"They that Fear the Lord."

That we may know, Lord, your way on earth.

Systems That Know That They Don't Understand

The metaphor of computation itself is the new leverage that AI brings to the study of mind. However, since the field parted company with Cybernetics and Self-Organizing Systems research in the mid-1950s, work within AI has focussed primarily on computational models of "reasoning." Expert Systems is a hot area of AI research with important scientific and commercial impact. The prominence of expe...

The Gardens of the Lord

Lord Lister

i hp; medical man who wishes to gain a clear idea of the broad foundations upon which modern medicine and surgery are based should read two great books which are almost twin classics; Rene Vallery Radot's Life of Pasteur" (English translation by Mrs. Devonshire), and Sir Rickman Godlee's "Lord Lister," the re-appearance of which in a third edition we cordially welcome. Both are finely written s...

How did they do that?

The study by DiDiodato and McAthur describes work to improve the care of patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia. They compare length of stay of patients after the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme that was initially led by an infectious diseasetrained pharmacist and then transitioned to a ward-based pharmacist. To estimate the impact on length of ...