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Guidelines Abstracts for COOLNEWS are solicited for papers that have been recently accepted by or submitted to refereed journals, and for recent Ph.D. theses. Abstracts for conference proceedings articles are not posted in COOLNEWS. The subject matter should pertain directly to cool stars (spectral types F,G,K,M or L), substellar objects, or the sun. Both theoretical and observational abstracts...

This is the seventh edition of the Colorado State University (CSU)-CHILL newsletter which we distribute on an annual basis, near the start of the academic year. The newsletter is intended to provide information to the community regarding research, education, and refurbishment activities of the CSUCHILL facility. In April 1995 Colorado State University was awarded a second five-year Cooperative ...

The managers of beach businesses were randomly assigned to receive no intervention or two newsletters per week for 6 weeks that presented economic consequences of damage to coastal water quality and how to contact politicians. The percentage of proenvironmental political contacts was significantly greater in the experimental (newsletter) group than in the control group. Logistical regression sh...

Each month, Thomas J. Lewis, President and Chief Executive Officer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, distributes a pithy two-page newsletter, entitled Target Quality.1 An issue published last May focused on the work of our pharmacy department. In his message, Mr. Lewis wrote: “Our most important strategic objective is the safe and efficient distribution of medication to our patients.”1 I...

A Message from the Director Steven Ealick Welcome to the latest edition of NE-CAT Communications, our biannual newsletter. NE-CAT concludes 2009 very successfully with excellent scientific productivity and improvements in all areas. The installation of an improved ALS-style sample automounter on the 24-ID-E monochromatic beamline is complete and the improvements have received rave reviews from ...

Swiss Experiment: an e-science platform for interdisciplinary collaboration in environmental research 14 The contribution of satellite remote sensing to the monitoring of cryosphere in mountains 17 High Elevations working group: a new element of the Coordinated Energy and water cycle Observation Project 21 Impressum The Mountain Research Initiative c/ This Newsletter comes out twice a year. Edi...