German Studies - Science topic

Objectives Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are electronic devices that heat tobacco instead of burning it to produce an inhalable aerosol. This study aimed to investigate usage patterns, sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors, as well as co-use characteristics of people who use HTPs within the German population to inform interventions and preven...

Abstract (en.) Nowadays, some neoclassical morphemes have become part of standard languages. For the German language, they have been classed as a morpheme category called “Konfix” (Engl. confix). But none of the discussions regarding German studies referenced Martinet’s (1979) original outline. Moreover, in various traditions, the confix has a long...

1935 begannen in der Türkei systematische Germanistik-Studien innerhalb des Hochschulsystems. Die Germanistik-Abteilungen, die seit ihrer Gründung 90 Jahre Erfahrung gesammelt haben, sind heute über verschiedene Regionen der Türkei verteilt. Sie sind in der Lage, Studenten auf verschiedenen akademischen Graden aufzunehmen, Wissenschaftler auszubild...

1935 begannen in der Türkei systematische Germanistik-Studien innerhalb des Hochschulsystems. Die Germanistik-Abteilungen, die seit ihrer Gründung 90 Jahre Erfahrung gesammelt haben, sind heute über verschiedene Regionen der Türkei verteilt. Sie sind in Lage, Studenten auf verschiedenen akademischen Graden aufzunehmen, Wissenschaftler auszubilden o...

This paper addresses the question of decolonizing the curriculum and takes a benign hermeneutic approach, which means trying to understand Steiner from a well-intentioned rather than a skeptical perspective. It explains what decolonizing a curriculum means and offers a new iteration of four types of decolonization, of which the fourth is specific t...

This German study (N = 317) tests social communication (i.e., self-disclosure, content intimacy, relational continuity units, we-phrases) as a potential compensation strategy for algorithm aversion. Therefore, we explore the acceptance of a robot as an advisor in non-moral, somewhat moral, and very moral decision situations and compare the influenc...

Accidental dural puncture (ADP) is a rare but serious complication that can lead to post-dural puncture headache (PDPH), a condition known to significantly impair the well-being of affected women. The present study examines the patient characteristics, symptoms, management and outcomes of women with PDPH after ADP and focuses on differences between...

Background Weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV) and tracheal cannula (TC) during neurological early rehabilitation (NER) is mostly successful. However, some patients leave NER with TC/MV, requiring home-based specialized intensive care nursing (HSICN). Data on medical and demographic characteristics and long-term outcomes of these patients are...

In 1802, Friedrich Hölderlin experienced his first mental breakdown, which was followed by a second one in 1805. On 15th September 1806, he was admitted to the clinic of Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth in Tübingen who addressed Hölderlin’s illness as “madness” (“Wahnsinn”). On 3rd May 1807, the poet was discharged as “incurable” (“unheilba...

Zusammenfassung Nach vierzig Jahren intensiver kontrastiv-linguistischer Forschung in der chinesischen Germanistik erscheint es sinnvoll und notwendig, über einige grundlegende Fragen des deutsch-chinesischen Sprachvergleichs nachzudenken. Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert exemplarisch Forschungsbeiträge chinesischer Germanistinnen und Germanisten...

Hospitalised patients aged more than 50 years are at high risk of developing an acute cardiac event if infected with respiratory syncytial virus, leading to serious clinical complications. [1] Due to heart failure, the older aged population can die within a year. This letter highlights the relationship between Acute Cardiac Events in Aged populatio...

Der Kurzbeitrag schildert die Schwerpunkte und Ziele der Sektion „Motivation zum Deutschlernen – zum Stellenwert des Sprachenlernens für die internationale Germanistik“ und gibt einen Überblick über die dokumentierten Beiträge und Diskussionsergebnisse.

German and its status in education in Romania: German is a language of instruction in public and private schools and kindergartens in Romania, as autochthonous minorities in Romania have a right to education in their first language. German can also be chosen as the first foreign language in schools where Romanian is the language of instruction or a...

Der Beitrag stützt sich auf ein neues interdisziplinares und mehrsprachiges Projekt, das Interviews an junge Leute mit internationaler Geschichte in Deutschland analysiert, in denen sie nach ihren Erfahrungen gefragt werden (wie sie die Arbeits-/und Ausbildungssituation, den Wohnungsmarkt, den Umgang der Behörden mit ihnen und die Möglichkeit neue...

