Introductionthe Russian Revolution at 100

Evaluating Russian Economic Growth without the Revolution of 1917∗

This paper uses modern econometric techniques, such as the lasso and the synthetic control method, to construct the counterfactual GDP per capita series for Russia for 1917–1940. The goal of this paper is twofold: first, to predict how the Russian economy might have developed without the Revolution; second, to evaluate and compare various econometric methods for computing the counterfactual GDP...

Urbanization and Deurbanization in the Russian Revolution and Civil War

The GPU RevolUTion aT WoRk

F ive or six years ago, using a graphics processing unit (GPU) for anything other than computer games or more serious visualization purposes was something for hardcore hackers only. With the help of graphics description languages such as OpenGL, you could coax your GPU into doing some useful computation by disguising your arithmetic calculation as a set of graphics transformation and projection...

Revolution at the Corner Drugstore

An expanding armamentarium of oral oncologic drugs represents a revolution in the treatment of cancer but also presents significant challenges to adherence and the management of costs, side effects, and a growing clinician workload. Most often, identifying the urgent needs of cancer patients, including financial support and education, falls to the health care giver, whichincludes advanced pract...

Computerized russian translation at ORNL

Since 1964, as an adjunct to its automated technical information processing services to ERDA and other federal agencies, a generalized language translation system has been used by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to translate Russian scientific text to English. The translation system, first implemented at Georgetown University around 1960, has been rewritten and improved through the yea...