Random Harvest (Biographical Sketches)

Biographical Sketches

Some notable names in renal medicine from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Abercrombie moved from successful general practice into the Royal Public Dispensary as a consultant and was appointed physician to the King in Scotland. President of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh and a contemporary of Sir Robert Christison both ...

Classic Descriptions of Disease with Biographical Sketches of the Authors

Biographical sketches of the first editorial board and those who have edited Pediatrics.

THE FIRST EDITORIAL BOARD The first editorial board included nationally known pediatricians, many of them pediatric department chairmen. Most were involved in research activities that enabled them to critically review articles in their particular field of interest, but because of their knowledge and experience as clinicians, they also were able to evaluate articles in general pediatrics. Intere...

Biographical Sketches of Three Distinguished AES Members Active in the Years 1940-1960

In order to lend emphasis to the substance of the ideals for which our Society stood (from 1945 on), I have deemed it essential to give brief biographical sketches of a few of the men who made the AES what it was, in that they contributed mightily to its mood, tone, and its activities. Those men whom I have chosen are: Drs. J. S. Simmons, J. E. Smadel, and T. Francis, Jr., all of whom are recen...

Recognition of Hand-drawn Sketches with Marcov Random Fields

Freehand sketches are complex for recognition. Individual fragments of the drawing are often ambiguous to be interpreted without contextual cues. Markov Random Field (MRF) that ends up with a global model by simply specifying local interactions can naturally suffice the requirement. In our project, a recognizer based on MRF has been constructed to jointly analyze local features in order to inco...