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Nothing Risked, Nothing Gained: Richard Powers' Gain and the Horizon of Risk

Transatlantica, 2010
This essay interprets Richard Powers' sixth novel Gain with reference to the German sociologist Ulrich Beck's concept of “second modernity.” The concept underscores the dispersal of risk and how it shreds promissory notes understood in “first modernity ...
Aaron Jaffe
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A commentary on decision-making and organisational legitimacy in the Risk Society [PDF]

, 2009
Key concepts of Risk Society as elaborated by Ulrich Beck and others (Beck, U., 1992 (trans. Mark Ritter). The Risk Society. Sage Publications, London. Beck, U., 1995, Ecological Politics in the Age of Risk. Polity Press, Cambridge. Beck, U., 1999, World
Benn, S, Brown, P, North-Samardzic, A
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Does remote match reality? Comparing the effectiveness of a self‐help app for panic disorder and agoraphobia to face‐to‐face CBT

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Exposure‐based CBT is highly effective in treating patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia; however, access to such treatments is often limited. Smartphone‐based self‐management apps offer a promising low‐threshold treatment alternative to face‐to‐face therapy.
Justine Spies, Thomas Lang, Alexander L. Gerlach, Tilo Kircher, Alfons Hamm, Georg W. Alpers, Thomas Fydrich, Volker Arolt, Jürgen Deckert, Andreas Ströhle, Hans‐Ulrich Wittchen, Sylvia Helbig‐Lang   +11 more
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A cosmopolitan temptation [PDF]

, 2007
For some, the transnationalization of political action and communicative space in the European Union heralds an emergent cosmopolitan order. Need that be so?
Anderson, Benedict, Bauer, Otto, Beck, Ulrich, Billig, Michael, Castells, Manuel, Castiglione, Dario, Cormack, Mike, De Swaan, Abram, Deutsch, Karl W., Eder, Klaus, European Commission, Fossum, John Erik, Gellner, Ernest, Gleissner, Martin, Habermas, Jürgen, Habermas, Jürgen, Jouët, Josiane, Kevin, Deirdre, Moragas Spà, Miquel, Philip Schlesinger   +19 more
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Prospective validation of the modified metastatic colorectal cancer score (mCCS) in >600 patients with RAS‐wild‐type metastatic colorectal cancer treated with first‐line panitumumab plus FOLFIRI/FOLFOX: Final results of the non‐interventional study VALIDATE

International Journal of Cancer, Volume 158, Issue 3, Page 716-727, 1 February 2026.
What's new? Prognostic assessment in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), which is currently based on scores derived from clinical trials, requires refinement to enhance treatment outcomes and quality of care. In this study, the authors evaluated real‐world data from the German tumor registry to prospectively validate a modified mCRC prognostic score ...
Karin Potthoff, Jens Uhlig, Lutz Jacobasch, Lothar Müller, Marcel Reiser, Rebecca de Buhr, Silke Polata, Armin Gerger, Viktor Zehrer, Arno Amann, Thomas Göhler, Laura Serrer, Jan Schröder, Dieter Semsek, Andreas Köhler, Patrick Stübs, Gerald Prager, Hans Ulrich Siebenbach, Anita Schuch, Norbert Marschner   +19 more
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Five minutes with Ulrich Beck: “All kinds of positive developments can result from climate change” [PDF]

, 2014
Climate change is one of the most salient issues facing governments across Europe, but does it have the potential to alter the political and social order of the world?
Beck, Ulrich, Brown, Stuart A.
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Acute Stress Impacts Executive‐Social Function: Evidence From Prefrontal Activation and fNIRS‐Based Hyperscanning

Brain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.
Trends in increased PFC activation and increased IBS may be indicative of compensatory neural mechanisms preserving performance under stress. Cognitive flexibility correlated with cooperative outcomes, tentatively supporting a neurobehavioral executive‐social link during acute stress inviting more research.
Zhihua Guo, Yue Gong, Liu Yang, Yushan Li, Rui Qiu, Xia Zhu   +5 more
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Ulrich Beck, Risikogesellschaft

, 2021
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Stein, Tine, Brocker, Manfred
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Het einde van duurzame armoede? [PDF]

, 2008
Om verschillende redenen stellen bekende individualiseringssociologen als Ulrich Beck en Antony Giddens dat armoede in laat-moderne samenlevingen een steeds tijdelijker fenomeen wordt en dat het daarmee eerlijker verspreid raakt over de hele bevolking ...
Achterberg, P.H.J. (Peter), Snel, E. (Erik)   +1 more
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Immune Training of the Interleukin 6 Gene in Airway Epithelial Cells is Central to Asthma Exacerbations

Allergy, Volume 81, Issue 1, Page 157-169, January 2026.
This study aims to investigate how immune activation influences the epigenetic regulation and expression of the Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) gene during asthma exacerbations. By examining molecular mechanisms of immune training, we seek to elucidate how IL‐6‐driven inflammatory pathways contribute to airway dysfunction and worsening asthma symptoms.
Lars P. Lunding, Markus Weckmann, Ulrich M. Zissler, Constanze Jakwerth, Rebecca Bodenstein‐Sgró, Sina Webering, Christina Vock, Johanna C. Ehlers, Romina A. M. Fernandez Ceballos, Sai Sneha Priya Nemani, Karosham Diren Reddy, Brian George G. Oliver, Cornelis J. Vermeulen, Maarten van de Berge, Carole Ober, Axel Künstner, Hauke Busch, Inke König, Christoph Garbers, Carsten B. Schmidt‐Weber, Marcel F. Nold, Ali Önder Yildirim, Claudia A. Nold‐Petry, Zane Orinska, Thomas Bahmer, Jan Heyckendorf, Gesine Hansen, Erika von Mutius, Klaus F. Rabe, Anna‐Maria Dittrich, Bianca Schaub, Folke Brinkmann, Matthias V. Kopp, Michael Wegmann, The ALLIANCE Study Group as part of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL)   +34 more
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