Evaluierung der Studienförderung

aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis: Einleitung; Studienförderung in Österreich; Deskriptive Analyse von Förderanträgen; Wirkungsanalyse der Studienbeihilfe; Struktureller Einfluss der Studienförderung; Evaluierung der konventionellen Studienbeihilfe; Evaluierung des Selbsterhalterstipendiums; KSB und SES im Kontext spezifischer Studierendengruppen; ESF-Studienabschluss-Stipendium; ESF-Kinderbetreuungskostenzuschuss; Studienförderung im europäischen Kontext; Zusammenfassung; Literatur; Anhang

Studierenden-Sozialerhebung 2011. Bericht zur sozialen Lage der Studierenden. Band 1: Hochschulzugang und StudienanfängerInnen

aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis: Einleitung; Zeitliche Entwicklung und Struktur der StudienanfängerInnen; Regionale, soziale und schulische Herkunft sowie Studienberechtigung der StudienanfängerInnen; Population der StudienanfängerInnen; Studienmotive; Hochschulwahl; Informiertheit über akuelles Studium vor Studienbeginn; Beratung vor Studienbeginn; Lebenssituation; Studiensituation; Mit eigenen Worten: Anmerkungen von StudienanfängerInnen in offener Form; Zusammenfassung: Hochschulzugang und StudienanfängerInnen 2011 (Band 1); Literaturverzeichnis; Methodischer Anhang; Glossar

Studierenden-Sozialerhebung 2009. Bericht zur sozialen Lage der Studierenden 2009.

aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis: Glossar; Einleitung; Entwicklung des Hochschulzugangs und der Studierendenzahlen; Alterstruktur der Studierendenschaft; Soziale Herkunft und Vorbildung der Studierenden; Geografische Herkunft der Studierenden; Familiäre Situation und Studiernde mit Kind(ern); Wohnsituation; Erwerbstätigkeit; Praktika während des Studiums; Krankenversicherung; Zeitbudget; Gesundheitliche Beschwerden; Beihilfen und Förderungen; Finanzielle Situation; Finanzielle Schwierigkeiten; Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse der Studierenden-Sozialerhebung 2009 im Überblick; Methodischer Anhang; Literatur; Überblick. Die Studierendenpopulation im SS 2009

Studierenden-Sozialerhebung 2011. Bericht zur sozialen Lage der Studierenden. Band 2: Studierende.

aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis: Einleitung; Entwicklung der Studierendenzahlen; Studienverhalten; Herkunft und Vorbildung der Studierenden; Beschreibung der Befragungspopulation; Familiäre Situation und Studierende mit Kindern; Wohnsituation; Zeitbudget; Erwerbstätigkeit; Praktika während des Studiums; Krankenversicherung; Gesundheitliche Beschwerden; Beihilfen und Förderungen; Finanzielle Situation; Mit eigenen Worten: Anmerkungen der Studierenden in offener Form; Zusammenfassung: Soziale Lage derStudierenden 2011 (Band 2); Literatur; Methodischer Anhang; Glossar; Überblick: Die Studierendenpopulation im SS 2011

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Die vorliegende Arbeit unternimmt den Versuch, die verschiedenen Elemente einer künstlerischen Therapie (d.h. ästhetische Erfahrung, Kunst, Spiel und schließlich eine spezifische Form der zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung) philosophisch zu analysieren und auf etwaige therapeutische Relevanzen hin zu befragen. Im Zuge dessen wird sich der innere Zusammenhang dieser Bestandteile - und damit auch das Wesen des Schönen - immer deutlicher herausstellen: etwas oder jemand kann sich an-ihm-selbst und von-ihm-selbst-her zeigen, d.h. in seinem „Eigensein“ und „Eigensinn“ zur Geltung kommen (anstatt bloß als Fall/Exemplar einer Allgemeinheit bzw. als Mittel zu einem äußerlichen Zweck). Es soll gezeigt werden, inwiefern das Schöne nicht nur und nicht primär ein ästhetisches Phänomen meint, inwiefern sich also auch seine therapeutische Interpretation nicht auf das spezifisch künstlerische einer künstlerischen Therapie beschränken kann. Wenn Schönheit ursprünglich in der freigebenden zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung („Liebe“) gründet, auf der nicht zuletzt auch jede Form von beziehungsorientierter Therapie be-ruht, dann bedeutet das Schöne u.a. eine therapeutische „Grundbewegung“ (nicht nur der künstlerischen Therapien). Und wenn es einen strukturellen Zusammenhang zwi-schen ästhetischer und zwischenmenschlicher Schönheitserfahrung gibt, erweist sich darüber hinaus die ästhetische Realisierung des Schönen (als spezifische Methode der künstlerischen Therapien), sofern sie sich im übergeordneten Rahmen seiner zwischen-menschlichen Realisierung als persönliches Vertrauensverhältnis (zwischen PatientIn und TherapeutIn) ereignet, nicht nur als eine beliebige therapeutische Möglichkeit unter anderen, sondern als jener therapeutischen „Grundbewegung“ des Schönen auf besondere Weise angemessen und förderlich

