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Redensarten sind für die Deutsch als Fremdsprache Studierenden im hohen Grad interpretationsbedürftig. Auch der Muttersprachler braucht für sie häufig eine nähere Erklärung, die im vorliegenden Fall formal (Redensart veraltet und wegen antisemitischer Sicht nicht verwendbar) und inhaltlich (Zusammenhänge, die kaum einer ahnt) sein muss. Redensarten können einen weitreichenden kulturellen Hintergrund haben und sie sind selbst, entsprechend analysiert, Quelle zur Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte. Die Redensart "... wie in der Judenschule" verrät uns zudem überraschenderweise etwas über die Frühform literarischer Entwicklung im Kulturprozess von der Mündlichkeit zur Schriftlichkeit.
D. Seleskovitch ve M. Lederer'in birlikte geliştirmiş oldukları Yorumlayıcı Çeviri (Anlam) Kuramı, çevirmeni merkeze koyan bir yaklaşım gösterir. Çeviriye ilişkin kuramsallaşmanın tarihine bakılırsa; önceki yüzyıllardan günümüze değin çevirmenin rolünü öne çıkaran görüş ve düşüncelere rastlanmaktadır. 90'lı yıllardan sonra belirginleşen bilişsel yaklaşımlar, alana yeni kazanımlar sağlamış, çeviribilim araştırmalarının uygulama alanına yansıyarak kültürlerarası veya dillerarası aktarımın başat aktörü olarak 'çevirmen'in bilişsel bakımdan yeniden değerlendirilmesine zemin hazırlamıştır. Bilişsel odaklı bir görünüm sergileyen çevirmen merkezli yaklaşımlar, çevirinin başarısının çevirmene bağlı olduğu görüşünden hareketle çevirmenin çeviri eylemi sırasında zihninde olup bitenlerin, bilişsel süreçlerinin işleyişinin ve dili kullanma mekanizmasının açıklığa kavuşturulmasını öngörür.
Bu çalışmanın amacı, Yorumlayıcı Çeviri Kuramı doğrultusunda 'anlama'nın koşulları olarak öne çıkan saptamaları ortaya koyarak çevirmenin sahip olması gereken özniteliklere ilişkin izdüşümleri serimlemektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, anlamın kavranması sürecinde çevirmenin zihinsel süreçlerinin nasıl işlediği, çevirmenin bu süreçleri nasıl yönettiği betimlenmeye ve söylem çözümlemesine dayanan Yorumlayıcı Çeviri Kuramı ve Yorumlayıcı Çeviri Yöntemi'nde yer alan düşünsel veriler görünür kılınmaya çalışılacaktır.
Eine immer dringlicher geforderte kultur- und medienwissenschaftliche Orientierung der interkulturellen Germanistik erfordert zugleich auch eine Auseinandersetzung mit neueren Konzepten, die differenzierende, dynamische und multiperspektivische Ansätze anbieten. So bemühen sich neuere kulturphilosophische Konzepte wie die Hyperkulturalität und Transdifferenz über rigide binäre Unterscheidungen zwischen "Eigenem" und "Fremden" hinauszugehen und der Durchlässigkeit der Grenzen und der internen Heterogenität von Gesellschaften im Zeitalter der Globalisierung in angemessener Weise gerecht zu werden. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersuche ich in meinem Beitrag den Film "Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland" (Samdereli 2011) im Rahmen einer diskursiven Auseinandersetzung mit diesen Begrifflichkeiten. Entgegen bisheriger Darstellungen im so genannten türkisch-deutschen Migrantenkino fokussiert dieses Filmbeispiel verstärkt eine (postmigrantische) Perspektive, die mit tradierten Sichtweisen und Klischees bricht. Grundsätzlich soll herausgestellt werden, wie kollektive und individuelle Phänomene von Zugehörigkeit und Identitiätskonstruktion mit filmischen Mitteln dargestellt werden. Zur Diskussion gestellt soll dabei die Frage, inwiefern neuere kulturtheoretische Konzepte dabei greifen.
Bu çalışmada geleneksel Türk namus anlayışı, biçimleri ve toplumda ve ailede erkek ve kadının konumu ile görevleri üzerine etkisi tartışılacaktır. Burada özellikle, genel olarak ve göçmenlik yaşamında namus cinayetlerini teşvik eden ve bu suçun toplum tarafından görmezlikten gelinmesini sağlayan faktörler açığa çıkarılacaktır. Bu amaçla yazar, Feo Aladag'ın sosyal açıdan ilginç ve göçmenliği konu edinen ve böylece tartışmaların bir parçası olan "Die Fremde" adlı filmini ele alacaktır. Söz konusu film, gerçeğe yakın sahneleri ile gündemdeki olguyu objektif ve eleştirel olarak tartışmaktadır.
In Ernst Jüngers Werk spielt der Topos des Niemandslandes von Anfang an eine außerordentliche Rolle. Gleich ob es sich um den umkämpften Raum zwischen den erstarrten Fronten des ersten Weltkrieges, die Imagination tropischer Zonen, die Überschreitung jeder Normalität im Drogenrausch oder den Entschluß zur Desertation aus dem bürgerlichen Alltag im "Waldgang" handelt -, stets fasziniert das Niemandsland durch die Abwesenheit von Sicherheit und die Nötigung zu freier Aktion. Seinen geheimen Fluchtpunkt findet der Topos der "Terra nullius" aber in der Idee eines Schreibens, das dem Tod, dem eigentlichen Niemandsland, eine Stimme geben könnte.
Nach dem letzten Germanistikkongress 2009 in Izmir wurde der zwölfte Germanistikkongress unter dem Motto "Migration und kulturelle Diversität" vom 12. bis 14. Mai 2014 an der Universität Kocaeli veranstaltet. Bei der Veranstaltung des Kongresses hat der türkische Germanistenverband GERDER aktiv mitgewirkt. Der DAAD, das Goethe Institut Ankara, das Österreichische Kulturinstitut und das Schweizer Konsulat Istanbul haben zur Organisation des Kongresses beigetragen, indem sie die Einladung von Professoren zu Plenarvorträgen und die Verwirklichung kultureller sowie sozialer Aktivitäten, wie Konzert und Abendessen unterstützen.
