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2019-02-18ZeitschriftenartikelFinding the Optimal Imputation Strategy for Small Cattle Populations The imputation from lower density SNP chip genotypes to whole-genome sequence level is an established approach to generate high density genotypes for many individuals. Imputation accuracy is dependent on many factors and ...
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2019-07-16ZeitschriftenartikelEssential Biomolecules in Food Webs We here review the ecological role of essential nutritional biomolecules [fatty acids (FA), amino acids (AA), sterols, vitamins] in aquatic and terrestrial food webs, encompassing the forces behind their environmental ...
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2019-05-15ZeitschriftenartikelBrassinosteroids Affect the Symbiosis Between the AM Fungus Rhizoglomus irregularis and Solanaceous Host Plants Together with several proteins involved in brassinosteroid (BR) signaling and synthesis, the membrane steroid binding protein 1 (MSBP1) was identified within the interactome of the sucrose transporter of tomato (SlSUT2). ...
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2019-05-07ZeitschriftenartikelMeasuring Job Crafting Across Cultures Lessons Learned From Comparing a German and an Australian SampleJob crafting refers to the act of employees actively altering work aspects to better suit their values and interests. Slemp and Vella-Brodrick (2013) proposed a Job Crafting Questionnaire (JCQ) in English consisting of ...
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2019-05-21ZeitschriftenartikelHow Openness Enriches the Environment: Read More The recently proposed OFCI model and specifically the Environmental Enrichment Hypothesis state that Openness positively influences the development of cognitive abilities (Ziegler et al., 2012). It is assumed that Openness ...
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2018-12-13ZeitschriftenartikelFollow-up efficacy of physical exercise interventions on fall incidence and fall risk in healthy older adults A systematic review and meta-analysisBackground: The risk of falling and associated injuries increases with age. Therefore, the prevention of falls is a key priority in geriatrics and is particularly based on physical exercising, aiming to improve the age-related ...
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2019-03-29ZeitschriftenartikelPatellar Tendon Stiffness Is Not Reduced During Pregnancy It is believed that hormonal changes during pregnancy lead to an increased compliance in ligaments and tendons, increasing the risk to suffer from connective tissue injuries particularly during exercise. While the laxity ...
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2019-02-13ZeitschriftenartikelStigma of Mental Illness in Germans and Turkish Immigrants in Germany The Effect of Causal BeliefsBackground: Stigma poses an additional burden for people suffering from mental illness, one that often impairs their social participation and can prevent them from seeking adequate help. It is therefore crucial to understand ...
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2019-06-27ZeitschriftenartikelTaking Care of the Other: Visions of a Caring Integration in Female Refugee Support Work European societies have been significantly challenged recently by intensifying debates around migration and integration. In Germany, the controversy around refugees has put the question of how to negotiate cultural differences ...
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2018-06-12ZeitschriftenartikelHome Range Size and Resource Use of Breeding and Non-breeding White Storks Along a Land Use Gradient Biotelemetry is increasingly used to study animal movement at high spatial and temporal resolution and guide conservation and resource management. Yet, limited sample sizes and variation in space and habitat use across ...
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2019-04-16ZeitschriftenartikelTopic modeling for analyzing open-ended survey responses Open-ended responses are widely used in market research studies. Processing of such responses requires labour-intensive human coding. This paper focuses on unsupervised topic models and tests their ability to automate the ...
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2019-05-09ZeitschriftenartikelRecognition and precarity of life arrangement: towards an enlarged understanding of precarious working and living conditions Precarity and precarious work are widely debated concepts, though a lack of clarity remains about its definition, dimensions and application. Recognition appears to be an illuminating concept for a deeper understanding of ...
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2019-05-30ZeitschriftenartikelBetter with Bologna? Tertiary education reform and student outcomes Given the scale of the university reform induced by the Bologna Process, little is known about how the reform impacted those most immediately affected: the students. This paper uses unique micro data from Humboldt-Universität ...
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2019-04-18ZeitschriftenartikelA framework to foster problem-solving in STEM and computing education Background: Recent developments in STEM and computer science education put a strong emphasis on twenty-first-century skills, such as solving authentic problems. These skills typically transcend single disciplines. Thus, ...
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2019-02-14ZeitschriftenartikelBeyond one work day? A daily diary study on causal and reverse effects between experienced workplace incivility and behaving rude towards others In this diary study with N = 348 employees, we examine whether the contagion effect of workplace incivility transfers beyond one work day that is whether the experience of workplace incivility is related to showing rude ...
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2019-01-15ZeitschriftenartikelThe German labour movement, 1830s–1840s: early efforts at political transnationalism It is a key idea that the German Labour Movement originated in the early nineteenth century abroad. In the more liberal atmosphere of Paris, Brussels, Geneva and London political refugees and travelling journeymen came ...
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2019-06-07ZeitschriftenartikelTrilobite compound eyes with crystalline cones and rhabdoms show mandibulate affinities Most knowledge about the structure, function, and evolution of early compound eyes is based on investigations in trilobites. However, these studies dealt mainly with the cuticular lenses and little was known about internal ...
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2018-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelWriting Stars in the Sky or Decentring the Glocal Discourse of the ‘War(S) on Terror’ through Narratives of Those Displaced Inscribing names into the firmament of symbolic orders is crucial argues Rancière who traces the symbolic distribution of bodies into those that ‘one sees’ and those that ‘one does not see’. The issue of accounted ...
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2019-05ZeitschriftenartikelThe neurocognitive signature of focus alternatives Focus alternatives are words/phrases that can substitute for the focused constituent of an utterance. In “Carsten has picked [CHERRIES]F from the tree.”, (marked by pitch focus on cherries), the speaker wants to not only ...
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2019-06-18ZeitschriftenartikelWhy Do(n’t) People Move When They Get Older? Estimating the Willingness to Relocate in Diverse Ageing Cities Two of the dominant processes shaping today’s European cities are the ageing and diversification of the population. Given that the range of action usually decreases in later life, the living environment around the place ...