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Welcome to this introductory tutorial on wavelet transforms. The wavelet transform is a relatively new concept (about 10 years old), but yet there are quite a few articles and books written on them. However, most of these books and articles are written by math people, for the other math people; still most of the math people don't know what the other math people are talking about (a math profess...

as illegal.2 "Unnatural practices" were regarded as a felony in England following Henry VIII's 1533 decree that the "offenders being hereof convict by verdict confession or outlawry shall suffer such paynes ofdeath and losses and penalties oftheir goods chattles debts lands tenaments and hereditaments as felons being accustomed to do accordynge to the order of the Common Lawes of this Realme".3...

Abstract Based on the data set of Behringer (1997), we develop and test competing models of the determinants of witch hunting in Bavaria in the period 1345-1750, which explain the cyclicity as well as the variation over time from the 14th to the 18th century. Our main focus is on economic factors and their influence on the intensity of prosecution. We analyse this issue by quantifying the impor...

Among psychiatric dermatoses, the psychogenic excoriation is characterized by patient's confession to provoking the lesions, without presenting any dermatological underlying pathology. This topic has been rarely approached in the literature, focusing on the diversity of psychological diagnoses. Epidemiological data indicated that prevalence varies from 2 to 3% in the general population, 2% amon...

The admission of guilt by the accused has always been relevant for criminal process in Russia. For many years it occupied position “queen evidence” and had to be obtained any means. most common means obtaining such a confession was torture. However, as result procedure reform, accused’s his become an ordinary, ordinary proof.
 Despite complete change its status, still remains necessary In ...

I selected this subject at the suggestion of my anaesthetist colleagues because they had observed that the medical profession as a whole is still unaware of the dramatic progress that has been made in otolaryngology in the last thirty years. To many doctors, as well as to the lay public, E.N.T. surgery has meant the wholesale removal of tonsils and adenoids, the unsuccessful treatment of nasal ...

In 1873, Darwin replied to the second letter from a young Dutch admirer, Nicolaas Doedes, in which he had eagerly asked about Darwin's religious views. Darwin stated that he could not believe that "this grand and wondrous universe" had only arisen by chance, but also showed his doubts about the existence of God. In 1881, Darwin repeated a similar agnostic view. After the death of Darwin in 1882...