Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 134 - Korrespondenzen im Zusammenhang der Sigmund-Freud-Gedächtnis-Vorlesungen 1956 u.a. mit Herbert Marcuse (p. IV 3, 1-255)

Sigmund-Freud-Gedächtnis-Vorlesungen (Sommer-Semester 1956): Korrespondenz und Aktennotizen von Max Horkheimer und Alexander Mitscherlich; Briefe u. a. von Franz Alexander, Michael Balint, Gustav Bally, Ludwig Binswanger, Helmut Coing, Erik Erikson, Heinz Hartmann, Theodor Heuss, Edoardo Krapf, Herbert Marcuse, Alexander Mitscherlich, Rene Spitz, Erwin Stengel, Robert Waelder, Frederik Wyatt, Hans Zulliger (Briefe zwischen Max Horkheimer und Alexander Mitscherlich sind nicht gesondert registriert); Norbert Altwicker: Korrespondenz im Auftrag von Max Horkheimer betrifft die Sigmund-Freud-Gedächtnis-Vorlesungen 1956; 1 Brief von Professor Helmut Coing (betrifft Sigmund-Freud-Gedächtnis-Vorlesungen 1956) an Max Horkheimer, Theodor Heuss, Georg August Zinn, das Hessische Kultusministerium, das Hessische Finanzministerium; Briefwechsel zwischen Bundespräsident Theodor Heuss und Max Horkheimer; 1 Brief von Helmut Coing an Theodor Heuss, 1956; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer und Alexander Mitscherlich an Ernest Jones, 1956; 6 Briefe zwischen Professor Franz Alexander und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1956; 3 Briefe zwischen Professor Gustav Bally und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1956; 4 Briefe zwischen Michael Balint und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1956; 3 Briefe zwischen Ludwig Binswanger und Max Horkheimer, 1956; 4 Briefe zwischen Professor Erik H. Erikson und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1956; 3 Briefe zwischen Professor Edoardo Krapf und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1956; 6 Briefe zwischen Professor Herbert Marcuse und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1956; 14 Briefe zwischen Renè A. Spitz und Max Horkheimer, 1956; 4 Briefe zwischen Professor Erwin Stengel und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1956; 4 Briefe zwischen Professor Frederick Wyatt und Max Horkheimer, 1956; 4 Briefe zwischen Hans Zulliger und Max Horkheimer, 1955-1957; 4 Briefe zwischen Heinz Hartmann (Psychoanalytiker) und Max Horkheimer; 1 Brief von Theodor W. Adorno an Heinz Hartmann, 1955-1957; 1 Brief von Robert Waelder an Max Horkheimer, 1956;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 364 - Korrespondenzen mit Alexander Mitscherlich (p. V 124, 1-102a)

1 Brief von Alexander Mitscherlich an Georg August Zinn (Ministerpräsident), 1961; 9 Briefe zwischen Prof. Tobias Brocher und Max Horkheimer; beteiligt: Alexander Mitscherlich, 1964-1968;

Healthcare provider perspectives on parental refusal of medical interventions: A qualitative study

