Severe Frosts in Western Australia in September 2016

In the September 2016 issue

Abstracts of the 17th Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference 2016, Australia, 31 August-3 September 2016.

What's New in Shock, September 2016?

Having just returned from the 2016 Shock Society Annual Congress in Austin, Texas, I am constantly reminded by the vitality, the breadth, and the expertise of the Shock Society membership. This year’s annual congress once again exceeded my expectations, and I return full of enthusiasm, new ideas, and more potential collaborations. Congratulations to the organizers, the participants, and all who...

Lecture 5 — September 8 , 2016

1 Overview In the last lecture we took a more in depth look at Chernoff Bounds and introduced subgaussian and subexponential variables. In this lecture we will continue talking about subgaussian variables and related random variables – subexponential and subgamma, and finally we will give a proof of famous Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma using property of subgaussian/subgamma variables. Definition ...

Coral reproduction in Western Australia

Larval production and recruitment underpin the maintenance of coral populations, but these early life history stages are vulnerable to extreme variation in physical conditions. Environmental managers aim to minimise human impacts during significant periods of larval production and recruitment on reefs, but doing so requires knowledge of the modes and timing of coral reproduction. Most corals ar...