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Papers by André Bresges
Zeitschrift f�r Rechtsmedizin, 1986
SummaryCapsules with etryptamine have been commonly available on the market since the middle of 1... more SummaryCapsules with etryptamine have been commonly available on the market since the middle of 1985. Up to 1962 this CNS-stimulating, monoamine-oxidase-inhibiting drug was sold as an antidepressant (Monase). A case of fatal intoxication is reported. The exact amount of etryptamine taken several hours before death are not known, but it could have been in the range of 700 mg. This drug was detected in tissue by means of common analytical techniques (GLC, GC-MS, HPLC, TLC). Etryptamine cross-reacts with the Emit-st amphetamine assay and can also be detected in urine using these techniques. The level in postmortem blood was 1.1 mg/l. The effects the young man showed were like those known from intoxication with amphetamines, MAO inhibitors, and thymoleptics. Malignant hyperthermia is discussed as a possible cause of death. It is suggested that trade in etryptamine should be controlled.ZusammenfassungEtryptaminhaltige Kapseln werden seit Mitte 1985 verstärkt auf dem Drogenmarkt angeboten. Etryptamin ist eine zentral stimulierende, MAO-hemmende Substanz, die bis 1962 als Antidepressivum im Handel war. Es wird über eine tödliche Vergiftung nach Einnahme von Etryptamin berichtet. Anhand von Literaturdaten sowie Erkenntnissen aus dem vorgestellten Fall werden die Gefahren, die von diesem frei käuflichen Tryptaminderivat ausgehen, diskutiert. Es wird angeregt, den Handel mit dieser Substanz einer gesetzlichen Regelung zu unterwerfen.
Frontiers in education, Feb 20, 2024
Introduction: Classical mechanics concepts are vital for understanding traffic safety, encompassi... more Introduction: Classical mechanics concepts are vital for understanding traffic safety, encompassing speed, acceleration, stopping distance, impact speed, deformation, kinetic energy, and their effects on vehicle occupants. Statistical physics principles are also employed to study multiple vehicles as a manyparticle system. This study examines the effectiveness of using a damaged car and structured instruction in road safety initiatives. Methods: Participants engaged with a damaged car and discussed deformation caused by excessive speed. They participated in role simulations, envisioning and solving risky traffic scenarios, while considering the potential boomerang effect resulting from excessive fear appeals within the campaign. Results: Combining emotional appeals with solution-focused, action-oriented, and self-esteem-enhancing interventions is essential to mitigate the boomerang effect and encourage safety-compliant behavior. Educational institutions must implement tailored follow-ups to emotionally charged prevention campaigns. Using Design-Based Research, we developed effective methods for knowledge acquisition and transfer, drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy and established traffic safety programs. Discussion: This publication explores non-standardized social training within focus groups, focusing on negative emotional states following an emotionalizing campaign similar to "Crash Kurs NRW," targeting upperlevel courses in North Rhine-Westphalian schools. Methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and social learning initiated, observed, and documented changes in participants' norms, values, and attitudes, discussed herein. Additionally, we investigated whether the presence of police officers in prevention campaigns influences reactive behavior. Comparing pre-and post-surveys confirmed reactance after emotionalizing campaigns, and our structured post-survey effectively influenced stage-event-induced behavior. Surprisingly, police officers' presence did not significantly impact reactive behavior. Furthermore, our follow-up tool extends its applicability to similar emotionalizing prevention campaigns, broadening its potential reach. Our future research will delve into students' physics literacy during traffic space analysis of accident hotspots, advancing traffic safety initiatives.
Learning Management System (LMS) are widely in use in most universities and certain schools. The ... more Learning Management System (LMS) are widely in use in most universities and certain schools. The majority of LMS were not originally developed with the demands of physics teaching in mind. In this paper, general features of LMS like Web based Test & Assessment and Groupwork Organisation are discussed against the backdrop of cooperative learning techniques that are used in physics education. Additionally, we present a customization of the ILIAS Learning Management System, the Formula Question, that was developed to satisfy demands of particularly math and physics teachers.
Physik in unserer Zeit
Magnetische Feldlinien sind modellhafte Visualisierungen magnetischer Felder. Allerdings bringt i... more Magnetische Feldlinien sind modellhafte Visualisierungen magnetischer Felder. Allerdings bringt ihre dreidimensionale Struktur das räumliche Vorstellungsvermögen vieler Lernender an seine Grenzen. Hier eignet sich die App Magna‐AR aus der Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite sehr gut, um spielerisch eine räumliche Vorstellung der magnetischen Feldlinien um einen stromdurchflossenen Draht, eine Spule oder einen Stabmagneten zu entwickeln.
