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Multilevel dynamics of the brain, hormones, mind, and behavior in social human-robot interaction
Abstract INTRODUCTION RESULTS DISCUSSION MATERIALS AND METHODS Acknowledgments Supplementary Materials REFERENCES AND NOTES Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract As robots enter homes, workplaces, and health care settings, sustaining trust during social interaction becomes a central challenge for human-robot interaction.
Ultra-wideband radar to measure in vivo muscle forces
Abstract Supplementary Materials REFERENCES AND NOTES Information & Authors Metrics & Citations Check Access References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Accurate measures of muscle forces are critical for engineers, clinicians, and biomechanists, yet direct measurement is highly invasive, and current estimation methods remain limited in accuracy.
Advances, challenges, and opportunities for legged robots
Abstract REFERENCES AND NOTES Information & Authors Metrics & Citations Check Access References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Humanoid and quadrupedal robots have the potential to revolutionize the way we work, interact, and coexist with intelligent machines. To understand their effects on society and how they can enable scientific discovery, we assess the current capabilities of these systems along hardware, locomotion, autonomy, data, and applications.
Toward measurement of muscle forces during movement
Abstract REFERENCES AND NOTES Information & Authors Metrics & Citations Check Access References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Ultra-wideband radar identifies components of a muscle’s contractile state to estimate muscle force. Related Research Article Ultra-wideband radar to measure in vivo muscle forces Science Robotics29 Jul 2026 Access the full article View all access options to continue reading this article. CHECK ACCESS REFERENCES AND NOTES 1 W. E. Garrett Jr., Muscle strain injuries.
Bioinspired multimodal robotics
Abstract REFERENCES AND NOTES Information & Authors Metrics & Citations Check Access References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract To survive in dynamic and unstructured environments, animals have developed extraordinary multimodal locomotion capabilities. This biological insight drives the innovation of bioinspired multimodal robots, which are defined as robotic systems integrating and transitioning between two or more distinct modes of bioinspired locomotion.
Splatoon: 10 years of Nintendo’s joyous, messy squid game
Nintendo can often seem a company led by contradictions. For every fresh trail the Kyoto giant blazes, there’s an example of them being stubbornly stuck in the past. 2015 was the age of the Wii U, their ambitious but flawed follow-up to the mega-successful Wii.
Finest hours: Martha Vickers in The Big Sleep
On what would have been her 100th birthday, we remember model-turned-actress Martha Vickers and her scene-stealing performance – playing younger sister to Lauren Bacall – as the flirtatious Carmen Sternwood. 28 May 2025 “You’re not very tall, are you?” In the opening scene of 1946 noir classic The Big Sleep, Carmen Sternwood makes quite the impression. After disparaging the height of private detective Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart), the two trade more flirtatious words.
Marcel Ophuls obituary: veteran documentary-maker behind the monumental The Sorrow and the Pity
To make a film that demolishes a national myth, radically shifting that nation’s view of itself away from glory and towards shame, takes a director of extraordinary courage and ruthless determination. Marcel Ophuls, who has died age 97, achieved that with his documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), which told a history of France under Nazi rule that remains controversial to this day.
28mm: the forgotten home movie gauge
As part of the BFI’s Film on Film season, BFI National Archive Curator Rosie Taylor and I will be presenting an event about a film format very few people have even heard of: 28mm. Most people know about Kodak’s 16mm gauge, brought out in 1923, and a few know about Pathé’s 9.5mm, brought out the year before. But a decade earlier was a truly pioneering film gauge, designed to take films out of cinemas and into schools, churches and even homes.
US Tax Withholding Considerations for LP Secondary Transactions | PE-Magazin
Introduction When a non-US person sells an interest in an entity that is treated as a partnership for US tax purposes, such as a private investment fund, the buyer may be required to withhold and remit to the US Internal Revenue Service a portion of the purchase price, unless the buyer receives from either the seller or the partnership a certification that no withholding is required by reason of an exemption.
