AFFAIRS IN GLASGOW.

Silica research in Glasgow

The Glasgow group is involved in the construction of the GEO600 interferometer as well as in R&D activity on technology for advanced gravitational wave detectors. GEO600 will be the first GW detector using quasimonolithic silica suspensions in order to decrease thermal noise significantly with respect to steel wire suspensions. The results concerning GEO600 suspension mounting and performance w...

Diarrhoeal Diseases in Glasgow.

Interest in diarrhoeal disease was intensified following the appointment of a subcommittee on enteritis in infancy by the Preventive Medicine Committee of the Medical Research Council. I am indebted to Dr. A. S. M. Macgregor, a member of the committee, for the suggestion to compile this review of the prevalence of the diarrhoeal diseases in Glasgow, with special reference to non-specific enteri...

Smart Recompilation in Glasgow Haskell

This paper describes the system of interface files and recompilation checking in the Glasgow Haskell 1.3 Compiler. In developing this system our aim is to provide a separate compilation system which avoids unnecessary recompilation while performing significant inter-module optimisations. We associate a version number (based on the current timestamp) with each declaration and record the versions...

Illustrating health inequalities in Glasgow.

Behind the "Glasgow effect".

Michael Reid reports on how the Scottish city is tackling the stark inequities in its people's health.