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TABENSKA, Oksana. "Development of tourism in Germany." Economics. Finances. Law, no. 2 (February 21, 2020): 28–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.37634/efp.2020.2.6.
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Introduction. The service sector is constantly and dynamically developing, creating jobs. With the important structural element of the international tourism services market, travelers are able to change previous perceptions of threats and challenges on our planet and to offer possible conditions for crisis management. The purpose of the paper is to explore the problems and prospects of tourism development in Germany, the tourist attractions in the German city of Cottbus. Scientific papers, materials of periodicals, Internet resources are the methodological and informational basis of the work. Results. Germany is a country where you always want to discover new pages – its history, character and traditions of residents, the incredible contrast of rural nature and the active life of big cities. Five new federal lands play an important role in tourism. For many regions in the east of Germany, after the reunification, tourism has become a chance to get back on its feet in economic terms. Landscapes such as Spreewald, traditional Dresden or Weimar culture cities, or Baltic resorts such as Binz on Rügen attract tourists from Germany and abroad. Cottbus is a city in eastern Germany, located on the Spree River and three railway lines 100 km from Berlin. It is considered the cultural and political center of the Sorbian population in Lower Lusatia. Attractions for tourists will be interesting Castle Branitz with the adjacent park, which is located in the south of the city. The residence was built on the special order of Prince Herman von Puckler-Muscaw, who was one of the few key figures of the country in the XIX century. At the Zoo of Cottbus – Tierpark Cottbus you can look at a variety of animals that live in all corners of the world - tigers, deer, penguins, camels, tapirs, pelicans. Conclusion. In the development of international and domestic tourism, a set of reasons that contribute to the development of domestic tourism in Germany. Famous tourist attractions in the German city of Cottbus were explored, namely: the historic building – Casper Gewerbehof, the Branitz Castle, a cinema, the Museum of Art, the Zoo – Tierpark Cottbus.
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TABENSKA, Oksana. "Main advantages of the cluster model of the tourist business organization in the region." Economics. Finances. Law, no. 3 (March 20, 2020): 18–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.37634/efp.2020.3.4.
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Introduction. The article explores the role of the European Union in the unification of Eastern and Western Europe, in the development of a stable economic and social situation in Germany, the development of tourism in Brandenburg, namely in the city of Cottbus. The purpose of the paper is to explore to develop the tourism sector in Germany, to create a design model for the Cottbus tourist and recreational cluster. Results. Germany is a special country trying to overcome the negative consequences of the tragic past. The two world wars are reflected in the architecture, cultural and historical monuments. The European Union is a new political institution created by nation-states after World War II. The European Union is now achieving economic and political integration, and this process is one of its most ambitious projects. Using the author's own experience, we have analyzed the changes that took place in the German city of Cottbus over a rather long historical period, namely: in the German Democratic Republic and after the unification of Germany. Cottbus hotels and restaurants are being researched to help cater to such top tourist needs as accommodation and food. The Cottbus Tourism and Recreation Cluster will enhance the region's competitiveness and integrate the management, research, hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, museums, festivals, exhibitions, fairs, zoos, planetariums, castles and other structures. Conclusion. Therefore, it is precisely through the cooperation of public authorities, scientific, research institutions, tourist agencies, hotel and restaurant complexes, information-tourist centers, transport companies, banking institutions, insurance companies that the competitiveness of enterprises and organizations increases, a synergistic effect arises. Research on the problems and prospects of green tourism development in Germany needs to be continued.
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Bartholomae, Florian, Chang Woon Nam, and Alina Schoenberg. "Urban shrinkage and resurgence in Germany." Urban Studies 54, no. 12 (July 8, 2016): 2701–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098016657780.
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This article questions the strict parallelism of demographic and economic development in characterising urban shrinkage in Germany. As the cases of several Ruhr cities and East German cities prove, urban economic growth can be achieved thanks to the substantial presence of modern industries and business services, and despite declines in population size. Serious shrinkages of Halle, Cottbus and Schwerin are primarily due to failures in the post-industrial transformation process. Recent policy measures strongly oriented towards slowing the downsizing process of population (via e.g. urban regeneration strategies) do not appear to be sufficient for achieving urban resurgence in these cities. More active industrial policy measures are required there to create a competitive high-tech manufacturing sector, to stimulate innovation activities and to boost its growth interdependence with modern local services and R&D infrastructure.
