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Translation abstract Application areas of calculation models for the torsional load‐bearing capacity of segment joints – Wind turbines with annular cross‐sectionWind turbines play a decisive role in the reorientation of our energy supply. The torsional load‐bearing behaviour of the towers must be analysed in detail and suitable calculation models developed and established to ensure the safe and resource‐saving construction of these plants. In recent years, two important models have been developed to determine the torsional resistance of the horizontal segment joints of wind towers. However, it has not yet been possible to specify their areas of application. Using new test data and analyses, it has now been possible to determine the mechanical validity limits of the models. With the parameter space presented in this paper, the areas of application of the most important calculation models for the torsional load‐bearing capacity of dry joints with annular cross‐sections can be defined and thus an assignment can also be made for wind turbine towers commonly used in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper explores the potential of JASP (Jeffreys’s Amazing Statistics Program, https://jasp-stats.org/) as a robust statistical tool in advancing Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research, with a specific emphasis on its application within the domain of L2 writing. Second language writing proficiency is a complex and multifaceted skill, demanding rigorous empirical investigation to uncover nuanced patterns and insights. JASP, known for its user-friendly interface and advanced statistical capabilities, emerges as a promising instrument for researchers seeking to unravel the intricacies of L2 writing development. The paper begins by providing an overview of the features embedded in JASP and continues to discuss some of the extant research within the field of SLA that implements JASP as a data analysis tool. Follows is a detailed description of the use of JASP in two L2 writing papers, in which the data analysis decisions are discussed. Furthermore, the discussion delves into the practical implications of utilizing JASP in L2 writing research, including its ability to accommodate small sample sizes, handle complex interactions, and facilitate transparent and reproducible analyses. The paper concludes by advocating for the widespread adoption of JASP in SLA research, positing that its integration holds the promise of advancing our understanding of the intricacies of L2 writing development and contributing to the refinement of pedagogical approaches in second language education.

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The paper focuses on the topic of current acceptance and future acceptability of CO2 pricing schemes in Germany. Based on psychological theories and empirical findings, it is assumed that different aspects of justice, efficacy beliefs, and perceived actions to reduce CO2 emissions are relevant for long-term acceptability. In the context of two focus groups with local stakeholders from civil society (15 participants), and citizens (12 participants), various aspects of CO2 pricing were discussed, with respect to four research questions addressing 1. doubts concerning the effectiveness of the pricing instrument, 2. relevant aspects of justice, 3. problems of comprehension, and 4. perceived scopes of action. Qualitative-interpretive and quantifying data analysis methods were applied. The main results reveal difficulties in comprehending the instrument and neglect of possible investments. Results are discussed with respect to practical implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In scientific text types the specific language configurations represent a register of language typicality which is regularly used in similar contexts of scientific discourse. It is obvious, that the appropriate knowledge about these structures is a condition for competent scientific outputs. The configured structures as specific patterns are manifested in different forms and functions both on the lexical and the textual level. The paper explains the theoretical premises for researching these structures and discusses the methodological potential of the frequency-oriented n-gram analysis as a challenging base for the qualitative analysis of linguistic data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Center for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Simulation (DAViS) at the University of Applied Science of the Grisons and the Swiss Center of Allergy and Asthma Research supports research on applications in topics like machine learning, big data, visualization, and simulation. The paper illustrates complex data analysis of life science data in a common research project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Korasion, a coastal settlement between Seleukeia a.K. and Korykos, was (re?) founded in Late Antiquity and abandoned in the seventh century. While its monuments still maintained a remarkable state of preservation in the early 20th century, the intensive resettlement thereafter has not only destroyed most structures, but also made the remaining ones invisible, making archaeological fieldwork impossible. Due to the presumable importance of the settlement, strongly suggested by early archaeological and epigraphic studies, it is nevertheless necessary to sum up, reevaluate and contextualize the evidence and address several aspects of this late antique settlement. Because of the mentioned current and prospective impossibility to carry out fieldwork at Korasion, I pursue an approach based on the analysis of data, drawings and images dating back to the 19th and early 20th century. While doing so, I mainly focus on the various known buildings of the settlement including not only the two basilicas but also several civil buildings, which are presented with redrawn plans and partially new reconstructions and analyses. Moreover, the epigraphic data, mainly related to grave monuments, is – for the first time - systematically evaluated and contextualized. The more than 80 inscriptions documented by J. Keil and A. Wilhelm, combined with the decoration and the broad spatial setting of the funerary monuments, offer an interesting insight into the habits and social structures of a genuinely late antique coastal settlement. Finally, a largely updated version of the settlement’s plan-reconstruction, based on written, drawn and photographed material of those above-mentioned early studies, as well as on this paper’s results, is included. This way, this article attempts to offer a suitable base for further comparative studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Germany there exists a political consensus that the economic and fiscal burden of the German reunification should be shared by all three jurisdictional levels of the federal system. According