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Denise Vlachou - MSc Mathematical Medicine and Biology
Denise describes how the flexibility of her course has allowed her to pursue the topics sh...
published: 28 Aug 2013
Denise Vlachou - MSc Mathematical Medicine and Biology
Denise Vlachou - MSc Mathematical Medicine and Biology
Denise describes how the flexibility of her course has allowed her to pursue the topics she's most interested in. Find out more about Postgraduate opportunities at Nottingham: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/index.aspx Video by Debs Storey http://www.linkedin.com/in/debsstorey- published: 28 Aug 2013
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Lindsey Macdougall - PhD Mathematical Medicine and Biology
Lindsey tells us about her research and how she works with her supervisors....
published: 18 Jun 2012
author: NottmUniversity
Lindsey Macdougall - PhD Mathematical Medicine and Biology
Lindsey Macdougall - PhD Mathematical Medicine and Biology
Lindsey tells us about her research and how she works with her supervisors.- published: 18 Jun 2012
- views: 126
- author: NottmUniversity
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How can mathematics help fight disease?
Find out how Professor James Sneyd and colleagues are using mathematics in the study of me...
published: 20 Sep 2012
author: researchworkswonders
How can mathematics help fight disease?
How can mathematics help fight disease?
Find out how Professor James Sneyd and colleagues are using mathematics in the study of medicine. Their research work revolves around the study of calcium in...- published: 20 Sep 2012
- views: 998
- author: researchworkswonders
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Mathematics and medicine: Sabina Alistar at TEDxBucharest
Sabina earned her PhD from Stanford University, in the department of Management Science an...
published: 13 Jan 2014
Mathematics and medicine: Sabina Alistar at TEDxBucharest
Mathematics and medicine: Sabina Alistar at TEDxBucharest
Sabina earned her PhD from Stanford University, in the department of Management Science and Engineering. In her research, Sabina develops and applies operations research tools for shaping Health care policies, with emphasis on optimal resource allocation for controlling infectious diseases such as AIDS. She has collaborated with the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to develop a practical mathematical model that can be used by decision makers to allocate resources among HIV control programs. Her achievements have been acknowledged with the title „Romanian student of 2011 in North America", postgraduate level. On the TEDxBucharest stage, Sabina will lead an insightful conversation on how mathematical models can inform health policy, and the exciting insights we can gain from them, to improve our health policies and the lives of millions of people. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)- published: 13 Jan 2014
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15:23
Math and medicine - An Interview with David Grynspan, M.D.
An interview with pathologist Dr. David Grynspan. Learn about what led him to a first cour...
published: 12 Apr 2013
author: mathapptician
Math and medicine - An Interview with David Grynspan, M.D.
Math and medicine - An Interview with David Grynspan, M.D.
An interview with pathologist Dr. David Grynspan. Learn about what led him to a first course in linear algebra.- published: 12 Apr 2013
- views: 153
- author: mathapptician
48:33
Mathematics & Molecular Medicine by Dr. Bob Palais
Mathematics is becoming increasingly useful in modern molecular medicine. We will present ...
published: 14 Mar 2012
author: Jason Hill
Mathematics & Molecular Medicine by Dr. Bob Palais
Mathematics & Molecular Medicine by Dr. Bob Palais
Mathematics is becoming increasingly useful in modern molecular medicine. We will present examples in which math was used to develop a rapid and economical t...- published: 14 Mar 2012
- views: 301
- author: Jason Hill
39:59
Mathematical Modeling of Pharmaceuticals:Predictive Design for Better Medicines-Ashlee Ford Versypt
View more information on the DOE CSGF Program at http://www.krellinst.org/csgf
Smart desi...
published: 21 Aug 2013
Mathematical Modeling of Pharmaceuticals:Predictive Design for Better Medicines-Ashlee Ford Versypt
Mathematical Modeling of Pharmaceuticals:Predictive Design for Better Medicines-Ashlee Ford Versypt
View more information on the DOE CSGF Program at http://www.krellinst.org/csgf Smart designs of drug molecules and pharmaceutical formulations can target treatments to specific tissues, reduce side effects, and improve patient quality of care. Computational models for evaluating pharmaceutical formulations can narrow the range of experiments needed to identify successful designs by predicting performance, thus reducing development time and driving down costs. Models coupled with sophisticated process control strategies allow for careful manufacturing monitoring to reduce materials and energy waste and adhere to quality standards. I will overview mathematical modeling efforts in several pharmaceutical domains and highlight work related to predicting drug release from controlled-release formulations that administer medicine over extended periods with a single dose. I will show how coupled, nonlinear partial differential equations can be used to capture the complex dynamic interactions between simultaneous chemical reactions and mass transfer. I will describe mathematical techniques that can reduce the system size from thousands of equations to just a few while still resolving biodegradation of the pharmaceutical formulation that strongly influences drug release dynamics. These techniques can help design improved controlled-release formulations.- published: 21 Aug 2013
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EMB Day - "Mathematical Models in Medicine" by G. Dasios
"Mathematical Models in Medicine" by mr Georgios Dasios....
