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AirAsia flight QZ8501 crashed on Sunday with 162 people on board .
Bodies and wreckage are being recovered off the coast of Borneo Island .
The plane was 42 minutes into its flight from Indonesia to Singapore .
It comes after 1,050 aviation fatalities were already reported in 2014 .
Tourism experts predict it could ch... | More Australians could choose to holiday domestically after the AirAsia flight QZ8501 disaster caps off the air industry’s deadliest year in a decade, tourism experts say. The Airbus A320-200 was 42 minutes into its flight from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, on Sunday, when it vanished with 162 people on board. As... | By . Damien Gayle . Chinese police detained at least 10 people for spreading rumours about the H7N9 bird flu as the death toll from the new strain of the virus rose to nine. Authorities held people in six provinces for posting 'fake information' online about new cases of the virus in their areas, the state-run Xinhua n... | eng_Latn | 600 |
Despite Beijing moves to cool the property market, prices continue to rise .
In Beijing, home prices were up 16%, Shanghai 17% year-on-year in September .
Economist: "The problem is Chinese people have very few investment vehicles"
Central leadership expected to discuss reforms at the plenary session starting Saturday ... | Beijing (CNN) -- Cui Shufeng is a retired government worker in Beijing. She is one of the lucky homeowners who bought her place long before the housing sector galloped out of reach for the average Chinese salary worker. "It is ridiculously high," she says pointing to apartments in her neighborhood. "These homes near th... | By . Damien Gayle . Chinese police detained at least 10 people for spreading rumours about the H7N9 bird flu as the death toll from the new strain of the virus rose to nine. Authorities held people in six provinces for posting 'fake information' online about new cases of the virus in their areas, the state-run Xinhua n... | eng_Latn | 601 |
Spread of H7N9 Bird Flu Worries Officials in China | As many as 79 people died from H7N9 bird flu in China last month, the Chinese government said, stoking worries that the spread of the virus this season could be the worst on record.
January's fatalities were up to four times higher than the same month in past years, and brought the total H7N9 death toll to 100 people s... | The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this illustration Thomson Reuters MUMBAI (Reuters) - India has asked Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp messenger to take steps to prevent the circulation of false texts and provocative content that have led to a series of lynchings and mob beatings across the country in the pa... | eng_Latn | 602 |
Angry man, 83, punched driver in face and tried to pull him from seat .
Footage shows passengers screaming as driver struggles to keep control .
Bus collided with several vehicles in Tianjin in China . | An elderly bus passenger is thought to have caused a nine-vehicle pile up when he attacked the driver for refusing to stop and let him off. Shocking video footage captured on a security camera shows the 83-year-old man punching the driver and attempting to wrench him from his seat on the still-moving bus in Tianjin, Ch... | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A deadly typhoon that slammed into China's coastal provinces and Taiwan over the weekend has displaced nearly one million people and left dozens missing, state-run media reported Monday. Residents gather to remove a fallen tree blocking a road in Changle, China, in Fujian province on Saturday. ... | eng_Latn | 603 |
Extraordinary images captured by Brazilian photographer Renato Navarro .
Biker was carrying birds on route from Mekong River to Ho Chi Minh City .
Such sights are commonplace in Vietnam where commuters regularly load up their bikes with all of their possessions . | These photos show the extraordinary lengths a commuter in Vietnam will go to to avoid making more than one journey. The astonishing images were captured by photographer Renato Navarro while he travelled along a busy road from the Mekong river to Ho Chi Minh City in the south of the country. With up to 40 geese bursting... | (CNN) -- Flash floods and landslides triggered by a weekend tropical storm have killed at least 100 people in Vietnam, the country's news agency said Monday. Vietnamese villagers look at the rubble where 19 houses stood before a flash-flood ripped away the hamlet of Tung Chin in Lao Cai province. Forecasters fear addit... | eng_Latn | 604 |
New Zealanders warned of more terrorism in Indonesia | New Zealanders in Indonesia arebeing contacted by embassy staff after new reports that terroristscould be planning attacks on specific targets, including hotels, The Dominion Post reported Thursday. | US helicopters start dropping food and medical supplies into parts of quake-ravaged western Aceh. | eng_Latn | 605 |
UK plans for bird flu outbreak | The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of blu flu. | Police investigate a BNP leaflet posted to homes in Swansea opposing plans for a new mosque. | eng_Latn | 606 |
Six deaths at all Beijing venues: official | Six workers died during the construction of the venues for this year's Olympic Games, including two in building the showpiece Bird's Nest stadium, a Beijing official said on Monday. | The IOC has pulled the plug on BBC plans for a televised debate between the five cities bidding for the 2012 Olympics, sources confirmed to AFP. | eng_Latn | 607 |
'Winnie' kills over 200 in Quezon | The towns of Real, Infanta and General Nakar have been hard hit by typhoon Winnie in Quezon province, Vice-Governor David Suarez told ANC Wednesday. | By RON WORD JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It seemed like Angel Nieves Diaz would never die. Two executioners injected him with three chemicals that were supposed to do the job in a few minutes. But 10 minutes later, he was still alive, his eyes darting back at the 25 witnesses. | eng_Latn | 608 |
What happens to a virus SARS-CoV-2 on an object? Many articles say that "the coronavirus" — they probably speak of the SARS-CoV-2 — can "remain alive" for so many hours on some surfaces, so many days on some other surfaces. For example, "the virus lives 5 days on glass". I think that this is a bad choice of word. All ... | Why does the SARS-CoV2 virus not remain infectious forever? Or does it? Given that the majority of biologists do not currently consider viruses to be alive, a virus can never die. It can, however, get destroyed by long exposures to soapy water, alcohol, and apparently certain frequencies of UV light. Why is an indivi... | Why aren't my guide and other dead NPCs respawning in Terraria? I am currently in hard mode and during a blood moon, several of my NPCs including my guide and my healer died. it's been several in game "days" now and they have yet to respawn. Is there a way to check why they aren't respawning? Is there a list of reaso... | eng_Latn | 609 |
Chinese-made body harnesses recalled by U.S. firm | Some 60,000 Chinese-made full-body harnesses used by hunters were recalled because they could allow users to fall from tree stands and risk serious injury, a U.S. consumer agency said on Tuesday. | Brazilian health officials stopped the use of Chiron's vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, after a high number of children experienced serious reactions. | eng_Latn | 610 |
