649 research outputs found
Dr. Gerd J. Horten Professor of History - Concordia University Portland
No full textGerd Horten, author of the book \u27Radio Goes to War: The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II\u27, discusses World War II propaganda and censorship. Recorded by Phil Sedgwick.
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Endogenous Fixprices and Sticky Price Adjustment of Risk-averse Firms
No full textA risk-averse price-setting firm which knows the quantity demanded at the status quo price but has imperfect information otherwise may choose not to change it although an otherwise identical risk-neutral firm would do so, provided the variance of the firm's subjective probability distribution over quantities demanded as a function of price displays a kink at the status quo. This is equivalent to risk aversion of order one. When no such endogenous fixprice exists, the size of price adjustment still tends to zero as risk aversion tends to infinity, and to any arbitrarily small menu cost there exists a degree of risk aversion so that the firm will not adjust.fixed prices, price adjustment, risk aversion, menu cost
Is Die Linke compatible with pluralist democracy in Germany?
No full textThe article deals with the role the radical left party Die Linke plays in the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany and whether this party is compatible with the values of the pluralist democracy.status: Publishe
Kommunikative Strategien im außenpolitischen Diskurs der Fraktion Die Linke in Debatten des Deutschen Bundestages
No full textDie vorliegende Studie ist disziplinär im Bereich der germanistischen Sprachwissenschaft angesiedelt. Die Untersuchung fußt auf einem sprachpragmatischen Ansatz, indem politisches Handeln hauptsächlich als sprachliches Handeln verstanden und interpretiert wird. Das Hauptziel der Arbeit ist, anhand empirischer Untersuchungen induktiv zu erschließen, welche kommunikativen Strategien die Abgeordneten der Fraktion Die Linke im Deutschen Bundestag verwenden, um ihre politischen Anliegen im außenpolitischen Bereich durchzusetzen. Dabei wird die kommunikative Strategie als ein Plan aus der Vielzahl von im Text enthaltenen Illokutionen angesehen, welche durch hierarchische Beziehungen untereinander verknüpft sind, und welcher einem Kommunikanten im Rahmen seiner verbalen Tätigkeit einem Hauptziel (oder mehreren Hauptzielen) dient. Auf diesem Konzept basierend wurden durch die Analyse des Korpus sechs kommunikative Strategien erschlossen. An die den Mittelpunkt der Arbeit bildende Illokutionsanalyse schließt sich ergänzend ein Exkurs an, in dem eine lexikalische Studie durchgeführt wird. Mit den erzielten Ergebnissen unternimmt die vorliegende Arbeit einen Schritt, eine in der deutschsprachigen Politolinguistik bisher existierende Forschungslücke in Bezug auf die Sprache der Partei Die Linke zu schließen
Treating gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with sense
No full textGastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disorder that affects an estimated 5 % to 7 % of the global population. Management of GERD often poses a number of challenges. In this article, the author presents a number of management modalities for this condition.peer-reviewe
La place de la guerre de 1914-1918 dans l'histoire culturelle de l'Allemagne
No full textThe place of the 1914-1918 war in the cultural history of Germany, Gerd Krumeich.
Through his study of war accounts and memories, the author analyses the impact of the war experience on German culture in its individual as well as its collective aspects. That impact brought about the continuation and the diffusion of militarism and nationalism in much of the German society of the 1920s and 1930s.Krumeich Gerd. La place de la guerre de 1914-1918 dans l'histoire culturelle de l'Allemagne. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°41, janvier-mars 1994. La guerre de 1914-1918. Essais d'histoire culturelle. pp. 9-17
Differences in cerebral response to esophageal acid stimuli and psychological anticipation in GERD subtypes-An fMRI study
No full textBackground: To evaluate whether there are differences in the cerebral response to intraesophageal acid and psychological anticipation stimuli among subtypes of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Augmenting a pH Medical Study with Wearable Video for Treatment of GERD
No full textIn this paper we present an augmentation to the wearable computers typically used to determine if a patient is a candidate for surgery to correct problems associated with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). A wearable camera was used by the first author while participating in a 24–hour stomach acid pH study. After the study’s conclusion, an examination of the captured video and pH record revealed some results that allowed the first author to avoid many of the activities that result in symptoms related to GERD. 1 GERD and Medical Testing Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease is a medical condition that affects 2 % of the adult population of the United States. GERD refers to the reflux of stomach acid into the esophagus and can lead to complications such as esophageal cancer and lung damage. The most common symptom of GERD is heartburn. Typical treatments for GERD include diet modification and medication; however, for some patients these treatments may prove ineffective, and the patient may be evaluated for more drastic measures such as surgery. If surgery to correct GERD is considered an option, the patient usually undergoes a 24 – or 48–hour pH study to measure the percentage of time that the patient is in reflux during normal daily activities. In the 24–hour study, a pH probe is inserted into the subject’s nose and lowered through the esophagus to a position above the stomach. Since the probe is attached to a line that is retained in the patient’s nose and throat, several pH sensors can be placed at varying locations along the patient’s esophagus. The probe is attached to a wearable computer which records the patient’s pH levels for 24 hours. The patient typically uses the wearable computer to record times of meals, periods spent in a supine position (e.g. sleeping), and occurrences of symptoms. The first author suffered from severe and relatively un
Linguistics and Life. Autobiographical snapshots
No full textAnhand einer Reihe von autobiographischen „Selfies“ wird ein Leben als eine Folge von aufgeschnappten Meinungen konfrontiert. Vor allem mit dem, was Gerd Antos in und mit der Linguistik im Laufe sejner Karriere dazugelernt hat. Linguistik sozusagen als ein lebenslanges learning by doing.Through a series of autobiographical snapshots the author confronts his life as a sequence of picked‑up views. The emphasis will be on the new things Gerd Antos learned with and within linguistics over the course of his career. Linguistics as a life‑long ‘learning by doing’ as it were
Molecular and structural transition mechanisms in long‐term volume overload
No full textAimWe have previously reported that early phase (1week) of experimental volume overload (VO) has an adaptive phenotype while wall stress-matched pressure overload (PO) is maladaptive. Here we investigate the transition from adaptation to heart failure (HF) in long-term VO. Methods and resultsFVB/N wild-type mice were subjected to VO induced by aortocaval shunt, and were followed by serial echocardiography until in vivo left ventricular ejection fraction was below <50% (13535days). Heart failure was evident from increased lung and liver weight and increased mortality compared with sham. Maladaptive remodelling resulted in significantly reduced sarcomeric titin phosphorylation (causing increased sarcomeric stiffness), whereas interstitial fibrosis was not increased. This was paralleled by re-expression of the fetal gene program, activation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), decreased protein kinase B (Akt) phosphorylation, high oxidative stress, and increased apoptosis. Consistently, development of HF and mortality were significantly aggravated in Akt-deficient mice. ConclusionTransition to HF in VO is associated with decreased Akt and increased CaMKII signalling pathways together with increased oxidative stress and apoptosis. Lack of interstitial fibrosis together with sarcomeric titin hypophosphorylation indicates an increased stiffness at the sarcomeric but not matrix level in VO-induced HF (in contrast to PO). Transition to HF may result from myocyte loss and myocyte dysfunction owing to increased stiffness
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