In this issue, instead of a review new books or textbooks on transport and transportation, paying tribute to the oeuvres our predecessors, journal reproduces bibliographic article first appeared more than century ago in «Zheleznodorozhnoe delo» [Rail Business]. The editors hope that it will help get an idea how concise, meaningful and, modern terms, informative reviews scientific literature wer...

IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS is generally known for identifying puerperal fever as an infectious disease preventable by aseptic methods. While no-one today would contest the importance, the practicality, or the independence of his contribution, its originality has been disputed from the beginning. When Semmelweis first reported his ideas in Vienna, a veterinarian claimed priority for the discovery.' The fi...

Abstract: This study explores emotive language in lyrical nature writing from the perspective of ecolinguistics in four nature books. In fact, embodied mind style is explored by considering emotive  language  as  a  linguistic  phenomenon  that  can  inject  into  the  readers'  minds  the sensorial, emotional, and psychological experiences of the lyricist. The interrogation of emotive language...

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...

We solve the dynamic Predecessor Problem with high probability (whp) in constant time, using only n bits of memory, for any constant δ > 0. The input keys are random wrt a wider class of the well studied and practically important class of (f1, f2)-smooth distributions introduced in [3]. It achieves O(1) whp amortized time. Its worst-case time is O( √ logn log logn ). Also, we prove whp O(log lo...

In 1661, Kaspar Schott published his comprehensive textbook "Cursus mathematicus" in Würzburg for the first time, his "Encyclopedia of all mathematical sciences". It was so successful that it was published again in 1674 and 1677. In its 28 books, Schott gave an introduction for beginners in 22 mathematical disciplines by means of 533 figures and numerous tables. He wanted to avoid the shortness...

and more elaborate history of the service; as it is, the article runs to only 47 pages, and is very largely taken up by quotations from old books of Travels in India. However, we welcome the article as an instalment of the History of the Service, and congratulate the veteran on his devotion to his old service and on the aid he has given in keeping alive its history and traditions. We are firmly...