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Renormalization And Radiative-Corrections At Finite Temperature, Jf Donoghue, Br Holstein

Barry R Holstein

We discuss the renormalization prescription for fermions at finite temperature and describe the procedure for calculating radiative corrections. Novel features arise, such as a lack of explicit Lorentz invariance, 1k2 singularities, and the absorption of soft photons from the background heat bath. The methods are illustrated by explicit calculation of the electron renormalization and the radiative corrections to H-->e+e- (with H being spin zero) in finite-temperature QED.

How Family Physicians Approach Ethical Problems, Ronald Christie, Barry Hoffmaster, Martin Bass, Eric Mccracken

C. Barry Hoffmaster

The defining features of family medicine as described in the literature have important ethical implications. In an attempt to study the day-to-day practice of family physicians regarding these ethical issues, a 28-item questionnaire was sent to 95 part-time and 17 full-time family physician teachers associated with the University of Western Ontario's Department of Family Medicine. Of the 112 questionnaires mailed out, 97 were returned for a response rate of 86.6 percent. There was a significant spread of answers, suggesting there is no uniform opinion in the sample population. The findings suggest that there are important differences between the description of …

Stress Management In Borderline Hypertension, Richard Fehring, P Allen, E Robinson

Richard J Fehring

No abstract provided.

Monoclonal Antibodies Reveal The Structural Basis Of Antibody Diversity, Jean-Luc Teillaud, Catherine Desaymard, Angela Giusti, Barbara Haseltine, Roberta Pollock, Dale Yelton, Donald Zach, Matthew Scharff

Roberta Pollock

Hybridoma technology has made it possible to introduce into continuous culture normal antibody-forming cells and to obtain large amounts of the immunoglobulin produced by each of these cells. Examination of the structure of a number of monoclonal antibodies that react with a single antigen has provided new information on the structural basis of the specificity and affinity of antibodies. Comparisons of families of monoclonal antibodies derived from a single germ line gene revealed the importance of somatic mutation in generating antibody diversity. Monoclonal antibodies that react with variable regions of other monoclonals allow the further dissection and modulation of the …

Judicial Review And Enforcement, Michael Gold

Michael Evan Gold

No abstract provided.

Bound-States, Virtual States, And Non-Exponential Decay Via Path-Integrals, Br Holstein

Barry R Holstein

Using path integral techniques we demonstrate how three quantum-mechanical phenomena-alpha decay, nonexponential decay, and resonant scattering-can be treated. This procedure is an algebraic one yet reproduces the usual results obtained via solution of the Schrödinger equation via WKB methods.

Use Of Analogies And Spatial Transformations By Experts In Solving Mathematics Problems, John Clement

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Physical Fitness Of Physical Therapy Students, D Sobush, Richard Fehring

Richard J Fehring

No abstract provided.

Review: Tom Regan, All That Dwell Therein: Essays On Animal Rights And Environmental Ethics, Michael Pritchard

Michael Pritchard

An Annotated Bibliography Of The Published Literature On The Humpback Whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae) And The Right Whale (Eubalaena Glacialis/Australis), 1864-1980, James Bird

James E Bird

No abstract provided.

Lens Into The Gandhian Movement: Five Village Development Organizations In Northeast India, Paul Clements

Paul Clements

No abstract provided.