsausbildung im Sekundarbereich II?}, series = {MEGA-Schriftenreihe}, journal = {MEGA-Schriftenreihe}, number = {8}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2701-391X}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-55942}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-559423}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {80}, year = {2022}, abstract = {„Europ{\"a}ische Bildung beginnt in der Schule." Gerade in Zeiten einer Renaissance von Nationalismen und einem sp{\"u}rbaren Rechtsruck in Europa scheint diese Maxime wichtiger denn je zu sein. Die umfassendste M{\"o}glichkeit, mittel- und langfristig eine europ{\"a}ische Dimension in den Schulen der EU-Mitgliedsstaaten zu verankern, stellt eine binationale oder sogar internationale Lehramtsausbildung dar. Die Einrichtung derartiger Ausbildungen ist jedoch mit hohen H{\"u}rden verbunden. Ihre Anzahl ist {\"u}berschaubar und allein im deutsch-franz{\"o}sischen Kontext vorhanden. Hintergrund hierf{\"u}r sind erstens die nur schwer zu {\"u}berwindbaren Hindernisse, die sich aus den stark divergierenden Studien-, Rekrutierungs- und Ausbildungssystemen ergeben. Zweitens ist der Lehramtsbereich besonders stark durch Reformen gepr{\"a}gt. Eine Nutzen-Kosten-Analyse der h{\"a}ufig ben{\"o}tigten und ressourcenintensiven Anpassungen von Programmen auf der einen Seite und der geringen Anzahl der Absolventinnen und Absolventen auf der anderen Seite f{\"a}llt demnach an vielen Universit{\"a}ten negativ aus. Ein R{\"u}ckblick auf die seit 2000 bestehenden Bem{\"u}hungen der Kooperation Mainz-Dijon hinterl{\"a}sst eine durchmischte Bilanz. Die Gelegenheit, die lehramtsbezogene binationale Ausbildung dieser Kooperation integrierter zu gestalten, bietet die sich derzeit auf franz{\"o}sischer Seite vollziehende Neustrukturierung der franz{\"o}sischen Lehramtsausbildung. Die Loi Blanquer vom 26. Juli 2019 f{\"u}hrt zu einer Ann{\"a}herung der beiden Systeme und erm{\"o}glicht - auch dank bereits bestehender juristischer Instrumente - eine Verk{\"u}rzung der Ausbildungszeit sowie eine verbesserte Anerkennungspraxis.}, language = {de} } @article{SecklerMetzler2022, author = {Seckler, Henrik and Metzler, Ralf}, title = {Bayesian deep learning for error estimation in the analysis of anomalous diffusion}, series = {Nature Communications}, volume = {13}, journal = {Nature Communications}, number = {1}, publisher = {Nature portfolio}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2041-1723}, doi = {10.1038/s41467-022-34305-6}, pages = {13}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Modern single-particle-tracking techniques produce extensive time-series of diffusive motion in a wide variety of systems, from single-molecule motion in living-cells to movement ecology. The quest is to decipher the physical mechanisms encoded in the data and thus to better understand the probed systems. We here augment recently proposed machine-learning techniques for decoding anomalous-diffusion data to include an uncertainty estimate in addition to the predicted output. To avoid the Black-Box-Problem a Bayesian-Deep-Learning technique named Stochastic-Weight-Averaging-Gaussian is used to train models for both the classification of the diffusion model and the regression of the anomalous diffusion exponent of single-particle-trajectories. Evaluating their performance, we find that these models can achieve a well-calibrated error estimate while maintaining high prediction accuracies. In the analysis of the output uncertainty predictions we relate these to properties of the underlying diffusion models, thus providing insights into the learning process of the machine and the relevance of the output.
Diffusive motions in complex environments such as living biological cells or soft matter systems can be analyzed with single-particle-tracking approaches, where accuracy of output may vary. The authors involve a machine-learning technique for decoding anomalous-diffusion data and provide an uncertainty estimate together with predicted output.}, language = {en} } @article{KrauseGrosseDetersBaumannetal.2022, author = {Krause, Hannes-Vincent and Große Deters, Fenne and Baumann, Annika and Krasnova, Hanna}, title = {Active social media use and its impact on well-being}, series = {Journal of computer-mediated communication : a journal of the International Communication Association}, volume = {28}, journal = {Journal of computer-mediated communication : a journal of the International Communication Association}, number = {1}, publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {1083-6101}, doi = {10.1093/jcmc/zmac037}, pages = {12}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Active use of social networking sites (SNSs) has long been assumed to benefit users' well-being. However, this established hypothesis is increasingly being challenged, with scholars criticizing its lack of empirical support and the imprecise conceptualization of active use. Nevertheless, with considerable heterogeneity among existing studies on the hypothesis and causal evidence still limited, a final verdict on its robustness is still pending. To contribute to this ongoing debate, we conducted a week-long randomized control trial with N = 381 adult Instagram users recruited via Prolific. Specifically, we tested how active SNS use, operationalized as picture postings on Instagram, affects different dimensions of well-being. The results depicted a positive effect on users' positive affect but null findings for other well-being outcomes. The findings broadly align with the recent criticism against the active use hypothesis and support the call for a more nuanced view on the impact of SNSs.
Lay Summary Active use of social networking sites (SNSs) has long been assumed to benefit users' well-being. However, this established assumption is increasingly being challenged, with scholars criticizing its lack of empirical support and the imprecise conceptualization of active use. Nevertheless, with great diversity among conducted studies on the hypothesis and a lack of causal evidence, a final verdict on its viability is still pending. To contribute to this ongoing debate, we conducted a week-long experimental investigation with 381 adult Instagram users. Specifically, we tested how posting pictures on Instagram affects different aspects of well-being. The results of this study depicted a positive effect of posting Instagram pictures on users' experienced positive emotions but no effects on other aspects of well-being. The findings broadly align with the recent criticism against the active use hypothesis and support the call for a more nuanced view on the impact of SNSs on users.}, language = {en} } @article{ScholzVoigt2022, author = {Scholz, Carolin and Voigt, Christian C.