User:Josconklin/sandbox

Sandbox
This is Josconklin's sandbox. Nothing on this page is really appropriate for Wikipedians' eyes yet. I'm gathering information as I find it and jotting/organizing it here.

Page(s) that need looking at, that I don't have time to edit right now:


 * Septal nuclei

of little interest
My 100th official edit:
 * 05:48, 11 October 2009 (hist | diff) N Talk:Wilhelm Friedrich von Ludwig ‎ (←Created page with 'An image is available at http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/view/search?q=B018055. I'm pretty sure the copyright has expired and I can claim this for the public d...')

CLEF (Cross language evaluation forum)
I can't believe there's no article about this! http://www.clef-campaign.org/ http://www.trebleclef.eu/

CLEF is an organization that promotes research and development in multilingual information access (currently focusing on European languages) by two means: first of all, it establishes the underlying framework for testing information retrieval systems, and secondly, it creates repositories of data for researchers to use in developing a set of comparable standards.

The forum itself is held annually every September in Europe. Prior to each forum, a set of challenges or “tasks” is offered to participants. For example, the medical retrieval task for the 2010 forum focuses on modality classification (wherein the system must identify CT vs. MRI vs. XR data entirely based on visual features), ad-hoc retrieval (wherein the system must best identify relevant results for specific textual and image queries), and case-based retrieval (wherein the user inputs patient data but not a final diagnosis, and the system retrieves images that best match that data). The tasks, in general, are designed to test various aspects of information retrieval systems and encourage their continual development. Groups of researchers propose and organize campaigns to satisfy those tasks to the best of their abilities. The results of these campaigns are used as benchmarks for what is currently possible and what works best within a given field of information retrieval.

ImageCLEFMed
I can believe there's no article about this. But their main page never really explains what the heck the event IS, and it would be awesome to have some dummied-down explanation. Guess that's up to me. http://www.imageclef.org/ http://ir.ohsu.edu/image/

Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig
(Namesake of Ludwig's Angina)

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=6&fid=437825&jid=&volumeId=&issueId=&aid=437823 (<--I have a PDF of this article on my computer, but just in case I lose it...)

Also: http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/view/search?q=B018055 <--image of him. I'm pretty sure the copyright has expired (since Ludwig died in 1865, and it must be WELL over 120 years since the photoprint was taken) and I can claim this for the public domain, but I'm not sure how to be absolutely certain. Plus, I can't find the photographer anywhere, so it might be anonymous. (or it might be an orphan work!)
 * I think the only reasons for which it might still be under copyright would be
 * ...if the photographer's children/grandchildren now hold copyright
 * ...if the copyright for a German 19th-century photograph is different from a U.S. 19th-century photograph.

It is obvious, however, that he was highly regarded among his colleagues, as was demonstrated by the festivities surounding his fiftieth anniversary as a physician. At that time [1861] the portrait accompanying this article was painted by Neher, and from it a silver medal was made. On the reverse side the Jubilee was stated to be that of the greatest physician, the leader and standard-bearer of Stuttgart's medical profession.
 * OH OH OH the Burke article says:

So now we have a date and an artist. AWESOMMMME. Google indicates that "Neher" might be "Joseph Neher, a decorative painter born at Buchan in Wurtemburg in 1788. He painted at Stuttgart and must not be confounded with an artist of the same name, the father of Michael Neher."

Also, more likely, since Joseph would've been, what, 73 years old in 1861?: "Neher, Bernard von: a German painter born at Biberach, Wurtemberg in 1806. He studied under his father, Joseph Neher, and in Stuttgart, Munich, and Rome where the king of Wurtemberg enabled him to spend four years. After his return to Munich, he executed, from cartoons which he had prepared in Italy, a stupendous fresco on the Isar gate of Munich representing the entrance of the emperor Louis of Bavaria, which gave him a wide reputation but was unfortunately partly destroyed. In 1836 he went to Weimar to embellish the grand ducal palace with frescoes illustrative of Schiller and Goethe. In 1844 he became director of the art school at Leipsic, and in 1846 of that of Stuttgart. He was made a director of the latter in 1854, and decorations were conferred upon him in 1866 and 1869."

("NEHER MICHAEL was born at Munich in 1798 and the son of JOSEPH NEHER, a citizen and painter of that city but of a family from Biberach. Michael received a classical education and was instructed in the rudiments of painting by Mitterer and in 1813 entered the Academy at Munich. From 1816 to 1818 he studied under Matthias Klotz and was then employed by Angelo Quaglio in his theatrical work. After having worked for some time as scene painter at the Court Theatre, he went to Trent Milan and Trieste and painted portraits. In 1819 he was encouraged by Hierony mus Hess at Rome to devote himself to genre painting. On his return to Munich in 1823 he became Conservator of the Art Union. In 1839 he painted several saloons in the Hohcnschwangen Schloss after sketches of Schwind Gasner and Schwanthaler. He however in 1837 devoted himself entirely to architectural painting and travelled for improvement on the Rhine and in Belgium. He was received an honorary member of the Academy at Munich in 1876 and died there in the same year.")

