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Occam's Hammer

We establish a generic theoretical tool to construct probabilistic bounds for algorithms where the output is a subset of objects from an initial pool of candidates (or more generally, a probability distribution on said pool). This general device, dubbed “Occam’s hammer”, acts as a meta layer when a probabilistic bound is already known on the objects of the pool taken individually, and aims at c...

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Hypothenar hammer syndrome.

To cite: Gupta A, Gupta S, Harris S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015213678 DESCRIPTION A 32-year-old man, a mason, presented with right hand pain of 2-week duration, but reported no acute injury. Ulcerative changes and blanching at the tips of right fourth/fifth digits were observed. Significant tenderness to palpation over the right di...

The hammer of TORC1!

permits unrestricted nonommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. Explaining aging in evolutionary terms is relatively simple: while a strong selection pressure for an indi-vidual's survival exists until the per-petuation of his progeny is secured, there cannot be selecti...