Federal Government Cracks Down on Racial Discrimination
Following the inauguration of President Trump, the federal government has been taking actions to end race-based discrimination, including steps taken under the label of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI). As a result, many long-standing Cornell practices are being challenged under a threat of losing all federal funding.
Evaluating the Compatibility of Three Aluminum Salt-Adjuvanted Recombinant Protein Antigens (Trivalent NRRV) Combined with a Mock Trivalent Sabin-IPV Vaccine: Analytical and Formulation Challenges
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US Entity Classification Considerations for Non-US Investment Funds | PE-Magazin
Overview of Check-the-Box Rules Under US federal income tax law, an entity is classified as either a corporation (opaque), a partnership (transparent), a disregarded entity (transparent) or a trust. A non-US entity’s default classification for US tax purposes will depend on whether the entity is a “per se” corporation versus an “eligible entity” and, in the case of an eligible entity, whether at least of the entity’s owners has unlimited liability under local law.
If Plants Could Think: The Science of Plant Intelligence — Evolve + Ascend
These ideas struck a cord with popular consciousness way back in the 1970s, when New Age ideas were just starting to get popular. A little book called The Secret Life of Plants, by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, was published 1973. There are many interesting vignettes in the book, from actual science experiments to more metaphysical musings.
YA Global Investments, LP V. Commissioner: Tax Court Rules That Fund Was Engaged In U.S. Trade Or Business - Tax Authorities - United States
In a widely anticipated opinion,1 on November 15, 2023 the U.S. Tax Court ruled that a fund was engaged in a U.S. trade or business through the activities of its investment manager, and that the fund was also a "dealer in securities" subject to the mark-to-market accounting rules of Section 475.2 Because the facts of the case are unusual, we do not anticipate that the opinion should materially impact current market practices of most private funds, including credit funds.
Another Fund Manager Sues IRS Over Application of “Limited Partner” Exception to Self-Employment Taxes | JD Supra
On August 11, 2023, Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund manager Point72 Asset Management (“Point72”) filed a petition with the Tax Court contesting the IRS’s position that its owner, billionaire and New York Mets team owner Steve Cohen, cannot claim the “limited partner” exception to exclude US$344 million in partnership income from self-employment tax.1 Point72 is not alone.
Another Fund Manager Sues IRS Over Application Of
On August 11, 2023, Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund manager Point72 Asset Management ("Point72") filed a petition with the Tax Court contesting the IRS's position that its owner, billionaire and New York Mets team owner Steve Cohen, cannot claim the "limited partner" exception to exclude US$344 million in partnership income from self-employment tax.1 Point72 is not alone.
Another Fund Manager Sues IRS Over Application of “Limited Partner” Exception to Self-Employment Taxes
Thursday, September 7, 2023 On August 11, 2023, Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund manager Point72 Asset Management (“Point72”) filed a petition with the Tax Court contesting the IRS’s position that its owner, billionaire and New York Mets team owner Steve Cohen, cannot claim the “limited partner” exception to exclude US$344 million in partnership income from self-employment tax.1 Point72 is not alone.
Tax Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | JD Supra
On August 7, 2022, the Senate passed a major climate, health and tax bill through the budget reconciliation process. The bill, named the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, is expected to be taken up by the House of Representatives later this week. The bill includes a couple of significant tax changes, though notably not the carried interest proposal that was included in the bill as initially proposed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
Carried Interest Changes in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | JD Supra
On July 27, 2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) released preliminary details of a bill, named the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, to address climate change, taxes, health care and inflation. The bill reintroduces a carried interest proposal unchanged from what was originally included in the Build Back Better Act introduced by the House Ways and Means Committee on September 13, 2021.
