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This unpublished report describes an examination of artifacts assoicated with the "Ice Man." Artefacts associated with the mummified remains of the "Ice Man" now familiarly known as Otzi, were examined in November 1993 at the Romisch-Germanischen Zenrtalmuseum (Romano-German Central Museum, RGZM) in Maniz, Germany. Optical microscopy and simple chemical screening were used to detect the presence of organic use-residues. Approximately 70 hours of microscopic examination were carried out in Mainz in late November 1993 and 720 photomicrograph exposes were made. These photographs were recorded as 74 submect groups which comprise 56 samples (including 7 hair samples from the skin clothing and three samples of potential surface contaminants) were removed and taken to Australia for further analysis. A screening test that detects hemoglobin was used to test residue extracts from locations selected during the microscopic examination. The results of this analysis confirmed the presence of blood, hairs, collagen and starches on the tools and provided samples for further detailed analyses. This report sets out the methods used, summarizes the results of microscopy and chemical screening.

As part of a longitudinal research study, families of children with leukemia were provided with a psychosocial intervention program over a two-year period. This paper describes the approaches used at specific times during the illness: diagnosis and initial treatment, early outpatient treatment, later outpatient treatment, remission, relapse, and death. the goals of the intervention strategies were to facilitate: an understanding of the realities of the illness; management of emotional distress; and utilization of resources to care for the child, attend to other responsibilities, and support and communicate with one another.

This dissertation consists of three essays on auditing and current regulatory changes in financial reporting. The first essay investigates empirically how audit firms’ compensation policies are associated with audit quality provided by individual auditors. The second and third essay illustrates, evaluates and analyzes current proposals for reforms from the US PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) and from ESMA (European Securities and Market Authority). Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus drei Aufsätzen zu Wirtschaftsprüfung sowie zu aktuellen regulatorischen Änderungen bezüglich der Berichterstattung finanzieller Informationen. Der erste Aufsatz untersucht empirisch, wie Vergütungsstrukturen in Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaften mit der Prüfungsqualität individueller Wirtschaftsprüfer assoziiert ist. Der zweite und dritte Aufsatz stellt aktuelle Reformvorschläge der US-amerikanischen PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) sowie der ESMA (European Securities and Market Authority) dar, bewertet und analysiert diese.