The Hypocrea jecorina (Trichoderma reesei) hypercellulolytic mutant RUT C30 lacks a 85 kb (29 gene-encoding) region of the wild-type genome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The hypercellulolytic mutant <it>Hypocrea jecorina </it>(anamorph <it>Trichoderma reesei</it>) RUT C30 is the <it>H. jecorina </it>strain most frequently used for cellulase fermentations and has also often been employed for basic research on cellulase regulation. This strain has been reported to contain a truncated carbon catabolite repressor gene <it>cre1 </it>and is consequently carbon catabolite derepressed. To date this and an additional frame-shift mutation in the glycoprotein-processing β-glucosidase II encoding gene are the only known genetic differences in strain RUT C30.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In the present paper we show that <it>H. jecorina </it>RUT C30 lacks an 85 kb genomic fragment, and consequently misses additional 29 genes comprising transcription factors, enzymes of the primary metabolism and transport proteins. This loss is already present in the ancestor of RUT C30 – NG 14 – and seems to have occurred in a palindromic AT-rich repeat (PATRR) typically inducing chromosomal translocations, and is not linked to the <it>cre1 </it>locus. The mutation of the <it>cre1 </it>locus has specifically occurred in RUT C30. Some of the genes that are lacking in RUT C30 could be correlated with pronounced alterations in its phenotype, such as poor growth on α-linked oligo- and polyglucosides (loss of maltose permease), or disturbance of osmotic homeostasis.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our data place a general caveat on the use of <it>H. jecorina </it>RUT C30 for further basic research.</p

Cryoballoon Ablation Strategy in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Background: Cryoballoon ablation is established for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). The objective was to evaluate CBA strategy in consecutive patients with persistent AF in the initial AF ablation procedure. Material and Methods: Prospectively, patients with symptomatic persistent AF scheduled for AF ablation all underwent cryoballoon PVI. Technical enhancements, laboratory management, safety, single-procedure outcome, predictors of recurrence, and durability of PVI were evaluated. Results: From 2007 to 2020, a total of 1,140 patients with persistent AF, median age 68 years, underwent cryoballoon ablation (CBA). Median left atrial (LA) diameter was 45 mm (interquantile range, IQR, 8), and Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age ≥75 years (doubled), Diabetes mellitus, prior Stroke or TIA or thromboembolism (doubled), Vascular disease, Age 65 to 74 years, Sex category (CHA2DS2-VASc) score was 3. Acute isolation was achieved in 99.6% of the pulmonary veins by CBA. Median LA time and median dose area product decreased significantly over time (p < 0.001). Major complications occurred in 17 (1.5%) patients including 2 (0.2%) stroke/transitory ischemic attack (TIA), 1 (0.1%) tamponade, relevant groin complications, 1 (0.1%) significant ASD, and 4 (0.4%) persistent phrenic nerve palsy (PNP). Transient PNP occurred in 66 (5.5%) patients. No atrio-esophageal fistula was documented. Five deaths (0.4%), unrelated to the procedure, occurred very late during follow-up. After initial CBA, arrhythmia recurrences occurred in 46.6% of the patients. Freedom from atrial arrhythmias at 1-, and 2-year was 81.8 and 61.7%, respectively. Independent predictors of recurrence were LA diameter, female sex, and use of the first cryoballoon generation. Repeat ablations due to recurrences were performed in 268 (23.5%) of the 1,140 patients. No pulmonary vein (PV) reconduction was found in 49.6% of the patients and 73.5% of PVs. This rate increased to 66.4% of the patients and 88% of PVs if an advanced cryoballoon was used in the first AF ablation procedure. Conclusion: Cryoballoon ablation for symptomatic persistent AF is a reasonable strategy in the initial AF ablation procedure

