Tuberculosis: the dis‐ease that didn’t dis‐appear

What happens to translocated game birds that ‘disappear’?

The ultimate goal of most translocation efforts is to create a self-sustaining wild population of a species deliberately moved from one part of their range to another. As follow-up of a translocation attempt is often difficult, causes for failure are relatively unknown. Dispersal away from the release site is one potential source of failure because it decreases the likelihood of the released po...

Genetic Mutations that Cause Coronary Artery Disease

Will Marriage Disappear?

Can Cognitive Assistants Disappear?

CognItIvE aSSIStantS Various companies have introduced cognitive assistants in recent years, including Aldebaran/Softbank, Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM, and Microsoft (see Table 1). Each cognitive assistant helps its user with various tasks. Personal assistants help their humans with everything from communications to entertainment, while professional assistants can greet customers or help improve...

Contrast Masking Eeects May Disappear with Practice Contrast Masking Eeects May Disappear with Practice

Contrast detection thresholds are known to increase with background contrast, a phenomenon called contrast masking. We found that, under some conditions, observers improved their masked detection performance by repetitive practice of a masking experiment. This learning eeect resulted in a cancelation of suprathresh-old contrast masking within the contrast range measured. A 2AFC discrimination p...