Articles That Matter

Dark Chocolate and Metabolic Syndrome; Do Polyphenols All that Matter?

Patterns that matter

Pattern mining is one of the best-known concepts in Data Mining. A bigproblem in pattern mining is that humongous amounts of patterns can be minedeven from small datasets. This makes it hard for domain experts to discoverknowledge using pattern mining, for example in the field of Bioinformatics. Inthis thesis we address the pattern explosion using compression.We argue that t...

Showing that Neighborhoods Matter

A long-standing contradiction has posed a critical puzzle to urban sociologists: On the one hand, a wealth of ethnographic studies make the point that the kinds of neighborhoods people inhabit profoundly shape their fortunes; on the other hand, statistical analyses of “neighborhood effects” have often failed to confirm that claim. From the earliest studies of the Chicago School, through classic...

Perceptions That Should Matter.

As I reflect on the successful 63rd annual meeting of SNMMI that took place on June 11–16 in San Diego, California, I cannot help but focus on several important endeavors that have been themes for the leadership of the Society. These include the “quality matters” initiative promoted by April Mann (2014–2015 president of SNMMI-TS), the SNMMI membership growth initiative promoted by Aaron Scott (...

Metrics That Matter

Within NASA, there is an increasing awareness that software is of growing importance to the success of missions. Much data has been collected, and many theories have been advanced on how to reduce or eliminate errors in code. However, learning requires experience. This article documents a new NASA initiative to build a centralized repository of software defect data; in particular, it documents ...