Fenwick's Ulcer

Hickey, Brittany

doi:10.1111/j.1464-410x.1952.tb04673.x

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“…When cut off by the inevitable Japanese enflanking movements, the British units simply hunkered down, assured of air resupply and relief by counterattacking mobile British columns. This had the effect of removing what heretofore had been a leverage point for the Japanese-the British reliance on roads for their resupply 144. British patrol training also allowed them to collect better intelligence, as well as to begin to threaten the Japanese forces in the jungle, in what had previously been the Japanese' sanctuary 145.…”

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Just as many football players have failed to become great coaches, so too have many governmental leaders, leaders of industry and military officers failed to succeed when placed at higher levels of responsibility. Understanding how to solve problems at increasingly higher levels of dynamic complexity is certainly important to the success of the military at large. Being able to discern a complex situation, sizing up what is happening and what is critical to the situation, knowing at a glance what is occurring and why, confidently understanding what is important (and what is not), and then making a successful decision to respond are critical aspects of senior leader decision making. Resources at this level are rarely sufficient to overwhelm the opposition everywhere continuously. Divining a "path of success" that maximizes leverage over the competition at least cost is imperative for long-term operations. One way to explore this vital issue is to examine the thoughts and decisions of those who have been thrust into complex decision making situations and were eminently successful, time and again. Sir William Slim faced almost insurmountable complexity in dealing with the Japanese in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. Yet he managed to figure out a way to succeed in spite of the complexity he faced, soundly defeating the Japanese and driving them completely from the country. Bill Gates has faced complexity of an entirely different sort in his unparalleled rise to success in the computer software industry. He has managed, in spite of the complexity, to uncannily make decisions that have propelled him to the top of his profession. This monograph examines the research question, "Do the decision making methods used by Sir William Slim and Bill Gates correspond to the theories espoused by Gary Klein with respect to patterns and anomalies, singular evaluation, and leverage points?" The author determines that both individuals use patterns and anomalies to an extent, that they do not use singular evaluation (preferring to generate and choose from among multiple options instead), and that they overwhelmingly make ingenious use of leverage points.

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The polarization of light by narrow slits

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Richards

1954

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A

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The fraction of the incident light transmitted by various narrow slits of finite depth and with metal walls is measured for two states of polarization and two wave-lengths of the incident light. It is found: (1) that real, narrow slits do not transmit all the incident light; (2) that the transmission losses increase when the depth of the slit is increased, and decrease when the conductivity (or reflectivity) of the slit walls is increased; (3) that when a slit is more than about half a wave-length wide, light polarized with its electric vector parallel to the slit is transmitted better than light polarized with its electric vector perpendicular to the slit, and that for either state of polarization the fraction of incident light transmitted increases as the wave-length is decreased; (4) that a slit less than half a wave-length wide transmits light polarized with its electric vector normal to the slit only, and that in such a slit the fraction of incident light transmitted increases as the wave-length is increased. It is shown that the existence and order of magnitude of all these effects may be predicted from the electromagnetic theory of light, and that some of them may be expected from a consideration of the older scalar wave theory. The paper includes some brief notes on the transmission of light by dielectric slits and on the diffraction patterns produced by slits of finite depth, and concludes with some applications of the observed phenomena.

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Fenwick's Ulcer

Abstract: SUMMARY A case of Fenwick's ulcer of the bladder is described. The symptomatology, aetiology, and treatment of this condition are discussed. I am indebted to Dr M. E. Sharp, B.Sc, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., for the description of the morbid histology.

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The polarization of light by narrow slits

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