Purpose – Negotiators from Asia are increasingly confronted with exchange partners from other regions, particularly Europe. The European culture differs from the Asian culture in many regards, one major aspect being distinct levels of power distance (hierarchy versus egalitarianism). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of power distance in electronic negotiations between Asia and...

1Museo de Zoologı́a “Alfonso L. Herrera,” Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, D.F. 04510, Mexico; 2Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA; 3Departamento de Biologı́a Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecologı́a, A. C., Apartado Postal 63, Xalapa, Veracruz 91000, Mexico; and 4Department of Bi...

Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), an invasive phloem-feeding insect native to Asia, threatens at least 16 North American ash (Fraxinus) species and has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in landscapes and forests. We conducted laboratory bioassays to assess the relative efficacy of systemic insecticides to control emerald ash borer larvae in wint...

Yellow orpiment (As2S3) and red–orange realgar (As4S4) photo-degrade and the nineteenth-century pigment emerald green (Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2) degrades into arsenic oxides. Because of their solubility in water, arsenic oxides readily migrate and are found throughout the multi-layered paint system. The widespread arsenic migration has consequences for conservation, and this paper provides better...

This paper describes a structuring mechanism for grouping objects in a distributed object-oriented language. A group structuring mechanism provides a single flexible method for managing distributed applications that involve complicated communication protocols and sophisticated structure. We have added such a mechanism to the Emerald distributed object-oriented language and its runtime system. O...