Vision of relevant technologic progress for the next two decades

Two Decades of Near‐Surface Seismology Progress

Shallow seismic methods have matured noticeably over the two decades since the first SAGEEP was held in 1988. At that time, the world’s scientific literature contained no more than a dozen refereed papers on shallow (less then 30 meters deep) reflection, but now there are hundreds of such examples. Analysis of surface waves was done with two-channel seismic systems in the 1980’s, whereas seismo...

Striatal signaling: two decades of progress

The striatum and its ventral extension the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) are the main inputs structure of the basal ganglia circuit (Figure 1). While the striatum appears to be essential for the selection and initiation of actions and for the learning of habits and skills, the NAcc seems to be more involved in motivation and reward. Interestingly, dysfunctional plasticity of these structures has bee...

the evaluation and comparison of two esp textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine

abstract this study evaluated and compared medical terminology and english for the students of medicine (ii) as two representatives of the textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine. this research was performed on the basis of a teacher’s and a number of students’ attitudes and the students’ needs analysis for two reasons: first, to investigate...

Two Decades of Progress for Minorities in Aviation

Diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has historically lagged behind that which is found in other vocational paths. Aviation has also suffered poor diversity with virtually no participation among professional pilots. With both the literature specifying the benefits of diversity in the aviation workplace and potential shortages of pilots looming, it...

Rectal cancer: progress over the past two decades.