Architektura a ideologie. Výchovné instituce Adolfa Hitlera v protektorátu Čechy a Morava a v Říšské župě Sudety

This article examines the architecture of the Nazi regime in two occupied cities of Czechoslovakia, Praha/Prag and Jihlava/Iglau (the latter being one of the traditionally German-speaking island in the bohemia country), and focuses specifically on the process by which Hitler youth organisations (Hitlerjugend) in case of ‘education’ and indoctrination of youth were or were not successfully established in these cities. As comparison, he takes the political-administrative centres of the Sudeten Reichsgau, Ústí/Aussig, Opava/Troppau, Karlovy Vary/Karlsbad and Liberec/Reichenberg. Drawing on Czech and German archive materials, the extensive body of modern analytical literature, and propagandist literature from the period studied, the author examines the extent to which architecture served as a projection screen for Fascist propaganda in the Occupied Eastern territories. He describes the role played by the Reichsstelle für Raumordnung and shows how the Reich’s propagandist objectives came to be reflected in a high specific typology and stylistic lexicon/configuration for the architecture of Hitler youth hostels and homes He examines the process by which these organisations were powerful implanted into the space of occupied Czechoslovakia (and Sudeten) too, a topic that has not yet been addressed in (art) history too. The building projects developed for the Protectorate (published here for the first time) and managed by the Reich’s Hitler Youth Leadership in Berlin (Kulturamt, Reichsjugendführung, RJF, Abteilung HJ) reveal the ties that existed between the construction authorities in the Reich and the Protectorate, including the Planning Committee for the City of Prague. The author asks how many German and Czech architects participated for their own profit in the Nazi system, and for future research raises the hitherto taboo question of guilt and collaboration with the Nazis and the perception of this phenomenon in art history, i.e. the measure of active cooperation of not just German but also Czech architects who contributed to the planning and implementation of projects and thereby unequivocally had a hand in consolidating the totalitarian regime and de facto in the forced „Germanification” of their own people under occupation.

Der erste Mord. Der Tod des Apsyrtos als Schlüsselmoment für moderne Interpretationen des Medea-Mythos: Jahnn, Pasolini, Wolf, Loher

Murderous Medea – following Euripides’ seminal tragedy countless authors and artists have depicted Medea as child-slaughtering outlaw and avenger. But the Medea myth is much more diverse and holds more depth than this. Medea’s path through her career as princess, magician, wife, mother and avengress opens with another abominable death: that of her brother Apsyrtos. This article focuses on how and why the death of Medea’s brother Apsyrtos has been examined and instrumentalised in modern adaptions of the myth by Hans Henny Jahnn, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Christa Wolf and Dea Loher. Whether guilty as charged but with sensible intentions to gain self-rule and show herself trustworthy or innocent of crime or murder but stricken with guilt and alienation, Medea’s involvement in her brother’s death seems to hold the key to modern interpretations of antiquity’s different strands of the Medea myth and its adaptability to modern concerns of subjectivity and emancipation.

Foreign Direct Investment in Agriculture: Land Grab or Food Security Improvement?

“Large-scale acquisition of land by foreign investors” is the correct term for a process where the verdict of guilt is often quicker than the examination. But is there something really new about land grab except in its extent? In comparison with colonial and post-colonial plantation operations, should foreign investors today behave differently? We generally accept coffee and banana exports as pro-growth and pro-development, just as for cars, beef and insurance. What then is wrong with an investment contract allowing the holder to buy a farm and to export wheat to Saudi Arabia, or soybeans and maize as cattle feed to Korea, or to plant and process sugar cane and palm oil into ethanol for Europe and China? Assuming their land acquisition was legal, should foreigners respect more than investment contracts and national legislation? And why would they not take advantage of the legal protection offered by international investment law and treaties, not to speak of concessional finance, infrastructure and technical cooperation by a development bank, or the tax holidays offered by the host state? Remember Milton Friedman’s often-quoted quip: “The business of business is business!” And why would the governments signing those contracts not know whether and which foreign investment projects are best for their country, and how to attract them? This chapter tries to show that land grab, where it occurs, is not only yet another symptom of regulatory failures at the national level and a lack of corporate social responsibility by certain private actors. National governance is clearly the most important factor. Nonetheless, I submit that there is an international dimension involving investor home states in various capacities. The implication is that land grab is not solely a question whether a particular investment contract is legal or not. This chapter deals with legal issues which seem to have largely escaped the attention of both human rights lawyers and, especially, of investment lawyers. I address this fragmentation between different legal disciplines, rules, and policies, by asking two basic questions: (i) Do governments and parliaments in investor home countries have any responsibility in respect of the behaviour of their investors abroad? (ii) What should they and international regulators do, if anything?

