I review progress on investigations concerning top quark physics and QCD at a future linear e + e − collider that has been achieved since the presentation of the TESLA technical design report [1] in spring 2001. I concentrate on studies that have been presented during the workshop series of the Extended Joint ECFA/DESY Study on Physics and Detectors for a Linear Electron-Positron Collider. Abst...

INTRODUCTION Since 2001, harsh criticism of PowerPoint’s presentation slide structure has surfaced in several popular publications: “Absolute PowerPoint,” The New Yorker (Parker 2001); “PowerPoint Is Evil,” Wired (Tufte 2003b); “Is PowerPoint the Devil,” The Chicago Tribune (Keller 2003); and “Research Points the Finger at PowerPoint,” The Sydney Morning Herald (Patty 2007). Because Microsoft P...

Abstract Educational materials are closely related to educational (didactic) tools, as they allow their preparation and presentation. The production of technical higher education (engineering training) or can be approached from many perspectives. This article deals with some aspects this.

The basic structure of a reactor physics laboratory environment simulation software, developed using object modeling technique (OMT), and based on the reactor point kinetic equation, is presented. Also, various capabilities of the simulator in teaching the fundamental concepts of reactor physics are discussed. In this virtual laboratory, student can perform seven different experiments, ...

Since nature of architecture is quite different from that of other fields of study, the criteria used forjudging projects in this field continuously undergo some changes. On the other hand, because of the undeniable role ofhuman factors in judging the projects, there is always a percentage of deviation from the standard given the interestsof the judging committee. The standards of judging archi...

For security-emphasizing fields that deal with evidential data acquisition, processing, communication, storage and presentation, for instance network forensics, border security and enforcement surveillance, ultimately the outcome is not the technical output but rather physical prosecutions in court (e.g. of hackers, terrorists, law offenders) or counter-attack measures against the malicious adv...

Organizations producing products based on technical standards are interested in the factors that influence a customers’ intention to adopt that product, and accordingly that standard. In general, standards-based products are expected to be affected by factors similar to those that affect ordinary innovations, as described in Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations with the addition of a few factors in...