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Occurrence of coal and coal-derived particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a river floodplain soil.
2006
A PAH contaminated river floodplain soil was separated according to grain size and density. Coal and coal-derived particles from coal mining, coal industry and coal transportation activities were identified by organic petrographic analysis in our samples. Distinct concentrations of PAHs were found in different grain size and density fractions, however, similar distribution patterns of PAHs indicated similar sources. In addition, although light fractions had the mass fraction by weight of less than 5%, they contributed almost 75% of the total PAHs in the soil. PAH concentrations of all sub fractions showed positive correlation with their TOC contents. Altogether, coal and coal-derived partic…
A late Eemian aridity pulse in central Europe during the last glacial inception
2005
How do ice ages begin? It's an obvious question to ask as we enjoy the relative luxury of an interglacial, but a hard one to answer. A look at past transitions may give some clues as to how this period will one day come to an end. A climate reconstruction based on sediments found beneath a lake in the Eifel mountains in Germany provides evidence of an extreme climate event lasting 468 years right at the end of the last interglacial. Dust storms, aridity, bushfires and the loss of trees associated with a warm climate coincided with a southward shift of the warm waters of the North Atlantic drift. In terms of insolation — the rate of delivery of the Sun's radiation to Earth — conditions then …
Verbreitung und Entwicklung rechtsextremer Einstellungen in Ost- und Westdeutschland (Prevalence and Development of Right-Wing Extremist Attitudes in…
2020
German abstract: Vor dem Hintergrund einer gesellschaftspolitischen Polarisierung und dem Erstarken rechtspopulistischer Bewegungen und Parteien, ist eine Bestandsaufnahme rechtsextremer Einstellungen in der deutschen Bevolkerung hoch relevant und aktuell. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung und zeitliche Entwicklung rechtsextremer Einstellungen im Ost-West-Vergleich. Dazu prufen wir zunachst die Messinvarianz des multidimensionalen Einstellungskonstrukts, was die Voraussetzung fur einen Vergleich von Mittelwerten in Ost- und Westdeutschland sowie im Zeitverlauf darstellt. Daruber hinaus untersuchen wir die Rolle etablierter Einflussfaktoren und inwieweit sich entsprechende Variablenz…
The birth and youth of Compositio Mathematica: ‘Ce périodique foncièrement international’
2006
The journal Compositio Mathematica was founded by Luitzen E. J. Brouwer to counter his dismissal from the Mathematische Annalen in 1928. In spite of the economic crisis, Brouwer succeeded in finding a publisher (Noordhoff), an editorial board and subscribers. The founding took place at the time of the rise of the Third Reich, which caused problems of a political nature. The German editors followed Ludwig Bieberbach in 1934 when he left the board because Brouwer refused to dismiss the Jewish editors. After a period of flourishing, the publication was suspended at the beginning of the occupation of Holland in 1940. The post-war restart of the journal led to a painful conflict between Brouwer …
La voce dei sommersi. Destino della musica europea negli anni del nazismo
2002
Il saggio traccia un quadro della politica culturale nazista nell'ambito della musica, con particolare riferimento alla mostra Entartete Musik ("Musica degenerata", 1938) e ai compositori attivi nel ghetto di Theresienstadt. L'ultimo capitolo è dedicato ai percorsi biografici e artistici di Viktor Ullmann e alla genesi, alla drammaturgia e ai caratteri musicali dell'opera in un atto "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" (L'Imperatore di Atlantide, 1943-44).
Kwestia niemiecka w publicystyce emigracyjnej Ligi Niepodległości Polski po II wojnie światowej
2019
The Polish Independence League (PIL) was a political representation of Piłsudski’s followers in exile. The article presents the position of the PIL regarding the German issue after World War II. Michał Grażyński was the most outstanding expert on German issues in the ranks of Piłsudski’s followers. Before World War II, he was a long-term voivode of Silesia and a well-known politician, publicist and the president of the PIL in exile. Piłsudski’s followers repeatedly demanded that Western governments recognise the border on the Odra and Nysa Łużycka Rivers. They advocated that the western territories belong to Poland by referring to security considerations and using economic and historical ar…
Comparative analysis of the national law of Latvia and Germany in regard to AML/CTF: a threat of reputational risks as a driver of strengthening of c…
2021
The thesis aims to analyse the nature of differences between the national law of Latvia and Germany in regard to anti-money laundering with respect to the financial sector, as well as the correlation between current national law and the development of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing systems of Latvia in Germany with profiles of both countries by using a qualitative comparative interdisciplinary method. As such, to provide an analysis of the national law of Latvia and Germany, three particularly important aspects of the anti-money laundering system in regard to the financial sector have been selected – risk-based approach, identification and criminalization. To achi…
Practicing European Industrial Citizenship : The Case of Labour Migration to Germany
2018
Industrial citizenship developed as a way to socially regulate markets in democratic societies. However, EU regulation and one form of labour mobility unique to the European Union, namely posted work, undermines national industrial citizenship through constitutionalizing markets. This chapter examines the contradictions between industrial and market citizenship concepts, and traces their implications in practice. It focuses on how posted work introducies into the German industrial relations system a class of workers with tenuous relations to the system’s regulatory jurisdiction. This undermines industrial citizenship in Germany. Use of posting avoids contesting the validity of labour rights…
Life satisfaction, distress, and resiliency across the life span of women.
2009
Objective: This study aimed to determine (1) the relationship between life satisfaction, mental disorders, and aging in the female community and (2) to identify the impact of vulnerability factors, personal (resilience, self-esteem), and social resources on life satisfaction and distress. Methods: A stratified random sample of the German female population (N = 2,540) was investigated using standardized questionnaires of life satisfaction (Questions on Life Satisfaction), depression, anxiety (Patient Health Questionnaire), resilience scale (RS-11), and self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale). Results: When participants were divided into six age groups (18-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, an…
Menopausal syndrome limited to hot flushes and sweating a representative survey study.
2017
The menopausal syndrome is described as a series of various physical and nonphysical symptoms attributed to perimenopausal changes in hormone levels. However, evidence is biased by focusing research on the target group of middle aged women only. To overcome this bias, we examined the occurrence of menopausal symptoms during the entire life span in both women and men.Therefore, we studied the occurrence of menopausal symptoms with the widely used Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) across the entire life span in both women and men. To this end, we performed a nationwide cross-sectional survey study in Germany in which we examined a representative sample of 2527 persons aged from 14 to 95 years. Add…