Das Schweigen der Gewalt: Ästhetisierte Gewalt in der Prosa Jung-Wiener Autoren um 1900

Exzessive Gewaltdarstellungen in der heutigen Kunst haben ihren Ursprung in einem autonomieästhetischen Programm der Moderne, das es erst möglich macht, Gewalt zu ästhetisieren. In der Prosa Jung-Wiens kristallisieren sich um 1900 die unterschiedlichen kunstästhetischen Diskurse auch an bisher wenig erforschten Szenen der Gewalt heraus. Anhand verschiedener Texte der Jung-Wiener Autoren Schnitzler, Salten, Beer-Hofmann und Bahr geht André Reichart der Frage nach, ob die Gewalt als ausschließlich selbstreflexive ästhetische Darstellung existieren kann

Das Adeptus Sororitas

Es herrscht Krieg in der dystopischen Welt von ‚Warhammer 40.000‘ und das schon seit über Tausenden von Jahren. Verbittert kämpfen verschiedene Völker um Ressourcen, Planetensysteme oder schlicht um alle übrigen zu vernichten. Ihre Gesellschaften sind streng hierarchisch aufgebaut, militaristisch ausgerichtet und individuenfeindlich. Sie werden strukturiert durch Ehre, Treue, Hass und nicht selten fanatischen Glauben. Vor allem die Menschen organisieren sich nach dem Vorbild des römischen Imp..

REBOOKING MEETING ROOM WHEN MEETING ROOM BECOMES UNAVAILABLE

In organizations with multiple meeting rooms or conference rooms, meeting rooms can become unavailable after a meeting has already been scheduled in that room. The described system can respond to an indication that the meeting room is unavailable by finding another meeting room for the meeting that meets the requirements for the meeting. The system can notify the participants or attendees of the meeting of the new meeting room

Technik und Gender

Fiktionale Darstellungen von Technik scheinen von Geschlechterstereotypen bevölkert, die Klischees bedienen und auf der Opposition traditioneller, geschlechtlich assoziierter Merkmale basieren. So verkörpert Männlichkeit das technische Prinzip, während das Weibliche der Sphäre der Natur zugeordnet ist. Doch wie stereotyp sind technische Zukunftsvisionen? Der Band nimmt die geschlechtliche Kodiertheit literarischer und filmischer Technikzukünfte in den Fokus. Die Beiträge dieses Sammelbandes betrachten jeweils differenziertere Aspekte, beispielsweise im Hinblick auf stereotype, genderspezifische Rollenzuschreibungen, die Bedeutung geschlechtlicher Identitäten in den von Technik geprägten Räumen und ihre jeweilige mediale Vermittlung, und liefern ein erstes Panoptikum zur Erschließung der Fragestellung von Gender und Technikzukünften unter spezifisch kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive

Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger

On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated GW170817) with merger time 12:41:04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor independently detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) with a time delay of ∼ 1.7 {{s}} with respect to the merger time. From the gravitational-wave signal, the source was initially localized to a sky region of 31 deg2 at a luminosity distance of {40}-8+8 Mpc and with component masses consistent with neutron stars. The component masses were later measured to be in the range 0.86 to 2.26 {M}ȯ . An extensive observing campaign was launched across the electromagnetic spectrum leading to the discovery of a bright optical transient (SSS17a, now with the IAU identification of AT 2017gfo) in NGC 4993 (at ∼ 40 {{Mpc}}) less than 11 hours after the merger by the One-Meter, Two Hemisphere (1M2H) team using the 1 m Swope Telescope. The optical transient was independently detected by multiple teams within an hour. Subsequent observations targeted the object and its environment. Early ultraviolet observations revealed a blue transient that faded within 48 hours. Optical and infrared observations showed a redward evolution over ∼10 days. Following early non-detections, X-ray and radio emission were discovered at the transient’s position ∼ 9 and ∼ 16 days, respectively, after the merger. Both the X-ray and radio emission likely arise from a physical process that is distinct from the one that generates the UV/optical/near-infrared emission. No ultra-high-energy gamma-rays and no neutrino candidates consistent with the source were found in follow-up searches. These observations support the hypothesis that GW170817 was produced by the merger of two neutron stars in NGC 4993 followed by a short gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) and a kilonova/macronova powered by the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei synthesized in the ejecta.</p

An die Hinterbliebenen. : Die Erzählungen Der Tod des Junggesellen, Andreas Thameyers letzter Brief und Der letzte Brief eines Literaten von Arthur Schnitzler als Scheitern der Selbstinszenierung Verstorbener durch letzte Worte.

1.Der absurde Tod 2.Für die Wahrheit 3.Der niedrigste Mensch―der Dichter 4.Am End

Chironomid δ18O as a proxy for reconstructing past lake water δ18O: a down-core record based on late glacial sediments from Rotsee, Switzerland

We explored whether the stable oxygen isotope composition (delta O-18) of fossil chironomid remains can be used to reconstruct past variations in lake water delta O-18 from Lateglacial and early Holocene sediments from Rotsee (Switzerland). A sediment core from the former littoral zone of the lake was examined since it contained both high concentrations of chironomid remains and abundant authigenic carbonates and therefore allowed a direct comparison of chironomid delta O-18 with values measured on bulk carbonates. Since carbonate particles adhering to chironomid remains potentially affect O-18 measurements we tested two methods to chemically remove residual carbonates. Trials with isotopically heavy and light acid solutions indicated that treatment with hydrochloric acid promoted oxygen exchange between chironomid remains and the water used during pretreatment. In contrast, a buffered 2 M ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) solution did not seem to affect chironomid delta O-18 to a significant extent. Fossil chironomid delta O-18 was analyzed for the Rotsee record both using standard palaeoecological methods and after pretreatment with NH4Cl. Samples prepared using standard techniques showed a poor correlation with delta O-18 of bulk carbonate (r(2) = 0.14) suggesting that carbonate contamination of the chironomid samples obscured the chironomid delta O-18 signature. Samples pretreated with NH4Cl correlated well with bulk carbonate delta O-18 (r(2) = 0.67) and successfully tracked the well-known Lateglacial changes in delta O-18. Chironomid delta O-18 indicated depleted lake water delta O-18 during the Oldest Dryas period, the Aegelsee and Gerzensee Oscillations, and the Younger Dryas, whereas enriched delta O-18 values were associated with sediments deposited during the Lateglacial interstadial and the early Holocene. Differences in the amplitude of variations in bulk carbonate and chironomid delta O-18 are attributed to differential temperature effects on oxygen isotope fractionation during the formation of carbonates and chironomid head capsules or seasonal changes of lake water delta O-18, potentially affecting delta O-18 of these two substances to a different extent. Our results indicate that chironomid delta O-18 can successfully reconstruct centennial to millennial-scale changes in lake water delta O-18 and that the method can be applied to carbonate-rich records provided that care is taken to eliminate carbonate contamination from the samples