published: 18 Nov 2011
author: embupatras
EMB Day - "Mathematical Models in Medicine" by G. Dasios
EMB Day - "Mathematical Models in Medicine" by G. Dasios
"Mathematical Models in Medicine" by mr Georgios Dasios.- published: 18 Nov 2011
- views: 121
- author: embupatras
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uWaterloo Applied Math Research
University of Waterloo Dept. of Applied Mathematics researchers are profiled in this video...
published: 11 Aug 2011
author: uwaterloo
uWaterloo Applied Math Research
uWaterloo Applied Math Research
University of Waterloo Dept. of Applied Mathematics researchers are profiled in this video, prepared for the July 2011 International Congress on Industrial a...- published: 11 Aug 2011
- views: 2998
- author: uwaterloo
16:18
Simon Singh: Trick or Treatment, Alternative Medicine on Trial
Simon Singh is an author and journalist specialising in science and mathematics. Rather am...
published: 12 Nov 2013
Simon Singh: Trick or Treatment, Alternative Medicine on Trial
Simon Singh: Trick or Treatment, Alternative Medicine on Trial
Simon Singh is an author and journalist specialising in science and mathematics. Rather amazingly, he is the author the first mathematical book to be a UK No.1 bestseller. In this provocative talk Simon describes how he went down the rabbit hole into the murky world of libel laws in the UK after writing an article on alternative medicine. The talk covers the dangers of overdosing on homeopathic sleeping pills (side effects may involve staying awake!) all the way to the importance of and dangers to free speech in journalism and science.- published: 12 Nov 2013
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Stephen King Mathematical Modelling MSc
The course will provide training in techniques of applied mathematics, and will focus larg...
published: 03 May 2013
author: UniversityofLimerick
Stephen King Mathematical Modelling MSc
Stephen King Mathematical Modelling MSc
The course will provide training in techniques of applied mathematics, and will focus largely on mathematical models of real world processes, their formulati...- published: 03 May 2013
- views: 370
- author: UniversityofLimerick
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Mathematics meets Biology: Part 1 of 5
Part 1 of 5 of a podcast of a talk by Dr Christina Cobbold (Glasgow) on "Mathematics Meets...
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: meetmathsorg
Mathematics meets Biology: Part 1 of 5
Mathematics meets Biology: Part 1 of 5
Part 1 of 5 of a podcast of a talk by Dr Christina Cobbold (Glasgow) on "Mathematics Meets Biology". Talk given at Meet the Mathematicians event at the Royal...- published: 16 Jun 2010
- views: 3943
- author: meetmathsorg
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Prof James Gleeson Mathematical Modelling MSc
The course will provide training in techniques of applied mathematics, and will focus larg...
published: 03 May 2013
author: UniversityofLimerick
Prof James Gleeson Mathematical Modelling MSc
Prof James Gleeson Mathematical Modelling MSc
The course will provide training in techniques of applied mathematics, and will focus largely on mathematical models of real world processes, their formulati...- published: 03 May 2013
- views: 142
- author: UniversityofLimerick
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Don't watch this Film II -- UFO Mayan Secrets & Ancient Aliens Revealed - [HD]
http://www.truereality.org
Amazing new Mayan artifacts prove the extraterrestrial connecti...
published: 19 Apr 2012
author: TrueReality.ORG
Don't watch this Film II -- UFO Mayan Secrets & Ancient Aliens Revealed - [HD]
http://www.truereality.org
Amazing new Mayan artifacts prove the extraterrestrial connection between the Maya and their galactic visitors, furthering the preponderance on the December 21, 2012 end date to the Long Count calendar.
Many people have speculated that the Maya were visited by extraterrestrials and that at least one of their deities, Kukulcan (also known as Quetzalcoatl by the Aztecs), may have been a galactic visitor who taught the Maya about agriculture, mathematics, medicine and astronomy. How else could one explain the Mayan calendar, a calendar that to this day can accurately predict every lunar eclipse within 30 seconds?
