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The field of sleep disorders medicine is facing enormous challenges as it strives to gain recognition from the medical profession, the public and government. One of these challenges is to ensure that limited resources for diagnosis are used wisely. The authors argue that the standards for polysomnography developed by the Canadian Sleep Society and the Canadian Thoracic Society (see pages 1673 to 1678 of this issue) will go a long way toward ensuring that this expensive resource is used prudently. In the mean-time, more research is needed to determine valid measures of the impact of sleep disorders and to establish the reliability of different diagnostic methods.

Original issued in series: Bulletin / Saskatchewan. Dept. of Agriculture ; no. 41. ; Cover title. ; At head of title: Government of the Province of Saskatchewan. Department of Agriculture. Co-operative Organisation Branch. ; "Published by Direction of the Hon. C.A. Dunning, Minister of Agriculture." ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 44

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1. A Backward Glance: 1916-1938 -- 2. The Use of Air Power in Europe, 1942 -1945 : Should the Allies HaveWon theWar in Europe in 1944? -- 3. The United States and the Soviet Union, 1945-1989: The Hinge Was Poland -- 4. The Death of Stalin, 1953: The Timing May Have Been Off -- 5. Open Skies, 1955: A Useful Failure -- 6. Eisenhower and Kennedy on Foreign Aid, 1953-1963 : The White Hats Triumph after a Fashion -- 7. The Republic of Korea: My Marginal Association with a Miracle -- 8. The Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Efforts to Control Inflation, 1957-1972: Innovations Should Be Institutionalized -- 9. China, 1949–:Waiting for a Democratic Revolution -- 10. Vietnam and Southeast Asia: Should the Ho Chi Minh Trail Have Been Cut? -- 11. The Urban Problem, 1991–: Prevention versus Damage Control -- 12. Population, Modern Japan's Fourth Challenge: The Central Problem of the Twenty-first Century -- 13. The Long and Short Periods: A Possible Binding Thread -- 14. Two Final Reflections: One about the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries, the Other about the Individual and History -- Appendix A. Draft of Proposed U.S. Plan for a European Settlement: February 1946 -- Appendix B. The Question of East Germany Immediately after Stalin's Death -- Appendix C.Text of W.W. Rostow's Seoul National University Speech -- Appendix D. Andrews and Ortega Elementary Schools: Texas Academic Achievement Analysis, 1994 - 2001 -- Notes -- Index

Originally published in 1957, the original blurb reads: From these studies of the secret diplomacy surrounding the entry of Turkey and Italy into the First World War, emerges a picture of the complex machinery behind the obvious wheels of international politics. The activities of statesmen and diplomats are related to the ramifications of big business, banks, oil and armament companies. The story of each move and counter-move, told mostly in the actors' own words and with many quotations from actual memoranda and dispatches, is based on sources which are quite new. The Russian collections of confidential correspondence, which include foreign diplomatic dispatches intercepted and deciphered in Russia, and the latest Documenti Diplomatici Italiani are practically unknown to the British public. This material has been integrated with that taken from all the available collections of British, French, German, Austro-Hungarian and American diplomatic documents, official publications, contemporary periodicals and economic and financial data, and such mines of information as the diaries, recollections and private letters of those involved. This unusual combination of source material allows some general conclusions to be drawn as to the laws and logic of the diplomacy of power politics. The most striking fact, perhaps, is the diplomatic war among allies. The book brings out the deep-seated conflicts of interests in the German-Austro-Hungarian coalition, and those dividing Britain, France, Russia and Italy in the Near East, the Balkans and the Mediterranean. Another point of special interest is the inter-group and party struggle inside the countries for or against war; and another is the genesis of some of the fateful Secret Treaties which bedevilled the peace settlements of 1919-20.' Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- 1 Reflections on the Past and Future of Political Economy -- 2 The World Economy Since 1945: A Stylized Historical Analysis -- 3 The Rich Country-Poor Country Problem: From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Century -- 4 Long Cycles and Policy -- 5 A Perspective on the Global Economic Agenda -- 6 Toward a New Hemispheric Partnership -- 7 India and the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- 8 The Pacific Basin and the World Economy -- 9 Is There Need for Economic Leadership? Japanese or U.S.? -- 10 How the Cold War Might End -- Index.