Data structures

Relational Databases

John Lecocq / 2024-05-14

Data is an essential to for making decisions. Whether a research scientist is looking to evaluate a new treatment or an entrepreneur is looking to understand their business, both rely on data. Data is stored digitally in a standard form. Some standard forms are csv, tsv, excel. No matter the file…

Manufacturing

Calipers

John Lecocq / 2024-04-25

The caliper is a tool used for making precise measurements of objects (usually precise to the thousandth of an inch in the US i.e. 0.001"). In aerospace manufacturing, where tolerances are extremely tight, calipers are used to determine if a series of parts that are to be used within a jet…

Web Apps

How to create an HTML iframe that can dynamically change height

John Lecocq / 2023-09-16

The excellent R team brought us Shiny, an R-focused framework for web application development. These apps may be shared with others by hosting them on a web server. Once hosted on a web server, one may simply embed their web applications into a webpage using a simple iframe! However, there is a…

Data Exploration

Recommended daily intake of micronutrients

John Lecocq / 2023-08-08

Recommended dietary intake (RDI) levels are recommendations for how much of the essential nutrients should be consumed by a person each day to meet their nutritional needs. Essential nutrients are those that have been shown to be necessary for homeostatic continuity i.e., needed to avoid nutrient…

Economics

(2020 - June 2023) CBP confiscations of illegal drugs

John Lecocq / 2023-08-02

The US black market is the sum of all un-taxed economic activity. Sounds great! Where do I sign up? Right… Well, the catch is that it is illegal. Despite this fact, it is still enormous. This article discusses: […] I know that it sounds a bit out there to recommend drug companies…