The Maya knew of planets that were not "discovered" until many centuries later. They were also the first civilization to use the "zero" in mathematics.
Interestingly, while Quetzalcoatl was described by the Maya as appearing to be Caucasian, having blonde hair and blue eyes, some of the artifacts appear to have African characteristics, thus giving credence to the hypothesis that our civilization was seeded here from various star nations.
For more on this premise, please see: Starseeds and Our Human Origins
The demise of the Maya civilization came in 1521 when Hernán Cortés invaded the Maya during the Spanish Conquest of the Yucatan, funded by the Roman Catholic Church. Cortés believed the Maya were a pagan civilization and ordered his Conquistadors to raid the Mayan buildings. Books, biographies, musical compositions, histories, genealogies and other Mayan works were burned, thus destroying nearly every trace of this great civilization.
Now, the Maya may hold the ultimate answers to UFO disclosure. Additionally, according to Drunvalo Melchizedek, there are 1000's of Mayan codices that were discovered in the basement of a museum library after many people believed that all but four codices were destroyed.
This shows us how long the media has been deceiving the public. If the Spanish supposedly destroyed all of the Maya's books, texts, calendars and manuscripts, then why do works such as the Dresden Codices still exist?
Linguist Clif High stated, ""The 11:11 am alignment on December 21, 2012 was deliberately created by Pope Gregory, under the direction of the powers that be at that time. They took a German mathematician, who assembled a team and then they used texts that theoretically do not exist. Many of the Mayan books that were said to have been burned weren't burned, but crated up and taken back to the Vatican as part of the payoff for the expedition and the slicing of the planet between the Spanish and the Portuguese by the pope of that time."
"Pope Gregory brought aboard a team of mathematicians who spent 5 months at the reconciliation level alone, to get the Gregorian calendar to align, specifically, with the end of the Mayan calendar with these particular numbers. They wanted the 11:11 am because 11 is the number of mastery, it is one number beyond divinity and the 11:11 combo brings you to 22 which is their number for sainthood or ascension. The whole 2012 date continuously points back to the holy cross, or the swastika. If you look down on a swastika, it's both the double cross, indicating the 4 sided pyramid, or 5 sided counting the bottom, but it also represents a solar effect. This solar effect can be seen from the sun or from outside the earth but we can't see it from here. The effect twists somewhat to create an image similar to the swastika. The swastika was encoded as a reference to solar activity that will occur around 2012."
In a recent article, remote viewing Tibetan monks foresaw an ET intervention in 2012. Is this what the Maya perceive?
Please see: Remote Viewing Monks See 2012 ET Intervention
So what can we expect on December 21, 2012? Chances are, it'll be just another day but no one knows for sure. If these artifacts have anything to do with the end date of the Mayan calendar, it could be the start of an exciting new era in human history!
--- UFO Mayan Secrets to Be Revealed by Mexican Government in 2012 Doc:
http://community.humanityhealing.net/forum/topics/new-ancient-mayan-artifacts...
Nassim Haramein & Klaus Dona. Ancient artifacts with pictures of ufos and wormholes,stargates in operation. (Fullscreen great view) 11.06.11 Congresshalle Saarbrücken
http://theresonanceproject.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheResonanceProject#p/u
STARGATE - EVENTS OF THE PAST PRESENT AND/OUR FUTURE??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_5oCoUVVs
Klaus Dona : The Hidden History of the Human Race (March 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmMwo1Xzgus
Mayan Secrets to Be Revealed by Mexican Government in '2012' Doc
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/17/idUS269735214920110817
NASA Photos of Giant UFOs Around the Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgSjEhMqdsI
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Road Back to the Frozen Four (69 minutes)
History
[edit]Partridge and his academy
The university was founded in 1819 at Norwich by ...
