Rise and Fall of Theatre NO99 in Estonia

The Rise and Fall of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

This article examines the rise and fall of the Peace Process and questions the reason for which the United States of America was successful in bringing the two sides to the negotiating table during the 1990s. It investigates the reason for which the process ultimately failed, as well as the reason for which Washingtonwas unsuccessful in restarting the peace process in the past decade. It is arg...

Rise and fall.

If you travel almost anywhere in the world and talk to family physicians, you will find that they regard the British system of general practice as an ideal. Some of its central principles—including continuity of personal care, and acting as a ‘‘gatekeeper’’ for all hospital referrals— are widely envied, and have provided a model for other primary care systems. Yet British general practice is no...

The Rise and Fall of Top Incomes in Iran 1985-2015

T his paper studies top income shares in Iran, using 26 Household Expenditure and Income Surveys conducted by the Statistical Center of Iran over the period 1985-2015. It is shown that after the imposed Iran-Iraq war, top income groups were raising their real income and income share by 2006; however, both their share and real income fell immediately after 2006 such that the numbers a...

Fall and rise of polypharmacy?

Early in the 20th century, in an era before the wide availability of effective drugs with established dose ranges and proven outcomes, the use of multiple drug combinations in individual tablets and capsules, described as polypharmacy, was common. Although there may have been a rational selection of agents sometimes, on more occasions a mixture was developed of dubious efficacy and rationale. W...

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Ancient DNA Studies