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Scotland’s international competitiveness within Western Europe
No full textThe paper measures regional competitiveness of Scotland in comparison to ten EU regions and small countries using the International Benchmarking Index Family (‘IB Index Family’) developed by BAK Basel Economics.1 The IB Index Family contains an index with three dimensions of competitiveness: Performance, Attractiveness and Structural Potential. The Performance Index measures recent economic success; the Attractiveness Index measures how well a region is an attractive location to companies and highly-qualified individuals; and the Structural Potential Index estimates future potential economic growth based on current economic structure. The application of the IB Index Family provides a first-step into a more in-depth benchmarking of the competitiveness of a region, which is necessary when working towards detailed policy conclusions. The paper explains these measurement tools and applies them in a short benchmarking analysis of Scotland and ten EU regions and small nations (e.g. Ireland, Norway, Western Sweden etc.)
La responsabilità internazionale degli Stati per attacchi informatici internazionalmente illeciti sferrati in tempo di pace
No full textThis article aims to examine the international responsibility of States for internationally wrongful cyber attacks in times of peace in light of the 2001 Draft Articles of the International Law Commission on State Responsibility for Wrongful Acts and of Chapter 4 of the Tallinn Manual 2.0 with particular regard to the constitutive elements of State responsibility, the circumstances precluding wrongfulness, the consequences of an internationally wrongful cyber attack and the measures of self-help which may be used by the target State. In order to establish the circumstances in which a cyber attack may lead to the breach of the primary norms of international law, the article analyses the difficult and debated issue of when a State-sponsored cyber attack reaches the threshold of an infringement of sovereignty, of the principle of non-intervention and of the prohibited «use of force» under art. 2(4) of the un Charter. This contribution has shown that most State-sponsored cyber attacks may violate the sovereignty of the targeted State as well as the principle of non-intervention but may fall below the threshold of the «use of force», the sole exception being the 2010 Stuxnet cyber attack allegedly perpetrated by the United States and Israel against the centrifuges of an Iranian nuclear facility. Further issues arise with regard to the threshold of an «armed attack» in order for the targeted State to use kinetic or cyber force in self-defence pursuant to art. 51 of the un Charter. Since the adaptation of said existing rules of international law to the cyber context may be problematic, the author advocates for the elaboration by the International Law Commission of a Draft Articles on State Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Cyber Attacks and the subsequent adoption of an international convention which may also include a specific Chapter concerning the breach by State-sponsored cyber attacks of specific norms of international law, including in particular jus contra bellum
Annelies Umlauf-Lamatsch : mit nationalsozialistischer Propaganda zur erfolgreichen Märchenerzählerin
No full textDie Volksschullehrerin und Autorin Annelies Umlauf-Lamatsch galt als äußerst produktiv. Sie veröffentlichte zahlreiche Kinderbücher, die mehrmals überarbeitet und neu aufgelegt wurden. Dafür wurde ihr als erster österreichischen Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorin der ProfessorInnentitel verliehen. Diese Arbeit untersucht die Werke der österreichischen Autorin nach möglichen Hinweisen auf ihre Haltung im Nationalsozialismus. Analysiert wird, inwieweit ihre Texte den Anforderungen an nationalsozialistische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur entsprochen haben. Des Weiteren werden die Texte bezüglich ihrer literarischen Kontinuität vor, während und nach der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft verglichen.Annelies Umlauf-Lamatsch worked as an elementary school teacher as well as an extremely productive author. She published a large number of childrens books, many of them have been revised and published serveral times. Being that successful she was the first Austrian child and adolescent book author to be awarded a professorship. This thesis examines the authors work for possible indications of her attitude towards National Socialism. It analyses the extend to which Umlauf-Lamatsch texts have met the requirements of National Socialist children and youth literature. Furthermore, the texts are compaired in respect of their literary continuity before, during and after the Nazi regime.eingereicht von Rebekka DiernbergerMasterarbeit Universität Linz 201
Annelies Umlauf-Lamatsch : mit nationalsozialistischer Propaganda zur erfolgreichen Märchenerzählerin
