Die Sonographie hat sich innerhalb weniger Jahre als Routineverfahren in der gastroenterologischen Diagnostik durchsetzen kAnnen. Das vorliegende Buch vermittelt einen konzentrierten Aoeberblick A1/4ber den gegenwArtigen Stand der Sonographie in der Gastroenterologie und gibt einen Ausblick auf neue oder noch zu entwickelnde Ultraschallverfahren. Wichtige und interessante sonographische Befunde an den Organen des Verdauungstraktes werden in Kurzform beispielhaft dargestellt. Das Buch ist inhaltlich nach den A1/4bergeordneten Gesichtspunkten "Konventionelle Sonographie" und "Neue...

After the breakdown of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe, the role of education systems in preparing students for the "real world" changed. Though young people were freed from coercive state institutions, the shift to capitalism made the transition from school to work much more precarious and increased inequality in early career outcomes. This volume provides the first large-scale analysis of the impact social transformation has had on young people in their transition from school to work in Central and Eastern European countries. Written by local experts, the book examines the process...

This book offers new insights on young women's situation in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Adopting a life course perspective Gebel and Heyne develop a general micro-macro theoretical framework for understanding the chances and barriers young women face in their most crucial life period, namely the transition to adulthood. Drawing on large-scale individual-level longitudinal data from Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria, the authors describe the incidence, timing, and characteristics of central transitions in the education system, the transition from education to work and family formation....