Asset prices have played a prominent role in the present business cycle, both in terms of the amplitude of their fluctuations and because of their impact on financial institutions and economic activity. Such medium-term swings are of course not new; the last similar episode took place in the early 1970s. What has drawn attention to the recent asset price movements is not only their absolute siz...

Dibromo-chloro-propane (DBCP), a persistent liphophilic brominated organochlorine, has been produced for agricultural purposes as a nematocide since the 1950s. Widespread use due to its effectiveness as a pesticide continued until the late 1970s when early reports of its toxicity emerged from the laboratories, particularly its impact on spermatogenesis and other adverse reproductive health effe...

The prolonged recession in Japan today stands in contrast to its high growth from the mid 1950s through the early 1970s and its booming prosperity from the late 1970s through the 1980s. The growth rate of the economy has sputtered in the 1990s and was even negative in 1997 (Yokoyama 1997). During the first quarter of 1998 Japan's gross domestic product declined at an annual rate of 5.3 percent ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) appears to have been transmitted from chimpanzees to humans in Central Africa. Human infections were probably sporadic until the 1970s, when rapid urbanization of the African interior led to regional epidemics. Intercontinental travel, along with widespread practices of unprotected sexual intercourse and intravenous drug abuse led, in turn, to rapid global...

this research was done for understanding islamic fundamentalism and its relationship with violence. islamic fundamentalism has had significant developments since its appearance at the turn of the 19th century. the most important development is its radicalization in recent decades. in this article, the author addresses the roots and principles of islamic fundamentalism, its main theorists and it...