Mr. J. T. Davey and Mr. H. J. Morris

Hospital Men of Mark: Mr. J. Courtney Buchanan, C.B.E.

near Canterbury, Mr. Buchanan, who lost both parents when he was only seven years old, was educated at Christ's Hospital, where he became a Grecian, as members of the top form are called. Few schools have been more identified with men of letters, and it was therefore fitting that Mr. Buchanan should, after matriculation, have won a scholarship at London University for Classics and English Liter...

MR-J: A MapReduce Framework for Multi-core Architectures

The trend toward multi-core technology has resulted in a search for various parallel programming models to make efficient use of multiple cores on microprocessors. MapReduce is a general-purpose programming model originally developed by Google that provides a simple and efficient platform for large-scale data processing in a distributed systems environment [1]. The simplicity of this model is t...

Religion and Spirituality: Adam Smith versus J-J Rousseau

Adam Smith and J-J Rousseau share some common ground when it comes to religion, namely that they were born into  and educated in cultural contexts deeply shaped by Reformed Christianity. However, close consideration of their writings on religion reveal marked difference. This paper explores those differences and finds that Rousseau and Smith are radically at odds on this score. Smith has almost...

Heterozygote Hemoglobin J Iran in Combination with Hemoglobin H Disease

This is a report concerning a concurrent case of hemoglobin J Iran (Hb J Iran) and Hemoglobin H (Hb H) disease in an Iranian woman. The patient was coincidentally found during the course of routine pre-marital genetic counselling for her son. The diagnosis of heterozygote Hb J Iran for her son, ultimately led to the diagnosis of concurrent Hb J Iran and Hb H disease. The hematological examinati...

Professor J H Peacock