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New human movement model can aid in studying epidemic outbreaks, public planning
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Researchers have developed a new statistical model that simulates human mobility patterns, mimicking the way people move over the course of a day, a month or longer. The model, developed by scientists at North Carolina State ...
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Statistics are insufficient for study of proteins' signal system
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Ten years ago great attention was attracted by the discovery that it was possible to demonstrate signal transfer in proteins using statistical methods. In an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...
Modern physics is critical to global warming research
Mar 11, 2008 |
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Science has come a long way with predicting climate. Increasingly sophisticated models and instruments can zero in on a specific storm formation or make detailed weather forecasts – all useful to our daily ...
A first: Researchers apply efficient coding principle to sense of smell
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Apr 25, 2008 |
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For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the efficient coding principle regarding neurobiological processes applies to sense of smell. The team, comprised of researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences and ...
Bacterial persistence in streams
Aug 05, 2008 |
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A research team from the University of Tennessee (UT) has completed a study on an East Tennessee river to determine the connection between watershed hydrology and fecal bacteria statistical time series analysis. Shesh Koirala ...
How to Measure What We Don't Know
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How do we discover new things? For scientists, observation and measurement are the main ways to extract information from Nature. Based on observations, scientists build models that, in turn, are used to make ...
Researcher develops formula that can ID music industry payola
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A University at Buffalo researcher has invented a statistical method that can detect payola-like corruption in the music industry, a system that gives law enforcement an inexpensive statistical guide to identify potential ...
Height of large waves changes according to month
May 29, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the University of Cantabria, Spain, has developed a statistical model that makes it possible to study the variability of extreme waves throughout the year, according to the journal Coastal Engineering. The st ...
Scientists unveil new seasonal hurricane forecasting model
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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Scientists at The Florida State University's Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) have developed a new computer model that they hope will predict with unprecedented accuracy how many hurricanes will occur ...
New Logistics Model Improves Forecast Accuracy of Retail and Packaged-Goods Orders
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it’s dog food or iPods, tires or televisions, virtually every consumer has endured a frustrating out-of-stock experience. Retailers hate it as much as customers, perhaps more, because they lose money ...
Researchers 'rewrite the book' in quantum statistical physics
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Feb 09, 2006 |
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An important part of the decades-old assumption thought to be essential for quantum statistical physics is being challenged by researchers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and colleagues in Germany and Italy. ...
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