Harold J. Cook
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View article: Quantum-Classical Separation in Bounded-Resource Tasks Arising from Measurement Contextuality
Quantum-Classical Separation in Bounded-Resource Tasks Arising from Measurement Contextuality Open
The prevailing view is that quantum phenomena can be harnessed to tackle certain problems beyond the reach of classical approaches. Quantifying this capability as a quantum-classical separation and demonstrating it on current quantum proce…
View article: Reinforcement Learning Control of Quantum Error Correction
Reinforcement Learning Control of Quantum Error Correction Open
The promise of fault-tolerant quantum computing is challenged by environmental drift that relentlessly degrades the quality of quantum operations. The contemporary solution, halting the entire quantum computation for recalibration, is unsu…
View article: Exploring Optimal Cut-Offs of the MMPI-3 Substance Use Scale in Patients Seeking Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Exploring Optimal Cut-Offs of the MMPI-3 Substance Use Scale in Patients Seeking Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Open
Introduction: Patients seeking metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) complete presurgical psychological assessments to identify potential factors that may impede surgical outcomes. Presurgical psychological assessments often screen for alc…
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View article: Klaas van Berkel, Albert Clement, and Arjan van Dixhoorn (eds.), Knowledge and Culture in the Early Dutch Republic: Isaac Beeckman in Context
Klaas van Berkel, Albert Clement, and Arjan van Dixhoorn (eds.), Knowledge and Culture in the Early Dutch Republic: Isaac Beeckman in Context Open
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View article: Learned Physicians and Everyday Medical Practice in the Renaissance, written by Michael Stolberg
Learned Physicians and Everyday Medical Practice in the Renaissance, written by Michael Stolberg Open
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Perfect Motherhood has had a long gestation.During this extended period, I have been supported and encouraged by many friends and colleagues who joined me in my excitement about the history of motherhood in the United States and who often …
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View article: Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Kevin Patrick Siena, and: Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery by Jonathan Lamb
Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Kevin Patrick Siena, and: Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery by Jonathan Lamb Open
View article: <i>Difference and Disease: Medicine, Race, and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire</i>. By Suman Seth (New York, Cambridge University Press, 2018) 336 pp. $39.99
<i>Difference and Disease: Medicine, Race, and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire</i>. By Suman Seth (New York, Cambridge University Press, 2018) 336 pp. $39.99 Open
View article: Evaluating the quality of life of adult patients on home parenteral nutrition in North East England and Cumbria
Evaluating the quality of life of adult patients on home parenteral nutrition in North East England and Cumbria Open
View article: Problems with the Word Made Flesh: The Great Tradition of the Scientific Revolution in Europe
Problems with the Word Made Flesh: The Great Tradition of the Scientific Revolution in Europe Open
The Great Tradition of writing about what came to be called The Scientific Revolution developed in the mid-twentieth century and helped to shape what came to be termed “early modern” Europe. At least two fundamental structural elements of …
View article: Treating of bodies medical and political: Dr. Mandeville's materialism
Treating of bodies medical and political: Dr. Mandeville's materialism Open
Medicine was one of the chief empirical and philosophical sources for early modern political economy, helping to move analysis from moral to natural philosophy, and Mandeville was educated as a physician. He adopted a materialistic view of…
View article: 'Not unlike mermaids': A report about the human and natural history of Southeast Africa from 1690
'Not unlike mermaids': A report about the human and natural history of Southeast Africa from 1690 Open
In 1690, on the orders of Simon van der Stel, officials of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) interviewed one Nicolao Almede, a 'free black man of Mozambique' who had recently arrived at the Cape as a sailor aboard the English ship…