Summary Kraljic's purchasing portfolio approach has inspired many academic writers to undertake further research into purchasing portfolio models. Although it is evident that power and dependence issues play an important role in the Kraljic matrix, scant quantitative research has been undertaken in this respect. In our study we have filled this gap by proposing quantitative measures for ‘relati...

The paper presents the published results regarding the radon concentrations in indoor air in Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine and Yugoslavia from Carpathian Basin. The study is based on the materials of the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) on a 10 year period (1986 1997). It is completed with the results of the papers published in the Conferences volu...

The E proteins of mammals, and the related Daughterless (DA) protein of Drosophila, are ubiquitously expressed helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factors that play a role in many developmental processes. We report here the characterization of a related C. elegans protein, CeE/DA, which has a dynamic and restricted distribution during development. CeE/DA is present embryonically in neuronal pr...

A. C. 2010. What are the mechanisms of regeneration post-disturbance in tropical dry forest? CEE review 07-013 (SR37). Environmental Evidence:

In order to incorporate FDI factors for different MNEs, industries and countries, a unique dataset that includes country-, industryand firmlevel data is constructed. This approach avoids the aggregation or disaggregation problem by considering several levels of data simultaneously in to the analysis. The constructed database contains information on 1,223 foreign investment made by EU15 countrie...

BACKGROUND Progress in maternal and neonatal mortality has been slow in many countries despite increasing access to institutional births, suggesting deficiencies in the quality of care. We carried out a systematic assessment of the quality of maternal and newborn care in three CEE/CIS countries, using an innovative approach to identify priority issues and promote action. METHODS A standard-ba...

Austrian foreign direct investment (FDI) increased quickly since 1992. The profitability of these investments did improve over the full period under consideration (1992 to 2005). In particular investments in Central and Eastern Europe became rather profitable. In 2005 total annual profits translate into an average return on equity (RoE) of 8.3%. However, returns differ to a large extent by regi...

Compounds incorporating the tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) donor unit and one or two cyanoethynylethene (CEE) acceptor units were prepared by Knoevenagel condensations of highly unstable, TTF-linked propargylic aldehyde or ketone derivatives. The resulting TTF-CEEs are very strong chromophores with low-energy end-absorptions beyond 900 nm. The molecules experience reversible oxidations of the TTF uni...