The Register of Full-Time Social Workers in Mental Health contains, at the time of writing, 217 names; of the workers so registered 96 hold the Certificate of the London School of Economics Mental Health Course, and the majority of the others have had training and experience as members of the staffs of Voluntary Associations for Mental Welfare. Approximately 25 workers have notified that they a...

The paper explains IMF and World Bank lending and conditionality stressing changes in relative bargaining power of different stakeholders over time. It applies public choice theory to explain the interests of the institutions’ member states, its borrowers and staffs as well as private actors attaching their money to the IFIs’ programs. Using panel data for 43 countries between 1987–99 it is sho...

Computer decison rriodels often provide useful results as management planning tools. However, ttiese tools are frequently limited to firms with staffs of specialists who can assimilate the technicai nature of the models. For other firms, the success of decision models such as simuiation have not been demonstrated. This paper looks at recent literature regarding decision mode/ deficiencies, eval...

486 Use of low-angle laser light scattering with gel permeation chromatography for the molecular mass determination of biomolecules K. Jumel,* P. Br0wne.t and J. F. Kennedy# *Chembiotech Ltd, Institute of Research and Development, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham B I5 2sQ, U.K.; tLDC Analytical, Diamond Way, Stone Business Park, Stone, Staffs STI 5 OHH, U.K. and $Research Laboratory for the...

Over the last decade, the popularity of e-mail communication between doctors and patients has risen steadily. The asynchronous nature of e-mail provides convenience and more effective use of time for both parties; patients can make appointments or get prescriptions. Physicians and their staffs can provide lab results or patient follow up more efficiently. E-mail also provides an electronic "pap...