[image id='c6fff264-cc7b-40f5-b45f-52fb4c2018fc' mediaId='f1b750b5-c007-4452-88c7-3ae2147045ba' loc='C'][/image]Daniel H. Wilson's first book, How to Survive a Robot Uprising, poked holes in our Hollywood-supplied anxiety over automaton-on-man violence, while quietly educating us on real-life robotics. Now the renowned author—and PM's resident roboticist—is taking on the jetpack-commuting, Smell-O-Vision-scented future that never happened. His new book, , is funny—but it also turns out to be a tribute to the far-fetched ideas that often drive progress. In the first of four excerpts for PopularMechanics.com, Wilson tackles the hoverboard:

Wide-eyed children of the '80s watched in astonishment as Michael J. Fox (a.k.a. Marty McFly) shredded pavement on a hovering skateboard in Back to the Future Part II. The hoverboard was just like a skateboard, but with one crucial difference: no wheels. His pink and teal board had "magnetic"on $\varepsilon$, which denotes an arbitrarily small fixed positive number, which may not the same on each occurrence. The implicit constants are also allowed to depend on a weight function $w$ when such a function is used.

As usual, complex variables are written in the form $s=\sigma+it$, and we write $e(x)$ for $e^{2\pi ix}$. The subscript in the integral $\int_{(\sigma)}$ means that we integrate over the vertical line $\Re s=\sigma$. For simplicity, we write $\left\langle\cdot\right\rangle$ for $(1+\left|\cdot\right|^2)^{1/2}$.

Basic properties of the Godement–Jacquet $L$-function
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The Godement–Jacquet $L$-function attached to a Maass form $\psi$ for $\mathrm{SL}(n,\mathbb Z)$ with Fourier coefficients $A(m_1,m_2,\ldots,m_{n-1})$ is the Dirichlet series $$L(s)=\sum_{m=1}^\infty\frac{A(m,1,1,\ldots,1)}{m^s}.$$ This converges absolutely for $\sigma>1$ by the Rankin–Selberg estimate $$\sum_{m\leqslant x}\left|A(m,1,\ldots,1)\right|^2\ll x.$$ (For this, see e.g. [@Goldfeld], Remark 12.1.8.) The Godement–Jacquet $L$-function has an entire analytic continuation


and satisfies the functional equation $$\pi^{-ns/2}\,G(s)\,L(s)=\pi^{-n(1-s)/2}\,\widetilde G(1-s)\,\widetilde L(1-s),$$ where $\widetilde L$ is the Godement–Jacquet $L$-function of the dual form of $\psi$, and given by the Dirichlet series $$\widetilde L(s)=\sum_{m=1}^\infty\frac{A(1,1,\ldots,1,m)}{m^s}$$ for $\sigma>1$, and where $$G(s)=\prod_{\ell=1}^n\Gamma\!\left(\frac{s-\lambda_\ell}2\right)\quad\text{and}\quad
\widetilde G(s)=\prod_{\ell=1}^n\Gamma\!\left(\frac{s-\widetilde\lambda_\ell}2\right),$$ where $\lambda_\ell$ and $\widetilde\lambda_\ell$ are certain complex parameters of $\psi$ and $\widetilde\psi$ with $\sum_{\ell=1}^n\lambda_\ell=\sum_{\ell=1}^n\widetilde\lambda_\ell=0$. It is known that $\Re\lambda_\ell\leqslant\frac12$ and $\Re\widetilde\lambda_\ell\leqslant\frac12$ for each $\ell$.

An elementary application of Stirling’s formula says that when $s$ lies in the vertical strips below and has a sufficiently large imaginary part (say, $\left|t\right|\geqslant1$), the multiple $\Gamma$-factors can be replaced by a single quotient of two $\Gamma$-factors: $$\frac{\widetilde G(1-s)}{G(s)}
=n^{ns-n/2}\frac{\Gamma\!\left(\frac{1-ns}2\right)}{\Gamma\!\left(\frac{ns-(n-1)}2\right)}\left(1+O(\left|s\right|^{-1})\right),$$ as will be seen in Section \[asymptotics-section\].

The $L$-function has the usual growth properties in vertical strips. Since the $L$-function is bounded on the line $\sigma=1+\delta$, the functional equation and Stirling’sall the main terms will come from $J$-Bessel functions which occur when $k=0$, and the error term comes from the case of large $k+\nu$ and the error term in the asymptotics of the $J$-Bessel functions.

The rest of the argument runs as follows:

1.  We first compute asymptotics for $\Omega_{\nu,0}$ via residues. This, in particular, gives the main term which comes from $\Omega_{0,0}$.

2.  We then consider the case of large $\nu+k$ by a simple shift of the line of integration and estimates by absolute values. The result will be small. Since the estimates are by absolute values, the argument also works with $(s+\Lambda)^{-k}$ replaced by $O((s+\Lambda)^{-k})$.

3.  Finally, we will write $\Omega_{\nu,k}(y)$ in terms of $\Omega_{\nu+1,k-1}(y)$ and $\Omega_{\nu+1,k}(y)$. Iterating this and combining it with the previous two steps


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EL CAJON, Calif. - A young girl who knew some Kung Fu moves used them to escape a kidnapping attempt overnight, police in California say.

Early Sunday morning, the 8-year-old girl woke up to an unidentified man in her and her 6-year-old brother's room, El Cajon police Lt. Rob Ransweiler said. The man had crawled through a window on the first floor of their condo in the 1300 block of Hawk Lane.

The man grabbed the girl and was dragging her downstairs when she struck


too much and end up losing money (especially if u don't know what to look for). I say better they get in some collectors hands than the dumpster (which a casino wouldn't think twice about doing and taking a tax break)

I am all for helping people, but this person clearly has no interest in the hobby. He joined the forum yesterday saying he has pins to sell even though he has not bought them yet, which to me is just bad business. He says over and over again that all he wants to do is sell them and flip them as fast as possible, he has no knowledge and wants us to hold his hand through the whole process purely so he can make money. I don't seeout fellow pinball enthusiasts.

jokerinthedark, just a few comments:
1. the people quoting you thousands of dollars for these pins are pulling your leg (in case that wasn't obvious ).
2. there's nothing at all wrong with being a young entrepeneur looking for opportunities. good for you. but the point of capitalism (or at least the reason it WORKS so well) is that it incentivises providing a product or service that is of value to others. Flipping stuff doesn't really do much towards that end. be they homes or pinball machines or oil futures, flipping does more harm to the free market than good, and is a major contributor to most bubbles and market crashes. (and spoiler alert, in the particular case of these machines, you're probably looking at a lot


lost cargo as he could. This is as close to a completionist run as anyone at GameSpot has gotten so far, and it took about 100 hours. Depending on how much you love helping out your fellow porter, you could probably double that number before you even get halfway through the game, but that’d be entirely optional.

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Ponting: not exactly the bowled, lbw or slips catch he has seemed to be looking for. Johnson's offspinning slower ball is excellent, but even that could be delivered with more regularity, to provoke the sort of miscue that nearly ended the innings of Tillakaratne Dilshan on the third morning. By the afternoon he was being treated with some contempt by Angelo Mathews, and Ricky Ponting was offering frequent advice.

Why Johnson has struggled for wickets is a matter of debate. He has not swung the ball, but that has not stopped him from discomforting and dismissing batsmen in the past. He is not bowling with the greatest control, yet, there have been times when he has bowled far worse. Johnson's top pace here is around the 145kph mark, which


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abstract: 'By reformulating a learning process of a set system $L$ as a game between Teacher (presenter of data) and Learner (updater of the abstract independent set of the data), we define the order type $\dim L$ of $L$ to be the order type of the game tree. The theory of this new order type and continuous, monotone function between set systems corresponds to the theory of well quasi-orderings (WQOs). As Nash-Williams developed the theory of WQOs to the theory of better quasi-orderings (BQOs), we introduce a set system that has order type and corresponds to a BQO. We prove that the class of set systems corresponding to BQOs is closed by any monotone function. In (Shinohara and Arimura. “Inductive inference of unbounded unions of pattern languages from positive data.”\M)$, the function $\op$ satisfying is unique. So we write it by $\op_R$. Conversely, every deformation $\op:\{0,1\}^{\bigcup\M}\to\L$ is written as $\op_R$ by a binary relation $$\begin{aligned}
R:=\bigl\{(x,v)\in \left(\bigcup\L\right)\times P\left(\bigcup\M\right)\;;\;
 \op(v)(x)=1\bigr\}.\end{aligned}$$

The class of wqos is closed under finitary operations such as Higman embedding [@MR0049867] and topological minor relation [@MR2744811 Sect. 1.7] between finite trees [@MR2744811 Ch. 12][@MR0111704]. The class of finite graphs is a wqo under the *minor relation*. Robertson-Seymour’s proof of it is given in the numbers IV-VII, IX-XII and XIV-XX of their series of over 20 papers under the common title of *Graph Minors*, which has been appearing in the *Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B*, since 1983. For a shorter proof, see recent papers by Kawarabayashi and his coauthors.

