Resolving community noise problems demands not just accurate data about noise impacts but also requires an effective means of communicating this information to decision makers. The Interactive Sound Information System (ISIS) is a “new media” package designed to explain and de-mystify the complex metrics used to describe noise impacts. Central to the ISIS package is the idea that “real” noise ex...

After 10 years of follow-up of a cohort of adolescents and young adults living in Munich, Tijssen et al (pp. 102–108) found that the persistence of affective symptoms earlier in life predicted later development of bipolar disorder in a dose–response fashion. They confirmed that although hypomanic symptoms are relatively common in adolescence, most resolve with time. In a Swedish national cohort...