Slaying the MEAP Monster

Slaying the Hydra

for 22 Oct. 2015 The Lernaean Hydra was a mythological creature, which, when one of its many heads was cut off, immediately grew two more. One of the ten labors of Hercules was to slay the Hydra. In order to help Hercules slay a mathematical version of the Hydra, we will introduce transfinite ordinal numbers, to do what Peano arithmetic cannot. Bring swords, helmets and spears, and a willingnes...

The “monster” Study

The diagnosogenic (semantogenic) theory for the onset of stuttering was initially proposed by Wendell Johnson in the early 1940s. It suggested that calling attention to a child’s normal hesitations (repetitions) could precipitate stuttering (Bloodstein, 1987). Some of the evidence that Johnson used to support this theory (e.g., certain tribes of American Indians, in which there appeared to be n...

Slaying the CVD dragon with steroids.

C ardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a big problem worldwide, accounting for 29% of all deaths and over 16 million deaths annually [1]. Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke are by far the most important contributors to total CVD mortality, responsible for 43% (7.2 million) and 33% (5.5 million) of all CVD deaths, respectively. At the heart of IHD and stroke is atherosclerosis, characterised b...

Research in Brief: Slaying the Jabberwock

"Research in Brief" presents summaries of interesting research in progress for which full-length reports were unavailable at the time of publication. WPEL encourages readers to assist the authors in furthering their research by offering comments and suggestions. Slaying the Jabberwock 'Tw\'ls brillig, and the &lithy toves Did gyre and giable in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the ao...

Taming the Cookie Monster