}, title = {Diet analysis of bats killed at wind turbines suggests large-scale losses of trophic interactions}, series = {Conservation science and practice}, volume = {4}, journal = {Conservation science and practice}, number = {7}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {2578-4854}, doi = {10.1111/csp2.12744}, pages = {12}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Agricultural practice has led to landscape simplification and biodiversity decline, yet recently, energy-producing infrastructures, such as wind turbines, have been added to these simplified agroecosystems, turning them into multi-functional energy-agroecosystems. Here, we studied the trophic interactions of bats killed at wind turbines using a DNA metabarcoding approach to shed light on how turbine-related bat fatalities may possibly affect local habitats. Specifically, we identified insect DNA in the stomachs of common noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) killed by wind turbines in Germany to infer in which habitats these bats hunted. Common noctule bats consumed a wide variety of insects from different habitats, ranging from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems (e.g., wetlands, farmland, forests, and grasslands). Agricultural and silvicultural pest insects made up about 20\% of insect species consumed by the studied bats. Our study suggests that the potential damage of wind energy production goes beyond the loss of bats and the decline of bat populations. Bat fatalities at wind turbines may lead to the loss of trophic interactions and ecosystem services provided by bats, which may add to the functional simplification and impaired crop production, respectively, in multi-functional ecosystems.}, language = {en} } @masterthesis{Kabaali2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Kabaali, Daphne}, title = {Die Rolle von Street-Level Bureaucrats bei der Erbringung von {\"o}ffentlichen Leistungen - eine empirische Untersuchung}, issn = {2190-4561}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-56355}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-563555}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {ii, 29}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die Transformation der {\"o}ffentlichen Verantwortung im Bereich der sozialen Wohlfahrt f{\"u}hrte in den letzten Jahren zu einem gestiegenen Forschungsinteresse an Mitarbeiten-den, die sich an der Schnittstelle zwischen {\"o}ffentlicher Verwaltung und direktem Kontakt zu Klient*innen befinden. Die vorliegende Arbeit geht am Beispiel der Schulsozialarbeit an Potsdamer Grundschulen der Frage nach, inwieweit Vertrauen in Klient*innen die Nutzung von Ermessensspielr{\"a}umen durch Schulsozialarbeiter*innen beeinflusst. Das Street-Level Bureaucracy Framework nach Michael Lipsky spannt dabei den theoretischen Rahmen, w{\"a}hrend qualitative Interviews mit Schulsozialarbei-ter*innen die Basis f{\"u}r die Beantwortung der Forschungsfrage darstellen. Die Ergebnis-se zeigen, dass ein geringeres Maß an Vertrauen in Klient*innen daf{\"u}r sorgt, dass Schulsozialarbeiter*innen durch Bew{\"a}ltigungsstrategien wie der Rationierung von Res-sourcen und dem gedanklichen R{\"u}ckzug von Klient*innen versuchen, ihre Arbeitslast zu verringern. Ein h{\"o}heres Maß an Vertrauen in Klient*innen sorgt hingegen daf{\"u}r, dass sie ihre Ermessensspielr{\"a}ume zu Gunsten dieser Klient*innen nutzen, zum Beispiel durch das Umgehen von Datenschutzregeln zur effektiveren Fallbearbeitung.}, language = {de} } @masterthesis{Beel2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Beel, Leon}, title = {Teilen von Wissen im Offboarding in der {\"o}ffentlichen Verwaltung Deutschlands}, issn = {2190-4561}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-56210}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-562108}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {IV, 44}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht, inwiefern extrapersonale Einflussfaktoren das Verhalten der Wissensteilung im Offboarding in der {\"o}ffentlichen Verwaltung Deutschlands beeinflussen. Hier besteht eine Forschungsl{\"u}cke, die es insbesondere vor dem Hintergrund einer nahenden Pensionierungswelle und der daraus resultierenden Gefahr eines massiven Wissensverlusts zu schließen gilt. Zu diesem Zweck werden unterschiedliche Analyseebenen verkn{\"u}pft, Einflussfaktoren aus der Literatur herausgearbeitet und in die Theorie des geplanten Verhaltens eingebunden. Anschließend werden Hypothesen formuliert, wie extrapersonale Einflussfaktoren, die sich aus der Verwaltung als organisationalen Kontext und dem Prozess des Offboarding ergeben, das Verhalten der Wissensteilung f{\"o}rdern oder hemmen. Die Testung der Hypothesen erfolgt durch die Erhebung und Auswertung qualitativer Interviewdaten. Daraus resultierende Erkenntnisse verdeutlichen, dass die anstehende Pensionierungswelle in der deutschen Verwaltung eine st{\"a}rkere Ausrichtung des organisationalen Wissensmanagements auf den Prozess des Offboarding und dessen Gestaltung erfordert, um Wissensverluste zu reduzieren.}, language = {de} } @masterthesis{Koenig2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {K{\"o}nig, Alexander}, title = {Change-Prozesse in der {\"o}ffentlichen Verwaltung - Der Einfluss von direkten Vorgesetzten auf die Einstellung von Mitarbeitenden}, issn = {2190-4561}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-56571}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-565713}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {IV, 35}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die {\"o}ffentliche Verwaltung wird in den n{\"a}chsten Jahrzehnten große Reformen durchlaufen m{\"u}ssen. Ein wichtiger Einflussfaktor f{\"u}r das Gelingen von geplanten organisatorischen Ver{\"a}nderungen ist auch im Verwaltungskontext die Einstellung von Mitarbeiter*innen gegen{\"u}ber diesem Wandel. Hier existieren gerade bei Mitarbeiter*innen ohne F{\"u}hrungsverantwortlichkeit h{\"a}ufig negative Einstellungen gegen{\"u}ber Ver{\"a}nderungen. Dies wird auch mit dem hohen Stress in diesen Situationen in Verbindung gebracht. Besonders direkte F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte sind hier eine wichtige Einflussgr{\"o}ße auf die Einstellungen. Die folgende Bachelorarbeit besch{\"a}ftigt sich dementsprechend mit diesen Einfluss und konzentriert sich dabei auf den Effekt der sozialen Unterst{\"u}tzung dieser F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte auf die Einstellung der Mitarbeiter*innen, da soziale Unterst{\"u}tzung einen nachgewiesenen mildernden Effekt auf den wahrgenommenen Stress besitzt. Soziale Unterst{\"u}tzung wird nach der Social-Support-Theorie in die dort identifizierten vier Unter-arten differenziert, namentlich Appraisal, Emotional, Informational und Instrumental Support. Im Rahmen einer Literaturanalyse konnte f{\"u}r zwei der vier Supportarten (Emotional, Informational) ein Einfluss nachgewiesen werden. Auch f{\"u}r die anderen Supportarten bestehen Hinweise auf einen positiven Effekt. Dies weist darauf hin, dass direkte F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte w{\"a}hrend Reformen der {\"o}ffentlichen Verwaltung als Quellen der Unterst{\"u}tzung fungieren und mittels dieser die Einstellung der Mitarbeiter*innen gegen{\"u}ber Wandel positiv beeinflussen. