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Updike\u27s Bech: a book, and the heaven of fiction
No full textThis paper examines Bech\u27s trajectory as a fictional character and as an artificer of words. Bech, the word master, is "reduced" throughout the novel in the several oeuvres which try to capture his essence until finally he enters the "heaven of fiction," the ultimate reduction which fixes him as an immortal, immutable character. Bech, however, longs for the mortality of life outside the pantheon, for the unlimited possibilities of reality
Joseph Bech
No full textpeer reviewedJoseph Bech (1887-1975) was a Luxembourg statesman and leading figure of the Christian Social Right, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs (1926-1958), President of the Government (1926-1937 and 1953-1958) and President of the Chamber of Deputies (1959-1964). A keen observer of the geopolitics of his time, a shrewd politician who worked for decades at the pinnacle of power, driven by both his patriotism for Luxembourg and internationalism, Bech skilfully manoeuvred before,
during and after the Second World War to preserve his country's independence and defend the vital interests of a small state, on an equal footing with the major powers in a synergistic whole. Opinions remain divided on Bech's political positions in the 1930s, when, invoking the perpetual neutrality of the Luxembourg state (under the London Conference of 1867), he attempted to impose an authoritarian regime on the country. For his role in building contemporary Western multilateralism and European unification, for which he was awarded the Charlemagne Prize (1960), historiography ranks Bech, an outstanding diplomat and statesman, among the "founding fathers of Europe" alongside Konrad Adenauer (Germany), Paul Henri Spaak (Belgium), Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman (France), Alcide de Gasperi (Italy) and Johan Willem Beyen (Netherlands).Routledge Online Research Encyclopaedia in European Studies16. Peace, justice and strong institutions17. Partnerships for the goal
PSYNDEX Tests Review für BRMS - Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholie-Skala
No full textThis is a PSYNDEX Tests Review of BRMS - Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholie-Skala. PSYNDEX Tests Reviews are written in German and describe and evaluate psychological and educational tests used in the German-speaking countries. PSYNDEX Tests is offered by the Leibniz Institute for Psychology as open access documentation.Das ist ein PSYNDEX Tests Review zu BRMS - Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholie-Skala. PSYNDEX Tests Reviews beschreiben und bewerten zentrale psychologische und pädagogische Testverfahren, die in den deutschsprachigen Ländern eingesetzt werden, nach einem standardisierten Raster. PSYNDEX Tests wird durch das Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie als Open Access Dokumentation angeboten.Diagnostische Zielsetzung: Die Bech-Rafaelsen-Melancholie-Skala dient der Erfassung des Schweregrades depressiver Zustandsbilder. Die BRMS stellt ein bereits bewährtes und häufig eingesetztes Fremdbeurteilungsverfahren dar, das explizit an keiner bestimmten theoretischen Ausrichtung oder Therapierichtung orientiert ist. Eine komplementäre Skala zur Erfassung des Schweregrades manischer Symptome liegt als Bech-Rafaelsen-Manie-Skala vor. Beide Skalen können kombiniert bei der Erfassung bipolarer Störungen eingesetzt werden. Die Anwendung ist sowohl in der Status- als auch in der Veränderungsdiagnostik möglich. Aufbau: Die Skala besteht aus 11 Items, die die charakteristischen Symptome depressiver Zustandsbilder umschreiben. Folgende Bereiche werden abgedeckt: verminderte motorische und verbale Aktivität; intellektuelle Verlangsamung; Angst; Selbstmordgedanken; Niedergeschlagenheit; Selbstentwertung/Schuldgefühle; emotionale