Our Second Issue

Our centenary issue

Special Issue: Remembering Our Roots

Dr. Sidney Katz’s legacy to the field of gerontology is internationally recognized as his success at developing standardized measures and processes, beginning with the activities of daily living index, for the functional assessment of older adults with chronic conditions necessitating long-term services and supports. That work served as the bedrock for his subsequent major accomplishments, whic...

Presbycusis: A Critical Issue in Our Community

Hearing is an important sensation to the elderly as it promotes their quality of life and maintains their safety and wellness. For example, healthy hearing lets the elderly catch alarm sounds, stay alert to danger whilst asleep, listen in the dark, detect sounds from behind, communicate efficiently with other people, and maintain links to the world via telephone and radio, especially after reti...

Introduction to the second issue

Following the theme initiated in the rst issue of QIC, in this second issue, we include invited review papers on the current status of achieving entanglement in experiments. Here we include a paper on photon entanglement and its applications by Wolfgang Tittel and Gregor Weihs and a paper on entanglement of atomic ions by Cass Sackett. A subsequent issue will include papers on entanglement in t...

Preface to the Second Issue

Preface to the Second Issue As the world moves steadily to become a knowledgebased economy, education and learning have never been more important. Technology is playing an increasingly crucial role in the delivery of education, which in turn is driving research into the search for better technological solutions. The age of intelligent environments is bringing such pedagogical advances as smart ...