[1] Cross correlation of ambient seismic noise is known to result in time series from which station‐station travel‐time measurements can be made. Part of the reason that these cross‐correlation travel‐time measurements are reliable is that there exists a theoretical framework that quantifies how these travel times depend on the features of the ambient noise. However, corresponding theoretical r...

The increased use of antibacterial and antifungal agents in recent years has resulted in the development of resistance to these drugs. The significant clinical implication of resistance has led to heightened interest in the study of antimicrobial resistance from different angles. Areas addressed include mechanisms underlying this resistance, improved methods to detect resistance when it occurs,...

During the period 2003-2004, 110 samples of sewage sludge were examined from 18 treatment plants located in the territory of the whole of Poland, the majority in the Lublin Province. Samples of fermented and dehydrated sewage sludge were taken from sludge drying beds. The bacteriological and parasitological determinations covered bacteria of the Salmonella genus and eggs of the helminths Ascari...

The relationship between postmortem concentrations of morphine and co-detected psychoactive drugs in fatal overdoses is examined. Morphine and other drugs were detected in 161 medicolegal autopsy cases. Subsets of these morphine-positive cases based on drug class were established, including opioids, antidepressants, ethanol, benzodiazepines, and "other." Each subset was split into high or low c...

We introduce a new theoretical framework, based on Shannon’s communication theory and on Ashby’s law of requisite variety, suitable for artificial agents using predictive learning. The framework quantifies the performance constraints of a predictive adaptive controller as a function of its learning stage. In addition, we formulate a practical measure, based on information flow, that can be appl...

Sequences with very low out-of-phase auto-correlation and cross-correlation function are widely used for synchronization in mobile communication and multimedia systems where reliable data transmissions are required. For optimum detection, synchronization sequences usually have out-of-phase correlation values that are very low or zero. However sequences with ideal correlation function are very r...

Using a behavioral finance approach we study the impact of behavioral bias. We construct an artificial market consisting of fundamentalists and chartists to model the decision-making process of various agents. The agents differ in their strategies for evaluating stock prices, and exhibit differing memory lengths and confidence levels. When we increase the heterogeneity of the strategies used by...