Türkiye'de Akademik Açık Erişim Dergi Yayıncılığı ve Çeviribilim Alanındaki Açık Erişim Dergiler
(2014)
Bu çalışmada Türkiye'nin akademik açık erişim dergi yayıncılığında geldiği noktayı ortaya koymak, 70'li yıllardan itibaren dilbilim ve filolojiden ayrılarak kendi bilimsel çerçevesini çizen ve kendi bilimsel iletişim sistemini oluşturan Çeviribilim alanının, bilimsel iletişim sisteminin en önemli araçlarından biri olan akademik açık erişim dergicilik konusunda aldığı mesafeyi görmek, bu konuda mevcut eksiklikleri tespit etmek ve bunlara çözüm önerilerinde bulunmak amaçlanmaktadır. Bu amaçla ulusal ve uluslararası açık erişim veritabanları incelenerek elde edilen bilgiler değerlendirilmeye çalışıldı. Çalışmanın birinci aşamasında Türkiye'nin akademik açık erişim dergicilik konusundaki mevcut durumu değerlendirilirken ikinci aşamada Çeviribilim alanının durumu ele alındı. Son aşamada ise elde edilen verilerden anlamlı sonuçlar çıkarılarak genel bir değerlendirme yapıldı ve çeşitli öneriler sunuldu.
Die Anwendung von Social Media im Fremdsprachenunterricht am Beispiel von "Twitter" Microblogging
(2014)
"Sosyal medya" sözcüğü günümüzün sloganı haline gelmiştir. Teknik olarak sosyal ağları destekleyen Web 2,0 hizmetlerinin uygulaması ile blog ve microblog hizmetleri her alanda kullanılmaya ve hiç olmadığı kadar iletişim kurulmaya başlanmıştır.
Twitter da, bu hizmetlerin ortak paydası olan dünyadan haberdar olma, olaylara katılma, bu amaçla da, fazla teknik bilgi gerektirmeden içerik oluşturma ve yayınlama özelliğini kullanıcılarına sunmaktadır. Nasıl ve ne şekilde iletişim kurulduğu çok farklılık göstermekle birlikte, paylaşılanlar çok basit önemsiz konuşmalardan, eğlendirici, bilgilendirici politik ve ticari içeriklere kadar uzanıp, zaman zaman da kutuplaşmalara sebep olmaktadır. Öyle ki bazıları bu içerikleri önemsiz ve gereksiz görürken, diğerleri 'devrim' yaratan nitelikte bulabilmektedir. Gerçek olan, bu kanallar aracılığı ile birçok bilginin ve içeriğin paylaşılıyor, iletişim kuruluyor olmasıdır.
Bu çalışmanın amacı Microblogging hizmeti [uygulaması] olan Twitter'ın tanıtılması, anlaşılır hale getirilmesidir. Bunu için öncelikle tarihçesi ve var olan durum açıklanmış, hesap oluşturma ve uygulamaları üzerinde durulmuştur. Ayrıca "internet dili", bu dilin gençler üzerindeki etkileri ile medya okuryazarlığının önemine ve meslek edinme sürecindeki etkilerine kısaca değinilmiştir. Son olarak örnek bir uygulama üzerinden Twitter'ın ders ortamlarında kullanılabilirlik özelliği işlenmiştir.
Eğitim, Öğretme ve Öğrenme konuları uluslararası eğitim alanında olduğu gibi Türkiye'de de son yıllarda en fazla konuşulan, tartışılan ve değişime uğrayan temadır. Öyle ki artan bilgi yoğunluğu, hızlı teknolojik kazanımlar ve buna bağlı olarak farklılaşan anlayış ve beklentiler eğitimin sürekli ve nitel açıdan irdelenmesini zorunlu kılmaktadır. Çalışmada eğitim konusunun temel sorun ve soruları, uluslararası eğitim standartları ve değişen eğitim stratejileri, öğrenme ve etkin öğretme ile ilgili yeni yaklaşımları, öğretmen tanımlamaları, öğretmen-öğrenci ve veli iletişimin önemi, öğretmen kazanımları ve yeterlilikleri gibi geniş bir perspektif taranmaktadır. Çalışmada yüksek öğretim reformu kapsamında eğitim fakülteleri ve öğretmen yetiştirme modelleri ve bu çalışmaların uluslararası uyumu değerlendirilmekte ve daha iyi bir eğitim, daha etkin öğretme ve öğrenme için öneriler sunulmaktadır.
Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist über historische und soziale Beziehungen zwischen Brasilien und Deutschland zu diskutieren, die bei den frühesten iberischen Expeditionen im 16. Jahrhundert, bei der Entdeckung Brasiliens, stattfanden, und sich mit dem offiziellen Beginn der deutschen Auswanderung nach Brasilien, im Jahr 1824, mit der Gründung der Kolonie von São Leopoldo im Bundesstaat Rio Grande do Sul, verstärkte. Im Hinblick darauf, dass die Deutschen ihre Traditionen, Sprache und Kultur, deren Unterschiede die brasilianische Heterogenität intensivierte, nicht vollständig verloren haben, bezieht sich der zweite Teil dieses Textes auf ein konkretes Beispiel einer brasilianischen Stadt namens Marechal Câdido Rondon. Die Stadt liegt in Südbrasilien und wurde von deutschstämmigen Auswanderern gegründet. Trotz diesen germanischen Wurzeln, welche sich durchaus in der Architektur und den Volksfesten bemerkbar machen, zeigt die Gemeinde keine Auffälligkeiten hinsichtlich der deutschen Sprache aufgrund der Förderung der Zweisprachigkeit.
Das Faktum, dass in der Komikproduktion "Türkisch für Anfänger" Verhaltens- und Sprachpraktiken des türkischstämmigen männlichen Jugendlichen namens Cem Öztürk als standardfern angesehen und so dargestellt werden, und der Betroffene demnach im komischen Modus stets mit dem Affen bzw. Affenmenschen verglichen wird, wurde für die Autorin der vorliegenden Arbeit zum Auslöser für den Vergleich seiner mit Bourroughs' Protagonisten Tarzan. Dies wiederum eröffnet Reflexion und Debatte über Machtverhältnisse/Positionierungen in der deutschen Einwanderergesellschaft einen freien Raum.
