Konrad Ratz (1931-2014)

Alan Mercer (1931-2014) - A founding editor of EJOR

Emeritus Professor Alan Mercer of Lancaster University died on July 9, following a stroke, a month short of his 83rd birthday. Alan, Bernhard Tilanus and Hans-Jurgen Zimmermann, were founding editors of the European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) in 1975, and continued as editors together until they resigned in 1998. It was expected that the tripartite editorship would only last a year ...

A systematic review of Rift Valley Fever epidemiology 1931–2014

BACKGROUND Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that was first isolated and characterized in 1931 in Kenya. RVF outbreaks have resulted in significant losses through human illness and deaths, high livestock abortions and deaths. This report provides an overview on epidemiology of RVF including ecology, molecular diversity spatiotemporal analysis, and predictive risk modeli...

Edvard Konrad

This paper explores the relationships between basic cultural characteristics of countries and some economic indexes. As cultural characteristics, the data from The Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Research Program (GLOBE) about the 9 cultural dimensions for 60 countries were used. Two facets of cultural dimensions were measured: the perceptions of actual practices and...

Konrad Lorenz

Born on 7 November 1903, Lorenz was the second and last child of Emma Lorenz and Dr. Adolf Lorenz, a distinguished and wealthy orthopedic surgeon. Growing up in comfortable surroundings at the family home in the village of Altenberg, on the outskirts of Vienna, the young Lorenz was allowed to pursue his enthusiasms as an animal lover. His interest in animals and evolution as an adolescent led h...

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