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With this study, the fauna of Hispaniolan Phyllophaga is now composed of 48 species, all of which are endemic (precinctive), including 22 new species described herein (4 attributed to Woodruff and Sanderson: approxima, bonfils, jimenezi, rex; 18 to Woodruff: aceitillar, alcoa, androw, baoruco, carnegie, davidsoni, eladio, haitiensis, jaragua, larimar, marcano, nunezi, ortizi, pedernales, rawlinsi, rustica, santachloe, toni). Additionally, allotypes are described for 7 species with previously unknown males (aliada, canoa) or females (esquinada, fossoria, imprima, kenscoffi, panicula), and 6 new country records (Dominican Republic) are provided (aliada, leptospica, minutissima, panicula, permagna, recorta). Of the 48, only 1 male remains unknown (barrosa), and 9 females are missing (aceitillar, carnegie, costura, davidsoni, espina, garrota, probaporra, rustica, toni); 32 are recorded only from the Dominican Republic, and 5 are known only from Haiti. The 727 Figures include 50 habitus illustrations for all species, as well as SEM photos of male and female genitalia, and other salient morphological characters. The discovery of “sister species”, on opposite sides of the Enriquillo basin, provides significant data to support the 2 island concept; 15 species are known only from the paleo “south island”, and 23 are restricted to the “north island”.
The cloud forest amphibians and reptiles constitute the most important herpetofaunal segment in Honduras, due to the prevalence of endemic and Nuclear Middle American-restricted species. This segment, however, is subject to severe environmental threats due to the actions of humans. Of the 334 species of amphibians and reptiles currently known from Honduras, 122 are known to be distributed in cloud forest habitats. Cloud forest habitats are found throughout the mountainous interior of Honduras. They are subject to a Highland Wet climate, which features annual precipitation of >1500 mm and a mean annual temperature of <18°C. Cloud forest vegetation falls into two Holdridge formations, the Lower Montane Wet Forest and Lower Montane Moist Forest. The Lower Montane Wet Forest formation generally occurs at elevations in excess of 1500 m, although it may occur as low as 1300+ m at some localities. The Lower Montane Moist Forest formation generally occurs at 1700+ m elevation. Of the 122 cloud forest species, 18 are salamanders, 38 are anurans, 27 are lizards, and 39 are snakes. Ninety-eight of these 122 species are distributed in the Lower Montane Wet Forest formation and 45 in the Lower Montane Moist Forest formation. Twenty species are distributed in both formations. The cloud forest species are distributed among restricted, widespread, and peripheral distributional categories. The restricted species range as a group in elevation from 1340 to 2700 m, the species that are widespread in at least one of the two cloud forest formations range as a group from sea level to 2744 m, and the peripheral species range as a group from sea level to 1980 m. The 122 cloud forest species exemplify ten broad distributional patterns ranging from species whose northern and southern range termini are in the United States (or Canada) and South America, respectively, to those species that are endemic to Honduras. The largest segment of the herpetofauna falls into the endemic category, with the next largest segment being restricted in distribution to Nuclear Middle America, but not endemic to Honduras. Cloud forest species are distributed among eight ecophysiographic areas, with the largest number being found in the Northwestern Highlands, followed by the North-Central Highlands and the Southwestern Highlands. The greatest significance of the Honduran herpetofauna lies in its 125 species that are either Honduran endemics or otherwise Nuclear Middle American-restricted species, of which 83 are distributed in the country’s cloud forests. This segment of the herpetofauna is seriously endangered as a consequence of exponentially increasing habitat destruction resulting from deforestation, even given the existence of several biotic reserves established in cloud forest. Other, less clearly evident environmental factors also appear to be implicated. As a consequence, slightly over half of these 83 species (50.6%) have populations that are in decline or that have disappeared from Honduran cloud forests. These species possess biological, conservational, and economic significance, all of which appear in danger of being lost.