Bu makalede Şebnem İşigüzel ve Elfriede Jelinek'in kitaplarından yola çıkılarak annelerin anne – kız arasındaki ilişkinin niteliklerini nasıl ve ne yönde etkiledikleri karşılaştırmalı olarak ortaya konmaya çalışılmıştır. Her iki tarafın da dişil bir kimliğe sahip olmasına rağmen, annelerin baskın otoriteleri ile bu ilişkiye şiddeti dahil etmeleri sonucu bunun kendi kızları, dolayısı ile kadın bedeni ve iç dünyası üzerindeki yansımaları ve algılanışları kitaplardan alınan alıntılarla örneklendirilmiştir. Bu örneklendirme her iki kitabın romanların ana teması, figürlerin özellikleri, belirli imgeler ile yazarın üslup özellikleri gibi başlıklar rehberliğinde gerçekleştirilmiştir.
Bellek ve tarih ilişkisinin irdelendiği bir çok araştırmada, doksanlı yılların başından beri tüm dünyada bir bellek ve anımsama furyasının yaşandığı belirtilmekte ve ana nedenlerinden biri olarak da yazılı tarihin kaydettiği en ağır felaketlerin yaşandığı 20. Yüzyılın sona ermesi gösterilmektedir. 2000'li yıllardan bu yana gerek Avrupa kıtasında yazılan romanlara gerekse Türkiye'de yayımlanan romanlara bakıldığında, metinlerin odak noktasına yakın geçmişi yerleştiren tarihsel romanların sayısı küçümsenmeyecek kadar artmıştır. Yakın tarihe bugünden bakarak tarihsel durumların yeniden değerlendirilmesi, dolayısıyla belleklerde saklanan ancak şimdi dile gelen anıların öykülendirilmesi söz konusudur.
Tarihsel romanların yanı sıra bir ya da birden fazla ailenin kuşaklar boyu belleklerinde sakladıkları ve büyük tarihin yanında bugün "oral history" olarak yeniden önem kazanan bireysel/kollektif bellek, özellikle tarihsel romanların bir uzantısı olan "yeni" aile romanlarında gittikçe daha fazla yer bulmaktadır. 2011'in Mart ayında yayımlanan, Zülfü Livanel'nin "Serenad" adlı romanı da içerdiği tarihsel düzlem ve bu tarihin bireysel ve kollektif belleklerin bir parçası olarak aile üyelerinin anımsaması yoluyla okuyucuya açımlanması nedeniyle, çerçevesini tarihsel olguların oluşturduğu bir aile romanıyla karşı karşıya olduğumuzu göstermektedir.
Bu çalışmada romanda yer alan figürlerin tarihle ilişkileri yeni aile romanı çerçevesinde incelenecektir.
Als Weltautor ist der deutsche Dichter Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mit seinen Werken "Werther" und "Faust" unumstritten ein weit beliebter und prominenter Autor des 18. Jh.s. Ein ebenso beliebtes Werk des Autors ist die Ballade vom "Erlkönig", eine typisch lyrische Gattung der deutschen Dichtung der Romantik. Dass es sich hierbei nicht um ein rein zum Tanzen gesungenes Lied handelt, sondern vielmehr eine in sich geschlossene Welt von Symbolen dargestellt wird, ist bereits dem Titel zu entnehmen.
Begriff, Bedeutung und Funktion der Figuration "Erlkönig" stehen so als Thema und Fragestellung im Mittelpunkt der Diskussion des Beitrags. Handelt es sich bei dem benannten Begriff und Titeltext um eine Inspiration Goethes aufgrund einer missverstandenen Übersetzung Herders? Oder ist unter dieser Begrifflichkeit doch ein Geisterwesen, gar ein König der Geister zu verstehen, was wiederum die Bedeutungsvielfalt und die Symbolwelt des Volkstümlich-Mythologischen als Grundwissen voraussetzt. In diesem Sinne kommt der gesamte Bedeutungskomplex des Textes dem türkischen Volksglauben vom Alkarısı (wörtlich "Rote Frau") einerseits und Karabasan (wörtlich "Schwarz-Druck") andererseits nahe, zumal der Text mit dem tragischen Schicksal des fiebernden und halluzinierenden Kindes ein Ende nimmt.
Ziel des Beitrages ist so die Aufdeckung der verschlüsselten Botschaften des Textes; Symbole, kulturelle Werte und Handlungsmuster der Textstruktur sollen im Rahmen der volkskundlich-kritischen Textanalyse unter Einbeziehung der Hermeneutik anhand von Fallbeispielen der deutschen und türkischen Volksdichtung herausgearbeitet werden.
Schiller'in Edebiyat Görüşü
(2014)
Schiller'in edebiyat üzerine yazdığı makalesi "Über naive und sentimentalische Dichtung", Goethe ile yakın ve verimli dostluğuna dayanır. Mektuplaşmalarında eserleri hakkında karşılıklı ifadeleri bunu göstermektedir. Schiller'in çıkardığı "Die Horen" adlı edebi ve felsefi dergi, Goethe'nin katkısıyla nerdeyse Alman Klasisizminin program dergisi olmuştur. Felsefeye olan büyük merakı ile Schiller Goethe'nin eserlerini ve "Horen" dergisindeki yazılarını okuyunca, kendisi ile onun arasında önemli bir farkı keşfetmek durumunda kalmıştır. Doğalcı ve düşünselci edebiyat hakkında yazdığı görüşleri bunun kanıtlarıdır.
Eine deutsche Volksballade aus Bayern mit einem Türken-Thema und ihr Verhältnis zur Geschichte
(2014)
Volksballaden sind interessante kulturhistorische Belege; sie spiegeln Zeitgeschehen und Mentalitäten – historisch sind sie nicht, auch wenn sie als 'wahr' empfundene Ereignisse aufgreifen. Die deutsche Volksballade vom "Dollinger" wurde unter dem Eindruck der über Jahrhunderte andauernden Türkengefahr überliefert und jeweils neu aktualisiert; sie hat eine in Regensburg lokalisierte Stadtsage zum Inhalt, wie ein christlicher Held nur mit Mühe den heidnischen Türken (oder Ungarn, Osmanen usw.) überwindet und damit die Stadt (das Land) rettet.
