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After cardiovascular illnesses, non-malignant diseases of the digestive tract are the most common illnesses affecting Germans, resulting in around 2 million hospitalizations every year. With the updated White Paper, the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) offers a validated scientific and statistical foundation to underpin the discussion of the present and future status of gastrointestinal diseases in Germany.

Autorschaft erfordert mehr als das Schreiben eines Textes: Um 1800 wird sie vor allem durch das gedruckte Buch hervorgebracht. In dieser Zeit entwickelt sie sich zu einem sozialen Phänomen, im deutschsprachigen Raum grassiert die »Schriftstellersucht«. Tobias Fuchs untersucht in diesem Kontext die auf das Buchartefakt bezogenen Praktiken des Publizierens zwischen 1765 und 1815. Die Materialität von Literatur betrachtet er dabei in ihren ästhetischen, merkantilen, poetologischen, rechtlichen sowie wissensgeschichtlichen Dimensionen. Der Bogen reicht von Jean Pauls handgeschriebenen Büchern über gedruckte Artefakte bis zur Makulatur.

After cardiovascular illnesses, non-malignant diseases of the digestive tract are the most common illnesses affecting Germans, resulting in around 2 million hospitalizations every year. With the updated White Paper, the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) offers a validated scientific and statistical foundation to underpin the discussion of the present and future status of gastrointestinal diseases in Germany.

The series Material Text Culturess the publication organ of the Collaborative Research Center 933 of the same name at Heidelberg University, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The series publishes collections and monographs dedicated to the Collaborative Research Center’s main focus of research – that is, the materiality and presence of writing in non-typographic societies.

Robert Neumann (1897–1957, Austrian exiled author and Vicepresidet of the PEN International, was even a disputatious antifascist political writer. His essays, his letters and biograpical documents give a vivid portrait of the diversity of literary life in Germay and Austria (before 1933/after 1958) and of exile in England (1933–1958)., Der österreichische Schriftsteller Robert Neumann (1897–1975), Exilant und Vizepräsident des PEN International, war auch ein streitbarer antifaschistischer Publizist. Seine politisch-literarischen Aufsätze, seine Briefe und biographischen Dokumente ergeben ein lebendiges und facettenreiches Bild des literarischen Lebens in Deutschland und Österreich (vor 1933/nach 1958) und des Exils in England (1933–1958).

In der Reihe Slavistische Beiträge werden vor allem slavistische Dissertationen des deutschsprachigen Raums sowie vereinzelt auch amerikanische, englische und russische publiziert. Darüber hinaus stellt die Reihe ein Forum für Sammelbände und Monographien etablierter Wissenschafter/innen dar.

