SOMETIMES LUCKY, SOMETIMES NOT

The Benefits of Sometimes Not Being Discrete

Discrete representations of systems are usual in theoretical computer science and they have many benefits. Unfortunately they also suffer from the problem of state space explosion, sometimes termed the curse of dimensionality. In recent years, research has shown that there are cases in which we can reap the benefits of discrete representation during system description but then gain from more ef...

Sometimes new does not mean safer

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Infectious Agents and Autophagy: Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose

Even the losers get lucky sometimes: New products and the evolution of music quality since Napster

Using comprehensive digital sales data by time and vintage on the US, Canada, and 15 European countries, we infer the evolution of music vintage quality, finding that vintage service flow has increased since 2000. We explain the result with unpredictability of music quality at the time of investment along with growing releases. Evidence shows a) products with modest prospects at release from ar...

Lymph node tuberculosis after melanoma treatment - sometimes the patient is lucky.

Tuberculosis (TB) is considered a pulmonary disease that can however disseminate to other organs through hematogenous dissemination following primary TB infection. Evolution of the disease can either be precocious, before healing of the primary infection, or late after primary infection, due to reactivation of initial lesions usually because of simultaneous immunosuppressive factors such as dia...