published: 06 May 2011
author: Norwich Television
Road Back to the Frozen Four (69 minutes)
History
[edit]Partridge and his academy
The university was founded in 1819 at Norwich by military educator and former superintendent of West Point, Captain Alden B. Partridge. Captain Partridge believed in the "American System of Education," a traditional liberal arts curriculum with instruction in civil engineering and military science. After leaving West Point because of congressional disapproval of his system, he returned to his native state of Vermont to create the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy. Captain Partridge, in founding his academy, rebelled against the reforms of Sylvanus Thayer to prevent the rise of what he saw as the greatest threat to the security of the young republic: a professional officer class. He believed that a well-trained militia was an urgent necessity and developed the American system around that idea. His academy became the inspiration for a number of military colleges throughout the nation, including both the Virginia Military Institute and The Citadel, and later the land grant colleges created through the Morrill Act of 1862.[4]
Partridge's educational beliefs were considered radical at the time, and this led to his conflicting views with the federal government while he was the superintendent of West Point. Upon creation of his own school, he immediately incorporated classes of agriculture and modern languages in addition to the sciences, liberal arts, and various military subjects. Field exercises, for which Partridge borrowed cannon and muskets from the federal and state governments, supplemented classroom instruction and added an element of realism to the college’s program of well-rounded military education.
Partridge founded six other military institutions during his quest to reform the fledgling United States military. They were the Virginia Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at Portsmouth, Virginia (1839–1846), Pennsylvania Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy at Bristol, Pennsylvania (1842–1845), Pennsylvania Military Institute at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1845–1848), Wilmington Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at Wilmington, Delaware (1846–1848), the Scientific and Military Collegiate Institute at Reading, Pennsylvania (1850–1854), Gymnasium and Military Institute at Pembroke, New Hampshire (1850–1853) and the National Scientific and Military Academy at Brandywine Springs, Delaware (1853).[5]
[edit]Fire and hardship: Norwich in the 19th century
In 1825 the academy moved to Middletown, Connecticut, to provide better naval training to the school's growing corps of cadets. In 1829, the state of Connecticut declined to grant Captain Partridge a charter and he moved the school back to Norwich (the Middletown campus became Wesleyan University in 1831). Beginning in 1826, the college offered the first program of courses in civil engineering in the US. In 1834 Vermont granted a charter and recognized the institution as Norwich University. During the 1856 academic year, the first chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity was founded by cadets Frederick Norton Freeman and Arthur Chase. With the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, Norwich cadets served as instructors of the state militias throughout the Northeast and the entire class of 1862 enlisted upon its graduation. Norwich turned out hundreds of officers and soldiers who served with the federal armies in the American Civil War, including four recipients of the Medal of Honor. One graduate led a corps, seven more headed divisions, 21 commanded brigades, 38 led regiments, and various alumni served in 131 different regimental organizations. In addition, these men were eyewitnesses to some of the war's most dramatic events, including the bloodiest day of the conflict at Antietam, the attack up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg, and the repulse of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. Seven hundred and fifty Norwich men served in the Civil War, of whom sixty fought for the Confederacy.[6] Because of the university's participation in the struggle, the number of students dwindled to seven in the class of 1864 alone.
The Confederate raid on St. Albans, Vermont precipitated fear that Newport, Vermont was an imminent target. The corps quickly boarded an express train for Newport, the same day, October 19, 1864, to the great relief of the inhabitants.
After a catastrophic fire in 1866 which devastated the entire campus, the town of Northfield welcomed the struggling school. The Civil War, the fire, and the uncertainty regarding the continuation of the University seriously lowered the attendance, and the school opened in the fall of 1866 with only 19 students. The 1870s and 1880s saw many financially turbulent times for the institution and the renaming of the school to Lewis College in 1880. In 1881 the student body was reduced to only a dozen men. Later, by 1884, the Vermont Legislature had the name of the school changed back to Norwich. In 1898 the university was designated as the Military
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Greenhouse :: OMEagination
Gesture based 3D visualization of brain structures and activity. Created in collaboration ...
published: 10 May 2013
author: Oblong Industries
Greenhouse :: OMEagination
Gesture based 3D visualization of brain structures and activity. Created in collaboration with University of California San Francisco and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of the OME Precision Medicine Summit using Oblong Greenhouse SDK, FSLView, and a consumer depth sensor.
Collaborating on the project: Bill Seeley, Jesse Brown, and Andrew Trujillo from UCSF MEMORY AND AGING CENTER; Leonid Oliker (Future Technologies Group), Gunther Weber (Visualization Group and the NERSC Analytics Team), Aydın Buluç (Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computing), and Daniela Ushizima (Vis/Analytics Group) from LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY; Stacey Chang (Health & Wellness practice) from IDEO; Kwin Kramer, David Kung, Sarah Vieweg, John Carpenter, Corey Porter, Mattie Ruth Kramer Backman, and Michael Schuresko from OBLONG INDUSTRIES.
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Moses Atwood
Moses Atwood is a performer.
He sits in the chair with his lap steel and bounces from aft...
published: 08 Mar 2010
author: [dog]and[pony]
Moses Atwood
Moses Atwood is a performer.