The class of fesss enjoys a useful closure condition:

\[prop:u\] For any


set systems $\L$ and $\M$ and any continuous deformation $\op:\inj \{0,1\}^{\bigcup\M}\to \inj \L$, if $\M$ is an fess, so is the image $\injinv \op\left[\inj \M\right]$ of $\M$ by $\op$.

By it, we prove that for various (nondeterministic) language operators (e.g. Kleene-closure, shuffle-product [@MR1231799][@MR2567276], shuffle-closure [@MR2078698], (iterated) literal shuffle [@berard87:_liter_shuff], union, product, intersection), the elementwise application of such operator to (an) fess(s) induces an fess.

Roughly speaking, a deformation transforms any quasi-ordering $\preceq$ to the *powerset ordering* [@MR1884426] $\ae$. It is through our correspondence $(\closure{\bullet},\ \qo{\cdot})$ between quasi-orderings to set systems (Section \[sec:contbqo\]). Although the powerset ordering of Rado’s wqo [@MR0066441] is not a wqo [@MR1884426 Corollary 12], the class of *better quasi-orderings* [@MR0221949] (bqos for short) is closed with respect to the powerset ordering. There are *infinitary* operations under which the class of wqos isnot closed but the class of bqos is. So we introduce a *better elastic set system* (bess for short), as a set system corresponding to a bqo. We show that the class of besss is closed under the image of any deformation (Section \[sec:contbqo\]), where any deformations are infinitary in a sense of Lemma \[lem:11\]. By this and (i), we can develop the computational learning theory of $\omega$-languages [@267871].

The notion of bess is useful in investigating a following set system $$\begin{aligned}
\finclass{\L}:=\{ \bigcup \M\;;\; \emptyset\ne\M\subseteq \L,\ \#\M<\infty\}. \label{fess:unbounded}\end{aligned}$$ It is studied for the learnability of language classes such as a class of regular pattern languages [@shinohara:inductive]. We characterize the set systems $\L$ such that $\finclass{\L}$ are again fesss, and then we prove that for every bess $\L$, $\finclass{\L}$


characterize the class of set systems $\L$ such that $\finclass{\L}$ is an fess, from viewpoint of bqo theory. We contrast our characterization with Shinohara-Arimura’s sufficient condition [@shinohara:inductive] for a set system $\L$ to have an fess $\finclass{\L}$.

In appendix, we propose to extend Ramsey numbers to estimate the ordinal order type of set systems, and then present miscellaneous results for computable analogue of (iii). Finally, we review the order type of a set system from [@AkamaSetSystem].

Better quasi-orderings and powerset ordering {#sec:bqo}
============================================

A better quasi-ordering (bqo for short), a stronger concept than a wqo, has pleasing closure properties with respect to

-   embedding for transfinite sequences [@MR0221949];

-   topological minor relation for infinite trees

    [@MR1816801][@MR0175814]; and

-   a *powerset ordering* $\ae$ (see Definition \[def:ae\])([@MR1884426 Corollary 10]).

Combinatorial definition of BQOs
--------------------------------

We first recall the definition of bqos by *barriers* [@MR1884426] and then the closure of bqos with respect to the powerset ordering $\ae$. Please be advised to refer [@MR1219735][@MR1884426] for the detail.

Hereafter the first infinite ordinal $\omega$ is identified with the set of nonnegative integers. The class of subsets $X$ of $U$ such that the cardinality of $X$ is less than $\alpha$ (equal to $\alpha$, resp.) is denoted by $[U]^{<\alpha}$ ($[U]^{\alpha}$, resp.). A set $X\subseteq\omega$ is often identified with the sequence enumerating it in a strictly increasing order.

1.  We say $B\subseteq \inhfin{\omega}$ a *barrier*, if (1) $\bigcup B$ is infinite; (2) for all $\sigma \in [\bigcup B]^\omega$ there exists $s\in B$ such that $s$ is a prefix of $\sigma$; and (3) for


$\overline{M}$.

Every initial segment of a quasi-ordering is trivial, if and only if the undirected graph induced by the quasi-ordering is not connected. A non-trivial initial segment may have downward branching.

We characterize a weakly semirecursive sets and semi-r.e. sets by initial segments of quasi-orderings.

\[thm:qo\] A set $M$ is weakly semirecursive if and only if $M$ is an initial segment of an r.e. quasi-ordering.

($\Rightarrow$) By [@MR1215090 Theorem 4.1]. ($\Leftarrow$) Let the witnessing quasi-ordering be $\le $. Put $$\psi(x,y):=\left\{ \begin{array}{ll}
         x, \qquad&(x\le  y\ \mbox{and}\ x\ne y);\\
         y, &(y\le  x\ \mbox{and}\ x\ne y);\\
             \uparrow, &\mbox{otherwise}.
\end{array}
        \right.\label{newpsi}$$Introduction {#Sec1}
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Because of its role in posture, locomotion and overall trunk stability and mobility, the vertebral column represents a key region for reconstructing mammal behaviour (e.g.,^[@CR1]--[@CR3]^). In particular, the atlas, or first cervical vertebra, acts as the main interface between the head and the axial skeleton and, therefore, plays a critical role in directing and stabilizing head movements (rev. in^[@CR4],[@CR5]^). As such, previous studies have emphasized the functional link between the morphology of the atlas, head mobility, and postural and locomotor repertoires in catarrhines (e.g.^[@CR5]--[@CR7]^). More specifically, while the shape and curvature of the articular facets at the atlanto-occipital joint determines the range of head motions in terms of flexion and extension, the atlanto-axial joint is responsible for lateral rotation of the atlas and the head (rev. in^[@CR4]--[@CR8]^).


679 and AL 333-83) were automatically eliminated from the sample so that all of the specimens contain only comparable information that can be used for the new registration process. This step has been automatically performed by using the deformation of the global mean shape to the extant and fossil specimens of the first analysis (see Fig. [1](#Fig1){ref-type="fig"} in Beaudet *et al*.^[@CR36]^). Subsequently, partial atlases were re-aligned using the ICP algorithm and the same reference as we used for the first analysis. In this manner, we computed a second analysis, including a second global mean shape and corresponding taxon mean shapes, from the set of partial atlases of using extant specimens only. The global mean shape and the taxon mean shapes were subsequently deformed to the partial atlases of StW573, StW 679 and AL 333-83, providing deformation fields from the global mean shape to each fossil specimen.

Deformation fields integrating local orientation and the amplitude of deformations from the global mean shape to each specimen were statistically analysed by a principal component analysis (PCA) using the package ade4 for R^[@CR64]^ (Fig. [3](#Fig3){ref-type="fig"}). The fossil specimens were subsequently projected into shape space. Thus, we computed two separate PCAs, i.e., a first one with the complete atlases (excluding StW 679 and AL 333-83, Fig. [3a](#Fig3){ref-type="fig"}) and a second one with the partial atlases (including the two partial fossil specimens and StW 573, Fig. [3b](#Fig3){ref-type="fig"}). Cumulative displacement variations are rendered and visualized using a pseudo-colour scale ranging from dark blue (lowest values) to red (highest values; Fig. [3](#Fig3){ref-type="fig"}). In addition to colour maps, we used


roughly $750,000 from the scheme in that period, the government said. Glumac made roughly $500,000 as the middle-man selling the items.

But "Amazon closely monitors customers' accounts and orders for possible fraudulent activity," according to the U.S. Attorney's press release.

Eventually the Finans' con was discovered, and each pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud and money laundering in October 2017. Glumac, who pleaded guilty to money laundering and fencing the stolen items, was sentenced to two years in prison.following directions provided by navigation systems, thereby reducing driver distraction.

A study using combinations of audio, visual and haptic feedback for route guidance, found that younger drivers—there were 16 drivers between ages 16 and 36—were less distracted by a navigation system’s display screen when they received haptic feedback from the vibrating steering wheel. For older drivers—17 drivers 65 and older—the haptic feedback reinforced the auditory cues—as in the robotic voice saying things like “Turn right ahead”—they normally prefer.

While the haptic steering wheel generally improved driver performance and safety, the study findings suggest that giving the driver additional sensory input isn’t always beneficial. That’s particularly the case for older drivers because the additional feedback can strain the brain’s capacity to process it, resulting in sensory overload (not exactly what you


any problems. Why isn't Android doing that for me? Is it a behavior only for ICS, or HTC, or is it the general behavior of any android mobile?

A:

The general android behavior is to pause the application when you switch to some other app. It shouldn't cause data loss. In case the app is closed/killed by the OS while in background, it gives the app the option to save data in it's APIs.
If an app is using this proper/recommended way, then it can resume altogether without any data loss, i.e. you can start the game where you left it. But some games may have so much data that it can't be saved easily, that's why you are having issues with multi-tasking.
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Functional interventional studies of mosquito miRNAs
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The specific functional analysis of the three miRNAs in the developmental stage where they were over-expressed was performed. As the genome sequencing of *Ae. albopictus* is yet to be done, the specific role of each miRNA for its target proteins and its specific translational inhibition to reveal the molecular role played by this miRNA could not be achieved. Hence the overall developmental functions such as the hatching rate of embryos, the eclosion rate of larvae and egg laying capacity and life span of adults were studied as indicators of the functional role of each of these stage specific


Originally posted at American Greatness by Dinesh D’Souza.