Aus dem nun mehr als sechzig Jahre zurück liegenden Streit zwischen Staiger und Heidegger über das rechte Verständnis einer Verszeile von Eduard Mörike, der im Laufe der Jahre immer neue Stellungnahmen provozierte, läßt sich Aufschluß über die blicklenkenden Kategorien hermeneutischer Interpretation gewinnen, wenn man die Position einer Beobachtung zweiter Ordnung einnimmt. Es zeigt sich dann in großer Klarheit, daß die Interpretation literarischer Polyvalenzen und Ambiguitäten ihre Eindeutigkeit aus der Zuhilfenahme regulativer Ideen gewinnt, die nicht dem literarischen Text, sondern ästhetischen Vorlieben, philosophischen Axiomen oder politisch – moralischen Überzeugungen entstammen. Sie erzielen Sinneffekte, weil sie sich mehr oder weniger erfolgreich als subjektive Setzungen unsichtbar machen und aus der "Sache" heraus zu sprechen vorgeben. Werden diese regulativen Ideen aus der Perspektive einer Beobachtung zweiter Ordnung ins Sichtfeld gerückt, erscheint die Kontingenz jeder Interpretation, die immer auch anders möglich ist. Sie hat sich freilich am Wortlaut des literarischen Werkes zu bewähren, der jedem Konstruktivismus eine unüberschreitbare Grenze setzt. So verstanden ist die berühmte und nicht selten auch bespöttelte Kontroverse zwischen Heidegger und Staiger noch heute eine anregende Hilfestellung für jeden Versuch eines neuen Verständnisses von Mörikes Gedicht und eine grundsätzliche Herausforderung der Reflexion auf die Voraussetzungen literaturwissenschaftlicher Interpretation.
Sanat ve ahlâk arasındaki ilişki Antik dönemden bu yana tartışılan en eski felsefi sorunlardan birisi olarak görülebilir. Bu iki alan arasında varolduğu düşünülen doğrudan bağı kabul etmeyen ve "çıkarsız hoşa gitme" kavramıyla sanatın özerkliğini ilan eden Kant'ın estetiğiyle birlikte sorun kısmen çözülmüştür. Sanatın özgürlüğü anlamına gelen bu ayrım 20. Yüzyılın ikinci yarısından itibaren relativizm ve postmodernizm akımlarının yardımıyla daha da kabul edilebilir hale gelmesiyle günümüzde bu iki alan arasındaki ilişkiye vurgu yapmak nerdeyse imkansız hale geldi. Jauss'un bu konudaki düşünceleri bu nedenle neredeyse bir istisnaya karşılık gelirler. Jauss'un kuramı sanat ve edebiyatı okur ve alımlayıcı açısından ele alır ve sanat ve edebiyat aracılığıyla okur ya da alımlayıcının ahlâki yargılar oluşturduklarını söyler.
This article deals with the topic of dyslexia in adults and its consequences for learning German during university studies; the author explores the extent to which an optimized German text influences understanding. The results of research on dyslexia and psycholinguistic research on text understanding show that depending on the text structure and the simplicity of the linguistic means used, different levels of text understanding may be expected. The main tool of the research is text optimization based on a practical application of the "Hamburg concept of understandability", involving four text properties which make the text understandable to different extents.
Textkompetenz in mehreren Sprachen : Forschungsergebnisse und weiterführende Forschungsansätze
(2014)
The article presents results of an empirical study which examines productive transfer in the area of text skills competence and the associated writing skill which could be attributed to the learners' contact with several languages. The research was conducted within the research project "Multilingualism in the Czech Republik: Learning and Teaching German after English." After a short presentation of the key concepts in the development of the study and a presentation of selected results, implications and a modell for further research in multilingual writing and on transfer processes between languages are introduced.
Kunigunda of Galicia, the second wife of the Bohemian King Otokar II and later the second wife of the powerful nobleman Záviš of Falkenstein, suffers from a very poor reputation due to her depiction in medieval chronicles, especially the Styrian Rhymed Chronicle written by Ottokar aus der Gaal. Her image as a domineering and morally dubious figure is also echoed in Franz Grillparzer's play "König Ottokars Glück und Ende", which draws partly on the Styrian chronicle as source material. This study attempts to answer the question of what role Kunigunda plays in Grillparzer's drama, and whether she genuinely deserves to be known as a "whore" – a designation which was applied to her immediately after the play's premiere. Grillparzer's version of Kunigunda is also compared with her depiction in the tragedy "Král Přemysl Otakar Druhý" by František Zavřel.
The unique situation in which job seekers and employers find themselves results in the necessity to formulate and accept refusal letters. Employers frequently express their emotions in such letters. They are, however, in the form of clichés which apparently do not contain any genuine emotions. The subject of this analysis is genuine German refusal letters collected in the years between 2000 and 2012. Our objective is to indicate the types of emotions verbalized in the analyzed text type and to present the linguistic means utilized to express those emotions.
The article focuses on two objectives. First it addresses current trends in the lexical development of the German language. This investigation is based on changes within the section Fernsehabend to Fernsehzuschauerin in the "Duden – Deutsches Universalwörterbuch" between 1996 and 2011. Secondly, on the basis of the given section, the article examines to what extent this dictionary reflects current vocabulary.
"Jelen přeplotil skok" : kontrastiver Vergleich von Wortspielen und idiomatischen Wortverbindungen
(2014)
The article presents some of the outcomes of the contrastive comparison of the Czech original text and its German translation. It tries to show some hidden implications as well as many other peculiarities of wordplay and idiomatic phrases that a reader of the translated text may be deprived of.
This article examines the use of the standard German language in German speaking Switzerland with focus on the spoken language. It brings to attention sociolinguistic concepts of the Swiss language environment and the role of the standard German language in Switzerland. The goal of the article is to evaluate the role of the standard German language in German speaking Switzerland on the base of theoretical assumptions and empirical research. The article presents the results of an analysis which was performed on the examples of TV broadcast of the Swiss television.
Ziel des vorliegenden Artikels ist die Analyse von Motivationsschreiben, einer Textsorte, die bei der Bewerbung um einen Masterstudienplatz oder um ein Stipendium häufig eingereicht werden muss. Anhand eines Korpus von 30 Motivationsschreiben, welche im Rahmen der Masterarbeit von November 2013 bis Mai 2014 gesammelt wurden, sollen die Relevanz, der Kommunikationskontext und die Textfunktionen der offenen Textsorte aufgezeigt werden.