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus k{\"o}nnen die Unterschiede der Ergebnisse nach Supportart darauf hinweisen, dass situationsspezifisch ver-schiedene Unterst{\"u}tzung mehr oder weniger relevant ist. F{\"u}r F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte in diesem Kontext verweisen die Ergebnisse der Arbeit darauf, dass der unterst{\"u}tzende Kontakt mit direkt Untergebenen in Phasen des Wandels wichtig und die Anforderungen breiter als die reine Anweisung dieser Untergebenen sind.}, language = {de} } @article{PueschelKlauderHenkelOberlaender2022, author = {P{\"u}schel, Gerhard and Klauder, Julia and Henkel-Oberl{\"a}nder, Janin}, title = {Macrophages, low-grade inflammation, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia}, series = {Journal of Clinical Medicine : open access journal}, volume = {11}, journal = {Journal of Clinical Medicine : open access journal}, number = {15}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2077-0383}, doi = {10.3390/jcm11154358}, pages = {1 -- 30}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Metabolic derangement with poor glycemic control accompanying overweight and obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation and hyperinsulinemia. Macrophages, which present a very heterogeneous population of cells, play a key role in the maintenance of normal tissue homeostasis, but functional alterations in the resident macrophage pool as well as newly recruited monocyte-derived macrophages are important drivers in the development of low-grade inflammation. While metabolic dysfunction, insulin resistance and tissue damage may trigger or advance pro-inflammatory responses in macrophages, the inflammation itself contributes to the development of insulin resistance and the resulting hyperinsulinemia. Macrophages express insulin receptors whose downstream signaling networks share a number of knots with the signaling pathways of pattern recognition and cytokine receptors, which shape macrophage polarity. The shared knots allow insulin to enhance or attenuate both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory macrophage responses. This supposedly physiological function may be impaired by hyperinsulinemia or insulin resistance in macrophages. This review discusses the mutual ambiguous relationship of low-grade inflammation, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and the insulin-dependent modulation of macrophage activity with a focus on adipose tissue and liver.}, language = {en} } @misc{Hoerty2022, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {H{\"o}rty, Markus}, title = {In dubio pro reo}, series = {Copia - Potsdamer Anregungen f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht}, journal = {Copia - Potsdamer Anregungen f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht}, number = {5}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2748-6621}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-55893}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-558936}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {82, 49}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die Kultur der Antike beeinflusst auch heute noch viele unserer Lebensbereiche. W{\"a}hrend manche Themen seit jeher gr{\"o}ßere Beachtung finden - man denke etwa an die Einfl{\"u}sse der antiken Mythologie auf Motive der modernen Kunst und Literatur -, befinden sich andere unter dem ‚Radar' der {\"o}ffentlichen Wahrnehmung. Eines dieser Gebiete ist die Rechtswissenschaft, deren Wurzeln auf die im antiken Rom gewachsene Jurisprudenz zur{\"u}ckgehen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird gezeigt, wie man dieses antike Erbe f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht fruchtbar machen kann. Mit dem beigef{\"u}gten Arbeitsheft k{\"o}nnen Sch{\"u}ler die Entwicklung des r{\"o}mischen Rechts von seinen ersten Ans{\"a}tzen bis hin zu seiner vollen Entfaltung nachvollziehen. Zudem lesen sie von authentischen F{\"a}llen, in denen es um Immobilienschwindel, Ehebruch oder Magie ging, und erkennen Parallelen wie auch Abweichungen von unserem modernen Rechtsverst{\"a}ndnis.}, language = {de} } @misc{HalbothHoffmann2022, author = {Halboth, Sonja and Hoffmann, Tobias}, title = {Wir bauen ein Lichtmorseger{\"a}t! - Projektbasierter Unterricht im Fach WAT}, series = {Lern dich gl{\"u}cklich - Arbeiten zum prozessorientierten Lehren und Lernen}, journal = {Lern dich gl{\"u}cklich - Arbeiten zum prozessorientierten Lehren und Lernen}, number = {4}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-4515}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-55146}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-551465}, pages = {xii, 73}, year = {2022}, abstract = {F{\"u}r projektorientierten Unterricht im Schulfach Wirtschaft, Arbeit, Technik ist die Auswahl an praxisorientierten Materialien {\"u}bersichtlich. Umso erfreulicher ist es, dass Frau Sonja Halboth und Herr Tobias Hoffmann mit Sch{\"u}ler*innen ein Lichtmorseger{\"a}t im Rahmen projektorientierten Unterrichts angefertigt haben. Die vorliegende Arbeit gibt sowohl einen guten {\"U}berblick in die M{\"o}glichkeiten projektorientierten Unterrichts und dessen Bewertung als auch eine Menge praktischer Tipps \& Materialien, um projektorientierten Unterricht durchzuf{\"u}hren.}, language = {de} } @techreport{MeyerRichterRichter2022, author = {Meyer, Andr{\´e} and Richter, Eric and Richter, Dirk}, title = {Abschlussbericht zur wissenschaftlichen Evaluation der Werkstatt "Schule leiten"}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-54886}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-548869}, pages = {75}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Der vorliegende Abschlussbericht umfasst die Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Evaluation der Werkstatt „Schule leiten". Bei dieser Werkstatt handelt es sich um ein 18-monatiges Fortbildungsangebot f{\"u}r Schulleitungen, das durch die Deutsche Schulakademie konzipiert und in Kooperation mit dem saarl{\"a}ndischen Kultusministerium f{\"u}r Bildung und Kultur sowie dem saarl{\"a}ndischen Landesinstitut f{\"u}r P{\"a}dagogik und Medien durchgef{\"u}hrt wurde. Im Zeitraum 2016-2020 absolvierten jeweils zwei Personen des Schulleitungsteams allgemeinbildender Schulen erstmalig in insgesamt drei Durchg{\"a}ngen verschiedene Angebote der Werkstatt. Weiterhin erhielten die