Legacy of Richard Heck

Restructuring legacy C code into C + + 1 Richard

1 This work was partially supported by NSF grant #CCR-9803876 Abstract In this paper, we describe restructuring of C code into new C++ classes. Such restructuring is done to facilitate both software reuse and software evolution. The restructuring is accomplished by restructuring tools and scenarios. We discuss the transformation tool-set and the design of the individual tools. The approach is d...

Majority Cycling and Agenda Manipulation: Richard McKelvey’s Contributions and Legacy

Introduction Richard McKelvey’s foundational work on “spatial instability” and “agenda manipulation” (McKelvey 1979) can be read in many ways. In our view, two of the enduring messages of his work concern (a) the multiplicity of outcomes that can potentially result when legislators bargain over at least two dimensions of policy at once; and (b) the importance of agenda power in determining whic...

Meet The Burtons 1 - The Celebrity Legacy of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role which Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton played in initiating the nature of contemporary celebrity culture. Using the couple’s scandalous affair which took place during the filming of Cleopatra (1963) as a case study, the paper will explore how the collapse of the studio system, combined with the rise of the paparazzi and the development of the ...

The legacy of Richard Burdon Haldane: the university clinical units and their future.

When the Queen's College of Belfast was established in 1848 there had already existed since 1810 the Belfast Academical Institution (Royal after 1831). The General Hospital had been built in Frederick Street in 1817, anatomy had teaching begun at Belfast Academical Institution (Inst.) in 1818, resident pupilships had started at the General Hospital in 1820, clinical lectures had started there i...

Remembering Richard [Obituary, Richard A.Newton]