For some time massive change needs primarily by libraries and other public facilities for the system of science communication have been formulated against the background the so-called "serials crisis. Great potential for modifications are attributed to information and communication technologies, which seem suitable to allow the distribution of scientific results in cheaper and faster than with the since the end of the 17th Century's established channels of communication of paper-based journals. The current discussion of the changes focus in particular on the phrase "Open Access" with the two basic design options "Green Road" the parallel free online publication media, and the "Golden Road," the primary publishing in open access media. In practice, however, there are numerous, highly differentiated business models for new forms of originary publication services, as well as complementary services. Some of these new forms of science communication are already described in the literature, usually as case-by-case documentations. A helpful addition would be a study grid, which would allow a structured description of different forms of scientific communication. To establish such a typology is the goal of this book. This typology is then used to select new services to be described and then compared. Another aim of the book is so is to make a contribution to the systematic description of reality and thus to provide a basis for sound research., Für das System der Wissenschaftskommunikation werden seit einiger Zeit vor dem Hintergrund der so genannten „Zeitschriftenkrise“ massive Änderungsanforderungen vor allem von Bibliotheken und weiteren öffentlichen Einrichtungen formuliert. Große Potenziale für Modifikationen werden den Informations- und Kommunikationstechno logien zugeschrieben, die geeignet dazu scheinen, die Distribution wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse kostengünstiger und schneller zu erlau ben, als dies mit dem seit Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts etabliertem Kom munikationsweg der papierbasierten Journale möglich ist. Die aktuelle Diskussion um die Veränderungen konzentriert sich insbesondere auf das Schlagwort „Open Access“ mit den zwei grundlegenden Ausgestaltungsvarianten „Green Road“, der parallelen freien Onlinepublikation zu kostenpflichtigen Medien, und der „Golden Road“, dem primären Publizieren in Open-Access-Medien. In der Praxis existieren allerdings zahlreiche, sehr differenzierte Geschäftsmodelle für neue Formen originärer Publikationsdienstleistungen sowie auch ergänzende Angebote. Einige dieser neuen Formen der Wissenschaftskommunikation werden bereits in der Literatur beschrieben, dieses allerdings in Form von Einzelfalldokumentationen. Hilfreich darüber hinaus wäre ein Untersuchungsraster, welches eine strukturierte Deskription verschiedener Formen der Wissenschaftskommunikation erlaubt. Eine solche Typologie zu erarbeiten ist ein Ziel des vorliegenden Buches. Die Typologie wird dann genutzt, um ausgewählte neue Dienstleistungen zu beschrieben und anschließend miteinander zu vergleichen. Ein weiteres Ziel des Buches besteht damit darin, einen Beitrag zur systematischen Beschreibung der Realität zu leisten und hierdurch eine Grundlage für fundierte Forschungsaktivitäten zu schaffen.

Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by disorders of thought and perception, inappropriate affect and cognitive deficits. The development of this potentially chronic illness is multifactorial. Its course is intra- and inter-individually variable, resulting in different and specific care needs. This white paper shows the current knowledge about schizophrenia and its care and makes recommendations for future improvements to the care situation. It offers: - Information on the clinical picture, epidemiology, diagnostics and therapy - Descriptions of the care situation and the regulatory framework, including special care concepts and aspects such as nursing, rehabilitation and participation - Health and socio-economic aspects such as the financing of care and the overall economic consequences of the illness Well-known experts and specialists from the care sector have contributed their knowledge and experience to the white paper. Based on its comprehensive presentation of the topic, the book provides food for thought on how the healthcare situation can be improved in the future, especially with regard to early detection and destigmatization. It is aimed at designers and representatives of healthcare from medicine, research, health insurance companies, politics, as well as patient representatives and journalists.

This volume opens the series of papers presented at the Vienna Congress of AILC/ICLA 2016, beginning with eight keynotes. Among others, thirty-four further papers are dedicated to the central theme of the conference: the linguistic side of world literature, under different focal points.

The German Inpatient Quality Indicators (G-IQI) are the most comprehensive system of quality indicators based on administrative data. G-IQI allow a disease-specific monitoring of inpatient care in acute care hospitals. On the one hand, the indicators are designed to provide medically meaningful figures on hospital performance and outcomes for external users. On the other hand, the indicators serve as a tool for internal quality management and quality improvement in hospital care. The indicators may help hospitals to identify potential for improvement by comparing their own results with national figures. The indicators serve as triggers for peer reviews or morbidity and mortality conferences. Thus, the use of the indicators is essential to detect medical errors and to improve quality of care. The present working paper contains the German national reference values of the year 2020 for the G-IQI version 5.4. Reference values were calculated by using the microdata of the national hospital statistics database (DRG statistics) and are displayed for each indicator. The technical specifications of the indicators are attached in the appendix of this paper and refer to the German coding systems valid in 2022. The G-IQI version 5.4 represents a modification and expansion of the previous version 5.3. In the year of analysis 2020, the present G-IQI version 5.4 captures 56.9% of all inpatient cases and 82.5% of all in-hospital deaths. Thereby, the G-IQI version 5.4 achieves one of the highest coverages among available quality indicator systems. The national reference values of the indicators help hospitals to assess their own results as compared to national figures. Beyond that, the national reference values provide a comprehensive analysis of inpatient care in German acute care hospitals. In addition to the complete national indicator results, the age-and-sex specific mortality figures that are used to calculate expected deaths at the hospital level are displayed. Furthermore, distribution of case volume among hospitals is illustrated for selected indicators. By this means, the present working paper covers various figures which are not published by any other statistics and, thus, complements other systems of health care reporting.

