We use the rank{frequency analysis for the estimation of Kernel Vocabulary size within speci c corpora of Ukrainian. The extrapolation of high-rank behaviour is utilized for estimation of the total vocabulary size.

Ukrainian exports can be explained by standard demand theory in the long run. Using the Johansen procedure the data do not reject the hypothesis of a unit foreign-production elasticity of Ukrainian exports, which are rather price-elastic inputs for foreign producers. It is argued that due to high domestic inflation and substantial real appreciation of the hryvnia there might be a deterministic ...

The invertebrate communities of the northern Chilean rivers are characterised by their marked endemism andspecificity of their community structure in different basins. The river systems located in the Atacama Desert are endorheicand are affected by the rainy period of January-February commonly known as the “Bolivian winter“. The present study isthe first report on the observations of arthropods...

We have studied the correlation between the ethnic structure and the prevalence of single gene defects in Chile. At present the Chilean population is approximately 64% white and 35% Amerindian with traces of other admixture. Fewer than 4% of the Chilean population are foreign born. Investigations indicate that all severe diseases and many others without impaired reproduction have mutation rates...

The economic dependence on Russia that Ukraine and Belarus inherited from Soviet planners in 1991 was enormous. The two new states depended on Russian markets, in which Ukrainian and Belarusian producers sold goods that were uncompetitive in the rest of the world. Ukraine and Belarus also depended on Russia for crucial imports. Energy was the most important of all. Ukraine and Belarus relied he...

For obvious reasons the first documentary publications about the FamineGenocide of 1932-1933 could not be based on the Ukrainian archives. Western scholars and researchers from the Ukrainian diaspora took the lead in publishing sources in order to reveal this crime. For more than half a century the only documents to bear witness to the Famine-Genocide were ones that remained outside the control...

This study explored a range of sociodemographic factors associated with disability among international immigrants in Chile, and compared them to the Chilean-born. Secondary data analysis of the Chilean population-based survey CASEN-2006 was conducted (268,873 participants). Main health outcomes: any disability and six different types of disability: visual, hearing, learning, physical, psychiatr...

This paper examines the hypothesis that the introduction of Western quality standards has brought some development of employee involvement in Ukrainian manufacturing and service companies and analyses the consequences for managements’ use of the institutions of employee representation. The subject is pursued through eight case studies, four in a test and four in a control group. Quality develop...

In many non-Western societies, moderate to high levels of body fat in women have long been equated with health, physical attractiveness, social status, and fertility. In recent times, however, many Western cultures have emphasized the idea that slender women are most attractive. This emphasis on thinness has led to increased levels of body dissatisfaction and dieting in Western cultures and in ...

This research was sponsored by grant award number 2000-IJ-CX-0006 from the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not represent the official position of the National Institute of Justice or the U.S. Department of Justice. This document is not intended to create, does not create, and may not b...