Abstract: Step-index (SI) fiber designs are commonly used in achieving large mode area (LMA) and single-mode (SM) operation in fiber lasers. These fibers can either be intrinsically single-moded ...

Mahjong, an ancient Chinese game, is experiencing a resurgence in Birmingham, with local meetups and lessons drawing ...

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One exhibit in particular seemed to keep the crowd it brings in. Children played with delicately-painted mahjong tiles, older folks wrote down their thoughts and hung them on a response wall, and ...

May 14 (Reuters) - France's largest video game maker Ubisoft (UBIP.PA), opens new tab on Wednesday posted a 20.5% fall in full-year net bookings to 1.85 billion euros ($2.07 billion) due to ...

Unlike Mahjong, there are normally no variations in the tiles, and every Pai Gow domino set is the same. Gameplay Both are multiplayer games, although Pai Gow involves a dealer as well as the ...

Some men, especially, seem to want to hug me because of my large chest, and it seems more like sexual assault than a friendly gesture. And there are certain women (whom I do not consider friends ...

Work is to begin later this year on the first of two large-scale data centres in Arklow, Co Wicklow, which will create 715 permanent jobs as well as 2,600 roles during construction. The project ...

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon criticized President Donald Trump’s early tariff strategy as “too large, too big and too aggressive” — even as he acknowledged the broader goal of addressing ...

Since joining Newsweek, Melissa has been especially focused on covering under-reported women's health and social issues, and has spent a large part of her time researching the physical and mental ...

By comparison, the most recently completed nuclear power plant in the U.S., Vogtle Unit 4 in Georgia, generates over 1.1 gigawatts of electricity, nearly four times the size of a large SMR.

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