Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Petersgasse 12, A6 8010 Graz, Austria; Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Messeweg 11, D-38104 Braunschweig, 7 Germany, Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute, National Banana Research Program, 8 Uganda; Makerere University, Department of Agricultural Production, College of 9 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Uganda and B...

The author contends that sex differentials in childhood mortality in Pakistan are a likely outcome of son preference behavior by parents. Consideration is given to the historical improvement in the female disadvantage in mortality, the neglect of female children, gender and class factors, and son preference and high fertility. Data are from the 1981 Pakistan census and other official surveys....

We present results from the XMM-Newton observation of the non-cooling flow cluster A 1060. Large effective area of XMM-Newton enables us to investigate the nature of this cluster in unprecedented detail. From the observed surface brightness distribution, we have found that the gravitational mass distribution is well described by the NFW profile but with a central density slope of ∼1.5. We have ...

A III-V/Si₃N₄ platform on silicon is presented capable of broad-spectral performance with initial heterogeneous lasers near 1060 nm. Continuous wave Fabry-Perot laser results for heterogeneous InGaAs/GaAs multiple quantum well (MQW) laser with output power approaching 0.25 mW on Si is demonstrated. Taper transmission loss measurements from III-V to Si₃N₄ are measured to be 2.5±0.75  dB.

As part of a continuing study of the effect of cluster environment on the star formation properties of galaxies, we have undertaken an Hα objective prism survey of the nearby cluster, Abell 1060. We detect 33 galaxies in emission, 24 of which are cluster members. We present new radial velocity measurements and Hα+[N ii] equivalent widths and fluxes for a number of these galaxies. We distinguish...