Impacts of the Tropical Pacific/Indian Oceans on the Seasonal Cycle of the West African Monsoon

The current consensus is that drought has developed in the Sahel during the second half of the twentieth century as a result of remote effects of oceanic anomalies amplified by local land–atmosphere interactions. This paper focuses on the impacts of oceanic anomalies upon West African climate and specifically aims to identify those from SST anomalies in the Pacific/Indian Oceans during spring and summer seasons, when they were significant. Idealized sensitivity experiments are performed with four atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs). The prescribed SST patterns used in the AGCMs are based on the leading mode of covariability between SST anomalies over the Pacific/Indian Oceans and summer rainfall over West Africa. The results show that such oceanic anomalies in the Pacific/Indian Ocean lead to a northward shift of an anomalous dry belt from the Gulf of Guinea to the Sahel as the season advances. In the Sahel, the magnitude of rainfall anomalies is comparable to that obtained by other authors using SST anomalies confined to the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean. The mechanism connecting the Pacific/Indian SST anomalies with West African rainfall has a strong seasonal cycle. In spring (May and June), anomalous subsidence develops over both the Maritime Continent and the equatorial Atlantic in response to the enhanced equatorial heating. Precipitation increases over continental West Africa in association with stronger zonal convergence of moisture. In addition, precipitation decreases over the Gulf of Guinea. During the monsoon peak (July and August), the SST anomalies move westward over the equatorial Pacific and the two regions where subsidence occurred earlier in the seasons merge over West Africa. The monsoon weakens and rainfall decreases over the Sahel, especially in August.Peer reviewe

Severe early onset preeclampsia: short and long term clinical, psychosocial and biochemical aspects

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy specific disorder commonly defined as de novo hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks gestational age. It occurs in approximately 3-5% of pregnancies and it is still a major cause of both foetal and maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide1. As extensive research has not yet elucidated the aetiology of preeclampsia, there are no rational preventive or therapeutic interventions available. The only rational treatment is delivery, which benefits the mother but is not in the interest of the foetus, if remote from term. Early onset preeclampsia (<32 weeks’ gestational age) occurs in less than 1% of pregnancies. It is, however often associated with maternal morbidity as the risk of progression to severe maternal disease is inversely related with gestational age at onset2. Resulting prematurity is therefore the main cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity in patients with severe preeclampsia3. Although the discussion is ongoing, perinatal survival is suggested to be increased in patients with preterm preeclampsia by expectant, non-interventional management. This temporising treatment option to lengthen pregnancy includes the use of antihypertensive medication to control hypertension, magnesium sulphate to prevent eclampsia and corticosteroids to enhance foetal lung maturity4. With optimal maternal haemodynamic status and reassuring foetal condition this results on average in an extension of 2 weeks. Prolongation of these pregnancies is a great challenge for clinicians to balance between potential maternal risks on one the eve hand and possible foetal benefits on the other. Clinical controversies regarding prolongation of preterm preeclamptic pregnancies still exist – also taking into account that preeclampsia is the leading cause of maternal mortality in the Netherlands5 - a debate which is even more pronounced in very preterm pregnancies with questionable foetal viability6-9. Do maternal risks of prolongation of these very early pregnancies outweigh the chances of neonatal survival? Counselling of women with very early onset preeclampsia not only comprises of knowledge of the outcome of those particular pregnancies, but also knowledge of outcomes of future pregnancies of these women is of major clinical importance. This thesis opens with a review of the literature on identifiable risk factors of preeclampsia

Penilaian Kinerja Keuangan Koperasi di Kabupaten Pelalawan

This paper describe development and financial performance of cooperative in District Pelalawan among 2007 - 2008. Studies on primary and secondary cooperative in 12 sub-districts. Method in this stady use performance measuring of productivity, efficiency, growth, liquidity, and solvability of cooperative. Productivity of cooperative in Pelalawan was highly but efficiency still low. Profit and income were highly, even liquidity of cooperative very high, and solvability was good