8,428 research outputs found
Phenomenoconnectomics and the Neural Correlates of Altered Consciousness. An interview with Timo Torsten Schmidt
No full textIn this interview, Timo Torsten Schmidt provides details about his efforts to compile a comprehensive database of all psychometric measures gathered from controlled experiments investigating altered states of consciousness (ASCs) induced by pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. He also introduces the paradigm of Phenomenoconnectomics which aims to systematically investigate the phenomenology and functional connectivity of ASCs to identify commonalities and differences, to ultimately identify the necessary neuronal correlates of specific experiences as they occur during ASCs. He explains some key findings of his own neuroscientific research on the neural correlates of consciousness under the influence of non-pharmacological manipulations, such as Ganzfeld exposure and flicker light stimulation-induced visual illusory percepts. Finally, we touch upon the current limitations of psychometric methods in their ability to capture the full diversity of the phenomenal space and future plans to overcome these caveats through Open Science initiatives that support harm reduction efforts
Credit Crunch in Germany?
No full textThis paper evaluates whether the Germany economy is currently affected by a credit crunch, i.e. a supply-side restriction of loans that is not in line with market interest rates and profitability of investment projects.With help of a disequilibrium- model, we calculate a credit supply and a demand-function. We compare estimated demand with estimated supply, finding a considerable excess- demand particularly in the second half of 2002. The main reason for this restriction is the drop in earnings in the banking sector. Applying the model to Großbanken (big banks) and other credit institutions separately, shows that the situation in the former is more severe than in the latter.
Bank Lending and Asset Prices in the Euro Area
No full textWe examine the dynamics of bank lending to the private sector for countries of the Euro area by applying a Markov switching error correction model.We identify for Belgium, Germany, Ireland and Portugal stable, mean reverting regimes and unstable regimes with no tendency to return to the long term credit demand equation, whereas for some other countries there is only weak evidence. Furthermore, for these as well as for other countries we detect in the less stable regimes a strong co-movement with the development of the stock market. We interpret this as evidence for constraints in bank lending. In contrast, the banks’ capital seems to have only marginal impact on the lending behaviour.Credit demand, credit rationing, asset prices, credit channel
Allergieprävention/ Torsten Schäfer, Imke Reese.
No full textIn German.Welche Einflussfaktoren spielen eine Rolle bei der Entwicklung von Allegien? Wie entsteht Toleranz? Kann die richtige Ernährung Allergien verhindern? Allergien haben auch in den letzten Jahren weiter zugenommen. Um dem ansteigenden Trend begegnen zu können, kommt der Primärprävention besondere Bedeutung zu. Seit 2004 existiert in Deutschland eine S3 Leitlinie zu diesem Thema. In deren Umfeld stellen namhafte Experten die wichtigen und aktuellen Themenbereiche zur Prävention dar. Dabei gilt dem klinischen Blickwinkel und der praktischen Umsetzbarkeit ein besonderes Augenmerk.Reese, Imke / Schäfer, Torsten -- Reese, Imke / Schäfer, Torsten -- Renz, Harald -- Kopp, Matthias -- Reese, Imke -- Ahrens, Birgit -- Reese, Imke -- Reese, Imke -- Frei, Remo -- Worm, Margitta -- Muche-Borowski, Cathleen -- Lau, Susanne -- Heinrich, Joachim -- Spindler, Thomas -- Wahl, Hans Günther -- Muche-Borowski, Cathleen -- Schmidt, Sebastian M. / Ankermann, Tobias -- Schäfer, Torsten Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Autorenverzeichnis -- Abkürzungen -- Was ist neu in der Allergieprävention? / 1 Allergieprävention / 2 Immunologische Toleranz auf Nahrungsmittel / 3 Stillen und Allergieprävention / 4 Ernährung der Mutter in Schwangerschaft und Stillzeit / 5 Hydrolysatnahrung / 6 Ernährung des Kindes / 7 Hoch-ungesättigte Fettsäuren in der Ernährung von Mutter und Kind / 8 Probiotika und Präbiotika in der Allergieprävention / 9 Vitamine / 10 Art der Geburt und Risiko für Asthma, Heuschnupfen und atopisches Ekzem / 11 Innenraumallergene: Haustierhaltung und Hausstaubmilbe / 12 Luftschadstoffe und primäre Prävention von Allergien / 13 Rauchen und Atopie / 14 Weichmacher / 15 Einnahme von Medikamenten und Risiko für Asthma, Heuschnupfen und atopisches Ekzem / 16 Impfungen / 17 Leitlinie Allergieprävention (2014) /1 online resource (XX, 230 pages
Letter from Willard E. Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, to Will M. Aranson, May 20, 1944
No full textDescribes problems Schmidt was having with a razor (for shaving) that Aranson had repaired.The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent history. In 1943, the camp was turned into a segregation center to house "disloyal" Japanese Americans relocated from other camps based on their answers to a confusing loyalty questionnaire. The camp endured martial law from November 1943- Jan 1944 after escalating protests and unrest. The hostile environment of the camp lead to many incarcerees renouncing their American citizenship upon the end of incarceration, a process which took 14 years to reverse if they did not wish to be deported to Japan
Coagulation systems of invertebrates and vertebrates and their roles in innate immunity: The same side of two coins?