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Schmitt, Theo G., and Peter A. Wilderer. "Environmental engineering education in Germany." Water Science and Technology 34, no. 12 (December 1, 1996): 183–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1996.0332.
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The paper describes Environmental Engineering education in Germany. The dual system of engineering education is outlined having scientific-oriented programmes at university level and application-oriented programmes at ‘school of engineers’ level. The historical development of Environmental Engineering and its main topics are described as well as its common integration in the study programme of Civil Engineering. The paper then focusses on the educational programmes for Environmental Engineering itself. The organisation in a preparatory module, a basic subject module and a specialized module is discussed. Topics, special courses and the time frame of the education programmes in Environmental Engineering are presented. The programmes of 3 selected universities, Hannover, Kaiserslautern and Cottbus, are described in greater detail and their specific character is outlined.
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Olsen, Jonathan. "The PDS after Gysi: A Report from the PDS Congress in Cottbus." German Politics and Society 19, no. 1 (March 1, 2001): 61–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/104503001782173783.
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The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) stands at a political crossroad.In October 2000, Gregor Gysi resigned as parliamentary leaderof the PDS, and, though pledging to remain active in the party, hewill no longer hold any important party post. Gysi’s resignation wasno surprise, since he had already announced his intentions at thePDS’s controversial Parteitag in Münster in March 2000. Nevertheless,the reality of a “post-Gysi” PDS has only now begun to settle in.More than any other politician in Germany—and perhaps more thanany German politician in recent memory—Gysi personified his party.The sense of anxiousness among PDS leaders and the majority ofthe party rank-and-file in the wake of Gysi’s departure is palpable.
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Park, Jong-Ki. "A Study on the Characteristics of Urban Regeneration for the local City "Cottbus" in Germany." Journal of the architectural institute of Korea planning & design 30, no. 11 (November 30, 2014): 147–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5659/jaik_pd.2014.30.11.147.
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RANDRIANARISON, HENINTSOA, and FRANK WÄTZOLD. "Are buyers of forest ecosystem services willing to consider distributional impacts of payments to local suppliers? Results from a choice experiment in Antananarivo, Madagascar." Environmental Conservation 44, no. 1 (December 5, 2016): 74–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892916000540.
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SUMMARYA controversial issue in the debate on payments for ecosystem services (PESs) is whether distributional goals should be considered in the design of such schemes. We contribute to this debate by analysing the preferences of citizens of Antananarivo (Madagascar) as potential buyers of forest ecosystem services from a developing country. We conducted a choice experiment to investigate citizens’ willingness to pay to conserve the endemic spiny forests in southwest Madagascar and their preferences for including distributional goals in the design of a PES scheme aimed at spiny forest conservation. We found that respondents were willing to pay for forest conservation and preferred a PES scheme in which the poorest households in a community would receive the largest share of payments over a scheme in which every household would receive the same share, which, in turn, they preferred over a PES scheme in which they would have no information about its distributional impact. In comparing these results with those of a similar survey in a developed country (in Cottbus, Germany), we find that the preference ranking regarding distributional impacts is identical. However, citizens in Cottbus attach greater importance to the consideration of distributive goals in PESs than citizens in Antananarivo.
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Háněl, Ladislav. "Succession of soil nematodes in pine forests on coal-mining sands near Cottbus, Germany." Applied Soil Ecology 16, no. 1 (January 2001): 23–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0929-1393(00)00101-3.
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Degkwitz, Andreas. "Convergence in Germany: the Information, Communication and Media Center (ICMC/IKMZ) of Cottbus University." Library Hi Tech 24, no. 3 (July 2006): 430–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07378830610692181.
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Krümmelbein, Julia, Oliver Bens, Thomas Raab, and M. Anne Naeth. "A history of lignite coal mining and reclamation practices in Lusatia, eastern Germany." Canadian Journal of Soil Science 92, no. 1 (January 2012): 53–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjss2010-063.
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Krümmelbein, J., Bens, O., Raab, T. and Naeth, M. A. 2012. A history of lignite coal mining and reclamation practices in Lusatia, eastern Germany. Can. J. Soil Sci. 92: 53–66. Germany is the world's leading lignite coal producer. The region surrounding the towns of Cottbus and Senftenberg in Lusatia, Eastern Germany, is one of the largest mining areas in Germany, and has economically been strongly dependent on lignite mining and lignite processing industries since the middle of the 19th century. We introduce the area, give a brief historical overview of lignite mining techniques and concentrate on post-mining recultivation (reclamation) to agricultural and forestry dominated landscapes. An overview of the physical and chemical limitations for reclamation of the Tertiary and Quaternary substrates due to their natural composition and the technical processes of mine site construction is provided. We introduce some recultivation practices and end with a display of land uses before and after mining and an outlook on the future use of the reclaimed landscape. This review serves as a defined perspective on long-term coal mine reclamation from which to address global similarities and contrasts.