He sits in the chair with his lap steel and bounces from after-the-snow-falls quiet to middle-of-the-blizzard roars. He chats and rambles on stage. He's gregarious, open. He plays a soft guitar and contrasts that with a powerful tenor.
But he's not Moses Atwood.
Moses Atwood is dead and buried in Georgetown, Massachusetts. He was, in the 1880s, a household name as a maker of patent medicines. You could buy "Moses Atwood's Jaundice Bitters" all over the eastern seaboard.
If a patent medicine (like Simpson & Son's Revitalizing Tonic) was pushed as "bitters," that usually meant it was little more than cheap hooch mixed with bitters to avoid the alcohol tax.
Atwood's bitters were taken to the Supreme Court over trademark infringement. Atwood released his recipe (booze and bitters) to a number of different firms. "Nathan Wood's Jaundice Bitters" was sold in Portland, Maine and is mentioned in the Supreme Court case. In the end, the plaintiff lost as the recipe had been legitimately sold, or something.
Check out the Supreme Court Case in original, olde timey print or read about Moses Atwood's Jaundice Bitters for free on Google Books.
Atwood was also among the nation's first photographers, documenting his hometown of Georgetown, MA on daguerrotype.
Who, then, is our Moses Atwood? I've been listening to him for years and was shocked when I heard his real name. I'm not sure why, exactly. I'd always assumed that Moses was a stage name, but I'd never guessed Atwood would've been.
So when I heard his voicemail say, "You've reached Matthew Chase, leave me a message. And if you're looking for Moses Atwood leave me a message. And if you're confused... don't be," I was a little surprised.
And then he told me about the patent medicines and whatnot and it all made sense, I suppose. His music is temporally dissonant. His simple, direct lyrics and fine plucking and strumming harken to some Antebellum plantation. It's a good backdrop for a man in a white suit with a straw hat and red suspenders hawking panaceas for whatever it may be that ails you.
Also, please raise your hand if you think Moses' next album should be called "Jaundice Bitters."
So it makes sense, I suppose, that Mr. Chase took that name. And it makes sense that he keeps flocking South - painful though it may be.
Moses just spent our short winter here in Maine. He is heading back down South, Asheville way, to study... of all things... the psychology of performance. Which also makes sense. He has taken on a whole new persona. In some places it has replaced his actual personality. Many do not know he is Matthew Chase. For years, I knew of him only as Moses Atwood. I was introduced to him that way, in fact. He answers to it.
So it fits, then, that he's going back to school to look at performance and psychology and to see where those fit together.
Shooting Moses was an interesting experience all around. He is the first artist we've shot who didn't have a specific location to shoot. We invited him over to the lofty Dog and Pony Studios on Marshall Street and set him up by the window in our attic.
Also worthy of note: I think we spent more time chatting before the shoot with Moses than with any other artist. By an order of magnitude. Generally, our shoots involve a little chit-chat while we set up. Moses showed up, though, and we all had coffee and water and talked about the downfall of Detroit reflecting the downfall of America.
It goes like this: Moses, or Matthew, I'm not really sure which, had seen a program on PBS called "Blueprints of a Nation." In which, they profile the rise and fall of Detroit. How abundant resources near a large source of water led to a quick build up. How Detroit was a magnet for rails which led to an advanced rail system in the city. How the rail system led to a more business friendly environment, allowed for the building of a highway to cut through the thick inner city. How the highway allowed people to pass through Detroit and how Detroit bled out through the highway and the cars it built with all its resources.
And how America is modeled after Detroit.
That led to, of course, a conversation about zombies and what to do in case of a zombie apocalypse.
Then we got to shooting. He talked about listening to a lot of Randy Newman lately. Moses is intrigued by how easily and readily Newman writes songs about places. Moses wants to do a song about Detroit.
He borrowed a guitar he never used, favoring the infinite tones of his steely dobro. He apologized for his nasal cold but it adds a certain roughness to his voice. It's a roughness that suits his music. A roughness of campfires and fighting. He sings about a place here, about California, Manifest Destiny. About going West - Moses always sings about somewhere else and Matthew is always drawn South.
