The 1990s: An increasingly postcolonial decade

An increasingly complex code.

An increasingly scented world

We know that, at least in the short term, a rise in temperature exponentially increases the emission rates of most biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). It does so by enhancing the enzymatic activities of synthesis, by raising the BVOC vapour pressure, and by decreasing the resistance of the diffusion pathway (Tingey et al., 1991). BVOC emissions are thus expected to increase strongly wi...

The Evolution of Laparoscopy and the Revolution in Surgery in the Decade of the 1990s

“Incredibly, laparoscopy has been almost neglected by surgeons, except for pelviscopy, a highly perfected technique used effectively by gynecologists. This procedure has, in fact, revolutionized the science of gynecology. The degree to which we as surgeons ignore this sophisticated technology and refuse to test its suitability for surgical application is astonishing.” These were the words of Ha...

An Increasingly Fragile World

Black-White Wage Inequality in the 1990s: A Decade of Progress

Using Current Population Survey data, we find that the gap between the wages of black and white males declined during the 1990s at a rate of about .60 percentage point per year. Wage convergence was most rapid among workers with less than 10 years of potential experience, with declines in the gap averaging 1.40 percentage points per year. Using standard decomposition methods, we find that great...