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Nettelbladt, Gala. "Disrupting Dialogue? The Participatory Urban Governance of Far-Right Contestations in Cottbus." Urban Planning 6, no. 2 (April 27, 2021): 91–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v6i2.3793.
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This article investigates how municipal governments negotiate far-right contestations through the format of citizens’ dialogues and contemplates to what extent they disrupt established assumptions about participatory urban governance. In doing so, I want to contribute to emerging scholarship on reactionary responses to migration-led societal transformations in cities via scrutinising their effects on institutional change in participatory practices. Building on participatory urban governance literature and studies on the far right in the social sciences, I argue that inviting far-right articulations into the democratic arena of participation serves to normalise authoritarian and racist positions, as the far right’s demand for more direct involvement of ‘the people’ is expressed in reactionary terms. I will show how this applies to two prominent notions of participation in the literature, namely, agonistic and communicative approaches. This argument is developed through an explorative case study of two neighbourhood-based citizens’ dialogues in Cottbus, East Germany, which the municipal government initiated in response to local far-right rallies. While a careful reading of these forums reveals productive potentials when the issue of international migration is untangled from context-specific, socio-spatial problems in the neighbourhoods, my analysis also shows how the municipality’s negotiation of far-right contestations within the citizens’ dialogues serves to legitimise far-right ideology. I find that to negotiate today’s societal polarisation, municipal authorities need to rethink local participatory institutions by disentangling these complex dynamics and reject far-right contestations, while designing dialogues for democratic and emancipatory learning.
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Park, Jong-Ki, and Kyung-Il Chin. "Comparative Analysis of Urban Regeneration Strategies for Local City between Germany and Korea : Focused on Two Case Studies ‘Cottbus’ in Germany and ‘Chang Won TB’ in South Korea." KIEAE Journal 21, no. 2 (April 30, 2021): 65–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.12813/kieae.2021.21.2.065.
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Tluste, Claudia, Udo Bröring, Tomáš Němec, and Klaus Birkhofer. "Morphometric traits of shells determine external attack and internal utilization marks in the Roman snail in eastern Germany." Web Ecology 20, no. 2 (August 10, 2020): 87–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/we-20-87-2020.
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Abstract. Overexploitation, habitat destruction and a changing climate threaten populations of the Roman snail (Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758), which has led to a high protection status in Germany. Vertebrate and invertebrate predators, including parasites and facultative parasitoids, further cause pressure on populations. Given the conservation concern for H. pomatia and its rarity in the study region (Cottbus, Germany), we studied how predators and facultative parasitoids utilize H. pomatia shells with a focus on non-invasive field methods. As previous studies indicated that shell size may affect prey selection by predators, morphometric traits were measured in eight subpopulations. We identified the total number and percentage of H. pomatia shells that showed external attack marks by predators and internal utilization marks by Diptera pupae and related those utilization patterns to the morphometric traits of shells. A large proportion of the shells in local subpopulations showed signs of external attack and internal utilization, and both utilization forms were positively correlated. External attacks by predators were more frequent in larger shells and internal utilization by Diptera was more common in shells with higher body density. These results suggest a considerable pressure by predators and potential facultative parasitoids on H. pomatia populations in the study area. Future research should focus on the relationship between snails from the family Helicidae and flies from the genus Discomyza. Conservation programmes should consider abiotic habitat conditions together with potential trophic interactions to maximize the success of conservation strategies.
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Šourková, M., J. Frouz, U. Fettweis, O. Bens, R. F. Hüttl, and H. Šantrůčková. "Soil development and properties of microbial biomass succession in reclaimed post mining sites near Sokolov (Czech Republic) and near Cottbus (Germany)." Geoderma 129, no. 1-2 (November 2005): 73–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.12.032.
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Prill, Robert, Jasvinder A. Singh, Gesine H. Seeber, Sabrina Mai Nielsen, Susan Goodman, Sven Michel, Christian Kopkow, Robert Schulz, Peter Choong, and Hagen Hommel. "Patient, physiotherapist and surgeon endorsement of the core domain set for total hip and total knee replacement in Germany: a study protocol for an OMERACT initiative." BMJ Open 10, no. 6 (June 2020): e035207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035207.