Let’s face it. Our ass is in a crack. We’re gonna have to let this nigger bill pass. —Lyndon Johnson to Sen. John Stennis, 1957

The transformation of the Democratic Party from the party of racism and segregation to the party of civil rights is, according to historian Eric Rauchway, the central political arc of the 20th century. Rauchway is a left-wing historian, and what he means is that it is the central theme of progressive history about the twentieth century. Yet progressive history has become conventional wisdom, and it is that conventional wisdom I challenge in this article, excerpted from my new book Death of a Nation.

The progressive narrative begins by crediting President Lyndon Johnson almost single-handedly for passing the Civilagonizing” for him. I don’t know whether to regard this as naïve or sneaky on Katznelson’s part. Surely Katznelson is smart enough to know LBJ had not the slightest intention of fessing up that he was a member of the racist group that hobbled blacks. If he had, his audience immediately would have recognized that the very man who poisoned the waters was now hypocritically pretending to show up as the water commissioner.

Third, by every account, LBJ was a nasty, bullying, crude, selfish, mean-spirited, and abusive individual. These are not qualities that we associate with a moral exemplar undergoing a crisis of conscience. There was the time he gave dictation to a female secretary while urinating in a corner washbasin. In the account of a Senate aide, on


So, they have gone to court, taken to the streets and even
have told the company clearly that they don't have much faith that that there will be minimal or no impacts in the area. India Together has covered
this struggle extensively in previous article - (see here, here, here and
here.

Bhadreshwar is the second largest fish production centre on the Kutch coast in Gujarat. It is estimated that nearly 6000 fisherfolk from Bhadreshwar,
Luni, Tuna and Sangad villages have been using the Randh Bander for traditional fishing for over 200 years. Boat fishing is carried out upto 10 km from
the coast and pagadiya (on foot) fishing is carried out on a 10-km stretch along the coast (5 km on each side of the Bander).

OPG in Bhadreshwar

According to a 17 January 2011fishworkers and other coastal communities of Kutch, have also written to T Chatterjee, Secretary, MoEF, seeking his intervention to reject the CRZ
clearance for intake/outfall pipelines for the OPG power project on various grounds. Some of these include the fact that the pipelines are proposed
right next to Randh Bander which is Kutch's second largest fish production centre, which is the only source of livelihoods for thousands of traditional
fisherfolk in the Mundra coast.

Further, due to high eroding nature of the Bhadreshwar coast, the sand dunes keep shifting continuously and the proposed pipelines pose a risk to the
sand dunes at present and in future. Moreover, the appeal says the Gujarat Fisheries department has opposed the OPG project in the area, and has plans
to develop Randh Bander into a modern fish landing


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that I have read, so this list will be hopelessly deficient.

Reservation the Third: I cannot possibly compare literary works with philosophical works, so I have divided the one list of fifty books into two lists of twenty-five, one for literature and one for philosophy. I know this is arbitrary, but will do it anyway.

Reservation the Forth and Most Serious: I am still completely uncertain of the criteria that one would use to determine which books are relevant to our times or any other times, so I am not sure how useful any list of mine will actually be.

However, for Dave’s sake and for the sake of anyone else who might conceivably care, these are the fifty books that I would say are relevant to our times.

Philosophy
Gaston Bachelard Themethods, rapidly providing the patient with better quality of life. However, in the long term these regenerative strategies did not prove superior to surgical procedures. This highlights the crucial need to optimize the cell type, appropriate scaffold, prochondrogenic factors added in the microenvironment, and the interaction between these components.

One of the most difficult tasks in current cell-based cartilage regenerative therapies is to identify the most suitable matrix corresponding to each cartilage tissue defect. To develop stable and efficient strategies for CTE, several material design approaches have been investigated \[[@B3]--[@B5]\]. The substrate scaffold should correspond to certain criteria in order to be appropriate for CTE: (i) appropriate 3D structure in order to recreate the*in vivo* microenvironment; (ii) appropriate porosity to allow cell migration and diffusion of molecules, nutrients, and


oxygen; (iii) biocompatibility; (iv) biodegradability; (v) matrix design to allow its insertion by mini-invasive procedures \[[@B6]\].

Cell types found to be useful in cartilage repair strategies are represented either by differentiated (chondrocytes) or undifferentiated cells (embryonic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, adipose-derived stem cells \[[@B7]\], synovium-derived stem cells, and periosteum-derived progenitor cells). Identification of the correct cell source is a key aspect for a cell-based cartilage reconstruction strategy, since these cells must exhibit high chondrogenic potential. From this point of view, each cell type, from stem cells to chondrocytes, presents certain advantages and disadvantages, leaving the most efficient cell source still debatable.

Mature chondrocytes represent possible candidates for cartilage repair due to their ability to produce type II collagen, sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAG), and other molecules specific for the cartilaginous ECM([Figure 4](#fig4){ref-type="fig"}) and confocal fluorescence ([Figure 5](#fig5){ref-type="fig"}) microscopy, based on the simultaneous staining of live (green labeled) and dead (red labeled) cells.

At 24 h after seeding bright green labeled cells were observed surrounding the G-A-PAA and G-A pores, while unattached spherical-shaped cells were displayed on top of PAA matrix. After one week of culture the number of green-labeled hADSCs inside both the sample and the control scaffold increased as compared to 24 h after seeding, confirming their proliferation. This observation could indicate that G-A-PAA and G-A sustain cellular viability and proliferation, offering a proper microenvironment to hADSCs. Regarding the negative control, the amount of cells seeded on top of the scaffold dramatically decreased after 7 days of culture.

Laser scanning of hADSCs/G-A-PAA and hADSCs/G-A bioconstructs confirmed previously presented SEM cell distribution


data ([Figure 2](#fig2){ref-type="fig"}) and, in addition, showed that hADSCs inside pores were viable after one week of culture ([Figure 5](#fig5){ref-type="fig"}).

Furthermore, we observed an increased number of viable green labeled hADSCs inside G-A-PAA scaffold as compared to G-A control material, which populated in large groups the pores of the matrix.

### 3.3.4. MTT {#sec3.3.4}

To confirm hADSCs viability and the proliferation rate observed by fluorescence microscopy, MTT assay was employed as a more accurate approach. In this context, the hADSCs/G-A-PAA, hADSCs/G-A, and hADSCs/PAA bioconstructs were subjected to MTT spectrophotometric assay at 24 h and 5 and 7 days of culture ([Figure 6(a)](#fig6){ref-type="fig"}).

Our results showed that in PAA scaffold the level of the formazan concentration was almost undetectable during the entire experimental period. This suggested that hADSCs did not survive 24 h in contactwith the negative control. In contrast, hADSCs inside G-A-PAA and G-A scaffolds proliferated during one week of experiment, with the same statistical significance increase (*P* \< 0.001) between 24 h and 5 days after seeding. During the 5th and the 7th day of culture, the number of the metabolically active cells inside G-A-PAA matrix significantly increased (*P* \< 0.001) when compared to hADSCs seeded in G-A control scaffold (*P* \< 0.01).

No significant differences were observed in cellular viability between hADSCs/G-A-PAA and hADSCs/G-A scaffolds, as indicated by their absorbance values measured at 24 h. At 5 days of culture a slightly significant increase of cellular viability (*P* \< 0.05) was detected for cells in G-A-PAA matrix as compared to the control biohybrid, while at 7 days after seeding the viability difference


evaluated by confocal fluorescence microscopy and the captured micrographs displaying the earliest positive expression during the chondrogenic differentiation process are presented in [Figure 8](#fig8){ref-type="fig"}. A set of hADSCs/G-A-PAA and hADSCs/G-A bioconstructs unexposed to chondrogenic conditions were used as reference and proved the uncommitted state of the embedded hADSCs.

As shown in [Figure 8(a2)](#fig8){ref-type="fig"} and [Figure 8(b2)](#fig8){ref-type="fig"}, Sox9 transcriptional factor was first expressed at protein level at 3 days postchondrogenic induction in both hADSCs/G-A-PAA and hADSCs/G-A bioconstructs. However, hADSCs in our sample were observed to condense in larger groups and to express more frequently Sox9, as compared to the cells in the control matrix. These observations are in accordance with the data obtained after Sox9 gene expression analysis ([Figure 7(a)](#fig7){ref-type="fig"}).

ECM synthesis is a specific process during chondrogenesis. The expression ofother hand, although negative control PAA scaffold\'s inner structure was proved to be porous and highly structured ([Figure 1(c)](#fig1){ref-type="fig"}), a compact thin polymer layer was noticed on the surface of the hydrogel ([Figure 1(d)](#fig1){ref-type="fig"}). This superficial film did not allow cellular infiltration.