O objetivo principal deste artigo é apresentar uma visão geral dos resultados obtidos em uma pesquisa empírica envolvendo aprendizes adultos de alemão como língua estrangeira com conhecimentos prévios de inglês. O foco deste artigo recai sobre os processos envolvidos no ensino/aprendizagem de terceiras línguas, levando-se em consideração que a língua alemã é comumente aprendida como uma segunda língua estrangeira após o inglês. Os principais questionamentos da pesquisa estão baseados em processos de transferência positiva, bem como na interferência linguística observada em um grupo de 50 aprendizes de alemão dos níveis A1 a B1 do Quadro Europeu Comum de Referência para as Línguas. Ao que concerne a relação entre as línguas alemã e inglesa, a afirmação de que o inglês exerce um papel importante na aprendizagem de alemão pôde ser confirmada, sendo o parentesco etimológico entre as duas línguas um dos mais importantes fatores para se determinar a ocorrência de influência interlinguística. Por outro lado, a interferência linguística resultante da coexistência de ambas as línguas demanda o desenvolvimento de uma didática do plurilinguismo que compreenda métodos alternativos para o ensino/aprendizagem de alemão como segunda língua estrangeira no Brasil.
"Great technology, football and ..." : Malaysian language learners' stereotypes about Germany
(2014)
This study focuses on stereotypes about Germany, its culture and people, held by learners of German in a big public university in Malaysia. It examines not only the stereotypical representations of the target language country but also assesses its favourability and salience, which has not been done previously. The findings revealed that the students' stereotypes about Germany were varied and diverse. Also, they were overwhelmingly positive. The top three salient categories of images about Germany were related to technology, famous personalities – for the most part football players and scientists – and cars. The findings also indicated that very few references had been made to German culture and to its great cultural figures. The results of the present study suggest that students could benefit from a wider and deeper exposure to German culture in the language classroom.
Der Aufsatz untersucht das syntaktische Verhalten nicht-satzförmiger Adverbialia im Deutschen und im brasilianischen Portugiesisch in vergleichender Perspektive. Behandelt werden Adverbialia aus sechs Klassen, deren semantische Funktionen von der Sachverhaltsbeschreibung bis zur Beschreibung von Handlungsabsichten des Sprechers reichen. Insgesamt zeigen sich große Ähnlichkeiten zwischen den Vergleichssprachen. Im Deutschen scheint eine etwas stärkere Tendenz zu bestehen, Adverbialia syntaktisch zu integrieren, während es im Portugiesischen mehr Möglichkeiten gibt, sie desintegriert zu verwenden.
Este artigo recapitula as traduções de Wilhelm Busch publicadas no Brasil e aponta que determinadas circunstâncias de publicação levaram a uma recepção unilateral de sua obra exclusivamente como literatura infantil nesse país. Entre outras estratégias que poderiam estender para uma faixa etária adulta o público leitor da poesia humorística buschiana, propõe-se que o Knittelvers seja traduzido para o português como decassílabo iâmbico. Uma tradução anotada do poema "Hänsel und Gretel" nesse padrão métrico-acentual testa em que medida a escolha consciente de um ritmo e o aproveitamento de associações culturais desencadeadas por ele podem destacar o efeito irônico desse pseudoconto-de-fada.
O presente texto lida com a forma do juízo em Hölderlin e Hegel, focalizando principalmente seus momentos de divisão e unificação. Inicialmente, unificação e divisão são aqui tratadas a partir de temáticas desenvolvidas em torno do amor no séc. XVIII. O juízo é analisado basicamente no âmbito da Ciência da lógica, de Hegel, de prefácios do romance Hyperion e do texto "Juízo e Ser", de Hölderlin. A análise visa expor as passagens entre esses momentos do juízo nos textos supracitados, as quais mobilizam relações entre singular, particular e geral. Considerando essas relações, propõe-se uma interpretação do romance acima mencionado.
A influência de Bertolt Brecht sobre Walter Benjamin é comumente atribuída à assimilação da tradição de crítica marxista pelo último. O presente artigo busca realizar uma crítica imanente e teórica da obra de ambos com o fito de investigar outras faces possíveis dessa influência. Sendo assim, o objetivo é demonstrar que o "Efeito de distanciamento" (em alemão "Verfremdungseffekt") utilizado por Brecht em seu teatro épico tem um papel fundamental na leitura que Benjamin fará do cinema e aparece nas quatro versões do ensaio sobre "A obra de arte na época de sua reprodutibilidade técnica", bem como na sua teoria sobre a "aura".
Franz Kafka's (1883-1924) "Die Brücke" is one of the less well-known texts by one of the most prolific authors of literary modernity. However, this short prose text embodies prevalent questions of literary modernity and philosophy as it reflects the crisis of language in regard of identity, communication, and literary production. Placed in the context of fin-de-siècle's discourse of language crisis, this article provides a dialogue between Kafka's "Die Brücke" and Hannah Arendt's (1906-1975) philosophy of thinking and speaking in "The Life of the Mind". Contrary to Arendt's understanding of the metaphor as "a carrying over" between the mental activities of the solitude thinker and a reconciliation with the pluralistic world shared with others, this article argues for a deconstructionist reading of "Die Brücke" as a tool to reevaluate Arendt"s notion of a shared human experience ensured through language and illustrates the advantages of poetic texts within philosophical discourses.
Seven years after the launch of the European Paediatric Medicine Regulation, limited progress in paediatric oncology drug development remains a major concern amongst stakeholders – academics, industry, regulatory authorities, parents, patients and caregivers. Restricted increases in early phase paediatric oncology trials, legal requirements and regulatory pressure to propose early Paediatric Investigation Plans (PIPs), missed opportunities to explore new drugs potentially relevant for paediatric malignancies, lack of innovative trial designs and no new incentives to develop drugs against specific paediatric targets are some unmet needs. Better access to new anti-cancer drugs for paediatric clinical studies and improved collaboration between stakeholders are essential. The Cancer Drug Development Forum (CDDF), previously Biotherapy Development Association (BDA), with Innovative Therapy for Children with Cancer Consortium (ITCC), European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) and European Network for Cancer Research in Children and Adolescents (ENCCA) has created a unique Paediatric Oncology Platform, involving multiple stakeholders and the European Union (EU) Commission, with an urgent remit to improve paediatric oncology drug development. The Paediatric Oncology Platform proposes to recommend immediate changes in the implementation of the Regulation and set the framework for its 2017 revision; initiatives to incentivise drug development against specific paediatric oncology targets, and repositioning of drugs not developed in adults. Underpinning these changes is a strategy for mechanism of action and biology driven selection and prioritisation of potential paediatric indications rather than the current process based on adult cancer indications. Pre-competitive research and drug prioritisation, early portfolio evaluation, cross-industry cooperation and multi-compound/sponsor trials are being explored, from which guidance for innovative trial designs will be provided.
