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The Casebooks of William Hey F. R. S. (1736-1819): An Analysis of a Provincial Surgical and Midwifery Practice
No full textUsing the twelve Medical and Surgical Casebooks and ten Midwifery Casebooks as central source material evidence, this thesis seeks to provide an analysis of the Georgian provincial medical practice of William Hey F. R. S. (1736-1819). Hey was both typical of many medical practitioners emerging from British medical training in the middle of the eighteenth century, yet untypical in that he was one of the select few who held an appointment over half a century as a senior surgeon in one of the century's twenty-seven newly founded hospitals and infirmaries. I begin by charting the rise of the special skills of human anatomy, surgery and
midwifery in the first part of the century, and consider how the previous lack of detailed evidence about the actual day-to-day working lives of Georgian practitioners has restricted recent scholarship. In order to fully evaluate Hey's successful career I then provide detail of
his early life, schooldays, apothecary apprenticeship and clinical London training. This is followed by a review of his whole career from his initial relations with the existing medical practitioners, to his domination of the medical stage in Leeds over six decades. Built into this
review are some other aspects of his life that nevertheless had an impact upon the progress of his career, not least the significance of his permanent handicaps. The vast quantity of case histories within the Casebooks can only be selectively treated. My selection provides evidence of the medical variety, surgical innovation and some of the finer and more unusual features of his skilful midwifery technique. Elements of his patient- practitioner relationships, the development of his clinical approach, and the indistinct area between his private and
charitable patients become evident as the discussion of his work proceeds. The thesis concludes with an overview of Hey's life and the ways in which his Casebooks provide vital
new insight for the better understanding of Georgian provincial medical, surgical and midwifery practice
The Feynman Lectures on Computation
No full textWhen, in 1984–86, Richard P. Feynman gave his famous course on computation at the California Institute of Technology, he asked Tony Hey to adapt his lecture notes into a book. Although led by Feynman, the course also featured, as occasional guest speakers, some of the most brilliant men in science at that time, including Marvin Minsky, Charles Bennett, and John Hopfield. Although the lectures are now thirteen years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a “Feynmanesque” overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science such as reversible logic gates and quantum computers
e-Science and its implications
No full textAfter a definition of e-science and the Grid, the paper begins with an overview of the technological context of Grid developments. NASA’s Information Power Grid is described as an early example of a ‘prototype production Grid’. The discussion of e-science and the Grid is then set in the context of the UK e-Science Programme and is illustrated with reference to some UK e-science projects in science, engineering and medicine. The Open Standards approach to Grid middleware adopted by the community in the Global Grid Forum is described and compared with community based standardization processes used for the Internet, MPI, Linux and the Web. Some implications of the imminent data deluge that will arise from the new generation of e-science experiments in terms of archiving and curation are then considered. The paper concludes with remarks about social and technological issues posed by Grid enabled ‘collaboratories’ in both scientific and commercial contexts
Experiments on individual decision-making and information
No full textThis thesis is composed by three experiments that explore the role of information in individual
decision-making.
In Chapter 1 it is presented an experimental test of the contextual inference theory (Kamenica,2008). The experiment shows that the dimension of choice sets conveys payoff-relevant information in decision-making: even when options are not directly observable, the likelihood of finding an option that fits individual tastes can be inferred from the set size.
Information on the lenght of a product line is then shown to be relevant in individual decision making.
In Chapter 2 the decision-maker is presented with payoff irrelevant information: group-membership and others' behavior. The experiment test if and how these information affect individual decision of behaving ethically. The results provide evidence of the effectiveness of these information in shaping moral behavior.
Chapter 3 aims at going into the black box of information processing under uncertainty with an
eye-tracking experiment. The aim of this last chapter is to contribute to the understanding of the choice process under different dimensions of the choice sets (small and large), and its relation with the response time
Hey! Mike
No full text"The “hey! mike” project looks at police violence, homelessness and poverty through media generated by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and The New York Times" --Artist's websit
e-Science and its implications for the library community
No full textExplains the nature of the ‘e-Science’ revolution in 21st century scientific research and its consequences for the library community.
The concepts of e-Science are illustrated by a discussion of the CombeChem, eBank and SmartTea projects. The issue of open access is then discussed with reference to arXiv, PubMed Central and EPrints. The challenges these trends present to the library community are discussed in the context of the TARDis project and the University of Southampton Research Repository.
Increasingly academics will need to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams distributed across several sites in order to address the next generation of scientific problems. In addition, new highthroughput devices, high resolution surveys and sensor networks will result in an increase in scientific data collected by several orders of magnitude. To analyze, federate and mine this data will require collaboration between scientists and computer scientists; to organize, curate and preserve this data will require collaboration between scientists and librarians. A vital part of the developing research infrastructure will be digital repositories containing both publications and data.
The paper provides a synthesis of e-Science concepts, the question of open access to the results of scientific research, and a changing attitude towards academic publishing and communication. The paper offers a new perspective on coming demands on the library and is of special interest to librarians with strategic tasks
Building Quality Assurance into Metadata Creation: an Analysis based on the Learning Objects and e-Prints Communities of Practice
No full textThis paper challenges some of the assumptions underlying the metadata creation process in the context of two communities of practice, based around learning object repositories and open e-Print archives. The importance of quality assurance for metadata creation is discussed and evidence from the literature, from the practical experiences of repositories and archives, and from related research and practices within other communities is presented. Issues for debate and further investigation are identified, formulated as a series of key research questions. Although there is much work to be done in the area of quality assurance for metadata creation, this paper represents an important first step towards a fuller understanding of the subject.
Academic information management: an open linking approach
No full textThis paper describes a Web based document management system developed as a Lotus Domino application and the continuing research work of providing users with a variety of link services and agents that enhance the basic content of the system. The system is designed for use by administration personnel in an academic environment taking into account the wide variety of systems and methods already in use. Users do not need to know how to author Web pages as the source material for the system are files produced by common word processors. The system features a number of management tools to complement this concept written into the Domino application. The document management system is complemented by the use of an open linking service to dynamically cross-reference the documents
Hey Jack!
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/338445Written by Sarah Vincent, directed by Kate Herbert, performers L-R: Elizabeth Welch, Geoff Paine
Previous reference number: BWP/33310293917
Item: [2013.0059.01745] "Hey Jack!
Hey Jack!
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/338470Written by Sarah Vincent, directed by Kate Herbert, performers L-R: Liz Welch, Geoff Paine
Previous reference number: BWP/33335293942
Item: [2013.0059.01770] "Hey Jack!
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