The early prevention project “Strong together!” supports refugee parents and their young children (0–4 years) in Berlin, Germany. It aims to mitigate the transmission of trauma generation born exile. For families who have only recently arrived Germany, COVID-19 pandemic poses a particularly great challenge. Not are they confronted with numerous challenges respect re-building lives Germany after...

Background: Female circumcision is a practice which has existed for thousands of years and is carried out across Africa from the north eastern coast to the west coast. On the Horn of Africa nearly all Somali women are circumcised, most of which are infibulated. Aim: The aim of the study has been to reveal current views, public and political opinions and to explore how and by whom the discourse ...

Worries about authors, their identity and authority, are as old as worries about Homer’s link to the Odyssey, Plato’s link to Socratic dialogues, or an unknowable poet’s link to the biblical Book of Job. Thankfully, such worries do not haunt us always. The inescapable impact of the old nurse who recognizes the scar, or the incautious request Socrates makes for free meals, or the Whirlwind evoca...

Paulo Freire was exiled from Chile in 1964. Freire was the first director of the University of Recife's Cultural Extension Service that provided literacy programs to thousands of peasants. Freire and his coworkers taught the peasants not only skills for reading and writing, but they also introduced participation in the political process through knowledge of reading and writing as a desirable an...

Physicians are drawn into diverse leadership roles in academic medicine, but little in our education and training prepares us for these responsibilities. Fortunately, there is growing convergence in the literature on the attributes of successful leaders for knowledge-based organisations. Top-performing leaders seem to be self-effacing team-builders who eschew rapid-cycle strategic planning and ...

Moritz Schiff was one of the pioneers of modern experimental physiology. His involvement in the liberal movement forced him out of Germany, and, because of his adherence to proper physiological research, he had to flee Italy, his first refuge. The number and importance of his contributions are outstanding. The aim of this paper is to raise interest in his biography and to present a yet unreport...

In her article "Photography in Wang's Chang Hen Ge (Song of Everlasting Sorrow)" Hong Zeng analyzes Wang's novel in the context of imagery following the theoretical framework of photography as proposed in the work of Xun Lu and Roland Barthes. According to both Xun Lu and Roland Barthes, the spectacle of photography is tied to the notion of the "the theater of the dead." Further, according to W...