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Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in February 2013 issue including an article related to the rules of European Court of Human Rights, "Keep up, or crash out" and another related to the industrial safety.

The author discusses the current situation of Cyprus and the possibility of the launch of legal claims by Russians over the country's proposal of bailout. He discusses several topics including double-tax treaty between Russia and Cyprus, bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and the benefits of the treaty.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on DVLA's intention to test the market for commercial arrangements for visual field testing, published in a previous issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on proposal on climate change by Rudy Baum in the October 17, 2011 issue.

The article discusses the advantages that chemical engineers can gain from working in the food and drink industry. Several chemical engineering principles can be applied in food and drink production such as heat and mass transfer. Unit operations involved include mixing, coating, extruding, and moulding. International food and drink companies provide opportunity for travel and development of skills and competencies leading to a path to chartership.

The article provides answers to a question of why people under-invest in tourism infrastructure.

A letter to the editor is presents in response to a report from the May 14, 2008 issue about nurses abusing patients.

The author discusses the reconnection of farmers to the public to achieve a breakthrough in understanding. He says that the irony is that the only way to tackle this challenge is by taking lots of small steps, all of them by individuals. He mentions that there are seven million children in Great Britain and a quarter of them have never been to the countryside. He says that more of farmers must take action and see the reconnection as a personal responsibility.

Reports on the fire-resistant clothing and safety equipment used by American photojournalist Karen T. Borchers when covering a wildfire that raged out of control in California's Santa Clara county for five days consuming 3,100 acres and burning 31 homes. Training received by Borchers on forest fires; Advantage provided by the special equipment.

Presents observations about living in the southern part of the United States. Abundance of technology professionals who live in Cary, North Carolina; How to benefit from peer-to-peer sharing of knowledge; Assertion that the writers in this magazine are all technology professionals.

Discusses dependency on technology and the reliability of technology. View that the telephone system is one of the most reliable technologies; View that electronic gadgets and devices must be improved in terms of reliability; High availability of telephone service; Outlook for information technology.

Discusses business applications which provide almost perfect uptime for information technology (IT) resources needed by a business enterprise. Costs of guaranteed uptime for a business; Introduction of the Solutions Summit event series conference, 'Implementing Network High Availability.'

Discusses how business enterprises may make decisions regarding purchases of information technology equipment. View that to justify purchasing equipment, it must be shown to help a business; Efforts of this magazine to help professionals make decisions about business technology.

Discusses computer security, firewalls, and virtual private networking. Opinion that the ideal approach to building security is by building appropriate layers; Outlook for the testing of security products, technologies, and services by this magazine.

Comments on the stability of Internet broadband connections such as digital subscriber lines (DSL) and cable-modem access. Efforts to reach technical support when problems with Bluetooth were experienced; Need of broadband access for telecommuters; Topic of quality of service and security of the Internet connections.

Discusses security issues surrounding wireless local area networks. Confusion over the 802.11 standards; Discussions regarding the fixed-access wireless market; Issue of licensed versus unlicensed radio systems.

Discusses wireless technology which is a sought-after computer application. The built-in wireless cable management of SNMP-manageable cable ties; Why one of the best uses of wireless technology is as a service; Wireless service from MobileStar; MobileStar's bankruptcy filing.

Reports on the presentation of the debate Shoot Out: Building a Fault-Tolerant Storage Environment. How the debate was moderated by Jon William Toigo; Talk on superparamagnetism in the context of disk-drive density.

Looks at the value of application service providers (ASP), and the opinion that building initial hardware and software infrastructures proved to be too much for many ASPs to bear. Characteristics of ASPs which have survived, including their efforts to develop strong client relationships; Mention of the book 'The Essential Guide to Application Service Providers,' by Jon William Toigo.

Describes an event hosted by 'Network Computing' magazine, which focuses on wireless Internet solutions. Details of the event called Shoot Out: Providing Wireless Network Access in the Campus Environment; How the event will examine the mobile infrastructure space, focusing on wireless local area network and fixed-access wireless metropolitan area network solutions; Cities where the event will be held; Goal of the event.

Deals with the use of website databases in school libraries in the United States. Definite way of helping students stay focused; Experience of the Chesterfield County Public School System in Chesterfield County, Virginia; Availability of lesson plans in some sites.

Reports on the willingness of the information technology (IT) group of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Michigan, to preserve their investment in existing Cobol code as of November 2002. Details on the effort of the IT group to convert from a PC Cobol character interface to a Fujitsu graphical user interface; Comment from Harvey Kilsby, IT director of the church, on the viability of Cobol as an option.

Reports on the effort of PowerBar Inc. to improve its system infrastructure to empower its users. Effort of the company to look for tools that have a relatively high security but easy to use according to Henry Hirschel, director of management information systems; Details on the implementation of an enterprise query and reporting suit from Hummingbird Communications Ltd.

Talks about the effort of Staples to improve the company's service levels. Details on the effort of Staples Network Operation Center in Massachusetts to monitor a network for connectivity; Comment from Stephen Benson, an analyst, on the attempt of the company to look for tools that would create awareness on problems.

Announces that World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Entertainment Inc. has hired CEP Systems Inc. to help them build a sales analysis data mart. Information on the use of AppsMart 1.5 software from AppsCo Software Ltd.; Benefits gained from using the application; Plans of WWF Entertainment on AppsMart.

Reports on the conversion of Fleet Boston Financial to the Change Man software change management system, after it acquired Shawmut Bank. What prompted the transition; Advantages of using the system; Outcome of a previous use of a change management tool.

Discusses the business strategies popular among beer companies. Brand imperialism in the industry; Importance of building deeper business relationships; Significance of growth via a balanced portfolio of regional, national and international brands.

The article reports on the resurgence in the size and numbers of Special Purpose Acquisition Cos. (SPACs) to facilitate the participation of investors in investing private equity in 2016. It mentions that improved market conditions for the equity capital markets' fund raising have been significant which have assisted the resurgence of SPACs. In addition, regulatory alterations in the U.S. have made SPACs to become a more attractive investment proposition.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the previous issues including "Building a Case for Smooth Bore Nozzles," by Todd Connors in the February 2006 issue, "Katrina: Size, Scope, and Significance," by Bobby Halton in the May 2006 issue and one on the May 2006 issue of the journal "Fire Engineering."

The article discusses the industrywide condition of silver and gold mining in Mexico. It reports on the 128.6 million oz of silver produced in Mexico in 2010, which allowed the country to be recognized as the number one producer of the precious metal during the said period. It relates that despite the weak value of the U.S. dollar and concerns about global recovery, precious metals are among commodities that has achieved better performance throughout 2011.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including an observation on the relationship between economics and the production, certification and launch into service of the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A380, a comment on the apparent lack of concern for tanker airframe longevity, and the impact of a decline in oil prices on the popularity of turboprops.

The article offers insights from various individuals related to patient experience of care. Topics discussed include the improvement of district nursing service, the use of the National Health Service (NHS) time and resources by a patient who had therapy appointments for child sexual abuse and self-harming, and a patient stay in hospital.

Describes the development and operation of condition monitoring functionality for industrial gas turbines used to drive a generating unit. Importance of condition monitoring for the gas turbine; Description of developed functions; Development of the gas turbine model.

The article presents question and answers related to the use of fossil fuels in relation to the reduction of petrol prices and tariffs on electricity and gas.