Notes on books

Medical students' Study Resources: Books or Notes

Introduction: Given the importance and impact of test resources on medical student’ learning, this study aimed to assess the time devoted to study books and notes during the semester and exam time. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted on all medical students (120) who were passing internship period at Isfahan University of medical sciences in 2011. Devoted time to study books...

Books, books, books.

IAPR Fellow, shares a personal sketch of his career in statistical pattern recognition. At the end, he poses questions to entice further research. Chart of some upcoming IAPR and non-IAPR workshops, conferences, and summer schools of interest to the I APR community. The views expressed in this newsletter represent the personal views of the authors and not necessarily those of their host institu...

New books on TEX

If a D V I file requests a font at a size that does not exist, but the requested size is within 0.2 % of a supported magnification with the font at that size existing, the D V I processor must use the latter font without warning. Explanation: TQX and METAFONT compute font magnifications with different precisions. Further; calculations done by TEX and/or a DVI processor are subject to roundoff e...

Three Books on Relativity

The Mathematical Theory of Relativity. By A. S. Eddington. Cambridge, University Press, 1923. VI + 247 pp. The Meaning of Relativity. By Albert Einstein. Translated into English by E. P. Adams. Princeton University Press, 1923. 123 pp. The Theory of General Relativity and Gravitation. By L. Silberstein. New York, Van Nostrand, 1922. IV + 141 pp. In attempting a combined review of these three bo...

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