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IntroductionThere is a lack of harmonising measures for clinical trials on total joint replacement (TJR) that would allow for results from TJR studies to be compared or pooled. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) TJR core domain set is already endorsed among patients and physicians in the USA and Australia. Physiotherapists use different types of measurements compared to orthopaedic surgeons while both make substantial contributions to research in the field of TJR. To achieve consensus on core measurements sets, patients, physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons need to achieve consensus on the core domains for TJR trials.Methods and analysisFor this multistage study, first, the OMERACT TJR core domain set survey will be translated to German and validated according to WHO guidelines. Next, the TJR core domain set will be considered for endorsement in different German stakeholder groups including patients, physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval for this protocol was given by the ethics committee of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus—Senftenberg (BTU—CS, EK 2019—2). This article is based on the protocol version 2.5 from 6 May 2020. Anonymous data will be presented only. We will publish the results in peer-reviewed publications and at international conferences.Trial registration numberGerman Clinical Trials Registry (DRKS00016015).
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Barik, A., S. A. Triana, M. Hoff, and J. Wicht. "Triadic resonances in the wide-gap spherical Couette system." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 843 (March 27, 2018): 211–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.138.
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The spherical Couette system, consisting of a viscous fluid between two differentially rotating concentric spheres, is studied using numerical simulations and compared with experiments performed at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany. We concentrate on the case where the outer boundary rotates fast enough for the Coriolis force to play an important role in the force balance, and the inner boundary rotates slower or in the opposite direction as compared to the outer boundary. As the magnitude of differential rotation is increased, the system is found to transition through three distinct hydrodynamic regimes. The first regime consists of the emergence of the first non-axisymmetric instability. Thereafter one finds the onset of ‘fast’ equatorially antisymmetric inertial modes, with pairs of inertial modes forming triadic resonances with the first instability. A further increase in the magnitude of differential rotation leads to the flow transitioning to turbulence. Using an artificial excitation, we study how the background flow modifies the inertial mode frequency and structure, thereby causing departures from the eigenmodes of a full sphere and a spherical shell. We investigate triadic resonances of pairs of inertial modes with the fundamental instability. We explore possible onset mechanisms through numerical experiments.
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Zaid, Bahaeldeen, Paride Nardone, Michael Nones, Christoph Gerstgraser, and Katinka Koll. "Morphodynamic effects of stone and wooden groynes in a restored river reach." E3S Web of Conferences 40 (2018): 02038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184002038.
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Restoration works on an 11 km long reach of the Spree River near Cottbus in Germany were accomplished in 2014. The overall objective was to improve the biodiversity, changing the morphological structure from a straight single-thread river to a braiding one with reshaped thalweg, and creating zones with varying flow velocities required for fish spawning. Several interventions were made, among which also two types of groynes were constructed along the reach: impermeable stone groynes, with an inclined crest so that only the tip is typically submerged during normal flow conditions, and wooden groynes made of several large trunks, which are mainly submerged at normal flow conditions. To compare local morphodynamic effects caused by the different types, flow velocities and bed topography were measured at distances of 12 m upstream and 16 m downstream of two selected groynes. The vertical profile was captured by measuring at five levels above the bed. Bed material was sampled at several locations around the groynes. The analysis of the measurements showed the effect of each groyne type on the flow velocity, bed topography and bed material. Furthermore, the differences in the effects of each groyne type on the flow, bed topography and bed material were highlighted.
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Friedrich, Michael, Sabine Remmele, Bernd Kromer, Jutta Hofmann, Marco Spurk, Klaus Felix Kaiser, Christian Orcel, and Manfred Küppers. "The 12,460-Year Hohenheim Oak and Pine Tree-Ring Chronology from Central Europe—A Unique Annual Record for Radiocarbon Calibration and Paleoenvironment Reconstructions." Radiocarbon 46, no. 3 (2004): 1111–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003382220003304x.
