Zwischen Expansion und Kontraktion

Comparative research in the sociology of education, based on the new institutionalist ?world polity“ approach finds that the expansion of education has universalistic character. Considering these research results, our study compares the expansion of higher education in Eastern and Western Europe in the period between 1950 and 2000. We demonstrate that in the East European countries there was a specific pattern of inclusion, different from the global model. Here, phases of expansion and contraction come one after another. During the period of state socialism, governments tried to subject higher education development to political programs. These programs resulted from different and sometimes even conflicting ideologies and finally led in all socialist countries to a halt of higher education expansion. During the post-socialist transformations, the expansion of higher education in Eastern Europe is approaching that in the Western part of the continent.     

New Approaches to Technology Transfer from Publicly Funded Research

The conventional wisdom is that American universities transfer technologies more rapidly and more effectively than their European counterparts. While this appears to be true, it is important to note that there are substantial cultural, legal, and regulatory differences between the two regions, and even within Europe. We believe that European universities can enhance their effectiveness in technology transfer if this function is given more visibility and prestige, enhanced public support, and formal procedures are implemented to facilitate benchmarking. In this paper, we examine some of the differences in university technology transfer in Europe and the U.S., and discuss these new approaches, which have recently been fully supported by the European Commission.     

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Abgrenzung von Versuch und Vollendung als bloßes Strafzumessungsproblem

Entgegen der bisherigen Judikatur wird durch einen Mangel an Feststellungen zur Abgrenzung zwischen versuchter und vollendeter Tat nicht der Nichtigkeitsgrund des § 281 Abs 1 Z 10 StPO, sondern jener nach Z 11 zweiter Fall des § 281 Abs 1 StPO hergestellt. Die rechtliche Bedeutung der Abgrenzung zwischen Versuch und Vollendung beschr?nkt sich auf die Frage des Vorliegens des Milderungsgrundes des § 34 Abs 1 Z 13 StGB, womit darauf bezogene Feststellungen Strafzumessungstatsachen betreffen und solcherart dem Regelungsbereich des § 281 Abs 1 Z 11 zweiter Fall StPO zugeh?ren. Der OGH hat im Falle einer Nichtigkeit aus Z 11 die M?glichkeit, nach Aufhebung des Strafausspruchs auch im Tats?chlichen in der Sache selbst zu entscheiden und solcherart eine überflüssige Wiederholung des erstinstanzlichen Verfahrens zu vermeiden.     

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Analyse von heroinproben mit der Kapillargaschromatographie. Vergleich von Glaskapillartrennsäule und gepackter Säule

In forensic examination of illicit heroin samples high-resolution capillary gas chromatography is compared with gas chromatography with packed columns. Separation efficiency, reproducibility of qualitative and quantitative determinations and stability of the columns are examined.A practical method with silylation of the samples is presented which allows safe identification and quantification of many various compounds contained in illicit heroin samples. The gas chromatographic data of 35 substances (opium alkaloids and synthetic derivatives, adulterants and diluents) are listed. The method also allows the quantification of morphine, opium, and cocaine samples.     

Morphometrische Untersuchungen bei stenosierender Koronarsklerose und ihre Bedeutung für die Bewertung konkurrierender Todesursachen

Coronary sclerosis is generally supposed to be the most important factor for coronary thrombosis, myocardial infarction and coronary heart death. Stenosing coronary sclerosis may be postmortally documented by angiography and morphometry. It is possible to obtain sufficient morphological data to suggest acute cardiac insufficiency, if the maximum grade of stenoses as a functional parameter and the heart weight are regarded in addition to the quantitative results of the three main branches of the coronary arteries (lumen and intima areas).Generally the cardiac results of autopsy are used individually and subjectively for the explanation of the cause of death. The conclusiveness of these results of autopsy depends on the circumstances of death and the existence of further pathological findings. Competing causes of death may exist in the form of illnesses, injuries, alcoholic and drug effects, physical strain and emotional stress or medical provisions. The quantitative valuation of the cardiac findings with a critical limit for an acute coronary death permits a more exact interpretation of such competing causes of death. This method of examination may also reveal an unpresumed competing cause of death, for example an intoxication. This was demonstrated by four autopsy cases.