The German Inpatient Quality Indicators (G-IQI) are the most comprehensive system of quality indicators based on administrative data. G-IQI allow a disease-specific monitoring of inpatient care in acute care hospitals. On the one hand, the indicators are designed to provide medically meaningful figures on hospital performance and outcomes for external users. On the other hand, the indicators serve as a tool for internal quality management and quality improvement in hospital care. The indicators may help hospitals to identify potential for improvement by comparing their own results with national figures. The indicators serve as triggers for peer reviews or morbidity and mortality conferences. Thus, the use of the indicators is essential to detect medical errors and to improve quality of care. The present working paper contains the German national reference values of the year 2019 for the G-IQI version 5.3. Reference values were calculated by using the microdata of the national hospital statistics database (DRG statistics) and are displayed for each indicator. The technical specifications of the indicators are attached in the appendix of this paper and refer to the German coding systems valid in 2021. The G-IQI version 5.3 represents a modification and expansion of the previous version 5.2. In the year of analysis 2019, the present G-IQI version 5.3 captures 52.8% of all inpatient cases and 80.0% of all in-hospital deaths. Thereby, the G-IQI version 5.3 achieves one of the highest coverages among available quality indicator systems. The national reference values of the indicators help hospitals to assess their own results as compared to national figures. Beyond that, the national reference values provide a comprehensive analysis of inpatient care in German acute care hospitals. In addition to the complete national indicator results, the age-and-sex specific mortality figures that are used to calculate expected deaths at the hospital level are displayed. Furthermore, distribution of case volume among hospitals is illustrated for selected indicators. By this means, the present working paper covers various figures which are not published by any other statistics and, thus, complements other systems of health care reporting.

This anthology inaugurates the new series "Interdisciplinary Papers on Teacher Education" and presents contributions from the conference on teacher education in the 19th and 20th centuries, which took place at the University of Trier in spring 2022. The focus is on (trans)national perspectives on the development of teacher education, especially in relation to Germany and Austria - a valuable insight into the development of this important field and its contexts., Dieser erste Band der neuen Reihe „Interdisziplinäre Arbeiten zur Lehrer:innenbildung“ präsentiert Beiträge zur Lehrer:innenbildung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Im Fokus stehen (trans)nationale Perspektiven zur Entwicklung der Lehrer:innenbildung, insbesondere in Bezug auf Deutschland und Österreich. Die Veränderungen von Auffassungen von Unterricht, Schule und Bildung werden ebenso betrachtet wie die Erwartungen an Rollen, Fähigkeiten und Einstellungen von Lehrpersonen, wie sie in Richtlinien, Lehrplänen, Schulprogrammen und Lehrer:innenbildungspraktiken festgehalten sind.

Many experts assume that urban mobility, and with it the urban environment, will change significantly in the future, partly due to new, digitally-supported mobility services. It is therefore important to understand how this change may look like and how it can be shaped. The papers in this volume aim to contribute to these questions from different perspectives. All of the papers were written in the project "Profilregion Mobilitätssysteme Karlsruhe".

This paper is devoted to a special form of "proving" in civil proceedings. The prima facie evidence is about proving a causal connection with life experience and common knowledge. The term "prima facie evidence" appears repeatedly in Swiss literature and case law, but what is meant by it often remains unclear. This paper addresses the open questions about prima facie evidence in Swiss civil procedure: It examines (1) what is meant by it, (2) what exactly is proved by it, (3) how the court forms its conviction, (4) how prima facie evidence is to be classified in the structure of burden of proof, standard of proof, and evaluation of evidence, and (5) what are the consequences for civil procedure.