In light of the recent data from BES collaboration for χc0 → V V , PP and SS, and from CLEO-c for ηη, η′η′ and ηη′, we present a detailed analysis of the decays of heavy quarkonia into light meson pairs such as χc0,2 → V V , PP and SS in a recently proposed parametrization scheme. An overall agreement with the data is achieved in χc0,2 → V V and PP , while in χc0 → SS we find that a possible ex...

Joseph Mali, a historian of ideas, might not have heard of folklore as an academic discipline. He does not index the term, nor does he indicate in any other way his awareness of the existence of folklore as scholarship. In this entire volume, he mentions "folklore" only three or four times: twice in connection with the traditions of nonliterate societies (pp. 102, 139), and once (p. 197) in ref...

Given a nonnegative integer r, a no-hole (r+1)-distant coloring, called Nr-coloring, of a graph G is a function that assigns a nonnegative integer (color) to each vertex such that the separation of the colors of any pair of adjacent vertices is greater than r, and the set of the colors used must be consecutive. Given r and G, the minimum Nr-span of G, nspr(G), is the minimum difference of the l...

BOOK Scientific Committee: Seija Aaltonen (Finland), Marco O. Bertelli (Italy), Annette Borkfelt (Denmark), Roger Banks (United Kingdom), Raymond Ceccotto (Luxembourg), Ken Courtenay (United Kingdom), Johan De Groef (Belgium), Anton Došen (The Netherlands), Knut Hoffmann (Germany), Sheila Hollins (United Kingdom), Milivoj Kramaric (Croatia), Stefano Lassi (Italy), Rosa Maria Neto (Portugal), Ca...

Shared care in mental health is now a policy imperative in England and Wales, yet its meaning, form and function are still open to debate. In this article, I discuss the benefits of and barriers to a shared care approach, explain how policy is currently driving practice in this area, discuss recent shared care initiatives and highlight some of the tensions inherent in the approach, particularly...

Bertrand PP, Bertrand RL. Teaching basic gastrointestinal physiology using classic papers by Dr. Walter B. Cannon. Adv Physiol Educ 31: 136–139, 2007; doi:10.1152/advan.00112.2006.—The movements of the gastrointestinal tract, as described by Walter B. Cannon 100 years ago, reveal much about the functions of this unique organ and how it is controlled by the body. Two classic papers by Cannon pro...