Background. Healthcare providers in pediatrics are faced with parents making medical decisions for their children. Refusal to consent to interventions can have life threatening sequelae, yet healthcare workers are provided little training in handling refusals. The healthcare provider's experience in parental refusal has not been well described, yet is an important first step in addressing this problem. ^ Specific aims. Describe: (1) the decision-making processes made by healthcare providers when parents refuse medical interventions for their children, (2) the source of healthcare workers' skills in handling situations of refusal, and (3) the perspectives of healthcare workers on parental refusals in the inpatient setting. ^ Methods. Nurses, physicians and respiratory therapists (RT) were recruited via e-mail at Texas Children's Hospital (TCH). Interview questions were developed using Social Cognitive Theory constructs and validated. One-on-one in-depth, one hour semi-structured interviews were held at TCH, audio recorded and transcribed. Coding and analysis were done using ATLAS ti. The constant comparative method was applied to describe emergent themes that were reviewed by an independent expert. ^ Results. Interviews have been conducted with nurses (n=6), physicians and practitioners (n=6), social workers (n=3) and RT (n=3) comprising 13 females and 5 males with 3–25 years of experience. Decision-making processes relate to the experience of the caregiver, familiarity with the family, and the acuity of the patient. Healthcare workers' skills were obtained through orientation processes or by trial-and-error. Themes emerged that related to the importance of: (1) Communication, where the initial discussion about a medical procedure should be done with clarity and an understanding of the parents' views; (2) Perceived loss of control by parents, a key factor in their refusal of interventions; and (3) Training, the need for skill development to handle refusals. ^ Conclusions. Effective training involving clarity in communication and a preservation of perceived control by parents is needed to avoid the current trial-and-error experience of healthcare workers in negotiating refusal situations. Such training could lessen the more serious outcomes of parental refusal. ^

Effects of congressional modernization laws on public access to innovative medical device technologies

The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) play key roles in making Class III, medical devices available to the public, and they are required by law to meet statutory deadlines for applications under review. Historically, both agencies have failed to meet their respective statutory requirements. Since these failures affect patient access and may adversely impact public health, Congress has enacted several “modernization” laws. However, the effectiveness of these modernization laws has not been adequately studied or established for Class III medical devices. ^ The aim of this research study was, therefore, to analyze how these modernization laws may have affected public access to medical devices. Two questions were addressed: (1) How have the FDA modernization laws affected the time to approval for medical device premarket approval applications (PMAs)? (2) How has the CMS modernization law affected the time to approval for national coverage decisions (NCDs)? The data for this research study were collected from publicly available databases for the period January 1, 1995, through December 31, 2008. These dates were selected to ensure that a sufficient period of time was captured to measure pre- and post-modernization effects on time to approval. All records containing original PMAs were obtained from the FDA database, and all records containing NCDs were obtained from the CMS database. Source documents, including FDA premarket approval letters and CMS national coverage decision memoranda, were reviewed to obtain additional data not found in the search results. Analyses were conducted to determine the effects of the pre- and post-modernization laws on time to approval. Secondary analyses of FDA subcategories were conducted to uncover any causal factors that might explain differences in time to approval and to compare with the primary trends. The primary analysis showed that the FDA modernization laws of 1997 and 2002 initially reduced PMA time to approval; after the 2002 modernization law, the time to approval began increasing and continued to increase through December 2008. The non-combined, subcategory approval trends were similar to the primary analysis trends. The combined, subcategory analysis showed no clear trends with the exception of non-implantable devices, for which time to approval trended down after 1997. The CMS modernization law of 2003 reduced NCD time to approval, a trend that continued through December 2008. This study also showed that approximately 86% of PMA devices do not receive NCDs. ^ As a result of this research study, recommendations are offered to help resolve statutory non-compliance and access issues, as follows: (1) Authorities should examine underlying causal factors for the observed trends; (2) Process improvements should be made to better coordinate FDA and CMS activities to include sharing data, reducing duplication, and establishing clear criteria for “safe and effective” and “reasonable and necessary”; (3) A common identifier should be established to allow tracking and trending of applications between FDA and CMS databases; (4) Statutory requirements may need to be revised; and (5) An investigation should be undertaken to determine why NCDs are not issued for the majority of PMAs. Any process improvements should be made without creating additional safety risks and adversely impacting public health. Finally, additional studies are needed to fully characterize and better understand the trends identified in this research study.^

Geochemistry and mineralogy of Eocene-Oligocene sediments of IODP Hole 302-M0002A