Teilnehmenden die Aufgaben, im Zuge ihres Fortbildungsbesuches ein individuelles Schulentwicklungsprojekt zu planen, zu entwickeln und unter Anleitung der Werkstatt in der Schule zu implementieren. Zur {\"U}berpr{\"u}fung der wahrgenommenen Qualit{\"a}t sowie der Wirksamkeit des Fortbildungsangebotes wurde die Universit{\"a}t Potsdam, Arbeitsbereich Prof. Dr. Dirk Richter, beauftragt. Der vorliegende Bericht pr{\"a}sentiert die Evaluationsergebnisse der Durchg{\"a}nge 2 und 3. Im Zentrum der Evaluation stehen die folgenden Forschungsfragen: (1) Wie beurteilen die Teilnehmenden die Qualit{\"a}t der Werkstatt „Schule leiten"? (2) Inwiefern hat die Werkstatt „Schule leiten" dazu beigetragen, die Leitungskompetenzen (u.a. Einstellungen und F{\"u}hrungshandeln) der Teilnehmenden zu st{\"a}rken? sowie (3) Wie haben sich schulische Strukturen und Prozesse zur F{\"o}rderung von Schulentwicklung in den teilnehmenden Schulen durch die Werkstatt „Schule leiten" ver{\"a}ndert? Zur Beantwortung der Fragestellungen wurden eine Reihe schriftlicher Befragungen mit den teilnehmenden Schulleitungen sowie den Lehrkr{\"a}ften der teilnehmenden Schulen durchgef{\"u}hrt. Diese Befragungen erfolgten sowohl begleitend zum Fortbildungsprogramm (nach Absolvieren der einzelnen Angebote) sowie in einem Pr{\"a}-Post-Follow-Up-Design. Weiterhin wurden im Rahmen einer qualitativen Begleitstudie verschiedene Personen (Schulleitung, Mitglieder des Schulleitungsteams, Lehrkr{\"a}fte) von insgesamt f{\"u}nf Schulen {\"u}ber drei Zeitpunkte dazu befragt, wie die Planung, Entwicklung und Implementation der Schulentwicklungsprojekte erfolgten. Die Befunde der Evaluation deuten insgesamt darauf hin, dass die Qualit{\"a}t der Werkstatt „Schule leiten" als Gesamtprogramm sowie die einzelnen Angebote der Werkstatt sehr positiv bewertet werden. Dabei nehmen die Teilnehmenden von Durchgang 2 die Werkstatt in einer Reihe von Merkmalen positiver wahr als die Teilnehmenden von Durchgang 3. Weiterhin deuten die Ergebnisse darauf hin, dass sich bestimmte Facetten des F{\"u}hrungshandelns der Teilnehmenden im zeitlichen Verlauf positiv ver{\"a}ndert haben. Hierf{\"u}r existieren Hinweise sowohl aus Perspektive der Teilnehmenden selbst als auch aus Perspektive der Lehrkr{\"a}fte ihrer Schulen. Motivationale Merkmale der Teilnehmenden sowie Aspekte des F{\"u}hrungshandelns, die sich auf T{\"a}tigkeiten zur Unterst{\"u}tzung der innerschulischen Kooperation beziehen, bleiben aus Perspektive der Teilnehmenden hingegen weitestgehend konstant. Hinsichtlich der Ver{\"a}nderungen schulischer Strukturen zur Schulentwicklung deuten die Ergebnisse auf eine positive Entwicklung der wahrgenommenen Offenheit gegen{\"u}ber Kooperation im Kollegium aus Perspektive der Lehrkr{\"a}fte hin. Die Befunde der qualitativen Begleitstudie liefern weitere Informationen {\"u}ber die wahrgenommene Qualit{\"a}t der Werkstatt sowie {\"u}ber Ver{\"a}nderungen aufseiten der Teilnehmenden und der schulischen Strukturen.}, language = {de} } @masterthesis{Liebsch2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Liebsch, Emilia}, title = {Einfluss von Digitalisierung auf die {\"o}ffentliche Verwaltung}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-54153}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-541536}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {I, 35}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit besch{\"a}ftigt sich mit dem Einfluss von Digitalisierung auf die {\"o}ffentliche Verwaltung in Deutschland. Den konkreten Untersuchungsschwerpunkt bilden organisationale Routinen. Die Arbeit gibt einen konzeptionellen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber die Begriffe Digitalisierung und organisationale Routinen und leitet daraus Arbeitsdefinitionen ab. Der theoretisch dargelegte Zusammenhang zwischen den beiden Ph{\"a}nomenen wird im Rahmen von drei teilstrukturierten Interviews mit Mitarbeitenden aus unterschiedlichen {\"o}ffentlichen Verwaltungen untersucht. Die herausgearbeiteten Definitionen wurden den Interviewten vorgestellt und durch ein Repertoire an Fragen die Wahrnehmung des Digitalisierungsstandes i.V.m. Routinen abgefragt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass digitaler Wandel und Routinen in jedem der interviewten Fachbereiche zumindest unterbewusst wahrgenommen wird. Digitalisierung und organisationale Routinen stehen in Wechselwirkung zueinander, da die wiederholte routinierte Ausf{\"u}hrung von T{\"a}tigkeiten die Implementierung von Digitalisierung beg{\"u}nstigt. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus f{\"u}hrt digitaler Wandel zur Ver{\"a}nderung von Routinen, welche mit einem anf{\"a}nglichen Mehraufwand verbunden ist. St{\"o}rungen bei der Implementierung von Digitalisierung bringen eine Starrheit von Routinen mit sich u.A. durch eine fehlende Bereitschaft der Mitarbeitenden. Die grundlegend bestehende Wechselwirkung ist ausschlaggebend f{\"u}r die Schnittstellen zwischen Digitalisierung und organisationalen Routinen in der {\"o}ffentlichen Verwaltung.}, language = {de} } @misc{Korn2022, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Korn, Cindy}, title = {Konzeption einer Unterrichtssequenz zur Erz{\"a}hltechnik in Caesars Bellum Gallicum}, series = {Copia - Potsdamer Anregungen f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht}, journal = {Copia - Potsdamer Anregungen f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht}, number = {3}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-54011}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-540119}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {132}, year = {2022}, abstract = {In der hier vorgestellten Unterrichtssequenz wird eine ausgew{\"a}hlte Textpassage aus Caesars Bellum Gallicum unter Einbeziehung m{\"o}glichst vieler Textteile aus dem Original analysiert. Das Konzept der Fokalisierung bereitet die Sch{\"u}ler auf die Einnahme einer distanzierten und differenzierten Perspektive vor und fordert sie zu einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Text auf. Mittels der {\"U}bernahme verschiedener »Rollen« werden sie motiviert, individuelle Aufgaben zu erf{\"u}llen, sich in die Lage anderer Akteure hineinzuversetzen, aber auch Kommunikationsabl{\"a}ufe und -barrieren zu ber{\"u}cksichtigen, die f{\"u}r den Umgang mit dem Text von Bedeutung sind.