Frontiers in Psychology
The World Health Organization estimates that each year, 1.3 million people are killed and more th... more The World Health Organization estimates that each year, 1.3 million people are killed and more than 50 million people worldwide are injured in road traffic accidents. According to a study conducted by the Allianz Center for Technology, more young people between the ages of 15 and 29 die in traffic accidents than as a result of illness, drugs, suicide, violence, or war events worldwide. That is about 400,000 per year, globally. Worldwide traffic accident prevention campaigns demonstrate the consequences of traffic accidents in an emotionalizing way in order to encourage drivers to adopt conscious safety behaviorviaadequate driving behavior. The consequences of traffic accidents are demonstrated by prevention campaigns often in an emotionalizing way to encourage drivers to adopt safety measurements through adequate driving behavior. Prior research suggests that the emotionalizing effect of the appeals must be accompanied by solution- as well as action-oriented and self-confidence-incr...
Frontiers in Education
Parasocial relationships (PSRs) or parasocial interactions (PSIs) have been extensively researche... more Parasocial relationships (PSRs) or parasocial interactions (PSIs) have been extensively researched in the field of marketing and television. As a result, we know that viewers form strong relationships with presenters and this greatly impacts the product they sell. However, whether this effect also impacts learning through educational videos is rarely researched. In this study, the correlation between PSI and learning growth, as well as learning motivation, was investigated. The results showed no correlation between PSI and learning growth, but a slight correlation between PSI and learning motivation, especially in the case of female participants. This shows potential for the creation of educational videos. Simultaneously, the findings are important for the training of teachers, because through research on PSI we understand the factors that can lead to the improvement of interaction and relationships.
Challenges in Physics Education, 2022
Frontiers in Education
Schools are searching for strategies to foster 4C competencies (Creativity, Cooperation, Communic... more Schools are searching for strategies to foster 4C competencies (Creativity, Cooperation, Communication and Critical Thinking) in children. Scientific Reasoning, Critical Thinking, and the ability to debunk myths are already important competencies that can be fostered with science education. How can we approach the majority of seventh grade students in a given school to create innovative approaches for the future, and leverage their skills in science, art and (digital) technology along the path? And are the teachers ready to guide them on this path? This article focuses on the questions: how did the teachers adopt both the STEAM approach, and the use of digital tools while being supervised by researchers and student teachers and how did this change their beliefs about technology in education. As a pathway, we aimed to connect Robotics, Coding, Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. To end poverty, protect the environment, and...
Frontiers in Communication
Educational videos on digital platforms are an attractive way of learning, especially for the you... more Educational videos on digital platforms are an attractive way of learning, especially for the younger generation, as they provide easy, personalizable access to a wide variety of content. Allowing for simplified explanations and visual demonstrations, educational videos are highly suitable for scientific content. With 500 h of video content uploaded per minute, YouTube is the most used user-generated video content platform worldwide. This study provides an initial insight into the elements which influence the perceived quality of educational science videos by viewers, with a special focus on natural science videos. In response to a call for study participants via various German natural science and technology YouTube and Instagram channels, over 5,000 participants between the ages of 9 to 72 (M = 18, SD = 8.78) completed a web questionnaire. The questionnaire focused on the participants’ viewing behaviors and their self-perception of the importance of the content-creator controlled v...
How do students create internal models when they learn about physics? This is long since a major ... more How do students create internal models when they learn about physics? This is long since a major topic in physics education. Since the importance (whilst not the principles) of internal modeling is commonly understood, a vastness of model creation tools for physics education exist. But modeling is a topic that runs way across the bounds of physics, and physics education, alone. In my work, I compared the modeling principles and modeling tools of physics and technology education and of computational science in their present form and in their development across the past decades. In accordance to its focus towards quantitative description of patterns in natural behavior, Physics science and Physics education covers a wide range of sophisticated models and modeling tools with aim towards mathematical description. This comes along with a renown competence in software modeling and simulation. Technical and engineering science use physical modeling as well; in addition, they face the chall...