Protein Engineering and HDX Identify Structural Regions of G-CSF Critical to Its Stability and Aggregation
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La vida secreta de las plantas
La vida secreta de las plantas Sinopsis Las plantas son seres vivos maravillosos. Son las únicas criaturas que, en medio del silencio, producen su propio alimento y, sin duda, constituyen la mayor fuente de riqueza de nuestro planeta: incluso el carbón y el petróleo fueron vida vegetal en el pasado.
a Pleomorphic, Ultra-microsopic Subcellular Living and Reproducing Entity
The Somatid An Ultra-microsopic Subcellular Living and Reproducing Entity !!! Which can prediagnose degenerative diseases by up to eighteen months !!! Foreword Preface Chap 1 Chap 2 Chap 3 15 Selected Quotes Chap 16 Chap 17 Chap 18 Appendixes The Persecution and Trial of Gaston Naessens By Christopher Bird Coauthor of the International Bestselling "The Secret Life of Plants" and "Secrets of the Soil" The True Story of the Efforts to Suppress an Alternative Treatment for Cancer, AIDS,...
Diagnostic accuracy of urine dipsticks to detect CSF leak in children presenting with traumatic brain injury
Report By: Arun Jeyakumar and Chris Bird - CT3 Emergency Medicine and Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine Institution: Emergency Department, Birmingham Children's Hospital Date Submitted: 14th October 2019 Last Modified: 14th October 2019 Status: Red (incomplete) Three Part Question In [children presenting to the Emergency Department with traumatic brain injury], how [reliable is a urine dipstick] at [diagnosing a CSF leak]?
Exit Planning: Family Offices Need Solid Foundations | JD Supra
Private foundations can be attractive investment partners, but deals need to be structured with the exit in mind to avoid some tricky tax issues. Family office investment vehicles typically have a diverse pool of investors, both entities and individuals, each with their own unique attributes. Pooling these investors into a common investment vehicle takes advance planning for the exit, especially if private foundations are among the investors. Private foundations are generally exempt from U.S. tax.
May 15 Deadline Approaching for New Excise Tax Triggered Even When Tax-Exempt Organizations Pay No Compensation | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
How Biodynamic Farming Could Change Medicine
One morning at the Live Oak Farmers Market, Carin Fortin looks me in the bleary, coffee-sipping eyes and says, “Good things take time.” Her eyes are a leveling gray blue; a lifeline, if you need it, to an oasis of calm. And like any village herbalist worth her salt (and that’s what I’ve come to think of her as), her slips of wisdom can always be traced back to a garden somewhere.
All the Luxury Wellness Tips from the Queen of Luxury Wellness
Mariah K. Lyons is the healer and designer behind the luxury wellness footwear company, ASTARA. She is a former professional dancer who transitioned into being a fashion publicist at Jimmy Choo, but soon discovered the chronic stress and exposure to electromagnetic radiation in the office was triggering her autoimmune illness.
What HR can do about a post-truth workplace
What HR can do about a post-truth workplace Thomas Calvard and Christopher Bird, November 16, 2018 With concerns growing over the rise of ‘fake news’ and a ‘post-truth’ culture, HR faces both a challenge and an opportunity Most organisations profess to be concerned with producing valuable knowledge for their various stakeholders.
Development of Stabilizing Formulations of a Trivalent Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine in a Dried State for Delivery in the NanopatchTM Microprojection Array
Publication HistoryPublished online: February 05, 2018Accepted: January 26, 2018; Received in revised form: January 22, 2018; Received: October 20, 2017;
How we uncovered the feeding habits of sharks, thanks to plankton 'post codes'
Across the globe, sharks have been hit hard by fishing and habitat destruction, which has led to declines in many populations. Marine conservation efforts are increasingly focused on managing particular regions to prevent certain kinds of fishing, or to restore a certain habitat, within their boundaries – things like marine protected areas. So knowing how sharks move around the ocean and use different regions to eat, mate or give birth is particularly important.
