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Nonlinear Sciences > Chaotic Dynamics
Reservoir computing has established itself as a computationally efficient alternative to fully trained recurrent neural networks using a fixed high-dimensional nonlinear substrate to map temporal input into a feature space for a simple readout.
Mapping Aboriginal Mental Health Journeys Through Psychiatric Care Systems
Mapping Aboriginal Mental Health Journeys Through Psychiatric Care Systems Supplement 1. eAppendix. Qualitative data analysis eTable 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants in quantitative and qualitative analyses eTable 2. Reporting of the mixed-methods study in relation to COREQ and GRAMMS criteria eTable 3. Quality appraisal tool for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies: evaluation of our study's criteria fulfillment eTable 4.
Minimising Stochastic Complexity with Ridge Regression
You are already at the latest version We derive a penalty strength criterion for ridge regression using stochastic complexity, which is a refined variant of the minimum description length principle. Since stochastic complexity doesn’t typically account for the effect of regularisation on complexity, despite its ability to simplify models, we are required to make a slight modification to the un- derlying coding scheme.
Bridging mathematical modeling and AI for 3D coordinate recognition of moving objects without external reference and attitude measurement
Abstract Early positioning concentrates on static natural geographic features, shifting focus to capturing dynamic objects with the emergence of geographic information systems and the growing demand for spatial data. However, previous methods typically rely on expensive devices or external calibration objects for attitude measurement.
NgRx Toolkit v21
NgRx Toolkit v21 The NgRx Toolkit originates as far back as when the SignalStore was not even marked stable. As the package was in its early stages, community requests for various functionality poured in. However, the NgRx team wanted to focus on core functionality that would be broadly usable and supported to their full standard. But they provided the tools for the community to make its own tools, the signalStoreFeature function.
European Credit’s Underappreciated Resilience
Contrary to popular belief, Europe today presents one of the most structurally sound credit environments among developed markets. As a firm, KKR has been actively investing across the region for over 25 years, building local expertise in private equity, real assets, and credit.
Negative Covenants: The Silent, but Mighty, Guard Rails of Credit
In today’s highly competitive lending environment, covenants have become a battleground in structuring credit agreements. Covenants can offer significant protections to creditors, yet many of these contractual stipulations have been either watered down or outright omitted in leveraged buyouts over the past decade as lenders compete with one another to win deals.
Making Sense of Jesus’ Difficult Teachings
Recently, Sheng-Ta Tsai published an article critiquing Progressive Christianity’s approach to the more difficult teachings of Christ. In his article, he presents several passages from the gospels that modern Christians tend to ignore. Sheng-Ta—a skeptic—and I—a conservative Christian—rarely see eye-to-eye on issues related to the Christian faith.
Can We 'Manifest' Things into Existence?
By Michael Small Scripture Prompt A closer look at Hebrews 11:1 Photo by Mitchell Hartley on Unsplash In 2009, Rhonda Byrne wrote the book The Secret, in which she proposed that people could bring things to pass by the three-step process of asking, believing, and receiving. She referred to this phenomenon as "the law of attraction." While her claim may sound like...
Network Spreading from Network Dimension
Continuous-state network spreading models provide critical numerical and analytic insights into transmission processes in epidemiology, rumor propagation, knowledge dissemination, and many other areas. Most of these models reflect only local features such as adjacency, degree, and transitivity, so can exhibit substantial error in the presence of global correlations typical of empirical networks.
Does the Cross Remove Our Shame?
Yes and no. I was recently with a group of Christians where one person expressed their difficulty in moving past the shame of their sin. We discussed whether feelings of shame were still appropriate for a person who had surrendered to Christ. Shame is an interesting phenomenon in the Christian life. We sing songs about Jesus taking away our shame.
Mapping clinical interactions in an Australian tertiary hospital emergency department for patients presenting with risk of suicide or self-harm: Network modeling from observational data
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: McCullough MH, Small M, Jayawardena B, Hood S (2024) Mapping clinical interactions in an Australian tertiary hospital emergency department for patients presenting with risk of suicide or self-harm: Network modeling from observational data. PLoS Med 21(1): e1004241. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004241 Academic Editor: Alexander C.
Why Is Revelation So Weird?
Why Is Revelation So Weird? During World War II, the US Marines needed an unbreakable code to prevent their enemies from understanding intercepted transmissions. To accomplish this task, the corps employed 29 members of the Navajo Nation. The Navajo had a language that had never been formally written. Using code talkers in this way helped ensure the safety of the military on the field. The book of Revelation works a bit like this.
Why Your Life Doesn’t Make Sense
In the movie The Matrix, Neo, the main character, is scouring the internet to discover clues about the matrix. He receives a message on his screen to “follow the white rabbit.” Neo meets a woman with a white rabbit tattoo, whom he follows to a rave where he meets another woman (Trinity) who introduces him to her mentor (Morpheus) who helps Neo make sense of things. You can watch a clip here.) Imagine this scene is a picture of your life. You are the girl with the rabbit tattoo.
Reservoir computing with higher-order interactive coupled pendulums
The reservoir computing approach utilizes a time series of measurements as input to a high-dimensional dynamical system known as a reservoir. However, the approach relies on sampling a random matrix to define its underlying reservoir layer, which leads to numerous hyperparameters that need to be optimized. Here, we propose a nonlocally coupled pendulum model with higher-order interactions as a novel reservoir, which requires no random underlying matrices and fewer hyperparameters.
