Fostering Periodical Studies

Of Recent Periodical Literature

The demography of Sandwich in this period has attracted attention from previous historians but has not been systematically studied. This article goes some way towards rectifying this situation by tracing the town’s growth from c. 1,500–1,700 in the mid-sixteenth century to c. 5,500 by 1610, population growth ending during the 1630s after which decline set in, the 1671 Hearth Tax suggesting a po...

On the Challenges in Fostering Adoption via Empirical Studies

This paper outlines some of the issues in fostering adoption via empirical studies. There has been a welcomed shift in recent years towards the use of evidence-based techniques to support arguments of efficacy of proposed software engineering tools and techniques. When available, such objective indicators can provide a strong argument for (or against) the adoption of a particular approach. Unfo...

The Polanyi Society Periodical

A Periodical of Particle Physics

Life Cycle in Periodical Cicadas

-Several lines of evidence suggest that the 13-year life cycle is genetically dominant over the 17-year life cycle in periodical cicadas. They are: (1) 13-year dominance best predicts the decline of 17 -year Brood X, and concomitant increase in Brood XIX in the midwest, following a hypothesized 1868 hybridization with 13-year Brood XIX through assimilation of heterozygotes into Brood XIX; (2) t...