In this paper, we investigate metric properties and dispersive effects of strongly mixing transformations on general metric spaces endowed with a probability measure; in particular, we investigate their connections with the theory of generalized (α-harmonic) diameters on general metric spaces. We first show that the known result by R. E. Rice ([Aequationes Math. 17(1978), 104-108], Theorem 2) (motivated by some physical phenomena and offer some clarifications of these phenomena), which is a substantial improvement of Theorems 1 and 2 due to T. Erber, B. Schweizer and A. Sklar [Comm. Math. Phys., 29 (1973), 311 – 317], can be generalized in such a way that this result remains valid when "ordinary diameter" is replaced by "α-harmonic diameter of any finite order". Next we show that  "ordinary essential diameter" in the mentioned Rice's result can be replaced by the" essential α-harmonic diameter  of any finite order". These  results also complement the previous results (on dynamical systems with discrete time and/or generalised diameters) of N. Faried and M. Fathey, H. Fatkic, E. B. Saff, S. Sekulovic and V.  Zakharyuta.

Unfortunately on May 14th, 2015 our colleague and friend Assa Reichert lost his battle against his difficult disease. Assa, Reichert, our very long time member of Board and Council of European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), was our a true friend. He devoted to his family, his country, his friends, his profession and EFMI, IMIA and Medical informatics, generally. As Medical informatics expert and scientist he was “elder statesman” (how one of our colleagues defined him) and has been a person with great treasure of warmth and experiences and man carrying a peaceful vision of the world. He would be right person from whom always you can ask some advice for solving some difficult problems or situations. During all EFMI events Assa has showed his true commitment to the Medical Informatics field. Especially he inspiring the young scientists with his always charming, witty and thoughtful remarks. He always supported people who invested their time and efforts to produce himself as a little interface for the ultimate human EFMI network like “Key success-factor” as Jacob Hofdijk mentioned in his memory letter. MIE 2009 Conference in Sarajevo organized by myself Assa promoted and supported by great influence on important decision makers in our country and abroad. Assa Reichert directed the first computer department in the Israel Ministry of Health. He was assistant director of Sheba Medical Centre, the largest in Israel, and VP of COMET, an Israeli-American software house specializing in medical institution management and Electronic Medical Record’s software. He served as consultant to the Ministry of Health. Assa achieved a BA in Life sciences and a MA in Life sciences and Computer sciences from Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Assa served as President of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) during a period 20022003, and served as Vice-President of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) during a period 2004-2005. During STC EFMI Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, Assa received the medal as Honorary Fellow of EFMI. We will remember him for all his contributions and commitment in the different roles he has held during his time in EFMI. All of us in EFMI and IMIA lost one of prominent personality. His voice and his deep thoughts for best and most reasonable solutions in critical situations during our Council meetings will persist in our minds. His way of discussing about important problems was typical. He was straight, but always in a fair way. The best way to keep his memory is to continue his plans and to follow his example. His “presence” in our minds will not be felt and will touch every EFMI and IMIA friend’s soul and heart. Assa was living on the edge with his dedication to his motorbike and his endless (business) travels around the world, and survived many near miss accidents, always returning with a smile, never complaining, but fight against lung cancer he couldn’t won, unfortunately. Everybody of us will miss his friendship, honesty and his ethos. We will remember Assa with deepest admiration, compassion and desolation.

HEINZ ZEMANEK (1920-2014) Heinz Zemanek was born January 1, 1920 in Vienna, Austria. He was Austrian computer scientist who developed the MAILUFTERL computer, and while director of the IBM Laboratory in Vienna. He directed the development of formal programming language descriptors (1). He studied low-voltage technology at the Technical University of Vienna, and was appointed as an assistant at the Institute for Low-Voltage Technology where he received his PhD in engineering. Heinz Zemanek graduated at Technical University of Vienna in 1944. He earned PhD (Dr. Techn., engineering) at Technical University of Vienna in 1951. He worked as lecturer in Army Communications School and Radar Research, German Army from 1939 till 1945.As assistant professor at Technical University of Vienna he worked from 1947 till 1961. Heinz Zemanek had French Government Scholarship at Sorborne, Ecolé Normale Supérieure, PTT Laboratories in the period of 1948-1949. Also, he was head of MAILUFTERL development team in period from 1955 till 1959. In 1959 he was appointed as an assistant professor of low-frequency communications technology, as an associate professor in 1964, and 20 years later (1984) as a full professor. He was a member of various academies of science and he received an honorary doctorate from several universities. Starting in 1954, he was responsible for the development of the fi rst fully transistorized computer in Europe, the legendary "MAILUFTERL," which is now in the Technical Museum of Vienna. He was the originator of both teaching and research in the area of electronic data processing at the Technical University of Vienna. Along with the rest of the MAILUFTERL team, Zemanek moved to IBM in 1961 to become the developer and director of the Viennese laboratory, with primary work in the area of programming languages and their formal defi nition, especially the programming language PL/I. In 1976 he was awarded the title of IBM fellow and undertook a project entitled "Abstract Architecture." During his career, Zemanek has published more than 400 articles, and authored, coauthored, or edited more than 15 books, ranging from highly specialized journal articles to introductory articles of general interest, philosophical treatises, critical commentaries on the social implications of computers, and historical studies. His presentation about the history of computers in a text-and-picture collage is available in the Technical Museum of Vienna. He has been active in both national and international professional circles, with considerable contributions to IFIP beginning in the year of its founding in 1959, where he represented Austria's interests. He was also responsible for the 1975 founding of the OCG (die Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft) (Austrian Computer Society). Zemanek served as president of both organizations and has been recognized by many high honors and awards. Since 1985 the OCG has awarded the Heinz Zemanek Prize to young (computer) scientists. Heinz Zemanek received a lot of honors and awards: Prize of the NTG, 1960; Goldene Stefan-Ehrenmedaille of Ove, 1969; fellow, IEEE, 1970; fellow, British Computer Society, 1970; President, IFIP, 1971-1974; Wilhelm-Exner-Medaille, 1972; Honorary Life Member, Computer Society of South Africa, 1972; Grosses Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republic Osterreich, 1974; President, Austrian Computer Society, 1975-1976; Honorary Member, Information Processing Society, Japan, 1975; Honorary Member, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, 1975; IBM Fellow, 1976; Honorary Member, IFIP, 1976; Silvercore Award, IFIP, 1976; Johann Josef Ritter von Prechtl Medal, 1978; Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1979; Ordinary Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1984; Corresponding Member, Spanish and Bavarian Academy, 1984; Ordinary Member, Spanish and Bavarian Academy, 1985; Ordinary Member, European Academy, Salzburg, 1984; Computer Pioneer, IEEE Computer Society, 1986; Oskar von Miller Bronze Medal, Deutsches Museum, Munich, 1988. On January 11, 1990, the Austrian Computer Society, the Austrian Society for Electronics (der Österreichische Verband für Elecktrotechnik), and the Technical Museum of Vienna (das Technische Museum Wien) honored Heinz Zemanek, editor and frequent author of the Annals of the History of Computing, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The celebration at the Technical Museum of Vienna was also the occasion to present the Heinz Zemanek Award to a young Austrian computer scientist.

This document refers to the non-stationary heat conduction through transparent thermal insulators. Non-stationary heat transfer means that temperature varies in time, in all points of the thermal field. Temporal and spatial distributions of the temperature inside of the sample are experimentally determined.