In conjunction with the Twelfth International Congress of Gerontology, the Carl-Korth Institute for Cardiovascular Research organized an international symposium on "Beta Blockers in the Elderly." It was the intention of the Scientific Committee that during this symposium we would discuss the specific problems and therapeutic implications arising when elderly people have to be treated with beta-blocking agents. Special emphasis was placed on the side effects and the age dependent features o...

Die Beiträge dieses Bandes richten neue und ungewohnte Perspektiven auf die Mutter Jesu, ohne das Thema auf dürre historische Fragestellungen oder auf religionsgeschichtliche Ableitungen engzuführen. Statt dessen wird die Jungfrau Maria konsequent von ihren literarischen Kontexten und von deren zeitgenössischen Horizonten her erschlossen. Neu bedacht werden die biblischen Portraits dieser Frau, aber auch das sie umgebende irdische und himmlische Personal der Kindheitsgeschichten, einschlie...

This Nancy Drew-styled crime mystery tells one of the most common human trafficking stories in the U.S.: a girl runs away from home. Delilah flees a creepy home environment only to be "rescued" by a trafficker with a plan to enslave her. Readers learn 1) how to recognize a recruitment conversation, 2) how to deal powerfully with a predator, and 3) who they can go to for help if they get into trouble.Read more about past and present day abolitionistas online at abolitionista(dot)org...