Retardierung; Schlafstörungen; Müdigkeit und Schmerzen; Arbeit und Interessen. Als zeitlicher Beurteilungsrahmen sind die letzten drei Tage vor der Befragung heranzuziehen. Die Items sind auf ausformulierten fünfstufigen Skalen zu beurteilen. Der Summenwert der BRMS stellt ein Maß für die Intensität und Typikalität des depressiven Zustandsbildes dar. Daneben liegt ein Interviewleitfaden vor, der es erlaubt, die 11 Items in einer thematisch geordneten Reihenfolge zu explorieren. Grundlagen und Konstruktion: Bech (1981) übernahm aus der Hamilton Depressions-Skala (Hamilton, 1960) sechs Items, für die er Verträglichkeit mit dem Rasch-Modell nachweisen konnte und die zuverlässig zwischen leichten und schweren Depressionsschweregraden unterschieden. Fünf weitere Items stammen aus der Cronholm-Ottosson-Depressions-Skala (CODS; Cronholm & Ottosson, 1960). Die Skalierung wurde auf fünf Skalenstufen von 0 bis 4 Punkten vereinheitlicht. Die Skalenentwicklung erfolgte orientiert am Rasch-Modell. Empirische Prüfung und Gütekriterien: Die Eindimensionalität der Skala wurde wiederholt durch Faktoren- und Latent-trait-Analysen belegt. Die Trennschärfen für die deutsche Fassung liegen zwischen .19 (Müdigkeit und Schmerzen) und .70 (Niedergeschlagenheit; 45 depressive Patienten). Die Itemmittelwerte zeigten, dass alle 11 Items klinisch bedeutsam sind (M deutlich grösser 0). Reliabilität: Maier und Philipp (1993) fanden bei zwei Stichproben von 130 bzw. 42 depressiven Patienten (Major Depression-Episode nach DSM-III) Intraclass-Korrelationskoeffizienten zwischen .30 und .88. In weiteren Studien unabhängiger Untersuchergruppen zur Interraterreliabilität wurden überwiegend hohe (.60 - .74) bis sehr hohe (.75 - 1.00) Koeffizienten der Interrater-Übereinstimmung nachgewiesen. Ermittelt wurden Koeffizienten der internen Konsistenz von .88 (Cronbachs Alpha) bzw. .91 (Kuder-Richardson Formel 20) und .91 (Retestreliabilität). Validität: Maier und Philipp (1993) prüften die Verträglichkeit der Daten von 130 depressiven Patienten mit dem Rasch-Modell. Die BRMS erwies sich für jede der vorgenommenen neun Teilungsprozeduren (u.a. Alter, Geschlecht, Median verschiedener Skalenwerte, Zufallsteilung) als mit dem Rasch-Modell verträglich. Zur Hamilton-Depressions-Skala konnten in unterschiedlichen Untersuchungen Korrelationen zwischen .54 und .89, zur Montgomery-Asberg-Depressions-Ratingskala von .89 nachgewiesen werden. Mit Selbstbeurteilungsskalen (Beck-Depressionsinventar, Depressivitäts-Skala) bestanden Zusammenhänge in der Höhe von .52 bzw. .53. Hinweise auf die diskriminante Validität der Skala liefern signifikante Unterschiede zwischen Major Depression mit (49 Patienten) und ohne Melancholie (81 Patienten) sowie Unterschiede zwischen 10 psychotischen und 34 nicht psychotischen depressiven Patienten im Gesamtscore der BRMS. Normen: Es existieren keine Normen im engeren Sinne, es liegen aber Cut-off-Werte zur Interpretation der Skalenwerte sowie eine Reihe von Referenzwerten für Stichproben depressiver Patienten vor.publishedVersio
Ramon Bech
No full textPla detall de la placa en record d'on va
viure Ramon Bech Taberner, poeta i
advocat de Barcelona. Mesura 0,13 x
0,40 metres i és d'acer inoxidable
Hedging Alternatives for the Mortgage Stabilization Fund (FRECH) European Cap Options for the Real Interest Rate
Get PDFThe World Bank has proposed an alternative hedging instrument to be offered by the FRECH, instead of the collar- swap currently available. The suggested derivate corresponds to a European Cap option for the real interest rate, which could give greater flexibility to the hedging mechanism, allowing it to be tailored for the specific needs of each Colombian Mortgage Bank (BECH). This paper finds the value of this derivative and analyses the critiques that have been made about the pricing of the collar-swap.
Miquel Bech. In memoriam.
