Jürgen Oelkers: Einführung in die Theorie der Erziehung. Weinheim/Basel: Beltz 2001. 294 S. Alfred K. Treml: Allgemeine Pädagogik. Grundlagen, Handlungsfelder und Perspektiven der Erziehung. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2000. 304 S. [Rezension]

Sammelrezension von: Jürgen Oelkers: Einführung in die Theorie der Erziehung. Weinheim/Basel: Beltz 2001. 294 S. Alfred K. Treml: Allgemeine Pädagogik. Grundlagen, Handlungsfelder und Perspektiven der Erziehung. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2000. 304 S

Winfried Böhm: Geschichte der Pädagogik. Von Platon bis zur Gegenwart. München: Beck 2004. 128 S., EUR 7,90. Alfred K. Treml: Pädagogische Ideengeschichte. Ein Überblick. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2005. 326 S., EUR 21.– [Rezension]

Sammelrezension zu: Winfried Böhm: Geschichte der Pädagogik. Von Platon bis zur Gegenwart. München: Beck 2004. 128 S., EUR 7,90. Alfred K. Treml: Pädagogische Ideengeschichte. Ein Überblick. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2005. 326 S., EUR 21.

Prototype Detector for Ultrahigh Energy Neutrino Detection

Necessary technical experience is being gained from successful construction and deployment of current prototype detectors to search for UHE neutrinos in Antarctica, Lake Baikal in Russia, and the Mediterranean. The prototype detectors have also the important central purpose of determining whether or not UHE neutrinos do in fact exist in nature by observation of at least a few UHE neutrino-induced leptons with properties that are not consistent with expected backgrounds. We discuss here the criteria for a prototype detector to accomplish that purpose in a convincing way even if the UHE neutrino flux is substantially lower than predicted at present.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Astroparticle Physic

The challenging problem of disease staging in human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): a new approach to a circular question

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, puts millions of people at risk in sub-Saharan Africa and is a neglected parasitic disease that is almost always fatal if untreated or inadequately treated. HAT manifests itself in two stages that are difficult to distinguish clinically. The problem of staging in HAT is extremely important since treatment options, some of which are highly toxic, are directly linked to the disease stage. Several suggested investigations for disease staging have been problematic because of the lack of an existing gold standard with which to compare new clinical staging markers. The somewhat arbitrary current criteria based on the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white blood cell (WBC) count have been widely used, but the new potential biomarkers are generally compared with these, thereby making the problem somewhat circular in nature. We propose an alternative ‘reverse’ approach to address this problem, conceptualised as using appropriate statistical methods to test the performance of combinations of established laboratory variables as staging biomarkers to correlate with the CSF WBC/trypanosomes and clinical features of HAT. This approach could lead to the use of established laboratory staging markers, potentially leading to a gold standard for staging and clinical follow-up of HAT

Ames Family Papers, 1849-1961

The Ames family papers consist primarily of the business and personal papers of John K. Ames and his sons, Frank S. and Alfred K. Ames. Also included are records of S.W. Pope and Co. and the Machias Lumber Company; John K. Ames worked for and then owned S.W. Pope and Co. and he and his sons founded and ran the Machias Lumber Company.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1229/thumbnail.jp