Sir Wm. Phipson Beale, Bart., K.C

Edith Pechey-Phipson, M.D.: untold story.

ON 7 October, 1845, in the village of Langham near Colchester, Essex, England, a daughter whom they called Mary Edith was born to Baptist Minister William Pechey and his wife Sarah. As Miss Edith Pechey, and later as Dr. Pechey-Phipson, this daughter did so much, in so many ways, to help move the world forward, that her story deserves to be told. Born in the eighth year of the reign of Queen Vi...

KC Devkota

Convergence Properties of Beale - Powell

The Beale-Powell restart algorithm is highly useful for large-scale unconstrained optimization. In this paper, we use an example to show that the algorithm may fail to converge. The global convergence of a slightly modiied algorithm is proved.

Bart Anderson

agreed-upon moral precepts, such as telling the truth and not harming others, are rules for living together that any intelligent gregarious beings would put into their social contracts, needing no divine sanction. In contrast, little good can come from parochial doctrines that cannot be justifi ed by universal standards of reason. Coyne doesn’t dwell on obvious historical disasters, such as rel...

Bart Syndrome

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A B C Fig. 1. Pretreatment photograph. (A) Extensive absence of skin on the left lower extremity, (B) a ruptured blister on the right hand, and (C) nail deformity of the left great toe. Bart syndrome is a rare inherited disorder characterized by the localize...