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Rice University team links PM2.5 and ozone levels with cardiac arrest

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A team from Rice University and the Houston Fire Department EMS has found a direct correlation between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) and levels of air pollution and ozone. Ensor is a professor and chair of Rice’s Department of Statistics, and Raun is a research professor in Rice’s Department of Statistics.

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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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Video Friday: Liquid Metal Bubble Actuator

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Their algorithm efficiently determines the order for multi-part assembly, and then searches for a physically realistic motion path for each step. [ The latest buzz at the University of Maryland?

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‘Women are more at risk of whiplash injuries than men’, says Astrid Linder | Autocar Professional

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Safety statistics suggest that women drivers are three times more likely than men to suffer from whiplash injuries if their car is hit from behind. Linder is also an assistant professor at Chalmers University, Sweden. One of Astrid’s goals is to have crash protection studied for both men and women.

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Deep Learning Can’t be Trusted Brain Modelling Pioneer Says

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And while the tool is slowly learning a new database, an arbitrary part of its learned memories can suddenly collapse. Our brains learn to recognize and predict objects and events in a changing world that is filled with unexpected events,” he says.

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Study using extreme value theory finds lack of uniform trends but increasing spatial variability in rainfall extremes in India

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Extreme value theory , used in science, engineering, insurance and risk management, provides a theoretical foundation for building statistical models describing extreme events. The research team noted that statistical observations offer complementary insights compared to the current generation of physics-based computational models.

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Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

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parts per million. Yet governments have pledged to keep warming below two degrees to avoid the most dangerous aspects of climate change such as widespread water stress and sea level rise, and increases in extreme climatic events. billion tonnes of CO 2 ) in 2010 for the first time. Taking action to reverse current trends is urgent.

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