The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation search (MINOS) uses two detectors separated by 735 km to measure a beam of neutrinos created by the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The experiment has recently reported an observation [1] of νμ disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. We describe the manner in which the experiment’s resul...

Oscillations in stomatal resistance to viscous air flow have been recorded in the juvenile and adult sclerophylls of Eucalyptus umbra R. T. Baker, in both controlled and natural environments. Under constant illumination, temperature, and humidity, irregular oscillations in stomatal resistance with a periodicity of approximately 20 to 30 minutes occurred spontaneously, when the soil water potent...

The Egypt Human Development Report 2003 does not take account of the impact of the environment on human development indicators. A case study was made in one village in El-Montaza district, Alexandria governorate, Egypt. The environmental indicators used for calculating the human development index were access to safe water, access to sanitation and environment surrounding the house. The human de...

The two most prominent and ubiquitous features of glasses at low temperatures, namely the presence of tunneling two-level systems and the so-called boson peak in the reduced vibrational density of states, are shown to persist essentially unchanged in highly stabilized glasses, contrary to what was usually envisaged. Specifically, we have measured the specific heat of 110 million-year-old amber ...

Analysis of the 140-year historical record suggests that the inverse relationship between the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian summer monsoon (weak monsoon arising from warm ENSO event) has broken down in recent decades. Two possible reasons emerge from the analyses. A southeastward shift in the Walker circulation anomalies associated with ENSO events may lead to a reduced sub...

We review the status of several phenomenological topics of current interest in neutrino oscillations: (i) Solar neutrino oscillations after the first Sudbury Neutrino Observatory measurements, including both model-independent and model-dependent results; (ii) Dominant νμ → ντ oscillations of atmospheric and K2K neutrinos, and possible subdominant oscillations induced by either extra states or e...

Pancontinental droughts in North America, or droughts that simultaneously affect a large percentage of the geographically and climatically distinct regions of the continent, present significant on-the-ground management challenges and, as such, are an important target for scientific research. The methodology of paleoclimate-model data comparisons is used herein to provide a more comprehensive un...

The Colorado River system exhibits the characteristics of a heavily over-allocated or 'closing water system'. In such systems, development of mechanisms to allow resource users to acknowledge interdependence and to engage in negotiations and agreements becomes necessary. Recently, after a decade of deliberations and environmental assessments, the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCD...

L’appendagite épiploïque primitive: une cause rare de douleur abdominal Issam Yazough, Hecham El bouhadouti, Khalid Mazaz Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Département de Chirurgie, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc Corresponding author: Issam Yazough, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Département de Chiru...

This is an account of a general helminthological survey of Southern Rhodesia, a tract of country 151,000 square miles in area with a native population of 1,040,000, with 48,000 Europeans and about 4,000 Asiatics. The time occupied in this extensive work was only nine months, and the technical staff apparently only consisted of Dr. Blackie and Mr. McDonald. As a consequence of attempting such a ...