Constraints on the core temperature (T c) of the Sun and on neutrino-oscillation parameters are obtained from the existing solar neutrino data, including the recent GALLEX and Kamiokande III results. (1) A purely astrophysical solution to the solar neutrino problem is strongly disfavored by the data: the best fit in a cooler Sun model requires an 8% reduction in T c , but the χ 2 test rejects t...

Purpose – This paper seeks to describe a framework used to help MBA students understand and reconcile the different sustainability perspectives. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the corporate sustainability literature is undertaken to develop the sustainability framework. Findings – The sustainability framework relates basic concepts and assumptions within the ecocentric, ecological mo...

Pd-catalysed C-C bond formation is an essential tool within the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. Many of these reactions rely heavily on polar aprotic solvents; however, despite their utility, these solvents are incompatible with the drive towards more sustainable chemical synthesis. Herein, we describe the scope and limitations of an alternative to DMF derived from renewable sources...

A Conro reconfigurable robot is formed by joining a set of self-contained modules in a particular configuration; the actions of the robot are the result of the coordinated actions of its modules. These actions can be controlled using a master-slave approach only i f the master can m a p the particular configuration of the robot to one that it already knows how t o control. In this paper we disc...

Peter D. Jacobson Introduction For the past 20 years, I have been teaching various law courses, mostly to public health students. At the RAND Graduate School, I taught two courses to Ph.D. candidates: one on law and social science, and then a course on law and epidemiology (co-listed with the UCLA School of Public Health). Each year since 1996 at the University of Michigan School of Public Heal...

We develop a variational scheme in a field theoretic approach to a stochastic process. While various stochastic processes can be expressed by master equations, in general it is difficult to solve the master equations exactly, and it is also hard to solve the master equations numerically because of the curse of dimensionality. The field theoretic approach has been used in order to study such com...

The main function of haptic teleoperation is to provide the user with force feedback from a remote environment. Use of a passive haptic master complicates the replication of remote forces due to the limitations of passive actuators. An active master can drive its endpoint anywhere in the workspace and produce forces limited by the output of the motors. In a passive system the position of the ma...