Tools and Teeth: Some Speculations regarding Canine Reduction

Some Tools for Linear Dimension Reduction

Dimension reduction refers to a family of methods commonly used in multivariate statistical analysis. The common objective for all dimension reduction methods is essentially the same: the reducing of the number of variables in the data while still preserving their information content, however it is measured. In linear dimension reduction this is done by replacing the original variables with a l...

Drug innovation and public policy: some speculations.

Dietary Restraint: Some Current Findings and Speculations

In this paper we review recent findings on the disinhibition of dietary restraint Disinhibition induced by preloading depends more upon the perception that the diet has been broken than on actual calorie content of the preload. Disinhibition can also result from emotional distress, with ego-threats more likely than physical fear to disinhibit eating. Low self-esteem dieters are more likely to b...

Electrolocation in the platypus--some speculations.

In the platypus, electroreceptors are located in rostro-caudal rows in skin of the bill, while mechanoreceptors are uniformly distributed across the bill. The electrosensory area of the cerebral cortex is contained within the tactile somatosensory area, and some cortical cells receive input from both electroreceptors and mechanoreceptors, suggesting a close association between the tactile and e...

Study Of Mandibular Canine Teeth

Mandibular canines exhibit the greatest sexual dimorphism amongst all teeth. The present study was performed on 368 healthy MBBS students of Medical College, Bhavnagar (216 males, 152 females) of 18 – 24 years with the aim to investigate whether any correlation existed between odontometric measures including mandibular canine index, and sex determination in the year of 2006. Mean value of inter...