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Deliberation and empowerment in Rio de Janeiro's favelas
No full textIn modern day Brazil, new media initiatives centred in local communities are attempting to change the face of mainstream ideas about favelas and their inhabitants. One of these initiatives is Viva Favela which is ideologically and physically supported by the NGO Viva Rio that is based in Rio de Janeiro. This non-government organisation runs projects that provide favela residents with skills to take, edit and print their own(photo)journalism contents that enable a community-based framing and documentation of favela life, personalities and issues. The NGO furthermore has developed a range of public venues for displaying these works of (photo)journalism, thus minimising the invisibility that favela dwellers feel in Brazilian political life. This paper takes a discursive and ethnographic approach to investigating how community media might contribute with the aims of empowering people and supporting deliberation within Rio de Janeiro’s favelas
#05 Energieeffizienz
No full text"Efficiency First" ist einer der Grundsätze der Energiewende. Eine deutliche Steigerung der Energieeffizienz ist Voraussetzung für das Gelingen der Energiewende. Doch was genau bedeutet Energieeffizienz? Wie ist Energieeffizienz messbar? Was sind dabei Schwierigkeiten und Möglichkeiten? Wir haben uns mit Dr. Clemens Rohde getroffen um diese Fragen zu klären
Götterverehrung in der Kaiserzeit. Religiöse Vielfalt im Imperium Romanum
No full textRohde D. Götterverehrung in der Kaiserzeit. Religiöse Vielfalt im Imperium Romanum. In: Bernhardt M, Onken B, eds. Wege nach Rom. Das römische Kaiserreich zwischen Geschichte, Erinnerung und Unterricht . Schwalbach/Ts: Wochenschau-Verlag; 2013: 119–136
Perfusion Controlled Mobilization after Lower Extremity Free-Flaps Pushing the Limits of Time and Intensity
No full textBackground The current standard to gradually adapt the fragile perfusion in lower extremity free flaps to an upright posture is the dangling maneuver. This type of flap training neither fits the orthostatic target load of an upright posture, nor does it assist in mobilizing the patients effectively. In this study, we quantitatively analyzed training effects of an early and full mobilization on flap perfusion. Methods A total of 15 patients with gracilis flaps for distal lower extremity reconstruction were included. Flap training was performed daily by mobilizing the patients on a tilt table into a fully upright posture for 5 minutes between the third and fifth postop days (PODs). Changes in micro- and macrocirculation were analyzed by laser Doppler flowmetry, remission spectroscopy, and an implanted Doppler probe. Results All flaps healed without complications. Yet, in three patients, the increased orthostatic load required an adjustment of the training duration due to a critical blood flow. The others showed an increasing compensation in the microcirculation. When tilting the patients, blood flow and oxygen saturation dropped significantly less on PODS than on POD3. Furthermore, a significant increase of the blood flow was noted after an initial decrease during the mobilization on all days. An increasing compensation in the macrocirculation could not be determined. Conclusion Full mobilization of patients with lower extremity free flaps can be performed safely under perfusion monitoring, already starting on POD3. Additionally, monitoring allows a consideration of the individual orthostatic competence and therefore, exploitation of the maximum mobilization potential
#13 Streaming, CO2-Schleuder?
