The Most Popular Slate Stories of 2024
This year our readers had a palate for stories beyond the inevitable news cycle of the very not-normal election.
This year our readers had a palate for stories beyond the inevitable news cycle of the very not-normal election.
For now, the future of life on Earth is in human hands. But after the anthropocentric era, the situation starts to get dicey. The sun's luminosity is increasing over time, about 1% every 110 million years, so the Earth's surface will gradually get warmer (but at a vastly slower rate than today's global warming).
Manchester United: Injury Updates on Luke Shaw and Mason Mount As Manchester United gears up for a critical clash with Liverpool this Sunday, the club finds itself in a challenging position. Recovering from injuries could play a crucial role in turning the tide at Old Trafford. Here’s a detailed look at the current injury situation […]
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A look back on the hopefulness and heartbreak of the new millennium.
There’s no shortage of new ideas in the world of old-school watchmaking.
Читать дальше...Argentina President Javier Milei is proposing a new law that would “declare it an imprescriptible crime for the state and the central bank to monetize the public deficit and create inflation.” While it may be politically rejected, it does point to the real dangers of inflation.
Designed for a couple with a daughter, the "House of Shadow," created by the firm Laurent Troost Architectures, features an architectural solution focused on the client's needs, who suffers from photophobia – an extreme sensitivity to light.
by Silvia López-Argüello, Eva Alcoceba, Paula Ordóñez, Biel Taltavull, Gabriel Cabot, Maria Antonia Gomis-Font, Antonio Oliver, Bartolome Moya
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by Franziska Lehnig, Katja Linde, Viktoria Schmidt, Michaela Nagl, Julia Martini, Holger Stepan, Anette Kersting
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by Janet Poplawski, Tony Montina, Gerlinde A. S. Metz
The developing nervous system displays remarkable plasticity in response to sensory stimulation during critical periods of development. Critical periods may also increase the brain’s vulnerability to adverse experiences. Here we show that early-life stress (ELS) in mice shifts the timing of critical periods in the visual cortex. ELS induced by animal transportation on postnatal day 12 accelerated the opening and closing of the visual cortex... Читать дальше...
by Mauricio Herrera, Daniel Brieba
This study introduces a novel, replicable methodology for analyzing employment dynamics within public sector agencies, focusing on turnover and staff longevity. The methodology is designed to be generalizable and applicable to diverse national contexts where detailed administrative data is available. Using payroll data from over 325,000 Chilean civil servants (2006—2020), we apply mixed-effects Cox survival models and linear mixed models to examine patterns... Читать дальше...
by Hansol Park, Young-Sik Yoo, Eunhae Shin, Won Seok Song, Yeokyoung Won, Tae-Young Chung, Dong Hui Lim
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by Raoul Daoust, Jean Paquet, David Williamson, Vérilibe Huard, Caroline Arbour, Jeffrey J. Perry, Marcel Émond, Simon Berthelot, Patrick Archambault, Dominique Rouleau, Judy Morris, Alexis Cournoyer
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by Alexandra R. van den Berg, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Sander M. Bohte
The acquisition of knowledge and skills does not occur in isolation but learning experiences amalgamate within and across domains. The process through which learning can accelerate over time is referred to as learning-to-learn or meta-learning. While meta-learning can be implemented in recurrent neural networks, these networks tend to be trained with architectures that are not easily interpretable or mappable to the brain... Читать дальше...
by Seongil Han, Haemin Jung
Credit scoring models play a crucial role for financial institutions in evaluating borrower risk and sustaining profitability. Logistic regression is widely used in credit scoring due to its robustness, interpretability, and computational efficiency; however, its predictive power decreases when applied to complex or non-linear datasets, resulting in reduced accuracy. In contrast, tree-based machine learning models often provide enhanced predictive performance but struggle with interpretability. Читать дальше...
by John J. J. Kim, Laurence R. Harris
Spatial updating, the ability to track the egocentric position of surrounding objects during self-motion, is fundamental to navigating around the world. However, people make systematic errors when updating the position of objects after linear self-motion. To determine the source of these errors, we measured errors in remembered target position with or without passive lateral translations. Self-motion was presented both visually (simulated in virtual reality)... Читать дальше...
by Yating Li, Xing Wang, Xiaolong Liu, Xiangjie Li, Jianling Zhang, Yulan Li
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by Yuxi Huang, Lifan Cao, Tanxing Chen, Xiaoqiang Chang, Yumei Fang, Liuliu Wu
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by Pauline May, Firoza Davies, Gillian Yeowell, Chris Littlewood
BackgroundShoulder fractures (proximal humerus fractures) are common, painful, debilitating injuries. Recovery is a long process often hindered by complications such as mal-union and frozen shoulder. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences and information needs of people at different time points after a shoulder fracture and how views on recovery change over time.
MethodsThis longitudinal... Читать дальше...
by Wei Xu, Qinyu Wang, Hao Deng, Zhenhua Zhu
Vernacular architecture, optimized over centuries to create comfortable thermal environments using sustainable design strategies and local materials, can offer valuable insights for contemporary eco-friendly architectural design. This research investigates the sustainable design strategies of vernacular architecture in southwest Hubei, focusing on the First Granary of Xuan’en County as a representative case study. Through field investigations of indoor environments... Читать дальше...
by Jiawei Fan, Yufang Zhang, Kun Yuan, Wenjiao Zhou
Splitting grouting is widely used to reinforce unfavorable soil stratum. Inclined steel grouting pipe is a type of structure which can achieve splitting grouting in soil stratum. It has been successfully utilized in argillaceous sandstone stratum, but its application in loess stratum has rarely been studied directly. This research aims to compare and analyze the bearing capacity and effective anchorage lengths of inclined steel grouting pipes with anchorage lengths of 6 m... Читать дальше...
by Jingya Wang, Sihang Guo, Yuanyun Zhou
In the process of pushing the limits of human performance, competitive sports are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence. In this context, the concept of "momentum" has gained significant attention, as it is widely acknowledged to influence the outcomes of competitions. The question of whether momentum affects sports psychology and the mechanisms underlying its generation and influence merits thorough investigation. In this paper, taking the 7,284... Читать дальше...
by Jennifer Virginie Meier, Kai Kaspar
IntroductionDigital media have become integral to schoolchildren’s lives, both within educational and non-educational settings. Educators emphasize the importance of bridging the gap between school learning and children’s out-of-school activities. To identify potential variations and commonalities, we investigated key situations with digital media among lower secondary schoolchildren in Germany, aiming to determine which themes are especially relevant in different settings. Читать дальше...
by Ji Sun, Xuanyu Deng, Juanjuan Huang, Gefei He, Shiqiong Huang
Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir, acting as an effective agent against COVID-19, has achieved considerable results in clinical studies in terms of drug efficacy. However, there is little research about its medication safety. Based on the FDA adverse event reporting system (FAERS) database, this study aims to mine the adverse reaction signals of the latest major recommended drug Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir for the antiviral treatment of COVID-19... Читать дальше...
by Yazan Gammoh, Rama Alasir, Laila Qanawati
ObjectiveTo assess the awareness about hearing loss and ear health among adults in Jordan.
MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted where a questionnaire was filled from the month of November to the month of December of the year 2023, to assess the level of awareness about hearing loss and ear health. The participants included were Jordanian adults (age ≥ 18 years) residing in the North, Middle and South of Jordan.
ResultsData... Читать дальше...