We read with great pleasure ISPOR’s new journal, Value in Health Regional Issues, which had been devoted to the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa (CEEWAA) [1]. We do believe that ISPOR’s strategic decision on releasing this journal and providing space for scholars from less developed regions of the world for publishing their findings in the field of health economic...

The direct space-to-time (DST) pulse shaping apparatus is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The discussion shows how the operation of the DST pulse shaper may be understood in terms of the femtosecond response of a generalized spectrometer. A complete discussion of the advantages and tradeoffs of utilizing this pulse-shaping configuration is given, including the direct scaling...

In this paper, recent progress made in the design and development of an all-solid-state, single longitudinal mode, conductively cooled Nd:YAG laser operating at 1064 nm wavelength for UV lidar for ozone sensing applications is presented. Currently, this pump laser provides an output pulse energy of >1.1 J/pulse at 50 Hz PRF and a pulsewidth of 22 ns. The spatial profile of the output beam is a ...

This study reports on the design of small footprint, integrated polarization filters based on engineered photonic lattices. Using a rods-in-air lattice as a basis for a TE filter and a holes-in-slab lattice for the analogous TM filter, we are able to maximize the degree of polarization of the output beams up to 98% with a transmission efficiency greater than 75%. The proposed designs allow not ...

Falls and injuries related to falls are one of the most common health problems among older people and are becoming increasingly more frequent. Regular exercise has been identified as one of the most effective fall-prevention activities for older people; however, awareness of the impact of exercise programmes and adherence to recommended exercise among the elderly population is generally low. Re...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Co(C(36)H(44)N(4))]·2C(7)H(5)NO(3), is composed of one half of the complex, arranged about an inversion center, and a complete 2-nitro-benzaldehyde (NBA) mol-ecule. The structure consists of columns that contain inter-leaved mol-ecules of NBA and [Co(II)(OEP)] (OEP is 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octa-ethyl-porphyrin), which are stacked along the a axis. The C...

The reactivity of the novel family of metalloporphyrin dimers containing a Rh-In bond towards alkyl halides is presented. The chemical reactivity of the homoleptic (same porphyrin ligand) and heteroleptic (different porphyrin ligand) porphyrin complexes with Rh-In metal-metal bond has been examined by photoand thermal-processes in the presence of alkyl halides under anaerobic conditions in the ...