How much do RI hospital charge for procedures? How we analyzed the data

The Providence Journal used that pricing data to analyze 19 billing codes at 10 of the state’s acute-care hospitals.
The Christian Century

The inverse wisdom of a second-century martyr

Perpetua was a middle- or upper-class Roman woman, living in Carthage, who was martyred in the year 203. She is perhaps the ...

Study looks at impact of screen time on school test scores

A new study shows an inverse relationship between screen time when young and academic achievement later, giving parents ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Find Executive Function Tests May Be Culturally Biased

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...

Consuming more of THIS vitamin may lower dementia risk by 49%, new study reveals

A recent Japanese study suggests a significant link between higher riboflavin (vitamin B2) intake and a nearly 49% reduced risk of disabling dementia. This finding, from a cohort of over 4,000 adults, ...
Nature

Turning a hobby into a job: How duplicated genes find new functions

Natural selection uses duplicated genes as raw material for functional innovation, co-opting their existing features to new functions. Understanding genetic innovation requires two questions to be ...

PSQ: Shorting The Nasdaq-100 For Downside Protection

ProShares Short QQQ ETF offers a tactical way to short the Nasdaq-100 but is not intended for long-term holding. Learn more about PSQ ETF here.
MotorTrend on MSN

What’s It Like Driving a Porsche GT Car with Racing Seats Across the Country?

We take a rare performance car out of a pampered slumber and onto a cross-country blast. Will our back survive?
BBC

Solving linear equations - AQA

A number machine is a way of writing rules using a flow diagram. The equation \(3j - 6 = 9\) can be shown on a number machine by writing out the functions that have been applied to \(j\) in the order ...
IEEE

Safety Control for UR-Type Robotic Manipulators via High-Order Control Barrier Functions and Analytical Inverse Kinematics

Abstract: In robotics field, safety is an extensively researched subject. This article proposes an approach, which is based on high-order control barrier functions (HOCBFs) and computed torque control ...
IEEE

An Eddy Current Displacement Sensor Based on Piecewise Linearization of Inverse Function

Abstract: Eddy current displacement sensor (ECDS) is a common shaft displacement measuring device for various motors. Its output characteristic is partly linear, while the whole is non-linear. This ...
GitHub

Finding functions fails 32% of the time

Evaluating Ghidra's ability to find functions and I was surprised to find that for my test case it fails 32% of the time. My aim with this issue it to verify that I have not made a mistake in my ...