No full textDie Volksschullehrerin und Autorin Annelies Umlauf-Lamatsch galt als äußerst produktiv. Sie veröffentlichte zahlreiche Kinderbücher, die mehrmals überarbeitet und neu aufgelegt wurden. Dafür wurde ihr als erster österreichischen Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorin der ProfessorInnentitel verliehen. Diese Arbeit untersucht die Werke der österreichischen Autorin nach möglichen Hinweisen auf ihre Haltung im Nationalsozialismus. Analysiert wird, inwieweit ihre Texte den Anforderungen an nationalsozialistische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur entsprochen haben. Des Weiteren werden die Texte bezüglich ihrer literarischen Kontinuität vor, während und nach der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft verglichen.Annelies Umlauf-Lamatsch worked as an elementary school teacher as well as an extremely productive author. She published a large number of childrens books, many of them have been revised and published serveral times. Being that successful she was the first Austrian child and adolescent book author to be awarded a professorship. This thesis examines the authors work for possible indications of her attitude towards National Socialism. It analyses the extend to which Umlauf-Lamatsch texts have met the requirements of National Socialist children and youth literature. Furthermore, the texts are compaired in respect of their literary continuity before, during and after the Nazi regime.eingereicht von Rebekka DiernbergerMasterarbeit Universität Linz 201
ADAM-9, ADAM-15, and ADAM-17 are upregulated in macrophages in advanced human atherosclerotic plaques in aorta and carotid and femoral arteriesTampere vascular study
No full textBackground and aims. The expression of disintegrin and metalloprotease ADAM-9, ADAM-15, and ADAM-17 has been associated with cell-cell, cell-platelet, and cell-matrix interactions and inflammation. They are possibly implicated in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. Methods and results. Whole-genome expression array and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis confirmed that ADAM-9, ADAM-15, and ADAM-17 are upregulated in advanced human atherosclerotic lesions in samples from carotid, aortic, and femoral territories compared to samples from internal thoracic artery (ITA) free of atherosclerotic plaques. Western analysis indicated that the majority of these ADAMs were in the catalytically active form. ADAM-9, ADAM-15, and ADAM-17-expressing cells were shown to co-localize with CD68-positive cells of monocytic origin in the atherosclerotic plaques using immunohistochemistry and double-staining immunofluorescence analysis. Co-localization was demonstrated in all vascular territories. In the carotid territory, cells expressing the ADAMs co-distributed also with smooth muscle cells and, in femoral territory, with CD31-positive endothelial cells, indicating that the ADAM expression pattern depends on vascular bed territory. Conclusions. Present findings provide strong evidence for the involvement of catalytically active ADAM-9, ADAM-15, and ADAM-17 in advanced atherosclerosis, most notably associated with cells of monocytic origin
Book Review: Remaking Memory : Autoethnography, memoir and the ethics of self John Freeman With contributions by Rebekka Kill, Nazar Jabour, Kate Rice, Steph Brocken and Jamie Coull
No full textJohn Freeman’s Remaking Memory: Autoethnography, memoir and the ethics of self makes a significant contribution to autoethnography and memoir. The book includes a lengthy chapter on autoethnographic performance that draws upon literary and performance works pertaining to self-narrating practices. Five case studies by postgraduate students are also included in order to ‘remind the reader [and author] that a sole authorial voice is usually suspect’ (13) and to provide first-hand accounts of some of the ways in which performance and autoethnography have been applied within specific research contexts. Case studies by Rebekka Kill (UK), Nazar Jabour (Iraq/Australia), Kate Rice (Australia), Steph Brocken (UK) and Jamie Coull (Australia) stem directly from the graduate researchers’ theses, offering rich insight into transnational questions of methodology and modes of presentation
A new approach to Weimar?
No full textIn the new Oxford Handbook of Modern German History the Weimar Republic is not treated as a discrete era, but is incorporated into longer periods from the Kaiserreich to the Third Reich. This certainly helps to highlight continuities, but is this a step back to treating Weimar merely as a 'transition period' (Übergangszeit)? The chapters in question are: - J. Adam Tooze: The German National Economy in an Era of Crisis and War, 1917-1945 - Thomas Mergel: Democracy and Dictatorship - Rebekka Ha..
A new approach to Weimar?
No full textIn the new Oxford Handbook of Modern German History the Weimar Republic is not treated as a discrete era, but is incorporated into longer periods from the Kaiserreich to the Third Reich. This certainly helps to highlight continuities, but is this a step back to treating Weimar merely as a 'transition period' (Übergangszeit)? The chapters in question are: - J. Adam Tooze: The German National Economy in an Era of Crisis and War, 1917-1945 - Thomas Mergel: Democracy and Dictatorship - Rebekka Ha..
