SURGEONS TO EMIGRANT SHIPS.

Some experiences of ships' surgeons during the early days of the sperm whale fishery.

There is a rich heritage of literature related to the whaling industry. Much of it is documentary, natural history, and of a scientific nature; but at least one great work of art, Moby Dick, has emerged. Remarkably little has been contributed by the medical profession; remarkable because from the seventeenth century British whalers carried a surgeon as part of the crew, and he would have been t...

In Tribute to Riveted Ships

Optimal Allocation of Ships to Quay Length in Container Ports

Due to the continuously increasing container trade, many terminals are presently operating at or close to capacity. An efficient terminal is one that facilitates the quick transshipment of containers to and from ships. In this sake, this paper addresses the ship assignments problem at a maritime container terminal, where ships are normally assigned to specific quay cranes until the work is fini...

Tracking Emigrant Data via Transient Provenance

Information leaks are a constant worry for companies and government organizations. After a leak occurs it is very important for the data owner to not only determine the extent of the leak, but who originally leaked the information. We propose a technique to extend data provenance to aid in determining potential sources of information leaks. While data provenance is commonly defined as the ances...

Comparing Resident Evaluation of Attending Surgeons to Attendings Self-Evaluation

Introduction. Studying the educational situation of surgery residents according to the perspective of residents and attending surgeons could lead to recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of their education and also to evaluating faculty performance. The purpose of this study was to determine the residents' viewpoints on evaluating their attending surgeons and compare the obtained results wit...