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An editorial last month on Bain Capital's investment in Guitar Center prompted an unusually high level of response. We noted that, like a number of other sophisticated investors in the [...]

The World Health Organisation has drawn up a shortlist of countries it's most concerned about during the pandemic. Tanzania is at the top. The government's lack of transparency during the [...]

New systems optimize radio frequency drying for the ceramic and glass fiber industries Radio frequency (RF) dryers have been utilized by the ceramic and glass fiber industries for a number [...]

Tourism could suffer as oil price volatility hits carriers' ability to plan profits, says Tom James More than 25,000 aircraft cross the skies of Europe every day, making up a [...]

Byline: Tom James From a vantage point of 6 feet, the dynamic loudspeaker appears unchanged from its inception 80 years ago. But deep inside the design based upon Rice and [...]

It's not the back-breaker it used to be. All you need is a little balance and a steady breeze. By now, you may have forgotten your first entanglement with windsurfing. […]

As the line between drug stores A and other retailers continues to blur, drug stores increasingly are competing with supermarkets and mass merchandisers in some product categories, and with convenience [...]

A review is offered for Fred's Place restaurant located in Sausalito in Marin County, California.

I enjoyed reading the article on bow testing in the August issue ["Bow Test '08"]. I noted the comment that the Hoyt Katera was "a bit on the loud side" […]

I am probably dating myself too much, but the strongest influences on me to become an engineer were my father the farmer, who seemingly invented something new every week out [...]

Many materials, including biological tissue, attenuate light mostly by scattering. Because the scattered field is exquisitely sensitive to perturbations, control over the distribution of light after strong scattering is challenging. Though wavefront-shaping techniques enable arbitrary generation of light distributions within strongly scattering or turbid media in principle, the input wavefront necessary for the chosen light distribution is generally unknown. Using two different computational models, we demonstrate a technique called virtual aperture culling of the eigenmodes of a resonator (VACER), which uses weak spatial filtering mechanisms for noninvasive light focusing at arbitrary positions within turbid media. Compatibility with weak spatial filtering mechanisms is critical to innocuously focusing light within turbid media. One model represents an ideal system and could be physically implemented in some scenarios with digital optical phase conjugation, while the other model simulates phase conjugation via gain saturation, and its physical realization would operate fast enough to avoid the effects of speckle decorrelation in biological tissue. Modeling results establish that sound physical principles underlie VACER.

The article discusses the responses to court-commissioned judicial bias surveys in the U.S. regarding judges' rules on fathers. It notes various surveys of state and federal judges' ruling on the custody of young children belonging to the mother. One survey suggests that nearly all lawyers believed that judges exercise prejudice against fathers. A study also suggests that majority of attorneys, both male and female, agreed that fathers often did not get fair treatment in custody proceedings.

The article reports that the results of archaeological excavations conducted in Perth, Scotland conducted in the 1970s have finally been released. Nicholas Bogdan, an urban rescue archaeologist, led the excavations in the royal burgh. He encouraged locals to work alongside professionals and local amateur volunteers. The excavation team unearthed what appeared to be the foundations of the old Parliament House. The team also discovered articles that suggest economic activity.

The article reports on the 20 million British pounds worth of redevelopment programme introduced at St. Mellion International Resort. Owners Crown Golf has redeveloped the resort emphasizing on community links, local suppliers, job creation and to generate a spend of more that 2 million British pounds per annum from overnight stays. Significant improvements were made to the fairways through irrigation, bunkering and pesticides management.

Osmium triphenylphosphine complexes, OsH4(PPh3)3, OsH2(CO)(PPh3)3and OsHCl(CO)(PPh3)3react with triphenyl phosphite in boiling organic solvents to yield triphenyl phosphite derivatives which subsequently undergo ortho-metallation reactions.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Fall's Forgotten Hunt," in the October 2008 issue, "Letting Go," in the September 2008 issue and "Jack O'Connor's Lost Rifles," in the October 2008 issue.

The article provides information about the importance of the Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) program by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in the U.S. The program aims to provide the people with the capability to support the local law enforcement agencies. It is also designed to strengthen the ability of the police organizations to extend their community-oriented operations through volunteering.

Focuses on the stonebridge or cribstone bridge in the Southeast Coast of Maine. What the bridge connects; Description of the bridge; When the bridge was completed.