30 Years after Reunification, Gross Domestic Product has Served its Purpose as an Indicator by Oliver Holtemöller

“…Abstract The comparison of living conditions in East and West Germany is often based on the gross domestic product per inhabitant. …”
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The association of public health interventions regarding both infant sleep position and pertussis immunization with sudden infant death syndrome rates: an ecological study by Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Amir Hakimhashemi, Stefan N. Willich, Sylvia Binting, Thomas Keil

“…We applied interrupted time series (ITS) analyses to investigate the role of two public health interventions in 1991 (West Germany) and in 2000 (West and East Germany), respectively. …”
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The Origin of German-American Relations as a Partnership of Unequal Parties by E. S. Leonov

“…In fact, at the end of the war US authorities started in West Germany experimental project from scratch, since there were no state institutions in postwar Germany in principle. …”
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Od ruchu protestu do partii władzy. Rozwój Zielonych w Niemczech by Grzegorz Brzozowski-Zabost

“…It was an act of opposition against pollution, use of nuclear power, and some aspects of life in highly developed and industrialized society, the formal inauguration was held 1980 in West Germany. 1990 three civil rights groups in East Germany combined to form Bündnis 90, which merged with Die Grünen after long uniting process in 1993. 18 years after foundation they built together with social democrats from SPD government which lasted for two term of office between 1998 and 2005. …”
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« Une constellation dans la nuit de l'histoire, une tache lumineuse devant les ténèbres de la mort » : l'œuvre d'Ernst Wilhelm Nay vue par Werner Haftmann by Vincenza Benedettino

“…On the one hand, Nay benefited considerably from the critical support of one of West Germany’s most influential art historians. On the other hand, Haftmann forged around the work and the figure of the painter the exemplary demonstration of his theories proclaiming the triumph of abstract art respectively as the art of the future western democratic post-war world as well as a free and independent creative performance.…”
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The NW German Heathland: A Threatened Landscape? by Norbert Fischer, Hansjörg Küster

“…In the early modern period, extensive areas of heathland were created in north-west Germany, mainly through deforestation and subsequent grazing. …”
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Can voluntary adult education reduce unemployment? Causal evidence from East Germany after reunification by Li Kathrin Kaja Rupieper, Stephan L. Thomsen

“…Regional disparities support this notion: In counties bordering West Germany, courses reduced unemployment. Our results hint towards multiple mechanisms at play, as both work-related and recreational courses were found to be effective in border counties.…”
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It Is Not All Because of Socialism — On East-West Differences and Their Origins by Sascha O. Becker, Lukas Mergele, Ludger Wößmann

“…The paper finds that the populations of East and West Germany already differed before the division, that the GDR and FRG were unequally affected by the Second World War, and that selective East-West migration took place during the division. …”
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Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease using New 5-ASA Compounds: An Introduction by Ulrich Klotz

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Lithuanian's book publishing houses in West Europe in 1945-1952 by Remigijus Misiūnas

“…Lithuanian books were also published in some Western European countries, including West Germany, Austria, and Sweden. Private publishing houses constituted the largest group among Lithuanian publishing houses. …”
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Hepatitis Delta Infections in Toronto, Ontario by S. Victor Feinman, Barnet Berris, John L. Gerin, Robert H. Purcell

“…The remaining two were from West Germany and China. From this study it was concluded that, in Toronto, delta infection was more common in patients with acute and chronic hepatitis B than in asymptomatic carriers. …”
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‘Another brick in the wall’. On the origins of nationalism in the ‘new’ federal states of Germany by A. V. Belinskii, M. V. Khorol’skaya

“…Besides, a number of other aspects is pointed out which have also fostered xenophobic sentiments in this part of the country. Unlike West Germany which started to accept labour migrants from Italy, Turkey and Yugoslavia back in 1950s, the GDR saw few foreigners and contacts between them and local population were limited. …”
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NEW «PARASITIC CLASS»: ON THE CONCEPT OF MIKHAIL VOSLENSKY by Сергій САВЧЕНКО, Катерина ПРОКОФ’ЄВА, Оксана РЕШЕТІЛОВА

“…Born in Ukraine, Voslensky had a successful career within the Soviet system before emigrating to West Germany in 1972. His seminal work, «Nomenklatura» (1980), presents a critical analysis of the revolutionary movement’s transformation into a new ruling class. …”
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Comparison of Hybrid Rye and Wheat for Grain Yield and Other Agronomic Traits Under Less Favourable Environmental Conditions and Two Input Levels by Thomas Miedaner, Sophie Lauenstein, Bärbel Lieberherr

“…The trial was grown for three years (2021, 2022, 2023) on three conventionally managed farms with 40–64 soil points (on a scale of 1–100) in south-west Germany. It was conducted with two input levels: I1, fertilisation (100–120 kg N/ha for hybrid rye; 140–180 kg N/ha for winter wheat), and chemical plant protection including growth regulators; I2, no chemical plant protection, and 20% reduced N fertilisation, one to three harrows. …”
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