Room to Manoeuvre: Challenges of Linking Humanitarian Action and Post-Conflict Recovery in the New Global Security Environment

human development, aid, trade, security

Liquid nitrogen blackbody for spectral emittance studies

Cryogenic black body used in spectral emittance of rock

Consistency of spectroscopic factors from (e,e'p) reactions at different momentum transfers

The possibility to extract relevant information on spectroscopic factors from (e,e$'$p) reactions at high $Q^2$ is studied. Recent ${}^{16}$O(e,e$'$p) data at $Q^2 = 0.8$ (GeV/$c)^2$ are compared to a theoretical approach which includes an eikonal description of the final-state interaction of the proton, a microscopic nuclear matter calculation of the damping of this proton, and high-quality quasihole wave functions for $p$-shell nucleons in ${}^{16}{\rm O}$. Good agreement with the $Q^2 = 0.8$ (GeV/$c)^2$ data is obtained when spectroscopic factors are employed which are identical to those required to describe earlier low $Q^2$ experiments.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures in .eps format, submitted to Phys. Rev.

Evaluation of maize and hemp cultivars as bioenergy crop

We are cultivating annual and perennial crops as monoculture and as mixed culture to investigate plant biomass use for production of renewable energy sources in northern latitudes. We have grown different hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) and bioenergy maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars in 2007-2009 at Viikki Experimental Farm, University of Helsinki

There\u27s A Long, Long Trail

[Verse 1] Nights are growing very lonely, Days are very long; I’m a growing weary only List’ning for your song. Old remembrances are thronging Thro’ my memory, Till it seems the world is full of dreams Just to call you back to me. [Chorus] There’s a long, long trail a winding Into a land of my dreams, Where the nightingales are singing And a white moon beams: There’s a long, long night of waiting Until my dreams all come true; Till the day when I’ll be going down That long, long trail with you. [Verse 2] All night long I hear you calling, Calling sweet and low; Seem to hear your footsteps falling, Ev’rywhere I go. Tho’ the road between us stretches many a weary mile I forget that you’re not with me yet When I think I see you smile. [Chorus

Fact sheet: Compilation of historical forest structural characteristics across the Southern Colorado Plateau

National forest planners now endorse the ecological restoration of forests adapted to frequent surface fires as a way to reduce wildfire hazards and reestablish forest health (U.S. Forest Service Planning Rule, February 10, 2011). An essential step in designing successful ecological restoration treatments for such forests requires understanding the ecological environment that existed when a forest was still resilient and healthy. These past environmental settings are referred to as reference conditions (Covington et al. 1997, Moore et al. 1999, Swetnam et al. 1999)