No full textIn this article, relate the molluscs collected in Valencian cavities between 1980 and 1987 and which were reviewed by the malacologist Miquel Bech Taberner, including comments relating to the geographical distribution of the same.En el presente artículo, se da la relación los moluscos recolectados en cavidades valencianas entre los años 1980 y 1987 y que en su día fueron revisados por el malacólogo Miquel Bech Taberner, incluyendo
comentarios relativos a la distribución geográfica de los mismos
Noun phrase modifiers in early Germanic:a comparative corpus study of Old English, Old Icelandic, Old High German, and Old Saxon
No full textOn the premise that syntactic variation is constrained by factors that may not always be immediately obvious, this volume explores various perspectives on the nominal syntax in the early Germanic languages and the syntactic diversity they display. The fact that these languages are relatively well attested and documented allows for individual cases studies as well as comparative studies. Due to their well-observable common ancestry at the time of their earliest attestations, they moreover permit close-up comparative investigations into closely related languages. Besides the purely empirical aspects, the volume also explores the methodological side of diagnosing, classifying and documenting the details of syntactic diversity. The volume starts with a description by Alexander Pfaff and Gerlouf Bouma of the principles underlying the Noun Phrases in Early Germanic Languages (NPEGL) database, before Alexander Pfaff presents the Patternization method for measuring syntactic diversity. Kristin Bech, Hannah Booth, Kersti Börjars, Tine Breban, Svetlana Petrova, and George Walkden carry out a pilot study of noun phrase variation in Old English, Old High German, Old Icelandic, and Old Saxon. Kristin Bech then considers the development of Old English noun phrases with quantifiers meaning ‘many’. Alexandra Rehn’s study is concerned with the inflection of stacked adjectives in Old High German and Alemannic. Old High German is also the topic of Svetlana Petrova’s study, which looks at inflectional patterns of attributive adjectives. With Hannah Booth’s contribution we move to Old Icelandic and the use of the proprial article as a topic management device. Juliane Tiemann investigates adjective position in Old Norwegian. Alexander Pfaff and George Walkden then take a broader view of adjectival articles in early Germanic, before Alexander Pfaff rounds off the volume with a study of a peculiar class of adjectives, the so-called positional predicates, which occur across the early Germanic languages
Intraday liquidity management: a tale of games banks play
Get PDFOver the last few decades, most central banks, concerned about settlement risks inherent in payment netting systems, have implemented real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems. Although RTGS systems can significantly reduce settlement risk, they require greater liquidity to smooth nonsynchronized payment flows. Thus, central banks typically provide intraday credit to member banks, either as collateralized credit or priced credit. Because intraday credit is costly for banks, how intraday liquidity is managed has become a competitive parameter in commercial banking and a policy concern of central banks. This article uses a game-theoretical framework to analyze the intraday liquidity management behavior of banks in an RTGS setting. The games played by banks depend on the intraday credit policy of the central bank and encompass two well-known paradigms in game theory: "the prisoner's dilemma" and "the stag hunt." The former strategy arises in a collateralized credit regime, where banks have an incentive to delay payments if intraday credit is expensive, an outcome that is socially inefficient. The latter strategy occurs in a priced credit regime, where postponement of payments can be socially efficient under certain circumstances. The author also discusses how several extensions of the framework affect the results, such as settlement risk, incomplete information, heterogeneity, and repeated play.Payment systems ; Banks and banking, Central ; Bank liquidity ; Game theory ; Credit
Taxonomic revision of Neohoratia herreroi Bech, 1993 (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae)
Get PDFThe type series of the hydrobiid taxon Neohoratia herreroi Bech, 1993, is composed of the holotype and 10 paratypes, deposited in 'Museu de Ciències Naturals' of Barcelona, and three paratypes in the 'Museu Valencià d'Història Natural' of Alginet (Valencia). The holotype shows that N. herreroi is a valid Corrosella species. Corrosella hauffei (Delicado & Ramos, 2012) should be considered a junior synonym of Corrosella herreroi (Bech, 1993). Two of the paratypes of N. herreroi are here reassigned to Mercuria spec. A map of the geographical distribution of this Iberian endemic species is presented
Updike's Bech: a book, and the heaven of fiction
No full textThis paper examines Bech's trajectory as a fictional character and as an artificer of words.
Bech, the word master, is "reduced" throughout the novel in the several oeuvres which
try to capture his essence until finally he enters the "heaven of fiction," the ultimate
reduction which fixes him as an immortal, immutable character. Bech, however, longs for
the mortality of life outside the pantheon, for the unlimited possibilities of reality
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