Does it scare the crap out of you? How is the government keeping under control with travelers and visitors to the us? Just wondering if i'm the only one freaked out or not. | I am in the health care field and I would like to tell you that this is ridiculous. The media is going around scaring people again. The bird flu has less then a 3 percent chance of ever mutating into a human virus. It may come here and be something like the west nile virus, killing a few elderly and young. This rem... | I would dig a big hole in your yard and carry a large wooden box and while looking around constantly bury it. Every once in a while in the middle of the night take a spotlight and make signals like towards a satellite. Then to really get to the watchful eyes in the van, turn your tv towards the outside window and kee... | eng_Latn | 611 |
Targeted Attacks against Industrial Control Systems: Is the Power Industry Prepared? | All Your iFRAMEs Point to Us | Zika virus impairs growth in human neurospheres and brain organoids | eng_Latn | 612 |
places where bubonic plague was | In the Middle Ages in Europe, massive plague epidemics killed millions of people. Plague has not been eliminated. It can still be found in Africa, Asia, and South America. Today, plague is rare in the United States. But it has been known to occur in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. The three most... | Confidence votes 94.7K. The Bubonic Plague originated in China. It was spread by the fleas carried by rats going aboard ships and they were transported to Italy, Greece and France, when the rats left the ships entering cities and gave us the Bubonic Plague.he Bubonic Plague spread from China and East Asia to Europe thr... | eng_Latn | 613 |
where did the plague begin | The Black Death, a medieval pandemic that was likely the bubonic plague, is generally associated with Europe. This is not surprising, since it killed an estimate 1/3 of the European population in the 14th century. However, the plague started in Asia-and it devastated many areas of that continent, as well. Unfortunately... | Plague of Justinian (541-542):This bubonic plague outbreak spread throughout the Byzantine Empire, centered on the Mediterranean region. It halted the reconquest of lands once part of the Roman Empire. Estimates vary widely for the plague's death toll. Cholera: Cholera pandemics started in India in the 1800s. | eng_Latn | 614 |
when was the plague eradicated | It's nearly 50 years since the US landed men on the moon, but Americans are still dying from a disease that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages. Why hasn't the US eradicated the plague? The Black Death caused about 50 million deaths across Africa, Asia and Europe in the 14th Century. It wiped out up to half of Europe's p... | Seven years later, in 542, a devastating outbreak of Bubonic Plague, known as the Plague of Justinian and second only to that of the 14th century, laid siege to the world, killing tens of millions. As ruler of the Empire, Justinian, and members of his court, were physically unaffected by famine. | eng_Latn | 615 |
where and when did black death start | It used to be thought that the Black Death originated in China, but new research shows that it began in the spring of 1346 in the steppe region, where a plague reservoir stretches from the north-western shores of the Caspian Sea into southern Russia. | Beginning in 1347 and continuing for a full five years, a devastating plague swept Europe, leaving in its wake more than twenty million people dead. This epidemic now known as the Black Death was an outbreak of bubonic plague which had begun somewhere in the heart of Asia and spread westward along trade routes. The con... | eng_Latn | 616 |
what was the black death | Beginning in 1347 and continuing for a full five years, a devastating plague swept Europe, leaving in its wake more than twenty million people dead. This epidemic now known as the Black Death was an outbreak of bubonic plague which had begun somewhere in the heart of Asia and spread westward along trade routes. The con... | Quick Answer. The Black Plague, also known as the Black Death, was the largest pandemic in the history of Europe and had a disastrous effect on the demography of the continent. The plague also had large-scale economic and social effects. | eng_Latn | 617 |
how did people die of black plague | The epidemic reached its zenith in the years 1348 to 1350, though the disease never vanished entirely. It is widely believed that the cause of the Black Death was bubonic plague, an infectious and fatal illness spread by rodents and the fleas infesting them. | The bubonic plague became known as the Black Death when it swept through Europe in the 14th century, killing 75million people. Although it is now rare, there are still between 10 to 15 cases in the U.S. each year, half of which are in New Mexico. | eng_Latn | 618 |
which area of the world was hardest hit by the bubonic plague? | Which area of the world was hardest hit by the bubonic plague? In Europe during 1348-50 and also called black death. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population, reducing the world's population from an es ⦠timated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400 Did the black deat... | The Great Plague of Marseille was one of the most significant European outbreaks of bubonic plague in the early 18th century. Arriving in Marseille, France in 1720, the disease killed 100,000 people in the city and the surrounding provinces. However, Marseille recovered quickly from the plague outbreak. | eng_Latn | 619 |
in which geographic region did the black death originate | The likelihood is, then, the Black Death began well before 1347 with some sort of disturbance in rodent communities, most likely ones in Central Asia since all historical data point to that as its geographic origin. | The likelihood is, then, the Black Death began well before 1347 with some sort of disturbance in rodent communities, most likely ones in Central Asia since all historical data point to that as its geographic origin. | eng_Latn | 620 |
Alleged chicken abuse in B.C. spurs body camera requirement for farm workers | VANCOUVER—A chicken-catching company at the centre of an animal cruelty investigation in British Columbia says it will require staff to wear body cameras after an animal advocacy group released video of alleged abuse.
Dwayne Dueck, president of Elite Services in Chilliwack, says it will be mandatory for one supervisor ... | China bird flu fears hit poultry prices, meat producer shares
BEIJING, Feb 15 Chinese chicken prices sank to their lowest level in more than a decade on Wednesday as fears grow about the spread of bird flu, hurting meat producers' share prices and deepening concerns about demand in the world's second-largest poultry co... | eng_Latn | 621 |
Evacuation lifted for 200K Californians living below dam | 0:16 Police officer fired after punching man in handcuffs Pause
0:39 A solemn souvenir of imprisonment in their own country
1:12 Historic parallels between Japanese American and Muslim communities
0:42 Misao 'Missy' Hikiji recalls being held prisoner by her own country
2:52 What you need to know about the massive Orovi... | Baku. 14 October. REPORT.AZ/ A state of emergency declared in California over outbreak of hepatitis A.
Report informs referring to Anadolu, California governor Jerry Brown has stated.
Spread of the epidemic is reported to be prevented in Los-Angeles, San-Diego and Santa Cruz.
California Department of Public Health will... | eng_Latn | 622 |
Smog is visible as murky grey colour shown in Suomi NPP satellite image .
Brightest areas are fog which has a tinge of yellow due to the air pollution .