Structure and regulatory interactions of the cytoplasmic terminal domains of serotonin transporter
(2014)
Uptake of neurotransmitters by sodium-coupled monoamine transporters of the NSS family is required for termination of synaptic transmission. Transport is tightly regulated by protein–protein interactions involving the small cytoplasmic segments at the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of the transporter. Although structures of homologues provide information about the transmembrane regions of these transporters, the structural arrangement of the terminal domains remains largely unknown. Here, we combined molecular modeling, biochemical, and biophysical approaches in an iterative manner to investigate the structure of the 82-residue N-terminal and 30-residue C-terminal domains of human serotonin transporter (SERT). Several secondary structures were predicted in these domains, and structural models were built using the Rosetta fragment-based methodology. One-dimensional 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and circular dichroism spectroscopy supported the presence of helical elements in the isolated SERT N-terminal domain. Moreover, introducing helix-breaking residues within those elements altered the fluorescence resonance energy transfer signal between terminal cyan fluorescent protein and yellow fluorescent protein tags attached to full-length SERT, consistent with the notion that the fold of the terminal domains is relatively well-defined. Full-length models of SERT that are consistent with these and published experimental data were generated. The resultant models predict confined loci for the terminal domains and predict that they move apart during the transport-related conformational cycle, as predicted by structures of homologues and by the “rocking bundle” hypothesis, which is consistent with spectroscopic measurements. The models also suggest the nature of binding to regulatory interaction partners. This study provides a structural context for functional and regulatory mechanisms involving SERT terminal domains.
Background: Despite improvements in liver surgery over the past decades, hemostasis during hepatic resections remains challenging. This multicenter randomized study compares the hemostatic effect of a collagen hemostat vs. a carrier-bound fibrin sealant after hepatic resection.
Methods: Patients scheduled for elective liver resection were randomized intraoperatively to receive either the collagen hemostat (COLL) or the carrier-bound fibrin sealant (CBFS) for secondary hemostasis. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with hemostasis after 3 min. Secondary parameters were the proportions of patients with hemostasis after 5 and 10 min, the total time to hemostasis, and the complication rates during a 3 months follow-up period.
Results: A total of 128 patients were included. In the COLL group, 53 out of 61 patients (86.9 %) achieved complete hemostasis within 3 min after application of the hemostat compared to 52 out of 65 patients (80.0 %) in the CBFS group. The 95 % confidence interval for this difference [−6.0 %, 19.8 %] does not include the lower noninferiority margin (−10 %). Thus, the COLL treatment can be regarded as noninferior to the comparator. The proportions of patients with hemostasis after 3, 5, and 10 min were not significantly different between the two study arms. Postoperative mortality and morbidity were similar in both treatment groups.
Conclusion: The collagen hemostat is as effective as the carrier-bound fibrin sealant in obtaining secondary hemostasis during liver resection with a comparable complication rate.
A cell-based high-throughput screen that assessed the cellular stability of a tumor suppressor protein PDCD4 (Programmed cell death 4) was used to identify a new guanidine-containing marine alkaloid mirabilin K (3), as well as the known compounds mirabilin G (1) and netamine M (2). The structures of these tricyclic guanidine alkaloids were established from extensive spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1 and 2 inhibited cellular degradation of PDCD4 with EC50 values of 1.8 μg/mL and 2.8 μg/mL, respectively. Mirabilin G (1) and netamine M (2) are the first marine natural products reported to stabilize PDCD4 under tumor promoting conditions.
Resveratrol shows beneficial effects in inflammation-based diseases like cancer, cardiovascular and chronic inflammatory diseases. Therefore, the molecular mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory resveratrol effects deserve more attention. In human epithelial DLD-1 and monocytic Mono Mac 6 cells resveratrol decreased the expression of iNOS, IL-8 and TNF-α by reducing mRNA stability without inhibition of the promoter activity. Shown by pharmacological and siRNA-mediated inhibition, the observed effects are SIRT1-independent. Target-fishing and drug responsive target stability experiments showed selective binding of resveratrol to the RNA-binding protein KSRP, a central post-transcriptional regulator of pro-inflammatory gene expression. Knockdown of KSRP expression prevented resveratrol-induced mRNA destabilization in human and murine cells. Resveratrol did not change KSRP expression, but immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that resveratrol reduces the p38 MAPK-related inhibitory KSRP threonine phosphorylation, without blocking p38 MAPK activation or activity. Mutation of the p38 MAPK target site in KSRP blocked the resveratrol effect on pro-inflammatory gene expression. In addition, resveratrol incubation enhanced KSRP-exosome interaction, which is important for mRNA degradation. Finally, resveratrol incubation enhanced its intra-cellular binding to the IL-8, iNOS and TNF-α mRNA. Therefore, modulation of KSRP mRNA binding activity and, thereby, enhancement of mRNA degradation seems to be the common denominator of many anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol.
Observation and tracking of fluorescently labeled molecules and particles in living cells reveals detailed information about intracellular processes on the molecular level. Whereas light microscopic particle observation is usually limited to two-dimensional projections of short trajectory segments, we report here image-based real-time three-dimensional single particle tracking in an active feedback loop with single molecule sensitivity. We tracked particles carrying only 1-3 fluorophores deep inside living tissue with high spatio-temporal resolution. Using this approach, we succeeded to acquire trajectories containing several hundred localizations. We present statistical methods to find significant deviations from random Brownian motion in such trajectories. The analysis allowed us to directly observe transitions in the mobility of ribosomal (r)RNA and Balbiani ring (BR) messenger (m)RNA particles in living Chironomus tentans salivary gland cell nuclei. We found that BR mRNA particles displayed phases of reduced mobility, while rRNA particles showed distinct binding events in and near nucleoli.
