Speed and Mannion make a good case that the rise of populism poses significant challenges for health policy. This commentary suggests that the link between populism and health policy should be further nuanced in four ways. First, a deconstruction of the term populism itself and a focus on the far right dimension of populist politics; second, a focus on the supply side and more specifically the ...

Abstract This paper develops a quantitative version of de Jong’s central limit theorem for homogeneous sums in high-dimensional setting. More precisely, under appropriate moment assumptions, we establish an upper bound the Kolmogorov distance between multi-dimensional vector and Gaussian so that depends polynomially on logarithm dimension is governed by fourth cumulants maximal influences compo...

In this paper we present a school project where students constructed three-dimensional pyramids using the Logo programming language, complemented with paper-and-pencil, dynamic geometry (Cabri) and spreadsheet (Excel) investigations. The aim of this project was to give, through a fun and meaningful way, and using a constructionist approach, junior secondary students (12-14 year olds), early acc...

As well known, spacelike proton form factors expressed in the Breit frame may be interpreted as the Fourier transform of static space distributions of electric charge and current. In particular, the electric form factor is simply the Fourier transform of the charge distribution F (q) = ∫ e ρ(r)dr. We don’t have an intuitive interpretation of the same level of simplicity for the proton timelike ...

We introduce a novel method for the measurement of information in fMRI neuroimages, i.e., nucleus clustering’s Rényi entropy derived from strong proximities in feature-based Voronoï tessellations, e.g., maximal nucleus clustering (MNC). We show how MNC is a novel, fast and inexpensive image-analysis technique, independent from the standard blood-oxygen-level dependent signals, which facilitates...

Time-lapse imaging is often the only way to appreciate fully the many dynamic cell movements critical to neural development. Zebrafish possess many advantages that make them the best vertebrate model organism for live imaging of dynamic development events. This review will discuss technical considerations of time-lapse imaging experiments in zebrafish, describe selected examples of imaging stud...

Fractal-like networks effectively endow life with an additional fourth spatial dimension. This is the origin of quarter-power scaling that is so pervasive in biology. Organisms have evolved hierarchical branching networks that terminate in size-invariant units, such as capillaries, leaves, mitochondria, and oxidase molecules. Natural selection has tended to maximize both metabolic capacity, by ...

This article focuses on raising concern that anxiety-performance relationship theory has insufficiently catered for motoric issues during, primarily, closed and self-paced skill execution (e.g., long jump and javelin throw). Following a review of current theory, we address the under-consideration of motoric issues by extending the three-dimensional model put forward by Cheng, Hardy, and Marklan...

A category learning experiment involving human participants compared the dif® culties of four types of shift learning. Initial learning was of an exclusive-or (XOR) structure on two of three stimulus dimensions. One shift type was a reversal, a second shift was to a single previously relevant dimension, a third shift was to a single previously irrelevant dimension, and a fourth shift was to an ...