Poor urban neighborhoods have been labeled “food deserts” with few grocery stores and mainly fast food restaurants. Alternatively, according to popular media and a few academic studies, the arrival of upscale eateries and “boutique” shopping venues is one of the most visible signs of a shift in a neighborhood’s income or demographics. Certainly some formerly low-income neighborhoods that have b...

We give an overview of several the mathematical works Gilles Lachaud and provide a historical context. This is interspersed with some personal anecdotes highlighting many facets his personality.

image of woman in literature is an important issue of critical feminism. it can be argued that literature is the society's mirror, but unfortunately this mirror has not yet reflected a beautiful image of woman. with some exceptions women are usually given a nasty and negative image. this paper is a study on the images of women in some anecdotes and stories that had been written between 6th...

Health professionals in developing countries want access to information to help them make changes in health care and contribute to medical research. However, they face challenges of technology limitations, lack of training, and, on the village level, culture and language. This report focuses on the U.S. National Library of Medicine experience with access: for the international medical/scientifi...

This second collection of essays-a sequel to The double face of Janus (1977)-brings together some of the most influential articles written by the late Owsei Temkin, one of our most distinguished medical historians. The first two chapters are new, the first biographical in character, and the second a new translation and commentary of the Hippocratic Oath. Temkin lived long enough to become his o...

A collection of Hardy-Ramanujan-Rademacher type formulas for restricted partition and overpartition functions is presented, framed by several biographical anecdotes.

Background The fastest growing market of mobile phone users has been reported to be pre-teen children and the Ofcom Media Literacy Audit (2006) of over 1500 UK children reported that 49% of 8-11 year olds had their own mobile phone. However, whilst the expanding availability of this technology is apparent, its effects upon its users are not as clear. Questions have been raised about the effect ...

Sir Richard Owen, a Lancastrian, was a prominent biologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, palaeontologist and known for coining the term dinosaur. His expertise in anatomical dissection proved to be one of his biggest assets and aided his career progression at the Royal College of Surgeons and the Zoological Society. Owen's apprenticeship in Lancaster helped him to gain expertise in anatomy...