Zwischen Hundsstall und Holzpuppen : zum Kunstgespräch in Büchners Lenz

Das sogenannte Kunstgespräch, nimmt in Büchners "Lenz" insofern eine Sonderstellung ein, daß Büchner es nicht einer seiner Quellen entnommen, sondern fingiert hat. Lenz wird zum Sprachrohr Büchners, das zunächst einmal der Selbstverständigung des Autors dient, ähnlich wie das Theatergespräch zwischen Camille Desmoulins und Danton in Dantons Tod (II,3) und der Brief an die Familie vom 28. Juli 1835

"Ein Abgrund von Wollust" : Versuchung als Ausbruch aus der Kultur am Beispiel von Ludwig Tiecks Märchennovelle "Der Runenberg"

Der Germanist traditioneller Prägung, der sich auf einer Tagung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing zum Thema "Versuchung und Verführung in Märchen, Romanen und Lyrik" äußern soll, wird sich, von dem für ihn etwas fremdartigen Thema zunächst etwas verschreckt, an ein theologisches Handbuch wenden. Zum Stichwort "Versuchung" wird er zum Beispiel im "Handbuch theologischer Grundbegriffe" fündig. [...] Diese Definition hat für den Literaturwissenschaftler etwas tief Unbefriedigendes, das möglicherweise produktiv gemacht werden kann. Sie geht aus von einem zeitlosen Anthropos, gesteuert von einem psychischen Apparat jenseits von Raum und Zeit. Literatur - zumindest der Romantik - stellt diese Vorstellung gerade auf den Prüfstand. Wie kann - so fragt diese Literatur, und mit ihr der Literaturwissenschaftler - dieses Schema, in dem der Christ in freier Willensentscheidung, in Verantwortung vor seinem Gewissen und seinem Gott handelt, in einer Zeit funktionieren, in der die traditionalen Weltbilder (Religion) von den alles verschlingenden Imperativen der Ökonomie abgelöst werden? Wie ist Versuchung in der Sattelzeit zu denken? Stimmen die alten Normen von gut und böse noch, die der (konservativen) moraltheologischen Definition zugrundeliegen? Tieck ist (mit anderen romantischen Autoren) diesen Fragen nachgegangen, und zwar in einer literarischen Gattung, die er selbst als "Allegorie" oder "Märchen" bezeichnet hat, und die - nach herkömmlichem Verständnis - jedem konkreten Zeitbezug gerade fernsteht. Tatsächlich aber rekurriert das Tiecksche Märchen auf die empirische, für Tieck gegenwärtige Welt; "allegorein", also "anders, bildlich reden" heißt, daß die raum- und zeitenthobene Bilderwelt ein historisch-gesellschaftliches Substrat verfremdet und damit bis zur Kenntlichkeit entstellt

Germanistik im Umbruch : zur Geschichte des Deutschen Seminars der Gemeente-Universiteit Amsterdam in den 1960er und 70er Jahren

Gille’s article on the history of the German Institute of the University of Amsterdam focuses on its turnover in 1960s and 1970s. Apart from sketching a subtle picture of past positions and oppositions, it clarifies how and why a new culture developed, in which research received new impulses heralding a new era

Structural perfection of Hg1−xCdxTe Grown by THM

The defect structure of single crystals of Hg1-xCdxTe grown by the travelling heater method (THM) has been investigated using X-ray double crystal topography and a chemical etching technique. The structural perfection is found to depend on the ratio of growth and solidus temperature Tg/Ts

Conjugacy theorems for loop reductive group schemes and Lie algebras

The conjugacy of split Cartan subalgebras in the finite dimensional simple case (Chevalley) and in the symmetrizable Kac-Moody case (Peterson-Kac) are fundamental results of the theory of Lie algebras. Among the Kac-Moody Lie algebras the affine algebras stand out. This paper deals with the problem of conjugacy for a class of algebras --extended affine Lie algebras-- that are in a precise sense higher nullity analogues of the affine algebras. Unlike the methods used by Peterson-Kac, our approach is entirely cohomological and geometric. It is deeply rooted on the theory of reductive group schemes developed by Demazure and Grothendieck, and on the work of J. Tits on buildingsComment: Publi\'e dans Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences 4 (2014), 281-32

Study of Hg vacancies in (Hg,Cd)Te after THM growth and post-growth annealing by positron annihilation

Positron lifetime measurements have been performed to study vacancy defects in Hg0.78Cd0.22Te. Post-growth annealing under various Hg vapour pressure conditions have been used to create a well-defined number of Hg vacancies. The sensitivity range of the positron annihilation method was found to be 1015 < cHgvac<1018 cm-3. The obtained experience has been used to investigate THM-grown single crystals. The measured longitudinal and radial dependence of the vacancy concentration can be explained by the temperature profile in the grown (Hg,Cd)Te ingots

The synthesis of 15 mu infrared horizon radiance profiles from meteorological data inputs

Computational computer program for modeling infrared horizon radiance profile using pressure and temperature profile input

Rationality of quotients by linear actions of affine groups

Let G be the (special) affine group, semidirect product of SL_n and C^n. In this paper we study the representation theory of G and in particular the question of rationality for V/G where V is a generically free G-representation. We show that the answer to this question is positive if the dimension of V is sufficiently large and V is indecomposable. We have a more precise theorem if V is a two-step extension 0 -> S -> V -> Q -> 0 with S, Q completely reducible.Comment: 18 pages; dedicated to Fabrizio Catanese on the occasion of his 60th birthda

Theory and conceptualisation of public trust in the health care system: Three English case studies: care.data, biobanks and 100,000 Genomes Project

There is little research into the understanding, protection and recovery of public trust in health care systems, considering the underlying importance of public trust, not only for the effective functioning of health care systems, but also for society in general. There is no robust conceptual framework of public trust. This poses problems for policy making and public trust measurement. Therefore, research is needed to identify what public trust in the health care system means. This research will not only inform health policy making, but should also allow the development of a public trust measure in the future. Hence, the aim of this research is to gain deeper understanding of what public trust in health care systems at the macro level is, and to close a theory and conceptual gap. Furthermore, this research aims to determine whether public trust is measurable. To fulfil the research aim, three qualitative case studies of the English NHS were conducted: an analysis of online news with readership comments concerning care.data; a secondary analysis of interviews about participants’ experiences and perceptions of biobanks in general; and an analysis of public focus groups about perceptions of the 100.000 Genomes Project in particular. Further, existing measurement instruments and their conceptual frameworks, as well as general trust theory, were reviewed. Based on these elements, public trust theory and a conceptual framework of public trust were developed. The findings suggest that public trust grows in the public sphere from open public discourse and as a result legitimises the actions of the health care system. Public trust builds on information equally relating to past experiences, present perceptions and future expectations. Public trust is established in anticipation of a net benefit for the public as well as the system. With respect to the measurability of public trust, this research suggests that public trust can be measured