How we uncovered the feeding habits of sharks, thanks to plankton 'post codes'
Across the globe, sharks have been hit hard by fishing and habitat destruction, which has led to declines in many populations. Marine conservation efforts are increasingly focused on managing particular regions to prevent certain kinds of fishing, or to restore a certain habitat, within their boundaries – things like marine protected areas. So knowing how sharks move around the ocean and use different regions to eat, mate or give birth is particularly important.
Global feeding habits of sharks revealed using stable carbon isotopes
The paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution is here: http://go.nature.com/2rjynZQ Sharks are commonly perceived as man-eating monsters, driven by an insatiable hunger for other animals; an image that is regularly enforced in the media. As we learn more about these fascinating and misunderstood animals, we are realising that this picture is far from the truth. These animals are complex and have other things on the menu than just humans.
A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks
Sharks are a diverse group of mobile predators that forage across varied spatial scales and have the potential to influence food web dynamics. The ecological consequences of recent declines in shark biomass may extend across broader geographic ranges if shark taxa display common behavioural traits.
Knowledge sharing about deep-sea ecosystems to inform conservation and research decisions
The Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (MNM) currently extends policy-based protection to deep-sea ecosystems contained within it, but managers require better understanding of the current knowledge and knowledge gaps about these ecosystems to guide decision-making.
The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe): A new repository for field and sampling event metadata associated with genetic samples
The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe, http://www.geome-db.org/) is an open access repository for geographic and ecological metadata associated with biosamples and genetic data. Whereas public databases have served as vital repositories for nucleotide sequences, they do not accession all the metadata required for ecological or evolutionary analyses. GeOMe fills this need, providing a user-friendly, web-based interface for both data contributors and data recipients.
Rex Murphy Doesn't Understand Transit Planning, or Economics, or Why We All Must Die One Day
Rex Murphy uses lots of multi-syllabic words. But it doesn't mean the arguments make sense. Rex Murphy is one of the modern Great Old Men of Canadian journalism, which is all the evidence one really needs to realize most Canadian journalism is bad. There simply is not a journalism industry worth a damn that would continue to employ Rex Murphy given his rampant shilling for the Canadian oil industry—setting aside the fact that Murphy is not a particularly good or insightful writer.
2016 Hero: The Weeknd | NoIndex | Torontoist
Nominated for: reaching new heights while staying grounded. Torontoist is reflecting on 2016 by naming our Heroes and Villains—the people, places, things, and ideas that have had the most positive and negative impacts on the city over the past 12 months. Cast your ballot until 11:59 p.m. on January 5. At noon on January 6, we’ll reveal your choices for Toronto’s Superhero and Supervillain of the year.
2016 Villain: John Tory
Nominated for: failing to provide the serious leadership Toronto needs. Torontoist is reflecting on 2016 by naming our Heroes and Villains—the people, places, things, and ideas that have had the most positive and negative impacts on the city over the past 12 months. Cast your ballot until 11:59 p.m. on January 5. At noon on January 6, we’ll reveal your choices for Toronto’s Superhero and Supervillain of the year.
Ford Nation Isn't A Good Book, But It's Still Important | politics | Torontoist
Doug Ford has taken to malls for book signings, and to bolster his image. Let's not forget who he is. The inherent problem in reviewing Ford Nation, the new book by Doug Ford (and supposedly also Rob Ford, and definitely not a ghostwriter of any kind, no sir) is that it tells the significant events of the Ford family’s life almost entirely from Doug’s perspective.
The Financial Post and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad anti-Toronto Library Op-ed
Matthew Lau argues Toronto should close half its libraries. Here's why that's a stupid idea. Periodically, one gets the opportunity to see the pundit equivalent of a caterpillar emerge from its chrysalis, typing unsupported or simply wrong and factless drivel in the same way that a veteran of Toronto newsrooms would. The difference is that these caterpillar pundits are much younger, giving us the opportunity to see how your Margaret Wentes and Joe Warmingtons enter the pundit world.
