Mathematical epidemiology is not an oxymoron

Culturally Safe Epidemiology: Oxymoron or Scientific Imperative.

Since the early 20th Century, epidemiological research has brought benefits and burdens to Aboriginal communities in Canada. Many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit continue to view Western research with distrust; quantitative methods are perceived as especially inconsistent with indigenous ways of knowing. There is increasing recognition, however, that rigorous epidemiological research can produc...

“mathematical Social Sciences;” an Oxymoron?

Be honest. Deep down, most mathematicians probably accept “mathematical social sciences” as an oxymoron. I did — until after examining this area more seriously. Comfortable in my own research emphasizing the Newtonian N -body problem, I probably would respond to news that someone was working in, say, mathematical economics with a polite, “That’s nice,” where this noncommittal comment carried th...

Channels as Enzymes: Oxymoron and Tautology

______________________________ 1 Some important currents do not move through channels: (1) fluxes driven by coupled transporters like the sodium pump and (2) capacitive currents flowing across myelin or membranes, during propagation of the nerve action potential. Journal of Membrane Biology 115 1-12 (1990) Available on arXiv as http://arxiv.org/pdf/1112.2363 Channels as Enzymes: Oxymoron and Ta...

Oxymoron: Making Fine-Grained Memory Randomization Practical by Allowing Code Sharing

The latest effective defense against code reuse attacks is fine-grained, per-process memory randomization. However, such process randomization prevents code sharing since there is no longer any identical code to share between processes. Without shared libraries, however, tremendous memory savings are forfeit. This drawback may hinder the adoption of fine-grained memory randomization. We present...

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