Africa in the Globalizing World: – A Research Agenda

Area Studies waren lange Zeit vorwiegend im globalen Norden institutionalisiert und fundierten die dortigen Weltbilder durch empirische Forschungen über andere Teile des Globus. Am Beispiel Afrikas diskutiert dieser Beitrag die Neuausrichtung einer Forschungsagenda unter der Bedingung eines anwachsenden Interesses an anderen Weltregionen in Afrika (ebenso wie in Asien und Lateinamerika). Afrika war lange Zeit eher das Objekt von global dominanten Kräften, denn ein Subjekt, dessen eigene Beobachtungen und Beziehungen wichtig gewesen wären. Dieser in der globalen Wissensproduktion nach wie vor anzutreffende Euro- oder Westzentrische Blick hat seine Grundlage seit langem verloren, aber er prägt nach wie vor in vielerlei Hinsicht die Position afrikanischer Intellektueller in der globalen Wissensproduktion. Afrika ist in den Datenbanken des sozialwissenschaftlichen Wissens der am stärksten unterrepräsentierte Kontinent. Afrikanische Autoren interessieren oft noch immer vorrangig als Auskunftspersonen für Afrikawissenschaften, die ihre Diskurszentren andernorts haben. Dabei haben Intellektuelle in Afrika im Zuge der post-kolonialen Wende in den Geistes- Und Sozialwissenschaften längst alternative Perspektiven auf die Welt und Afrikas Rolle in derselben formuliert –  etwa unter Stichworten wie „Southern theory“ oder „theory from the South“. Erst mit der Gründung afrikanischer Forschungszentren, die sich mit Weltregionen außerhalb Afrikas befassen, wird allerdings deutlicher, wie sich Afrika intellektuell längst in der Welt verortet

Experiences of foreign nurses in Finland : barriers

The field of nursing has seen a rising demand in the past decades. Nursing immigration and migration over the decades has been phenomenal. There is increased number of nurses emigrating from developing countries to developed countries in search of better working environments, better working motivations, better skills and so fort (Tregunno et al 2009). The research is contracted by KYKY. The KYKY project was developed by Salo region adult education center and Turku University of applied science. KYKY stands for Kansainvälistyvät työyhteisöt osaaviksi ja kilpailukykyisiksi, which translates as (International work community to be competent and competitive). The objective of the project is to help sustain and retain international qualified skilled and competitive workers for example in the social and healthcare field in Salo. Southwest Finland Centre for Economic Development, the European Social Fund (ESR), Turku University of Applied sciences and Salo region adult education center funds the project. The aim of the research is to find the experiences of foreign nurses in Finland. The purpose is to create a piece of work that will be available to future aspirant of nursing education in Finland, workers, teachers and all interested. The results indicates that Foreign nurses experience cultural discrimination, language, and communication barriers amongs many others

ν(νˉ)\nu(\bar\nu)-208^{208}Pb deep inelastic scattering

Nuclear-medium effects in the weak structure functions $F_2(x,Q^2)$ and $F_3(x,Q^2)$ in the charged current neutrino and antineutrino induced deep inelastic reactions in $^{208}$Pb have been studied. The calculations have been performed in a theoretical model using relativistic nuclear spectral functions which incorporate Fermi motion, binding and nucleon correlations. We also consider the pion and rho meson cloud contributions calculated from a microscopic model for meson-nucleus self-energies. Using these structure functions, the results for the differential cross section have been obtained and compared with the CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research apparatUS (CHORUS) data. The results for the ratios $\frac{2F_{i}^{Pb}}{208F_i^D}$, $\frac{4F_{i}^{Pb}}{208F_i^{He}}$, $\frac{12F_{i}^{Pb}}{208F_i^C}$, $\frac{16F_{i}^{Pb}}{208F_i^O}$, and $\frac{56F_{i}^{Pb}}{208F_i^{Fe}}$ (i=2,3) have also been obtained and a few have been compared with some of the phenomenological fits.Comment: 19Pages, 12 Fig

Wissenschaftliche Neugier und Kooperationen mit Afrika: zur Lage der Afrikawissenschaft in Deutschland

Overview of African studies in German

PAR-5 is a PARty hub in the germline

As our understanding of how molecular machineries work expands, an increasing number of proteins that appear as regulators of different processes have been identified. These proteins are hubs within and among functional networks. The 14-3-3 protein family is involved in multiple cellular pathways and, therefore, influences signaling in several disease processes, from neurobiological disorders to cancer. As a consequence, 14-3-3 proteins are currently being investigated as therapeutic targets. Moreover, 14-3-3 protein levels have been associated with resistance to chemotherapies. There are seven 14-3-3 genes in humans, while Caenorhabditis elegans only possesses two, namely par-5 and ftt-2. Among the C. elegans scientific community, par-5 is mainly recognized as one of the par genes that is essential for the asymmetric first cell division in the embryo. However, a recent study from our laboratory describes roles of par-5 in germ cell proliferation and in the cellular response to DNA damage induced by genotoxic agents. In this review, we explore the broad functionality of 14-3-3 proteins in C. elegans and comment on the potential use of worms for launching a drugs/modifiers discovery platform for the therapeutic regulation of 14-3-3 function in cancer