Stop freaking out about sharks in British waters – let's welcome them
Summer seems to have finally arrived, and many people are enjoying the temporary warmth of the British coastlines. Unfortunately, this has been accompanied by a plethora of Jaws-inspired shark sightings and lurid newspaper articles. I’m here to tell you to ignore those headlines. Sharks in the British Isles are something to be cherished, not feared. Every year newspapers sensationalise shark sightings, taking every opportunity to sell more papers and have fleeting fame with viral articles.
The Toronto Sun's Christina Blizzard Is Wrong About Transit (Again)
Sometimes this means opining about Justin Trudeau, or discussing municipal politics, or begging Caroline Mulroney Lapham to run for the Tory leadership because apparently Mulroney is Justin Trudeau’s worst nightmare, or discussing Brexit, or gossiping about how Kate and Will are visiting Canada and also Justin Trudeau.
John Tory is Lying About the Scarborough Subway
We break the mayor's latest op-ed down, line by line. John Tory’s greatest power as a politician is his veneer of respectability and reasonableness. No matter how irresponsible a position Tory takes, he is masterful at presenting himself as someone who has considered all positions and chosen the most moderate and reasoned course.
A Look at Joe Warmington's Terrible, Shameless Hackery
June 9, 2016 at 1:30 pm news Raveena Aulakh's suicide was tragic. And Joe Warmington's sickening response only made the grieving process worse. By Christopher Bird Sure, Joe. You would have “helped.” Raveena Aulakh died by suicide on May 28. She was an award-winning environmental journalist whose excellent work on climate change impacts, endangered species and agricultural damages won her a National Newspaper Award. She was beloved in the Toronto Star newsroom and elsewhere.
An Honest Assessment of Rob Ford's Legacy
Rob Ford's impact on Toronto includes harm inflicted on some of the city's most marginalized residents, and a worsened political discourse. We shouldn't forget this. This legacy deserves to be understood and remembered. Rob Ford was the most important and impactful person to operate in Toronto politics for decades, and most of what he did was wrongheaded, ignorant, or both; at his worst he could be outright malicious.
A 23-foot-long shark the size of Jaws was spotted in Australia. Instead of cowering in fear, celebrate
It was, by any measure, a giant. On January 17, patrol helicopters off the coast of southern Australia reported seeing a great white shark “nearly as big as Jaws.” In fact, it was estimated to be up to 23ft long, only marginally smaller than the infamous movie killer — and it came to within just 100 metres of the shore. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the connotations with Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel sent the internet into its usual frenzied panic when such a “monster” is spotted.
23ft great white: The science behind that 'Jaws' sighting - and why it's cause for celebration
It was, by any measure, a giant. On January 17, patrol helicopters off the coast of southern Australia reported seeing a great white shark "nearly as big as Jaws". In fact, it was estimated to be up to 23ft long, only marginally smaller than the infamous movie killer – and it came to within just 100 metres of the shore. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the connotations with Peter Benchley's 1974 novel sent the internet into its usual frenzied panic when such a "monster" is spotted.
The science behind that 'Jaws' sighting
It was, by any measure, a giant. On January 17, patrol helicopters off the coast of southern Australia reported seeing a great white shark “nearly as big as Jaws”. In fact, it was estimated to be up to 23ft long, only marginally smaller than the infamous movie killer – and it came to within just 100 metres of the shore. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the connotations with Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel sent the internet into its usual frenzied panic when such a “monster” is spotted.
2015 Villain: SmartTrack
Nominated for: prioritizing political optics over the transit solutions we need. Torontoist is reflecting on 2015 by naming our Heroes and Villains—the people, places, things, and ideas that have had the most positive and negative impacts on the city over the past 12 months. Cast your ballot until midnight on January 7. At noon on January 8, we’ll reveal your choices for Toronto’s Superhero and Supervillain of the year.
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