This paper provides a conceptual framework of multilateral bargaining in a bilaterally oligopolistic industry to analyze the motivations for horizontal mergers, technology choice, and their welfare implications. We first analyze the implication of market structure for the distribution of industry profits. We find that retailer mergers are more likely (less likely) if suppliers have increasing (...

Successful total RNA (totRNA) extraction is a prerequisite for a successful real-time PCR. In the present work we compared one manual and one automated totRNA extraction method for detection of Plum pox potyvirus (PPV) in leaves of different Prunus sp. using developed real-time RT-PCR assay. Advantages and disadvantages of compared methods are described in the view of sensitivity, reproducibili...

Der Artikel von Koch et al. [1] springt durch eine ranglistenförmige, vergleichende Punktebewertung der Lehrangebote zu kommunikativen und sozialen Kompetenzen an vielen deutschsprachigen Fakultäten ins Auge. Die Weckung der Aufmerksamkeit für diese Thematik ist sicherlich zu begrüßen. Schaut man genauer hin, ergibt sich aber eine Reihe von Fragen zu Konzeption, Methode, Ergebnissen, Ungereimth...

Ye-Ryoung Lee,1 Myoung-Sun Heo,1 Jae-Hoon Choi,1 Tout T. Wang,1,2 Caleb A. Christensen,1 Timur M. Rvachov,1 and Wolfgang Ketterle1 1MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA 2MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambrid...

workers in the diseases of tropical countries. The terrible experiences of the recent epidemic of small-pox in British Guiana and other West Indian Isles has shown the necessity of amending the quarantine regulations and of bringing them into conformity with those at home. We need not enter into details of the new regulations as described by the Hon'ble Mr. Godfrey, M.B, the Surgeon-Genera], bu...

The Bohr compactification and the Bohr topology are well known for groups, but they can easily be generalized to arbitrary structures. We prove a number of theorems about Bohr topologies in this general setting. Some of these results are new even for groups; for example, the weight of the Bohr compactification of a countable structure is either countable or continuum. In some cases, theorems ab...

Zusammenfassung Die ambulante psychoonkologische Versorgung von Krebs-Patienten hat sich in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten zu einem fest integrierten Bestandteil der psychosozialen Betreuung von Tumor-Patienten entwickelt. Ambulante Versorgungsmöglichkeiten umfassen psychosoziale Krebsberatungsstellen, Institutsund Hochschulambulanzen sowie psychotherapeutische Versorgung. Das Angebotsspektru...

Quantum theory shares with classical probability theory many important properties. I show that this common core regards at least the following six areas, and I provide details on each of these: the logic of propositions, symmetry, probabilities, composition of systems, state preparation and reductionism. The essential distinction between classical and quantum theory, on the other hand, is shown...

The Chinese government aims to deal with poverty by 2020 for people living in ethnic and rural regions, including mountainous ethnic regions with the highest concentration of poverty and chronic poverty. Based on a sustainable livelihood Framework, five capitals and 33 evaluation indices of livelihood were built, and 13 counties’ resources of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture were...