Die Sammlung als Modell: Dermatologische Wachsmoulagen als Bestandteile medizinischer Forschungs- und Lehrinfrastrukturen

Dermatologische Wachsmoulagen stellen Krankheitssymptome auf der Haut in dreidimensionaler Form dar. Anders als von der Forschung bislang überwiegend beurteilt, sind sie keine "naturgetreuen" Objekte, sondern unterliegen in ihrem Herstellungsprozess und in ihrer Wahrnehmung vielfältigen Einflüssen. In ihrer Gruppierung als Sammlung können sie als Modell eines Krankheitsbildes angesehen werden

Die Sammlung als Modell. Dermatologische Wachsmoulagen als Bestandteile medizinischer Forschungs- und Lehrinfrastrukturen

Dermatologische Wachsmoulagen stellen Krankheitssymptome auf der Haut in dreidimensionaler Form dar. Anders als von der Forschung bislang überwiegend beurteilt, sind sie keine ›naturgetreuen‹ Objekte, sondern unterliegen in ihrem Herstellungsprozess und in ihrer Wahrnehmung vielfältigen Einflüssen. In ihrer Gruppierung als Sammlung können sie als Modell eines Krankheitsbildes angesehen werden

Die Dinge und ihre Verwandten. Zur Entwicklung von Sammlungen

In the last few years scientific collections has gained significance. In particular, the "Recommendations on Scientific Collections as Research Infrastructures" published by the German Wissenschaftrat (Science Council) in January 2011 have caused a surge in attention.This volume of the series Hamburg's University Speeches (Hamburger Universitätsreden) documents the frame of the Annual Conference of the Society for University Collections (Gesellschafts für Universitätssammlungen) in 2016 and the lecture given by Ulrich Raulff, Director of the German Literary Archives in Marbach. In his text "The Things and their Relatives" he shows how an object without context immediately loses its meaning. Raulff ends his reflections on things and their collection with an appeal to the representatives of the scientific collections to conduct their own research, namely in their own collections. Archives, museums and collections should not wait for being researched. They should not limit themselves to the classical "research in indexing", but should initiate and carry out research projects themselves. Only through their own understanding of research a meaningful collection policy can be developed, which will really reach the present and the future. The text of the speech is followed by 30 colour photographs of special objects presented by Ulrich Raulff during his lecture in the atrium of the Hamburg State and University Library

The interaction of truthful and deceptive information

Research consistently shows that truthful accounts are richer in detail than deceptive accounts. It is unknown, however, how interviewees strategically regulate the information they provide when their accounts contain both truthful and deceptive information. This study examined how truths and lies interact, and whether interviewees’ self-reported strategies reflect such interactions. Participants (n = 144) provided one statement consisting of two elements. We manipulated the veracity of these elements, with participants allocated to either both truthful, both deceptive, or one truthful and the other deceptive conditions. Results indicated that interviewees calibrate the richness of detail provided in the first element of their statement based on the veracity of the following element. Moreover, our exploratory tests revealed that lies become more detailed when they are flanked by truthful information relative to when they are flanked by other deceptive information. The finding that truthful and deceptive information interacts to influence detail richness provides insight into liars’ strategic manipulation of information when statements contain a mixture of truths and lies. Strategic manipulations of this kind could potentially threaten the reliability of commonly used verbal lie detection tools. This study also offers insight to legal practitioners who rely on baseline deviations to assess credibility

Analysis of Outcomes in Ischemic vs Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation A Report From the GARFIELD-AF Registry

IMPORTANCE Congestive heart failure (CHF) is commonly associated with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF), and their combination may affect treatment strategies and outcomes