Dermochondral corneal dystrophy (of FranVois) has been reported rarely in the literature. It consists of a triad of findings characterised by the development of skin nodules, acquired deformities of the extremities, and a corneal dystrophy. The corneal dystrophy is central and superficial with whitish subepithelial opacities. We present two brothers who display previously unreported ocular find...

First of all, we will be using the following theorem proven in class about the recurrence relation of |s(n, k)| = S * (n, k). holds for any n, k, and defines a recurrence relation for S * (n, k). Let us define (t) n = t(t + 1)(t + 2) · · · (t + n − 1) to be the polynomial in t with roots 0, −1, −2,. .. , n − 1. Let us now define a(n, k) as follows (t) n = n k=0 a(n, k)t k. (1) We want to find a...

The waste-recycling Monte Carlo (WR) algorithm, introduced by Frenkel, is a modification of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, which makes use of all the proposals, whereas the standard Metropolis-Hastings algorithm only uses the accepted proposals. We prove the convergence of the WR algorithm and its asymptotic normality. We give an example which shows that in general the WR algorithm is not a...

“Plus que jamais, la recherche me paraissait s’identifier à la nature humaine. En exprimer l’appétit, le désir de vivre. C’était bien le meilleur moyen trouvé par l’homme de braver le chaos de l’univers. De dominer la mort.” (More than ever, scientific research seemed to me to be intrinsic to human nature. It expressed the hunger, the desire to live. It has, in fact, been the best means found b...

Cαml (pronounced: “alphaCaml”) is a tool that accepts a binding specification and turns it into Objective Caml type definitions and code. The generated code relies on a library known as alphaLib. Roughly speaking, a binding specification is a definition of one or several algebraic data types, enriched with information about names (henceforth referred to as atoms) and binding. This information g...

Frank Abboud of Iowa Frank Abboud is so intertwined with Iowa, that in American academic medicine, when one thinks of Iowa, one thinks of Frank Abboud, and vice versa. What is it about this place that many consider, if at all, only when shuttling at 32,000 feet between the paragons of academia on our coasts? It is quite fitting that this Iowan receives the Kober Medal in this particular year, 2...

∗Corresponding author: Pascal François, HEC Montreal, Department of Finance, 3000 Cote-SteCatherine, H3T 2A7 Montreal, Canada. Mail to: [email protected]. We thank ING for kindly providing us with CTRS data, and Laurent Bodson for excellent research assistance. Financial supports from SSHRC (François) and Deloitte Luxemburg (Hübner) are gratefully acknowledged. All remaining errors are ours.

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permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. On July 22nd, 2014 passed away professor Francois Grémy. Professor Grémy had a dual curriculum vitae. In the domain of information sciences he completed three Master degrees in As a physician he passed the Paris resident fellows' competitive examination , the " In...