Gerard Foster Dr. Hilary Kim Biomedical Research 617 February 15‚ 2016 Quantified Self Movement Gains Momentum Many of us have used the excuse‚ “Sorry I’m late‚ I lost track of time.” What if there were a device that could not only help you keep track of time‚ but also make you aware when you are losing time and why? As part of their senior class project at Cornell‚ recent graduates Brian Schiffer and Sima Mitra created a watch that measures our perception of time‚ as opposed to actual time
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PASSENGER ARRIVAL RATES AT PUBLIC TRANSPORT STATIONS Marco Luethi (corresponding author)‚ Ulrich Weidmann‚ Andrew Nash Institute for Transport Planning and Systems ETH Zurich Switzerland October 26‚ 2006 Telephone: +41 44 633-2415 Fax: +41 44 633-1057 E-Mail: luethi@ivt.baug.ethz.ch http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/oev/index_EN 4129 words + 7 figures + 2 tables = 6379 words ABSTRACT The amount of time spent waiting at a public transport station is a key element in a passenger’s assessment of service quality
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Designer Babies In the 21st century‚ genetics will dominate our food‚ our health‚ and our environment. Scientists are now talking about the latest taboo on the horizon‚ hand picking the genes of our children. The questions arise everywhere from society. Have we gone too far with the human genome project? Do we risk creating children as a medical commodity? Could it ultimately lead to parents demanding genetically-engineered offspring with good looks‚ intelligence‚ or athletic abilities? It is
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a) If Alice chooses not buy‚ best response of Caterpillar is to choose bad. And if Caterpillar chooses bad‚ best response of Alice is to choose not buy. Therefore‚ pure strategy Nash equilibria is bottom right corner. Not buy from Alice and bad from Caterpillar. b) No‚ there isn’t a trigger strategy that induces buy/good for 10 periods. If this was infinitely repeated interaction‚ δ would equal to 1/3‚ computed from trigger condition Equation. Using the same tools‚ we derive following
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Important Things To Know * Markup = P-MCP= -1price elasticity of demand * Market demand = firm’s demand for a monopoly ONLY * TR=aQ-bQ2 and MR=a-2bQ * Monopoly output is ALWAYS LESS than competitive output * Colluding leads to the ideal situation (illegal) * MC=WMPL * X=aa+b×MPx or Y=ba+b×MPy * Y = M/Py – (Px/Py)X * Isocost Line: C(Q)=wL+rK | Variation: K=TCr-wrL | Slope: -(w/r) * Isoquant Slope: -(MPL/MPK) | MPLMPK=aKbL=∆K∆L * Optimal cost-minimization:
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a divinity for help. Daniel Ogden lists an example of this where the sorcerer appeals to “Underworld Hermes” to bind his targets’ work opportunities and speech. By appealing to a god‚ the sorcerer asks for their aid in applying the curse to the target. In this way‚ the sorcerer lays the responsibility of fulfilling the curse with the god. Another formula method was to make analogies where the traits of something are applied to the target. An example of this from Ogden is in the form of a separation
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Ap U.S History George Washington is testable material Fair well address: He warned against foreign alliances‚ and political parties‚ and sectionalism‚ sectionalism is seen in the early 1800’s George Washington was the only one smart enough to foresee it. George Washington votes for the national bank‚ the affordable care act today is constitutional‚ George washington said so. John Adams: French revolution and Napolianic wars. Wouldn’t declare war on france because they had helped us get away
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to realize that they wanted to kill not only the Jews but anyone not like themselves did people start to act. But by then many people had already died (ABC-CLIO). Not only did Arthur Miller realize what the power of intimidation did‚ so did Maurice Ogden in the poem “The Hangman”. In the poem a hangman comes into town and kills all the towns people. No one stands up to him‚ and at the very end he tell the last person alive that he had served him best‚ then he hangs him. This shows that people will
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Projection in Box Senior Province‚ Utah‚ United States is a range of high ground 32 mi (51 km) west of Brigham City‚ Utah with 66 mi 106 km northwest of Salt Lake City. Ascending to a height of 4‚902 feet (1‚494 m) above ocean level‚ it deceives the Projection’s north Mountains and the Incomparable Salt Lake. It is striking as the area of Projection Summit where the First Cross-country Railroad in the United States was formally finished on May 10‚ 1869. By the late spring of 1868‚ Focal Pacific
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Process Assessment: • An inability to communicate‚ which takes its toll on interpersonal relationships and intimacy. Evidenced by Nash’s relationship with his wife and other people. • Nash exhibits many of the key symptoms of the disease: hallucinations (he has a roommates but he lives in a single dorm room) • Nash exhibits delusions (thinks he works for the government) • He has ideas of reference‚ poor social skills (mumbles‚ doesn’t talk much to strangers)‚ awkward gestures and facial expressions
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