Vladimir M. Kernig (1840–1917)

Josef Brudzinski and Vladimir Mikhailovich Kernig: signs for diagnosing meningitis.

Inflammation of the meninges, or meningitis, is a serious neurological insult that involves the membranes (dura, pia and arachnoid matter) covering the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis may be caused by any of a host of infectious and noninfectious agents including bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, drugs, autoimmune disorders, or malignancy which considerably influences morbidity and mortali...

The signs of Kernig and Brudzinski.

Vladimir Marik

The increasing demand for the use of database systems as an integrating factor in CAD/CAM applications has necessitated the development of database systems with appropriate modelling and retrieval capabilities. One essential problem is the treatment of geometric data which has led to the development of spatial databases. Unfortunately, most proposals only deal with simple geometric objects like...

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Memories of Vladimir Arnold

1. Dima Arnold in my life, by Dmitry Fuchs Unfortunately, I have never been Arnold’s student, although as a mathematician, I owe him a lot. He was just two years older than I, and according to the University records, the time distance between us was still less: when I was admitted to the Moscow State University as a freshman, he was a sophomore. We knew each other, but did not communicate much....