This is a somewhat curious little book which was intended to be a concise note-book for medical, dental and other students to give them a brief idea of the subject before they attend their lectures and practical classes. It is no doubt a novel and ingenious idea on which the author may be congratulated. Blank pages have been put in so that students may draw diagrams from what they actually see ...

Hydrophylic fumed silica AR974 was tested as a potential nanofiller for the production of composite isotactic polypropylene filaments/fibers (containing 0.25–2 vol % of nanoparticles) via melt compounding and subsequent hot drawing. The objectives of this study were as follows: (i) to investigate the effects of the composition and the processing conditions on the microstructure and the thermal ...

Using a dataset of over 1.9 million messages posted on Twitter by about 25,000 ISIS members, we explore how ISIS makes use of social media to spread its propaganda and to recruit militants from the Arab world and across the globe. By distinguishing between violence-driven, theological, and sectarian content, we trace the connection between online rhetoric and key events on the ground. To the be...