Also: apparently the UIC library down the street from me has a copy of Angina Ludovici: A translation together with biography of Wilhelm Frederic von Ludwig, the article upon which most derivative articles were written. SWEET. Gonna go check that out today.

...why do I obsess over this kind of stuff? Why?!

Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig (September 16, 1790-December 14, 1865) was a German physician known for his 1836 publication on the condition now known as Ludwig's angina.

Early life
Ludwig was born in Uhlbach (near Stuttgart) in the state of Würtemberg. His father was a clergyman and served as his childhood teacher. At the age of 10, he was sent to attend the Latin school at Markgröningen. Ludwig showed promise in medicine at an early age, and at 14, he went to Neuenburg to continue his classical studies while beginning to study medicine under a surgeon. Ludwig received a certificate of proficiency in 1807, whereupon he went on to study surgery, medicine, and obstetrics at the University of Tübingen. His performance was so exemplary that he was awarded a gold medal by King Frederick I in 1809—before graduating—for the advancement of surgery. In July of 1811, Ludwig received his doctorate.

Unfortunately, before he could commence his study tour, Napoleon attempted to conquer Russia, and previously exempt students were called to service. Ludwig served initially as the doctor for 3rd Infantry at the Schorndorf garrison, and subsequently as director for the Würtemberg field hospital at Smolensk in 1812.

He contracted typhus and was captured by the Russians; after recovering from typhus, he served as a Russian noblewoman's personal physician. Once he was freed from Russian capture in 1814, Ludwig returned home and directed a typhus hospital in Hohenheim, where he completed his military service in 1815.

Career
Shortly after leaving the military, Ludwig was honored with title of full professor of surgery and obstetrics at Tübingen in 1815. Before fufilling it, however, he commenced his initially-planned study tour that had been put off in light of the war. Upon returning to Tübingen in 1816, Ludwig, having experienced the equipment available at other facilities in Germany, immediately supplemented Tübingen clinic's own supplies and reference literature with his own salary.

When supplies were similarly lacking in the following year, Ludwig petitioned the king for a higher salary. In response, Ludwig was appointed as one of King Wilhelm I's personal physicians (King Frederick had died the previous year). Ludwig remained in Tübingen until a successor could take his place in 1817.

When Ludwig went to Stuttgart to serve the king, he was quickly recognized as a great diagnostician, and he was soon promoted to be the royal family's chief physician.

He remained in Stuttgart for most of the remainder of his life; between 1835 and 1846, he served as director of the medical college, president of the Würtemberg Medical Association, and chairman of the first Stuttgart scientific congress's medical section.

Ludwig published his now-famous paper on Ludwig's angina with no title in 1836. A colleague dubbed the condition "Angina Ludovici" (Ludwig's angina) a year later.

Later life
Ludwig retired in 1855 at the age of 65. He never married.

Beginning only in his seventies, the physician suffered several health problems, including a bladder stone removed during 1865 in two separate sessions a few months apart. Somewhat ironically, he died December 1865 a week after the onset of an unspecified neck inflammation, which was probably not the condition that bears his name.

EAI (Electronic Associates, Inc.)
Founded in the 1950s. Later known as EA Industries.

Computer History Museum, available http://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/companies.php?alpha=d-f&company=com-42b9d80c49332, "Electronic Associates, Inc. (EAI)- HYDAC 2400: Hybrid Digital/Analog Computer," accessed 7 February 2009

In case that website changes its content, here's what it says as of February 7, 2009: "EAI was a major supplier of electrical analog computing equipment in the 1950s and 60s. They played a major role in such high profile scientific projects as NASA’s development of space probes and satellites. They began by constructing analog computers (very useful for simulations of physical systems) but as digital technology became more prominent they created hybrid systems with both digital and analog capabilities.

They remained a supplier of engineering laboratory hybrid computing equipment until the 1970s and even created a subsidiary to enter the purely digital field. As the market changed, they attempted to keep up by changing their name to EA Industries but were later absorbed into other firms."

Pages and categories of note that should perhaps link to this future article, once I figure this sort of thing out: Category:Defunct_computer_hardware_companies Category:Defunct_computer_companies Category:Defunct_computer_companies_of_the_United_States Category:Computer_hardware_companies Category:Companies_established_in_1952 Category:1998_disestablishments