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The combined oak and pine tree-ring chronologies of Hohenheim University are the backbone of the Holocene radiocarbon calibration for central Europe. Here, we present the revised Holocene oak chronology (HOC) and the Preboreal pine chronology (PPC) with respect to revisions, critical links, and extensions. Since 1998, the HOC has been strengthened by new trees starting at 10,429 BP (8480 BC). Oaks affected by cockchafer have been identified and discarded from the chronology. The formerly floating PPC has been cross-matched dendrochronologically to the absolutely dated oak chronology, which revealed a difference of only 8 yr to the published 14C wiggle-match position used for IntCal98. The 2 parts of the PPC, which were linked tentatively at 11,250 BP, have been revised and strengthened by new trees, which enabled us to link both parts of the PPC dendrochronologically. Including the 8-yr shift of the oak-pine link, the older part of the PPC (pre-11,250 BP) needs to be shifted 70 yr to older ages with respect to the published data (Spurk 1998). The southern German part of the PPC now covers 2103 yr from 11,993–9891 BP (10,044–7942 BC). In addition, the PPC was extended significantly by new pine chronologies from other regions. A pine chronology from Avenches and Zürich, Switzerland, and another from the Younger Dryas forest of Cottbus, eastern Germany, could be crossdated and dendrochronologically matched to the PPC. The absolutely dated tree-ring chronology now extends back to 12,410 cal BP (10,461 BC). Therefore, the tree-ring-based 14C calibration now reaches back into the Central Younger Dryas. With respect to the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition identified in the ring width of our pines at 11,590 BP, the absolute tree-ring chronology now covers the entire Holocene and 820 yr of the Younger Dryas.
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Uhlich, Stefan A., and Magdalena Missler-Behr. "Awareness of Start-up Opportunities at Brandenburg University of Technology." Industry and Higher Education 27, no. 5 (October 2013): 365–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2013.0169.
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Small and medium-sized businesses are generally considered to be a key driving force in national economies. In comparison with other countries, the percentage of nascent entrepreneurs in Germany is small. This has been attributed to a lack of entrepreneurial awareness, which can be created and developed in schools and higher education institutions. The importance of intensifying the teaching and training of entrepreneurial skills has therefore often been stressed. Two different courses on entrepreneurship – a traditional lecture course and an advanced seminar course – are offered in the summer term at Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus. Two surveys were conducted in 2010 for each course, to measure the change in the students' willingness to start a business and thus to gain insights into the effect of entrepreneurship education on ‘founding’ awareness – that is, awareness of the process and demands of entrepreneurial start-ups. Analysis of the survey data was designed to identify (a) whether a change in students' founding propensity can be achieved through entrepreneurship education; (b) what type of course is best suited to introducing students to the idea of self-employment; and (c) whether specific groups of students can benefit from different types of courses. The research results suggest a positive change occurred in participants' stereotypically pessimistic perception of the German climate with regard to new start-up businesses. Some who had never thought about becoming an entrepreneur discovered a personal affinity for this career option. An unexpected finding was that the level of interest in start-up businesses of many students who had originally planned to establish such a business gradually declined. The authors conclude that entrepreneurship education should be offered primarily to advanced students, in order to derive maximum benefit.
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Esperschütz, J., C. Zimmermann, A. Dümig, G. Welzl, F. Buegger, M. Elmer, J. C. Munch, and M. Schloter. "Dynamics of microbial communities during decomposition of litter from pioneering plants in initial soil ecosystems." Biogeosciences 10, no. 7 (July 26, 2013): 5115–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5115-2013.
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Abstract. In initial ecosystems, concentrations of all macro- and micronutrients can be considered as extremely low. Plant litter therefore strongly influences the development of a degrader's food web and is an important source for C and N input into soil in such ecosystems. In the present study, a 13C litter decomposition field experiment was performed for 30 weeks in initial soils from a post-mining area near the city of Cottbus (Germany). Two of this region's dominant but contrasting pioneering plant species (Lotus corniculatus L. and Calamagrostis epigejos L.) were chosen to investigate the effects of litter quality on the litter decomposing microbial food web in initially nutrient-poor substrates. The results clearly indicate the importance of litter quality, as indicated by its N content, its bioavailability for the degradation process and the development of microbial communities in the detritusphere and soil. The degradation of the L. corniculatus litter, which had a low C / N ratio, was fast and showed pronounced changes in the microbial community structure 1–4 weeks after litter addition. The degradation of the C. epigejos litter material was slow and microbial community changes mainly occurred between 4 and 30 weeks after litter addition to the soil. However, for both litter materials a clear indication of the importance of fungi for the degradation process was observed both in terms of fungal abundance and activity (13C incorporation activity)
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Esperschütz, J., C. Zimmermann, A. Dümig, G. Welzl, F. Buegger, M. Elmer, J. C. Munch, and M. Schloter. "Dynamics of microbial communities during decomposition of litter from pioneering plants in initial soil ecosystems." Biogeosciences Discussions 9, no. 10 (October 29, 2012): 14981–5010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-14981-2012.