It engulfed the city of Harbin causing visibility to be reduced to 10 metres . | Choking smog engulfed one of northeastern China's largest cities last week, causing Chinese authorities to shut down the city. The incredible amounts of smog in Harbin - a city of more than 10 million people – meant that visibility was reduced to less than 10 metres. The smog forced schools to suspend classes, caused s... | (CNN) -- Typhoon Megi marched toward southern China on Wednesday after leaving 11 people dead in the Philippines, prompting Chinese authorities to close train services in the region, state media said. Trains from Sanya to other provinces were canceled until Thursday, while trains heading from other provinces to Sanya w... | eng_Latn | 623 |
Tornado Kills at Least Eight in Illinois | Rescue teams using heavy equipment and shovels search through the rubble of a restaurant leveled by a tornado in the small town of Utica, Illinois. The building collapsed onto customers who had sought refuge in the basement. Susan Stephens of member station WNIJ reports. | Opponents of South Dakota's new law banning nearly all abortions say they've collected more than enough signatures to force the issue to the November ballot. The ban, signed by Republican Gov. Michael Rounds in March, would bar all abortions in the state except those needed to save the life of the pregnant woman. Sin... | eng_Latn | 624 |
Poultry Counter-Terrorism | NPR's Josh Levs reports from Gainesville, Georgia, where local residents were surprised at the federal raid on a chicken processing plant, another of the Islamic-owned businesses targeted in the counterrorism probe. | Health officials attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, held an exercise to simulate an outbreak of avian flu. The goal was to gauge how governments and media outlets would respond to a real-world scenario. Alex Chadwick speaks with Ira Flatow, host of <EM>Talk of the Nation Science Friday</EM>, abou... | eng_Latn | 625 |
Magpie Swoops Down On Newlyweds In Australia | Australian photographer Karen Parr posted wedding photos. She was taking shots of a happy couple on a bridge when they were repeatedly dive-bombed by a magpie. | Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Hungary Closes Budapest Train Station To Migrants Traveling To Western Europe. -- 10 Highlights From The 7,000 Pages Of Released Clinton Emails. And here are more early headlines: U.N. Satellite Images Show Destruction Of Ancient Syrian Temple. (New York Times) Thailand Arre... | afr_Latn | 626 |
Grim Milestone: U.S. Reaches 250,000 Deaths From COVID-19 | Coronavirus case numbers are exploding across the country. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 reached 250,000 on Wednesday, with a caseload of over 11.3 million. | Vietnam had been a success story in beating the coronavirus: zero deaths and only 430 confirmed cases. But a new cluster has changed things. The prime minister warns every province is under threat. | eng_Latn | 627 |
Sudanese Vice President Dies in Helicopter Crash | Sudanese vice president John Garang died over the weekend with 13 others when his helicopter crashed en route from Uganda. The former rebel leader was sworn in as the country's first vice president weeks ago. News of Garang's death sparked riots in Khartoum, Sudan's capital. | Opponents of South Dakota's new law banning nearly all abortions say they've collected more than enough signatures to force the issue to the November ballot. The ban, signed by Republican Gov. Michael Rounds in March, would bar all abortions in the state except those needed to save the life of the pregnant woman. Sin... | eng_Latn | 628 |
Incidents in Turkey Prompt Worries over Bird Flu | Turkey confirms 15 human cases of bird flu this month, with at least two fatalities. Experts provide an update on bird flu as some health officials raise concerns of a possible pandemic. Guest: Richard Knox NPR science correspondent FRANK STASIO, host: Today, an anchor of the World Health Organization urged ... | <br />Guest:<br /><br /> <STRONG>David Kessler</STRONG><br /> * Dean of the Medical School at Yale University<br /> * Former Commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration<br /><br /> Other Guests: <STRONG>TBA</STRONG><br /><br /> The Centers for Disease Control have confirmed that a New York hospital worker has inh... | eng_Latn | 629 |
Volcano Death Toll Rises In New Zealand | Survivors of a powerful volcanic eruption in New Zealand this week ran into the sea to escape the scalding steam and ash, and emerged covered in burns. The harrowing accounts came as some relatives continue to wait for news of their missing loved ones. At least six people are dead. Host Tonya Mosley speaks with CNN int... | Mexico's president says the country must adapt to the "new normal" and will reopen businesses this week, despite the fact that coronavirus cases are surging, taxing hospitals and funeral homes. | eng_Latn | 630 |
Iowa's Burmese Community Devastated By COVID-19 | Iowa's tight-knit Burmese community is inundated by the coronavirus. Many work at meatpacking plants and estimates are as high as 70% being infected, with entire families struggling to cope. | John Walburn of the International Organization for Migration talks to Farai Chideya about the recent resettlement of thousands of Burundian refugees to the United States. | eng_Latn | 631 |
The Latest On The Coronavirus Outbreak: At Least 1 Patient Dies In The U.S. | The last few days have seen dramatic developments related to the spread of COVID-19. NPR's health policy reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin breaks down the recent updates. | The pandemic has killed more than 440,000 Americans. Here's a look back at the stories of three of them — a World War II veteran, a Navajo leader and the owner of an Illinois barbecue joint. | eng_Latn | 632 |
Casualties Of Brazil's Latest COVID-19 Surge Fill Hospitals And Morgues | Brazil is experiencing the worst moment so far of the pandemic. Deaths are out of control and hospitals are at risk of collapse. The transmission rates of the virus and its variants are accelerating. | The spread of Zika is taxing Colombia's already over-burdened health care system. | kor_Hang | 633 |
Ira Flatow on Science: Faking a Bird Flu Outbreak | Health officials attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, held an exercise to simulate an outbreak of avian flu. The goal was to gauge how governments and media outlets would respond to a real-world scenario. Alex Chadwick speaks with Ira Flatow, host of <EM>Talk of the Nation Science Friday</EM>, abou... | NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Imam Mohammad Altahir of the Islamic Center in Wyoming and Lane Moore of the Northwest Louisiana Baptist Association about pandemic's effects on religious practices. | deu_Latn | 634 |
Top Stories: Hungary Blocks Migrants At Rail Station; More Clinton Emails | Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Hungary Closes Budapest Train Station To Migrants Traveling To Western Europe. -- 10 Highlights From The 7,000 Pages Of Released Clinton Emails. And here are more early headlines: U.N. Satellite Images Show Destruction Of Ancient Syrian Temple. (New York Times) Thailand Arre... | President Trump's renewed calls to get the economy moving still fly in the face of what his health advisers are urging. Meanwhile, the pandemic reboots the vote-by-mail fight, and Wisconsin votes. | eng_Latn | 635 |
How The Pandemic Has Affected Religious Practices In Different Communities | NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Imam Mohammad Altahir of the Islamic Center in Wyoming and Lane Moore of the Northwest Louisiana Baptist Association about pandemic's effects on religious practices. | Health officials attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, held an exercise to simulate an outbreak of avian flu. The goal was to gauge how governments and media outlets would respond to a real-world scenario. Alex Chadwick speaks with Ira Flatow, host of <EM>Talk of the Nation Science Friday</EM>, abou... | eng_Latn | 636 |
Chikungunya outbreak in the Caribbean was first reported last December .