GEM 5 hat mediterrane Interkulturalität in der deutschen Sprache, Literatur und Kultur zum Gegenstand. Bei fünf Beiträgen handelt es sich um schriftlich ausgearbeitete Vorträge, die auf dem Kongress der Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Germanistik (GiG) über „Interkulturelle Räume: historische Routen und Passagen der Gegenwart mit besonderer Berück...

Urban densification faces challenges due to the declining availability of land in urban areas worldwide and the need to balance various demands regarding the use of the remaining land, which can provide high ecological and social value. At the same time, in many residential areas, small-scale vacant lots with existing building rights can be found....

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), established by the World Health Organization (WHO), provides a biopsychosocial framework for understanding and addressing human functioning and disability. This systematic review examines the application of the ICF in educational contexts across four non-English language...

The paper describes a particular platform for international bilateral and trilateral cooperation in the field of public service interpreting education in Slovakia, Austria and the Czech Republic. In this regard, the paper highlights the contribution of the initiative of the Working Group on Public Service Translation and Interpreting and Languages...

Der folgende Artikel dient der skizzenhaften Darstellung eines personalisierten Modells für die glottopsychopädagogische Deutschlehrerbildung. Die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen bilden hier drei sich auf diesem Forschungsgebiet besonders stark verschränkende Wissenschaften und zwar: die Sprachwissenschaft, Psychologie und Pädagogik, wobei die letzte...

Regular physical activity confers numerous health and social benefits; however, activity-related lower-limb overuse injuries are prevalent. Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) is a common overuse injury of the lower extremity. It is frequently observed in athletes and in military personnel. It involves exercise-induced pain over the anterior tibia...

The purpose of the study is to identify and linguistically describe the means of euphemizing the concept of “disability” in the German article “Florian wäre in Werkstatt für Behinderte fast versauert – dann brach er aus” (Florian would have worked in a workshop for the disabled, but he chose a different path), dedicated to the social and labor adap...

The few German studies on children, adolescents, and young adults with a migration background (MB) suggest a slightly greater burden compared to those without an MB. This difference is likely influenced by risk factors such as poorer living conditions and lower socio-economic status (SES). This study compares children with and without an MB (N = 31...

Aims To illustrate robust intersections of co‐occurring factors for two predictors of smoking cessation, motivation to stop smoking (MTSS) and past year‐quit attempts (QA), by using means to develop robust predictive models such as bootstrap resampling, scoring rules to evaluate the predictive accuracy and spline functions. Design, Setting and Par...

We hypothesised that the association between quality of leadership and mental distress would be stronger in Germany than in Denmark. The two countries differ in terms of working life cultures and labour markets, factors possibly mitigating the association of quality of leadership with mental distress. Data were based on the German Study on Mental H...

Entstanden ist diMaG durch die enge Kooperation von Universitäten aus Athen, Istanbul, Kara, Paderborn und Tunis im Bereich der interkulturellen Germanistik. diMaG lädt zur Engführung literaturwissenschaftlicher Analyse mit interkulturellen Fragestellungen mit Blick auf die Gegenwartskultur ein. Die erste Ausgabe widmet sich aus unterschiedlicher...

This article explores the continuation of the Nazi heritage in German universities. The results of the existing investigations into Nazi continuities in the knowledge sector are sobering, and a lacuna remains at the structural level. To what extent has the Nazi heritage and the repercussions of the Shoah found their way into departments and discipl...

Entstanden ist diMaG durch die enge Kooperation von Universitäten aus Athen, Istanbul, Kara, Paderborn und Tunis im Bereich der interkulturellen Germanistik. diMaG lädt zur Engführung literaturwissenschaftlicher Analyse mit interkulturellen Fragestellungen mit Blick auf die Gegenwartskultur ein. Ausgabe 2 widmet sich unterschiedlichen Facetten des...

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are associated with a variety of symptoms that severely impact patients’ quality of life and ability to perform daily activities. Recent studies showed differences in the perception of physician- versus patient-reported symptom burden. However, studies directly comparing patient- and physician-reported ratings are...

This is a critical bibliographical survey of academic studies published in 2023 in the area of German Studies.

Historical Lexicographers, like other linguists, are accustomed to viewing their craft as an objective activity. There are limits to this goal, however. This talk illustrates some limitations from the backdrop of Standard Canadian English and Standard Austrian German. Standard Canadian English was into the 1960s an unusual concept, while Austrian G...