In 2004, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 302 (Arctic Coring Expedition, ACEX) to the Lomonosov Ridge drilled the first Central Arctic Ocean sediment record reaching the uppermost Cretaceous (~430 m composite depth). While the Neogene part of the record is characterized by grayish-yellowish siliciclastic material, the Paleogene part is dominated by biosiliceous black shale-type sediments. The lithological transition between Paleogene and Neogene deposits was initially interpreted as a single sedimentological unconformity (hiatus) of ~26 Ma duration, separating Eocene from Miocene strata. More recently, however, continuous sedimentation on Lomonosov Ridge throughout the Cenozoic was proclaimed, questioning the existence of a hiatus. In this context, we studied the elemental and mineralogical sediment composition around the Paleogene-Neogene transition at high resolution to reconstruct variations in the depositional regime (e.g. wave/current activity, detrital provenance, and bottom water redox conditions). Already below the hiatus, mineralogical and geochemical proxies imply drastic changes in sediment provenance and/or weathering intensity in the hinterland, and point to the existence of another, earlier gap in the sediment record. The sediments directly overlying the hiatus (the Zebra interval) are characterized by pronounced and abrupt compositional changes that suggest repeated erosion and re-deposition of material. Regarding redox conditions, euxinic bottom waters prevailed at the Eocene Lomonosov Ridge, and became even more severe directly before the hiatus. With detrital sedimentation rates decreasing, authigenic trace metals were highly enriched in the sediment. This continuous authigenic trace metal enrichment under persistent euxinia implies that the Arctic trace metal pool was renewed continuously by water mass exchange with the world ocean, so the Eocene Arctic Ocean was not fully restricted. Above the hiatus, extreme positive Ce anomalies are clear signs of a periodically well-oxygenated water column, but redox conditions were highly variable during deposition of the Zebra interval. Significant Mn enrichments only occur above the Zebra interval, documenting the Miocene establishment of stable oxic conditions in the Arctic Ocean. In summary, extreme and abrupt changes in geochemistry and mineralogy across the studied sediment section do not suggest continuous sedimentation at the Lomonosov Ridge around the Eocene-Miocene transition, but imply repeated periods of very low sedimentation rates and/or erosion.

El liberalismo conservador y la ideología del Proceso de Reorganización Nacional

El presente trabajo ofrece elementos para mostrar que las ideas políticas del autotitulado "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (PRN)" se estructuraron dentro del marco ideológico brindado por el liberalismo conservador. A través del estudio de algunos de los promotores ideológicos del PRN, se argumenta que el liberalismo conservador sirvió como aglutinante a las diferentes derechas argentinas y sentó las bases para que, con posterioridad al período dictatorial, se impulsaran las ideas neoliberales

Colored dissolved organic matter (cDOM) absorption measurements in Antarctic lakes

The datasets present measurements of cDOM absorption of lakes located in Antarctic oasis during the summer periods from 2013 to 2016. In summer season of 2013 water samples were collected on Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, West Antarctica) - Bellingshausen Station, Russia. Investigated lakes on Fides Peninsula were completely or partly free from ice cover during water sampling. In summer seasons of 2014-2016 water samples were collected on Vestfold Hills, Reuer Island and Larsemann Hills Oasis (East Antarctica) - Progress station, Russia. During 2014-2016 summer season part of lakes on Larsemann Hills Oasis were free from ice cover, some of the lakes were completely covered by ice and were drilled before sampling. Part of the water samples from Progress Station (2015) has not been filtered. cDOM is operationally defined by the chosen filter pore size. Samples have been consistently filtrated through 0.7 µm pore size glas fibre filters. cDOM filtrates have been stored in darkness and have been measured after the expedition using the dual-beam Specord200 laboratory spectrometer (Jena Analytik) at the Otto Schmidt Laboratory OSL, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. The OSL cDOM protocol (Heim and Roessler, 2016) prescribes 3 Absorbance (A) measurements per sample from UV to 750 nm against ultra-pure water. The absorption coefficient, a, is calculated by a = 2.303A/L, where L is the pathlength of the cuvette [m], and the factor 2.303 converts log10 to loge. The output of the calculation is a continuous spectrum of a. The cDOM a spectra are used to determine the exponential slope value for specific wavelength ranges, S by fitting the data between min and max wavelength to an exponential function. We provide cDOM absorption coefficients for the wavelengths 254, 260, 350, 375, 400, 412, 440, 443 nm [1/m] and Slope values for three different UV, VIS, wavelength ranges: 275 to 295 nm, 350 to 400 nm, 300 to 500 nm [1/nm]. All data were carried out by scientists from Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and Saint Petersburg State University of Russia during Russian Antarctic Expedition in 2013-2016.