Moreover, the tricomponent G-A-PAA scaffold preserved the highly ordered porosity pattern and the well-defined interconnected pores, when compared to the bicomponent G-A control matrix ([Figure 2](#fig2){ref-type="fig"}), probably due to the presence of PAA in its formulation. In addition, the quantitative and qualitative biocompatibility investigations performed on both bioconstructs showed that our G-A-PAA engineered system was able to support hADSCs survival, adhesion, and proliferation despite its synthetic PAA component. We concluded that the presence of this polymer offered better properties to G-A-PAA scaffold in terms of structure, stability,


an early chondrogenic marker and was found to be expressed at higher levels in hADSCs/G-A-PAA bioconstruct as compared to hADSCs/G-A. This can be interpreted as a more efficient initiation of the chondrogenic program in the hADSCs condensed clusters, which were allowed to form in the structured pores of G-A-PAA scaffold, as previously discussed. Col2a1 synthesis began earlier in the hADSCs/G-A-PAA system than in the reference system. This observation is in accordance to the general findings, which state that collagen type II is an early, very abundant, and highly specific product of differentiating chondrocytes \[[@B67]\]. Under the conditions used in this study, hADSCs revealed an overall greater chondrogenic response when cultivated in the G-A-PAA than in the G-A scaffold, as indicated by higher Col2a1, COMP, and CEP68 upregulation anddays versus 14 days); ^\#\#\#^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA: 7 days versus 3 days and 28 days versus 14 days)), (b) Col2a1 (^\*\*^ *P* \< 0.01 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA versus hADSCs/G-A bioconstruct: 7 days); ^\*\*\*^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA versus hADSCs/G-A bioconstruct: 14 days and 28 days); ^•••^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A: 7 days versus 3 days); ^\#^ *P* \< 0.05 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA: 3 days versus T0); ^\#\#\#^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA: 7 days versus 3 days)), (c) CEP68 (^\*^ *P* \< 0.05 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA versus hADSCs/G-A bioconstruct: 7 days); ^\*\*\*^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA versus hADSCs/G-A bioconstruct: 14 days and 28 days); ^••^ *P* \< 0.01 (hADSCs/G-A: 7 days versus 3 days); ^\#\#\#^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA: 7 days versus 3 days)), (d) COMP (^\*^ *P* \< 0.05 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA versus hADSCs/G-A


(hADSCs/G-A-PAA versus hADSCs/G-A: 7 days); ^\*\*\*^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA versus hADSCs/G-A: 14 days and 28 days); ^••^ *P* \< 0.01 (hADSCs/G-A: 28 days versus 14 days); ^•••^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A: 14 days versus 7 days); ^\#\#\#^ *P* \< 0.001 (hADSCs/G-A-PAA: 14 days versus 7 days and 28 days versus 14 days)).](SCI2015-252909.009){#fig9}

![Sox9, Col2a1, CEP68, and COMP chondrogenic markers gene expression analysis via GenEx software generated (a) a heat map and (b) a scatter plot revealing 3D distribution of samples depending on the expression of related ECM markers Col2a1, CEP68, and COMP.](SCI2015-252909.010){#fig10}

######

Primer sequences used to identify early and late chondrogenic markers.

  Target     Nucleotide sequence               Fragment length
  ----------the optimality equation for the average risk-sensitive criterion. More specifically, to deal with unbounded costs and nonlinearity of risk maps, [@Shen2013] introduced a dominating coherent risk map (called *upper module*) and assumed the existence of a Lyapunov function to it. However, given a non-coherent risk map, e.g., the entropic measure, this dominating risk map may be infinite for unbounded cost functions. Hence, a (real-valued) Lyapunov function need not exist and the theory developed in [@Shen2013] is reduced to be valid only for bounded costs.

In order to solve the above mentioned problem within the same framework, we introduce in this paper 1) constraints both on the cost function and risk map to control the growth of *value iterations* and 2) additional minorization properties on bounded level-sets (small sets) that


that is a Borel subset of a complete separable metric space, and $\mathcal B(\mathsf X)$ its Borel $\sigma$-algebra. Let $\mathsf X$ and $\mathsf Y$ be two Borel spaces. A *stochastic kernel on $\mathsf X$ given $\mathsf Y$* is a function $\psi(\mathsf B|y), \mathsf B \in \mathcal B(\mathsf X), y \in \mathsf Y$ such that i) $\psi(\cdot|y)$ is a probability measure on $\mathcal B(\mathsf X)$ for every fixed $y \in \mathsf Y$, and ii) $\psi(\mathsf B|\cdot)$ is a measurable function on $\mathsf Y$ for every fixed $\mathsf B \in \mathcal B(\mathsf X)$. Let $\bar{\mathbb R} := \mathbb R \cup \{ \pm \infty \}$ be the extended real line.

Model and problem formulation {#sec:model}
=============================

Markov control processes {#sec:mcps}
------------------------

In this subsection, we briefly introduce the framework of Markov control processes, where we mostlyitself is assumed to be fixed and known a priori.

3.  We dropped the assumption of coherency or convexity (see Definition \[def:convex\] below for a formal definition), which is necessary for inducing risk-averse behavior. However, studies in behavioral economics (see e.g., prospect theory by @tversky1992advances) show that human agents are not always risk-averse. Hence, we drop this assumption and allow more general types of risk measures.

To apply risk measures to MCPs, we follow the approach pioneered by @ruszczynski2010risk with, however, more general types of risk measures. We first introduce the concept of risk maps. A similar concept has also been introduced by @Cavus2014 for coherency maps, and by @Shen2013 for general risk maps.

Let $\{\mathsf X, \mathsf A, \{\mathsf A(x) | x \in \mathsf X \}, Q, c\}$ be


a \in \mathsf A(x),  \mathsf D \in  \mathcal B(\mathsf X). \label{eq:lowersupport}\end{aligned}$$

-   There exist a probability measure $\mu$ and a constant $\alpha> 0$ such that $$\begin{aligned}
       Q_{x,a}(\mathsf D) \geq \alpha \mu(\mathsf D),  \forall x \in \mathsf C, a \in \mathsf A(x), \mathsf D \in  \mathcal B(\mathsf X). \label{eq:deoblin_condition}
      \end{aligned}$$

\[th:local1\] Suppose Assumption \[ass:local\] and Assumption \[ass:lya\] hold. Let $w_1$ be the weight function as in Assumption \[ass:lya\] and $\mathsf{B} = \mathsf B_{w_0}(R_0)$ be a bounded level-set w.r.t. some $R_0 > 0$, where $w_0 := w^p_1$, $p \in (0,1)$. Then for any positive constant $K_0 >0$, there exists a positive constant $K > K_0$ such that $$\mathcal R_{x,a}(v) - \mathcal R_{y,b}(v) \leq 2 (K -\left[e^{h'} (v - u) \right]}{Q_{x,a}[e^{h'}]} \geq  & \frac{\alpha_{\mathsf B} \mu_{\mathsf B}\left[e^{h'} (v - u) \right]}{Q_{x,a}[e^{Kw}]}
 \geq \frac{\alpha_{\mathsf B} \mu_{\mathsf B}\left[e^{-Kw} (v - u) \right]}{\max_{x \in \mathsf B} Q_{x,a}[e^{Kw}]} \\ =& \frac{\alpha_{\mathsf B} \mu_{\mathsf B}[e^{-Kw}]}{\max_{x \in \mathsf B} Q_{x,a}[e^{Kw}]} \frac{\mu_{\mathsf B}\left[e^{-Kw} (v - u) \right]}{\mu_{\mathsf B}\left[e^{-Kw}  \right]}.\end{aligned}$$ Hence, $\alpha := \dfrac{\alpha_{\mathsf B} \mu_{\mathsf B}[e^{-Kw}]}{\max_{x \in \mathsf B} Q_{x,a}[e^{Kw}]} \textrm{ and the probability measure }
d \mu := \dfrac{e^{-Kw} d\mu_{\mathsf B}}{\int e^{-Kw} d\mu_{\mathsf B}}$ are the required constant and probability measure respectively.

The following theorem shows that applying the entropic map, along with an additional growth condition for cost functions (see below), the existence of Lyapunov function stated in Assumption \[ass:lya\] and the local Doeblin condition stated in Assumption \[ass:local\] are sufficient for Assumption \[asmp:subset\] and \[assp:upper:envelope\].

\[th:entropic:summary\] Let $\mathcal


w_1^q(x) \leq \gamma^{(c)}_0 w_0(x) + K_0^{(c)}$. Hence, Assumption \[asmp:subset\] [(A1)]{} holds with $\gamma_0 := \hat \gamma_0 + \gamma^{(c)}_0 \in (0,1)$ and $K_0 := \hat K_0 + K_0^{(c)}$. Due to Remark \[rm:doeblin\], Assumption \[asmp:subset\] [(A2)]{} holds with some constant $K > K_0$. Next, by Theorem \[th:inv\_bound\] and \[th:upperenv\], Assumption \[assp:upper:envelope\] [(B1)]{} holds with $w := 1 + K^{-1} w_0$. Assumption \[assp:upper:envelope\] [(B2)]{} holds due to Proposition \[prop:local2\].