Video tutorials enjoy unflagging popularity, particularly among Internet users, but their linguistic description still poses significant challenges due to the multiplicity and diversity of their forms. It is therefore essential to investigate both the status and features of video tutorials as a type of multimodal text. This article aims to discuss...

Approximately 50% of adults with congenital heart defects (ACHD) lack specialised CHD care, increasing the risk of preventable complications and mortality. While there is evidence that psychological factors significantly influence adherence, predictors of attending cardiological routine examinations in ACHD remain understudied. This is the first Ge...

Purpose This study analyzed longitudinal data to examine whether occupational sitting time is associated with increases in body mass index (BMI) and five-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Methods We included 2,000 employed men and women (aged 31–60) from the German Study on Mental Health at Work (S-MGA) for a BMI analysis and 1,635 participa...

Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death among adults in Germany. There is evidence that occupational exposure to particulate matter, noise, psychosocial stressors, shift work and high physical workload are associated with CHD. The aim of this study is to identify occupations that are associated with CHD and to elaborat...

The article provides a thorough description of the scope, the content and the results of the research carried out at Samara University by the three linguistic departments of Philology and Journalism Faculty. The authors offer an exhaustive insight into the 50 years’ history of language studies performed by the lecturers of the Russian Language and...

Zusammenfassung Das Verhältnis zwischen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft ist in der Germanistik immer wieder Gegenstand innerfachlicher Debatten. Nach Phasen der Entfremdung sind aktuell Tendenzen der Annäherungen entlang von Inhalten zu verzeichnen, in die auch der vorliegende Beitrag einzuordnen ist. Von der kulturwissenschaftlichen Linguistik k...

Стаття присвячена дослідженню життєвого шляху і наукової діяльності українського вченого – Івана Марковича Кулинича. Цьогоріч 15 серпня наукова спільнота України відзначає 100-ліття від дня народження визначного вченого, доктора історичних наук, професора Івана Марковича Кулинича (1924–2002) – відомого германіста, дослідника українсько-німецьких ві...

Traditional methods in handwritten text recognition primarily focus on generating basic transcriptions, which often fall short for in-depth humanities research. Our study enhances this by providing diplomatic transcriptions for German studies, meticulously reproducing the original manuscripts, including layout and expanded abbreviations. State-of-t...

In the Czech Republic, the lack of qualified teachers and the will to increase the accessibility of teacher education has driven the emergence of the ‘combined form of study’, which is now an established form of professional training for teachers. This paper presents the combined study programme for prospective teachers of German as a foreign langu...

Translation und Subversion: Wie hängt beides zusammen? Das ist die Leitfrage dieses Sammelbands, der methodische Orientierungen und historische Studien zur Frühen Neuzeit in unterschiedlichen geographischen Settings und interlingualen Konstellationen vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert bietet. Translationswissenschaft, Romanistik, Japanologie, Germanis...

Zusammenfassung Translation and subversion: how are the two related? That is the question pursued by this compilation of methodological orientations and historical studies on the Early Modern period in various geographical settings and interlingual constellations from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Bringing together a broad range of dis...

The development of communicative and pragmatic competence is considered one of the main goals of modern foreign language teaching. The primary focus of this paper is to explore how German was taught in school. 35 learners in the first and second years of the Bachelor’s degree program in German studies in the 2021/2022 academic year at the Faculty o...

How affective experiences, such as feelings, emotions, and moods, fluctuate over time is relevant for understanding and predicting psychological well-being. Here, we present a novel approach to investigate affect dynamics grounded on the concept of multistability, a common behavior of complex systems, characterized by abrupt shifts between two or m...

Nicht nur die Institution Universität, sondern auch das Fach Germanistik repräsentiert in aller Regel eine weiße Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte, in der die Geschichten und künstlerischen Produkte von BPoC-Akteur*innen nur am Rande Gegenstand der Lehre sind. In den letzten zehn Jahren verschaffen sich jedoch BPoC wieder zunehmend Gehör und bringen...

Migraine is the leading cause of disability in individuals aged 15 to 49 worldwide, emphasizing the need for diverse preventive treatments. In 2023, Brazil introduced highly purified Petasites hybridus. This article comment the manuscript Loder and coworkers, 2012 one of the primary studies that positioned Petasites hybridus among the Level A evide...