}, language = {de} } @misc{DielGligor2022, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Diel-Gligor, Katharina}, title = {Der Amicus Curiae im deutsch-franz{\"o}sischen Vergleich - eine Untersuchung der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit}, series = {MEGA-Schriftenreihe}, journal = {MEGA-Schriftenreihe}, number = {6}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2701-391X}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-54062}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-540620}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XVII, 83}, year = {2022}, abstract = {In den vergangenen Jahren hat der im anglo-amerikanischen Rechtsraum wurzelnde Amicus Curiae, wenn auch in unterschiedlicher Auspr{\"a}gung, Eingang in die Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeiten in Deutschland und Frankreich gefunden. Dabei erweist sich die franz{\"o}sische Verwaltungsgerichtsordnung aus rechtsvergleichender Sicht als progressiv, da das Verfahrensinstrument hier - im Gegensatz zur deutschen Rechtslage - bereits positiv-rechtlich normiert ist. Diese Fortschrittlichkeit hat sich bisher jedoch nicht merklich auf die Drittinterventionspraxis niedergeschlagen, besitzen Amicus Curiae-Stellungnahmen doch in beiden L{\"a}ndern und {\"u}ber alle verwaltungsgerichtlichen Instanzen hinweg noch immer Seltenheitswert. Da mithin keine Generalisierungen zur dieser Rechtspraxis erlaubt sind, kann sich eine Analyse der m{\"o}glichen funktionalen Rolle derartiger Amicus Curiae-Stellungnahmen nur auf theoretische {\"U}berlegungen st{\"u}tzen. Danach ist eine Informationsfunktion gegen{\"u}ber dem Gericht in Bezug auf Tatsachen- und Rechtsfragen klar zu bejahen. Auch d{\"u}rfte der Verfahrensmechanismus ein zus{\"a}tzliches - wenngleich nicht demokratisches - Legitimationspotential f{\"u}r gerichtliche Entscheidungen besitzen: Indem dieser gesellschaftliche Teilhabe und damit gleichzeitig die Einbettung verwaltungsgerichtlicher Verfahren in den jeweiligen sozialen Kontext erm{\"o}glicht, kann er zur Steigerung der gesellschaftlichen Akzeptanz der zunehmend unter Rechtsfertigungsdruck geratenden Richtermacht beitragen.}, language = {de} } @misc{Ryndin2022, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Ryndin, Thilo}, title = {Lateinische Deklamationen}, series = {Copia - Potsdamer Anregungen f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht}, journal = {Copia - Potsdamer Anregungen f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht}, number = {2}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2748-6621}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-52772}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-527723}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {115}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Publikation bietet einen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber die lateinische Deklamatorik mit einer Unterrichtsreihe f{\"u}r die Oberstufe im Umfang von 13 Unterrichtsstunden. Deklamationen waren im antiken Rom {\"U}bungs- und Konzertreden und bildeten Gegenstand und Ziel der h{\"o}heren Bildung. Dass sie im heutigen Lateinunterricht und auch im Lateinstudium kaum behandelt werden, steht in einem deutlichen Missverh{\"a}ltnis zu ihrer damaligen Bedeutung. Diese L{\"u}cke zu schließen ist das Anliegen der vorliegenden Masterarbeit mit dem darin enthaltenen Sch{\"u}lermaterial. Bei dessen Bearbeitung werden die Sch{\"u}ler die thematische Vielfalt der Deklamationen kennenlernen, aber auch bemerkenswerte Parallelen zum gegenw{\"a}rtigen Populismus feststellen und das Macht- und Verf{\"u}hrungspotential von Rhetorik selbst erfahren. Das Material wurde auf der Basis der aktuellen fachwissenschaftlichen Diskussion erstellt. Der Anhang enth{\"a}lt zwei tabellarische {\"U}bersichten zu den Deklamationsthemen. Diese sind f{\"u}r eigene Fortentwicklungen der Reihe gedacht.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Hagen2022, author = {Hagen, Anne Julia}, title = {The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and cross-cultural competence}, isbn = {978-3-86956-527-9}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-53446}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-534463}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xxxii, 202}, year = {2022}, abstract = {This paper examines the function that cross-cultural competence (3C) has for NATO in a military context while focusing on two member states and their armed forces: the United States and Germany. Three dimensions were established to analyze 3C internally and externally: dimension A, dealing with 3C within the military organization; dimension B, focusing on 3C in a coalition environment/multicultural NATO contingent, for example while on a mission/training exercise abroad; and dimension C, covering 3C and NATO missions abroad with regard to interaction with the local population. When developing the research design, the cultural studies-based theory of hegemony constructed by Antonio Gramsci was applied to a comprehensive document analysis of 3C coursework and regulations as well as official documents in order to establish a typification for cross-cultural competence. As the result, 3C could be categorized as Type I - Ethical 3C, Type II - Hegemonic 3C, and Type III - Dominant 3C. Attributes were assigned according to each type. To validate the established typification, qualitative surveys were conducted with NATO (ACT), the U.S. Armed Forces (USCENTCOM), and the German Armed Forces (BMVg). These interviews validated the typification and revealed a varied approach to 3C in the established dimensions. It became evident that dimensions A and B indicated a prevalence of Type III, which greatly impacts the work atmosphere and effectiveness for NATO (ACT). In contrast, dimension C revealed the use of postcolonial mechanisms by NATO forces, such as applying one's value systems to other cultures and having the appearance of an occupying force when 3C is not applied (Type I-II). In general, the function of each 3C type in the various dimensions could be determined. In addition, a comparative study of the document analysis and the qualitative surveys resulted in a canon for culture-general skills. Regarding the determined lack of coherence in 3C correlating with a demonstrably negative impact on effectiveness and efficiency as well as interoperability, a NATO standard in the form of a standardization agreement (STANAG) was suggested based on the aforementioned findings, with a focus on: empathy, cross-cultural awareness, communication skills (including active listening), flexibility and adaptability, and interest. Moreover, tolerance of ambiguity and teachability, patience, observation skills, and perspective-taking could be considered significant. Suspending judgment and respect are also relevant skills here. At the same time, the document analysis also revealed a lack of coherency and consistency in 3C education and interorganizational alignment. In particular, the documents examined for the U.S. Forces indicated divergent approaches. Furthermore, the interview analysis disclosed a large discrepancy in part between doctrine and actual implementation with regard to the NATO Forces.