A hardware implementation of the mathematical algorithm for quantum mechanics is outlined. This “high-tech” enterprise is based on “interactive holography”, an operational entourage that makes quantum mechanics a “normal” science. The holographic reference beam introduces an additional coordinate of phase leading to the description of states by the four-component vectors: |ψ>. Quantum mechanics...

The image intensifier has become an essential part of the orthopaedic surgeon's armamentarium. Its increasing use, however, may expose medical staff and theatre personnel to high doses of radiation. The aim of this study was to assess the compliance of surgeons and staff with radiation protection protocols, especially the use of the thyroid shield and to calculate the radiation exposure dose du...

Theatre is a web-based computing system designed for the comparative analysis of genomic sequences, especially with respect to motifs likely to be involved in the regulation of gene expression. Theatre is an interface to commonly used sequence analysis tools and biological sequence databases to determine or predict the positions of coding regions, repetitive sequences and transcription factor b...

Although theoretical models of the structure of narrative arising from systematic analysis of corpora are available for domains such as Russian folk tales, there are no such sources for the plot lines of musical theatre. The present paper reports an effort of knowledge elicitation for features that characterise the narrative structure of plot in the particular domain of musical theatre. The fol...

Plastic and rubber tubing, of the types used frequently to convey anaesthetic gases to and from the patient, or anaesthetic waste gases out of the operating theatre, were assessed for their capacity to allow diffusion of halothane through the tube wall. The magnitude of this effect has been calculated in relation to pollution of the operating theatre atmosphere under different circumstances.

This excellent volume of eleven essays, plus an editorial introduction, is based mainly, although not exclusively, on papers given at 'The Edwardian Stage' Conference held in 1992 at Vancouver Island, Canada. The collection advances research in the field of Edwardian theatre and performance studies, and successfully combines scholarship with an accessible style, making the essays both highly in...