Discussion
----------

Most of the existing literature on risk-sensitive MCPs applying the entropic map, considers finite or countable state spaces [@avila1998controlled; @borkar2002risk; @coraluppi2000mixed; @fleming1997risk; @hernandez1996risk; @marcus1997risk; @cavazos2010optimality] or bounded cost functions [@bauerle2013more]. We consider in this paper a more general setting: Borel state-action spaces and unbounded cost functions. The literature under the same setting includes [@masi2000infinite; @kontoyiannis2003spectral; @kontoyiannis2005large; @jaskiewicz2007] and [@di2008infinite], with which we provideA$ be a compact subset of a Euclidean space. Consider the following discretized ergodic diffusion $\{ x_t \in \mathbb R^d\}$: $$\begin{aligned}
 X_{t+1} = A X_t + b(X_t, A_t) + D(X_t, A_t) W_t, \textrm{ where } \label{eq:diff}\end{aligned}$$

-   $\{ W_t \in \mathbb R^d\}$ is a sequence of i.i.d. standard white noise;

-   $D: \mathsf K \rightarrow \mathbb R^{d\times d}$ is a continuous bounded matrix-valued function which is uniformly elliptic, i.e., there exists a constant $L>0$ such that $$\begin{aligned}
     L^{-1} \lVert \xi \rVert^2 \leq \xi^\top D^\top(x,a) D(x,a) \xi \leq L \lVert \xi \rVert^2, \forall (x,a) \in \mathsf K, \xi \in \mathbb R^d; \label{eq:D}\end{aligned}$$

-   $b: \mathsf K \rightarrow \mathbb R^d$ is a continuous bounded vector function, i.e., there exists a positive constant $B >


(1-\alpha) \lvert \tilde{\mathcal R}_y^\pi(v) - \tilde{\mathcal R}_y^\pi(u) \rvert \\
\leq & (1-\alpha) \tilde{\mathcal U}_x( \lvert v - u \rvert ) + (1-\alpha) \tilde{\mathcal U}_y( \lvert v - u \rvert ) \\
\leq & 2 A (1-\alpha) + A (1-\alpha) \beta \left( \tilde{\mathcal U}_x( w_0) + \tilde{\mathcal U}_y( w_0) \right).\end{aligned}$$ Note that since $(1-\alpha)  \tilde{\mathcal U}_x( w_0) \leq \bar{\mathcal U}_x(w_0)$ holds for all $x \in \mathsf B$, we obtain $$\begin{aligned}
\lvert \mathcal R^\pi_x(v) - \mathcal R^\pi_x(u) - \mathcal R^\pi_y(v) + \mathcal R^\pi_y(u) \rvert \leq &  2 A (1-\alpha) + A \beta \left( \bar{\mathcal U}_x( w_0) + \bar{\mathcal U}_y( w_0) \right) \label{eq:w0a}\\
\leq & 2 A (1-\alpha) + A \beta (\gamma(w_0(x) + w_0(y)) + 2 \bar K). \nonumber\end{aligned}$$ We select $\beta := \frac{\alpha_0}{\bar K}$ for some $\alpha_0 \in (0, \alpha)$. Setting   * @param array $instances
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Q:

Merging two cube meshes

Learning Blender: so I have a cube mesh in edit mode. I duplicated its vertices and my mesh is technically two cubes now:

It may be redundant, but I would like to combine the two cubes to end up with something like this:

I've searched for things like "merge two meshes" or "combine vertices". In general, the posts I find are:

Use CTRL + J

But I feel this answers a different question. It just doesn't work.

Select the vertices, then press X, and select dissolve.

Doesn't work - dissolve removes the geometry since these are two different meshes (and I think it is suppose to be used on a single mesh).

Note: No, I'm not trying to make a rectangular prism (I could simply translate the cube's face). It's just anshown that the environment of the binding sites of 26-10 and the enzyme are similar (Kasturi et al. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 6658-6666). These statistically predictive 3D-QSAR models indicate that both binding sites are about 20 A long and have a close fit or complementarity about the beta side of the lactone ring of digitalis. Furthermore, steric bulk about the lactone ring and the alpha sugar may be critical for drug binding. However, the binding site of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase differs from that of mAb in that it has a greater number of electrostatic interactions along the alpha-sugar, steroid, and lactone moieties. In addition, the availability of the structure of the 26-10 Fab-digoxin complex (Jeffrey et al. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90, 10310-10314) enabled us to compare the CoMFA-derived


Armagh was withdrawn from an isolated position south of the town of Newry and rebuilt closer to the Irish nationalist enclave, adjacent to a Roman Catholic school and associated housing. When challenged about the construction efforts senior government minsters in Britain implicitly justified the use of “human shields”, laying the blame for the threat to civilian areas on the “terrorists”. As one spokesperson for the ruling Conservative Party in London indicated, the onus was on the guerrillas not to target installations sited among the civilian population, not on the “security forces” to remove those installations to locations where civilians were out of harm’s way.

I posted the AP article last week in relation to the more extreme – and hopefully unlikely – dangers that could emanate from the possibleColumbia. The databases capture medical claims and spending for employees and their insured dependents.

We analyzed inpatient and outpatient claims in semiannual, 6-month intervals. Beneficiaries were included if they were 18 to 64 years old and had continuous health insurance coverage during the specified time period. For our analysis, individuals were assigned to a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (*N* = 375) or to the rural region of their state (*N* = 47) based on the geographic location of the primary beneficiary's residence. Data from 2010 was used to adapt and validate the index, while the data from 2011 to June 2015 was used to examine trends over time.

Generating the index in commercial claims {#Sec4}
-----------------------------------------

### Adapting the indicator procedures {#Sec5}

The JHOI was originally developed and validated in the Medicare population. It includes 20 clinically diverse


for the indicator procedure (e.g., hysterectomy in men) or in whom use of the procedure would not be considered to be an overuse event (e.g., low back imaging in a patient with metastatic cancer). We then concatenated these data into a single dataset to construct an unbalanced panel. Here we created the dependent variable, denoted *P*~*ijk*~*,* which is equal to 1 if there was overuse in the *i*th beneficiary, as measured by the *j*th procedure in the *k*th region, and equal to 0 if otherwise. Our multilevel model is described in the following equation:$$\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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 assessment of waste that is based on variation in risk-adjusted utilization or spending can provide information on the potential scale of the problem, these methods cannot distinguish between variation in underuse or overuse \[[@CR13], [@CR17]\]. For this reason, direct measures are better able to differentiate between more and less efficient regions. Moreover, we found that the measurement of systemic overuse is not meaningfully impacted by differences in patient health status. Taken together, the observed variation in the JHOI indicates that there is substantial room to reduce overuse.

This paper is not without limitations. While some may not agree with each of the included indicators, they were selected because they were identified by reputable professional bodies as being overused services (Additional file [1](#MOESM1){ref-type="media"}: Table S1). Additionally, this set of indicators


Q:

Nested java collection generics

I'd like to call a method defined like
<T> void foo(Class<? extends Collection<T>>)

but there is no way the compiler let me pass
foo(ArrayList<Integer>.class);

What is the syntax to get the type class of a generic type?
I am implementing the common case where I have a
Map<Key, Collection<Value>>

and want to insert a value in the collection. If the collection does not exist it should create a new one and insert the value in it.
So far I have the following code, but with type safety warnings:
public static <K, V, C extends Collection<V>> boolean addToMappedCollectionNotNull(Map<K, C> aMap, K key, V element, Class<? extends Collection> type) {
    C collection = aMap.get(key);
    if (collection == null) {
        try {
  The second class of the all-female Syriac Christians Brigade proudly took its place earlier this month on the front lines in the fight against ISIS, whose own increasing use of women as suicide bombers offers a sharp contrast between the two sides’ visions.

Known as the “Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers” – in reference to the stretch of traditionally Syriac-inhabited land between the Tigris and Euphrates, the all-volunteer unit consists of Syrian mothers, wives and professionals who pray in Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus.

"I'm a practicing Christian, and thinking about my children makes me stronger and more determined in my fight against Daesh (ISIS)," one fighter named Babylonia, who graduated with the first class in December, told AFP. She said her husband, also


behavior of a replaced element or other atomic inline is equivalent to that of the Object Replacement Character (U+FFFC).

... and when I try it with a U+FFFC, the results are completely unreliable:

Hello World how are you. Entrepreneur

Hello World how are you. Entrepreneur

Hello World how are you. ￼

Namely:

IE behaves most consistently, breaking all three paragraphs the same way.
Firefox breaks the line with the character the same way as it does the second paragraph, respecting the no-break space.
Chrome does not even attempt to render the character.

Maybe I'm just misunderstanding the quote from the CSS3 Text module, maybe browsers aren't implementing certain control characters correctly, I can't say for certain. But, if anything, I'm starting to doubt that this behavior is really defined in any CSS specification at all.

A:

There does not seem toto the cable, and a single-button inline microphone connected just below the left earpiece. We always appreciate an included mic, but found its placement directly below the earpiece slightly awkward to access.

Comfort

As far as in-ear headphones go, the MMX 101 are fairly comfortable. The standard ear tips that came pre-fitted on the earpieces fit us well (a first), and we had only one incident of “earbud fallout” as we traveled with the headphones – an impressive feat.