}, language = {en} } @article{UllrichVladovaEigelshovenetal.2022, author = {Ullrich, Andr{\´e} and Vladova, Gergana and Eigelshoven, Felix and Renz, Andr{\´e}}, title = {Data mining of scientific research on artificial intelligence in teaching and administration in higher education institutions}, series = {Discover artificial intelligence}, volume = {2}, journal = {Discover artificial intelligence}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, issn = {2731-0809}, doi = {10.1007/s44163-022-00031-7}, pages = {18}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Teaching and learning as well as administrative processes are still experiencing intensive changes with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and its diverse application opportunities in the context of higher education. Therewith, the scientific interest in the topic in general, but also specific focal points rose as well. However, there is no structured overview on AI in teaching and administration processes in higher education institutions that allows to identify major research topics and trends, and concretizing peculiarities and develops recommendations for further action. To overcome this gap, this study seeks to systematize the current scientific discourse on AI in teaching and administration in higher education institutions. This study identified an (1) imbalance in research on AI in educational and administrative contexts, (2) an imbalance in disciplines and lack of interdisciplinary research, (3) inequalities in cross-national research activities, as well as (4) neglected research topics and paths. In this way, a comparative analysis between AI usage in administration and teaching and learning processes, a systematization of the state of research, an identification of research gaps as well as further research path on AI in higher education institutions are contributed to research.}, language = {en} } @masterthesis{Kohl2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Kohl, Caroline}, title = {Gef{\"a}hrdungsbeurteilung und Erste Hilfe}, series = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Innovation des Sachunterrichts}, journal = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Innovation des Sachunterrichts}, number = {1}, editor = {Egbert, Bj{\"o}rn and Erdmann, Julius}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-538-5}, issn = {2939-9890}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-55053}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-550535}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {81}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Als Folge der sicherheitstechnischen Entwicklung haben sich die Arbeitsbedingungen f{\"u}r Lehrkr{\"a}fte in den allgemeinbildenden und beruflichen Schulen sehr gewandelt. Immer komplexere Arbeitsabl{\"a}ufe im Unterricht machen es erforderlich, die begleitenden Vorsorgemaßnahmen zur Sicherheitserziehung und Unfallverh{\"u}tung weiterzuentwickeln. Lehrkr{\"a}fte sind in der umfassenden Verantwortung, den Gesundheitsschutz gegen{\"u}ber den ihnen anvertrauten Sch{\"u}lerinnen und Sch{\"u}lern sicherzustellen. Dies betrifft insbesondere Unterricht, bei dem technische Hilfsmittel, Handwerkzeuge, Maschinen und Apparate zum Einsatz kommen, also sogenannte Werkstattkontexte auftreten, etwa in den F{\"a}chern Sachunterricht, Kunst und Wirtschaft-Arbeit-Technik. Der Klassenraum fungiert dabei einerseits als Bildungsst{\"a}tte, andererseits ist er auch der Arbeitsplatz von Lehrerinnen und Lehrern und unterliegt damit Arbeitsschutzvorschriften. Um f{\"u}r beide Zielgruppen die Gefahr einer Verletzung durch die zugrundeliegenden T{\"a}tigkeiten zu minimieren, hat der Gesetzgeber {\"u}ber das Arbeitsschutzgesetz Normen und Verantwortlichkeiten erlassen, welche den Gesundheitsschutz von Sch{\"u}lerinnen und Sch{\"u}lern und von Lehrkr{\"a}ften sicherstellen sollen. Als zentrales Mittel dient dazu die sogenannte Gef{\"a}hrdungsbeurteilung. Dieser praxisorientierte Band richtet sich an alle Lehrkr{\"a}fte, um sie bei der Durchf{\"u}hrung der Gef{\"a}hrdungsbeurteilung zu unterst{\"u}tzen. Dazu werden die Grundlagen der Gef{\"a}hrdungsbeurteilung als zentrales Instrument der vorbeugenden Gefahrenabwehr und die Mitbestimmungspflichten der Lehrkr{\"a}fte abgebildet. Am Beispiel der Holzwerkstatt erfolgt eine exemplarische Anwendung und Umsetzung der Methode der Gef{\"a}hrdungsbeurteilung. {\"U}berdies erhalten die Lesenden in der Kombination von Gef{\"a}hrdungsbeurteilung und Erste-Hilfe-Maßnahmen einen vollst{\"a}ndigen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber den Verantwortungsbereich des Arbeitsschutzes als umfassenden Schutz der Gesundheit im Werkstattkontext an Schulen.}, language = {de} } @article{MorenoGrossmannBetaetal.2022, author = {Moreno, Eduardo and Großmann, Robert and Beta, Carsten and Alonso, Sergio}, title = {From single to collective motion of social amoebae}, series = {Frontiers in physics}, volume = {9}, journal = {Frontiers in physics}, publisher = {Frontiers Media}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {2296-424X}, doi = {10.3389/fphy.2021.750187}, pages = {17}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The coupling of the internal mechanisms of cell polarization to cell shape deformations and subsequent cell crawling poses many interdisciplinary scientific challenges. Several mathematical approaches have been proposed to model the coupling of both processes, where one of the most successful methods relies on a phase field that encodes the morphology of the cell, together with the integration of partial differential equations that account for the polarization mechanism inside the cell domain as defined by the phase field. This approach has been previously employed to model the motion of single cells of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, a widely used model organism to study actin-driven motility and chemotaxis of eukaryotic cells. Besides single cell motility, Dictyostelium discoideum is also well-known for its collective behavior. Here, we extend the previously introduced model for single cell motility to describe the collective motion of large populations of interacting amoebae by including repulsive interactions between the cells. We performed numerical simulations of this model, first characterizing the motion of single cells in terms of their polarity and velocity vectors. We then systematically studied the collisions between two cells that provided the basic interaction scenarios also observed in larger ensembles of interacting amoebae. Finally, the relevance of the cell density was analyzed, revealing a systematic decrease of the motility with density, associated with the formation of transient cell clusters that emerge in this system even though our model does not include any attractive interactions between cells. This model is a prototypical active matter system for the investigation of the emergent collective dynamics of deformable, self-driven cells with a highly complex, nonlinear coupling of cell shape deformations, self-propulsion and repulsive cell-cell interactions. Understanding these self-organization processes of cells like their autonomous aggregation is of high relevance as collective amoeboid motility is part of wound healing, embryonic morphogenesis or pathological processes like the spreading of metastatic cancer cells.