Over 700,000 suspected cases have been reported in the region .
Health agencies say over 100 people have died from the virus .
Worst-hit nations include Dominican Republic and Martinique . | British tourists in the Caribbean are being struck down by a debilitating and potentially deadly virus carried by mosquitoes. An unprecedented outbreak of the Chikungunya virus is affecting islands including Barbados, St Lucia and the Grenadines, where many UK holidaymakers flock during the festive season. Thousands ha... | (CNN) -- Flash floods and landslides triggered by a weekend tropical storm have killed at least 100 people in Vietnam, the country's news agency said Monday. Vietnamese villagers look at the rubble where 19 houses stood before a flash-flood ripped away the hamlet of Tung Chin in Lao Cai province. Forecasters fear addit... | eng_Latn | 637 |
Candidates Appeal to Seniors, Covid-19 Vaccine Latest, France Imposes Curfews | President Trump and Vice President Joe Biden appeal to seniors for their votes. Pfizer says it won't have data showing its COVID-19 vaccine is safe until late November, weeks after Election Day. France imposes new restrictions in hopes of curbing the pandemic and avoiding another national shutdown. | Facebook Not So Private After All Tens of millions of Facebook users are having their private data - and sometimes their friends' data - collected by dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies. The Wall Street Journal has an investigative piece up today on the issue, they say the tracking affects even those ... | eng_Latn | 638 |
If You Traveled For Thanksgiving, This Is What You Need To Do To Stay Safe | NPR's Sarah McCammon asks Dr. Tsion Firew of Columbia University what travelers should do now to help prevent more COVID-19 spread. | <font color=red>(Update)</font> Host Madeleine Brand talks with NPR's Julie McCarthy about the latest developments in the aftermath of the massive earthquake in Turkey. More than 8000 people were killed and tens of thousands injured. Millions of people took to the streets in fear of another earthquake. | eng_Latn | 639 |
California Neighborhoods Shaken After Mass Shooting Plays Out | Thunderous gunfire tragically altered life in San Bernardino, Calif. on Wednesday. San Bernardino exists without much notice in the shadow of Los Angeles, some 50 miles to the west. | A measles outbreak linked to Disneyland in California has now infected over 70 people, many unvaccinated. NPR's Arun Rath talks with science writer Seth Mnookin, author of <em>The Panic Virus</em>. | eng_Latn | 640 |
Sam Corpora, 72: Merle Haggard's 'Silver Wings' | More than 600,000 people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19 since the pandemic hit this country and the world just over a year ago. NPR is remembering some of those who lost their lives by listening to the music they loved and hearing their stories. We're calling our tribute Songs Of Remembrance. My dad and I went to... | Opponents of South Dakota's new law banning nearly all abortions say they've collected more than enough signatures to force the issue to the November ballot. The ban, signed by Republican Gov. Michael Rounds in March, would bar all abortions in the state except those needed to save the life of the pregnant woman. Sin... | deu_Latn | 641 |
Hong Kong Reports Its 1st Coronavirus Death | Updated at 7:58 p.m. ET Hong Kong confirmed its first death from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday as health workers in the territory were on their second day of a walkout aimed at forcing closure of the border with mainland China — the epicenter of the epidemic. A 39-year-old man who had visited Wuhan, China, where the... | The Wuhan Institute of Virology is a sprawling campus of mostly red brick buildings with manicured lawns and camera-lined driveways nestled into the hills of Hubei Province, China. Housed in one of the buildings is the country’s first Biosafety Level 4 lab, which opened in January of 2018. It is from this lab tha... | eng_Latn | 642 |
First Human Case From New Bird Flu: How Many More Strains Are Out There? | On Christmas Day last year, a 68-year-old woman in southern China came down with the flu. A week later she was hospitalized. The woman eventually recovered, but she spent three weeks in the hospital. The culprit? H7N4, a new type of bird flu. "This is the first case of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N4) in t... | Good morning and happy Friday - here are some early headlines we're looking at: Mega Millions Mania: What If You Win? Then What Do You Do? Austria: Euro Bailout Fund Will Be $1.1 Trillion. (AP) On The Run, Bin Laden Had 4 Children And 5 Houses, A Wife Says. (New York Times) Reports: Rep. Ryan To Endorse Romney. Policy ... | eng_Latn | 643 |
SARS Update: Beijing | NPR's Robert Siegel talks with <EM>New York Times</EM> reporter Joseph Kahn about the building of a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat SARS patients north of Beijing. Construction began five days ago, and the hospital is expected to be up and running this week. | Sarah Chayes reports from Paris on how restaurants there are adjusting their menus in the wake of foot and mouth and Mad Cow disease outbreaks. | yue_Hant | 644 |
Typhoon Haiyan: Families Struggle To Connect Amid Devastation | Wrecked infrastructure is making it hard for Filipino Americans to find out the status of family members affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Host Michel Martin speaks with Jessica Petilla, a Filipino doctor in New York who has immediate family in the hard hit province of Leyte. | Financial journalist Hannah Seligson and Aminatou Sow from the podcast 'Call Your Girlfriend' join Sam to discuss why more and more millennials are financially intertwined with their parents — and why it's so hard to talk about. Listeners call in. Sends thoughts to samsanders@npr.org. | eng_Latn | 645 |
Typhoon Death Toll Rises In Philippines, Though Devastation Less Than Feared | At least 21 people are dead and more than a million others have been forced into shelters after Typhoon Hagupit hit the central Philippines this weekend, but the storm has spared the region the devastation of last year's Typhoon Haiyan. Hagupit, which is called Ruby in the Philippines, has now weakened into a tropical ... | Mexico's president says the country must adapt to the "new normal" and will reopen businesses this week, despite the fact that coronavirus cases are surging, taxing hospitals and funeral homes. | eng_Latn | 646 |
Secretary Of Agriculture: Bird Flu Poses 'No Health Issue' To Humans | Bird flu is raging through poultry farms across the United States. It's the largest outbreak in U.S. history, affecting 20 states and tens of millions of birds. The disease is particularly ravaging farms in the Midwest. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the H5 bird flu, the variety causing the ou... | Dick Cheney is coming out with not-so-flattering memories of Condoleezza Rice. Jay-Z and Beyonce are expecting a baby. The U.S. Surgeon General is voicing concern about women who skip exercise to maintain their hairdos. Mayor Bloomberg's language skills are getting attention on the Twitter feed "El Bloombito." Host Mic... | eng_Latn | 647 |
Group Files Petition to Overturn S.D. Abortion Law | Opponents of South Dakota's new law banning nearly all abortions say they've collected more than enough signatures to force the issue to the November ballot. The ban, signed by Republican Gov. Michael Rounds in March, would bar all abortions in the state except those needed to save the life of the pregnant woman. Sin... | Russell Lewis reports on San Diego residents who are taking a stand against high utility bills. Everyone--from members of local government to leaders of local churches--seems to be getting involved in the fight to reduce payments to San Diego Gas and Electric. | eng_Latn | 648 |
Remembering Japanese Martial Arts Star Sonny Chiba, Who Died Of COVID At 82 | Sonny Chiba was a prolific actor known for his Japanese martial arts movies, which featured his brutal movements and fearsome facial expressions. Chiba died at age 82 due to complications from COVID. | Opponents of South Dakota's new law banning nearly all abortions say they've collected more than enough signatures to force the issue to the November ballot. The ban, signed by Republican Gov. Michael Rounds in March, would bar all abortions in the state except those needed to save the life of the pregnant woman. Sin... | eng_Latn | 649 |
Former government chief scientist Lord May accused Chinese team of 'blind ambition'
Researchers created strains in a bid to develop vaccines .
