Trace Metals and Their Isotopes in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean - Cruise No. M81/1, February 04 – March 08, 2010, Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain) – Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago)

Summary Meteor Cruise M81/1 was dedicated to the investigation of the distribution of dissolved and particulate trace metals and their isotopic compositions (TEIs) in the full water column of the tropical Atlantic Ocean and their driving factors including main external inputs and internal cycling and ocean circulation. The research program is embedded in the international GEOTRACES program (e.g. Henderson et al., 2007), which this cruise was an official part of and thus corresponds to GEOTRACES cruise GA11. This cruise was completely dedicated to the trace metal clean and contamination-free sampling of waters and particulates for subsequent analyses of the TEIs in the home laboratories of the national and international participants. Besides a standard rosette for the less contaminant prone metals, trace metal clean sampling was realized by using a dedicated and coated trace metal clean rosette equipped with Teflon-coated GO-FLO bottles operated via a polyester coated cable from a mobile winch that was thankfully made available by the U.S. partners of the GEOTRACES program for this cruise. The particulate samples were also collected under trace metal clean conditions using established in-situ pump systems. The cruise track led the cruise southward from the Canary Islands to 11°S and then continued northwestward along the northern margin of South America until it reached Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. The track crossed areas of major external inputs including exchange with the volcanic Canary Islands, the Saharan dust plume, as well as the plume of the Amazon outflow. In terms of internal cycling the equatorial high biological productivity band, as well as increased productivity associated with the Amazon Plume were covered. All major water masses contributing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, as well as the distinct narrow equatorial surface and subsurface east-west current bands were sampled. A total of 17 deep stations were sampled for the different dissolved TEIs, which were in most cases accompanied by particulate sampling. In addition, surface waters were continuously sampled under trace metal clean conditions using a towed fish

Zwischen Plautdietsch, Hochdeutsch und Spanisch

Mennoniten sind eine religiöse Gemeinschaft, die sich im 16 Jh. im heutigen Norddeutschland gründete; ihre Muttersprache ist das Plautdietsche, eine Variante des Niederdeutschen. Im Folgenden gab es mehrere Wanderbewegungen, u.a. nach Südamerika. Das Außergewöhnliche ist, dass Mennoniten sich trotz aller Immigrationen stets ihre plautdietsche Muttersprache bewahrt haben; auch in den Zielländern dieser Arbeit, Paraguay und Bolivien, ist das der Fall: Das Spanische ist eine Fremdsprache für sie. Diese Dissertation zeigt, ob es im Spanischen, das die Mennoniten zur Verständigung zumindest in Teilen erlenen, einen niederdeutschen Einfluss gibt oder ob es sogar regional beeinflusst ist, obwohl sie häufig Kontakte mit Nicht-Mennoniten bewusst auf ein Mindestmaß reduzieren. Außerdem wird anhand von Interviews dargestellt, wie sehr sie sich noch mit ihren europäischen Wurzeln identifizieren und welche Rolle das Spanische als Mehrheitssprache für sie spielt

Konzeption postgradualer Masterstudiengänge am Beispiel des Weiterbildungsstudiengangs „Zahnärztliche Funktionsanalyse und -therapie“

[english] Introduction: The decision to consolidate European higher education was reached by the Bologna Conference. Based on the Anglo-American system, a two-cycle degree program (Bachelor and Master) has been introduced. Subjects culminating in a state examination, such as Medicine and Dentistry, were excluded from this reform. Since the state examination is already comparable in its caliber to a Master’s degree in Medicine or Dentistry, only advanced Master’s degree programs with post-graduate specializations come into consideration for these subjects. In the field of dentistry numerous post-graduate study programs are increasingly coming into existence. Many different models and approaches are being pursued.Method: Since the 2004-2005 winter semester, the University of Greifswald has offered the Master’s degree program in Dental Functional Analysis and Therapy. Two and a half years in duration, this program is structured to allow program participation while working and targets licensed dentists who wish to attain certified skills for the future in state-of-the-art functional analysis and therapy.Aim: The design of this post-graduate program and the initial results of the evaluation by alumni are presented here.Conclusion: Our experiences show that the conceptual idea of an advanced Master’s program has proved successful. The program covers a specialty which leads to increased confidence in handling challenging patient cases. The sharing of experiences among colleagues was evaluated as being especially important