Irrational Beliefs and Psychological Distress: A Meta-Analysis

Background: Since the cognitive revolution of the early 1950s, cognitions have been discussed as central components in the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses. Even though there is an extensive literature on the association between therapy-related cognitions such as irrational beliefs and psychological distress over the past 60 years, there is little meta-analytical knowledge about the nature of this association. Methods: The relationship between irrational beliefs and distress was examined based on a systematic review that included 100 independent samples, gathered in 83 primary studies, using a random-effect model. The overall effects as well as potential moderators were examined: (a) distress measure, (b) irrational belief measure, (c) irrational belief type, (d) method of assessment of distress, (e) nature of irrational beliefs, (f) time lag between irrational beliefs and distress assessment, (g) nature of stressful events, (h) sample characteristics (i.e. age, gender, income, and educational, marital, occupational and clinical status), (i) developer/validator status of the author(s), and (k) publication year and country. Results: Overall, irrational beliefs were positively associated with various types of distress, such as general distress, anxiety, depression, anger, and guilt (omnibus: r = 0.38). The following variables were significant moderators of the relationship between the intensity of irrational beliefs and the level of distress: irrational belief measure and type, stressful event, age, educational and clinical status, and developer/validator status of the author. Conclusions: Irrational beliefs and distress are moderately connected to each other; this relationship remains significant even after controlling for several potential covariates.

Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Additional Theory and Evidence

Knowles, Persico, and Todd (2001) develop a model of police search and offender behavior. Their model implies that if police are unprejudiced the rate of guilt should not vary across groups. Using data from Interstate 95 in Maryland, they find equal guilt rates for African-Americans and whites and conclude that the data is not consistent with racial prejudice against African-Americans. This paper generalizes the model of Knowles, Persico, and Todd by accounting for the fact that potential offenders are frequently not observed by the police and by including two different levels of offense severity. The paper shows that for African-American males the data is consistent with prejudice against African-American males, no prejudice, and reverse discrimination depending on the form of equilibria that exists in the economy. Additional analyses based on stratification by type of vehicle and time of day were conducted, but did not shed any light on the form of equilibria that best represents the situation in Maryland during the sample period.

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 81 - Korrespondenzen u.a. mit Julius Marx und Alexander Mitscherlich (p. II 11, 53-295)

22 Briefe zwischen Robert M. MacIver und Max Horkheimer, 1941-1947; 4 Briefe und Beilage zwischen Julius B. Maller vom Amercian Jewish Committee und Max Horkheimer, 1945-1946; 3 Briefe zwischen Eric Mann und Max Horkheimer, 1947; 13 Briefe und Beilagen zwischen Ludwig Marcuse und Max Horkheimer, 1941-1948 sowie 1 Manuskript von Ludwig Marcuse: War Guilt and Peace Aims, dazu von Max Horkheimer Gutachten und Entwürfe; 8 Briefe zwischen Siegfried Marck und Max Horkheimer, 1945-1950; 7 Briefe zwischen Claire Marck vom American Jewish Committee und Max Horkheimer, 1945-1946; 4 Briefe zwischen Alfred von Martin und Max Horkheimer, 1948-1949; 2 Briefe und Beilage zwischen Hugo Marx und Max Horkheimer, 1945; 44 Briefe und Beilage zwische Julius Marx und Max Horkheimer, 1945-1949; 2 Briefe und Beilage zwischen Heinrich Meng und Max Horkheimer, 10.07.1942, 29.10.1942; 5 Briefe zwischen Karl Menges und Max Horkheimer, 1943-1944; 8 Briefe und Beilage Karl A. Menninger, William C. Menninger und Max Horkheimer, 1941-1949; 23 und Beilage Joseph Messinger und Max Horkheimer, 1945-1949; 2 Briefe zwischen Robert K. Merton und Max Horkheimer, 1949; 1 Brief von Fritz Merz an Max Horkheimer, 1949; 9 Briefe zwischen Fred Mielke und Max Horkheimer, 1948-1950 siehe auch Alexander Mitscherlich; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer bzw. Theodor W. Adorno an George Mintzer, ca. 1944; 5 Briefe zwischen Walter G. Muelder und Max Horkheimer, 1942-1943; 21 Briefe und Beilage zwischen Dorothy Mulgrave und Max Horkheimer, 1941-1948; 2 Briefe zwischen Arthur E. Murphy und Max Horkheimer, 1947;