Comes as experts warn new flu strain that has killed 27 in China could spread to Europe . | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 07:10 EST, 3 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:17 EST, 3 May 2013 . One of Britain's leading scientists has hit out at Chinese researchers who created new strains of a killer flu virus in a bid to develop vaccines. They claim the 'hybrid' flu, which mixes bird flu virus with human flu, could e... | Heavy rain that has killed dozens of people in China continued last night as huge storms were seen over parts of the south. The rainstorm has damaged thousands of homes and flooded city streets with up to five feet of water. Yesterday, a massive lightning strike was seen over Zhuhai, in Guangdong province. Lightning fl... | eng_Latn | 650 |
Torrential rainstorms battered southwest China's Chongqing municipality causing thousands of houses to collapse .
Nearly 40,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes and a devastating landslide killed 11 coal miners on Monday .
Roads turned to rivers as cars were washed away and pedestrians waded in knee-deep rain... | By . Gemma Mullin for MailOnline . The awesome power of China's Three Gorges Dam was on full display when it opened for the first time this year after downpours caused the highest flood peak so far of the year. Torrential rainstorms battered southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, causing thousands of houses to colla... | By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 13:37 EST, 30 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:48 EST, 30 December 2013 . Seven adults and a child were killed when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in Malawi. The bolt struck the building, in the capital city of Lilongwe, at 4.30pm on Saturday while the church was fu... | eng_Latn | 651 |
Authorities hold people in six provinces for posting 'fake information'
Bird flu was first found in humans in the country last month .
So far nine people have died from 31 confirmed cases of the H7N9 virus . | By . Damien Gayle . Chinese police detained at least 10 people for spreading rumours about the H7N9 bird flu as the death toll from the new strain of the virus rose to nine. Authorities held people in six provinces for posting 'fake information' online about new cases of the virus in their areas, the state-run Xinhua n... | By . Travelmail Reporter . Twenty people have been injured on board a South African Airways plane after it struck severe turbulence en route to Hong Kong. Medics were waiting at the Hong Kong airport at around 12.30pm local time to assist passengers on SA286, which had departed Johannesburg on Tuesday, the airline said... | eng_Latn | 652 |
Deadly forms of H7N9 will be made in high security labs around the world .
New bird virus has already infected at least 133 people in China and Taiwan .
Forty-three people have died according to World Health Organisation .
Scientists said it is vital to prepare for a lethal human pandemic . | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 00:10 EST, 8 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:41 EST, 8 August 2013 . Scientists are to create mutant forms of the H7N9 bird flu virus that has emerged in China so they can work out the risk of a lethal human pandemic. Highly transmissible and deadly forms of H7N9 will be made in several h... | (CNN) -- Several children were among the victims when a mudslide sent a mass of tree and rock debris crashing into homes in Peru's jungle Wednesday, killing at least 11 people. Ten more people are unaccounted for, according to the country's state news agency. Heavy rains set off the natural disaster in the San Martin t... | eng_Latn | 653 |
How many people could be potentially without housing? | The earthquake left at least 5 million people without housing, although the number could be as high as 11 million. Millions of livestock and a significant amount of agriculture were also destroyed, including 12.5 million animals, mainly birds. In the Sichuan province a million pigs died out of 60 million total. Catastr... | Each year HHC's facilities provide about 225,000 admissions, one million emergency room visits and five million clinic visits to New Yorkers. HHC facilities treat nearly one-fifth of all general hospital discharges and more than one third of emergency room and hospital-based clinic visits in New York City. | eng_Latn | 654 |
Historians refer to the dispersion of these people after their Babylonian exile as "the Diaspora" | Jewish diaspora - Wikipedia The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: Tfutza, ) or Exile refers to the dispersion of Israelites, .... In 63 B.C. Pompey invaded Jerusalem, the Jewish people lost their political .... Many Jews entered the Diaspora as slaves after the destruction of the ... Exile after the destruction of the Second T... | Survivor: Jeff Probst reveals where the evacuated contestants went ... Sep 22, 2016 ... Each week, Jeff Probst will answer a few questions about the latest ... Survivor: Jeff Probst reveals where the evacuated contestants went during that cyclone ... a storm that was gathering steam and heading toward our island. ... ... | eng_Latn | 655 |
I know a girlfriend that departed the USA Januanry 5, 2020 from NYC to Shenzhen. Trying to get her back to me in Long Island. Are Chinese citizens permitted to re-enter the USA? She is a girlfriend and doing my best to help find an answer for her. I know she can go to USA consulate in China Shenzhen if there is one... | This community wiki explains the current restrictions by the United States of America on the entry of individuals who may pose a risk of transmission of the SARS-Cov2, the virus which causes the Covid-19 disease. | I want to make it so I always have 50 entities in an area. So when 1 dies/despawns/leaves the area I want it to detect that and summon in a new entity, and yes I do want them to die/despawn/leave the area so preventing those things is not an option. | eng_Latn | 656 |
Where can I find current authoritative information about COVID-19 related travel bans to the US? : Under President Donald Trump, the federal government has banned non-citizens from coronavirus-hit regions entry, but US citizens are allowed back into the country after a two-week quarantine. Does the US government ... | What are the current travel restrictions on individuals entering the United States from regions affected by Covid-19? This community wiki explains the current restrictions by the United States of America on the entry of individuals who may pose a risk of transmission of the SARS-Cov2, the virus which causes the Covid-1... | I am a dual Australian/British citizen with an expired emergency Aussie passport and a valid UK passport. What are my chances for an Aussie visit? I was going to have to miss my brother's wedding on Jan 4th but he bought me a flight today. But my Aussie passport is expired and was only an emergency passport to begin wi... | eng_Latn | 657 |
should we worry about the Avian flew? | It's definitely a threat, but there are some misconceptions. You can't get it by eating birds, in the same way you can't get another kind of influenza in humans by eating humans. It's not equatable to mad cow disease, as I've heard has been claimed. You can, however, get it if you breathe contaminated air. If you'v... | I think the word is "waning", Sir.\n\nPolitical Correctness is getting to be a pain, though.\n\nHave a nice day. | eng_Latn | 658 |
The chief vet for Wales has urged poultry and bird owners to remain vigilant following the outbreak of avian flu in Carmarthenshire. | The H5N8 strain of the infection was confirmed in chickens and ducks in the Pontyberem area on Tuesday, after the birds were culled.