El liberalismo conservador y la ideología del Proceso de Reorganización Nacional

El presente trabajo ofrece elementos para mostrar que las ideas políticas del autotitulado "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (PRN)" se estructuraron dentro del marco ideológico brindado por el liberalismo conservador. A través del estudio de algunos de los promotores ideológicos del PRN, se argumenta que el liberalismo conservador sirvió como aglutinante a las diferentes derechas argentinas y sentó las bases para que, con posterioridad al período dictatorial, se impulsaran las ideas neoliberales

De la refundación al ocaso : Los intelectuales liberal-conservadores ante la última dictadura

El presente trabajo analiza el rol de la intelectualidad liberal-conservadora argentina ante la última dictadura, el "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional" (1976-1983). El libro estudia las posiciones e intervenciones de un conjunto de catorce actores: Alvaro Alsogaray, Alberto Benegas Lynch, Germán Bidart Campos, Horacio García Belsunce, Jorge Luis García Venturini, Mariano Grondona, Juan Segundo Linares Quintana, Mario Justo López, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Víctor Massuh, Jaime Perriaux, Ambrosio Romero Carranza, Carlos Sánchez Sañudo y Ricardo Zinn. La elección de estos nombres implica considerar un abanico amplio de trayectorias que componen figuras intelectuales de diversidad, unidas sin embargo por muchos más vínculos que la adscripción política. La obra se interna en la historia político-intelectual de un espacio ideológico aún poco explorado desde los estudios sobre la intelectualidad, las derechas y la propia dictadura, reponiendo los diversos espacios ocupados por estos hombres, sus proyectos, coincidencias, polémicas y desencantos en un momento clave de la historia argentina.

El liberalismo conservador y la ideología del Proceso de Reorganización Nacional

El presente trabajo ofrece elementos para mostrar que las ideas políticas del autotitulado "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (PRN)" se estructuraron dentro del marco ideológico brindado por el liberalismo conservador. A través del estudio de algunos de los promotores ideológicos del PRN, se argumenta que el liberalismo conservador sirvió como aglutinante a las diferentes derechas argentinas y sentó las bases para que, con posterioridad al período dictatorial, se impulsaran las ideas neoliberales