An acht Schulen initiierten die Amter fur Schulentwicklung und fur Informationsverarbeitung der S... more An acht Schulen initiierten die Amter fur Schulentwicklung und fur Informationsverarbeitung der Stadt Koln Anfang 2014 ein iPad-Projekt. Beteiligt waren Grundschulen, Gymnasien, Gesamtschulen und Berufskollegs aus verschiedenen Stadtteilen mit unterschiedlicher Sozialstruktur. Die Schulen bekamen von der Stadt iPad-Klassensatze und die erforderliche WLAN-Infrastruktur sowie ein erganzendes Paket mit Hard- und Software wie Apple TV und verschiedenen Apps aus dem Bildungsbereich zur Verfugung gestellt. Dank dieser Ausstattung konnten iPads im Unterricht eingesetzt und Erfahrungen beim Lernen mit digitalen Medien gesammelt werden. Die Stadt Koln erhoffte sich Erkenntnisse, von denen alle Kolner Schulen bei der Einfuhrung von Tablet-Klassen profitieren konnen, etwa welche technischen Voraussetzungen gegeben sein mussen und wie sich die neuen Medien auf die Lernergebnisse auswirken. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich iPads auf padagogischer Ebene sehr gut in den Unterricht integrieren lass...
Die Didaktik der Physik der Universitaet Duisburg-Essen entwickelte gemeinsam mit der Polizei Mue... more Die Didaktik der Physik der Universitaet Duisburg-Essen entwickelte gemeinsam mit der Polizei Muelheim an der Ruhr ein physikdidaktisches Lernmedium in Form einer Sicherheitssoftware, die bei Geschwindigkeitskontrollen eingesetzt werden kann. Zugrunde lag die Annahme, dass Autofahrer wegen der Fehleinschaetzung physikalischer Gesetze die mit einer Ueberschreitung der Hoechstgeschwindigkeit einhergehende Gefaehrdung bei weitem unterschaetzen. Nach einfuehrenden Bemerkungen ueber physikalische Fehlkonzepte als Ausgangspunkt gefaehrlichen Verhaltens im Strassenverkehr wird die Funktionsweise der Software beschrieben und ueber einen Feldversuch berichtet, der im August/September 2004 in Muelheim an der Ruhr durchgefuehrt wurde. In dieser Zeit wurden im Stadtgebiet mehr als 300 Autofahrer angehalten und wegen Geschwindigkeitsueberschreitung sanktioniert. Von diesen nahmen 130 Personen freiwillig an dem Versuch teil. Dabei wurde im Rahmen eines verkehrsdidaktischen Gespraechs mit den Fahr...
Zeitschrift f�r Rechtsmedizin, 1986
SummaryCapsules with etryptamine have been commonly available on the market since the middle of 1... more SummaryCapsules with etryptamine have been commonly available on the market since the middle of 1985. Up to 1962 this CNS-stimulating, monoamine-oxidase-inhibiting drug was sold as an antidepressant (Monase). A case of fatal intoxication is reported. The exact amount of etryptamine taken several hours before death are not known, but it could have been in the range of 700 mg. This drug was detected in tissue by means of common analytical techniques (GLC, GC-MS, HPLC, TLC). Etryptamine cross-reacts with the Emit-st amphetamine assay and can also be detected in urine using these techniques. The level in postmortem blood was 1.1 mg/l. The effects the young man showed were like those known from intoxication with amphetamines, MAO inhibitors, and thymoleptics. Malignant hyperthermia is discussed as a possible cause of death. It is suggested that trade in etryptamine should be controlled.ZusammenfassungEtryptaminhaltige Kapseln werden seit Mitte 1985 verstärkt auf dem Drogenmarkt angeboten. Etryptamin ist eine zentral stimulierende, MAO-hemmende Substanz, die bis 1962 als Antidepressivum im Handel war. Es wird über eine tödliche Vergiftung nach Einnahme von Etryptamin berichtet. Anhand von Literaturdaten sowie Erkenntnissen aus dem vorgestellten Fall werden die Gefahren, die von diesem frei käuflichen Tryptaminderivat ausgehen, diskutiert. Es wird angeregt, den Handel mit dieser Substanz einer gesetzlichen Regelung zu unterwerfen.
