The high luminosity Interaction Regions (IRs) are an important part of the lattice in colliding beam machines. The performance of the collider may depend significantly on the particular design of the IRs. In this paper we discuss the general principles of IR design and apply these principles to the design of the Superconducting Super Collider Interaction Regions.

The literature contains many measurements of the fatigue properties of compact bone, but these experimental results have been difficult to interpret and use due to a large amount of apparent scatter: variation in the number of cycles to failure for a given cyclic stress or strain range. Recently Taylor (1998a, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 16, 163-169) showed that much of this scatter could ...

Impact microindentation is a novel method for measuring the resistance of cortical bone to indentation in patients. Clinical use of a handheld impact microindentation technique is expanding, highlighting the need to standardize the measurement technique. Here, we describe a detailed standard operation procedure to improve the consistency and comparability of the measurements across centers.

This paper presents a proposal to develop “Sustainability and Social Commitment" skills (SSC) in engineering degree curricula. The proposal is based on providing general education in SSC to teachers (in particular, the relationship between SSC and their field of knowledge) and SSC-related material for each subject, as well as developing learning and assessment methods for these skills. Unlike o...

The popular compact disk entitled Auditory Demonstrations, sponsored by the Acoustical Society of America, includes a number of demonstrations that lead to quantitative results. Those demonstrations are evaluated here in the context of a sizeable class in a lecture room. Demonstrations concern masking, loudness, and pitch; specifically they are numbers 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, ...