The role of smoking status on postoperative complications and survival in lung cancer patients presenting to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

It is estimated that 50% of all lung cancer patients continue to smoke after diagnosis. Many of these lung cancer patients who are current smokers often experience tremendous guilt and responsibility for their disease, and feel it might be too late for them to quit smoking. In addition, many oncologists may be heard to say that it is 'too late', 'it doesn't matter', 'it is too difficult', 'it is too stressful' for their patients to stop smoking, or they never identify the smoking status of the patient. Many oncologists feel unprepared to address smoking cessation as part of their clinical practice. In reality, physicians can have tremendous effects on motivating patients, particularly when patients are initially being diagnosed with cancer. More information is needed to convince patients to quit smoking and to encourage clinicians to assist patients with their smoking cessation. ^ In this current study, smoking status at time of lung cancer diagnosis was assessed to examine its impact on complications and survival, after exploring the reliability of smoking data that is self-reported. Logistic Regression was used to determine the risks of smoking prior to lung resection. In addition, survival analysis was performed to examine the impact of smoking on survival. ^ The reliability of how patients report their smoking status was high, but there was some discordance between current smokers and recent quitters. In addition, we found that cigarette pack-year history and duration of smoking cessation were directly related to the rate of a pulmonary complication. In regards to survival, we found that current smoking at time of lung cancer diagnosis was an independent predictor of early stage lung cancer. This evidence supports the idea that it is "never too late" for patients to quit smoking and health care providers should incorporate smoking status regularly into their clinical practice.^

Nurse likelihood to report a pediatric medication error: Examination of the "pre-reporting" period

Each year, hospitalized patients experience 1.5 million preventable injuries from medication errors and hospitals incur an additional $3.5 billion in cost (Aspden, Wolcott, Bootman, & Cronenwatt; (2007). It is believed that error reporting is one way to learn about factors contributing to medication errors. And yet, an estimated 50% of medication errors go unreported. This period of medication error pre-reporting, with few exceptions, is underexplored. The literature focuses on error prevention and management, but lacks a description of the period of introspection and inner struggle over whether to report an error and resulting likelihood to report. Reporting makes a nurse vulnerable to reprimand, legal liability, and even threat to licensure. For some nurses this state may invoke a disparity between a person‘s belief about him or herself as a healer and the undeniable fact of the error.^ This study explored the medication error reporting experience. Its purpose was to inform nurses, educators, organizational leaders, and policy-makers about the medication error pre-reporting period, and to contribute to a framework for further investigation. From a better understanding of factors that contribute to or detract from the likelihood of an individual to report an error, interventions can be identified to help the nurse come to a psychologically healthy resolution and help increase reporting of error in order to learn from error and reduce the possibility of future similar error.^ The research question was: "What factors contribute to a nurse's likelihood to report an error?" The specific aims of the study were to: (1) describe participant nurses' perceptions of medication error reporting; (2) describe participant explanations of the emotional, cognitive, and physical reactions to making a medication error; (3) identify pre-reporting conditions that make it less likely for a nurse to report a medication error; and (4) identify pre-reporting conditions that make it more likely for a nurse to report a medication error.^ A qualitative research study was conducted to explore the medication error experience and in particular the pre-reporting period from the perspective of the nurse. A total of 54 registered nurses from a large private free-standing not-for-profit children's hospital in the southwestern United States participated in group interviews. The results describe the experience of the nurse as well as the physical, emotional, and cognitive responses to the realization of the commission of a medication error. The results also reveal factors that make it more and less likely to report a medication error.^ It is clear from this study that upon realization that he or she has made a medication error, a nurse's foremost concern is for the safety of the patient. Fear was also described by each group of nurses. The nurses described a fear of several things including physician reaction, manager reaction, peer reaction, as well as family reaction and possible lack of trust as a result. Another universal response was the description of a struggle with guilt, shame, imperfection, blaming oneself, and questioning one's competence.^