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Abstract. In initial ecosystems concentrations of all macro- and micronutrients can be considered as extremely low. Plant litter therefore strongly influences the development of a degraders' food web and is an important source for C and N input into soil in such ecosystems. In the present study, a 13C litter decomposition field experiment was performed for 30 weeks in initial soils from a post-mining area near the city of Cottbus (Germany). Two of this regions' dominant but contrasting pioneering plant species (Lotus corniculatus L. and Calamagrostis epigejos L.) were chosen to investigate the effects of litter quality on the litter decomposing microbial food web in initially nutrient-poor substrates. The results clearly indicate the importance of litter quality, mainly the amount of N stored in the litter material and its bioavailability for the degradation process and the development of microbial communities in the detritusphere and bulk soil. Whereas the degradation process of the L. corniculatus litter which had a low C/N ratio was fast and most pronounced changes in the microbial community structure were observed 1–4 weeks after litter addition, the degradation of the C. epigejos litter material was slow and microbial community changes mainly occurred at between 4 and 30 weeks after litter addition to the soil. However for both litter materials a clear indication for the importance of fungi for the degradation process was observed both on the abundance level as well as on the level of 13C incorporation (activity).
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Schulz, S., M. Engel, D. Fischer, F. Buegger, M. Elmer, G. Welzl, and M. Schloter. "Diversity pattern of nitrogen fixing microbes in nodules of <i>Trifolium arvense</i> (L.) at different initial stages of ecosystem development." Biogeosciences 10, no. 2 (February 22, 2013): 1183–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1183-2013.
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Abstract. Legumes can be considered as pioneer plants during ecosystem development, as they form a symbiosis with different nitrogen fixing rhizobia species, which enable the plants to grow on soils with low available nitrogen content. In this study we compared the abundance and diversity of nitrogen fixing microbes based on the functional marker gene nifH, which codes for a subunit of the Fe-protein of the dinitrogenase reductase, in nodules of different size classes of Trifolium arvense (L.). Additionally, carbon and nitrogen contents of the bulk soil and plant material were measured. Plants were harvested from different sites, reflecting 2 (2a) and 5 (5a) yr of ecosystem development, of an opencast lignite mining area in the south of Cottbus, Lower Lusatia (Germany) where the artificial catchment "Chicken Creek" was constructed to study the development of terrestrial ecosystems. Plants from the 5a site revealed higher amounts of carbon and nitrogen, although nifH gene abundances in the nodules and carbon and nitrogen contents between the two soils did not differ significantly. Analysis of the nifH clone libraries showed a significant effect of the nodule size on the community composition of nitrogen fixing microbes. Medium sized nodules (2–5 mm) contained a uniform community composed of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii, whereas the small nodules (<2 mm) consisted of a diverse community including clones with non-Rhizobium nifH gene sequences. Regarding the impact of the soil age on the community composition a clear distinction between the small and the medium nodules can be made. While clone libraries from the medium nodules were pretty similar at both soil ages, soil age had a significant effect on the community compositions of the small nodules, where the proportion of R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii increased with soil age.
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Schulz, S., M. Engel, D. Fischer, F. Buegger, M. Elmer, G. Welzl, and M. Schloter. "Diversity pattern of nitrogen fixing microbes in nodules of <i>Trifolium arvense</i> (L.) at different initial stages of ecosystem development." Biogeosciences Discussions 9, no. 9 (September 21, 2012): 13135–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-13135-2012.