Frontiers in education, Feb 20, 2024
Introduction: Classical mechanics concepts are vital for understanding traffic safety, encompassi... more Introduction: Classical mechanics concepts are vital for understanding traffic safety, encompassing speed, acceleration, stopping distance, impact speed, deformation, kinetic energy, and their effects on vehicle occupants. Statistical physics principles are also employed to study multiple vehicles as a manyparticle system. This study examines the effectiveness of using a damaged car and structured instruction in road safety initiatives. Methods: Participants engaged with a damaged car and discussed deformation caused by excessive speed. They participated in role simulations, envisioning and solving risky traffic scenarios, while considering the potential boomerang effect resulting from excessive fear appeals within the campaign. Results: Combining emotional appeals with solution-focused, action-oriented, and self-esteem-enhancing interventions is essential to mitigate the boomerang effect and encourage safety-compliant behavior. Educational institutions must implement tailored follow-ups to emotionally charged prevention campaigns. Using Design-Based Research, we developed effective methods for knowledge acquisition and transfer, drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy and established traffic safety programs. Discussion: This publication explores non-standardized social training within focus groups, focusing on negative emotional states following an emotionalizing campaign similar to "Crash Kurs NRW," targeting upperlevel courses in North Rhine-Westphalian schools. Methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and social learning initiated, observed, and documented changes in participants' norms, values, and attitudes, discussed herein. Additionally, we investigated whether the presence of police officers in prevention campaigns influences reactive behavior. Comparing pre-and post-surveys confirmed reactance after emotionalizing campaigns, and our structured post-survey effectively influenced stage-event-induced behavior. Surprisingly, police officers' presence did not significantly impact reactive behavior. Furthermore, our follow-up tool extends its applicability to similar emotionalizing prevention campaigns, broadening its potential reach. Our future research will delve into students' physics literacy during traffic space analysis of accident hotspots, advancing traffic safety initiatives.
Learning Management System (LMS) are widely in use in most universities and certain schools. The ... more Learning Management System (LMS) are widely in use in most universities and certain schools. The majority of LMS were not originally developed with the demands of physics teaching in mind. In this paper, general features of LMS like Web based Test & Assessment and Groupwork Organisation are discussed against the backdrop of cooperative learning techniques that are used in physics education. Additionally, we present a customization of the ILIAS Learning Management System, the Formula Question, that was developed to satisfy demands of particularly math and physics teachers.
Physik in unserer Zeit
Magnetische Feldlinien sind modellhafte Visualisierungen magnetischer Felder. Allerdings bringt i... more Magnetische Feldlinien sind modellhafte Visualisierungen magnetischer Felder. Allerdings bringt ihre dreidimensionale Struktur das räumliche Vorstellungsvermögen vieler Lernender an seine Grenzen. Hier eignet sich die App Magna‐AR aus der Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite sehr gut, um spielerisch eine räumliche Vorstellung der magnetischen Feldlinien um einen stromdurchflossenen Draht, eine Spule oder einen Stabmagneten zu entwickeln.
Frontiers in Psychology
The World Health Organization estimates that each year, 1.3 million people are killed and more th... more The World Health Organization estimates that each year, 1.3 million people are killed and more than 50 million people worldwide are injured in road traffic accidents. According to a study conducted by the Allianz Center for Technology, more young people between the ages of 15 and 29 die in traffic accidents than as a result of illness, drugs, suicide, violence, or war events worldwide. That is about 400,000 per year, globally. Worldwide traffic accident prevention campaigns demonstrate the consequences of traffic accidents in an emotionalizing way in order to encourage drivers to adopt conscious safety behaviorviaadequate driving behavior. The consequences of traffic accidents are demonstrated by prevention campaigns often in an emotionalizing way to encourage drivers to adopt safety measurements through adequate driving behavior. Prior research suggests that the emotionalizing effect of the appeals must be accompanied by solution- as well as action-oriented and self-confidence-incr...
Frontiers in Education
Parasocial relationships (PSRs) or parasocial interactions (PSIs) have been extensively researche... more Parasocial relationships (PSRs) or parasocial interactions (PSIs) have been extensively researched in the field of marketing and television. As a result, we know that viewers form strong relationships with presenters and this greatly impacts the product they sell. However, whether this effect also impacts learning through educational videos is rarely researched. In this study, the correlation between PSI and learning growth, as well as learning motivation, was investigated. The results showed no correlation between PSI and learning growth, but a slight correlation between PSI and learning motivation, especially in the case of female participants. This shows potential for the creation of educational videos. Simultaneously, the findings are important for the training of teachers, because through research on PSI we understand the factors that can lead to the improvement of interaction and relationships.
Challenges in Physics Education, 2022
Frontiers in Education
Schools are searching for strategies to foster 4C competencies (Creativity, Cooperation, Communic... more Schools are searching for strategies to foster 4C competencies (Creativity, Cooperation, Communication and Critical Thinking) in children. Scientific Reasoning, Critical Thinking, and the ability to debunk myths are already important competencies that can be fostered with science education. How can we approach the majority of seventh grade students in a given school to create innovative approaches for the future, and leverage their skills in science, art and (digital) technology along the path? And are the teachers ready to guide them on this path? This article focuses on the questions: how did the teachers adopt both the STEAM approach, and the use of digital tools while being supervised by researchers and student teachers and how did this change their beliefs about technology in education. As a pathway, we aimed to connect Robotics, Coding, Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. To end poverty, protect the environment, and...