Статтю присвячено розробленню й апробації технології навчання студентів-германістів читання прецедентних текстів. Зазначено, що в процесі навчання читання цих текстів відбувається удосконалення компетентності в читанні та розвиток лінгвосоціокультурної компетентності, глибоке пізнання культури народу, формування уявлення про інтегрований характер м...

The study focuses on the identity of Jurgis Eišiškietis (Georgius de Eyxyski; Georg Eyschitzki), a Master of Liberal Arts, and on his role in the efforts to open a secular private school for the sons of the nobility in Vilnius. Two sources related to him are extant: (1) an entry in the protocols of the capitular session of the Vilnius Cathedral Cha...

In dem vorliegenden Beitrag werden Probleme des Syntaxerwerbs im Deutschen behandelt, wobei ganz speziell auf den Erwerb der komplexen Verbletztstellungsregularitäten in deutschen eingeleiteten Nebensätzen bei Germanistikstudierenden mit L1–Polnisch/L1–Ukrainisch, L2–Englisch eingegangen wird. Die Untersuchung wird durch Bezugnahme auf die psycholi...

Cannabis is a popular leisure activity in many cultures, especially in North America and Europe, where it is commonly used for socializing and entertainment. A recent German study employed the Marijuana Motives Measure to survey young adults, analyzing four motivational factors in the context of casual leisure. The research aimed to understand the...

Teknoloji ile birlikte ikibinli yıllardan başlamak üzere özellikle de 2019 yılındaki pandemi sürecinden itibaren hız kazanan dijitalleşme sürecinin çok hızlı ve çeşitlenerek ilerlediği çağımızda eğitim alanı da bu değişimlerden aslan payını almakta ve sürekli olarak yeniden şekillenmektedir. Buna bağlı olarak doğallıkla insan iletişiminin ve kültür...

What kind of influence did Karl Marx have in France, given the belated translation of his works? The chapters of this book were presented at the symposium “Karl Marx at the Collège de France”, directed by Pierre-Michel Menger and Antoine Compagnon, which was held at the Collège de France on 8 and 9 June 2023, the sixth in a series of symposiums dev...

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Objective Stress is an extensive issue in modern society, affecting men and women differently. A better understanding of these patterns is required within the work context. Therefore, this study aimed to identify gender differences in the effects of stressors (quantitative demands, qualitative demands, working time) and resources (job control, qual...

Der Artikel präsentiert Erfahrungen bzgl. der Vermittlung der Mehrsprachigkeit im Studienfach Germanistik an drei Universitäten in Finnland und Schweden. Es werden pädagogische und methodische Entscheidungen vorgestellt und diskutiert, die wir für geeignet halten, um mehr-sprachige Themen in Studienprogrammen für Sprachen im Hochschulkontext zu beh...

Koca, N. (2024). Ein Blick auf die Verwendung von ChatGPT beim akademischen Schreiben. In: H. Asutay, S. Akol Göktaş, B. Arabacı Candan & R. Şentürk (Ed.) Trakya Germanistik Studien: Künstliche Intelligenz in der Sprache und Bildung (Band III) (pp. 130-135). Trakya Üniversitesi. ISBN: 978-975-374-321-1 In dieser Studie wird das Potenzial von ChatG...

Ziel der Studie ist es, über die Ziele und Aufgaben einer kulturreflexiven und diskursorientierten Germanistik in Polen nachzudenken. Das Interesse an philologischen Studien in Europa, einschließlich Polen, ist rückläufig, die Stellung der deutschen Sprache verändert sich radikal. Hinzu kommen zahlreiche Veränderungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, bedingt...

Background Neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), have been linked to alterations in tryptophan (TRP) metabolism. However, no studies to date have systematically explored changes in the TRP pathway at both transcriptional and epigenetic levels. This study aimed to investigate transcriptomic, DNA methylomic (5mC) and hydrox...

is article deals with multilingualism in ve German pet cemeteries located in di erent cultural regions of Germany. It focuses on the languages found on the grave markers (known as gravestones in human cemeteries) of the animal graves and their functions. Our relationship to animals has changed over time. Animals are no longer perceived as objects,...

Auszug Es gibt immer ein erstes Mal. Dieser Text ist so ein erstes Mal, da er mein erster Beitrag für eine Festschrift zu Ehren einer Wissenschaftlerin ist, und zwar einer, die ich seit 27 Jahren kenne. Sabine Schmölzer-Eibinger wird sich wahrscheinlich nicht daran erinnern, dass ich eine von ungefähr 20 Studierenden war, die im Wintersemester 199...