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Abstract. Legumes can be considered as pioneer plants during ecosystem development, as they form a symbiosis with different nitrogen fixing rhizobia species, which enable the plants to grow on soils with low available nitrogen content. In this study we compared the abundance and diversity of nitrogen fixing microbes based on the functional marker gene nifH, which codes for a subunit of the Fe-protein of the dinitrogenase reductase, in nodules of different size classes of Trifolium arvense (L.). Additionally, carbon and nitrogen contents of the bulk soil and plant material were measured. Plants were harvested from different sites, reflecting 2 (2a) and 5 (5a) yr of ecosystem development, of an opencast lignite mining area in the south of Cottbus, Lower Lusatia (Germany) where the artificial catchment "Chicken Creek" was constructed to study the development of terrestrial ecosystems. Plants from the 5a site revealed higher amounts of carbon and nitrogen, although nifH gene abundances in the nodules and carbon and nitrogen contents between the two soils did not differ significantly. Analysis of the nifH clone libraries showed a significant effect of the nodule size on the community composition of nitrogen fixing microbes. Medium sized nodules (2–5 mm) contained a uniform community composed of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii, whereas the small nodules (< 2 mm) consisted of a diverse community including clones with non-Rhizobium nifH gene sequences. Regarding the impact of the soil age on the community composition a clear distinction between the small and the medium nodules can be made. While clone libraries from the medium nodules were pretty similar at both soil ages, soil age had a significant effect on the community compositions of the small nodules, where the proportion of R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii increased with soil age.
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Tsitlakidis, Damianos, and P. Sarafis. "Quality of life of patients with diabetes." Problems of Endocrinology 62, no. 5 (September 22, 2016): 9–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.14341/probl20166259-10.
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Background. The quality of life is very important and continuously medicine gives more weight to how one intervention can improve the quality of life of patients. Diabetes mellitus is a disease of modern lifestyle and is a chronic metabolic disease that affects the level of health and quality of life.Aim of this study is to investigate the quality of life of patients with diabetes and the factors affecting it.Materials and methods. The questionnaire used consists of two parts. The first concerns demographic questions for the patient and the condition of diabetes mellitus and the second questionnaire on diabetes-related quality of life ADDQoL 19. The study included 140 patients and was conducted from October to March 2015 the hospital Carl Thiem Klinikum of Cottbus, Germany. The statistical analysis will be done with statistical software «Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) for Windows» and level of statistical significance was set to p = 0.05.Results. Statistical significant difference showed in the present quality of life (Overview I) by gender of patients with p = 0,011. Based on the presence of complications of the disease there is a statistical significant difference in the average of responses for the 19 areas of life (AWI: Average Weight Impact) with p = 0,033. The diabetes school also shows statistical significant difference in the AWI with p = 0,018. Furthermore based on the type of diabetes and the treatment showed a statistical significant difference in quality of life (Overview I) for type 2 by treating with pills (Overview I: 1,117) than insulin treatment (Overview I: 0,471) with p = 0,008.Conclusions. Educating patients appears to improve the quality of life of patients and the adoption of the Diabetes school should be followed by other countries. An important factor affecting the quality of life is the treatment followed and especially positive effect shows the use of treatment with pills which also support our results.
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Riffel, Michael, and Arnd Schreiber. "Morphometric differentiation in populations of the Central European sculpin Cottus gobio L., a fish with deeply divergent genetic lineages." Canadian Journal of Zoology 76, no. 5 (May 1, 1998): 876–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z98-007.
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The morphological differentiation between four population collectives of the Central European sculpin Cottus gobio from southwestern Germany and adjacent France (the contact region of the Rhine, Danube, and Rhône drainage basins) was evaluated using multivariate analysis of 34 morphometric and 3 meristic characters. Body shape separated Neckarian and Danubian sculpins, Rhenish stocks taking a somewhat intermediate position. These morphological differences between populations from various drainage basins were slighter than the deeper allozyme differentiation observed in a previous study. However, both allozymes and morphometry indicated the same population groupings. It is concluded that C. gobio displays an accelerated rate of allozyme evolution, or that stabilizing selection conserves its phenotype despite ongoing evolution at the protein level. The morphological data do not support the distinction of species in the area of the Rhine/Danube watershed.
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Jansen, W., J. Tham, S. Watzke, and H. Rahmann. "Habitats and densities of bullhead (Cottus gobio L.) in a South German bog stream." SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010 27, no. 5 (December 2000): 3021–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03680770.1998.11898231.
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Knaepkens, G., D. Knapen, L. Bervoets, B. Hänfling, E. Verheyen, and M. Eens. "Genetic diversity and condition factor: a significant relationship in Flemish but not in German populations of the European bullhead (Cottus gobio L.)." Heredity 89, no. 4 (September 19, 2002): 280–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800133.
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Holloway, Ron. "Cottbus 2000." Kinema: A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media, November 20, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/kinema.vi.932.
