In reoent years, a comprehensive picture of social aecwity expenditures zn the Federal Republic of Germany kaa been presented in the form of a “social report” to Parliament-a format that appears useful for presenting current aoczal welfare issues to the legialatrtrc and the public. This article gives the background of the reports and looha at those for 1970 aud 1971 in partzcular. It deacrlbea ...

It is well known that the pro forma performance of a sample of investment funds contains biases. These biases are documented in Brown, Goetzmann, Ibbotson and Ross (1992) using mutual funds as subjects. The organization structure of hedge funds, being private and often offshore vehicles, makes data collection a much more onerous task. This amplifies the impact of performance measurement biases....

Anual, inicialmente, a revista passou a ser semestral a partir do volume 20 (2006), de forma que, a cada ano, se publicam dois números. Foi modificado o formato da Revista aumentando o seu tamanho, o que permitiu melhorar a qualidade das imagens, tão importante nas publicações dedicadas à arqueologia e ao patrimônio arqueológico, utilizando-se também a policromia. Essas melhorias técnicas deram...

date palm spider mite is one of the major pests of date palm in khuzestan.this pest damages fruits in orchards. in the present study responses of 30 native date palm cultivars of khuzestan were evaluated by assessment of pest infestation severity and fruit damage characteristics. based on the responses, cultivars were clustered into four groups as very highly infested cultivars including liloei...