Background/Objectives: Increased interest in personalized nutrition has led to a growing focus on exploring genetic variants and their impact on nutritional uptake (nutrigenomics). Nevertheless, no systematic review to date has compiled scientific evidence on genetic variants (such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)) affecting mineral metabo...

Intelligence is the best predictor and the most important causal factor in job performance. Measuring intelligence therefore provides information about future job performance and employment. This applies to different professions and social groups, including immigrants and refugees. Two previous German studies with N=29 and N=552 refugees found aver...

Knjiga "Erfolgreiche Geschäftskorrespondenz auf Deutsch, Lehr- und Übungsbuch" (u prijevodu: "Uspješna poslovna korespondencija na njemačkom jeziku, udžbenik i vježbanka") je priručnik za poslovnu korespondenciju namijenjen prvenstveno studentima germanistike, ali i za sve one koji žele unaprijediti svoje poslovne jezične vještine na njemačkom jezi...

Knjiga "Erfolgreiche Geschäftskorrespondenz auf Deutsch, Lehr- und Übungsbuch" (u prijevodu: "Uspješna poslovna korespondencija na njemačkom jeziku, udžbenik i vježbanka") je priručnik za poslovnu korespondenciju namijenjen prvenstveno studentima germanistike, ali i za sve one koji žele unaprijediti svoje poslovne jezične vještine na njemačkom jezi...

Multi-local lifestyles are increasingly shaping current living realities. Earlier German studies identified (work-related) multi-locality as a "male phenomenon" influenced by traditional gender relations. Women, especially during the family phase, are less likely to choose multi-local arrangements, while multi-local women are often childless. As te...

Content and language integrated learning is considered a powerful tool to promote inclusion in educational settings of learners for whom the language of instruction is their additional language. Language-related difficulties of those learners have been claimed detrimental for attaining personal educational goals. Academic language places increased...

This article examines the use of artificial intelligence in academic work among students of German as a Foreign Language or German studies. A survey is used to investigate how students from different countries are already (effectively) using AI-generated tools, what challenges they encounter and what potential problems they are aware of. The result...

Fatty acid esters of 2/3-monochloropropanediol (2/3-MCPD) and glycidol are formed mainly during heat processing (deodorization) of vegetable oils, and are hydrolyzed by lipases in the gastrointestinal tract leading to the absorption of 2/3-MCPD and glycidol. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified 3-MCPD as possibly an...

The aim of the research is to identify the specific structural and semantic features of comparative phraseological units characterizing a person in the German dialects of the Altai region by examining their development in terms of semantic stability, variability, and susceptibility to the influence of the Russian language. The paper considers the m...

This is an invited talk at the School of German Studies of the Beijing Foreign Studies University. In this talk, I observe the iconicity phenomena from an intercultural and typological perspective. Especially, I concentrate on the three iconic coding principles according to Givón (1991). The following three aspects are included: phonetic iconicity,...

On aurait deux opportunités de discourir sur Franz Blei avec une prétention à la finitude conceptionnelle. L'une serait, un essor philosophique, présenté par Franz Blei en tant que destin et en tant que trajectoire vers la fin de la philosophie. Cet argumentaire se construirait sur une interprétation de la philosophie, ce qui est, selon le positivi...

The international workshop "Latin Translations of Vernacular Dramas: Sixt Birck in Context" will be held from September 20 to 21 at the Classics Department, based on the collaboration of the DFG project “Versio latina” (Prof. Anja Wolkenhauer) and Prof. Stefan Elit (Department for German Studies and Comparative Literature Studies, Paderborn). The w...

The BCL2-inhibitor Venetoclax (VEN) in combination with hypomethylating agents (HMA) has been approved for first-line treatment of acute myeloid leukemai (AML) patients ineligible for intensive treatment. Emerging Data suggest that VEN containing treatment strategies may also be effective in relapsed/refractory (R/R) AML, however, comparative studi...

Introduction: An increasing number of advanced nursing practitioners (ANP) are being introduced to address the existing complexity in acutecare. The impact of their implementation is examined in various studies internationally. The aim of this reviewwas to provide an overvievvof studies evaluating adult acute care patients’ outcomesrelated to ANPs,...

