The paper is interesting because it explores a relatively new aspect of the study of radon signals. The site chosen is undoubtedly suitable for monitoring radon emission avoiding many of the environmental influences that usually affect geogas emissions and soil radon in particular. The data shown have been carefully acquired and the techniques used are sound and well known. Data have been analy...

The old saying, " prevention is better than cure," is one, the truth of which has long been recognised, and which has for long been applied to many branches of medicine. Till recent years however but little has been done in this direction towards the prevention of the diseases it is proposed to discuss briefly in this article. Much undoubtedly can be done towards the prevention of such conditio...

recognise that longer consultations are needed in general practice. This will undoubtedly need reorganisation within practices, butwe have been able to offer 15minute appointments as standard for 8 years inourpracticewithhugebenefits for ourselves, and we are confident, for patients’ too.2 There is now substantial continued evidence that longer consultations can improve quality of care.3 With e...

3 Introduction The food processing industry is increasingly becoming an important sector in developing countries for its role in generating employment and attracting foreign investment. During the period 1980-91, the food industry (including tobacco and beverages) grew at a rate of 87% in developing nations (doubling in many Asian countries) compared to only 20% in developed countries. Moreover...

Recent studies suggest psychological differences between conservatives and liberals, including that conservatives are more overconfident. We use a behavioral political economy model to show that while this is undoubtedly true for election years in the current era, there is no reason to believe that conservative ideologies are intrinsically linked to overconfidence. Indeed, it appears that in 19...

The approach outlined above for describing and reporting sonographic features of breast masses represents only the initial step in the development of a comprehensive system to enhance the accurate identification, reporting, and analysis of sonographic abnormalities of the breast. Future revisions, with validation of interobserver consistency in application of these descriptors across multiple c...

This article presents a detailed study of the photodissociation probability of D 2 for a wide range of photon energy. One dimensional numerical calculations have been performed to provide the best possible physical quantities that characterize the vibrational trapping or bond hardening effect during the photodissociation dynamics. These results undoubtedly show that the nodes of the nuclear vib...

Contributions in biogeochemical research have immensely benefited humankind, including enhanced food production and the quality of our environment. This overview paper focuses on recent breakthroughs in elucidating biogeochemical processes in soils and other natural materials and delineates frontiers for the present decade and beyond. Frontiers will undoubtedly involve multiple spatial and temp...

Fra Ambroz Testen (1897-1984) is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing self-taught painter in modern Croatian art. His work if full of contrasted colours, light and dark, blurred and clear shapes. What do his pieces tell us about his personality? Relying on the psychodynamic analytical model, we can identify manifestations of unconscious psyche in creative expression. This article describes th...

Ridesharing is undoubtedly appealing from a sustainability perspective; however, profit optimization is very important for commercial providers. As such, ridesharing offers a valuable opportunity to garner profit by reducing the number of driver-miles that need to be paid for in order to serve the same set of passengers. In this paper, we study profit optimization for commercial ridesharing ser...