It is the same strain of the virus found in an infected wild duck in Llanelli and turkeys in Lincolnshire.
An avian flu prevention zone has now been extended to all of Wales.
The Cabinet ... | Warnings are in place for the River Vyrnwy at Melverley and Maesbrook, and a lesser flood alert has been issued for the River Severn in Shrewsbury.
So far, fields and low-lying roads have been affected. Levels are expected to peak overnight.
Dave Throup from the agency said "more significant" floods could happen during... | eng_Latn | 659 |
BHP Billiton and Vale are to pay a further 1bn reais (£171m; $260m) for the mining disaster that killed 11 people in Brazil earlier this month. | The mining giants had already been ordered to pay 250m reais after a dam burst at a mine run by Samarco, a firm they jointly own.
Twelve people remain missing following the incident in southern Brazil that set off a deadly mudslide.
The fine will provide aid to the victims and fund environmental repairs.
The head of Br... | The number of cases dropped 95% between January and April, compared to the same period a year ago, officials said.
The virus has been linked to the birth of babies with abnormally small heads. The threat was at its peak as Brazil prepared to host the 2016 Olympics.
The World Health Organisation lifted its own internati... | eng_Latn | 660 |
If so, who will be involved? | I pray not. I think the MAD still reigns.\n\nOther than those crazies dying for their virgins, the rest of the world wants to live. | I don't see anything scheduled yet, but the best place to look over the next few weeks would be the local paper:\nhttp://www.tcpalm.com/\n\nHope this helps! | eng_Latn | 661 |
how will the bird flu reach the USA? | There is an opportunity of the virus spreading by fowl migrating from Siberia's Tyumen region to Alaska and mixing there with birds flying to Canada and to other parts of the United States.\nBird flu mutation is possible in the countries where the number of different viruses is high. This group includes the United Stat... | if the idiot in charge keeps it upo....great big glass parking lot--- or maybe welcoem to lake iran....watch out for the 3 eyed 4 headed fish..... | eng_Latn | 662 |
war on terror project--many questions!? | Wow quit listening to your teachers and go the the local VFW and see what they say. Yes it is legal that we are there. I can not even finish this answer. Again go to your local VFW. | You should definitely have power point pictures/transparencies or actual pictures of tons upon tons of the poultry that is being destroyed because of the possibility of infection, this image will really grab attention. You should discuss how many people have actually been affected and relate this to the number of peopl... | eng_Latn | 663 |
Can someone help me on my report - The battle of midway? | www.google.com and www.altavista.com will give you all the information you need. Go look it up... | You should definitely have power point pictures/transparencies or actual pictures of tons upon tons of the poultry that is being destroyed because of the possibility of infection, this image will really grab attention. You should discuss how many people have actually been affected and relate this to the number of peopl... | eng_Latn | 664 |
hey, is it true about the swine flu thingy at our campus? oh, damn.. | is michael jackson dying?! is that just a rumor? | @mparaz: Naku! Huwag sana A(H1N1) iyan! ) Peace out! | eng_Latn | 665 |
what year did skylab crash in australia | As NASA, and the world's media, tracked Skylab's progress in early July 1979, it seemed it could end up anywhere. In the early hours of the 12th of July, 1979, Skylab crashed on WA's south east coast, scattering debris across the Nullarbor and the eastern goldfields and causing a worldwide sensation. NASA officials arr... | When Skylab crashed, the space monkeys escaped and raped... show more I heard that AIDS came from monkeys - I know that the space monkeys on board Skylab were involved in space raping experiments(monkey on monkey) while in orbit and the astronauts injected them with certain proteins and chemicals to create a super viru... | eng_Latn | 666 |
how many each year died mosquito blood type | As Bill Gates recently pointed out, that killer is the mosquito. No other species, including our own, is responsible for the loss of as many human lives each year as mosquitoes are, Gates continues. Humans murder around 475,000 other people each year. Snakes kill around 50,000, while dogs (mainly from rabies transmissi... | There are an estimated 36,000 deaths due to seasonal influenza each year in the US. The current swine flu outbreak has caused a total of 7 deaths in Mexico and 1 death in the US (according to WHO). | eng_Latn | 667 |
The Brazilian authorities have announced plans to prevent the spread of the Zika virus during the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games later this year. | An outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease - which is being linked to severe birth defects - has caused growing concern in Brazil and abroad.
Inspections of Olympic facilities will begin four months before the Games to get rid of mosquito breeding grounds.
Daily sweeps will also take place during the Games.
But fumigati... | Rome's Mayor Virginia Raggi, from the populist Five Star party, had said the city had to prioritise matters such as rubbish collection and corruption.
