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Article 22 1951 Convention
No full textThis chapter covers the 1951 Convention's Article 22. It explains the provision's aim to grant refugees access to the contracting States' national educational systems. Moreover, Article 22 encompasses learning at all different levels of education in schools, universities, and other educational institutions. However, the provision does not address any issues related to the upbringing of children by their parents. The chapter mentions the relevancy of Article 22 when it comes to durable solutions for refugees in an effort to enable them to integrate into the host country's society. It also discusses the drafting history, declarations, and reservations of Article 22 and the instruments used prior to the 1951 Convention
Wars and the world
No full textThis book offers a descriptive analysis of the Soviet/Russian wars in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Georgia, as well as an in-depth exploration of the ways in which these wars are framed in the collective consciousness created by global popular culture. Russian and Western modalities of remembrance have been, and remain, engaged in a world war that takes place (not exclusively, but intensively) on the level of popular culture. The action/reaction dynamic, confrontational narratives and othering between the two "camps" never ceased. The Cold War, in many ways and contrary to the views of many others who hoped for the end of history, never really ended
Inter-administrative relations in migrant integration
No full textMigrant integration is a prime example of intergovernmental coordination and multilevel governance; first because no level of government can carry out this task alone, and second because its cross-cutting nature often leads to fragmented institutional structures that must be overcome. Within the research strand of intergovernmental relations (IGR), the focus has been on executive actors and governmental decision-makers, resulting in an underexposure of the role of public administration, known as inter-administrative relations (IAR). Against this backdrop, we aim to remedy some of the deficits in IGR research by (1) adopting an explicit IAR perspective which systematically addresses the role of local governments; (2) including a comparative dimension in IAR research that accounts for different administrative ‘starting conditions’ in European countries; and (3) using the policy area of migrant integration as a case in point to empirically investigate developments of institutional convergence and divergence in IAR patterns. It is argued that the coordination of migrant integration in the three countries examined has moved towards more intergovernmental coordination, on the one hand, and that the role of municipalities in this context has been enhanced—varying degrees of (de-)centralization notwithstanding. While certain convergent patterns of inter-governmental coordination have become apparent during the migration crisis, historical path dependencies and administrative cultures still appear to be factors that influence institutional development
Jonah
No full textIn the Masoretic canon of the Tanakh the book of Jonah appears as the fifth part of Tre Assar, or Twelve Minor Prophets, between Obadiah and Micah. In the Septuagint, on the other hand, Jonah appears as the sixth book in the series, and is followed immediately by Nahum. As both Jonah and Nahum speak out against the city of Nineveh, their chronology became an issue early in their discourses of reception (Liv. Pro. 11:1; Josephus, Ant. 9:239–242; Tg.Nah 1:1)
Eine Diskussion über die sog. Viktimodogmatik
No full textDer Aufsatz basiert auf einer im Wintersemester 2023/24 vorgelegten Hausarbeit im SPB Wirtschafts-, Steuer- und Umweltstrafrecht (15 Punkte). Die Ausführungen wurden für die Zwecke wesentlich verkürzt
The syntax of functional left peripheries
No full textThis book provides a novel analysis for the syntax of the clausal left periphery, focusing on various finite clause types and especially on embedded clauses. It investigates how the appearance of multiple projections interacts with economy principles and with the need for marking syntactic information overtly. In particular, the proposed account shows that a flexible approach assuming only a minimal number of projections is altogether favourable to cartographic approaches. The main focus of the book is on West Germanic, in particular on English and German, yet other Germanic and non-Germanic languages are also discussed for comparative purposes
Helmuth Plessner’s “The Levels of Organic Life and the Human”
No full textHelmuth Plessner (1892–1985) hat die Philosophische Anthropologie auf natur- und geschichtsphilosophischem Wege neu begründet. Der vorliegende Band stellt die erste systematische Rekonstruktion seines naturphilosophischen Hauptwerkes dar. Sie ist für Philosophen und Lebenswissenschaftler aller Fachrichtungen ein unverzichtbares Instrument zur Erschließung dieses Klassikers des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er untersucht die Frage, wie die personale Form menschlichen Lebens in der anorganischen und organischen Natur wirklich möglich ist. Seine Antworten überwinden Speziesismus, Anthropozentrismus und Ethnozentrismus. Er folgt den Grenzen, in denen sich (a-zentrische, dezentrale und zentralistische) Organisationsformen für ihre verschiedenen Umwelten öffnen und schließen können. Die menschliche Lebensführung unterliegt solchen Grenzen und bricht doch mit ihnen in einer exzentrischen Positionalität. Sie steht daher in geschichtlichen Aufgaben, deren Lösung vom Geist ihrer inter-personalen Mitwelt abhängt. Dieser Geist wird verkörpert und eingebettet durch den Habitus, in dem die Rollen von Personen aufgeführt werden.Helmuth Plessner (1892–1985) founded from new philosophical anthropology on the basis of natural and historical philosophy. This volume is the first systematic reconstruction of his natural philosophical work. It is an indispensable tool for philosophers and life scientists of all disciplines to make this classic of the 20th century accessible. He explored the question of how the personal form of human life is really possible in inorganic and organic nature. His answers overcome speciesism, anthropocentrism and ethnocentrism. He follows the boundaries within which (a-centric, decentralized and centralized) forms of organization can open and close themselves to their various environments. The human way of life is subject to such boundaries and yet at the same time breaks with them in an eccentric positionality. It is therefore faced with historical tasks whose solution depends on mind of its interpersonal co-world. This mind is embodied and embedded via the habitus in which the roles of people are performed
Direct TAMRA-dUTP labeling of M. tuberculosis genes using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
No full textFluorescent molecule-based direct labeling of amplified DNA is a sensitive method employed across diverse DNA detection and diagnostics systems. However, using pre-labeled primers only allows for the attachment of a single fluorophore to each DNA strand and any modifications of the system are less flexible, requiring new sets of primers. As an alternative, direct labeling of amplified products with modified nucleotides is available, but still poorly characterized. To address these limitations, we sought a direct and adaptable approach to label amplicons produced through Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), using labeled nucleotides (dUTPs) rather than primers. The focus of this study was the development and examination of a direct labeling technique of specific genes, including those associated with drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We used 5-(3-Aminoallyl)-2′-deoxyuridine-5′triphosphate, tagged with 5/6-TAMRA (TAMRA-dUTP) for labeling LAMP amplicons during the amplification process and characterized amplification and incorporation efficiency. The optimal TAMRA-dUTP concentration was first determined based on amplification efficiency (0.5% to total dNTPs). Higher concentrations of modified nucleotides reduced or completely inhibited the amplification yield. Target size also showed to be determinant to the success of amplification, as longer sequences showed lower amplification rates, thus less TAMRA incorporated amplicons. Finally, we were able to successfully amplify all four M. tuberculosis target genes using LAMP and TAMRA-modified dUTPs