We all know that calculus courses such as 18.01 and 18.02 are univariate and vector calculus, respectively. Modern applications such as machine learning and large-scale optimization require the next ...

The appendix is a small, tube-shaped organ that connects to the cecum, the beginning of the large intestine. Though its role is unknown, it can become infected, resulting in acute appendicitis, which, ...

The risk/benefit calculus is quite different, though, for infections such as osteomyelitis or endocarditis when the therapy is demonstrably limb-saving or life saving. Box 1. Nomenclature of ...