The knowledge of phenotypic variation in the European range of the highly allergenic Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (common ragweed) is not entirely complete, even though it is an invasive species of utmost concern. We hypothesized the prevalence of phenotypic differentiations between common ragweed populations in the introduced range, and we assumed that those differentiations were related to environmental conditions at the points of origin. Using a common garden experiment, we investigated biomass allocation, growth rates, and flowering phenology of 38 European common ragweed populations originating from a major geographical gradient. We observed considerable phenotypic variation in growth parameters and flowering phenology, e.g. mean aboveground biomass varied from 23.3 to 47.3 g between the populations. We were able to relate most measured traits with environmental parameters prevailing at the points of origin. For example, early growth of ruderal populations was highly correlated with temperature and precipitation at the point of origin. Late growth and flowering phenology were highly correlated with latitude, i.e. individuals from northern populations grew smaller and flowered and dispersed their pollen and seeds up to 5 weeks earlier than individuals from southern populations. We also found a longitudinal gradient in flowering phenology which has not yet been described. The existence of such a high variability in the introduced range may facilitate further range expansion. We suggest that the correlation with environmental variables rests upon genetic variation possibly due to adaptations to the respective environment. To clarify if such adaptation results from multiple events of introduction or as evolutionary response after introduction, genetic investigations are needed.
Molecular tumour targeting has significantly improved anti-cancer protocols. Still, the addition of molecular targeting to the treatment regime has not led to a curative breakthrough. Combined mammalian target of Rapamycin (mTOR) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition has been shown not only to enhance anti-tumour potential, but also to prevent resistance development seen under mono-drug therapy. This investigation was designed to evaluate whether cross-communication exists between mTOR signalling and epigenetic events regulated by HDAC. DU-145 prostate cancer cells were treated with insulin-like growth factor (IGF) to activate the Akt-mTOR cascade or with the HDAC-inhibitor valproic acid (VPA) to induce histone H3 and H4 acetylation (aH3, aH4). Subsequently, mTOR, Rictor, Raptor, p70s6k, Akt (all: total and phosphorylated), H3 and H4 (total and acetylated) were analysed by western blotting. Both techniques revealed a link between mTOR and the epigenetic machinery. IGF activated mTOR, Rictor, Raptor, p70s6k and Akt, but also enhanced aH3 and aH4. Inversely, IGFr blockade and knock-down blocked the Akt-mTOR axis, but simultaneously diminished aH3 and aH4. VPA treatment up-regulated histone acetylation, but also activated mTOR-Akt signalling. HDAC1 and 2 knock-down revealed that the interaction with the mTOR system is initiated by histone H3 acetylation. HDAC-mTOR communication, therefore, is apparent whereby tumour-promoting (Akt/mTORhigh, aH3/aH4low) and tumour-suppressing signals (Akt/mTORlow, aH3/aH4high) are activated in parallel. Combined use of an HDAC- and mTOR inhibitor might then diminish pro-tumour effects triggered by the HDAC- (Akt/mTORhigh) or mTOR inhibitor (aH3/aH4low) alone.
Background: Following acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the risk for future cardiovascular events is high and is related to levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) even within the setting of intensive statin treatment. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) regulates LDL receptor expression and circulating levels of LDL-C. Antibodies to PCSK9 can produce substantial and sustained reductions of LDL-C. The ODYSSEY Outcomes trial tests the hypothesis that treatment with alirocumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody to PCSK9, improves cardiovascular outcomes after ACS.
Design: This Phase 3 study will randomize approximately 18,000 patients to receive biweekly injections of alirocumab (75-150 mg) or matching placebo beginning 1 to 12 months after an index hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina. Qualifying patients are treated with atorvastatin 40 or 80 mg daily, rosuvastatin 20 or 40 mg daily, or the maximum tolerated and approved dose of one of these agents and fulfill one of the following criteria: LDL-C ≥ 70 mg/dL, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥ 100 mg/dL, or apolipoprotein B ≥ 80 mg/dL. The primary efficacy measure is time to first occurrence of coronary heart disease death, acute myocardial infarction, hospitalization for unstable angina, or ischemic stroke. The trial is expected to continue until 1613 primary end point events have occurred with minimum follow-up of at least 2 years, providing 90% power to detect a 15% hazard reduction. Adverse events of special interest include allergic events and injection site reactions. Interim analyses are planned when approximately 50% and 75% of the targeted number of primary end points have occurred.
Summary: ODYSSEY Outcomes will determine whether the addition of the PCSK9 antibody alirocumab to intensive statin therapy reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality after ACS.
Background: HER2 status assessment is a prerequisite for the establishment of an appropriate treatment strategy in gastric cancer. Gastric cancers are very heterogeneous and separate evaluations of gene amplification and protein expression lead to uncertainties in localizing distinct clones and are time consuming. This study evaluates the equivalence of the novel method combining both gene and protein platforms on one slide.
Methods: Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and HER2 dual-colour silver in situ hybridization (SISH) as single methods (IHC/SISH) and gene-protein platform combining both methods on one slide (gene/protein) were performed in randomly collected 100 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma. Results of IHC/SISH were compared with gene/protein staining.
Results: 96 of 100 samples were assessable. In the gene/protein staining, pathologists were able to assess gene amplification and consequent protein expression at the single cell level. In comparison trials, gene amplification was observed in 14.6% by both, conventional SISH and gene/protein platform (agreement 100%; Kappa-coefficient κ = 1.0). Protein expression scores by IHC were 70.8% (0), 10.4% (1+), 9.4% (2+), and 9.4% (3+). Protein expression by gene/protein method were: 70.8% (0), 11.5% (1+), 7.3% (2+) and 10.4% (3+) of patients. There were complete concordances in IHC assessment of cases with score 0 (100.0%; κ = 1). High concordances are shown in score 1+ (98.96%; κ = 0.947) and 3+ (96.88%; κ = 0.825) cases and good concordances in 2+ cases (95.83%; κ = 0.728).
Conclusions: This novel combined platform has the advantage of being able to evaluate both gene and the protein status in the same cancer cell and may be of particular interest for research and patient's care.
Considering the review by Puspitasari and colleagues, an additional discussion of the endpoints of the Se supplementation studies described would be helpful. In our view, selenium can safely be given to selenium-deficient cancer patients prior to and during radiotherapy. Therefore, in order to help the radiation oncologist in decision making, we strongly advocate to determine the selenium status prior to and during a potential adjuvant selenium supplementation, e.g. when trying to ease the side-effects of radiation treatment or in the aftercare situation when the selenium status may become insufficient.
