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Scientists call for careful use of time scales, reference dates and statistical approaches in analyzing climate change trends to avoid distortion and hampering of response

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Demonstrating that the use of different time scales, reference dates, and statistical approaches can generate highly disparate results in climate reports, scientists at the University of Alaska Anchorage argue that careful use of these tools is critical for correctly interpreting and reporting climatic trends in Alaska and other polar regions.

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New method for knock control could improve fuel efficiency, emissions and torque

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Researchers at Villanova University are developing a new method for optimizing the knock control threshold that significantly improves the performance of a standard knock controller in a spark ignition gasoline engine. The most recent paper on their work appears in the International Journal of Engine Research. —Jones et al.

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What Happens When a Happening Place Becomes Too Hot

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One of the inspirations was the Fuorisalone, the sprawling network of events related to Milan Design Week, the design world’s largest annual global event, that “gave new life to neighborhoods that were in the shadows,” he said. Even for the Milanese, it was a rediscovery of their city.” Last year, about 8.5 That was well over the 3.2

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Deep Learning Can’t be Trusted Brain Modelling Pioneer Says

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Grossberg—an endowed professor of cognitive and neural systems, and of mathematics and statistics, psychological and brain sciences, and biomedical engineering at Boston University —based ART on his theories about how the brain processes information.

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euroFOT study demonstrates how driver assistance systems can increase safety and fuel efficiency

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euroFOT findings concluded that ACC and FCW in passenger cars might have a positive effect on the overall crash statistics, for all road types. Overall, the positive effect on driver behavior is reflected in positive changes in lane keeping behavior, distance to the lead vehicle and harsh braking events. of these accidents.

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Novel Approaches for Forecasting Electricity Demand

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Demand for electricity dropped last year in nearly all countries, according to the International Energy Association. Utilities base some of their predictions on historical data such as weather and atmospheric conditions, holidays, economic events, and geographic information. First place went to Joseph de Vilmarest and Yannig Goude.

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AI Battles the Bane of Space Junk

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To make predictions about these future events, Bettinger and Canoy used a combination of historic statistics and predictive modeling through a Monte Carlo simulation. That said, this finding isn’t completely surprising, Bettinger admits, as LEO has a smaller spatial volume with more objects going at higher velocities than in MEO.