Habitat use and foraging parameters of breeding Skylarks indicate no seasonal decrease in food availability in heterogeneous farmland.

Reduced food availability during chick raising is a major driver of farmland bird declines. For the Eurasian Skylark (), food availability is determined by various factors (i.e.

The Aachen model study course in medicine - development and implementation. Fifteen years of a reformed medical curriculum at RWTH Aachen University.

The Aachen model study course in medicine was developed in response to a negative appraisal of the Faculty of Medicine of the RWTH Aachen University by the Science Council in 2000. The aim is to create graduates who are capable of further training and can work in evidence-based and patient-centered health care while incorporating scientific findings. In 2003 the medical degree was fully switched over to the model study course format.