Reviews of topical problems

V.B. Molodkin, A.P. Shpak, M.V. Kovalchuk, V.F. Machulin, V.L. Nosik “Multiparametric crystallography using the diversity of multiple scattering patterns for Bragg and diffuse waves. Method of standing diffuse waves” Phys. Usp. 54 661–689 (2011)

B.M. Smirnov “Processes involving clusters and small particles in a buffer gas” Phys. Usp. 54 691–721 (2011)

Methodological notes

E.D. Trifonov “On quantum statistics for ensembles with a finite number of particles” Phys. Usp. 54 723–727 (2011)

Conferences and symposia

“Econophysics and evolutionary economics (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 November 2010)” Phys. Usp. 54 729–761 (2011)

V.I. Maevsky, S.Yu. Malkov “The transition from simple reproduction to economic growth” Phys. Usp. 54 729–733 (2011)

A.Yu. Yudanov “High-growth firms in Russia: experimental data and prospects for the econophysical simulation of economic modernization” Phys. Usp. 54 733–737 (2011)

I.G. Pospelov “Equilibrium models of economics in the period of a global financial crisis” Phys. Usp. 54 738–742 (2011)

D.S. Chernavskii, N.I. Starkov, S.Yu. Malkov, Yu.V. Kosse, A.V. Shcherbakov “On econophysics and its place in modern theoretical economics” Phys. Usp. 54 742–749 (2011)

P.V. Vidov, M.Yu. Romanovsky “Nonclassical random walks and the phenomenology of fluctuations of securities returns in the stock market” Phys. Usp. 54 749–753 (2011)

M.M. Dubovikov, N.V. Starchenko “Econophysics and the fractal analysis of financial time series” Phys. Usp. 54 754–761 (2011)

Letters to the editors

N.N. Rozanov “Can even monochromatic radiation ensure ideal invisibility?” Phys. Usp. 54 763–764 (2011)

Personalia

L.M. Barkov, A.E. Bondar’, G.I. Dimov, E.P. Kruglyakov, G.N. Kulipanov, V.V. Parkhomchuk, D.V. Pestrikov, A.N. Skrinsky, I.B. Khriplovich, Yu.M. Shatunov “Nikolai Sergeevich Dikansky (on his 70th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 54 765–766 (2011)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 54 767–768 (2011)