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Session D1: Classification of Flow Patterns in a Nature-Oriented Fishway Based on 3D Hydraulic Simulation Results
No full textPresenting Author Bio: Rebekka Czerny is a scientific assistant at Institute for Water and River Basin Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). She studied Civil Engineering in Karlsruhe (major fields of study: hydraulic engineering and water management) and now works in the field of hydraulic simulation. Rebekka Czerny has been working on numerous projects concerning flood simulation, hydraulic simulation of rivers with automated barrage control, and high resolution hydraulic simulation. Her doctoral research study deals with detailed flow simulation of nature-oriented streams based on high resolution topographical data acquired by terrestrial laser scanning.Abstract: In order to fulfill the requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive concerning the restoration of fish passage in rivers, various types of (near-natural and technical) fishways have been built in recent years. For optimization of planned structures as well as for monitoring of the performance of existing fishways, their hydraulics has to be studied. 3D hydrodynamic numerical modelling is a useful tool to predict hydraulic quantities and analyse flow pattern. Many studies using hydraulic simulations deal with technical fishways. In contrast, nature-oriented fishways have rarely been numerically modelled so far. In the framework of R&D activities at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, a high resolution 3D-hydraulic model of a section of a nature-oriented bypass channel (rock cascade pass) has been developed. The basis of a hydraulic model is a 3D-model of the fishway’s topography. Since fishways of a nature-oriented design type are characterized by highly irregular structures, the build-up of such a model is very challenging. In this study, the method of terrestrial laser scanning was used for detailed geodata acquisition. The hydraulic model was validated using, inter alia, acoustic Doppler velocity measurements. Simulations using the computational fluid dynamics software FLOW-3D were performed for two hydraulic scenarios. The simulated hydraulic quantities (velocities, water levels) and their distribution along the vertical and horizontal axes have been investigated and compared to critical values concerning fish passability specified in technical standards. A method of categorization of flow patterns is proposed, which enables a schematic visualization of complex flow conditions. In this way, potentially critical zones can be located and specific flow patterns can be identified. This method of analysis has a high potential in terms of addressing environmental issues concerning nature-oriented fishways and river restoration projects
AdThera1 - Adhärenz von Therapieempfehlungen aus multidisziplinären Tumorkonferenzen in der Onkologie – Eine Untersuchung von Mammakarzinom-Patientinnen in unterschiedlichen Versorgungsorganisationen
No full textBrustkrebs ist unter Frauen weiterhin sowohl in Niedersachsen als auch in ganz Deutschland die häufigste Krebserkrankung. Die Betreuung der Patientinnen und Patienten kann sowohl in zertifizierten Brustzentren als auch in externen onkologischen Einrichtungen erfolgen. Im Rahmen des zertifizierten Brustkrebszentrums des Pius Hospitals wurde für die in dieser Studie betrachteten Patientinnen in einer interdisziplinären Tumorkonferenz ein individueller Therapieplan erstellt, der die aktuellen Empfehlungen der fachspezifischen Leitlinie beachtet. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Adhärenz der Tumorboardempfehlungen sowie dessen Einfluss auf das Gesamtüberleben. Zusätzlich werden mögliche Einflussfaktoren auf das Überleben ausgewertet, um für zukünftige Therapiekonzepte bestmöglich auf die Lebensumstände der Patientinnen eingehen zu können. Die retrospektiv durchgeführte Studie überprüft die Einhaltung der in den interdisziplinären Tumorkonferenzen empfohlenen Therapiekonzepte von Mammakarzinompatientinnen im Pius Hospital Oldenburg im Zeitraum von Januar 2014 bis Dezember 2018. Eingeschlossen wurden 1122 Patientinnen, die primär im Pius Hospital Oldenburg operiert wurden. Die am Brustzentrum des Pius Hospital Oldenburg betreuten Patientinnen weisen in größerem Maße eine Einhaltung der Tumorkonferenzbeschlüsse und ein längeres Überleben im Vergleich zu extern betreuten Patientinnen auf. Zusätzlich haben die Parameter verheiratet/verpartnert, ein CCI ≤ 2, ein positiver Hormonrezeptorstatus, die UICC-Stadien 0-II, das Fehlen von Fernmetastasen, eine Weiterbehandlung am zertifizierten Brustzentrum sowie die vollständige Adhärenz einen signifikanten Einfluss auf das Überleben
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