The IPAT Equation and Its Variants
Summary In the early 1970s Ehrlich and Holdren devised a simple equation in dialogue with Commoner identifying three factors that created environmental impact. Thus, impact (I) ...
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Trends and Cycles in Macroeconomic Time Series
Two structural time series models for annual observations are constructed in terms of trend, cycle, and irregular components. The models are then estimated via the Kalman filter...
Temporal Trends in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in 21 World Regions, 1980 to 2010
Background— Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The Global Burden of Diseases, Risk Factors and Injuries 2010 Study estimated global and region...
Do mutualisms matter? Assessing the impact of pollinator and disperser disruption on plant extinction
There is a voluminous literature on pollination and dispersal, very little of which deals with the consequences of reproductive failure and its most extreme consequence: extinct...
Minds, Machines and Gödel
Gödei's Theorem seems to me to prove that Mechanism is false, that is, that minds cannot be explained as machines. So also has it seemed to many other people: almost every mathe...
Faking Sandy
In today’s world, online social media plays a vital role during real world events, especially crisis events. There are both positive and negative effects of social media coverage...
Expression of ob mRNA and its encoded protein in rodents. Impact of nutrition and obesity.
The mutant gene responsible for obesity in the ob/ob mouse was recently identified by positional cloning (Zhang Y., R. Proenca, M. Maffel, M. Barone, L. Leopold, and J.M. Friedm...
Estimating the National Public Health Burden Associated with Exposure to Ambient PM<sub>2.5</sub> and Ozone
Ground‐level ozone (O 3 ) and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) are associated with increased risk of mortality. We quantify the burden of modeled 2005 concentrations of O 3 and...
Use of sky brightness measurements from ground for remote sensing of particulate polydispersions
The software code SKYEAD.pack for retrieval of aerosol size distribution and optical thickness from data of direct and diffuse solar radiation is described; measurements are car...
Of Conspiracy Theories
As the end of the Millennium approaches, conspiracy theories are increasing in number and popularity. In this short essay, I offer an analysis of conspiracy theories inspired by...
Use of GRADE grid to reach decisions on clinical practice guidelines when consensus is elusive
<h3>Abstract</h3> Flavin containing monooxygenases (FMOs) are promiscuous enzymes known for metabolizing a wide range of exogenous compounds. In <i>C. elegans</i>, <i>fmo-2</i> ...