By the end of the 20 th century the two-child family became the norm throughout Europe. Between 40 and over 50 percent of women in the 1950s and 1960s cohorts had two children. There were some incipient signs that shares of two-child families were declining, especially in Central and Eastern and Southern Europe. An increase in childlessness among recent generations was an almost universal trend...

BACKGROUND After the fall of communism, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe started the process of political, economic, and social transformation. In health system the reform directions were often similar, despite differences in transition dynamics and the degree of government determination to implement reforms. Nonetheless, for most post-communist countries, there is a gap in evidence ...

There is a limited understanding what the constituent elements of the ethical leadership are. Although various researchers defined ethical leadership as a specific leadership style, with typical personality traits and behaviors, the precise instantiation of the content of ethical leadership was only seldom investigated. The body of empirical research on ethical leadership is only slowly beginni...

The detection and identification of chemical warfare agents is an important analytical goal. Herein, it is demonstrated that 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (half-mustard, CEES) can be successfully analysed using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). A critical component in this detection system is the fabrication of a robust, yet highly enhancing, sensor surface. Recent advances in substrate...

Acknowledgement I am very grateful for everyone who helped me during my research. First of all, I thank Mariët Theune for her supervision, our regular meetings and her encouraging feedback during those meetings. Second, I thank Rieks op den Akker for helping me by asking tough questions about probability theory and other parts of my report. I also enjoyed our sometimes rather philosophical disc...

There is a limited understanding what the constituent elements of the ethical leadership are. Although various researchers defined ethical leadership as a specific leadership style, with typical personality traits and behaviors, the precise instantiation of the content of ethical leadership was only seldom investigated. The body of empirical research on ethical leadership is only slowly beginni...

This paper examines bilateral and multilateral integration of equity markets of selected Central and Eastern European countries including Croatia, and German equity market for the period of January 2nd, 1997 to June 10th, 2005. Application of the Johansen cointegration procedure indicates existence of multilateral integration between equity markets of analyzed CEE economies, as well as between ...

Corrections Following publication of our article [1], it has come to our attention that Olivier Bourron’s name was displayed incorrectly. We publish this correction to update the author list, which is as follows: Sophie Liabeuf , Olivier Bourron , Cees Vemeer , Elke Theuwissen , Elke Magdeleyns , Carole Elodie Aubert , Michel Brazier , Romuald Mentaverri , Agnes Hartemann , and Ziad A. Massy 1,...

Inexpensive strategies for efficient decontamination of hazardous chemicals are required. In this study, the effect visible light (λ > 400 nm) on decomposition 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (2-CEES, a sulfur mustard (HD) simulant) Au/TiO2 photocatalyst under anaerobic and aerobic conditions has been investigated in situ by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier –transformed spectroscopy (DRIFTS)...