Network-based analysis of genome-wide scans of natural selection

The genomic era brought by recent advances in the next-generation sequencing technology makes the genome-wide scans of natural selection a reality. Currently, almost all the statistical tests and analytical methods for identifying genes under selection was performed on the individual gene basis. Although these methods have the power of identifying gene subject to strong selection, they have limited power in discovering genes targeted by moderate or weak selection forces, which are crucial for understanding the molecular mechanisms of complex phenotypes and diseases. Recent availability and rapid completeness of many gene network and protein-protein interaction databases accompanying the genomic era open the avenues of exploring the possibility of enhancing the power of discovering genes under natural selection. The aim of the thesis is to explore and develop normal mixture model based methods for leveraging gene network information to enhance the power of natural selection target gene discovery. The results show that the developed statistical method, which combines the posterior log odds of the standard normal mixture model and the Guilt-By-Association score of the gene network in a naïve Bayes framework, has the power to discover moderate/weak selection gene which bridges the genes under strong selection and it helps our understanding the biology under complex diseases and related natural selection phenotypes.^

Cuando el horror se vuelve cotidiano. Aproximaciones a la vida cotidiana en la dictadura militar argentina a partir de las producciones audiovisuales del "Programa Jóvenes y Memoria. Recordamos para el futuro"

Los debates acerca de las actitudes de la sociedad civil frente a la última dictadura militar argentina oscilan entre la "teoría de los dos demonios" y las que responsabilizan a la sociedad toda. Para superar estas visiones maniqueas analizaremos algunos trabajos académicos relevantes sobre los autoritarismos europeos, con el fin de abordar nuevas perspectivas de interpretación que sean útiles al momento de pensar sobre la relación entre sociedad y dictadura en la bibliografía referida al caso argentino. Indagaremos las distintas actitudes sociales frente a la dictadura argentina desde los micro-contextos sociales a través de las producciones audiovisuales desarrolladas por los alumnos bonaerenses de nivel secundario realizadas en el Programa "Jóvenes y Memoria Recordamos para el futuro", propuesta desarrollada por la Comisión Provincial por la Memoria desde el año 2002. La elección de los audiovisuales desarrollados en el marco de este Programa apunta a su carácter testimonial y permite cuestionar la bipolaridad "complicidad-resistencia" en la que comúnmente suelen caracterizarse las actitudes sociales del período para pensar en una matriz que contiene distintos grises o gamas de acción.

Cuando el horror se vuelve cotidiano. Aproximaciones a la vida cotidiana en la dictadura militar argentina a partir de las producciones audiovisuales del "Programa Jóvenes y Memoria. Recordamos para el futuro"

Los debates acerca de las actitudes de la sociedad civil frente a la última dictadura militar argentina oscilan entre la "teoría de los dos demonios" y las que responsabilizan a la sociedad toda. Para superar estas visiones maniqueas analizaremos algunos trabajos académicos relevantes sobre los autoritarismos europeos, con el fin de abordar nuevas perspectivas de interpretación que sean útiles al momento de pensar sobre la relación entre sociedad y dictadura en la bibliografía referida al caso argentino. Indagaremos las distintas actitudes sociales frente a la dictadura argentina desde los micro-contextos sociales a través de las producciones audiovisuales desarrolladas por los alumnos bonaerenses de nivel secundario realizadas en el Programa "Jóvenes y Memoria Recordamos para el futuro", propuesta desarrollada por la Comisión Provincial por la Memoria desde el año 2002. La elección de los audiovisuales desarrollados en el marco de este Programa apunta a su carácter testimonial y permite cuestionar la bipolaridad "complicidad-resistencia" en la que comúnmente suelen caracterizarse las actitudes sociales del período para pensar en una matriz que contiene distintos grises o gamas de acción.

Cuando el horror se vuelve cotidiano. Aproximaciones a la vida cotidiana en la dictadura militar argentina a partir de las producciones audiovisuales del "Programa Jóvenes y Memoria. Recordamos para el futuro"

Los debates acerca de las actitudes de la sociedad civil frente a la última dictadura militar argentina oscilan entre la "teoría de los dos demonios" y las que responsabilizan a la sociedad toda. Para superar estas visiones maniqueas analizaremos algunos trabajos académicos relevantes sobre los autoritarismos europeos, con el fin de abordar nuevas perspectivas de interpretación que sean útiles al momento de pensar sobre la relación entre sociedad y dictadura en la bibliografía referida al caso argentino. Indagaremos las distintas actitudes sociales frente a la dictadura argentina desde los micro-contextos sociales a través de las producciones audiovisuales desarrolladas por los alumnos bonaerenses de nivel secundario realizadas en el Programa "Jóvenes y Memoria Recordamos para el futuro", propuesta desarrollada por la Comisión Provincial por la Memoria desde el año 2002. La elección de los audiovisuales desarrollados en el marco de este Programa apunta a su carácter testimonial y permite cuestionar la bipolaridad "complicidad-resistencia" en la que comúnmente suelen caracterizarse las actitudes sociales del período para pensar en una matriz que contiene distintos grises o gamas de acción.

