How is math involved in forensic pathology?
Very little except basic arithmetic such as weighing organs, occasionally converting kilograms to pounds, but basically no. Pathologists are surgeons basically who determine the cause of death so they are looking for obvious things like bullet or knife entry wounds, organ damage from injuries, etc. They take fluid (blood, bile, stomach contents, fluid from the eye) and send them out to a toxicology lab for analysis (that requires some math) but the forensic pathologist really just gets the results back. At most, they may need to measure the length of tissue or relationships between wounds, convert ng/mL from mg/L if they are trying to compare a toxicology finding with something published in the literature (in different units) but this is very basic math. There are probably some medical examiners (who should be board certified in anatomic and forensic pathology) who may go to the scene and do some trigonometry to determine bullet paths but that's mostly on television. If that is needed at the scene, a medical technician working for the pathologist would do that. Statistics (as someone else noted) is helpful in understanding research findings but I don't know any forensic pathologists who know much stat, let alone use it in their work.
Can we make an algorithm which can solve any JEE Advanced level math problem?
Algorithms are mainly written to solve a perticular type of problem. In which que is fixed only data are being change or huge data amount of data are being fed to the computer.A particular algorithm can solve only a particular type of problem.And further if complexity or say diversity aries in the problem few more sets of instructions is needed in the algorithm to solve the problems with the given diversity.In short, we have to combine two or more algorithms and write a new algorithm to solve this new problem.Now, comming back to your questions to solve a perticular type of questions, say finding the eqn of tangent we can write algorithm for that and it will keep working till problem doesn't gets diverted from this.Now, if a new problem is given to it lets say to find the intersection of tangent of one curve with another then we need to write few more sets of instructions in our previous algorithm to solve this new problem.In this way we have to keep building our algorithms so our computer can solve varieties of problem.After building the algorithms which can solve different varieties of questions, here comes one more difficulty that computer can't decide by itself which algorithm should be applied so here the stage is set where we have to write algorithm which will assist the computer to chose the algorithm which should be applied to solve the problem.Now, suppose even if have been we succeed in making all this algorithms which can solve all the varieties of que and assist computer to choose perticular algorithm to solve the perticular problem, still there is possibility to create a new problem for which we might not have previously build algorithm to solve.At this stage its becomes important that computer should be able to think by its own and develop a new algorithm. which has not been achieved till now. Maybe with development of AI we can achieve this in near future.
Does US Army EOD training require extensive math and science skills?
Being in close contact with explosives has nothing to do with an interest in algebra, chemistry, physics, geometry, math, and trigonometry. You only need a 35 on your ASVAB to be a combat engineer and they learn basic demolitions. A boom I guess could be the sound of the explosion and has little to do with math. Its not called a concussion wave, its called a blast wave and you do need to be able to do the math to calculate where your safe area needs to be to be to stay safe. A Blast wave cannot be channeled away from areas that are deemed necessary. Fragmentation can be channeled thought. If you are not good at math, algebra, chemistry, physics, geometry and trigonometry, you probably will not score high enough on the ASVAB to even qualify for EOD. Most of the math we use is pretty basic math. Its getting past the ASVAB that would be your biggest road block at this point. You also need to consider that almost everything taught in EOD school is in a classroom environment. For example, you will learn about every grenade in the world in one day and you will test on it the next. You will learn Basic EOD Terminoligy, Tools and Methods, Demolishions, Reconisance, Grenades, Projectiles, Landmines, Aircraft Explosive Hazards, Guided Missles, Bombs, Dispensers and Payloads, Improvised Explosive Devices, Chemical and Biological, Nukes, and finally Weapons of Mass Distruction. If you fail 2 test you MAY get a third chance. If you fail that, you will probably be kicked out of training. The fail rate of NAVSCOLEOD for the Army is about 35% right now. The Army has the second worst of the 4 braches that go to the school. The Air Force is the Worse and the Marines have the lowest fail rate. To be Marine EOD though, you have to be an E5 and have to have some time in the Marines. They also do 6 months of on the job training before they go to Eglin. Right now, concintrate on that ASVAB. Your GT score needs to be 110 and your ST score needs to be 110. Good Luck
Am I the only one that finds math word problems very difficult?
No, everyone finds them challenging. The challenge isa.) to classify the problem so we know how to approach the problem with a method andb.) determine what you know or can derive from the given information by translation of english to mathematics, inference, and establishing relationships among variables.Once classified, you have an approach or “method” that you can follow to work through its solution.The algebra or calculus or whatever usually isn’t the challenge. The challenge is the approach, the set up, based on the problem classification and sussing out the information that’s contained in the problem definition.Here is a good source that provides a method and an organized tabular approach to determining what is known and unknown from the problem definition (Algebra problems).Translating Word Problems: ExamplesIn this approach, common problems presented in Algebra can often be classified as one of the following kinds of problems:"Age" problems, involving figuring out how old people are, were, or will be"Area/volume/perimeter" problems, involving very basic geometric formulas"Coin" problems, involving figuring out how many of each type of coin you have"Distance" problems, involving speeds ("uniform rates"), distance, time, and the formula "d = rt"."Investment" problems, involving investments, interest rates, and the formula "I = Prt"."Mixture" problems, involving combining elements and find prices (of the mixure) or percentages (of, say, acid or salt)."Number" problems, involving "Three more than two times the smaller number...""Percent of" problems, involving finding percents, increase/decrease, discounts, etc.Quadratic word problems, such as projectile motion and max/min questions."Work" problems, involving two or more people or things working together to complete a task, and finding how long they took.
Would a suicide attempt be considered a preexisting medical illness preventing one to join the army?
Actually, if your boyfriend tried to commit suicide he was supposed to report that to his recruiter, and that would have made him ineligible for enlistment until he was cleared by a civilian psychiatrist. Now if he failed to disclose that info. he could be discharged (either dishonorably, or a general due to medical reasons) and not ever allowed to enlist again. And with a family history of bi-polar disease, he would have been instantly red-flagged as a disqualified applicant until cleared by a medical professional. Being a former AF Recruiter, I know a little something about the application process. Now if he informed his recruiter of all of this info. and his recruiter told him not to disclose any of the info during his MEPS process, then YES he will be able to get out, but he will be given a code on his DD214 that will permanently disqualify him from ever entering any other branch of the service. I hope that this information helps you out.