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The Color Glass Condensate: an overview

The Color Glass Condensate is a theory of the dynamical properties of partons in the Regge limit of QCD: x_{\rm Bj}\to 0$,$Q^2 >> \Lambda_{\rm QCD}^2={\rm fixed} and the center of mass energy squared s\to \infty. We provide a brief introduction to the theoretical ideas underlying the Color Glass Condensate and discuss the application of these ideas to high energy scattering in QCD.Comment: 8 pages, Plenary talk at Hard Probes 2004, Ericeira, Portugal, Nov.4th-10th, 200

Catalytic Methods for Direct Access to Chiral High-Added-Value Products

This account summarizes the activities of the first three years of our young research group working in the field of homogeneous asymmetric catalysis

Barriers to using consumer science information in food technology innovations: An exploratory study using Delphi methodology

Food technology innovation has the potential to deliver many benefits to society, although some technologies have been problematic in terms of public acceptance. In promoting the commercial success of innovative technological processes and resultant products it will be important to incorporate information relating to consumer preferences and concerns during their development. The barriers to the utilisation of consumer information during technological development was explored using a two round Delphi study involving 75 experts with an interest in new food technology (food technologists and consumer scientists). There was overall agreement that consumer information should be used in technology implementation and product design, and that good communication between key actors at pivotal stages during the development of new food technologies and products was important. However disciplinary differences were perceived to be a barrier to communication, as were difficulties associated with producing consumer information usable by food technologists. A strategy to improve inter-disciplinary communication is proposed, involving the creation of multi-disciplinary teams working together throughout the development project's duration, including those with interdisciplinary experience. Deficiencies in the specification of the information required from consumer scientists need to be overcome. Consumer science results need to be concrete and presented as salient to and usable by food technologists

trans-Diaqua­bis(ethyl­enediamine-κ2 N,N′)copper(II) bis[3-(3-pyrid­yl)propionate] dihydrate

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Cu(C2H8N2)2(H2O)2](C8H8NO2)2·2H2O, contains one anion, one half-cation and one water mol­ecule. The CuII atom in the [Cu(en)2(H2O)2]2+ cation (en is ethyl­enediamine) lies on an inversion centre. The four N atoms of the en ligands in the equatorial plane around the CuII atom form a slightly distorted square-planar arrangement, while the slightly distorted Jahn–Teller octa­hedral coordination is completed by two water O atoms in axial positions. In the crystal structure, intra- and inter­molecular N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form a three-dimensional network

Development and evaluation of a hand held computer based on-call pack for health protection out of hours duty: A pilot study

BACKGROUND: The on call service for health protection in most parts of the UK is provided by general public health consultants, registrars and nurses as the first tier of response backed up by medical consultants in health protection. The first tier responder usually carries a large bag of papers containing both local and national guidance on the management of common cases/incidents. An electronic on call pack may provide a suitable practical alternative to large paper based systems and help professionals deliver out of hours health protection advice and response to incidents. METHODS: We developed and piloted an electronic on call pack in Hertfordshire for use at the health protection unit level containing key local and national guidelines, contact information and useful references. The on-call pack was initially piloted using a laptop and more recently using a personal digital assistant (PDA). The use of the on-call pack was evaluated. RESULTS: Key advantages of the electronic system include reduced size, faster access to information that is clearly indexed and the relative ease of updating information. As part of the pilot, the electronic on call pack was presented to a local and regional training meeting with good response from participants using qualitative and quantitative methods. CONCLUSION: It is anticipated that with suitable evaluation this system can be adapted and utilised by other health protection practitioners. This system provides a fast, reliable and easily maintained source of information for the public health on-call team

Weak lensing, dark matter and dark energy

Weak gravitational lensing is rapidly becoming one of the principal probes of dark matter and dark energy in the universe. In this brief review we outline how weak lensing helps determine the structure of dark matter halos, measure the expansion rate of the universe, and distinguish between modified gravity and dark energy explanations for the acceleration of the universe. We also discuss requirements on the control of systematic errors so that the systematics do not appreciably degrade the power of weak lensing as a cosmological probe.Comment: Invited review article for the GRG special issue on gravitational lensing (P. Jetzer, Y. Mellier and V. Perlick Eds.). V3: subsection on three-point function and some references added. Matches the published versio