“You have a better needle, I know”. Boy Actors on the Early Modern Stage

So how do you know you have a macromolecular complex?

Protein in crystal form is at an extremely high concentration and yet retains the complex secondary structure that defines an active protein. The protein crystal itself is made up of a repeating lattice of protein-protein and protein-solvent interactions. The problem that confronts any crystallographer is to identify those interactions that represent physiological interactions and those that do...

Modern Anesthesia Machines: What You Should Know

The closed claims analysis by Caplan, et.al. in 1997 remains the most definitive description of gas delivery equipment morbidity. Although relatively few claims arise (1.2% since 1985), the rate of misuse is three times higher than pure equipment failure, and better monitoring could have prevented 78%. This point is emphasized by Caplan in the 2004 APSF workshop on use of audible alarms 2 , and...

You have to know how to shudder.

IDO NOT REMEMBER when I first heard that phrase but I do remember the patient who showed me it was true. His cancer had metastasized to his spinal cord leaving him a paraplegic. His pain was controlled with an epidural morphine pump. Lack of visceral metastases kept him here for many months. Ultimately he was able to finish his book and live to see the galley proofs. I would visit him at home. ...

You know I can't hear you when the water's running.

I Think You Know That I Know That You Think : Epistemology and Interactive Digital Art

Contents 1 Abstract 2 Introduction 3 Discovery 9 Reflection 13 Synthesis 18 Conclusion 20 Appendix 21 Glossary 22 Bibliography 1 Abstract I create computer simulations that illustrate some aspect of meta-knowledge (ie. knowledge about knowledge.) Building from my earlier art and a discussion about epistemology (the scholarly discipline of meta-knowledge,) my thesis artwork is based on the princ...