Describes the nature, history, and applications of Doppler radar detecting the speed of moving object. Gives an example of measuring the radial velocity of a scattered wave. (YP)

Integrates the garbage can model of organizational choice with institutional theory. Explains how various environmental aspects yield different consequences for the decision and access structures of college textbook publishers than might be expected from the garbage can decision world they inhabit. Includes 42 references. (MLH)

Discusses four main types of medical imaging (x-ray, radionuclide, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance) and considers their relative merits. Describes important recent and possible future developments in image processing. (Author/MKR)

Discusses the field of nuclear medicine. (MKR)

Discusses the continuity equation and presents two real-life problems involving salmon survival and the construction of dams. (JRH)

Briefly describes the first Astronomy Olympiad in Israel. Presents an example of deliberately planting errors in a scientific article in order to assess contestants' knowledge and their ability to confront familiar material presented in a nontraditional format. (JRH)

Explores the theory behind the correlation between warm rain, rapid snowmelt, and the subsequent runoff using the concepts of enthalpy, thermal transfer, and energy transfer. Concludes that rapid runoff is not a consequence of rain per se but of the high humidities associated with the rain. (JRH)

Discusses the theory behind the changes in the times of sunrise and sunset and the sun's apparent gradual week-to-week motion. (JRH)

Describes the use of a laser pointer to measure the speed of light by incorporating the phase delay between a modulated split beam of light. (JRH)

Describes a measurement lab that introduces measurement and presents a simple example of how to use error analysis with an obvious illustration of its value. The experiment measures the diameters of pinhole images of the sun and uses them to calculate the heights of the leafy canopy that created the images. (JRH)

Discusses the Kettering ignition system used on all vehicles for about a half century and transistorized automotive ignition systems. (JRH)

Structured Industrial Practice Studies is a work-based learning approach in three parts: (1) briefing, during which students set objectives to meet learning outcomes; (2) industry visit; and (3) debriefing, in which students review learning, reflect on experience in light of theory, and are assessed via written reports and/or oral presentations.…

Offers encouragement and advice to physicists who might be asked to teach a college astronomy course for nonscience majors. (JRH)

Provides text and illustrations to aid in the construction of a safe, durable, and inexpensive device to introduce students to the relationship that exists between pressure and surface area. (ZWH)

Describes the construction and purpose of stress patterns that are easily observed in the rear windows of most cars. Presents an explanation for why we are able to see these stress patterns. (ZWH)