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martedì 9 aprile 2019

# qubit: to simulate 16 futures simultaneously by quantum superposition, the beginning

<< Simulations of stochastic processes play an important role in the quantitative sciences, enabling the characterisation of complex systems. >>

AA << demonstrate interference of two 16-dimensional quantum states, representing statistical futures of (the) process, with a visibility of 0.96 ± 0.02. >>

Farzad Ghafari, Nora Tischler, et al.
Interfering trajectories in experimental quantum-enhanced stochastic simulation. Nature  Comm Volume 10, Article number: 1630 (2019)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08951-2   

Gu Mile. Scientists build a machine to generate quantum superposition of possible futures. School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University.  April 9, 2019.

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-04-scientists-machine-quantum-superposition-futures.html   

lunedì 8 aprile 2019

# epidem: silent invasions, the case of Candida auris.

<< Bacteria are rebelling  >>

<< The germ, a fungus called Candida auris, preys on people with weakened immune systems, and it is quietly spreading across the globe. >>

Matt Richtel,  Andrew Jacobs. DEADLY GERMS, LOST CURES. A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy. The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs. NYT. April 6, 2019.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/health/drug-resistant-candida-auris.html

<< The recent rate of emergence of pathogenic fungi that are resistant to the limited number of commonly used antifungal agents is unprecedented. The azoles, for example, are used not only for human and animal health care and crop protection but also in antifouling coatings and timber preservation. The ubiquity and multiple uses of azoles have hastened the independent evolution of resistance in many environments. One consequence is an increasing risk in human health care from naturally occurring opportunistic fungal pathogens that have acquired resistance to this broad class of chemicals. >>

Matthew C. Fisher, Nichola J. Hawkins, et al.  Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security. Science  May 18, 2018
Vol. 360, Issue 6390, pp. 739-742  doi: 10.1126/science.aap7999

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6390/739

FonT

Per nostra - di noi umani - fortuna oggi si puo' analizzare, studiare ed eventualmente manipolare in modo fine il codice genetico di virus, batteri, etc. grazie alla tecnica CRISPR, tecnica a suo tempo (e per molto tempo) considerata di nessuna importanza da entita' di alta- altissima luminescenza ...

Eric S. Lander. The Heroes of CRISPR.
Cell. 14 January 2016, Vol.164(1): 18–28, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.041

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867415017055

Also: "CRISPR"

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=crispr

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=crispr

domenica 7 aprile 2019

# brain: apropos of paranormal hacking approach ... (news published by the Russian Defense authority)

<< An article in the official magazine of Russia's Defense Ministry has claimed that the country's military works in tandem with psychics, employs paranormal tactics to aid soldiers and has used dolphins in telepathy experiments. >>

<< Commentators were surprised that such claims would be made in a publication sanctioned by authorities. >>

Brendan Cole. RUSSIA'S PARANORMAL SOLDIERS AND MILITARY DOLPHIN TELEPATHY REVEALED BY DEFENSE MINISTRY MAGAZINE. Apr 4, 2019

https://www.newsweek.com/russias-military-uses-psychics-telepathy-and-paranormal-techniques-says-1386030

https://twitter.com/nickpopemod/status/1114605466158428160

According to magazine operated by Russia's Defense Ministry, Moscow trains paranormal soldiers. Meduza.io Apr 3, 2019.

https://meduza.io/en/shapito/2019/04/03/according-to-magazine-operated-by-russia-s-defense-ministry-moscow-trains-paranormal-soldiers

Download: The February edition of Armeisky Sbornik (Army Collection), the Russian Defense Ministry’s official magazine

http://sc.mil.ru/files/morf/military/archive/AS_02_2019.pdf

FonT

forse e' un effetto dei modelli della meccanica quantistica (superposition, entanglement) che appaiono e si diffondono nel percepito biologico, nel macroscopico ...

# phys: entanglement observed in near-macroscopic objects   https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/2018/04/phys-entanglement-observed-in-near.html     # phys: the strange world of quantum mechanics  https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/2019/01/phys-strange-world-of-quantum-mechanics.html

Come la diffusione di certe incredibili narrazioni di "medicine-man" esperti anche nella individuazione, raccolta, manipolazione e dosaggio di sostanze naturali psichicamente attive.

