Sir Neville Howse (VC), Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick and Private Martin O’Meara (VC) and their contributions to Australian military medicine

Medical personnel serving with the Defence Forces have contributed to the evolution of trauma treatment and the advancement of prehospital care within the military environment. This paper investigates the stories of an Australian Medical Officer, Sir Neville Howse, and two stretcher bearers, Private John Simpson (Kirkpatrick) and Private Martin O’Meara, In particular it describes the gruelling conditions under which they performed their roles, and reflects on the legacy that they have left behind in Australian society. While it is widely acknowledged that conflicts such as World War One should never have happened, as civilian and defence force paramedics, we should never forget the service and sacrifice of defence force medical personnel and their contribution to the body of knowledge on the treatment of trauma. These men and women bravely provided emergency care in the most harrowing conditions possible. However, men like Martin O’Meara may not have been given the same status in society today as Sir Neville Howse or Simpson and his donkey, due to the public’s lack of awareness and acceptance of war neurosis and conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder, reactive psychosis and somatoform disorders which were suffered by many soldiers during their wartime service and on their return home after fighting in war.

VD-MOS大功率FET实验及其Ron~BVds关系的研究

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Los diez mejores momentos matemáticos de Los Simpson

Una de las características más notables de Los Simpson es la gran cantidad de "citas eruditas" que pueden encontrarse en sus episodios: a la historia, al arte, a la religión y también a la ciencia. Gran parte de estas citas y referencias tienen que ver con la matemática y sus distintas ramas. Este trabajo describe diez de las más notables citas matemáticas del programa. Pueden usarse en clase para despertar la atención de los estudiantes al introducir ciertos temas o simplemente por su belleza e interés intrínsecos.

La paradoja de Simpson

En estadística y probabilidad encontramos diferentes paradojas de solución adsequible a los estudiantes que permiten organizar actividades didácticas en la enseñanza y aprendizaje. En este trabajo describimos la paradoja de Simpson, que produce múltiples errores en la interpretación de la asociación y correlación. Describimos la paradoja y su historia, algunas soluciones y ejemplos. También analizamos los contenidos estadísticos trabajados en su solución, así como los posibles razonamientos erróneos de los estudiantes.

Stylistics, criticism and mythrepresentation again: squaring the circle with Ray Mackay's subjective solution for all problems

This article is a response to an article by Ray Mackay (1996) which constitutes an attack on stylistic analysis in general, and the writings of the above authors and Ron Carter in particular. Mackay's article (in Language and Communication) accuses stylistics of 'scientificness' and claims that its attempt to provide objective analyses of literary texts is futile.1 We suggest that Mackay has misrepresented what stylisticians have said about objectivity, and that his understanding of objectivity, science and the nature of text-interpretative argument is seriously flawed.

Alfred William Brian Simpson 1931-2011

This is a biography of AW Brian Simpson prepared for the British Academy's series Biographical Memoirs of the British Academy.