50/2012 An unforgettable experience

I visited my school, after 46 years. I was transported to my childhood days, as I loitered all around this school. I recalled many moments of joy, anxiety, and discovery, which I had experienced several years ago. Time flies relentlessly. People grow old, but memories remain young. Thank you, my dear school, for what you did to me.

49/2012 Another amazing bookstore

My earlier post # 36/2012 spoke of an amazing bookstore in Oxford, UK. Here, in India, I found another bookstore, which is just as amazing :: The TATA bookhouse in Indian Instt. of Science, Bangalore (Bengaluru for some fanatics). A bookstore where books are piled up from the floor to the ceiling. The place is so small, you wont fall down if you trip over something. You can browse for hours together, until your legs start aching. The things you discover here will make you come for more.

Even the staircase is stacked with books. You wonder how they keep track of all those gems. The remarkable thing I noticed is that, unlike many other bookshops I know, they do not keep any of those dumb "coffee-table books" which you find everywhere. Never mind, they have a real superb coffee house next door where they serve excellent south-Indian coffee and snacks. A visit to Bangalore is not complete without a visit to Tata Book House, and the coffee shop next door.

TATA Book House has a twin sister in IIT Chennai. This one is much bigger, and is much better organised, but it does not impress a book lover, like its Bangalore sister. This bookshop is also located in close proximity to a coffee shop. It is just one floor above "Cafe coffee day". TBH seems to know the formula that book lovers are also great coffee lovers. Good for me !

Thanks to TBH, I am now richer by several great books. I am a happy man !

48 / 2012 Boy or Girl paradox

A simple question in probability theory. The answer is not so simple. Take a look at :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_Girl_paradox to see how mathematics can sometimes be bewildering to many of us.

partha

47 / 2012 Doctor, heal thyself

Doctors are the ones who advise people not to smoke. Ironically, Doctors are often the ones who go out of their way to adopt sickening and toxic computing practices and platforms (read Microisoft). They find it okay for them, but forget the nuisance their addiction can cause to all around them. Those who are so fussy about keeping themselves clean and sterile in the operation theatre ignore the kind of infection they are creating and spreading in their front office, by using infected and infectious tools (read Microsoft).

Here is hope for them, and for mankind. Open "medical records system" Open MRS is just what we can prescribe for the doctor who needs to be cured. Supported by World Health Organization and a host of health organisations the world over, open MRS is just what you need for your front office.

OpenMRS is a multi-institution, non-profit collaborative led by Regenstrief Institute, a world-renowned leader in medical

informatics research, and Partners In Health, a Boston-based philanthropic organization with a focus on improving the lives of underprivileged people worldwide through health care service and advocacy. These teams nurture a growing worldwide network of individuals and organizations all focused on creating medical record systems and a corresponding implementation network to allow system development self reliance within resource constrained environments.

OpenMRS is a software platform and a reference application which enables design of a customized medical records system with no programming knowledge (although medical and systems analysis knowledge is required). It is a common platform upon which medical informatics efforts in developing countries can be built. The system is based on a conceptual database structure which is not dependent on the actual types of medical information required to be collected or on particular data collection forms and so can be customized for different uses.

For more details ::: http://openmrs.org/about/

Doctor, it is time to heal thyself, before you attempt to heal the world.

Take a look at all the options you have .

Or, take a look at the highly popular open EMR project or take a look at openMRS

partha

46/2012 General LaTeX tips and tricks

Made one more discovery today. This a cute introduction to LaTeX.

Take a look at http://www.kronto.org/thesis/tips/

partha

45 / 2012 FOSS for mathematics

I have added a detailed report on FOSS tools for those who use mathematics.

The report is downloadable from ::
http://www.freewebs.com/profpartha/publications/fossmath5.pdf

partha

44/ 2012 MS-Linux under GPL

MS Linux is released under the provisions of the Gates Private License (GPL), which means you can freely use this Software on a single machine without warranty after having paid the purchase price and annual renewal fees.

Read about this and other Microsoft adventures, at ::
http://www.mslinux.org/

partha

43 /2012 Hungary does it again !

The winner of the prestigious Abel Prize of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for the year 2012 is 72-year-old Hungarian mathematician Endre Szemerédi of the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, and Department of Computer Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. He gets this award for "his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, and in recognition of the profound and lasting impact of these contributions on additive number theory and ergodic theory.”

You can see the news report at ::
http://www.thehindu.com/news/article3025783.ece

Hungary has a long reputation for excellence in mathematics, the most famous contributor being Paul Erdos

The extraordinary mathematical talent of Prof. Endre Szemerédi was discovered when he was a young student in Budapest by his mentor, famous Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdõs.

partha

42 / 2012 Yet another opportunity to learn maths....

Take a look at :: http://onlinemathdegrees.org/

41/2012 Tutorials on modulo airthmetic

I have added two more tutorials on modulo arithmetic. You can download these from :: http://drpartha.org.in/publications/downloadcrypto.htm



Partha