No full textIn vielen Medien ist zu lesen, dass Streaming eine CO2-Schleuder sei und dass durch die erhöhte Nachfrage nach Streaming während der Corona-Krise noch mehr CO2 emittiert wurde. In dieser Folge wollen wir der Frage auf den Grund gehen, ob dies wirklich der Fall ist. Hierzu haben wir uns mit Dr. Clemens Rohde getroffen, den Ihr schon aus der Folge #5 zu Energieeffizienz kennen könntet. Spoiler: Durch Streaming wird CO2 emittiert, aber nicht so viel wie vielleicht erwartet. Und ihr bekommt einiges an Tipps wie ihr den CO2-Verbrauch eurer Streams reduzieren könnt
Fischer, Gerhard; Rohde, Markus; Wulf, Volker (2007): Community-based learning: The core competency of residential, research-based universities. International Journal on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
No full textCommunity-based learning: The core competency of residential, research-based universitie
Endgame the betrayal and fall of Srebrenica, Europe's worst massacre since World War II
No full textIn Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica: Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Rohde follows the experiences of seven central characters - three Muslims in Srebrenica, two Dutch peacekeepers charged with defending the surrounded town, and two Serb Army soldiers attacking it - through the ten-day period that changed the course of the war in Bosnia and was arguably the darkest hour in United Nations history. Drawing on previously undisclosed accounts of top-level UN meetings, internal documents, and hundreds of interviews with participants on all sides, Rohde exposes how the United States, France, Great Britain, the United Nations, and the Bosnian government - out of incompetence or cynicism - allowed 40,000 Muslims to fall into the hands of their potential executioners. Part of an apparent Serb endgame to win the war, Srebrenica's fall ended up playing a crucial role in the Clinton administration's "endgame strategy" that halted the conflict. The most comprehensive book to date on the subject, Endgame is a tale of cynical power politics in the post-Cold War era, a case study in genocide, and a disturbing testament to the power of propaganda and self-delusion
Standard open microdiscectomy versus minimal access trocar microdiscectomy: results of a prospective randomized study
No full textOBJECTIVE: Minimal access surgery as a less invasive alternative to standard macro- and microsurgical approaches is becoming increasingly popular in the management of traumatic and degenerative spine diseases. However, data is lacking if minimal access spine surgery is indeed beneficial. This prospective randomized study was conducted to compare efficiency, safety, and outcome of standard open microsurgical discectomy (SOMD) for lumbar disc herniation with microsurgical discectomy using an 11.5 mm trocar system for minimal access to the spine. METHODS: Sixty patients were randomized to two groups of 30 patients each. Group I was treated by SOMD, and Group 2 was treated by minimal access microsurgical discectomy (MAMD). Perioperative parameters and pre- and postoperative clinical findings including sensory or motor deficits and pain according to the visual analog scale, Oswestry Disability index scores, and Short Form-36 results were assessed. All patients were followed for at least 6 months postoperatively (mean, 16 mo). RESULTS: Preoperatively, no statistically significant intergroup differences could be detected proving the comparability of both groups. Postoperatively, significant improvement of neurological symptoms and pain as measured by the visual analog scale, Oswestry Disability Index, and Short Form-36 scores could be achieved in both groups. In regard to operative time, intraoperative blood loss, and complication rate, slightly better results were observed in the MAMD group. CONCLUSION: SOMD and MAMD allow achievement of significant improvement of pain and neurological deficits in patients with lumbar disc herniations. Differences in operative time, blood loss, and complication rates were statistically not significant in MAMD compared with SOMD, indicating that, at least in lumbar disc surgery, minimal access trocar techniques are a viable alternative to standard spinal approaches
Reflecting user-created persona in indigenous Namibia - what NOT to do when working in foreign land
No full textThis paper presents the initial experiences and reflective accounts on the arrival of a European research colleague who recently joined our team of researchers working with Indigenous communities in Namibia. He aims to explore how communities across Namibia take on, understand and create persona artefacts of their own, and whether this may simulate or differ from persona as depicted in literature. We report on the first set of interventions in three pastoral locales where persona creation by Namibian Ovaherero was first attempted. We narrate this as a synchronous dialogue that recounts the blunders, protocol-breakings, misunderstandings, and also some breakthroughs obtained thus-far. Ultimately, we reflect on the importance of the preliminary preparation\ud
of the researcher and on the usefulness that local experienced researchers’ guidance provides. We conclude drawing on a series of thoughts on how the overall experience has resulted thus-far
Reflecting User-Created Persona in Indigenous Namibia:what NOT to do when working in Foreign Land
No full textThis paper presents the initial experiences and reflective accounts on the arrival of a European research colleague who recently joined our team of researchers working with Indigenous communities in Namibia. He aims to explore how communities across Namibia take on, understand and create persona artefacts of their own, and whether this may simulate or differ from persona as depicted in literature. We report on the first set of interventions in three pastoral locales where persona creation by Namibian Ovaherero was first attempted. We narrate this as a synchronous dialogue that recounts the blunders, protocol-breakings, misunderstandings, and also some breakthroughs obtained thus-far. Ultimately, we reflect on the importance of the preliminary preparation of the researcher and on the usefulness that local experienced researchers’ guidance provides. We conclude drawing on a series of thoughts on how the overall experience has resulted thus-far.<br/
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