to existing law the burden sharing between the state and local authorities has to be confined to the excess burden which follows from the financing of the German Unity Fund as well as the integration of the eastern German states into the fiscal equalisation system. Thereby, state and local authorities are in conflict with each other regarding an appropriate economic estimation of the excess burden to be caused by the fiscal equalization system. Against this background the paper explains and illustrates the economic concept of burden in terms of opportunity costs. Taking North Rhine-Westphalia as a case study the quantity of the excess burden is empirically estimated for the time period 1995 -- 2009 by applying a multivariate data analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper not only examines how political strategy as a defining characteristic of terrorism is conceptualized within the metaphor of TERRORISM AS A PATH but it also explores whether this metaphor is equally represented in the corpus compiled from news articles from various German-language media reporting on terrorist attacks in Germany between 2015 and 2017. Using the MAXQDA software, the author analyzed and compared 1,495 text-places featuring lexemes “terror" and/or “terrorism" in the corpus consisting of 1,251 texts. Furthermore, the study emphasizes the need for the intersection of quantitative and qualitative data analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on the results of a corpus study on case variation after the lexeme voll ('full'). It deals with constructions like ( er ist voll revolutionären Bewusstseins 'he is full of revolutionarygen awarenessgen' vs. er ist voll revolutionärem Bewusstsein 'he is full of revolutionarydat awarenessdat'). Many reference grammars of German claim that voll ('full') governs the genitive as well as the dative and that in current language use the dative increasingly replaces the genitive. Based on an electronic corpus of the German daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, the issues of the extent of the case variation after voll ('full') and the government properties of this lexeme are addressed. The data analysis reveals that case variation only occurs when the governed NP is in singular. Here, the rate of dative (62%) is higher than that of genitive (38%). In the plural condition, however, the data analysis shows no case variation. Here, voll ('full') exclusively governs the genitive. Hence, the findings do not support the claim of a general genitive loss after voll ('full'). It is argued that the discrepancy between the singular and the plural conditions can be considered as a syntactically motivated case variation. The findings are mainly discussed in the context of Gallmann's (1996) approach of the syntactically determinate case ending omission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper considers the methodology of interpretative case studies from a specific point of view: How can a balance be found between empirical reports and facts on the one hand and theoretically induced reinterpretation on the other hand within this research strategy? Wherever this balancing fails we find pieces of research that may offer an enormous amount of data and information, but show a lack of theoretical understanding. Or we find pieces of research that suggest an extensive complexity in theoretical terms, but hardly help to specify our practical knowledge and vivid experience about the object of research. The basis of the author’s argument is a concept of theory that has its roots in the humanistic tradition of Renaissance. The scientific splitting into object and subject of scientific research is not yet known within this concept. The paper describes case studies in epistemological terms as a form of essayistic theorizing. With respect to the practical process of research, it allows for a circular interaction between data collection and data analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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„Big Data” is a catchphrase referring to algorithmic procedures to process large amounts of data. It owes its success, and in particular its medial prominence, in part to its opposition to the established paradigm of relational database theory, whose main tenets, will be sketched in a first step. It is by contrasting „Big Data” with this traditional traditional procedure that the crucial contrast regarding the availability of an overwhelming mass of information can be drawn. Proponents of the former approach claim that a change of paradigm is called for because conventional theory is not equipped to handle these unprecedented challenges. The ensuing debate is presented in the second section of this paper. The opposing views can, as it turns out, be traced back to divergent epistemological attitudes. The contribution concludes with a discussion about the questionable move to establish the category „raw data” as an underlying domain for an innovative theory of data processing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objectives: The significance of medical education research has increased internationally. In this context we investigated whether, and if so, how the quantity and quality of scientific papers reviewed and/or published by the (GMS Z Med Ausbild) changed. Methods: The quantity and ratio of original papers, project reports and reviews submitted to or published in the GMS Z Med Ausbild were analysed. Published scientific articles were investigated in regard to the quality features “study type” and “mode of data collection” as well as the background (university affiliation) of the last authors. The citation frequency within the first five years after PubMed listing was compared to the one of BMC Medical Education in the corresponding period. Results: The number of submitted scientific manuscripts increased steadily. Most of the submissions and publications are original papers. For publications explorative studies and prospective data collection are most common. A shift over time is not observed. 16% of the published works come from one and 36% from four of the in total 39 universities represented by the last authors. The development of the citation frequency of articles published in GMS Z Med Ausbild is similar to that of BMC Medical Education. Conclusion: The rising number of submissions indicates an increasing significance of medical education research in German-speaking countries. The development of the number of citations reflects the growing appreciation of GMS Z Med Ausbild also indicated by the increasing number of online accesses. Our findings that study type and mode of data collection did not change has to be interpreted with caution since among other things choice and correct application of adequate methods are crucial regarding a scientific work’s quality, too. These aspects, however, were not investigated in this paper.