It means only Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest are left in the running after Boston and Hamburg also abandoned bids.
The International Olympic Committee is due to make a ... | eng_Latn | 668 |
Russia has failed in its final attempt to reverse the ban on its athletes from next month's Rio Paralympics. | Russia was banned from competing by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) following allegations of state-sponsored doping.
After a failed appeal at the Court of Arbitation for Sport (Cas), an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court had been Russia's last hope of being in Brazil.
However, it will now miss the Games, wh... | Several hours of torrential rain brought trains to a standstill and rendered roads impassable in the Black Sea resort.
Sochi international airport had to be closed and a Formula 1 circuit in the nearby Adler district was flooded.
A state of emergency was declared but there were no reports of casualties.
"There's no wat... | eng_Latn | 669 |
A Note on the Uniqueness of the Lasso Solution | Regularized Ordinal Regression and the ordinalNet R Package | Jumped, Pushed or Forgotten? Approaches to Dissolution | eng_Latn | 670 |
1. The prolactin (PRL) response to placebo, sulpiride (2.5, 5, 10 and 20 mg im) and arginine HCl infusion (0.33 G/kg) was examined in young (18–25 yrs) and old (65–75 yrs) normal men. 2. Analysis of variance for the sulpiride data showed no significant dose x age group inter-action or dose x age group x period interact... | Diabetes insipidus (DI), be it from central or nephrogenic origin, must be differentiated from secondary forms of hypotonic polyuria such as primary polydipsia. Differentiation is crucial since wrong treatment can have deleterious consequences. Since decades, the gold standard for differentiation has been the water dep... | We present the novel parallel linear least squares solvers ARPLS-MPIR and ARPLS-IR.We provide a careful analysis of their communication cost.We analyze their parallel runtime behavior experimentally.Mixed precision iterative refinement reduces computation and communication cost for well-conditioned problems.ARPLS-IR is... | eng_Latn | 671 |
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) complicated with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) is a clinical complex with unsatisfying treatment efficacy and poor prognosis which is difficult to be diagnosed at early stage. The present study aimed to investigate the clinical features of SLE with | Combined treatment with caspofungin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMZ) as salvage therapy in non-HIV positive patients with severe pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) yields poor outcomes. It remains unknown whether the use of this combination strategy as a first-line therapy would improve patient outcomes. The prese... | A principal component pursuit (PCP)-based interface is proposed between raw synchrophasor data and the algorithms used for wide-area monitoring application to provide resilience against malicious data corruption. The PCP method-based preprocessor recovers a low rank matrix from the data matrix despite gross sparse erro... | eng_Latn | 672 |
1-Bit compressed sensing of positive semi-definite matrices via rank-1 measurement matrices | In this paper, we investigate the problem of recovering positive semi-definite (PSD) matrix from 1-bit sensing. The measurement matrix is rank-1 and constructed by the outer product of a pair of vectors, whose entries are independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) Gaussian variables. The recovery problem is solve... | Summary form only given, as follows. A study is presented of precision constraints imposed by a hybrid chip architecture with analog neurons and digital backpropagation calculations. Conversions between the analog and digital domains and weight storage restrictions impose precision limits on both analog and digital cal... | eng_Latn | 673 |
Biorthonormal transfer-matrix renormalization-group method for non-Hermitian matrices. | Biorthonormal transfer-matrix renormalization-group method for general Markov random fields | Biorthonormal transfer-matrix renormalization-group method for general Markov random fields | eng_Latn | 674 |
Convergent nonnegative matrices and iterative methods for consistent linear systems | Equivalence of conditions for convergence of iterative methods for singular equations | Path collective variables without paths | eng_Latn | 675 |
Nonlinear analysis of the Costas loop and phase-locked loop with squarer | Best's conjecture on pull-in range of two-phase Costas loop | On the Fundamental Limits of Recovering Tree Sparse Vectors From Noisy Linear Measurements | eng_Latn | 676 |
Tight recovery thresholds and robustness analysis for nuclear norm minimization | The Convex Geometry of Linear Inverse Problems | Remodeling of chromatin loops does not account for specification of replication origins during Xenopus development | eng_Latn | 677 |
Decentralized decomposition algorithms for Peer-to-Peer linear optimization | Coordinating decentralized linear programs by exchange of primal information | Unsupervised joint decomposition of a spectroscopic signal sequence | eng_Latn | 678 |
Robust portfolio selection under norm uncertainty | Robust Portfolio Selection Problems | Robust Portfolio Selection Problems | eng_Latn | 679 |
An Implementation of Matrix Eigenvalue Decomposition with Improved Jacobi Algorithm | Improved SVD systolic array and implementation on FPGA | On the impossibility of informationally efficient markets | eng_Latn | 680 |
On adaptive discretization schemes for the solution of ill-posed problems with semiiterative methods | Cell Detection by Functional Inverse Diffusion and Non-negative Group Sparsity$-$Part I: Modeling and Inverse Problems | Cardiac sympathetic denervation is not related to nigrostriatal degeneration in Parkinson’s disease | eng_Latn | 681 |
A Note on Efficient Computation of the Gradient in Semidefinite Programming | On computing certain elements of the inverse of a sparse matrix | On the Fundamental Limits of Recovering Tree Sparse Vectors From Noisy Linear Measurements | eng_Latn | 682 |
RAL-TR-2005-001 Reducing the total bandwidth of a sparse unsymmetric matrix 1 , 2 by | Double Ordering and Fill-In for the LU Factorization | Fully nonparametric estimation of scalar diffusion models | eng_Latn | 683 |
Automatic parameter setting for Arnoldi-Tikhonov methods | REGULARIZATION TOOLS: A Matlab package for analysis and solution of discrete ill-posed problems | Why I have abandoned robot-assisted transaxillary thyroid surgery | eng_Latn | 684 |
A multidimensional version of the Carlson inequality | CARLSON TYPE INEQUALITIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS — AN INTRODUCTION | The Mortality Problem for Matrices of Low Dimensions | eng_Latn | 685 |
Optimal allocation of resource for surrogate modelling | Optimum Designs in Regression Problems | Reference frames in allocentric representations are invariant across static and active encoding | eng_Latn | 686 |
Stability Exploitation and Subspace Array Processing. | Subspace stability in high resolution direction finding and signal enumeration | Inability of the Submaximal Treadmill Stress Test to Predict the Location of Coronary Disease | kor_Hang | 687 |
An interior point type QP-free algorithm with superlinear convergence for inequality constrained optimization | A new penalty-free-type method for nonlinear inequality constrained optimization | On the Fundamental Limits of Recovering Tree Sparse Vectors From Noisy Linear Measurements | eng_Latn | 688 |
