This report describes a man versus man semiconductor laser weapon fire simulation system that eliminates the requirement that the trainee wear on his body numerous laser detectors that impede his motion and are subject to damage. The system utilizes retroreflective material and two transmitted eyesafe laser beams. The first beam, when reflected, ascertains a hit and the second broad beam commun...

This article seeks primarily to highlight the first level of introspective stage Saint Bonaventure’s Aesthetics, as highlighted in Chapter 3 his Itinerarium mentis Deum. According this Franciscan philosopher, if man considers three spiritual powers, memory, intelligence, and will inside soul, he be able contemplate intellectually though a mirror God one triune, because those powers are images C...

The potential dangers of exposure to X-rays were apparent early after the first clinical applications, prompting the eventual development of standards regarding exposure. Physicians performing interventional procedures that are guided by X-rays are not immune to these potential dangers despite remaining outside of the primary beam. Contemporary studies regarding deleterious subclinical and clin...