The coloniality of time in the global justice debate : de-centring Western linear temporality

Differences between, and struggles over, plural forms of time and temporal categories is a crucial yet underexplored aspect of debates about global justice. This article aims to reorient the global justice debate towards the question of time by, first of all, critically problematising the coloniality of the Western temporal assumptions underlying the literature, and furthermore by stressing the need to account for the plurality of time. I argue that in the global justice debate, the implicitly racialised teleological narrative of linear time is particularly prevalent in the discourse on development as well as the debate on historical injustices. In order to avoid the epistemic violence resulting from the uncritical acceptance of Western temporal frameworks as universally valid, global normative theorising needs to move reflections on time to the centre of their considerations. This article suggests that relational theory offers pertinent resources for making sense of alternative ways of narrating, conceptualising, and experiencing temporality. The article encourages a conversation between Western and non-Western relational approaches, proposing the temporal dimension of feminist as well as African ubuntu thought as particularly promising starting points for contesting the epistemological privilege of analytic approaches dominating the global justice literature.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

Clinical effects of proton pump inhibitors: Focus on pharmacogenetics, kinetics and dynamics

This thesis describes the clinical effects of proton pump inhibitors, with focus on pharmacogenetics, kinetics and dynamics. The aims were to investigate the occurence of Rebound Acid Hypersecretion and to investigate the speed of onset, the duration of effect and the difference in acid-inhibition between esomeprazole, rabeprazole and pantoprazole. Furthermore the prevalence of CYP2C19 polymorphism was studied in a Caucasian population. The influence of CYP2C19 polymorphism on acid-inhibition and pharmacokinetics of proton pump inhibitors in Caucasians was also studied

Einfluss ausgewählter Bodeneigenschaften auf das Sorptionsverhalten des Cry3Bb1 Proteins

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The grief of late pregnancy loss: A four year follow-up

Medical-technical advances in prenatal diagnosis have made it possible to detect many fetal anomalies before the baby is born. It would therefore be logical to expect that only 'perfect' children will be born - an expectation that goes hand in hand with the Western practice of consciously choosing to have children. Under these circumstances, losing a baby might turn out to be an even more dramatic experience than ever. Over the past five years, many books have been published in which bereaved parents tell their story. Scientific research, on the other hand, has some amount of catching up to do, particularly in relation to follow-up assessments on perinatal grief The studies described in The grief of late pregnancy loss. A four year follow-up address this relatively unexplored field: long-term psychosocial sequelae of perinatal bereavement

Child development and quality of parenting in lesbian families: no psychosocial indications for a-priori withholding of infertility treatment. A systematic review

Among fertility centres, much discussion focuses on whether to withhold infertility treatment from special patient groups (lesbians, prospective single parent(s), prospective parent(s) of relatively advanced age, or with severe diseases) because it is assumed that this is in the best interest of the child. The present study aimed to establish whether there is any empirical evidence for this assumption. A literature search was made in PubMed/Medline and PsycINFO to identify studies that had assessed psychological outcomes of children and quality of parenting after infertility treatment. Eight studies met the following inclusion criteria: published in an English-language peer-reviewed journal between 1978 and 2002, and focused on psychosocial child development and quality of parenting after infer

Micafungin versus anidulafungin in critically ill patients with invasive candidiasis: A retrospective study

_Background:_ In critically ill patients the incidence of invasive fungal infections caused by Candida spp. has increased remarkably. Echinocandins are recommended as initial treatment for invasive fungal infections. The safety and efficacy of micafungin compared to caspofungin is similar, but no comp