The forum provided participants with opportunities to exchange experiences, identify best practices, and discuss ideas for further work on the issues by the ISAR Group.

The book focuses on the transdisciplionary context of self-reference within postmodern culture and examines original studies from the worlds of print advertising, photography, film television, computer games, media art, web art, body art, and music.

Review of production and trade in silk, silk yarn, silk fabrics, silk clothing and ccessories - gives an overview of world data, significant countries, product trends, consumption, generic promotion of silk.

This book focuses on recent advances in the rapidly evolving field of single molecule research.

Social Monitor 2003 reviews recent socio-economic trends in the 27 countries of Central and Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

This publication is aimed at demographers, economists, medical researchers, sociologists, policy makers, administrators, students, students, scientists and teaching staff as well as all those who are interested in population ageing and in the situation of seniors in Latvia.

The present report complements other works dedicated to older ages in Switzerland in providing an overall picture of the main, basic, aspects of the life conditions of seniors in a context of population ageing.

Guide dealing with dynamics of the global textiles and clothing supply chain, and why and how garment manufacturers need to depelop alternative sourcing and supply nanagement approches - reviews historical background.

It is addressed to Government officials, corporate executives, representatives of non-governmental organizations, officials of international agencies and researchers.

The authors describe the building bloks of an alternative economy that will satisfy human needs while preserving the environment.