OBJECTIVES This study empirically tested the self-systems theory of subjective change in light of the rapid change after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The theory predicts that individuals have a tendency to perceive stability and that perceived stability exerts a strong positive effect on subjective well-being. We would expect perceptions of decline and, to a lesser extent, perceptions of improv...

This paper discusses how East German citizens felt about the Secret Police (Stasi). It focuses on sentiment and everyday life during rule, rather than Germans retrospectively reacted once Berlin Wall fell true extent of Stasi surveillance had been discovered. also attempts to disaggregate different demographics society – artists, doctors, clergy, etc. posits that there was no universal ‘East ex...

I study the impact of East-West internal migration in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall on wages and unemployment rates in West German local labor markets. Because migrants’ choice of destination is likely to be correlated with local labor market conditions, I instrument migration ‡ows into each western labor market with the distance to each of the East German regions sending migrants a...

We have identified the following events during the late stage in the mother cell in Bacillus subtilis: spore detachment from the polar site of the mother cell, membrane rupture, cell wall collapse, and release of the free spore. The membrane rupture was followed by mother cell lysis. Moreover, we found that NucB, an extracellular nuclease, is involved in DNA degradation after mother cell lysis.

The effects of voriconazole on the growth, ultrastructure, and leakage of cytoplasmic materials of Candida species were investigated. MIC data showed that voriconazole was more active than fluconazole. Exposure of yeast to voriconazole caused growth inhibition, cell wall thinning, and cell membrane degradation. Neither cell collapse nor release of cytoplasmic materials was observed in the treat...

A male neonate presented at 24 hours with stridor and respiratory distress. Flexible bronchoscopy showed pharyngomalacia, i.e. complete pharyngeal wall collapse during inspiration. Assessment of upper airway dynamics is emphasised. Pharyngomalacia seems to be a self-limiting condition in our case.

The present article examines the ‘Honecker affaire’ coverage by two American newspapers, New York Times and Washington Post. episodes analyzed broke out with Erich Honecker’s entrance into Chilean Embassy in Moscow 1991, seeking refuge to avoid German justice. Although this case represented one of most entangled incidents contemporary foreign relations, bogging country down a major diplom...

MÖSSBAUER EVIDENCE FOR VARIABILITY IN THE OXIDATION STATE OF ADIRONDACK LAVAS. R. V. Morris, G. A. McKay, D. W. Ming, G. Klingelhöfer, C. Schröder, D. Rodionov, and A. Yen. ARES, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058 ([email protected]). Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany. Jet Propulsion ...