Chase talks about living various places around the country. Phoenix and Asheville, mostly. Phoenix is miserable, apparently. Hard packed heat sta
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One Million Solutions in Health #29 - January 19 2012
SUMMARY: "Mathematical models and medicine: The sky's the limit" Operations research grew ...
published: 20 May 2012
author: OneMillionSolutions
One Million Solutions in Health #29 - January 19 2012
One Million Solutions in Health #29 - January 19 2012
SUMMARY: "Mathematical models and medicine: The sky's the limit" Operations research grew out of military logistics planning in World War II, and is now stro...- published: 20 May 2012
- views: 98
- author: OneMillionSolutions
30:21
[VIASM] Machine Learning Approaches for Genomic Medicine - Prof. Mesirov P.1
Public lecture at VIASM.
Time: 16:00 -- 17:30. August 28, 2012.
Venue: Vietnam Institute f...
published: 29 Oct 2013
[VIASM] Machine Learning Approaches for Genomic Medicine - Prof. Mesirov P.1
[VIASM] Machine Learning Approaches for Genomic Medicine - Prof. Mesirov P.1
Public lecture at VIASM. Time: 16:00 -- 17:30. August 28, 2012. Venue: Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) 7-th floor, Ta Quang Buu Library, Hanoi University of Science & Technology Speaker: Prof. Jill Mesirov -- Broad Institute (Harvard-MIT) Abstract: The sequencing of the human genome and the development of new methods for acquiring biological data have changed the face of biomedical research. The use of mathematical and computational approaches is taking advantage of the availability of these data to develop new methods with the promise of improved understanding and treatment of disease. I will describe some of these approaches as well as our recent work on a Bayesian method for integrating high-level clinical and genomic features to stratify pediatric brain tumor patients into groups with high and low risk of relapse after treatment. The approach provides a more comprehensive, accurate, and biologically interpretable model than the currently used clinical schema, and highlights possible future drug targets.- published: 29 Oct 2013
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84:40
EP42 : Mathematics is the Key to Higher Dimensions
Mathematics is the abstract study of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure, space, ...
published: 17 Jan 2014
EP42 : Mathematics is the Key to Higher Dimensions
EP42 : Mathematics is the Key to Higher Dimensions
Mathematics is the abstract study of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure, space, and change. There is a range of views among mathematicians and philosophers as to the exact scope and definition of mathematics. Mathematicians seek out patterns and use them to formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proof. When mathematical structures are good models of real phenomena, then mathematical reasoning can provide insight or predictions about nature. Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist. The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry. Rigorous arguments first appeared in Greek mathematics, most notably in Euclid's Elements. Since the pioneering work of Giuseppe Peano (1858--1932), David Hilbert (1862--1943), and others on axiomatic systems in the late 19th century, it has become customary to view mathematical research as establishing truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions. Mathematics developed at a relatively slow pace until the Renaissance, when mathematical innovations interacting with new scientific discoveries led to a rapid increase in the rate of mathematical discovery that has continued to the present day. Galileo Galilei (1564--1642) said, "The universe cannot be read until we have learned the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and the letters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without which means it is humanly impossible to comprehend a single word. Without these, one is wandering about in a dark labyrinth." Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777--1855) referred to mathematics as "the Queen of the Sciences". Benjamin Peirce (1809--1880) called mathematics "the science that draws necessary conclusions". David Hilbert said of mathematics: "We are not speaking here of arbitrariness in any sense. Mathematics is not like a game whose tasks are determined by arbitrarily stipulated rules. Rather, it is a conceptual system possessing internal necessity that can only be so and by no means otherwise." Albert Einstein (1879--1955) stated that "as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." French mathematician Claire Voisin states "There is creative drive in mathematics, it's all about movement trying to express itself." Mathematics is used throughout the world as an essential tool in many fields, including natural science, engineering, medicine, finance and the social sciences. Applied mathematics, the branch of mathematics concerned with application of mathematical knowledge to other fields, inspires and makes use of new mathematical discoveries, which has led to the development of entirely new mathematical disciplines, such as statistics and game theory. Mathematicians also engage in pure mathematics, or mathematics for its own sake, without having any application in mind. There is no clear line separating pure and applied mathematics, and practical applications for what began as pure mathematics are often discovered.- published: 17 Jan 2014
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University of Florida College of Medicine Match Day Ceremonies
The National Residency Matching Program matches prospective residents to residencies using...
published: 22 Mar 2011
author: UFHealth
University of Florida College of Medicine Match Day Ceremonies
University of Florida College of Medicine Match Day Ceremonies
The National Residency Matching Program matches prospective residents to residencies using a mathematical algorithm that compiles students' and institutions'...- published: 22 Mar 2011
- views: 1531
- author: UFHealth