The conservation status of the members of the Honduran herpetofauna is discussed. Based on current and projected future human population growth, it is posited that the entire herpetofauna is endangered. The known herpetofauna of Honduras currently consists of 334 species, including 117 amphibians and 217 reptiles (including six marine reptiles, which are not discussed in this paper). The greatest number of species occur at low and moderate elevations in lowland and/or mesic forest formations, in the Northern and Southern Cordilleras of the Serranía, and the ecophysiographic areas of the Caribbean coastal plain and foothills. Slightly more than one-third of the herpetofauna consists of endemic species or those otherwise restricted to Nuclear Middle America. Honduras is an area severely affected by amphibian population decline, with close to one-half of the amphibian fauna threatened, endangered, or extinct. The principal threats to the survival of members of the herpetofauna are uncontrolled human population growth and its corollaries, habitat alteration and destruction, pollution, pest and predator control, overhunting, and overexploitation. No Honduran amphibians or reptiles are entirely free of human impact. A gauge is used to estimate environmental vulnerability of amphibian species, using measures of extent of geographic range, extent of ecological distribution, and degree of specialization of reproductive mode. A similar gauge is developed for reptiles, using the first two measures for amphibian vulnerability, and a third scale for the degree of human persecution. Based on these gauges, amphibians and reptiles show an actual range of Environmental Vulnerability Scores (EVS) almost as broad as the theoretical range. Based on the actual EVS, both amphibian and reptilian species are divided into three categories of low, medium, and high vulnerability. There are 24 low vulnerability amphibians and 47 reptiles, 43 medium vulnerability amphibians and 111 reptiles, and 50 high vulnerability amphibians and 53 reptiles. Theoretical EVS values are assessed against available information on current population status of endemic and Nuclear Middle American taxa. Almost half (48.8%) of the endemic species of Honduran amphibians are already extinct or have populations that are in decline. Populations of 40.0% of the Nuclear Middle American amphibian species are extirpated or in decline. A little less than a third (27.0%) of the endemic reptiles are thought to have declining populations. Almost six of every ten (54.5%) of the Nuclear Middle American reptilian species are thought to have declining populations. EVS values provide a useful indicator of potential for endangerment, illustrating that the species whose populations are currently in decline or are extinct or extirpated have relatively high EVS. All high EVS species need to be monitored closely for changes in population status. A set of recommendations are offered, assuming that biotic reserves in Honduras can be safeguarded, that it is hoped will lead to a system of robust, healthy, and economically self-sustaining protected areas for the country’s herpetofauna. These recommendations will have to be enacted swiftly, however, due to unremitting pressure from human population growth and the resulting deforestation.
Im Rahmen des Forschungsschwerpunkts „Kulturlandschaft“ wurden 50 kleine Trockenraseninseln im Osten Österreichs pflanzensoziologisch untersucht und mit Vegetationsaufnahmen dokumentiert. Weiters wurde auf allen Flächen die Korngrößen-Zusammensetzung des Bodens bestimmt. Sämtliche Untersuchungsflächen befinden sich auf tertiären oder quartären Sedimenten. Felstrockenrasen wurden nicht berücksichtigt. Die Bestände können folgenden Gesellschaften zugeordnet werden: Polygalo majoris-Brachypodietum, Astragalo austriaci-Festucetum rupicolae, Ranunculo illyrici-Festucetum valesiacae, Poo angustifoliae-Festucetum valesiacae, Potentillo arenariae-Festucetum pseudovinae und Fumano-Stipetum eriocaulis. Artenzusammensetzung, geographische Verteilung und Böden der Einheiten werden beschrieben. Im Anschluss werden einige Probleme der syntaxonomischen Gliederung der westpannonischen Trockenrasen diskutiert.
1 Einleitung 2 Die Religionskonzeption des Brief des Pastors im Kontext der Religionsvorstellungen der Aufklärung 3 Die Umdeutung religiöser Schemata zum modernen Individualitätskonzept 3.1 "Elend" und ‘Erlösung’ in Luthers Theologie 3.2 Die "Erlösung" als Begrün-dung und Legitimation "sinnlich-irdischer Individualität" 3.2.1 Die Rolle Christi 3.2.2 Die Rolle der Sakramente 3.2.3 "Erlösung" und "Heil" 3.3 Das "Elend" der Selbstentfremdung 3.4 Religion, Liebe und Kunst als Korrespondenzräume sozial exkludierter Individualität 4 Schluß
Der Aufsatz präzisiert den Stellenwert der Genieästhetik des Sturm und Drang im Prozeß der Herausbildung einer Ästhetik autonomer Kunst. Die Geniekonzeptionen Herders, Goethes und Lenz´ werden gegenüber der semantischen Tradition differenziert und auf ihre Funktion innerhalb der Ästhetik hin untersucht. Zugleich wird aber auch nach ihrer Problemreferenz außerhalb der Sphäre der Kunst gefragt.
Die alltagsanthropologischen Deutungsmuster, die den Verbrecher in der spätaufklärerischen Kriminalgeschichte als "Menschen wie du und ich" erscheinen lassen, verdanken sich keineswegs der bloßen Hinwendung zur Erfahrungswirklichkeit, sondern sind primär literarisch vermittelt. Die Kriminalgeschichten knüpfen einerseits umdeutend an die sogenannte Schafottliteratur (Abschiedslieder, Moralreden, Bänkellieder etc.) an. Sie beziehen ihre Muster aber vor allem aus dem empfindsam-aufklärerischen Diskurs, insbesondere aus dem Bürgerlichen Trauerspiel. Sie plädieren durch die Paradoxierung der Trennung von Recht und Moral für eine psychologische Betrachtungsweise des Verbrechers, die mehr und mehr Eingang in den juristischen Diskurs selbst findet.