Submitted to the Annals of Statistics SLOPE MEETS LASSO : IMPROVED ORACLE BOUNDS AND OPTIMALITY By | Upper bounds on product and multiplier empirical processes | A straightforward route to enantiopure 2-substituted-3,4-dehydro-β-proline via ring closing metathesis | yue_Hant | 689 |
Matrix completion (MC) is a promising technique which is able to recover an intact matrix with low-rank property from sub-sampled/incomplete data. Its application varies from computer vision, signal processing to wireless network, and thereby receives much attention in the past several years. There are plenty of works ... | In this paper, we propose a new stochastic alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm, which incrementally approximates the full gradient in the linearized ADMM formulation. Besides having a low per-iteration complexity as existing stochastic ADMM algorithms, the proposed algorithm improves the conver... | We establish a simple no-arbitrage criterion that reduces the absence of arbitrage opportunities under proportional transaction costs to the condition that the asset price process may move arbitrarily little over arbitrarily large time intervals. We show that this criterion is satisfied when the return process is eithe... | eng_Latn | 690 |
Organic acidurias are a wide group of inherited metabolic diseases, sometimes with acute neonatal symptoms and life risk in the newborn. The clinical features are often not specific, but the pattern of urinary organic acids is diagnostic. Correct identification of metabolites and timely response are fundamental in this... | We describe a patient with methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria due to a defect in cobalamin metabolism of the Cbl-C type mutant (McKusick 277400). Our case was diagnosed within the first 2 months of life by amino acid analysis (ion-exchange chromatography) and by biochemical studies in cultured fibroblasts ([14C]... | Location awareness, providing the ability to identify the location of sensor, machine, vehicle, and wearable device, is a rapidly growing trend of hyper-connected society and one of the key ingredients for the Internet of Things (IoT) era. In order to make a proper reaction to the collected information from things , lo... | eng_Latn | 691 |
Given a matrix A(U) = 11 ~~,~(w)ll, i,j = 1,2,..., n, with Q(W) integrable functions, we call the mean value of matrix A(w), the matrix M(A(w)) = 11 Mu,,~(w)~~, i j = 1, 2 ,..., n, where k$Jw) = J,aw that is | This work is concerned with the stability properties of linear stochastic differential equations with random (drift and diffusion) coefficient matrices and the stability of a corresponding random t... | A technique is presented for feature extraction of a waveform y based on its Tauberian approximation, that is, on the approximation of y by a linear combination of appropriately delayed versions of a single basis function x, i.e., y(t) = ¿M i = 1 aix(t - ¿i), where the coefficients ai and the delays ¿i are adjustable p... | eng_Latn | 692 |
The benefit and precision of blood diagnosis by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is limited by sampling procedures and RNA extraction methods. We have compared five different RNA extraction protocols from bovine blood regarding RNA and miRNA yield, quality, and most reproducible data in the qRT-PCR with the lowest poi... | Nucleic acids are the ultimate biomarker and real-time PCR (qPCR) is firmly established as the method of choice for nucleic acid detection. Together, they allow the accurate, sensitive and specific identification of pathogens, and the use of qPCR has become routine in diagnostic laboratories. The reliability of qPCR-ba... | Block and global Krylov subspace methods have been proposed as methods adapted to the situation where one iteratively solves systems with the same matrix and several right hand sides. These methods are advantageous, since they allow to cast the major part of the arithmetic in terms of matrix-block vector products, and ... | eng_Latn | 693 |
We present an approach for parallel space decomposition which facilitates minimization of sufficiently smooth non-linear functionals with or without constraints on the variables. The framework for the spatial decomposition unites existing approaches from parallel optimization, parallel variable distribution, and finite... | Convergence of a space decomposition method is proved for a class of convex programming problems. A space decomposition refers to a method that decomposes a space into a sum of subspaces, which could be a domain decomposition or a multilevel method when applied to partial differential equations. Two algorithms are prop... | Berzelius failed to make use of Faraday's electrochemical laws in his laborious determination of equivalent weights. | eng_Latn | 694 |
Nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) has been widely used in hyperspectral unmixing (HU) in recent years since it can simultaneously estimate endmember and abundance matrices. However, most existing NMF unmixing methods only impose geometric or statistical unilateral prior on endmember or abundance matrix, meanwhile ... | It is now well understood that (1) it is possible to reconstruct sparse signals exactly from what appear to be highly incomplete sets of linear measurements and (2) that this can be done by constrained L1 minimization. In this paper, we study a novel method for sparse signal recovery that in many situations outperforms... | Non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) is a recently developed technique for finding parts-based, linear representations of non-negative data. Although it has successfully been applied in several applications, it does not always result in parts-based representations. In this paper, we show how explicitly incorporating... | eng_Latn | 695 |
Model selection is a critical aspect of subset autoregressive moving-average (ARMA) modelling. This is commonly done by subset selection methods, which may be computationally intensive and even impractical when the true ARMA orders of the underlying model are high. On the other hand, automatic variable selection method... | The purpose of model selection algorithms such as All Subsets, Forward ::: Selection and Backward Elimination is to choose a linear model on the basis of the same set of data to which the model will be applied. Typically we have available a large collection of possible covariates from which we hope to select a parsimon... | It is proved, by using topological properties, that when a group automorphism of a locally compact totally disconnected group is ergodic under the Haar measure, the group is compact. The result is an answer for Halmos's question that has remained open for the totally disconnected case. | eng_Latn | 696 |
Volatility matrix inference in high-frequency finance with regularization and efficient computations | Vast volatility matrix estimation for high-frequency financial data | No Relationships Between the Within-Subjects’ Variability of Pain Intensity Reports and Variability of Other Bodily Sensations Reports | eng_Latn | 697 |
Matrix Tricks For Linear Statistical Models Our Personal Top Twenty | All about the ⊥ with its applications in the linear statistical models | On the Fundamental Limits of Recovering Tree Sparse Vectors From Noisy Linear Measurements | eng_Latn | 698 |
On Generalizations of Linear Discriminant Analysis | Estimating the Dimension of a Model | Probabilistic Linear Discriminant Analysis for Inferences About Identity | eng_Latn | 699 |
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