No full textTorsten G. Loof, Otto Schmidt, Heiko Herwald, Ulrich Theopol
Memo from [Willard E.] Schmidt, Chief of Administrative Police, to [Raymond R.] Best, [1944]
No full textRegards arming the Administrative Police Section, including reasons for using the sawed-off shotgun vs. the 45 automatic pistol for security purposes, and the potential for escalation of tensions in a "divided camp (anti and pro, status quo)." See also the related typewritten memo, Memorandum from Willard [E.] Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, to R. R. [Raymond R.] Best, Project Director, February 28, 1944.The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent history. In 1943, the camp was turned into a segregation center to house "disloyal" Japanese Americans relocated from other camps based on their answers to a confusing loyalty questionnaire. The camp endured martial law from November 1943- Jan 1944 after escalating protests and unrest. The hostile environment of the camp lead to many incarcerees renouncing their American citizenship upon the end of incarceration, a process which took 14 years to reverse if they did not wish to be deported to Japan
Memo from Willard E. Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, to R. R. [Raymond R.] Best, Project Director, February 28, 1944
No full textMemo regarding arming of Administrative Police Section with pro and con of the 45 automatic vs. shotgun. Enumerates reasons for preferring the shotgun over the 45 automatic rifle and describing conditions in the camp. See also the related handwritten document, Memorandum from Willard Schmidt, Chief of Administrative Police, to Best, [1944].The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent history. In 1943, the camp was turned into a segregation center to house "disloyal" Japanese Americans relocated from other camps based on their answers to a confusing loyalty questionnaire. The camp endured martial law from November 1943- Jan 1944 after escalating protests and unrest. The hostile environment of the camp lead to many incarcerees renouncing their American citizenship upon the end of incarceration, a process which took 14 years to reverse if they did not wish to be deported to Japan
Letter from Willard E. Schmidt, Internal Security Officer, to Earl D. Brooks, Personnel Division, War Relocation Authority, [December, 1943]
No full textDraft of the letter. Concerns job descriptions for Internal Security staffing; contains extensive handwritten annotations. See "Correspondence regarding need for Internal Security staff, December, 1943" found in item, sjs_sch_0085, for the final draft of the letter, dated December 16, 1943.The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent history. In 1943, the camp was turned into a segregation center to house "disloyal" Japanese Americans relocated from other camps based on their answers to a confusing loyalty questionnaire. The camp endured martial law from November 1943- Jan 1944 after escalating protests and unrest. The hostile environment of the camp lead to many incarcerees renouncing their American citizenship upon the end of incarceration, a process which took 14 years to reverse if they did not wish to be deported to Japan
Letter from Willard E. Schmidt, National Chief of Internal Security, to R. B. Cozzens, Field Assistant Director, War Relocation Authority, November 22, 1943
No full textContains recommendations for future planning and functions of the Internal Security Section of the Tule Lake incarceration camp, including for a segregation area for "bachelor Kibei and recalcitrants" and detailing needs for personnel, equipment, and security procedures; letter calls for the camp to be considered "maximum type" given that it has become more of an isolation center than a relocation center, and discusses its internal security ratio in comparison with that of the Wartime Civil Control Administration at Santa Anita and of the city of Los Angeles.The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent history. In 1943, the camp was turned into a segregation center to house "disloyal" Japanese Americans relocated from other camps based on their answers to a confusing loyalty questionnaire. The camp endured martial law from November 1943- Jan 1944 after escalating protests and unrest. The hostile environment of the camp lead to many incarcerees renouncing their American citizenship upon the end of incarceration, a process which took 14 years to reverse if they did not wish to be deported to Japan
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