Acoustical Physics -- July 2003 Volume 49, Issue 4, pp. 369-486 Physical Mechanisms of the Therapeutic Effect of Ultrasound (A Review) M. R. Bailey, V. A. Khokhlova, O. A. Sapozhnikov, S. G. Kargl, and L. A. Crum pp. 369-388 Full Text: PDF (991 kB) Physical and Technical Aspects of Ultrasonic Brain Imaging through Thick Skull Bones: 2. Experimental Studies S. V. Baykov, L. V. Babin, A. M. Molotilov, S. I. Neiman, V. V. Riman, V. D. Svet, and A. I. Selyanin pp. 389-395 Full Text: PDF (508 kB) Standard Source Method in Passive Acoustic Thermal Tomography K. M. Bograchev and V. I. Passechnik[dagger] pp. 396-401 Full Text: PDF (140 kB) Correlation Characteristics and Travel Time Differences for Hydroacoustic Signals under Directional Reception at Different Depths O. P. Galkin and S. D. Pankova pp. 402-408 Full Text: PDF (147 kB) Generation and Reception of Short Acoustic Pulses by Multilayer Piezoelectric Transducers M. A. Grigor'ev, A. V. Tolstikov, and Yu. N. Navrotskaya pp. 409-412 Full Text: PDF (55 kB) A Method for Calculating the Speed of Sound in Seawater D. A. Denisov, A. V. Abramov, and E. P. Abramova pp. 413-419 Full Text: PDF (82 kB) Guided Waves in a Stratified Half-Space Bixing Zhang and Laiyu Lu pp. 420-430 Full Text: PDF (120 kB) Improvement of the Time Selection of Signals Received by Separate Rays in Sensing the Ocean with the Use of an M-Sequence V. A. Zverev and A. A. Stromkov pp. 431-434 Full Text: PDF (201 kB) Noise Field Anisotropy of Surface Sources in a Coastal Region with Arbitrary Bottom Relief and Sound Velocity Profile N. N. Komissarova pp. 435-443 Full Text: PDF (189 kB) Wave Processes in Media with Hysteretic Nonlinearity: Part 2 V. E. Nazarov, A. V. Radostin, L. A. Ostrovsky, and I. A. Soustova pp. 444-448 Full Text: PDF (68 kB) Effect of Internal Waves on the Intensity and Interference Structure of the Sound Field in a Shelf Zone A. N. Rutenko pp. 449-454 Full Text: PDF (250 kB) Space–Time and Frequency–Phase Stability of the Acoustic Field in the Underwater Sound Channel N. V. Studenichnik[dagger] pp. 455-462 Full Text: PDF (112 kB) Noise as an Indicator of Cavitation in a Centrifugal Pump M. Chudina pp. 463-474 Full Text: PDF (183 kB) SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Sound Propagation through a Corrugated Pipe A. D. Lapin pp. 475-476 Full Text: PDF (32 kB) Modeling of Vowels D. I. Yakushev and O. P. Sklyarov pp. 477-479 Full Text: PDF (32 kB) CHRONICLE Konstantin Aleksandrovich Naugol'nykh (On His 70th Birthday) pp. 480-481 Full Text: PDF (75 kB) In Memory of Vladimir Mikhailovich Kudryashov (December 11, 1930–February 26, 2003) p. 482 Full Text: PDF (52 kB) In Memory of Vladimir Aleksandrovich Krasil'nikov (On His 90th Birthday) pp. 483-486 Full Text: PDF (105 kB)