The Apgar Legend Lives

The legend of cytomegalovirus and glioblastoma lives on.

The Legend File System

We have designed, prototyped, and evaluated the Legend file system, which exploits the ability to regenerate lost files to improve reliability. Unlike RAID-5 and RAID-6, Legend degrades gracefully as the number of failed storage devices increases. Legend also mitigates the high storage capacity overhead imposed by n-way replications. Combined with existing methods, Legend can form another line ...

The legend of the KJU

The Korean Journal of Urology (KJU) will change its name starting in 2016. Recently, the editorial board of the KJU had a spirited discussion about whether to keep the original name or change it to attract more international authors and readers of our journal. In 2014, approximately 60% of the papers submitted to the KJU were from outside of Korea, and the number of countries represented by aut...

The Apgar Score (1953-1958)

In 1952 Virginia Apgar, a physician at the Sloane Women?s Hospital in New York City, New York, created the Apgar score as a method of evaluating newborn infants? health to determine if they required medical intervention. The score included five separate categories, including heart rate, breathing rate, reaction to stimuli, muscle activity, and color. An infant received a score from zero to two ...

We are Legend

We are HIV. Our family is ancient. Out of Africa, Monkey to man, From the trees and forests, To the towns and cities. We are here. For we are HIV, we are legion. Our children are billions, Our home, in your defenses, In your blood, your brain, Your saliva, your semen. We are everywhere. For we are HIV, we are immortal. We are part of you, And you of us, We live with you, but May not die with yo...