Tuttavia l'hacking classico non sembra aver funzionato male, finora ...

<< N. sul porre nell' urna a polle //
dalle viscosita' silenti d' inane baldacchino // ... >>

2151 - a voting machine (to explain precisely). Jan 15, 2008.

https://inkpi.blogspot.com/2008/01/2151-voting-machine-to-explain.html

venerdì 5 aprile 2019

# acad: oops! the scientific world is abuzz ... scientists first and foremost should "embrace uncertainty" and "be thoughtful, open and modest." ...

<< The scientific world is abuzz following recommendations by two of the most prestigious scholarly journals – The American Statistician and Nature – that the term "statistical significance" be retired. In their introduction to the special issue of The American Statistician on the topic, the journal’s editors urge "moving to a world beyond 'p<0.05,'" the famous 5 percent threshold for determining whether a study’s result is statistically significant.  (..) scientists first and foremost should "embrace uncertainty" and "be thoughtful, open and modest." >>

Valen E. Johnson.  Is it the end of 'statistical significance'? The battle to make science more uncertain. Texas A&M University. April 1, 2019.
 
http://theconversation.com/is-it-the-end-of-statistical-significance-the-battle-to-make-science-more-uncertain-114161  

Ronald L. Wasserstein, Allen L. Schirm,   Nicole A. Lazar. Moving to a World Beyond "p < 0.05". Am Statistician. Pages 1-19  Mar 20,  2019. doi: 10.1080/ 00031305.2019.1583913

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00031305.2019.1583913

Scientists rise up against statistical significance. Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland, Blake McShane and more than 800 signatories call for an end to hyped claims and the dismissal of possibly crucial effects. Nature. COMMENT. Mar 20, 2019.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00857-9  

giovedì 4 aprile 2019

# life ai: 'predictive attrition program' approach by Watson, IBM.

<< IBM artificial intelligence technology is now 95 percent accurate in predicting workers who are planning to leave their jobs, >>

<< AI suggests to each employee what they should be learning in order to get ahead in their career. >>

<< IBM HR has a patent for its "predictive attrition program" which was developed with Watson to predict employee flight risk and prescribe actions for managers to engage employees. >>

<< The best time to get to an employee is before they go,  (..)  I expect AI will change 100 percent of jobs in the next five to 10 years, >> IBM CEO Ginni Rometty.

Eric Rosenbaum. IBM artificial intelligence can predict with 95% accuracy which workers are about to quit their jobs. CNBC.com Apr 3, 2019.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/ibm-ai-can-predict-with-95-percent-accuracy-which-employees-will-quit.html

mercoledì 3 aprile 2019

# trade behav: a deep learning approach to extract sentiment information

AA << develop an innovative deep neural network (DNN) supervised learning approach to extracting insightful topic sentiments from analyst reports at the sentence level and incorporating this qualitative knowledge in asset pricing and portfolio construction. >>

AA << find that topics reflecting the subjective opinions of analysts have greater impact than topics of objective facts and justification of the quantitative measures. >>

Hitoshi Iwasaki, Ying Chen. Topic Sentiment Asset Pricing with DNN Supervised Learning. SSRN e-journal  (2018) doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3228485.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3228485

Sentiment analysis for portfolio management. National University of Singapore.  Apr 1, 2019.

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-04-sentiment-analysis-portfolio.html

martedì 2 aprile 2019

# age: apropos of flatworm regeneration

<< Unlike most multicellular animals, planarian flatworms can regrow all their body parts after they are removed. This makes them a good model for studying the phenomenon of tissue regeneration. They are also useful for exploring fundamental questions in developmental biology about what underlies large-scale anatomical patterning. >>

Electrical signals kick off flatworm regeneration. Cell Press. Mar 5, 2019.

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-03-electrical-flatworm-regeneration.html 

AA << propose a simple model of molecular-genetic mechanisms to explain how physiological events taking place immediately after injury regulate the spatial distribution of downstream gene expression and anatomy of regenerating planaria. >>

Fallon Durant, Johanna Bischof, et al.
The Role of Early Bioelectric Signals in the Regeneration of Planarian Anterior/Posterior Polarity. Biophysical Journal. Vol 116, Issue 5, P948-961, Mar 5, 2019  doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.01.029

https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(19)30065-7