Descartes and the Bologna affair

The Descartes Rule of Sweeps and the Descartes Signature

The Descartes Rule of Signs, which establishes a bound on the number of positive roots of a polynomial with real coefficients, is extended to polynomials with complex coefficients. The extension is modified to bound the number of complex roots in a given direction on the complex plane, giving rise to the Descartes Signature of a polynomial. The search for the roots of a polynomial is sometimes ...

Epidemiology and the Bologna Saga

This paper discusses the driving forces behind the Bologna process, its advantages and possible negative effects. It also analyses the dangers that may result in commoditisation of the European higher education systems, in emergence of rigid accreditation systems and of a centralised bureaucracy that will impair innovation and creativity. The paper develops the idea that the Bologna process may...

The Descartes Meta-Model

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The Alder Hey affair.

The monkey gland affair

His method of working involves very close study of the texts in order to uncover the medical concepts of their authors. For example, when he analyses the vocabulary of disease, showing how diseases are described and named, his conclusions illuminate the question of the extent to which individual characteristics ofthe patient are thought to influence the symptoms and course of the disease. One c...