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10th COTTBUS FESTIVAL OF EAST EUROPEAN CINEMA For its first nine years, Cottbus was a film festival with an eye on young (or new) directors based in what used to be the socialist bloc of East Europe. For its 10th anniversary (1-5 November 2000), however, festival director Roland Rust modified its image slightly to embrace all films of quality found in those restructured film lands. Now Cottbus ranks as a splendid showcase of films in all categories of production found in scattered studios from Berlin eastward to Siberia, one that informs (in a 200-page German-English catalogue) as well as programs. Moreover, film professionals familiar with the field are welcome to participate in one of the nine juries, three of which offer purses from the City of Cottbus, Land Brandenburg, and individual sponsors. Besides the three main official competitions -- features, shorts, children and youth films -- the 10th Cottbus...
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Holloway, Ron. "Cottbus 2004." Kinema: A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media, November 20, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/kinema.vi.1060.
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COTTBUS FESTIVAL OF EAST EUROPEAN FILMS 2004 No other European festival is better positioned than Cottbus to measure the depth and range of the current film revival in Central and Eastern Europe. Abetted by the smart programming skill of festival director Roland Rust, the 14th Filmfestival Cottbus (2-6 November 2004) - aka the 14th Festival of East European Cinema - was again a must-visit event for critics, cineastes, and directors interested in keeping apace with the hundred or more important productions released annually in filmlands stretching from the former German Democratic Republic to Kazakhstan in Central Asia. This year, with its generous budget of circa 500,000 Euros from Land Brandenburg and the City of Cottbus, the festival staff made absolutely sure that its double competition for features and shorts under separate juries had selected the best entries from a bumper crop of quality productions in a dozen rejuvenated filmlands....
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Al-Rukeimi, Abdullah AD, Sameera Mohammad Mahdi Al-Hatami, Dheya A. AL-Danany, Hassan Abdulwahab Al-Shamahy, and Raghad Abdullah Ali Al Rukeimi. "PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS DURING PREGNANCY IN SANA'A, YEMEN." Universal Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, July 15, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22270/ujpr.v5i3.407.
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Background and objective: Women at pregnancy are further susceptible to vaginal colonization and yeast infection. The responsibility of Candida colonization in the incidence of preterm birth is correctly established. Knowing regional epidemiology and identifying risk factors of preterm birth are important for management and preventive strategies. The aim of the study was to reveal the prevalence of Candida species in vaginal swabs of pregnant women and determine odds ratio of risks for vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC).
Methods: Pregnant women attendance routine antenatal visits in Al-Olify –family Center in Sana'a city were registered into a cross-sectional study carried out from June 2018 to March 2019. The laboratory works were carried out in the National Center of Public Laboratories (NCPHL). Samples of vaginal swabs were taken from contributors after obtaining oral consent. The classification of the Candida species was done by culture on HiCrome Candida Differential Agar at 35 °C for 48 h for making of species-specific colors. Data of demographic, clinical and risk factors were collected in a pre-designed questionnaire.
Results: A total of 190 pregnant women are included. The rate of VVC was 51.6%. Candida albicans accounted for 39.5% and non-Candida albicans accounted for 12.1% of isolates, mainly C. glabrata (4.7%), C. lipolytica (3.2%), and C. famata (2.1%). When VVC risk factors were considered, there were significant risk factors with the age group 20-24 years (61%, odds ratio (OR) = 1.8), first trimester of pregnancy (61.1%, OR = 1.7), Multipara of parity (61.8%, OR = 1.9), low socioeconomic level (60.1%, OR =2.4), and illiteracy (68%, OR = 2.2). When clinical symptoms were considered, only 86.2% of affected females had clinical signs of VVC.
Conclusions: There is a high probable rate of VVC is found among pregnant women in Yemen, undiagnosed and unnoticed; and this highlights the need for health authorities to develop strategies for diagnosing VVC, including vaginal swabs for candidiasis as a routine procedure for all pregnant women. This study also revealed a steady increase in time with a non-C. albicans species prevalence rate. VVC syndrome management guidelines in Yemen should be revised to include a special protocol for pregnant women.
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Received 14 May 2020; Revised 15 June; Accepted 1 July, Available online 15 July 2020
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Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 5.5/10
Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 8.0/10
Reviewer(s) detail:
Name: Dr. Michael Otakhor Erhunmwunse
Affiliation: BTU – Cottbus, Germany
E-mail: dedoctor4life@yahoo.com
Name: Dr. Mohamed Awad Mousnad
Affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, International University of Africa (IUA), Khartoum, Sudan
E-mail: m_abdalaziz@yahoo.com
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