Detailed gene mapping data are provided for members of a Yugoslavian and Canadian family with a thalassemia heterozygosity characterized by mild anemia with severe microcytosis and hypochromia, normal levels of Hb A₂ and slightly raised Hb F levels. The condition in both families results from large deletions (minimally ∼ 148 kb in the Yugoslavian family and minimally ∼185 kb in the Canadian family), which include all functional and ψ genes of the β globin gene cluster. The Canadian propositus was a newborn baby who has been followed for nearly 2 years; severe anemia developed some 30-40 days after birth when the Hb F level was still 70%; recovery was evident at the age of 90 days when the Hb F level had decreased to 40%.

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The use of concessions and public-private partnerships (PPPs) to finance public investments is often motivated by government's desire to avoid borrowing and any increase of the budget deficit and general government debt. The purpose of this paper is to show the statistical treatment of transactions resulting from concession and PPP contracts, which-due to the shortage of budgetary revenues-could be used more frequently in the financing of projects of national interest in the Republic of Croatia.