Böcker av Thomas Schick

This book explains to physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, interested physicians and clinicians the theoretical and practical applications of single- to multi-channel functional electrical stimulation for a wide range of neurological symptoms. The targeted electrical stimulation of several muscle groups, timed to each other, can initiate and support a complete movement sequence and thus improve motor learning. Renowned experts from research and practice have compiled numerous application examples based on the available evidence in this comprehensive form for the first time. In addition, the reader will find exciting and informative contributions to the current study situation and effectiveness analyses.The text is enriched by videos on EMG-triggered functional multichannel electrical stimulation, stimulation of muscle groups in lower motor neuron lesions, and FES therapy approaches for dysarthria and swallowing disorders.From the contents: - FES in lesions of the upper motoneuron, lesion of the lower motoneuron and mixed forms - Combination of FES with mirror therapy and botulinum toxin - Motor learning, neuroplasticity, ICF-based goal setting and the use in home-based therapy - Basic principles, current parameters and their implications - FES in rehabilitation of facial paralysis, unilateral vocal fold paralysis, dysarthria and dysphagia, and neuro-urological deficits  

For thousands of years people reasonably believed that poverty was an integral component of society. This view is no longer valid. Surely, there are many causes of poverty, but the most important and widespread cause is limited intelligence resulting from inadequate nutrition, poor health, and other environmental constraints common among the poor. These not only limit intelligence but also capability and employability; accordingly, poverty's circular pattern exists, limited intelligence causes poverty, and poverty causes limited intelligence. We now know how to break this circular pattern. As shown in this book, many interventions enhance capability and intelligence, especially of the disadvantaged, with costs far more than offset by savings. The poor, worldwide, can much more closely reach their potential intelligence. Accordingly, the middle-class grows, demand for goods and services increases, benefiting, of course, those providing goods and services.

Thomas Schick entwickelt ein Analysemodell, mit dem die Bedeutung stilistischer Mittel für die affektive Wirkung von Spielfilmen erfasst werden kann. Im Rahmen der Arbeit werden vor allem Autorenfilme untersucht, die durch ihre spezifischen Gestaltungsweisen von etablierten Normen und Konventionen des sogenannten ‚klassischen Spielfilms‘ abweichen. Dabei wird der Frage nachgegangen, auf welche Art und Weise die stilistische Gestaltung von Autorenfilmen das affektive Erleben des Zuschauers bei der Rezeption beeinflusst. Ein ausführlicher Analyseteil überprüft das erarbeitete Modell anhand von Spielfilmen, die der Berliner Schule zugeordnet werden: Thomas Arslans „Der schöne Tag“, Angela Schanelecs „Mein langsames Leben“, Christian Petzolds „Gespenster“ und Valeska Grisebachs „Sehnsucht“. Mit diesen Analysen arbeitet der Autor zusätzlich Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede der Filme heraus und beleuchtet die Ästhetik der Berliner Schule.