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This question describes some of the complexities which abound when selecting warehouse sites. We have previously seen how the depot relates to other logistics system components. The present question concerns the best number and location of depots. Before answering this crucial question an analysis needs to be made of the trade‐off relationships existing between facility locations, transportation and inventory.

12 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables.-- PACS nrs.: 23.40.Hc; 27.20.+n.-- Printed version published Sep 15, 2008.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3025 ; The β-delayed charged particle emission from Li-11 has been studied with emphasis on the three-body nαHe-6 and five-body 2α3n channels from the 10.59 and 18.15 MeV states in Be-11. Monte Carlo simulations using an R-matrix formalism lead to the conclusion that the He-A resonance states play a significant role in the break-up of these states. The results exclude an earlier assumption of a phase-space description of the break-up process of the 18.15 MeV state. Evidence for extra sequential decay paths is found for both states. ; This work has been supported by the Spanish CICYT, under the projects FPA2002-04181-C04-02, FPA2005-02379 and theMEC Consolider project CSD2007-00042, the European Union Sixth Framework through RII3-EURONS (contract No. 506065) and the Swedish Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. M. Madurga acknowledges the support of the Spanish MEC under the FPU program, FPU AP-2004-0002. ; Peer reviewed

This paper assesses whether Chapter 11 is a form of subsidy for US airlines. US airlines have used Chapter 11 to restructure their operations. This has been criticized as a subsidy by major non US airlines and governments for a long time and recently, in the "level playing field" debate. Applying legal and economic perspectives of subsidy, we examine the different opportunities of Chapter 11 to reduce airlines' costs. It is argued that most of the forms available, such as the modification of collective bargaining, do not constitute a subsidy. Only the termination of pension plans might involve a subsidy, but only using a legal definition of doubtful relevance since there is normally no use of public funds.

This paper brings together the practice-based creative research of artists Charlotte Gould and Paul Sermon, culminating in a collaborative interactive installation that investigates new forms of social and political narrative in multi-user virtual environments. The authors' artistic projects deal with the ironies and stereotypes that are found within Second Life in particular. Paul Sermon's current creative practice looks specifically at the concepts of presence and performance within Second Life and 'first life', and attempts to bridge these two spaces through mixed reality techniques and interfaces. Charlotte Gould's Ludic Second Life Narrative radically questions the way that users embody themselves in on-line virtual environments and identifies a counter-aesthetic that challenges the conventions of digital realism and consumerism.

Abstract. How should benefits and costs occurring at different times be evaluated to decide whether to undertake tax financed public projects? What interest rate should be used? If public decisions were based on people's willingness to pay for future private income, they still could not be based on market interest rates. The benefits of public projects (except in the cases of private land values or affected fixed private capital investments) are not marketable. However, among other things, market interest rates do represent the opportunity costs of public investments. Still, many citizens are concerned about the welfare of future generations; they may have a lower time preference rate. Human capital investments are directly analogous to public investment to produce non marketable public goods. Both are illiquid; both yield returns higher than market rates. This indicates the private rates of time preference for most citizens are high.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Best Practice in Medicine and Leadership Are Not Always the Same -- Chapter Overview -- Resources -- Chapter 1 Know Yourself ! Why Does That Matter? -- Takeaways for the Wise Physician Leader -- Questions -- Appendix: Reflection Exercise -- Resources -- Chapter 2 Communication -- Principles of Communication -- Know the Definitions -- Ask Questions -- Use the Ladder of Inference -- Understand Person and Persona -- Appreciative Inquiry -- Takeaways for the Wise Physician Leader -- Scenarios -- Questions -- Resources -- Chapter 3 Techniques of Communication -- Three Techniques of Communication -- Listen -- Read the Body Language -- Know When to Interrupt -- Words and Word Pairs: What to Use, What to Avoid -- I or You -- And or But -- With All Due Respect -- Transparency and Other Power-Packed Words -- Takeaways for the Wise Physician Leader -- Scenarios and Questions -- Resources -- Chapter 4 Perspective -- Myths and Biases, Heuristics, and Assumptions/Fallacies -- Myths -- Biases -- Heuristics -- Fallacies: What We Know That Just Ain't So -- Round Rainbows -- Culture and Perspective -- Back to My Patient -- Takeaways for the Wise Physician Leader -- Scenarios and Questions -- Resources -- Chapter 5 Decision-Making That Works -- Decision-Making Steps -- Categorize the Type of Problem -- Define the Problem -- Set Goals -- Make an Action Plan -- Get Feedback -- Process and Content -- Decision-Making Process Structure -- How I Used This Analysis Approach to Make a Major Life Decision -- Decision Analysis Matrix -- Burn Rate -- The Problem You Dread - Or, Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste -- The Crisis Approaches! -- Takeaways for the Wise Physician Leader -- Scenarios and Questions -- Resources -- Chapter 6 Decision-Making That Doesn't Work, and Why -- Unintended Consequences.

Betting on America places the events of 9-11 in deep historical context, offering a thoughtful, realistic, and ultimately optimistic vision of AmericaÕs new future. The authors examine the long-term impact of 9-11 at every level, from our most private personal relationships, to our most crucial business decisions, to the choices we make as a society. They find in American history one overriding lesson: when we have been challenged, we have discovered deeper strengths and achieved more greatness than we had ever imagined possible.