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    A new species of the previously monotypic Neotropical cleptoparasitic bee genus Rhynostelis, with notes on Rhynostelis multiplicata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

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    A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Rhynostelis Moure & Urban (Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is described and figured. Until now, Rhynostelis multiplicata (Smith) was the only known species in the genus. Females of R. xavieri Mahlmann, new species, can be easily recognized by the larger protuberance on the base of each mandible and the basal projection of the clypeus, which is larger and flat, resembling a bird’s upper beak. Taxonomic notes are also provided for R. multiplicata and an update of occurrence records for the genus is given

    The dictatorship of the obscure? Values and the secular adjudication of fundamental rights

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    Nicola Kaminski, Ex bello ars oder Ursprung der "Deutschen Poeterey". 2004

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    Eine umfassende Erklärung der Entwicklung der deutschen Literatur unter den Vorzeichen des Dreißigjährigen Krieges hat in den vergangenen 30 Jahren - seit Erich Trunz' Nachwort zum Opitz-Neudruck - niemand mehr in Angriff genommen. Nicola Kaminskis energischer Versuch verdient schon deswegen Anerkennung. Sie riskiert Thesen über die utopische Zielsetzung der deutschsprachigen Poesie nach 1624 und die konfessionspolitischen Sympathien ihrer Verfasser. Sie entläßt ihre Leser nach 550 Seiten mit der Erkenntnis, daß der Dreißigjährige Krieg Spuren in allen deutschsprachigen Dichtungen hinterlassen hat und die Dichter sich der Bewältigung des Kriegsleids verschrieben haben. In Sonetten, Klageliedern, Dramen und Romanen haben sie gegen Streit, Gewalt und mutwillige Verwüstung angeschrieben und sich mit den Folgen des Krieges auseinandergesetz

    The history and development of crafts in America

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    Community College Academic Advisor Experiences with the Appreciative Advising Model

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    The completion agenda has driven many community colleges to focus on alternative advising approaches in place of traditional advising practices. Appreciative Advising is a paradigm shift in academic advising that centers more on individual students by helping identify and build on their strengths. Advisors apply positive psychology and reality therapy with positive, open-ended questions to help students identify their strengths and plan for the future. The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which community college academic advisors experience their self-efficacy and relatedness to students as they transition from traditional advising practices to Appreciative Advising practices. This qualitative study interviewed a purposeful sample of 10 academic advisors from a multi-campus community college in the southeastern United States. Particular aspects of the experiences examined included how community college academic advisors experience their efficacy in the practice of Appreciative Advising and how community college academic advisors experience their relatedness to students in the practice of Appreciative Advising. This study could contribute to student retention initiatives by enhancing the quality of academic advising and consequently, have a positive impact on both persistence and academic achievement at community colleges. Furthermore, providing insight on the experiences of community college academic advisors who transition from a traditional advising practice to the Appreciative Advising Model may assist community college administrators in their understanding of how academic advising supports student success and supporting effective professional development for academic advisors to promote positive, student-centered advising

    Der Staat der Zukunft : eine Einleitung

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    Der Titel der Tagung, deren Beiträge dieser Band dokumentiert, ist Programm: Jenseits der postmodernen Abschiedsstimmung, in die manche Reflexion über die Zukunft des Staates je nach theoretischer und politischer Orientierung melancholisch oder mit Schadenfreude verfällt, setzt er voraus, was eigentlich selbstverständlich sein sollte: dass es auch in Zukunft den Staat weder theoretisch noch praktisch zu verabschieden gilt. Er versucht deutlich zu machen, dass es im Jahre 1 eines neuen Jahrtausends in der Berliner Republik nicht mehr um eine Fortsetzung der allgemeinen Verunsicherung der achtziger und neunziger Jahre gehen kann. Es reicht nicht theoretisch (und manchmal – so scheint es – nur theoretisch und ohne zur Kenntnis zu nehmen, welche Rolle moderne Staaten in den Industriegesellschaften faktisch spielen) zu bezweifeln, ob der Staat der Zukunft noch souverän, national, sozial, steuernd, intervenierend etc. sein könne, um nur einige Attribute des Staates zu nennen, die Gegenstand der skeptischen Überlegungen sind. Rückblickend auf die Debatten um die Steuerungsfähigkeit des Staates, die Krise des Sozialstaats, Deregulierung, Privatisierung und Entbürokratisierung sowie Internationalisierung und Globalisierung ist es an der Zeit, Lösungswege zur Diskussion zu stellen. Nach der soziologischen Entzauberung und philosophischen Dekonstruktion des Staates bedarf es gegenwärtig einer Gegenbewegung: der praxisfähigen Rekonstruktion normativer Leitbilder. ...The editors of this volume, collecting the contributions to a congress which took place in April 2001 in Berlin, start with a brief summary of the ongoing debate on the modernisation of the State, its foundations and justifications, tasks, means, and limits. In the following they do not only provide an overview over these contributions, but try to contextualise them in the framework of the theory of modern statehood. Finally they formulate eight theses on "The State of the Future", meant to be normative propositions in the necessary process of a positive reconstruction of the theory of the State under modern social conditions

    Esports Analytics Through Encounter Detection

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    Esports is computer games played in a competitive environment, and analytics in this domain is focused on player and team behavior. Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games are among the most played digital games in the world. In these es, teams of players fight against each other in enclosed arena environs, with a complex gameplay focused on tactical combat. Here we present a technique for segmenting matches into spatio‐temporally defined components referred to as encounters, enabling performance analysis. We apply encounter‐based analysis to match data from the popular esport game DOTA, and present win probability predictions based on encounters. Finally,metrics for evaluating team performance during match runtime are proposed
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