German Bight bedform reconstructions

Bodenformen an der Sohle von Flüssen, Küstenzonen und flachen Schelfen sind wichtige skalenübergreifende Elemente der Küstendynamik in ihren Eigenschaften als Transportkörper von Sedimenten und ihrer Wirkung auf die Strömungsdynamik als Rauheitselemente. Neben vielen neueren Studien über die Entstehung, Gestalt und Dynamik von Bodenformen in vergleichsweise kleinen Untersuchungsgebieten ist die Arbeit von ULRICH (1973) über die Verteilung von Bodenformen in der Deutschen Bucht bis heute die einzige verfügbare zusammenhängende Darstellung für die deutsche Nordseeküste. Die analogen Karten und die Darstellung der Klassifizierung in Buchstabenkürzeln macht sie für heutige quantitative Analysen schwer zugänglich. Hier wurden diese Karten digitalisiert und Eigenschaften der Bodenformen rekonstruiert und interpretiert. Das Ergebnis ist eine Zusammenstellung digitaler Karten eines vollständigen - und eines auf steile, hydrodynamisch wirksame Bodenformen reduzierten Datensatzes der Minimal, Maximalund Mittelwerte von Höhen, Längen und Steilheiten von Bodenformen in der Deutschen Bucht. Die Datensätze stehen der Allgemeinheit in der Datenbank Pangaea zur Verfügung. Bedforms in rivers, coastal zones and shallow shelf seas are important cross-scale elements of coastal dynamics in their function as sediment transport agent and in their effect on the flow dynamics as roughness elements. In addition to many recent studies on the origin, shape and dynamics of bedforms in relatively small study areas the work of ULRICH (1973) on the classification of bedform types in the German Bight is until today the only available coherent representation of the spatial distribution of bedforms for the whole German coastal sea. The analogue maps and the coded classification makes them difficult to access for quantitative analyses. Here these maps were digitized and properties of the bedforms were reconstructed and interpreted. Resulting digital maps of the whole and a reduced dataset on steep bedforms contain minimum, maximum and average values of heights, lengths and steepness of bedform types in the German Bight. The data sets are available to the public in the database Pangaea.

Publication activities of German junior researchers in academic medicine: which factors impact impact factors?

Previous studies have shown medical students in Germany to have little interest in research while at the same time there is a lack of physician scientists. This study’s aim is to investigate factors influencing publication productivity of physicians during and after finishing their medical doctorate. We conducted a PubMed search for physicians having received their doctoral degree at Ludwig-Maxmilians-University Munich Faculty of Medicine between 2011 and 2013 (N = 924) and identified the appropriate impact factor (IF) for each journal the participants had published in. Gender, age, final grade of the doctorate, participation in a structured doctoral study program and joint publication activities between graduate and academic supervisor were defined as factors. For analyses we used nonparametric procedures. Men show significantly more publications than women. Before their doctoral graduation men publish 1.98 (SD ± 3.64) articles on average, women 1.15 (±2.67) (p < 0.0001, d = 0.27). After completion of the doctorate (up to 06/2015), 40 % of men still publish, while only 24.3 % of women (p < 0.0001, φ = 0.17) continue to publish. No differences were found concerning the value of IFs. Similar results were found regarding the variable ‘participation in a structured doctoral study program’. Until doctoral graduation, program participants publish 2.82 (±5.41) articles, whereas participants doing their doctorate individually only publish 1.39 (±2.87) articles (p < 0.0001, d = 0.46). These differences persist in publication activities after graduation (45.5 vs. 29.7 %, p = 0.008, φ = 0.09). A structured doctorate seems to have positive influence on IFs (4.33 ± 2.91 vs. 3.37 ± 2.82, p = 0.006, d = 0.34). Further significant results concern the variables ‘final grade’ and ‘age’: An early doctoral graduation and an excellent or very good grade for the doctoral thesis positively influence publication productivity. Finally, joint publication activities between the graduate and his/her academic supervisor result in significantly higher IFs (3.64 ± 3.03 vs. 2.84 ± 2.25, p = 0.007, d = 0.28). The study’s results support the assumption about women’s underrepresentation in science as well as the relevance of structured doctoral study programs for preparing and recruiting young academics in medicine for scientific careers. Promoting women and further development of structured doctoral study programs are highly recommended.

NATO and the new German Army /

"October 24, 1955."

Engineering studies, pt. 1-5 ...

pt. 1. American stone arches.--pt. 2. Roman stone arches.--pt. 3. English stone arches.--pt. 4. French stone arches.--pt. 5. German and Austrian stone arches.

The chances of death, and other studies in evolution.

"Errata" slip tipped in at v. 1, p. [1]; Addenda slip tipped in at v. 2, p. [413]

A survey of German tactics, 1918.

Also issued by Historical Section, General Staff, A.E.F., as Tactical studies, no. 1.

Carlsbad : clinical studies on the modes of action, indications for the use and curative value of its mineral springs ... /

"Eisner-Mendelson Company, New York ... sole agents for the Carlsbad Springs and Products" -- inside back cover.

Jihad and Islam in World War I : Studies on the Ottoman Jihad at the Centenary of Snouck Hurgronje's "Holy War Made in Germany" /

This books investigates the background and nature of the Ottoman Jihad proclamation, but also its effects in the wider Middle East. It looks at the German hopes and British fears of a worldwide rising of Muslims in the colonial empires. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

American patriotism, and other social studies.

Reprinted, in part, from various periodicals.

The spirit of Russia; studies in history, literature and philosophy,

"The German edition from which the translation is made was published at Jena in 1913."--Translators' foreword.

Staging Theater to Realize a Nation: The Development of German National Theater in the 18th Century

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-03

Preformations of the Amazonian: Strong Women in German Literature of the Early Enlightenment

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Identity, difference, and the dilemmas of inter-Korean relations: Insights from northern defectors and the German precedent

Questions of identity have become increasingly central to the study of foreign policy and security, particularly in constructivist debates. But very few of the resulting insights have been applied to the Korean situation, where discussions about security and inter-Korean relations remain dominated by strategic and geopolitical issues. The main task of this article is to address this shortcoming by examining the experience of North Korean defectors in South Korea and the precedent of German unification. Both of these domains of inquiry reveal that identity differences between North and South persist far beyond the ideological and political structures that created them in the first place. Born out of death, fear, and longing for revenge, these identity patterns lie at the heart of Korea's security dilemmas. Unless taken seriously by scholars and decision makers, the respective tensions between identity and difference will continue to cause major political problems. (Key words: Inter-Korean relations, North Korean defectors, German unification)