This paper presents an examination of the trading patterns of individual firms, looking at their coverage of export markets and movements into and out of destinations. This analysis is made possible by access to a new survey data set of Irish firms, which includes detailed information on firm characteristics and on the destinations of their exports over a two-year period. In line with Eaton, Ko...

OBJECTIVE Fighter pilots frequently report neck pain and injury, and although risk factors have been suggested, the relationships between risk factors and neck pain have not been quantified. The aim of this study was to identify personal and work behaviors that are significantly associated with neck pain in fighter pilots. METHODS Eighty-two Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilots were surv...

We combined behavioral and physiological measures to compare coping style in wild-type Betta splendens and a domesticated strain selectively bred for sports fighting. We showed previously that the fighter strain is more aggressive than the wild type during experimental conditions that most closely resemble an actual fight. We predicted that compared to the wild type, the fighter strain would sh...

1 October 2004 is the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen, the world’s first high-speed railway that marked the start of the era of high-speed rail travel. Ten years ago, the October issue of JRTR 3 published a special feature entitled 30 Years of High Speed Railways. This article summarizes the events in highspeed railways in the last 10 years and discusses their future p...

Traditionally, collaborative technologies are intended to directly support joint, collaborative activity, taking their cues from communication and media. Here, empirical findings are presented about the types of information needs associated with the formation of a knowledge-building community among professional learning technology researchers. Several issues are outlined in designing, facilitat...

In certain cases, making a distinction between freedom fighters and terrorists is matter of dispute states. This article examines the main reason for this disagreement suggests some criteria separating these two concepts. By referring to practice states as well regional counter-terrorism conventions, argues that root cause issue arises from legal interpretation self-determination at present pos...

Bilder på solbadande och brunbrända FN-soldater utgör ett särskilt motiv fotografier tagna av finländska fredsbevarare under sin utlandstjänstgöring. Artikelns primära material utgörs två fotoalbum som sammanställdes vid mitten 1980-talet i Golan. Samlingen albumen bygger upp en visuell skildring vardagen utlandstjänstgöringen vad det innebar att vara fredsbevarande soldat konfliktområde främma...