It's a Family Affair: Family Health Shocks and Child Well-Being

in Willems, Helmut Erich; Samuel, Robin; Vögele, Claus (Eds.) et al Well-being and health-related behavior of adolescents. Disciplinary concepts, empirical findings, international perspectives, and practical approaches (working title) (2021)

It's London, stupid! Eine neue Weltgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts

in IJHE Bildungsgeschichte (2011), 1(2), 155-163

It's not only the game, it's also the player: The role of player personality in violent video game preference

Scientific Conference (2018, November 03)

In contrast to the effects of game content, violent video games have less been researched with regard to players' preferences for these games, and whether these preferences are related to certain ... [more ▼]

In contrast to the effects of game content, violent video games have less been researched with regard to players' preferences for these games, and whether these preferences are related to certain personality characteristics. Using a novel brief and uni-dimensional self-report measure, the present research examined the role of personality factors and preferences for violent video games. A scale of five items was administrated in two studies that involved 292 and 180 respondents, respectively. The same scale with two additional items was presented to 190 respondents in the third study, which included measures revealed by prior research to be relevant for understanding violent video game motivation and preference. More specifically, we measured participants' trait aggression, the Dark Triad traits of psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism. To test for the scale's discriminant validity, trait empathy was also included. In line with other findings in the literature (e.g., Greitemeyer, 2015), results obtained with the self-report measure indicated that players with a propensity for games featuring violent themes show callous, impulsive and exploitative attributes, whereas narcissism was not a significant predictor. However, and as already suggested by some authors (Hartmann, Möller, & Krause, 2014), a lack of empathy was found to predict violent game preferences. The present findings are important with regard to future research on video games that should focus more on the players and their gaming motivation than on the effects of playing alone. [less ▲]

IT-based Architecture for Power Market Oriented Optimization at Multiple Levels in Production Processes

in Procedia CIRP (2019), 81

Given the increasingly volatile prices on the power markets, it becomes economically more and more important for companies to develop and realize flexible strategies for energy consumption. A steady ... [more ▼]

Given the increasingly volatile prices on the power markets, it becomes economically more and more important for companies to develop and realize flexible strategies for energy consumption. A steady adaption of production processes which considers current power prices can take place on several levels of the automation pyramid, where each level has its own characteristics and requirements. In this paper, we present an optimization architecture based on an IT-platform which meets the challenges of complex multilayered production processes. We introduce layer-specific optimization strategies as well as an associated information flow, which facilitates creating holistic and well-coordinated optimizations. [less ▲]

Itaconic acid indicates cellular but not systemic immune system activation

in Oncotarget (2018), 9(63),

Itaconic acid is produced by mammalian leukocytes upon pro-inflammatory activation. It appears to inhibit bacterial growth and to rewire the metabolism of the host cell by inhibiting succinate ... [more ▼]

Itaconic acid is produced by mammalian leukocytes upon pro-inflammatory activation. It appears to inhibit bacterial growth and to rewire the metabolism of the host cell by inhibiting succinate dehydrogenase. Yet, it is unknown whether itaconic acid acts only intracellularly, locally in a paracrine fashion, or whether it is even secreted from the inflammatory cells at meaningful levels in peripheral blood of patients with severe inflammation or sepsis. The aim of this study was to determine the release rate of itaconic acid from pro-inflammatory activated macrophages in vitro and to test for the abundance of itaconic acid in bodyfluids of patients suffering from acute inflammation. We demonstrate that excretion of itaconic acid happens at a low rate and that it cannot be detected in significant amounts in plasma or urine of septic patients or in liquid from bronchial lavage of patients with pulmonary inflammation. We conclude that itaconic acid may serve as a pro-inflammatory marker in immune cells but that it does not qualify as a biomarker in the tested body fluids. [less ▲]

The Italian Law on RPAS

in The Law of Unmanned Aircraft Systems: an Introduction to the Current and Future Regulation under National, Regional and International Law (2016)

L'italiano, lingua del melodramma

Speeches/Talks (2009)

L'Italie fête son 150ème anniversaire

Article for general public (2011)

"Italienische" Fußballvereine in Luxemburg zwischen Mythos und Realität. Am Beispiel von Jeunesse Esch und Alliance Dudelange

in Hüser, Dietmar; Baumann, Ansbert (Eds.) Migration/Integration/Exklusion - Eine andere deutsch-französische Geschichte des Fußballs in den langen 1960er Jahren (2019)

Italska vyprava Jindricha VII. (1310-1313) jako pocatek velikosti lucemburskeho rodu

in Benesovska, Klara (Ed.) Královský sňatek : Eliška Přemyslovna a Jan Lucemburský (2010)