The ten papers in this volume offer different versions of how and where anthropologists
might work usefully in today's world, converging on the issue of how anthropology can best …

… Richard L. Fox is an associate professor of political science at Union College. He has also
taught or held positions at Rutgers University, University of California-Santa Barbara, College …

It Still Takes A Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the
manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political …

We describe a directed evolution approach that should find broad application in generating
enzymes that meet predefined process-design criteria. It augments recombination-based …

Purpose Most patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have associated chronic liver
disease, the severity of which is currently assessed by the Child-Pugh (CP) grade. In this …

Evidence is accumulating of shifts in species' distributions during recent climate warming.
However, most of this information comes predominantly from studies of a relatively small …

This article reports the results of a meta-analysis of experimental studies which have
examined ten different factors felt to influence response rates to mail surveys. The form of meta-…

In the following pages I deal with the nature of culture and cultural meaning—that is, in
currently accepted anthropological usage, the system of meanings, beliefs, values, and codes …

Background Despite improvements in multidisciplinary management, patients with biliary
tract cancer have a poor outcome. Only 20% of patients are eligible for surgical resection with …

There is growing concern about increased population, regional, and global extinctions of
species. A key question is whether extinction rates for one group of organisms are …