Frontiers in Communication
Educational videos on digital platforms are an attractive way of learning, especially for the you... more Educational videos on digital platforms are an attractive way of learning, especially for the younger generation, as they provide easy, personalizable access to a wide variety of content. Allowing for simplified explanations and visual demonstrations, educational videos are highly suitable for scientific content. With 500 h of video content uploaded per minute, YouTube is the most used user-generated video content platform worldwide. This study provides an initial insight into the elements which influence the perceived quality of educational science videos by viewers, with a special focus on natural science videos. In response to a call for study participants via various German natural science and technology YouTube and Instagram channels, over 5,000 participants between the ages of 9 to 72 (M = 18, SD = 8.78) completed a web questionnaire. The questionnaire focused on the participants’ viewing behaviors and their self-perception of the importance of the content-creator controlled v...
How do students create internal models when they learn about physics? This is long since a major ... more How do students create internal models when they learn about physics? This is long since a major topic in physics education. Since the importance (whilst not the principles) of internal modeling is commonly understood, a vastness of model creation tools for physics education exist. But modeling is a topic that runs way across the bounds of physics, and physics education, alone. In my work, I compared the modeling principles and modeling tools of physics and technology education and of computational science in their present form and in their development across the past decades. In accordance to its focus towards quantitative description of patterns in natural behavior, Physics science and Physics education covers a wide range of sophisticated models and modeling tools with aim towards mathematical description. This comes along with a renown competence in software modeling and simulation. Technical and engineering science use physical modeling as well; in addition, they face the chall...
An acht Schulen initiierten die Amter fur Schulentwicklung und fur Informationsverarbeitung der S... more An acht Schulen initiierten die Amter fur Schulentwicklung und fur Informationsverarbeitung der Stadt Koln Anfang 2014 ein iPad-Projekt. Beteiligt waren Grundschulen, Gymnasien, Gesamtschulen und Berufskollegs aus verschiedenen Stadtteilen mit unterschiedlicher Sozialstruktur. Die Schulen bekamen von der Stadt iPad-Klassensatze und die erforderliche WLAN-Infrastruktur sowie ein erganzendes Paket mit Hard- und Software wie Apple TV und verschiedenen Apps aus dem Bildungsbereich zur Verfugung gestellt. Dank dieser Ausstattung konnten iPads im Unterricht eingesetzt und Erfahrungen beim Lernen mit digitalen Medien gesammelt werden. Die Stadt Koln erhoffte sich Erkenntnisse, von denen alle Kolner Schulen bei der Einfuhrung von Tablet-Klassen profitieren konnen, etwa welche technischen Voraussetzungen gegeben sein mussen und wie sich die neuen Medien auf die Lernergebnisse auswirken. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich iPads auf padagogischer Ebene sehr gut in den Unterricht integrieren lass...
Die Didaktik der Physik der Universitaet Duisburg-Essen entwickelte gemeinsam mit der Polizei Mue... more Die Didaktik der Physik der Universitaet Duisburg-Essen entwickelte gemeinsam mit der Polizei Muelheim an der Ruhr ein physikdidaktisches Lernmedium in Form einer Sicherheitssoftware, die bei Geschwindigkeitskontrollen eingesetzt werden kann. Zugrunde lag die Annahme, dass Autofahrer wegen der Fehleinschaetzung physikalischer Gesetze die mit einer Ueberschreitung der Hoechstgeschwindigkeit einhergehende Gefaehrdung bei weitem unterschaetzen. Nach einfuehrenden Bemerkungen ueber physikalische Fehlkonzepte als Ausgangspunkt gefaehrlichen Verhaltens im Strassenverkehr wird die Funktionsweise der Software beschrieben und ueber einen Feldversuch berichtet, der im August/September 2004 in Muelheim an der Ruhr durchgefuehrt wurde. In dieser Zeit wurden im Stadtgebiet mehr als 300 Autofahrer angehalten und wegen Geschwindigkeitsueberschreitung sanktioniert. Von diesen nahmen 130 Personen freiwillig an dem Versuch teil. Dabei wurde im Rahmen eines verkehrsdidaktischen Gespraechs mit den Fahr...