A longitudinal space charge amplifier (LSCA), operating in soft x-ray regime, was recently proposed. Such an amplifier consists of a few amplification cascades (focusing channel and chicane) and a short radiator undulator in the end. The broadband nature of LSCA supports generation of few-cycle pulses as well as wavelength compression. In this paper we consider an application of these propertie...

Corporate governance seeks to ensure a fair return on the investment and it also establishes incentives and procedures that meet the interests of shareholders while respecting other stakeholders’ interests in the organization. Corporate governance has become one of the hottest topics of discussion in the circle of regulators, practitioners and academic in the aftermath of recent financial crisi...

Landmines are indiscriminate weapons of mass terror that detrimentally affect human beings, the ecological system they live in, the regional economy, and political stability. Despite the extensive nature of the impacts, the landmine crisis is almost exclusively advocated on the basis of human rights principles. A comprehensive framework that considers environmental degradation as a principal af...

The paper advances three main theses, drawn from a study of the Australian and US economies as far back as 1870. The fi rst is that two of the popular channels for explaining the degree of co-movement between economies, trade and structural similarity, would seem to be of little help in accounting for the extent of correlation between Australia and the US, or how this has changed over time. On ...

In the last decade, diamond single crystals have become valuable monochromators for high-heat-load X-ray synchrotron beamlines. However, due to imperfections in the diamond, the rocking curves of diamond crystals are wider (e.g, 30%) than the theoretical values. Proper etching of the diamond can reduce the effects of imperfections. We explore four etching techniques using synthetic diamonds of ...

Many years ago Elie Wiesel observed: “The mystery of goodness far exceeds the mystery of evil.” Mimi Schwartz, the American-born daughter of a refugee father from the village of Benheim (not its real name), Germany, has written an evocative memoir that explores the goodness of certain of the village’s Christians during the Holocaust. She seeks answers to two related questions: what accounted fo...