95 years of Otakar Borůvka

The past Seven Years: 1988-95

Tn 1989 my then scientific autobiography (Luce, 1989) concluded: "At that point [early 19881 T did take early retirement from Harvard, but the next five to ten years promise not t o be idle." These few pages take up the ensuing seven years, which indeed have not been idle. (Perhaps the problem is that l've never taken up golf.) For example, 32 papers have appeared in journals and book chapters,...

Hindsight bias from 3 to 95 years of age.

Upon learning the outcome to a problem, people tend to believe that they knew it all along (hindsight bias). Here, we report the first study to trace the development of hindsight bias across the life span. One hundred ninety-four participants aged 3 to 95 years completed 3 tasks designed to measure visual and verbal hindsight bias. All age groups demonstrated hindsight bias on all 3 tasks; howe...

Variability of Annual Iowa Precipitation During the Past 95 Years

the innovation of a statistical model to estimate dependable rainfall (dr) and develop it for determination and classification of drought and wet years of iran

آب حاصل از بارش منبع تأمین نیازهای بی شمار جانداران به ویژه انسان است و هرگونه کاهش در کم و کیف آن مستقیماً حیات موجودات زنده را تحت تأثیر منفی قرار می دهد. نوسان سال به سال بارش از ویژگی های اساسی و بسیار مهم بارش های سالانه ایران محسوب می شود که آثار زیان بار آن در تمام عرصه های اقتصادی، اجتماعی و حتی سیاسی- امنیتی به نحوی منعکس می شود. چون میزان آب ناشی از بارش یکی از مولفه های اصلی برنامه ...

Tracking cognition-health changes from 55 to 95 years of age.

OBJECTIVES Among the key targets of inquiry in cognitive aging are (1) the description of cognitive changes with advancing age and (2) the association of such cognitive changes with modulating factors in the changing epidemiological context. METHODS In the current study, we assemble multi-occasion (up to 12 years) cognitive (speed, episodic memory, and semantic memory) and self-reported healt...