La Nostalgia Operativa: un nuevo romanticismo

Son muchos más de los que creemos, los “edificios modernos” que, abandonados desde hace tiempo, yacen silenciosos y olvidados frente a nuestros ciegos ojos, atentos sólo al simulacro social. La visión de su ruina cuando aparece, no produce en nosotros la misma sensación que la que producen las arquitecturas clásicas del pasado. Esta otra nos desasosiega e inquieta, despertando en nosotros la extrañeza, el desconcierto y, a veces, la culpa. ¿Qué particularidades intervienen y motivan esta contemplación sin nostalgia del pasado? ¿Cómo debemos instalar este fenómeno en el debate arquitectónico actual? Y más específicamente ¿Se puede integrar la ruina moderna en el proceso proyectual contemporáneo?. There are more “modern buildings” than we think that they remain abandoned and forgotten since a long time, in front of our blind eyes, focused only on the social simulacre. The vision of ruin when it appears, does not produce in us the same feeling as that produced by traditional architectures of the past. This one disturbs and us restless, waking us strangeness, confusion and sometimes guilt. What particularities involve and motivate this contemplation without nostalgia for the past? How should we install this phenomenon in the current architectural discussion? And more specifically. Can we integrate modern ruin into the contemporary design process?.

Ansiedade em situações de convívio social em idosos

A ansiedade é uma experiência normal em qualquer idade, mas merece uma atenção especial no indivíduo idoso. O idoso tem vivido uma vida social mais intensa como freqüentar cursos, festas ou mesmo lidar com novas tecnologias.Sintomas de ansiedade social podem surgir ou se acentuar nestas situações, prejudicando a integração do indivíduo à sociedade e à família. .A depressão é uma grande preocupação para o idoso. A importância do diagnóstico da doença depressão para diferenciar sintomas depressivos de sentimento de tristeza ou síndrome depressiva .Trata-se de um estudo, do tipo caso-controle investigando ansiedade em situações de convívio social em 61indivíduos com 60 anos de idade ou mais e um grupo de 60 jovens até 35 anos.Responderam um questionário, escalas de ansiedade,fobia social ,esquiva e desconforto, medo de avaliação negativa e depressão.De acordo com os resultados obtidos a ansiedade pode estar relacionada a fatores biológicos, psicológicos e sociais que diagnosticados precocemente podem ser tratados por medicamentos , psicoterapia ou uso da estratégia adequada melhorar a adaptação do idoso.A realidade é que o perfil do idoso mudou e a qualidade de vida também,o que gerou necessidades diferentes,novos desafios. É um assunto que requer maiores estudos com o intuito de apontar estratégias que auxiliem na prevenção ou que aponte fatores que melhorem a adaptação do idoso.(AU)

Ansiedade em situações de convívio social em idosos

A ansiedade é uma experiência normal em qualquer idade, mas merece uma atenção especial no indivíduo idoso. O idoso tem vivido uma vida social mais intensa como freqüentar cursos, festas ou mesmo lidar com novas tecnologias.Sintomas de ansiedade social podem surgir ou se acentuar nestas situações, prejudicando a integração do indivíduo à sociedade e à família. .A depressão é uma grande preocupação para o idoso. A importância do diagnóstico da doença depressão para diferenciar sintomas depressivos de sentimento de tristeza ou síndrome depressiva .Trata-se de um estudo, do tipo caso-controle investigando ansiedade em situações de convívio social em 61indivíduos com 60 anos de idade ou mais e um grupo de 60 jovens até 35 anos.Responderam um questionário, escalas de ansiedade,fobia social ,esquiva e desconforto, medo de avaliação negativa e depressão.De acordo com os resultados obtidos a ansiedade pode estar relacionada a fatores biológicos, psicológicos e sociais que diagnosticados precocemente podem ser tratados por medicamentos , psicoterapia ou uso da estratégia adequada melhorar a adaptação do idoso.A realidade é que o perfil do idoso mudou e a qualidade de vida também,o que gerou necessidades diferentes,novos desafios. É um assunto que requer maiores estudos com o intuito de apontar estratégias que auxiliem na prevenção ou que aponte fatores que melhorem a adaptação do idoso.(AU)