scholarly journals Scholars and Literati at the Imperial College of Madrid (1560–1767)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
David De la Croix ◽  
Soraya Karioun
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Imperial College ◽  
King's College

This note is a summary description of the set of scholars and literati who taught at the Old University of Aberdeen, also called King’s College, from its inception in 1495 to the eve of the Industrial Revolution in 1800.

scholarly journals HoloMentor: A Novel Mixed Reality Surgical Anatomy Curriculum for Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe-Athena Papalois ◽  
Abdullatif Aydın ◽  
Azhar Khan ◽  
Evangelos Mazaris ◽  
Anand Sivaprakash Rathnasamy Muthusamy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Surgical Anatomy ◽  
Imperial College ◽  
Subject Matter Experts ◽  
Surgical Decision ◽  
King's College ◽  
Surgical Decision Making

ABSTRACT Objectives: The disruption to surgical training and medical education caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for realistic, reliable, and engaging educational opportunities available outside of the operating theatre and accessible for trainees of all levels. This paper presents the design and development of a virtual reality curriculum which simulates the surgical mentorship experience outside of the operating theatre, with a focus on surgical anatomy and surgical decision making. Method: This was a multi-institutional study between London’s King’s College and Imperial College. The index procedure selected for the module was robotic radical prostatectomy. For each stage of the surgical procedure, subject-matter experts (N=3) at King’s College London, identified: (1) the critical surgical-decision making points, (2) critical anatomical landmarks and (3) tips and techniques for overcoming intraoperative challenges. Content validity was determined by an independent panel of subject-matter experts (N=8) at Imperial College, London using Fleiss’ Kappa statistic. The experts’ teaching points were combined with operative footage and illustrative animations and projected onto a virtual reality headset. The module was piloted to Surgical Science students (N=15). Quantitative analysis compared participants' confidence regarding their anatomical knowledge before and after taking the module. Qualitative data was gathered from students regarding their views on using the virtual reality model. Results: Multi-rater agreement between experts was above the 70.0% threshold for all steps of the procedure. 73% of pilot study participants ‘agreed’ or ‘strongly agreed’ that they achieved a better understanding of surgical anatomy and the rationale behind each procedural step. This was reflected in an increase in the median knowledge score after trialing the curriculum (p<0.001). 100% of subject-matter experts and 93.3% of participants ‘agreed’ or ‘strongly agreed’ that virtual mentorship would be useful for future surgical training. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that virtual surgical mentorship could be a feasible and cost-effective alternative to traditional training methods with the potential to improve technical skills, such as operative proficiency and non-technical skills such as decision-making and situational judgement.  

scholarly journals Obituary notices of fellows deceased

1920 ◽  
Vol 97 (687) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Imperial College ◽  
Central Laboratory ◽  
King's College ◽  
Gas Poisoning ◽  
Physics Department ◽  
Physical Manipulation

Lt.-Col. William Watson, C. M. G., D. Sc., A. R. C. S., Professor of Physics at the Imperial College of Science, London, Director of the Central Laboratory of the British Expeditionary Force in France, from its foundation in 1915 to the end of the war, died in hospital from the results of gas-poisoning on March 3, 1919. Watson was born in 1868, and educated at King’s College School. He received his training in the accurate and delicate physical manipulation which distinguished all his work, at the Royal College of Science under Sir Arthur Rücker and Prof. C. V. Boys, and took his B. Sc. degree in 1890, securing first place on the list of honours in physics. He obtained an immediate appointment as Demonstrator in the Physics Department of the Royal College of Science, and afterwards succeeded to the Assistant Professorship of Physics in 1897. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1901, and became in due course one of the Professors of Physics at the Imperial College of Science.

scholarly journals Scholars and Literati at the Old University of Aberdeen (1495–1800)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
David De la Croix ◽  
Hugo Jay
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
King's College

This note is a summary description of the set of scholars and literati who taught at the Old University of Aberdeen, also called King’s College, from its inception in 1495 to the eve of the Industrial Revolution in 1800.

The Mathematical Association

1939 ◽  
Vol 23 (253) ◽  
pp. 3-5
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Mathematical Association ◽  
King's College

The Annual Meeting of the Mathematical Association was held at King’s College, London, on 2nd and 3rd January, 1939. On Monday, 2nd January, the proceedings opened at 2.15 p.m. with the transaction of business, the President, Mr. W Hope-Jones, was in the chair. The Report of the Council for 1938 was adopted. The Hon. Treasurer presented a statement of accounts for the year ending 31st October, 1938.

Energy, transport, and consumption in the Industrial Revolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Tainter ◽  
Temis G. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Mass Production ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
Underlying Assumption

Abstract We question Baumard's underlying assumption that humans have a propensity to innovate. Affordable transportation and energy underpinned the Industrial Revolution, making mass production/consumption possible. Although we cannot accept Baumard's thesis on the Industrial Revolution, it may help explain why complexity and innovation increase rapidly in the context of abundant energy.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document