Self-paced learning (SPL) is a recently raised methodology designed through simulating the learning principle of humans/animals. A variety of SPL realization schemes have been designed for different computer vision and pattern recognition tasks, and empirically substantiated to be effective in these applications. However, the investigation on its theoretical insight is still a blank. To this is...

Rev Esp Cardiol 2002;55(6):565-7 565 «The benefit obtained from early reperfusion of the occluded artery limits the size of infarction, reduces the degree of ventricular dysfunction and improves survival.»1 This classic statement made by a classic cardiologist (Eugene Braunwald) is the first enunciation of the hypothesis that favorable consequences derive from the early restoration of blood flo...

While teaching a course on Crop Biotechnology at Huazhong Agricultural University (Wuhan, Hubei Province, China) this past October, I was asked by one ofmy students if it is true that American farmers grow genetically modified crops (GMOs) only for export, and that GMO‐foods are not sold in the USA. The student implied that Americans thought that such crops were “good enough” for developing cou...

In 2005, Arnold Zwicky posited two misapprehensions about language: the Recency Illusion, or false idea that certain language variation is new, and Frequency erroneous belief a particular word phrase occurs often. Since their conception, these concepts have received widespread attention in popular scientific linguistics, but quantitative research investigating application scarce. The purpose of...