If titan prisons are back on the agenda, we must know more about the one we already have

Last week the government announced plans to conduct feasibility work on what would be Britain’s largest prison, citing a need for new capacity and a concern to close older and more expensive facilities. The government is pointing to HMP Oakwood, the 1600 place G4S prison which opened last year, as an illustration of the efficiencies achieved by prisons of this size. However Rob Allen questions whether the data for Oakwood is as clear as the government has tried to suggest

Surfaces

Surfaces is a work for two percussionists in four movements. It uses a variety of small percussion instruments, keyboard percussion, and two specially built kalimbas. This document contains both the score and an analysis of the piece that covers instrument choice, performance practice, form and compositional techniques employe

How local crustal properties influence the amount of denudation derived from low-temperature: Comment

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RGIsearch: A C++ program for the determination of Renormalization Group Invariants

RGIsearch is a C++ program that searches for invariants of a user-defined set of renormalization group equations. Based on the general shape of the $\beta$-functions of quantum field theories, RGIsearch searches for several types of invariants that require different methods. Additionally, it supports the computation of invariants up to two-loop level. A manual for the program is given, including the settings and set-up of the program, as well as a test case

Equivalence of Two Different Integral Representations of Droplet Distribution Moments in Condensing Flow

It is proved that two different and independently derived integral representations of droplet size distribution moments encountered in the literature are equivalent and, moreover, consistent with the general dynamic equation that governs the droplet size distribution function. One of these representations consists of an integral over the droplet radius while the other representation consists of an integral over time. The proof is based on analytical solution of the general dynamic equation in the absence of coagulation but in the presence of both growth and nucleation. The solution derived is explicit in the droplet radius, which is in contrast with the literature where solutions are presented along characteristics. This difference is essential for the equivalence proof. Both the case of nonconvected vapor as well as the case of convected vapor are presented