How does music performance anxiety relate to other anxiety disorders?

Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank all students and administrative staff of participating music universities. The authors would also like to express their appreciation to Professor Katja Beesdo-Baum and Dr Manfred Nusseck for general support, to Birgit Maicher for programming the basic version of the questionnaires and to Professor Hans-Christian Jabusch for helping to recruit participants as well as for discussions at later stages of the project. Funding The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Dialogical Skirmishes

Tan was guest editor for 'And Now China?', a special print edition of the Ctrl+P journal, which critically responded to the celebratory rhetoric’s of ‘China Now’ and other celebratory markers of China's global ascent in 2008. As well as the introductory article 'Dialogical Skirmishes', Tan also interviewed Hans Ulrich Obrist

Coarse homology theories

In this paper we develop an axiomatic approach to coarse homology theories. We prove a uniqueness result concerning coarse homology theories on the category of `coarse CW-complexes'. This uniqueness result is used to prove a version of the coarse Baum-Connes conjecture for such spaces.Comment: Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol1/agt-1-13.abs.htm

Higher Education Earnings Premium: Value, Variation, and Trends

Overall, people with a college education do better in the labor market than people with no education beyond high school. Higher levels of education correspond, on average, to higher levels of employment and higher wages. Yet, as college prices rise and as examples of graduates struggling to find remunerative employment despite their credentials become more visible, both potential students and the general public are questioning the value of a college education. The data, however, remain clear: even at current prices, postsecondary education pays off for most people. Promising occupational and personal opportunities are disproportionately available to college graduates. It is increasingly difficult to maintain a middle class lifestyle without a postsecondary credential, and the economic, social, and civic benefits of a more educated population are well documented. Outcomes do vary considerably, however, both among people with similar levels of education and across types of credentials. Growing income inequality does not just involve a growing gap between the earnings of the most educated and the least educated people; there is also increasing variation within educational categories. Greater understanding of these patterns and of the changes over time in the earnings premium for different levels of education can add perspective to discussions of the importance of increased educational attainment for both individuals and society as a whole. This brief highlights some of the complexities underlying discussions of the return to the investment in postsecondary education and describes some of the variation in outcomes that leads to the prevalent uncertainty about the value of the investment, clarifying that disappointing outcomes for some are not inconsistent with a high average payoff and significant benefits for most student

Regenwald Report. Nr. 2 + 3, 2004 : Essen wir Amazonien?

* Wie der Holzhändler Dr. Hinrich Lüder Stoll versuchte uns zum Schweigen zu bringen * Die personifizierte Axt im Urwald * Essen wir Amazonien? * Regenwald-Burger * Sieben Jahre ohne Bergbau * Der Regenwald ist unser Markt * Jeder Baum zählt -Teil 1 - * Jeder Baum zählt - Teil 2

THE USE AND SYMBOLISM OF ANIMALS IN THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ

This paper is the result of a qualitative research that follows an animal-based interpretative theory. It sheds the light on the use and symbolism of animal characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and published in 1900. It seems to be a modern fairy tale with an American setting and charming fantasy characters. It is an immensely popular text among children and adults, so it is considered a classic of children's literature. It also attempts to answer why and how Baum used animals; whether for their qualities or for the sake of creating characters opposite to their symbolism. Therefore, the role and function of animal characters are extensively discussed. The findings show how L. Frank Baum presents a distinguished world from a non-human perspective and at the same time he teaches morality, religion, and accepting diversity in nature in an exciting narrative full of adventures. These animal characters can serve as a symbolic role models for young readers. 

Dentalgram - Vol. 18, No. 12

In this issue: In memoriam-Judson Klooster Gold Foil Operators hold meeting at School of Dentistry New dental school at Montemorelos University named after Dr. Lloyd Baum International Dentist Program selects classes for 2005 Department News More memories from Pine Springs Ranchhttps://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/dentalgram/1157/thumbnail.jp

Die Welt ist eine Schachtel : vier Schriftstellerinnen aus der frühen DDR ; [Rezension zu: Ines Geipel (Hgb.): »Die Welt ist eine Schachtel – Vier Autorinnen in der frühen DDR«. :TRANSIT Buchverlag, Berlin, 1999. 296 Seiten, 38 DM]

Hans-Georg Soldat rezensiert für NDR 3 / Radio 3 die 1999 im Berliner Transit-Verlag erschiene Biographiesammlung "Die Welt ist eine Schachtel" von Ines Geipel. Vier Autorinnen der frühen DDR werden von ihr behandelt: Susanne Kerckhoff, Evelyn Kuffel, Jutta Petzold und Hannelore Becker. Hans-Georg Soldat skizziert in seiner Rezension nochmal alle vier außergewöhnlichen Lebensläufe im Kontext ihrer Literaturproduktionen und resümiert: "Gespenstische Lektüre, bedrückende Leben, die hier nicht weiter kommentiert werden sollen - sie aufgehoben zu haben als Erinnerung für die Spätgeborenen ist ein Verdienst Ines Geipels, das gar nicht genug gewürdigt werden kann.

Above and Belowground Interaction, Root-Shoot Interaction, Chemical Signaling

Symposium 1 (Nematodes) Small molecule signals in nematodes - common motifs and species specific modifications Stephan H. von ReussOlfactory Plasticity in Entomopathogenic Nematodes Joon Ha Lee and Elissa HallemMultiple Consequences of Belowground Herbivore Induced Volatile SignalsJared G. Ali, Raquel Campos-Herrera, Hans T. Alborn, Larry W. Duncan, Lukasz L. StelinskiRoot Zone Chemical Ecology; New Techniques for Below Ground Sampling and Analyses of Volatile Semiochemicals Hans T. Alborn , Fatma Kapla