A probabilistic risk analysis (PRA) for a high-level radioactive waste repository is very important since it gives an estimate of its health impacts, allowing comparisons to be made with the health impacts of competing technologies. However, it is extremely difficult to develop a credible PRA for a specific repository site because of large uncertainties in future climate, hydrology, geological ...

TO THE EDITOR: The Viewpoint by Sierra-Johnson et al. (6) raises a number of interesting points about the control of leptin release in response to altitude exposure. The authors correctly point out that “altitude” can comprise many stimuli to the endocrine system including hypoxia, cold exposure, anorexia, and exercise. In fact, it is likely that these factors interact to make assignment of a m...

This paper discusses efficient simulation methods for stochastic chemical kinetics. Based on the tau-leap and midpoint tau-leap methods of Gillespie [D. T. Gillespie, J. Chem. Phys. 115, 1716 (2001)], binomial random variables are used in these leap methods rather than Poisson random variables. The motivation for this approach is to improve the efficiency of the Poisson leap methods by using la...

; Published online before print ; Neurology Ellen Deibert and Richard Kryscio study sports-related concussion How many HITS are too many? : The use of accelerometers to May 16, 2012 This information is current as of http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2012/05/16/WNL.0b013e31825875f7 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and servi...

A sample of 100 patients were selected randomly from 10 dharamshalas who qualified the diagnosis of neuroses and developed "trance". They were subjected to tests of suggestability, intelligence, guilt, hostility and neuroticism. Patients with "trance" were significantly more suggestible and expressed more hostility and guilt as compared to those who did not develop trance. Significant differenc...

Several large-scale Bible epics have been produced in the decade after revival of epic cinema at turn millennium. Yet, while many biblical films this period were primarily aimed religious audiences, Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (2014) and Ridley Scott’s Exodus:Gods Kings stand out due to their broader appeal skepticism. Using Gilles Deleuze’s concepts impulse-image action-image as framework, article...

The first dedicated local electrode atom probes (LEAP [a trademark of Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation]) have been built and tested as commercial prototypes. Several key performance parameters have been markedly improved relative to conventional three-dimensional atom probe (3DAP) designs. The Imago LEAP can operate at a sustained data collection rate of 1 million atoms/minute. This is ...

One phenomenon arising in epistemic life is allegiance to, and break from, a tradition. This has three central features. First, individuals who adhere to tradition seem respond dogmatically evidence against their Second, from different traditions appear see the same differently. And third, conversion one another appears be kind ordinary belief shift. paper uses recent work on nature rationality...