Letter from James Otis, Jr. to James Otis, Sr., and portrait print of James Otis Jr., 1743 June 17

Letter from Otis in Boston to his father, James Otis Sr. on June 17, 1743. In the short, half-page letter, Otis asks his father for money to pay for expenses relating to Commencement including the printing of theses, shoes, buckles, and any entertainment. He mentions that he will share entertainment expenses with his classmate Lothrop Russell.

A memoir of James Jackson, Jr., M.D. : with extracts from his letters to his father : and medical cases, collected by him /

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Proceedings of the state rights celebration, at Charleston, S.C., July 1st, 1830. Containing the speeches of the Hon. Wm. Drayton & Hon. R.Y. Hayne, who were the invited guests; also of Langdon Cheves, James Hamilton, Jr., and Robert J. Turnbull, Esqrs., and the remarks of His Honor the intendant, H.L. Pinckney, to which is added the volunteer toasts given on the occasion.

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In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York. Before the Honorable Samuel Nelson and the Honorable Samuel Blatchford. May 5, 1870. James Fisk, Jr., vs. the Union Pacific Railroad Company and others ... Argument of Samuel J. Tilden for defendants, in reply to Mr. Stoughton and Mr. Field.

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En este proyecto a través de la aplicación de modelos de mejoramiento como la gestión de procesos y tiempos y movimientos se solucionaron problemas internos relacionados con la oportunidad, eficacia y eficiencia en una institución prestadora de salud de nivel II de complejidad, siendo aplicables en cualquier organización del sector salud cuya razón de ser sea atender pacientes, dándole a la organización la capacidad de responder adecuadamente a las necesidades del cliente en términos de tiempo sin comprometer la calidad del servicio prestado. Esto se desarrolló en la clínica Belén de Fusagasugá en el periodo comprendido entre septiembre de 2010 y septiembre de 2011, se utilizo la metodología de tiempos y movimientos, determinando los desequilibrios entre la capacidad instalada y el volumen de pacientes que ingresaron , a través de tiempos de atención socialmente aceptados, la capacidad instalada requerida para evitar retrasos en los horarios de alto volumen de consulta los cuales producen insatisfacción del usuario. Lo anterior se aplicó en dos procesos institucionales: urgencias y hospitalización ya que son las unidades funcionales donde los tiempos de espera son mayores a los socialmente aceptados produciendo importantes fallas de calidad, se establecieron indicadores de alerta que permitieron detectar en tiempo real las demoras en la atención, para asi realizar ajustes inmediatos a través de acciones de contingencia que se implementan en la institución, a partir de la desviación de los indicadores de alerta para cada uno de los procedimientos, determinando la existencia de cuellos de botella, gracias a la aplicación de la metodología de gestión de procesos y la que permitieron que el factor volumen de pacientes no afecte los tiempos de prestación de los servicios garantizando la satisfacción de los clientes.

Optimising memory usage in n-tuple neural networks

The use of n-tuple or weightless neural networks as pattern recognition devices is well known (Aleksander and Stonham, 1979). They have some significant advantages over the more common and biologically plausible networks, such as multi-layer perceptrons; for example, n-tuple networks have been used for a variety of tasks, the most popular being real-time pattern recognition, and they can be implemented easily in hardware as they use standard random access memories. In operation, a series of images of an object are shown to the network, each being processed suitably and effectively stored in a memory called a discriminator. Then, when another image is shown to the system, it is processed in a similar manner and the system reports whether it recognises the image; is the image sufficiently similar to one already taught? If the system is to be able to recognise and discriminate between m-objects, then it must contain m-discriminators. This can require a great deal of memory. This paper describes various ways in which memory requirements can be reduced, including a novel method for multiple discriminator n-tuple networks used for pattern recognition. By using this method, the memory normally required to handle m-objects can be used to recognise and discriminate between 2^m — 2 objects.

Major gene and multifactorial inheritance of mandibular prognathism

Mandibular prognathism typically shows familial aggregation. Various genetic models have been described and it is assumed to be a multifactorial and polygenic trait, with a threshold for expression. Our goal was to examine specific genetic models of the familial transmission of this trait. The study sample comprised of 2,562 individuals from 55 families. Complete family histories for each proband were ascertained and the affection status of relatives were confirmed by lateral cephalograms, photographs, and dental models. Pedigrees were drawn using PELICAN and complex segregation analysis was performed using POINTER. Parts of some pedigrees were excluded to create one founder pedigrees, so the total N was 2,050. Analysis showed more affected females than males (P = 0.030). The majority of the pedigrees suggest autosomal dominant inheritance. Incomplete penetrance was demonstrated by the ratio of affected/unaffected parents and siblings. The heritability of mandibular prognathism was estimated to be 0.316. We conclude that there is a major gene that influences the expression of mandibular prognathism with clear signs of Mendelian inheritance and a multifactorial component. (C) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.