Microscopic Age Estimation from the Anterior Cortex of the Femur in Korean Adults*

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop age‐predicting equations from the anterior cortex of the femur of Korean adults. Seventy‐two femoral samples (44 male and 28 female) were obtained from Korean cadavers and used to develop the equations. The thin sections (<100‐μm thick) were prepared by manual grinding; the sections were not decalcified and were stained with Villanueva bone stain reagent. Analysis of covariance showed no significant differences in age‐adjusted histomorphological variables between sexes. In stepwise regression analysis, osteon population density, average osteon area, and the most anterior cortical width were selected for an age‐predicting equation which produced a high regression correlation (R² = 0.789). The average Haversian canal area was not significantly related to age for any specimen.     

Book reviews

Lawrence L. Whetten (ed.), The Future of Soviet Military Power. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers, 1977. vii+190 pp. £9.75.

Lawrence L. Whetten (ed.), The Political Implications of Soviet Military Power. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers, 1977. ii+183 pp. £9.75.

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, The Soviet Union and International Oil Politics. New York: Columbia UP, 1977. 389 pp. $20.15.

Roy D. Laird, Joseph Hajda, Betty A. Laird (eds.), The Future of Agriculture in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: The 1976–1980 Five Year Plans. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1977 (Outside the United States— Tonbridge, Kent: Ernest Benn).

Ronald J. Hill, Soviet Political Elites: the Case of Tiraspol. London: Martin Robertson, 1977. x+226 pp.

Karl W. Ryavec, Implementation of Soviet Economic Reforms: Political, Organizational and Social Processes. New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1975‐ 300 pp.

Alvin Z. Rubinstein, Red Star on the Nile. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 1977. 383 pp. 20.10 or £8.10 (paperback).

Raymond Hutchings, Soviet Science, Technology, Design. Interaction and Convergence. London: OUP for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1976. x+320 pp. £12.00.

Walter Sablinsky, The Road to Bloody Sunday (Father Gapon and the St. Petersburg Massacre of 1905). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 1976. $18.50.

Robert J. Brym, The Jewish Intelligentsia and Russian Marxism. A Sociological Study of Intellectual Radicalism and Ideological Divergence. London: Macmillan Press, 1978. viii+157 pp. £8.95.

Vera S. Dunham, In Stalin's Time: Middleclass Values in Soviet Fiction. London: CUP, 1976. 283 pp. £10.00.

Gerd Meyer, Bürokratischer Sozialismus. Eine Analyse des sowjetischen Herrschaftssystems. Stuttgart: Frommann‐Holzboog, 1977. 331 pp.

R. W. Davies (ed.), The Soviet Union. London: Allen & Unwin, 1978. 191 pp. £6.50; £2.95 (flexicovers).     

左翼溃败右翼独大——2010年匈牙利议会大选初析

2010年4月11日、25日,匈牙利举行了东欧剧变后第六次议会大选的两轮投票。青民盟和基民党组成的竞选联盟在第一轮选举中即大获全胜,得票率为539／,前执政党社会党惨败,得票率仅为19％,极右政党“为了更好的匈牙利运动（简称尤比克党）得票率为17％,     

Marketing barriers facing developing country manufactured exporters: A comment

In a recent interesting article, Lall [1991] has noted that conventional export theories tend to neglect the role of marketing barriers to new entrants. In this comment I try to further develop two main ideas. The first is that firms from developing countries may not have the incentive to maintain quality standards. The second is that consumers in developed countries may have a country of origin bias towards new products from developing countries.     

Five Decades of Sino-French Relations： Foundations for a New Relationship

China and France celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations on January 27, 2014.Over the past fifty years, having been through ups and downs,China and France have forged a comprehensive strategic partnership with a solid foundation featuring extensive cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win result. After conducting domestic adjustments while facing a historic opportunity nowadays, the two countries are turning a new page in their bilateral relations and they would jointly construct a new type of relationship with characteristics of the times.