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Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) combining the subjects English and art lends itself to heterogeneous language learners at the primary level due to the emphasis on highly visualized task-based and action-oriented learning. Against this backdrop, a comprehensive, qualitative-dominant mixed-methods research study was carried out. The article focuses on how primary pupils with different levels of competence in English make use of CLIL tasks for developing their competences in both subjects. We provide insights into two CLIL tasks including short conversation analyses from dialogues between the pupils. The research design is laid out in detail. In the data analysis we focus on four criteria for assessing the pupils' speaking competences in the CLIL setting. The results indicate that strong and average pupils could benefit from the CLIL in very similar ways to develop both language- and content-based competences whereas the group of the pupils with weaker competences in English utilize this setting in a significantly different way needing more and diverse scaffolding for the dual-focused learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper discusses analytical and statistical problems in studying the financial wealth distribution of private households. A particular focus is laid on methodical problems of micro data on households' wealth such as testing the quality of the data, conducting plausibility checks, and imputing of missing data. Furthermore, the article presents some results of a recent survey of the Osterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) compiling information on households' financial wealth, investment, debt and financial behaviour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The focus of our contribution is the German particle auch 'also' and its Italian counterpart anche. From a semantic point of view, auch and anche convey the same additive meaning in both languages: through them an element, called 'domain of association', is added to a list of further elements for which the auch/anche phrase applies. From a syntactical point of view, auch and anche can occupy different positions in the sentence by modifying the type and the scope of the domain of association. This results in four basic usage patterns which are similar in both languages and correspond to just as many functions of auch/anche: (i) additivity, (ii) sentence connection, (iii) focus domain, and (iv) modality. Despite these common functions, auch and anche interact with the syntax and the information structure of the sentence in German and in Italian differently. Furthermore, they are used in conversation contexts, which are distinctive in both languages. By starting from the current description of auch and anche in the literature, the first aim of our contribution is to provide evidence for the above-mentioned four basic functions despite their language-specific usage contexts. As a second aim, we want to validate our systematization through the analysis of spoken data for German and Italian, explaining why some functions are more likely to be found in the former than in the latter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyses the question whether cluster analysis can discover complex structures. Cluster analysis (k-means, hierarchical cluster analysis) can only successfully do this if certain conditions are fulfilled. Latent class or latent cluster approaches require less restrictive assumptions. To include many variables in the analysis does not improve the situation. Finally SPSS clustering procedures are unsatisfactory from a user's point of view. However, this only partially explains the rare use of clustering techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper tries to put an eye on some features which determine the specific character of interpretative social research. In doing this it wants to make clear, that interpretative strategies are not limited to qualitative methods of data collection. We better define a qualitative style of data analysis as its core. Interpretative social research investigates social phenomena in the contexts of its natural worlds. This implies case-orientated strategies. Three aspects of these proceedings are discussed: Interpretative analysis is not necessarily fixed to situated action, but can, through the application of suitable theoretical concepts and methodological perspectives also reflect structural moments of social phenomena. Interpretative case study research produces a different type of knowledge as we usually expect from statistical strategies. Instead of a rationality which tries to subordinate many cases to abstract principles it follows an occasional rationality which tries to find out how the specific phenomenon works and what makes it different from comparable or contrary cases. Investigating a phenomenon in the context of its natural world means that the researcher not only perceives verbal information which may be transformed into interview records or field notes. Through the immediate confrontation with the unknown world there are produced experiences and irritations in the researchers own consciousness which may productively be used for a process of understanding. Psychoanalytical concepts may be useful to objectify and rationalize this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sociological work is not only made of getting and analyzing data, but also of writing a research report. Qualitative proceeding researchers always work unstandardized and are on principle unable to document the data and their analysis altogether. On this account, there is no possibility to relate the results of sociological work to (fictitious external) standards of validity and reliability, intending to convince the reader of the quality of the data analysis. Especially confronted with this problem are all scientists who analyze their data with the practice of 'objektive' or 'sozialwissenschaftliche Hermeneutik' (Oevermann, Soeffner), because this practice is explicitly projected as an undocumentable art of interpreting a text. This paper designates some essential problems in writing reports of 'hermeneutic case-reconstructions' and suggests a possibility to weaken these problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article announces a three-part September-October 2010 workshop to be held at the University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, on the topic ""Analysis Possibilities With the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)." The announcement specifies who might want to attend, deadline dates for paper submissions, and the invited disciplinary areas of sociology, economics, political science, and psychology. Three tracks of discussion of the SOEP data and their analysis are specified. The conference is targeted particularly at junior scholars.

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