Irrigation intensifies land use by increasing crop yield but also impacts water resources. It affects water and energy balances and consequently the microclimate in irrigated regions. Therefore, knowledge of the extent of irrigated land is important for hydrological and crop modelling, global change research, and assessments of resource use and management. Information on the historical evolution of irrigated lands is limited. The new global Historical Irrigation Dataset (HID) provides estimates of the temporal development of the area equipped for irrigation (AEI) between 1900 and 2005 at 5 arc-minute resolution. We collected subnational irrigation statistics from various sources and found that the global extent of AEI increased from 63 million ha (Mha) in 1900 to 112 Mha in 1950 and 306 Mha in 2005. We developed eight gridded versions of time series of AEI by combining subnational irrigation statistics with different data sets on the historical extent of cropland and pasture. Different rules were applied to maximize consistency of the gridded products to subnational irrigation statistics or to historical cropland and pasture data sets. The HID reflects very well the spatial patterns of irrigated land in the western United States as shown on historical maps. Mean aridity on irrigated land increased and river discharge decreased from 1900–1950 whereas aridity decreased from 1950–2005. The dataset and its documentation are made available in an open data repository at https://mygeohub.org/publications/8 (doi:10.13019/M2MW2G).
We have isolated a cDNA coding for a putative invertebrate-type dopamine receptor (Peadop2) from P. americana brain by using a PCR-based strategy. The mRNA is present in samples from brain and salivary glands. We analyzed the distribution of the PeaDOP2 receptor protein with specific affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies. On Western blots, PeaDOP2 was detected in protein samples from brain, subesophageal ganglion, thoracic ganglia, and salivary glands. In immunocytochemical experiments, we detected PeaDOP2 in neurons with their somata being located at the anterior edge of the medulla bilaterally innervating the optic lobes and projecting to the ventro-lateral protocerebrum. In order to determine the functional and pharmacological properties of the cloned receptor, we generated a cell line constitutively expressing PeaDOP2. Activation of PeaDOP2-expressing cells with dopamine induced an increase in intracellular cAMP. In contrast, a C-terminally truncated splice variant of this receptor did not exhibit any functional property by itself. The molecular and pharmacological characterization of the first dopamine receptor from P. americana provides the basis for forthcoming studies focusing on the significance of the dopaminergic system in cockroach behavior and physiology.
Conventional radar-based image reconstruction techniques fail when they are applied to heterogeneous breast tissue, since the underlying in-breast relative permittivity is unknown or assumed to be constant. This results in a systematic error during the process of image formation. A recent trend in microwave biomedical imaging is to extract the relative permittivity from the object under test to improve the image reconstruction quality and thereby to enhance the diagnostic assessment. In this paper, we present a novel radar-based methodology for microwave breast cancer detection in heterogeneous breast tissue integrating a 3D map of relative permittivity as a priori information. This leads to a novel image reconstruction formulation where the delay-and-sum focusing takes place in time rather than range domain. Results are shown for a heterogeneous dense (class-4) and a scattered fibroglandular (class-2) numerical breast phantom using Bristol's 31-element array configuration.
Multimorbidity is a health issue mostly dealt with in primary care practice. As a result of their generalist and patient-centered approach, long-lasting relationships with patients, and responsibility for continuity and coordination of care, family physicians are particularly well placed to manage patients with multimorbidity. However, conflicts arising from the application of multiple disease oriented guidelines and the burden of diseases and treatments often make consultations challenging. To provide orientation in decision making in multimorbidity during primary care consultations, we developed guiding principles and named them after the Greek mythological figure Ariadne. For this purpose, we convened a two-day expert workshop accompanied by an international symposium in October 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany. Against the background of the current state of knowledge presented and discussed at the symposium, 19 experts from North America, Europe, and Australia identified the key issues of concern in the management of multimorbidity in primary care in panel and small group sessions and agreed upon making use of formal and informal consensus methods. The proposed preliminary principles were refined during a multistage feedback process and discussed using a case example. The sharing of realistic treatment goals by physicians and patients is at the core of the Ariadne principles. These result from i) a thorough interaction assessment of the patient’s conditions, treatments, constitution, and context; ii) the prioritization of health problems that take into account the patient's preferences – his or her most and least desired outcomes; and iii) individualized management realizes the best options of care in diagnostics, treatment, and prevention to achieve the goals. Goal attainment is followed-up in accordance with a re-assessment in planned visits. The occurrence of new or changed conditions, such as an increase in severity, or a changed context may trigger the (re-)start of the process. Further work is needed on the implementation of the formulated principles, but they were recognized and appreciated as important by family physicians and primary care researchers.
Purpose: Prostate specific antigen is not reliable in diagnosing prostate cancer (PCa), making the identification of novel, precise diagnostic biomarkers important. Since chemokines are associated with more aggressive disease and poor prognosis in diverse malignancies, we aimed to investigate the diagnostic relevance of chemokines in PCa.
Materials and methods: Preoperative and early postoperative serum samples were obtained from 39 consecutive PCa patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. Serum from 15 healthy volunteers served as controls. Concentrations of CXCL12, CXCL13, CX3CL1, CCL2, CCL5, and CCL20 were measured in serum by Luminex. The expression activity of CXCR3, CXCR4, CXCR5, CXCR7, CXCL12, CXCL13, CX3CR1, CXCL1, CCR2, CCR5, CCR6, CCR7, CCL2, and CCL5 mRNA was assessed in tumor and adjacent normal tissue of prostatectomy specimens by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The associations of these chemokines with clinical and histological parameters were tested.
Results: The gene expression activity of CCL2 and CCR6 was significantly higher in tumor tissue compared to adjacent normal tissue. CCL2 was also significantly higher in the blood samples of PCa patients, compared to controls. CCL5, CCL20, and CX3CL1 were lower in patient serum, compared to controls. CCR2 tissue mRNA was negatively correlated with the Gleason score and grading.
Conclusion: Chemokines are significantly modified during tumorigenesis of PCa, and CCL2 is a promising diagnostic biomarker.
A versatile synthetic procedure is described to prepare the benzimidazole-fused 1,2,4-thiadiazoles 2a–c via a methanesulfonyl chloride initiated multistep cyclization involving the intramolecular reaction of an in-situ generated carbodiimide with a thiourea unit. The structure of the intricate heterocycle 2a was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis and its mechanism of formation supported by DFT computations.