Lucien Bernot - 1919-1993

Statistical estimation with model selection Lucien

The purpose of this paper is to explain the interest and importance of (approximate) models and model selection in Statistics. Starting from the very elementary example of histograms we present a general notion of finite dimensional model for statistical estimation and we explain what type of risk bounds can be expected from the use of one such model. We then give the performance of suitable mo...

Op-brhe140373 1917..1919

In recent years the scientific community has shown renewed interest in DISH. The article by Yaniv et al. [1] in this issue of Rheumatology describes the natural evolution of DISH, providing important new insights into this condition. The article presents a study that used CT, a highly sensitive three-dimensional imaging modality for assessing new bone formation, to identify DISH patients and ex...

Ambulance Diary for 1919

Kenneth Dewhurst (1919–84)

KENNETH DEWHURST (1919-84) Dr Kenneth E. Dewhurst, TD, DPhil, MD, FRCPsych, the psychiatrist and distinguished historian of medicine, died suddenly on 10 December 1984. He was a Lancastrian by birth and served in the Army throughout the second world war, surviving the evacuation from Europe in 1940 and Far East campaigns. Thereafter, he studied medicine in Dublin and after qualifying in 1952 he...

Ddh193 1919..1932

Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA, Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA, Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC 20052, USA, American Quest Laboratories, Inc., Chantill...