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Pi Day Is Upon Us Again and We Still Do Not Know if Pi Is Normal

The digits of π have intrigued both the public and research mathematicians from the beginning of time. This article briefly reviews the history of this venerable constant, and then describes some recent research on the question of whether π is normal, or, in other words, whether its digits are statistically random in a specific sense. 1 Pi and its day in modern popular culture The number π, uni...

If you prick us, do we not bleed?

Women have higher post PCI bleeding complications which in turn contributes to higher post PCI mortality. Bivalirudin decreases bleeding events in both men and women when compared to use of both heparin and GPI but bleeding avoidance strategies such as radial artery access or avoiding GPI may modify that benefit. The NCDR bleeding risk score incorporates gender and is predictive of both bleedin...

What if we could prevent heart failure?

a r k a p D a e c o a d i i a c t fi At 40 years of age, American men and women have a 1 in 5 lifetime risk of the development of heart failure (HF); by the latest estimates, there are 5,700,000 people in the United States who already have a diagnosis of the disease. Moreover, by the year 2030, it is predicted that an additional 3 million Americans will have HF, representing an astounding 25% i...

What if Machines Could be Creative?

Computational creativity is the field of research that is concerned with making computers creative. In this paper, we focus on a particular subfield of this domain, combinatorial creativity. This subfield is concerned with combining components of existing concepts into new concepts. For example, we can combine the concept of a watch with the capabilities of a smartphone – and obtain a smartwatc...

"If not us, who? If not now, when?".