Audio Performance

We tested the MMX 101 by listening to a variety of different tracks, mostly through our iPhone 5. The headphones exhibited several sonic aspects that we appreciated, highlighted by detailed clarity and a well-separated stereo image. We also found a few weak points, mostly relegated to the midrange, which we found


if parties settled during administrative proceedings).
In addition, several other members of this Court have concluded that Buckhannon precludes a fee award under the IDEA to plaintiffs who settle their claims during the administrative process. See Adams v. District of Columbia, 231 F.Supp.2d 52, 55-56 (D.D.C.2002) (Leon, J.) (Buckhannon precludes fee award under IDEA if parties settled during administrative proceedings); Alegria v. District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 00-2582, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16898, at *6 (D.D.C. Sept. 9, 2002) (Kessler, J.) (same); Heintz v. District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 01-1124(CKK), Memorandum Opinion at 8 (D.D.C. April 26, 2002) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) (same). But see Johnson *58 v. District of Columbia, 190 F.Supp.2d 34, 44 (D.D.C.2002) ("Buckhannon does not preclude an award of fees to plaintiffs who settle IDEACalloway case. See Calloway v. District of Columbia, 216 F.3d at 9; Calloway v. District of Columbia, 216 F.3d 1 (D.D.C.1999). Under Calloway, as even defendants concede, the Court can award but the District of Columbia cannot pay an amount over the cap in any given year. See Defs.' Dism. Mem. at 3-4. Defendants argue however, that in light of the plain language of the prospective provision of Section 140 (2002), defendants cannot pay  and will never be required to pay  more than they already have paid with respect to these claims absent another change in the statute.[6] The Court has no choice but to agree, because that is precisely what Section 140 says.
The legislative history of the 2002 Act supports this interpretation. In her comments


Settlement of Sept. 27, 1999 (see Compl., Ex. 1-42); Terrell Joyner, Claim re. Settlement of July 15, 1999 (see Compl., Ex. 1-44); Joe Lewis, Claim re. Settlement of April 21, 1999 (see Compl., Ex. 1-51); Patrick Lynch, Claim re. Settlement of Dec. 10, 1998 (see Compl., Ex. 1-52); Jonikia Marshall, Claim re. Settlement of July 29, 1999 (see Compl., Ex. 1-53); Diante McLeod, Claim re. Settlement of Dec. 13, 1999 (see Compl., Ex. 1-56); Vincent Moore, Claim re. Settlement of Sept. 6, 2000 (see Compl., Ex. 1-61); Donte Moses, Claim re. Settlement of July 30, 1999 (see Compl., Ex. 1-62); Georgia Rice, Claim re. Settlement of Aug. 7, 2000 (see Compl., Ex. 1-68); Veronica Rush, Claim re. Settlement of July 29, 2000 (see Compl., Ex. 1-70); Janelle Shaw,EULA is governed by the laws of the State of Ohio.

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been incorporating more: Having a forward cut across the middle and hitting him with full speed to move up ice with the puck. As you can see on this play, the Leafs generate a quality scoring chance out of it. They are starting to add this more into their breakouts, so it’s something to look out for.

5 Things I Think I’d Do

1. With Nikita Zaitsev out, I would pair Carrick with Gardiner and use the pairings similar to how the Leafs did last year — Gardiner and Carrick get easier starts, Rielly and Hainsey (Zaitsev) take the tough minutes, and in this case, Borgman and Polak get the defensive zone starts. Marincin does some great things positioning-wise, but he struggles with the puck and that has always beenan awkward silence.

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the bottom of the sea. I want to string them together and make a windchime for the screened porch.

On one side of me, the sandy expanse of beach rollicking with dogs. On the other side, the quiet brown ocean teeming with life and mystery and danger. Pelicans and power walkers and crabs and investment bankers all out to get what they needed from the morning. And me shuffling along the narrow line where all that activity comes together.

Where this meets that

Story-telling is like that. While the whole wide world goes on around me, I’m sifting through the little broken leftover things. Picking up a gray one and tossing it back into the water. Holding another one up to the sun to see if a little light peeks through.seen the soft look my eyes had and their shadows deep. Even the last stanza, the sadness of a Love that has fled and hid his face among the stars–I even wanted that. Something to miss at the end of my life. I hadn’t had anything yet, so I couldn’t wait to have something to miss.

Yesterday was Richard’s birthday. He would have been 47. I meant to write this post for August 5th, and I’ve been feeling sad about that since I didn’t. Like the English teacher who had good intentions of getting through the whole text book, but the year just ran out.

It’s fitting, because Richard hated his birthday and refused any fuss. His mother making a Julia Child’s chocolate cake was the only ceremony he actually


at the heart of it tomorrow. And maybe I’ll write about the man whose portrait stopped traffic. There’s a “feet picture” story to tell and Vivi’s lesson on math. For today, I can only think about the shortest and the sweetest member of our family–my son.

Carlos has been to the beach 4-5 times in his short life, but this was the first time that he was REALLY into it. He squished his chunky baby feet across the sand and rolled around in rippling tide pools. The wind blew so hard off the ocean at night that it wobbled his baby cheeks–but he couldn’t stop giggling.

At our picnic in Forsyth Park, Carlos lolled around under the trees, stuffing himself with a celebratory amount of Chips Ahoy cookies. If IThere are no new features that we were able to find, but it now it has the matching black background with white cards design. I personally don’t mind it after using it for about a day.

Samsung Notes, the built-in notepad with support for the S Pen, was updated with a new icon and a new user interface. The redesign is all that is new because there are no new features added to the app yet. It has a light theme which makes sense for a notepad app. It will likely be updated with the new Night Theme in a future update, but we’re note entirely sure.

Updated Stock Apps in Samsung Experience 10 for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9

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It’s time for a Three Way Dance. Finally I’ll get to talk about that black dude that showed up at 45’s rally in Arizona. Remember that recall in Milwaukee against Tom Barrett? And for my non-churched folks who think churches aren’t doing jack for the hurricane victims, think again.

First Dance: Ok, who is this Michael The Blackman?

I’ll bet many of us were asking that recently. If many were brave enough to catch a clip about this dude showing up at a 45land Rally in Arizona holding a sign says “Blacks for Trump” I’m asking who let this dude in the building? Did ol Donnie paid him to show up? I’m looking at this footage with the surrounding of all those white folks mostly and the thing is whyand debunked personally.

I haven’t done this in a while, but guess what Wisconsin? I Told You So.

Today is the one year anniversary in which most of us thought we took the state back. Oh really? Did we? Did we really took the state back in a manner of being besmirched by the waves of the Tea Party? Not this Wisconsinite. If those don’t’ remember, this was the anniversary in which most in Wisconsin thought that having Scott Walker to retain the seat in Madison is a good idea to cash on the voters who wanted him removed in the recall. Today would have been that day that I would have been saying Governor Tom Barrett. But Barrett is still Mayor in Milwaukee. Speaking of that, this is the


of respect of those who put their lives on the line locally. But for deciding to back Walker, after the B.S. he’s pulled, really?! It’s no surprise to Milwaukee in which he almost went postal as County Executive for 8 years.

Now the Democrats in Wisconsin didn’t celebrate the so-called June 5th Victory, but realizing that when you are ranked 44 in Jobs in the entire country, there is nothing to celebrate about period. And yes the Democrats in Wisconsin currently have low energy in taming the new beast of the Republican Party in Badger State. Recently, the Badger Blue Squad launched a campaign style devotion called “Red to Blue Badgers.” This will be a collective effort in which the party would go to the counties that were deeplywould get the attention.

Plus recently, he was featured with Mayor Tom Barrett on Piers Morgan, and I will say that even though the debate of the subject got going back and forth with a little of overlapping, Piers asked a simple question to Sheriff Clarke in favoring Universal Background Checks. Obviously, the Sheriff went “long ball” with the judicial and courts stuff. But…….It was simple question! YES OR NO! How hard can that be?!

Lot of you probably went to Youtube, and saw the David Clarke ad and said “oh, I gotta use this!” My advice: Don’t fool yourself. Just my opinion.

Just when I thought I was not going to write these anymore. But……..guess what. I’m going to be doing more of these with the current issues that effects


regarding the retirees who worked for years and years during the 13 hours that he felt the they can’t hack the crowds that come into the polls. Lot of folks are saying that the election commissions should look for more poll workers. Really YOUNGER poll workers. Those who are more enthused, technological, brilliant, dedicated no matter a full day or half day, and those who can help make a difference. And the fear of that in parts comes from again trying to suppress the votes, in regarding the African-American and Latino Voters. Just a reference, according to the Census, Wisconsin’s African-American Population is 6.5% while the Hispanic American Population is around 6.1%

For the history buffs, Same Day Voter Registration has been around since the year I came intoRegistration. Do a search. One more thing I do want to add, those who try to suppress the vote is asking for trouble.

Since the State of Maine this week is “blowing up” with their State’s GOP Chairperson, Charlie Webster was well…..“shocked” to see blacks voting on Election Day, which is now going viral in terms of now knowing that the fact, the “Whitest state in the Union” does have residents of color. Which was offensive in terms of the African-American voters in the state coming from the GOP Chairperson. Today, while most of us were at Holiday Parades in Milwaukee, or trying to prepare for Thanksgiving, Melissa Harris-Perry this morning interviewed Shay Stewart-Bouley, a Chicago born resident, that is a decade plus resident of the State of Maine,


in America: Maine.

