Wage policies of a Russian firm and the financial crisis of 1998: Evidence from personnel data 1997 to 2002

We use a rich personnel data set from a Russian firm for the years 1997 to 2002 to analyze how the firm adjusts wages and employment during this period in which local labor market conditions changed in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 1998. We relate the development of turnover and wages for various employment categories to alternative models of wage and employment determination. We argue that the firm’s behavior is consistent with the predictions of efficiency wage models of the shirking and turnover type

Intoxication after Extreme Oral Overdose of Quetiapine to Attempt Suicide: Pharmacological Concerns of Side Effects

Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic approved for the treatment of patients with psychotic disorders. Since approvement several case reports about intoxication with quetiapine were linked mainly with tachycardia, QTc-prolongation, somnolence, and hyperglycemia. Here, we present the first case report of an intoxication with an extreme overdose of quetiapine (36 g), ingested by a 32-year-old female (62 kg bodyweight) to attempt suicide. Symptoms associated with intoxication were coma without arterial hypotension, persistent tachycardia, hyperglycemia, and transient hypothyreoidism. QTc-interval was moderately extended. Management consisted of intubation for airway protection, gastric lavage, the use of activated charcoal, i.v. saline, and observation for 17 hours on an intensive care unit. Despite the extremely high dose of quetiapine, the patient recovered completely without residual symptoms

ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯМ.КОСТОМАРОВА З

На основі наукових праць та досліджень М.І.Костомарова розглянуто історію взаємин українського козацтва та уряду Речі Посполитої в другій половині 1590-х – середині 1620-х років. Підкреслюється особливе значенняпраць історика та йогодослідженнь в галузі вивчення історії козацтва та історіографії даної проблеми.On thebasis ofscientific labours and researches ofM.I.Kostomarovofmutualrelations of Ukrainian the cossacks and government of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is considered in the second half 1590 – the middle 1620 years. The special value of labours of historian is underlined and and his researches in industry of study of history of the cossacks and historiography of this problem

Extreme magnesium isotope fractionation at outcrop scale records the mechanism and rate at which reaction fronts advance

Isotopic fractionation of cationic species during diffusive transport provides novel means of constraining the style and timing of metamorphic transformations. Here we document a major (~1‰) decrease in the Mg isotopic composition of the reaction front of an exhumed contact between rocks of subducted crust and serpentinite, in the Syros mélange zone. This isotopic perturbation extends over a notable length-scale (~1 m), implicating diffusion of Mg through an intergranular fluid network over a period of ~100 kyr. These novel observations confirm models of diffusion-controlled growth of reaction zones formed between rocks of contrasting compositions, such as found at the slab-mantle interface in subduction zones. The results also demonstrate that diffusive processes can result in exotic stable isotope compositions of major elements with implications for mantle xenoliths and complex intrusions