Geochemistry of ash from Santorin, Greece

Santorin, am südlichsten Punkt des Kykladenbogens gelegen, ist der einzige noch tätige Vulkan in der südlichen Ägäis. Der Vulkanismus begann vor ca. 1.6 Mio. Jahren. Santorin besteht aus 5 Inseln, die nahezu vollständig aus vulkanischen Gesteinen aufgebaut sind, die im Laufe der Vulkangeschichte aus verschiedenen Eruptionszentren gefördert wurden. Abgesehen von den Laven im N der Hauptinsel Thera, wird der Zentral- und Südteil der Insel in der Hauptsache von den pyroklastischen Förderprodukten des sog. Thera-Vulkans aufgebaut. In der vorliegenden Arbeit waren diese pyroklastischen Serien Ziel der Untersuchungen. Die Ergebnisse daraus können folgendermaßen zusammengefaßt werden: - Die Aufnahme von 14 detaillierten Profilen und deren Korrelierung erbrachte die Einteilung der pyroklastischen Schichten in 5 Haupt-Folgen: T5/1 - Untere Bimsstein-Folge (Bu), T5/2-Mittlere Bimsstein-Folge (Bm), - T5/3, Die Obere Bimsstein-Folge (Bo) wurde dabei nicht weiter berücksichtigt, da sie bereits in zahlreichen Arbeiten untersucht worden ist. - Die als T5/1-3 bezeichneten Serien bestehen aus Aschen, Schlacken, wenigen Bimsstein-Horizonten und untergeordnet Ignimbriten, 'pyroclastic' und 'ash flow'-Ablagerungen, sowie Laharen. Umlagerungen und Bodenhorizonte zeigen die Unterbrechung in der vulkanischen Tätigkeit an. - In den Tg-Folgen konnten jeweils einer oder mehrere Leit-Horizonte gefunden werden, die es ermöglichen die drei Tg-Serien zu unterscheiden und zu korrelieren. - Die Untere Bimsstein-Folge (Bu) wurde in sechs Einheiten unterteilt, die eine Wechselfolge von 'pumice fall' und 'pumice flow'-Ablagerungen bilden. - Mineralogische Untersuchungen zeigen für die 5 Haupt-Folgen nur geringe Unterschiede. Die Bimssteine und Schlacken bestehen überwiegend aus Glas und haben nur wenige Phänokristalle (3-12 Vol.*), wobei der Plagioklas (Andesin-Labradorit) überwiegt; Orthopyroxen (Hypersthen) und Klinopyroxen (diops. Augit) stellen ca. 30% der Einsprengunge. An Akzessorien sind vorhanden: Apatit, Magnetit, Hämatit und sehr selten Hornblende. - Ein Versuch zur Unterscheidung der Gesteine in den einzelnen Schicht-Einheiten war die Bestimmung der Lichtbrechung und der Dichte. Es zeigte sich, daß die Dichte weniger geeignet ist, die Lichtbrechung aber eine schwache Differenzierung widerspiegelt und somit für die Bimssteine und Schlacken, aber auch für die Bimssteine innerhalb des Bu unterschiedliche Werte gefunden wurden - Aus den Korngrößen-Analysen des Asche-Leithorizontes der T5/3-Folge ergaben sich die Lage des Eruptionszentrums und die damals vorherrschende Windrichtung. - Die Oberen Ignimbrite (Ign., im Hangenden der T5/3-Folge) konnten erstmals in 5 Einheiten unterteilt werden. - Die Seltenen Erden-Analysen erbrachten für die einzelnen Folgen in etwa die gleichen SEE-Spektren. - Die geochemischen Untersuchungen von ca. 120 Proben sind in verschiedenen Diagrammen dargestellt. Daraus wird deutlich, daß die T5-Folgen die basischsten Glieder sind. Es handelt sich überwiegend um Quarz-Andesite und Quarz-Latiandesite, während die Bimsstein-Serien (Bu u. Bm) eine quarz-latiandesitische bis rhyodacitische Zusammensetzung haben. Es sind aber alles kalkalkaline Gesteine, die in den Bereich der Kontinentalrand-Andesite gehören. - Es wird angenommen, daß die Gesteine des Thera-Vulkans aus einer Magmakammer stammen. Während Zeiten ± kontinuierlicher, explosiver Tätigkeit wurden die Aschen und Schlacken der T5-Serien gefördert, die gegenüber den Bimsstein-Folgen relativ basisch sind. Während längerer Ruheperioden (Bodenhorizonte am Top der Tc-Folgen) differenzierte die Schmelze in der Magmakammer, vorwiegend durch Kristallfraktionierung. In den paroxysmalen Ausbrüchen wurden dann die sauren, gasreichen Bimssteine des Bu, Bm und Bo gefördert. - Anhand der lithologischen und geochemischen Untersuchungen ließen sich die etwaigen Eruptionszentren, die Ausbruchsmechanismen und der Ablagerungstyp der Schichten herleiten und daraus die Vulkangeschichte rekonstruieren, wie sie in vier Tabellen übersichtlich zusammengefaßt sind. - Schließlich sollen paläomorphologische Karten die einzelnen Stadien des Thera-Vulkans veranschaulichen.