For the GOP Georgia folks, oh this is a trip. Their top GOP Lawmakers had a briefing in regarding a Secret Obama mind controlling plot. HOLD THE PHONE. Seriously, Georgia?!! Mind control? Hypnosis still in effect? Let me go Walt Disney on this: “Bippity Boppity BOO!’ (insert laughter)

Seriously?! My God! In this meeting, there were a bunch of lawmakers looking at a hour flick about Obama’s mind control. About what may I ask? Getting a new Nintendo WiiU before Sunday? Forget about Seceding from the Union, some of these dudes need to be seceded from their everyday stuff and turn in a mental institution Are the crazy houses open? I hope when Sunday comes: please go to church. Please ask God to come into your soula protective order was entered prohibiting respondent from having any contact with the children.  On September 5, 1991, L.D. was adjudicated a ward of the court based on a finding that she was a neglected minor.

On March 13, 1992, following a jury trial, respondent was found guilty of each of the 11 counts.  The trial court imposed three consecutive terms of 40 years' imprisonment with concurrent sentences of 45, 30, 10, 5, and 5 years' imprisonment.  On direct appeal, this court upheld all convictions, except count VIII alleging aggravated criminal sexual assault.  This court reversed the conviction and sentence as to that count and upheld the other sentences, with certain reductions, in all other counts.
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against Ja.B. in that respondent tied Ja.B. up with a rope (count IV) and committed cruelty to children against Ja.B. by throwing Ja.B. against a board, causing a large cut on Ja.B.'s chin (count V).  At the time of the indictment, Je.B. was seven years old, Jo.B. was six years old, Ja.B. was four years old, and K.B. was two years old.

At the termination hearing, the trial court allowed the State's motion to withdraw its request that the court review the transcripts of the criminal proceedings.  Thus, the only evidence of respondent's criminal conduct was in the form of certified copies of his convictions, the indictment, and this court's order on direct appeal.  Other evidence was presented by the State relating to respondent's compliance with DCFS caseworkers andPrius will run on smaller, lighter motors and batteries than its predecessor, and be at least 10 per cent more fuel-efficient, Toyota said, without stating mileage. The previous model can run at 51 miles a gallon.

Thermal efficiency - or ratio of work performed to energy consumed - will be 40 per cent, up from 38.5 per cent, the company also said.

The car, unveiled in Las Vegas late on Tuesday, is the first model built under the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) strategy, a new approach to development to improve its cars' fuel efficiency, styling and other features, partly by using more common components.

The launch comes at a challenging time for Toyota. US petrol prices are at their lowest for this time of year since 2004, pushing consumers to


Correction to: No need for frame-wise attenuation correction in dynamic Rubidium-82 PET for myocardial blood flow quantification.
Due to the typesetter not carrying out the author's corrections at proof stage, there are two errors in the published article: where "mL × min × g" appears, it should be "mL/min/g". One error is in the Figure 3 caption, and one error is in the second sentence under the heading "MBF Quantification". The original article has been corrected.Lunch at Buckingham Palace must have been pretty interesting Monday with Prince Harry joining Queen Elizabeth and other royal family members for a meal with President Donald Trump, who falsely insisted Sunday that he never called Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, “nasty” in an interview last week.

It’s not known what happened at the lunch — because reporters were not present — and whether Harry and Trump exchanged pleasantries, or Trump even addressed the controversy that arose of her “nasty” remark.

Queen Elizabeth hosted the lunch in honor of the president and first lady’s state visit to the United Kingdom. Prince Charles, his wife Camilla and White House senior advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner also were present at the lunch.

Harry “noticeably hung back” when the queen led the group into


Two People Arrested in Death of RIT Professor

Two Rochester residents have been arrested in the fatal shooting of Rochester Institute of Technology professor Edline Chun.

Jerrelle Henry and, his girlfriend, Natalie Johnson were arraigned in City Court Friday and are being held in the Monroe County jail without bail. Both are facing charges of 2nd degree murder.

Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley says the case will be handled by Assistant District Attorney Perry Duckles.

"They've entered a plea of not guilty," Doorley says. "The matter has been sent down for a preliminary hearing which is scheduled for next Wednesday, March 6th. The District Attorney's Office plans to present evidence to the Grand Jury prior to that date of the preliminary hearing."

Doorley says Grand Jury participants could likely be asked todecoy. Sparks and smoke rose from it, and Godwin sent the chair spinning for the gate. Cries of alarm came from the building and attendants ran down the landing steps. The surly attendant fled from the speeding chair of fire as Godwin, knowing the man, had counted on. Screams came from every window: cries of delight at such a sparkling apparition in the evening grey, shrieks of anger from the staff. The chair thudded against the gate. The first little bomb went off.

Behind the dead house, Bitty clapped his hands—'Next. Next!'—and set the match against the start of the gunpowder trail. Small explosions raced across the yard.

Fingers shaking, Godwin set off the second device tucked between the corner of the dead house and the fence. Again it worked:


\RR^{K\times K}$ is the diagonal matrix of the users’ signal amplitudes, ${{\boldsymbol b}}_t=(b_t^1,\dots,
b_t^K)\in\RR^{K}$ is the users’ data vector, and ${{\boldsymbol z}}_t$ is an additive white Gaussian noise vector with i.i.d. entries $\sim
{\mathcal{N}}(0,1)$. We define the system’s activity rate as $\alpha \triangleq \Pr\{\text{user $k$ is active}\}$, $1\leq
k\leq K$. Active users employ binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) with equal probabilities. This scheme is equivalent to one where each user transmits a ternary constellation ${\mathcal{X}}\triangleq\{-1,0,+1\}$ with probabilities $\Pr\{b_t^k = -1\}=\Pr\{b_t^k =
+1\}=\tfrac{\alpha}{2}$ and $\Pr\{b_t^k = 0\}=1-\alpha$. We define the maximum system load as $\beta \triangleq \frac{K}{N}$.

In a static channel model, the detector operation remains invariant along a data frame, indexed by $t$, but we often omit this time index for the sake of simplicity. Assuming that the receiver knows ${{\boldsymbol S}}$ and ${{\boldsymbol A}}$,, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 2718–2722, Nov. 2000.

S. Verdú and S. Shamai (Shitz), “Spectral efficiency of [CDMA]{} with random spreading,” , vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 622–640, Mar. 1999.

M. Talagrand, , Springer, 2003.

A. Montanari and D. Tse, “Analysis of belief propagation for non-linear problems: The example of [CDMA]{} (or: How to prove [T]{}anaka’s formula),” in [*Proc. IEEE Inform. Theory Workshop*]{}, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Mar. 2006.

D. Guo and C.-C. Wang, “Random sparse linear systems observed via arbitrary channels: A decoupling principle,” in [*Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory*]{}, Nice, France, June 2007.

D. Guo, D. Baron and S. Shamai (Shitz), “A single-letter characterization of optimal noisy compressed sensing,” in [*Proc. Allerton Conf. Commun. Control, and Computing*]{}, Oct 2009.

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A. Tauste Campo and A. Guillén i Fàbregas, “Large System Analysis of Iterative


In less than a month my book comes out, and in celebration I’m sharing a few pages with you. A quick excerpt of chapter 15…

The Dark and Disturbing Secrets HR Doesn’t Want You to Know

I worked in human resources for almost fifteen years at a number of different companies, including a religious-based organization where one of my duties was to teach people how to be appropriate and professional. Yes, I do see the irony in this.

Human resources is the place where people come to complain and/or shoot people when they just can’t take it anymore. Choosing to work in HR is like choosing to work in the complaint department of hell, except way more frustrating, because at least in hell you’d be able to agree that that SatanOpen-Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds and Competing Quasiaromaticity.
The delocalization of electron density upon tautomerization of a proton across a conjugated bridge can alter the strength of hydrogen bonds. This effect has been dubbed resonance-assisted hydrogen bonding (RAHB) and plays a major role in the energetics of the tautomeric equilibrium. The goal of this work was to investigate the role that π-delocalization plays in the stability of RAHBs by engaging other isomerization processes. Similarly, acid-base chemistry has received little experimental attention in studies of RAHB, and we address the role that acid-base effects play in the tautomeric equilibrium. We find that π-delocalization and the disruption of adjacent aromatic rings is the dominant effect in determining the stability of a RAHB.


with Dupuytren's contracture, 19/34 (56%) of patients with limited joint mobility having Dupuytren's contracture, compared with 76/232 (33%) of patients without Dupuytren's contracture (chi 2 = 7.05, p less than 0.01). Limited joint mobility was observed in 50% of diabetic smokers compared with 25% of non-smokers (odds ratio = 2.87 (corrected for diabetes duration), 95% confidence interval 1.64-5.01). Diabetic retinopathy was weakly associated with smoking (odds ratio 1.09; 95% confidence interval 0.60-1.96). There was however an increased prevalence of background retinopathy among male smokers (50% vs 29%; chi 2 = 6.88, p less than 0.01). In non-diabetic males limited joint mobility was observed in 37% of smokers but only in 11% of non-smokers (NS), while 33% of smokers and 8% of non-smokers had Dupuytren's contracture (p = 0.012).imperial family is preserved in the inscription situated above its entrance. But more than the inscription, it’s the highly ornate visual programme of the arch’s internal friezes that really capture your attention. On one of the friezes, the emperor Septimius Severus is depicted with his wife and empress, Julia Domna, enjoying a splendid family day out at the sacrifices, completely in his element as a symbol of imperial piety.