The receptor tyrosine kinase ErbB2 (HER2) is overexpressed in multiple human tumors of epithelial origin. High ErbB2 expression is functionally involved in tumorigenesis and correlates with poor clinical prognosis. For immunotherapy of ErbB2 expressing tumors, we developed a strategy to supply the tumor cells with costimulatory activity. A bispecific fusion protein was constructed (BIg5), containing the IgV-like domain of huCD86, the CH2/CH3 domain of huIgG1 and the ErbB2-specific single chain antibody fragment scFv(FRP5). A similar fusion protein lacking the CD86 domain (Ig5) was used as a control. Upon binding of BIg5 to ErbB2 on tumor cells, these cells display CD86 on their surface and thus can deliver costimulatory signals for T-cell activation. In addition, NK cells could be activated by CD86 binding to CD28. BIg5 is secreted by eukaryotic cells as a homodimer with increased stability compared to monomers and possibly enhanced costimulatory activity due to crosslinking of CD28 on effector cells. By FACS analysis, specific binding of the scFv(FRP5) domain to ErbB2 as well as CD86 IgV binding to CTLA-4 could be demonstrated. Together with anti-CD3 antibody, BIg5 stimulates proliferation of human CD2-purified lymphocytes in vitro. After binding to ErbB2 on murine Renca-lacZ/ErbB2 tumor cells, about 50% of initially bound BIg5 is still present on the cell surface after 4 hours. For delivery of chimeric fusion proteins in vivo, we used syngeneic, stably transfected HC11 mammary epithelial cells continuously secreting the proteins. Inoculation of these bystander cells close to subcutaneously growing Renca-lacZ/ErbB2 tumors should provide a long-lasting source to achieve high local concentrations of BIg5 at the tumor site. In vivo HC11-BIg5 cells proved to be non-tumorigenic and secreted BIg5 for several weeks, causing a strong anti-BIg5 antibody response. Treatment of established Renca-lacZ/ErbB2 or ErbB2-negative Renca-lacZ tumors by peritumoral inoculation of either HC11-BIg5 or HC11-Ig5 cells led to rejection of all Renca-lacZ/ErbB2, but none of the Renca-lacZ tumors. HC11neo control cells had no effect on tumor growth. Rejection of ErbB2+ tumors led to long-term protection also against subsequent challenge with intravenously injected ErbB2- tumor cells. Intraperitoneal injection of bystander cells secreting the fusion proteins did not lead to tumor regression suggesting that high local concentrations at the tumor site are necessary to target ErbB2 on tumor cells and to overcome elimination of BIg5 or Ig5 by neutralizing antibodies. The CD86 IgV domain of BIg5 did not play a major role in the observed antitumoral immune response suggesting NK-cell mediated ADCC as the initial effector mechanism followed by activation of tumor specific T cells. Targeting of ErbB2 on tumor cells with antibody fusion proteins that interact specifically with the host immune system could be an efficient and specific approach for therapy of solid ErbB2+ tumors.
Fachliche Exzellenz und Bildungsnotstand – diese beiden Extreme beherrschen gegenwärtig die Diskussion um Schul- und Hochschulausbildung. Die Universität Frankfurt stellt sich der Elitediskussion und setzt auf Fokussierung und Schwerpunktbildung. Studiengänge werden modifiziert, die Art und Vielfalt möglicher Abschlüsse internationalen Standards angepasst. Die Universität will und wird wettbewerbsfähig sein, auch im internationalen Vergleich. Darüber sprach Dr. Monika Mölders mit Prof. Dr. Günther Wess, Honorarprofessor der Universität Frankfurt, Forschungsleiter Europa von Aventis und Mitglied der Geschäftsführung der Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH.
Inszenierte Herrschaftsansprüche : Musik und Theater beim Münchner Hochzeitsfest des Jahres 1722
(2004)
Den Höhepunkt im Münchner Hofleben des frühen 18. Jahrhunderts markierte unzweifelhaft die im Jahre 1722 mit einem mehr als zweiwöchigen Fest begangene Hochzeit des Erbprinzen Karl Albrecht mit Maria Amalia Josepha von Österreich, der Tochter des verstorbenen Kaisers Joseph I. Innerhalb der Gesamtkonzeption der Feierlichkeiten nahmen Musik und Theater breiten Rahmen ein. Uns interessieren in diesem Zusammenhang nicht nur die im Theater gegebenen Aufführungen im engeren Sinne, sondern nach der zeitgenössischen Auffassung alles, was ein Schauspiel bot: die Vielfalt theatralischer Darstellungsformen, die angeschaut und bestaunt werden konnten, und die aus dem Spektakel selbst eine Art multimedialer Theateraufführung machten. Um die Frage zu klären, welche Ziele mit den künstlerischen Darbietungen verbunden waren und wie sie sich in den höfischen Kontext einordneten, seien neben Partituren und Libretti auch die gedruckte Festbeschreibung sowie zeremonialwissenschaftliche Traktate herangezogen.