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Individual survival time prediction using statistical models

As statisticians, the authors are less confident in the predictive value of statistical models and indices for individual survival times.

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Related Topix: Science

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Reno Gazette-Journal

Deal Me In: Simple strategy best for three-card poker

QUESTION: My wife and I are headed back to Las Vegas in November. I'm going to play some three-card poker during the trip.

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Related Topix: Games, Card Game, Poker, Las Vegas, NV, Science

News.com.au

YouTube corruption allegations cause stir

Major Alexei Dymovsky's website, where he has been airing claims of police corruption / dymovskiy.ru Officer claims widespread corruption Fired from job after YouTube videos More: Technology news and reviews A FORMER Russian policeman who accused officers in his home town of corruption says he wants to discuss the affair with Prime Minister ...

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, Science

Shelbyville Times-Gazette

Webb names new headmaster

The new headmaster for Webb School is from Massachusetts, but he won't need a guide when he moves to Bell Buckle next spring.

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Related Topix: High School Basketball, Tennessee High School Basketball News, Bell Buckle, TN, Science

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

BUYINS.NET: Move Inc. (MOVE) Daily Short Sale Trading Volume Through...

BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, a leading provider of Regulation SHO compliance monitoring, short sale trading statistics and market integrity surveillance, has reviewed the NYSE, NASDAQ, BX, CHX and NSX Daily Short Volume Report through Friday, November 6, 2009 and come to the following statistical conclusions.

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Related Topix: Science, 9

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Don't close UI's math library

'A mathematics library is what a laboratory is to a chemistry department. It's essential.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Science, University of Iowa

Voice of the People

Rethink the drug war

The Oct. 29 commentary by George Will demonstrates that the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy cannot be expected to reach correct conclusions through the use of data analysis.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Science, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Opinion

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Israel Gelfand obituary

Israel Gelfand left Russia in 1989 and moved to the United States, taking up posts at Harvard and MIT.

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Related Topix: Science, Rutgers University, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Oregonlive.com

More Oregon students are getting math

Eighth-graders in Steve Vancil's geometry class at Gardiner Middle School in Oregon City are eager to put their knowledge of alternate interior angles, linear pairs and related concepts to use in his class.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Science, Oregon City, OR, Education Etc., Tillamook, OR, Clackamas, OR

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

In The Margins: Statea TMs adjustment of Algebra II curriculum makes a lot of sense a " for now

The Michigan Department of Education is subtracting certain state requirements for Algebra II course work, and some Bay County schools are adjusting their math classes accordingly.

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Related Topix: Science, Bay County, MI, Family, Kids, Standardized Testing, Education, Bay City, MI, Education Etc., Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

MAKE

The intersection of arts and science: Between the Folds

For folks interested in the intersection of arts and science, the PBS series Independent Lens is presenting a fascinating in-depth look into origami titled Between the Folds .

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Origami, Science

Times-Transcript

Mt. A student's research finds playing video games can lead to lower income

On a lazy afternoon, Ryan MacLeod enjoys a little shoot 'em up action on his Xbox 360.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Xbox 360, Science

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Dr. Dobb's Journal

NYU Computer Science Professor Amir Pnueli, 68

Distinguished Computer Scientist and 1996 Turing Award Recipient succumbs to brain hemorrhage on November 2 NYU Department of Computer Science Professor Amir Pnueli died on November 2 of a brain hemorrhage.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Computers, France, Sweden, World News, Germany

TwinCities.com

Glenn Garvin: Obama's war on math

We used to hear quite a bit about the Bush administration's supposed 'war on science.' What about the Obama administration's war on mathematics? Every time somebody tries to test the logic of the president's economic policy using actual numbers, the White House starts screaming about space aliens.

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Related Topix: Science, Science / Technology, Space, Auto Dealers, NASA

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Examiner.com

Somer Thompson's murder: a real-life 'Numb3rs' case?

Could Dr. Kim Rossmo's ground-breaking geographic profiles be instrumental in locating Somer Thompson's killer? The pilot episode of hit TV show,"Numb3rs" was based on Rossmo's accomplishments.

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Related Topix: Crime TV, Entertainment, Television, Science, Orange Park, FL, America's Most Wanted, Reality TV

Science Daily

New Theory On Fairness In Economics Targets CEO Pay

"One of the most pressing economic and corporate governance issues of the day is how to determine fair pay packages for CEOs," said Venkat Venkatasubramanian, a professor of chemical engineering.

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Related Topix: Purdue University, Science

CiteULike

Recent trends in the stability analysis of hybrid dynamical systems

Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on [see also Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, IEEE Transactions on] , Vol.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

CiteULike

Coevolution of economic and ecological systems

This model is applied to the problem of pesticide resistance management. Just as in Munro , we consider three main types of interactions: a large pest population reduces economic revenues, economic activities select for resistant genes and the spread of resistant genes affects the size of the pest population.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Palestine Chronicle

Reflections on Michael Moore's 'Capitalism'

Articles 22:22 11/02/2009 Reflections on Michael Moore's 'Capitalism' Michael Moore critiques the so-called free-enterprise system.

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Related Topix: Capitalism: A Love Story, Science

MSNBC

Cosmic Log: Fixing bugs in the ballot

Quantum fluctuations in space, science, exploration and other cosmic fields... served up regularly by MSNBC.com science editor Alan Boyle since 2002.

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Related Topix: Journalism, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Boston University, Science, Representative Vern Buchanan, Republican, US House of Representatives, Al Gore

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