The rapid reversal of the direction of thought, of the general attitude, focus and vision on a problem or task, is not new and has been known since biblical times, the Middle Ages or the recent past, but in various forms, such as : ˝The King is dead, long live the King!˝ It is for this reason that abrupt shifts of perception and behaviour or recept...

Young people are pivotal in driving the (future) implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fostering successful sustainable transformation both globally and regionally. To achieve this, they need engaging learning opportunities and effective support to acquire essential sustainability competencies. By establishing this foundati...

Teaching and learning grammar has been a cornerstone of many German language courses. This article analyzes reviews of teaching and learning materials related to grammar, which were published in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German between 2000 and 2023, discussing general trajectories and highlighting works that remain relevant today. The article...

In recent years, the demand for Business German in the context of teaching German as a foreign language has seen significant growth, driven by the expanding international division of labor and the increasing economic interconnection in the wake of globalization. There is a strong interest in acquiring profession-relevant knowledge of the German lan...

Numerous movements protest for more restrictive climate policies, sometimes with radical actions, such as road blockades or paint attacks. A German study with 1,132 participants investigated the impact of government responses on public support for such movements using the Last Generation as a case study. Contrary to expectations, highlighting stric...

Purpose This study investigates the care provision and the role of infectious disease (ID) specialists during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods A survey was conducted at German study sites participating in the Lean European Open Survey on SARS-CoV-2 infected patients (LEOSS). Hospitals certified by the German Society of Inf...

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Adapting questionnaires to new languages is a resource-intensive process often requiring the hiring of multiple independent translators, which limits the ability of researchers to conduct cross-cultural research and effectively creates inequalities in research and society. This work presents a prototype tool that can expedite the questionnaire tran...

The anthology deals with the problem of interlingual and intercultural communication. It presents the results of studies that link German with Polish and German and/or Polish with other languages such as English, Finnish, French, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. The individual contributions refer to various aspects of social and individual multiling...

Background Extending working lives due to labour market and pension regulations makes maintaining and promoting work ability necessary. The coronavirus pandemic has shown that employees in low-skilled jobs (no qualification required) contribute significantly to society and the economy. Research on these employees has been neglected in Germany for m...

Introduction On 1st of April 2024 a law on cannabis legislation entered into force in Germany. Henceforth, a rise in cannabis consumption rates and consequently cannabis related health impacts is expected. Preventive measures are only possible if harmful use is recognised and addressed at an early stage. We set up to estimate the proportion of cann...

Speech fluency is an important aspect of foreign language competence that can not only be measured objectively but is also perceived subjectively by listeners. The term perceived fluency therefore refers to the subjective perception of the speaker's language competence. This includes a situationally appropriate speech rate and fluent speech without...

Motivation is one of the key variables in second language acquisition. Motivation is also an extremely complex phenomenon that is very difficult to precisely measure due to its multidimensionality. Previous research in the Croatian educational context indicates that the intensity of motivation may depend on the target language being learned (e.g. K...

Das ist die Dankesrede anlässlich der Verleihung des Preises der Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Germanistik für jüngere Forscherinnen und Forscher 2022 (im Rahmen der GiG-Fachtagung 2024 an der Seoul National University). In dieser Rede argumentiere ich, dass Interkulturalität als ein potenzieller Lösungsansatz für Krisenzeiten fungieren kann.

Dieser Band ist zum einen der Geschichte der Germanistik in Polen gewidmet, zum anderen deren künftigen Perspektiven, deren Chancen, die allem Anschein nach im interdisziplinären Dialog liegen. Die heutige Philologie tritt mit zahlreichen Disziplinen in Beziehung: Musikwissenschaft, Film-, Bild- und Medientheorie, Geschichte, ja sogar Wirtschaftswi...

Using a vignette methodology, this study examined reactions to same-gender versus other-gender flirtation in a sample of 445 German young adults: 320 participants with a heterosexual orientation and 125 participants with a lesbian or gay (LG) orientation. Even in LG-friendly societies as Germany, receiving advances from someone of the same gender m...

The outcome of the 2020 U.S. election between Trump and Biden evoked strong emotions. In U.S. American (Study 1; N = 405) and German (Study 2; N = 123) samples, we investigated how observers’ group membership (i.e. political orientation) and the social rank attainment of both candidates (i.e. dominance vs. prestige) predicted emotional reactions. T...

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) data are important indicators of health status in patients with lymphoma. The objective of this analysis was to assess the impact of treatment with Sandoz rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) on HRQoL in treatment-naïve adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymp...