Why Reform Sometimes Succeeds: Understanding the Conditions That Produce Reforms That Last

Why Believe That There Is a God?

This article presents an argument for the existence of God, showing that the evident phenomena are best explained by supposing that a God causes them. The argument is based on the inductive force of four very evident general phenomena: that there is a physical Universe; that it is governed by very simple natural laws; that those laws are such as to lead to the existence of human bodies; and tha...

FUNGI THAT PRODUCE lYIYCOTOXINS: CONDITIONS A'\D OCCURRENCE

Zearalenone T-2 toxin Table I. Mycotoxins currently of most concern never be fully understood since laboratory studies, where interacting variables are of necessity limited, can only approximate the infinite number of variables manifested in nature, e.g., the chemical composition of the commodity, the complex interactions of the microbial flora, oxygen availability, presence or absence of herbi...

Motion Models that Only Work Sometimes

It is too often that tracking algorithms lose track of interest points in image sequences. This persistent problem is difficult because the pixels around an interest point change in appearance or move in unpredictable ways. In this paper we explore how classifying videos into categories of camera motion improves the tracking of interest points, by selecting the right specialist motion model for...

Memories that last in hypertension.

In recent years, it has become clear that the immune system contributes to the genesis of hypertension. Hypertensive stimuli, such as angiotensin II, DOCA-salt, and norepinephrine, cause T cells and monocytes/macrophages to accumulate in the kidney and vasculature. These cells release inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-6, interferon-γ, and IL-17, that promote renal and vascular dysfunction. The...

Making Memories That Last X