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The reaction 96Mo(d, p)97Mo has been studied at 12 MeV using the tandem Van de Graaff accelerator and a multi-channel magnetic spectrograph at the Atomic Weapon Research Establishment, Aldermaston, England. Angular distributions of protons are measured at 12 different angles from 5° to 87.5° at an interval of 7.5° and the reaction products are detected in nuclear emulsion plates. Thirty levels in the energy range from 0.000 to 2.458 MeV have been observed and absolute differential cross-sections for these levels have been measured. The data are analyzed in terms of the distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA) theory of the direct reactions, and spins, parities and spectroscopic factors are deduced for various levels. Ambiguity in the spin assignments of d5/2 and d3/2 which is allowed in ln = 2(d, p) transition is removed by using the corresponding L-value of the 95 Mo(t, p)97Mo reaction at Et = 12 MeV. Determined value of the sum of spectroscopic factors for transfers of d5/2 neutrons suggests configuration mixing in the ground state of 96Mo. The properties of the levels in 97Mo are compared with previous experimental results and theoretical predictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, I argue that an attention to the absent past, and its demands, is very much part of what we do when we do justice. I also urge that identity, the sense of a shared something, is dependent on memory as an ingathering of the past. Where the community sees grave injustice in that past, that too can come to be an active force in the present. The ways in which this often benign and familiar part of politics metamorphoses into memory-fueled political violence is at the centre of that analysis. My task here is not to judge that violence, either in general or in the particular (Northern Irish) illustrations I draw on. Rather, my goal is to move beyond a view of memory politics, including its violent dimensions, that sees it from the outset as a kind of profound irrationality or madness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A popular claim that a chemical found in puffer fish (tetrodotoxin) as the possible crucial element in the creation of the zombies of Haitian folklore is challenged. Critics claim contrary evidence was ignored. How the hypothesis of Wade Davis, a botanist from Harvard University, concerning zombie creation, works. Background and critical response. Mystery of the zombies remains unsolved.

Biologist Peter Duesberg has gained a lot of public attention and stirred up the wrath of many former colleagues with his claims that HIV (human immunodeficiency viruses) is not the culprit behind AIDS. He thinks the cause is not an infectious agent, but rather sexual excess and drug abuse. Critics' arguments about his theories.

Aggressive and sexual behavior was studied in 5-minute paired encounters between testosterone-treated castrated bows and estrogen-treated ovariectomized gilts. The boars were either 15 kg heavier (N=6),or lighter (N = 6)than the gifts (N = 8) Tests were carried out over a 4-week period, during which time each boar was paired once with each gilt; the procedure was replicated over a further 4 weeks. Gilts usually initiated the aggression, especially in the first 4-week period; however, the degree of aggression was positively correlated with body size, irrespective of sex. Aggression was reduced in the second 4-week period in both sexes in tests with large, but not with small, boats. Large boars were more sexually active than small bows, and their sexual performance improved markedly with time, unlike that of the small boars. Champing was positively correlated with aggression duration in pigs of both seen, and salivation was seen more often in boars than gilts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, San Francisco, Calif., was meant to prove that magnetic mirrors could be used to produce a commercial fusion reactor. The MFTF-B has been put on standby because of budget restrictions before it was ever used. Controversy regarding the mirror program.

Aggressive and sexual behaviour was studied in 5-min paired encounters between castrated prepubertal boars (N = 14) and normal (N = 2) or bulbectomized (N = 2) oestrogen-treated ovariectomized gilts. The boars were made sexually active by treatment with 17βoestradiol + 5α-dihydrotestosterone. Half of the boars were sprayed on the snout with a solution containing a mixture of the boar pheromones 3α-androstenol and 5α-androstenone immediately before testing, and the remainder were treated with the vehicle solution. Aggression was almost always initiated by the gilts, and neither bulbectomy nor pheromone treatment of the boars reduced its occurrence. The results suggest that the display of aggression by gilts towards boars of similar body size is unlikely to be suppressed by the steroidal pheromones present in boar saliva. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper summarizes the findings of a research study that set out to explore how people who were brought up in a family headed by a parent or parents with learning difficulties managed the transition to adulthood. The authors focus on four key issues arising from their research: resilience in children, the notion of parental competence, the importance of family and the effects of social exclusion. Implications for policy and practice are also addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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