The Future Effect of the Computer and the Research Scientist on Medical Practice

The computer is here. It has become a part of medicine. We have talked for a day and a half now about some of the applications of computers in medicine, and of the future of at least some of these applications. There is a language problem in communicating with computers, but certainly the future is going to see a medical language, comparable to the scientific language Fortran, built to enable physicians to communicate with the computer. The real advancements in computer application depend at least in part upon active use by physicians of computers. In closing, let me summarize by saying that I feel that the major effects of current research will be to: 1. provide more quantitative information concerning man\u27s physiology especially as it is affected by his environment; 2. provide a classification, storage, and retrieval system for the collected information; and 3. provide more effective means for continuing medical education. It should be emphasized that modern medical research should provide us with the information necessary for physicians to make meaningful decisions concerning the care of their patients, and after all good patient care is the goal of all of medicine

Applications of Computers to Medicine

The purpose of this paper is to present an over-view of current applications of computers to problems in medicine and not to discuss any specific application in detail. This discussion will be concerned only with digital computers. The modern digital computer is not very old. As a matter of fact, digital computers as we know them date from approximately 1949. Yet in this short span of time they have contributed to almost every sphere of man\u27s activities. Computers have been applied to medical problems since about 1956, and have played an important role in increasing both the depth and breadth of medical research and practice

Resources management system (RMS): an overview

This thesis provides a synopsis of the "Resources Management System" (RMS) which is currently in use at many Navy shore activities. The information is presented in manual format so that it can be used as a guide to the Resources Management System. The manual provides insight into the background of RMS and provides a concise view of the operations at the local command level because the greatest number of RMS participants are at this level. the overview highlights relationships within the system and provides a view of the RMS reporting requirements.http://archive.org/details/resourcesmanagem00branLieutenant Commander, United States NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

Symmetry without Symmetry: Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Systems using Cartesian Grids

We present a new technique for the numerical simulation of axisymmetric systems. This technique avoids the coordinate singularities which often arise when cylindrical or polar-spherical coordinate finite difference grids are used, particularly in simulating tensor partial differential equations like those of 3+1 numerical relativity. For a system axisymmetric about the z axis, the basic idea is to use a 3-dimensional Cartesian (x,y,z) coordinate grid which covers (say) the y=0 plane, but is only one finite-difference-molecule--width thick in the y direction. The field variables in the central y=0 grid plane can be updated using normal (x,y,z)--coordinate finite differencing, while those in the y \neq 0 grid planes can be computed from those in the central plane by using the axisymmetry assumption and interpolation. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach on a set of fully nonlinear test computations in 3+1 numerical general relativity, involving both black holes and collapsing gravitational waves.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure

AFC-Enabled Vertical Tail System Integration Study

This document serves as the final report for the SMAAART AFC-Enabled Vertical Tail System Integration Study. Included are the ground rule assumptions which have gone into the study, layouts of the baseline and AFC-enabled configurations, critical sizing information, system requirements and architectures, and assumed system properties that result in an NPV assessment of the two candidate AFC technologies