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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0755.00016.] The author proves that for the smooth boundary \(M\) of a pseudoconvex relatively compact subdomain of a Stein space of dimension \(n\) with only isolated singularities, the cup product \(\bigotimes^ m_{j=1}H^{k_ j}(M,\mathbb{C})\to H^{\Sigma k^ m_{j=1}}(M,\mathbb{C})\) vanishes if \(k_ j<n-1\) and \(\Sigma k^ m_{j=1}>n\). Before proving this, he reproves a result of \textit{A. H. Durfee} and \textit{R. M. Hain} [Math. Ann. 280, No. 1, 69-83 (1988; Zbl 0617.14012)], which says that the cup product above vanishes, if \(k_ j\leq n-1\) and \(\Sigma k^ m_{j=1}\geq n\) and if \(M\) is the intersection of a model \(X_ \varepsilon\) of an isolated singular point 0 with a small sphere centered at 0. His idea of proof is to show that the map \(H^ k(\tilde X_ \varepsilon)\to H^ k\bigl(X_ \varepsilon-\{0\}\bigr)\cong H^ k(M)\) is surjective for \(k<n\) and is zero for \(k\geq n\), using a result of \textit{V. Navarro Aznar} [Astérisque 130, 272-307 (1985; Zbl 0599.14007)], where \(\tilde X_ \varepsilon\) is a resolution of singularities of \(X_ \varepsilon\). Then using the result of Durfee and Hain, the author proves the result above by means of Morse theory with respect to a nonnegative strictly plurisubharmonic exhaustion function on the Stein space whose zero set coincides with the singular locus. The author also shows that the conditions of his result cannot be relaxed in general by constructing a counter example, which is a Stein neighborhood of the \(n\)-torus \(| z_ 1|=\cdots=| z_ n|=1\) in \(\mathbb{C}^ n\).