Facing this sacrifice scene is a similar relief depicting the young prince Caracalla. Your eye is drawn not to the pious image of Caracalla though but to the aggressively chiselled out space once occupied by another figure. This was the space once occupied by Caracalla’s brother and co-ruler, Geta.

Geta was the most high-profile casualty of Caracalla’s tyrannical reign, a young


man whose tragic death infused his short life with pathos. And the practice by which his image came to be removed from the Arcus Argentariorum was what we now call damnatio memoriae : the post mortem obliteration of one’s memory.

Caracalla and a blank space where Geta once was represented. (Image: Alexander Meddings for TimeTravelRome)

Damnatio Memoriae on the Arcus Argentariorum

Damnatio memoriae is not a term the Romans used. The senatorial decree that ratified the desecration of one’s name and image instead went by another name: abolitio nominis (the abolition of name). But damnatio memoriae ’s lack of a definition did nothing to prevent its ruthless implementation throughout the republican and imperial history. And few emperors enforced it with such ruthlessness and vigour as Caracalla.

The first prominent figure to fall    - run: ./node_modules/chromedriver/bin/chromedriver --version

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These are a series of courses that fulfil the needs of specific departmental managers in a unique and tailored manner. The concept is simple: instead of attending a standard management development programme the delegates go through a special programme focussing on their own departmentsof mirror neuron activity that has been used to suggest roles for the MNS in processes such as in-group membership and empathy ([@bib26], [@bib40]).

One of the concerns raised in the literature surrounding mu suppression is whether it is reliably distinct from changes in alpha activity. Alpha activity was among the first EEG phenomena noted by pioneering electroencephalographer, Hans Berger, yet the precise function of alpha is still unknown. Alpha rhythms have been considered to reflect cortical idling ([@bib57]), or the active inhibition of task-irrelevant processes ([@bib34]). While the function of alpha activity is unclear, the reactivity of alpha is well documented. Alpha activity is functionally defined as "blocked or attenuated by attention, especially visual, and mental effort" ([@bib46]). Power in the alpha band is highest when a subject


design is good for removing effects of long-term shifts in the EEG, for instance due to sweating over the time course of the experiment. By baselining each trial individually, such shift is accounted for, and the attentional effects induced by long baseline conditions are likely to be reduced, and inflated apparent mu suppression is less likely. Nevertheless, it could be argued that the onset of a moving stimulus would immediately engage attention more than a static image.

The issue of what baseline to use in mu suppression experiments was examined by [@bib74]. They recorded EEG data from 18 subjects, investigating what baselines may be ideal for obtaining maximal mu suppression. Their baselines included active and static stimuli, including bouncing balls, slowly moving flowers, static hand images and white stripes([@bib3], [@bib27], [@bib38]), and changes in beta activity have also been suggested to index mirror neuron activity ([@bib45], [@bib68]).

One evident risk in this field is that by focussing on one frequency band, we might miss key phenomena of interest. We have focused here on alpha and beta frequency ranges, but studies vary in terms of the precise frequency ranges used to define these, and indeed some argue for finer subdivision of these frequency bands (e.g., [@bib56]). This, however, carries the complementary risk that if the choice of frequency band is open-ended, this provides 'researcher degrees of freedom' in post hoc analysis ([@bib71]). To justify distinguishing different frequency ranges, we need studies that distinguish these a priori and consider whether there are reproducible differences in pattern of results between


found that kaleidoscope and hand-object videos differed significantly at the occipital sites \[*F* (1, 60) = 7.05, *p* = .010\], as did hand-no object and kaleidoscope \[*F* (1, 60) = 9.05, *p* = .004\]. Hand-object and hand-no object videos did not significantly differ at either site. One-sample *t*-tests showed that suppression to all three video conditions were significantly below 0 at the central sites. \[For HO: *t* (60) = −4.99, *p* \< .001; for HNO: *t* (60) = −3.60, *p* = .001; for kaleidoscope: *t* (60) = −3.81, *p* \< .001\]. Own movement also resulted in beta suppression significantly below 0: *t* (60) = −6.85, *p* \< .001.

In sum, with the between-trial baseline, the overall pattern of results was similar to that for the long baseline, except that there was evidence of suppression of both mu and beta at central sites. However, this suppression was no different for conditions observing hand movement thanaround a third of participants do not show predicted effects. We modelled this section of our analysis on their paper, in which they used *t*-tests to assess for each participant whether or not they demonstrated significant changes in mu for their different baseline techniques.

Thus, for each of our participants, we calculated a 95% confidence interval (CI) for the change in mu power at electrodes C3, Cz and C4 (the paper by Tangwiriyasakul et al. generally considered channels separately, so we did the same for parity), for the observation and own movement conditions. In order to be considered to have shown the expected mu suppression effect in a given condition, a participant was required to show a CI that did not cross zero (demonstrating mu suppression significantly below 0) for


a short rest baseline, but it is apparent that these results are confounded by alpha. Considering baseline\'s effect on the *strength* of mu suppression alone will not prove that this is indeed an important factor -- we argued that *specificity* is important for determining mu suppression\'s validity. We opted to consider the pattern of significant and non-significant mu suppression across our conditions, and only the within-trial baseline showed a pattern of suppression that was specific to biological stimuli.

Given our results, we reason that treating mu suppression as a proxy for mirror neuron engagement, and using it as a basis for neurofeedback therapy, requires serious caution. While the original function of the MNS was purported to be action-understanding, theories about the human MNS have evolved radically to encompass potentialSupplementary unregistered analyses).

Inconsistent findings in relation to gender raise questions about correlations found with behavioural measures of individual differences. As [@bib75] noted, correlations between behavioural and neurofunctional measures often overestimate effects: "Such an analysis will inflate observed across-subject correlations and can even produce significant measures out of pure noise." ([@bib75], p279). Their article was concerned with fMRI studies, but it raises warnings about the dangers of studying individual differences using neurofunctional measures of unknown reliability. We recommend that any researchers investigating correlates of mu suppression should first establish the reliability of their measures.

As well as considering the validity of mu suppression as an index of MNS activity, we also considered a second frequency band, the beta band. Researchers have suggested that mu maybe be more related to sensory


of alpha and mu responses is also important. Sampling alpha/mu levels in the middle of the long rest condition is not the same as sampling them at the beginning or end of this period, and similarly sampling these levels when participants are viewing a blank screen but when they have just been viewing dynamic videos is not the same. It may be that over the length of the long resting baseline, alpha levels change, or that going from viewing a video to a blank screen may induce greater alpha enhancement than sitting without stimulation for a long period of time.

We found that the kaleidoscope videos produced significantly more suppression in the alpha and beta bands at the occipital regions, regardless of baseline. These stimuli were also rated bymu suppression effects differ between the groups - do more participants with autism show no mu suppression, or an indeed an increase in mu when observing actions?

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We have conducted what we believe to be the largest mu suppression study to date, investigating mu suppression\'s validity as a measure of human MNS activity, and the importance of baseline methodology. Our results suggest that mu suppression calculated using resting baselines is not specific to biological stimuli, nor the central motor regions. Similar results were found for beta-band suppression. Using a baseline of a static image improved the specificity of mu responses, but even when this baseline technique was used, a significant minority of typical participants did not show the expected mu suppression effects. This has implications for the


future use of mu suppression in experimental settings and for clinical applications.

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Analysis scripts, stimuli, links to our raw EEG files, and other details of our experiment can be found on the Open Science Framework, project name "Mu suppression -- a good measure of the human MNS?" <https://osf.io/yajkz/>.

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Previous effect sizes have not been routinely reported in mu suppression literature. This makes selecting an adequate effect size for the basis of a power analysis difficult. However, if mu suppression is a valid biomarker for social cognitive processes, or indeed autism ([@bib12], [@bib51]), and a potential target for neurofeedback therapy ([@bib61]), then it is reasonable to expect a large effect size. In this context, our selection ofa medium effect size for mu suppression is conservative: if we do not observe the phenomenon under this assumption, its use in clinical contexts is undermined.

A priori analyses were conducted using G\*Power ([@bib21]). A power analysis was carried out to determine the sample size necessary to detect medium effects (*f* = .25, as outlined by [@bib14]), with power of .9. As repeated measures ANOVAs typically violate the sphericity assumption, our power analysis considered corrections for sphericity, and was based on the most conservative correction for nonsphericity. This is when the nonsphericity correction (denoted *ɛ*) is equal to 1/1−*m*, where *m* signifies the number of measurements. The anticipated correlation among the repeated measures was set at .6. In previous work, the correlation between occipital and central electrodes has been moderate (see


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