}, language = {en} } @article{AgnePreickStraubeetal.2022, author = {Agne, Stefanie and Preick, Michaela and Straube, Nicolas and Hofreiter, Michael}, title = {Simultaneous Barcode Sequencing of Diverse Museum Collection Specimens Using a Mixed RNA Bait Set}, series = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution}, volume = {10}, journal = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution}, publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {2296-701X}, doi = {10.3389/fevo.2022.909846}, pages = {5}, year = {2022}, abstract = {A growing number of publications presenting results from sequencing natural history collection specimens reflect the importance of DNA sequence information from such samples. Ancient DNA extraction and library preparation methods in combination with target gene capture are a way of unlocking archival DNA, including from formalin-fixed wet-collection material. Here we report on an experiment, in which we used an RNA bait set containing baits from a wide taxonomic range of species for DNA hybridisation capture of nuclear and mitochondrial targets for analysing natural history collection specimens. The bait set used consists of 2,492 mitochondrial and 530 nuclear RNA baits and comprises specific barcode loci of diverse animal groups including both invertebrates and vertebrates. The baits allowed to capture DNA sequence information of target barcode loci from 84\% of the 37 samples tested, with nuclear markers being captured more frequently and consensus sequences of these being more complete compared to mitochondrial markers. Samples from dry material had a higher rate of success than wet-collection specimens, although target sequence information could be captured from 50\% of formalin-fixed samples. Our study illustrates how efforts to obtain barcode sequence information from natural history collection specimens may be combined and are a way of implementing barcoding inventories of scientific collection material.}, language = {en} } @article{MaassKuehneHeinzeetal.2022, author = {Maaß, Ulrike and K{\"u}hne, Franziska and Heinze, Peter Eric and Ay-Bryson, Destina Sevde and Weck, Florian}, title = {The concise measurement of clinical communication skills}, series = {Frontiers in Psychiatry}, volume = {13}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychiatry}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {1664-0640}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyt.2022.977324}, pages = {10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Objective: There is a lack of brief rating scales for the reliable assessment of psychotherapeutic skills, which do not require intensive rater training and/or a high level of expertise. Thus, the objective is to validate a 14-item version of the Clinical Communication Skills Scale (CCSS-S). Methods: Using a sample of N = 690 video-based ratings of role-plays with simulated patients, we calculated a confirmatory factor analysis and an exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), assessed convergent validities, determined inter-rater reliabilities and compared these with those who were either psychology students, advanced psychotherapy trainees, or experts. Results: Correlations with other competence rating scales were high (rs > 0.86-0.89). The intraclass correlations ranged between moderate and good [ICC(2,2) = 0.65-0.80], with student raters yielding the lowest scores. The one-factor model only marginally replicated the data, but the internal consistencies were excellent (α = 0.91-95). The ESEM yielded a two-factor solution (Collaboration and Structuring and Exploration Skills). Conclusion: The CCSS-S is a brief and valid rating scale that reliably assesses basic communication skills, which is particularly useful for psychotherapy training using standardized role-plays. To ensure good inter-rater reliabilities, it is still advisable to employ raters with at least some clinical experience. Future studies should further investigate the one- or two-factor structure of the instrument.}, language = {en} } @article{HeinzeWeckKuehne2022, author = {Heinze, Peter Eric and Weck, Florian and K{\"u}hne, Franziska}, title = {Assessing patient preferences}, series = {Frontiers in psychology}, volume = {12}, journal = {Frontiers in psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers Media}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2021.795776}, pages = {10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Despite the positive effects of including patients' preferences into therapy on psychotherapy outcomes, there are still few thoroughly validated assessment tools at hand. We translated the 18-item Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) into German and aimed at replicating its factor structure. Further, we investigated the reliability of the questionnaire and its convergence with trait measures. A heterogeneous sample of N = 969 participants took part in our online survey. Performing ESEM models, we found acceptable model fit for a four-factor structure similar to the original factor structure. Furthermore, we propose an alternative model following the adjustment of single items. The German C-NIP showed acceptable to good reliability, as well as small correlations with Big-Five personality traits, trait and attachment anxiety, locus of control, and temporal focus. However, we recommend further replication of the factor structure and further validation of the C-NIP.}, language = {en} } @article{OrlandPadubrin2022, author = {Orland, Andreas and Padubrin, Max}, title = {Is there a gender hiring gap in academic economics?}, series = {Royal Society Open Science}, volume = {9}, journal = {Royal Society Open Science}, number = {2}, publisher = {Royal Society}, address = {London}, issn = {2054-5703}, doi = {10.1098/rsos.210717}, pages = {9}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We collect a network dataset of tenured economics faculty in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. We rank the 100 institutions included with a minimum violation ranking. This ranking is positively and significantly correlated with the Times Higher Education ranking of economics institutions. According to the network ranking, individuals on average go down about 23 ranks from their doctoral institution to their employing institution. While the share of females in our dataset is only 15\%, we do not observe a significant gender hiring gap (a difference in rank changes between male and female faculty). We conduct a robustness check with the Handelsblatt and the Times Higher Education ranking. According to these rankings, individuals on average go down only about two ranks. We do not observe a significant gender hiring gap using these two rankings (although the dataset underlying this analysis is small and these estimates are likely to be noisy). Finally, we discuss the limitations of the network ranking in our context.