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The Genesis of the Iron Lung: Philip Drinker, Charles F. McKhann, James L. Wilson, and Early Attempts at Administering Artificial Respiration to Patients with Poliomyelitis
(University of Michigan Historical Center for the Health Sciences, 1998)
An Assessment of the Performance of Indian State-Owned Enterprises
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-03)
We examine the determinants of performance of 68 Indian state-owned enterprises in the manufacturing sector for a five-year period: 1987 to 1991. Relative performance is determined using data envelopment analysis, with ...
"When it Rains it Pours": Endemic Goiter, Iodized Salt and David Murray Cowie, M.D.
(University of Michigan Historical Center for the Health Sciences, 1998)
The Composition of Capital and the Rate of Profit: A Reply to Laibman
(Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1998)
In response to a critique by Laibman (1996) of earlier work (Thompson 1995) exploring the effect of technical change and accumulation on the real wage rate and thus, via the Okishio Theorem, the rate of profit, it is ...
The Effects of Fertilization and Water Management on Growth and Production of Nile Tilapia in Deep Ponds During the Dry Season
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1998-12)
Fertilization guidelines developed for shallow ponds (1 m) with controlled depths were tested in deeper (2.5 m) ponds to determine effectiveness of these guidelines for culture of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus . Twelve ...
Models of coupled population oscillators using 1-D maps
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1998-08)
Coupled population oscillators are investigated with the use of coupled logistic maps. Two forms of coupling are employed, reproductive and density. Three biologically distinct situations are investigated: populations ...
The Economics of Ritual at Late Old Babylonian Kish
(Brill Academic Publishers; by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-01)
A small archive of economic documents from the city of Kish in the late Old Babylonian period records amounts of money owed to the “supervisor of kezertu women” from the kezertu account. The employment of kezertu women in ...
Developing Complex Societies in Southeast Asia: Using Archaeological and Historical Evidence
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-12)
A number of archaeologists are making significant advances in the historical archaeology of Southeast Asia. The papers presented in this issue, and the one that preceded it, provide new insights and exciting directions for ...