Use of the mobile phone is an immensely significant social and cultural phenomenon.However, market hype and utopian dreams greatly exaggerate its importance.The fundamental issue for sociology is the process of change.Bound up with contemporary issues of change, the mobile phone is a prime object for sociological attention both at the macro and mic
Global social and economic trends are marked by the increasing imbalance between production and consumption activities on one side, and the conditions of environment on the other.The consequences of such imbalance are numerous, so the environment, from the development aspect, is increasingly becoming a limiting factor.At the same time, just for thi
Recent progress of the soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) techniques and relevant applications at beamline 4B7B in Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility are reported here.The key progress of the XMCD techniques include i) improvements in the Gears accuracy and sensitivity of XMCD measurements by fast-reversing magnetic field with electr