}, language = {en} } @article{WestphalKalinowskiHoferichteretal.2022, author = {Westphal, Andrea and Kalinowski, Eva and Hoferichter, Clara Josepha and Vock, Miriam}, title = {K-12 teachers' stress and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic}, series = {Frontiers in psychology}, volume = {13}, journal = {Frontiers in psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers Media}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2022.920326}, pages = {29}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We present the first systematic literature review on stress and burnout in K-12 teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a systematic literature search, we identified 17 studies that included 9,874 K-12 teachers from around the world. These studies showed some indication that burnout did increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were, however, almost no differences in the levels of stress and burnout experienced by K-12 teachers compared to individuals employed in other occupational fields. School principals' leadership styles emerged as an organizational characteristic that is highly relevant for K-12 teachers' levels of stress and burnout. Individual teacher characteristics associated with burnout were K-12 teachers' personality, self-efficacy in online teaching, and perceived vulnerability to COVID-19. In order to reduce stress, there was an indication that stress-management training in combination with training in technology use for teaching may be superior to stress-management training alone. Future research needs to adopt more longitudinal designs and examine the interplay between individual and organizational characteristics in the development of teacher stress and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.}, language = {en} } @article{HeinzeWeckKuehne2022, author = {Heinze, Peter Eric and Weck, Florian and K{\"u}hne, Franziska}, title = {Assessing Patient Preferences}, series = {Frontiers in Psychology}, volume = {12}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2021.795776}, pages = {10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Despite the positive effects of including patients' preferences into therapy on psychotherapy outcomes, there are still few thoroughly validated assessment tools at hand. We translated the 18-item Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) into German and aimed at replicating its factor structure. Further, we investigated the reliability of the questionnaire and its convergence with trait measures. A heterogeneous sample of N = 969 participants took part in our online survey. Performing ESEM models, we found acceptable model fit for a four-factor structure similar to the original factor structure. Furthermore, we propose an alternative model following the adjustment of single items. The German C-NIP showed acceptable to good reliability, as well as small correlations with Big-Five personality traits, trait and attachment anxiety, locus of control, and temporal focus. However, we recommend further replication of the factor structure and further validation of the C-NIP.}, language = {en} } @article{ApriyantoAjambang2022, author = {Apriyanto, Ardha and Ajambang, Walter}, title = {Transcriptomic dataset for early inflorescence stages of oil palm in response to defoliation stress}, series = {Data in Brief}, volume = {41}, journal = {Data in Brief}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2352-3409}, doi = {10.1016/j.dib.2022.107914}, pages = {6}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Oil palm breeding and seed development have been hindered due to the male parent's incapacity to produce male inflorescence as a source of pollen under normal conditions. On the other hand, a young oil palm plantation has a low pollination rate due to a lack of male flowers. These are the common problem of sex ratio in the oil palm industry. Nevertheless, the regulation of sex ratio in oil palm plants is a complex mechanism and remains an open question until now. Researchers have previously used complete defoliation to induce male inflorescences, but the biological and molecular mechanisms underlying this morphological change have yet to be discovered. Here, we present an RNA-seq dataset from three early stages of an oil palm inflorescence under normal conditions and complete defoliation stress. This transcriptomic dataset is a valuable resource to improve our understanding of sex determination mechanisms in oil palm inflorescence.}, language = {en} } @article{ParrySchlaegelTiedemannetal.2022, author = {Parry, Victor and Schl{\"a}gel, Ulrike E. and Tiedemann, Ralph and Weithoff, Guntram}, title = {Behavioural Responses of Defended and Undefended Prey to Their Predator}, series = {Biology}, volume = {11}, journal = {Biology}, number = {8}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel, Schweiz}, issn = {2079-7737}, doi = {10.3390/biology11081217}, pages = {14}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Predation is a strong species interaction causing severe harm or death to prey. Thus, prey species have evolved various defence strategies to minimize predation risk, which may be immediate (e.g., a change in behaviour) or transgenerational (morphological defence structures). We studied the behaviour of two strains of a rotiferan prey (Brachionus calyciflorus) that differ in their ability to develop morphological defences in response to their predator Asplanchna brightwellii. Using video analysis, we tested: (a) if two strains differ in their response to predator presence and predator cues when both are undefended; (b) whether defended individuals respond to live predators or their cues; and (c) if the morphological defence (large spines) per se has an effect on the swimming behaviour. We found a clear increase in swimming speed for both undefended strains in predator presence. However, the defended specimens responded neither to the predator presence nor to their cues, showing that they behave indifferently to their predator when they are defended. We did not detect an effect of the spines on the swimming behaviour. Our study demonstrates a complex plastic behaviour of the prey, not only in the presence of their predator, but also with respect to their defence status.}, language = {en} }