December 20: The Virgin will Conceive
For nothing will be impossible with God - Luke 1:37 - Notice the difference between Mary’s response to the angel, “How will this be?” and Zechariah’s response “How shall I know this?” Mary believes Gabriel’s words, that she will have a child, but she doesn’t understand how it will happen since she is a virgin. Gabriel’s answer gives us a beautiful picture of how God became man.
The Time has Come
The Time has Come The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — Matthew 1:1— For nearly 400 years there had been no prophet among the Jew- ish people. There had been no new word of God. The Jews had returned to their homeland, but they were not truly free. Most of the known world was conquered by the Greeks and Greek became the common language. The Greeks were conquered by the Romans and the Jews ended up under Roman rule with a puppet king named Herod.
A Man of Sorrows Who Bears Our Sins
A Man of Sorrows Who Bears Our Sins But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5 - It is hard to believe that this passage about a suffering servant could be referring to the same “Prince of Peace” that Isaiah had described earlier in the book. This “Man of sorrows” is described as without form or beauty, despised and rejected.
Should We Seek To Be a Christian Nation?
Should We Seek To Be a Christian Nation? The campaigning for the 2024 election has begun, though I imagine I will be back in Africa by the time that voting actually comes around. It is hard to escape the discussion of politics in our culture, even in church settings. Some of the political rhetoric that I hear among Christians every election cycle is the notion of America being a “Christian nation” or at least the belief that it ought to be.
A Child is Born, A Son is Given
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. - Isaiah 9:6 - This passage in Isaiah gives one of the most extensive descriptions of the work of the Messiah in the Old Testament. It begins by explaining that the people who had walked in darkness will see a great light and the nation would be multiplied.
The Dumbest Magic Trick You’ve Ever Seen, This Sunday At Your Church
The Dumbest Magic Trick You’ve Ever Seen, This Sunday At Your Church Anyone who has been around a 5 year old for any amount of time knows the trick. A child will have something in their hands and ask you to close your eyes. Then they ask you to open them again. Suddenly, the item is gone. If it was candy it’s probably in their mouth. If it’s not candy, they might ask you to close your eyes again. You pretend to be amazed. Where did it go? They show you it was behind their back the whole time.
Is Christianity Really Just “The White Man’s Religion”?
I have recently seen a Facebook reel where a woman on a college campus made the accusation that Christianity was the religion of white nationalism. A black student spoke up and stated that Christianity was in Africa before it was in Europe. Of course, he was right.
Do All Religions Worship the Same God?
Do All Religions Worship the Same God? A couple of the trademarks of American culture are that we highly value equality and individuality. Many Americans resent the idea that someone is “not good enough” simply because of the religious views that they hold. Christian theology, in particular, can be seen as arrogant for holding that people can only have a relationship with God through their religion. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
How You’re Reading the Bible Wrong
In Acts 7, Stephen, one of the deacons in the church of Jerusalem, was killed by the Jewish religious leaders. He was killed because of the way he applied the Scriptures. Stephen had been brought before a council (likely the Sanhedrin) on trumped up charges. He began his defense by talking about how God had appeared to Abraham and promised the land of Canaan to his descendants. Stephen told the story of Joseph, who was betrayed by his brothers and eventually brought his family to Egypt.
The Lord Will Provide
In this passage God asks Abraham to do something unthinkable. He asks Abraham to come to a mountain to sacrifice His own son to God. God had already promised that he would make Abraham’s son Isaac a great nation. So this was really a test to see whether Abraham believed that God would keep his promise even when it seemed impossible. On the way to offer his son, Isaac asked where the lamb was for the offering. Abraham answered that the Lord would provide a lamb for Himself.
Does God Accept Us As We Are?
Our family has a husky-lab mixed breed we got in Ecuador while serving there. We love her except for one thing; she likes to roll in feces. When we brought her to my in-laws' home it became a bad combination. They lease their land to a cattle farmer. As you can guess, on the occasions that our dog escaped the house she would often return caked in manure. In case you're wondering, NO we didn't let our dog back in the house like that. Obviously, that would've been disgusting.
Why I'll Like Your Article Even If I Disagree
I write a lot about the Bible and theology so my articles can sometimes be divisive. It is not usually ever my intent to offend people, but simply claiming things like "the Bible is true" or "Jesus is alive" is going to get a negative reaction from some. I don't mind it at all I enjoy the interaction. I grew up with the idea that we should celebrate diversity and that platforms like these should be a marketplace of ideas.
3 Ways to Keep Your Audience Engaged
There are a number of factors that influence how Medium pays writers. However, the single most important variable is the percentage of readers who spend at least 30 seconds reading your post. This means there are two components that you need to consider before you publish your article; the hook and the flow. The hook is what attracts your reader to the article; the flow is what keeps them reading. The good news is, this is not complicated.
What Kat Von D's Critics Teach Us About the Church
For those who have not seen the viral video, tattoo artist, and former reality TV star Kat Von D posted her baptism on her Instagram account. Kat had previously moved from her high-profile life in Los Angeles to the town of Vevay, Indiana, and began attending a small Baptist Church. After posting the video of her baptism on her Instagram account, which she says she did to show that she was, "unashamed of her faith," she was met with thousands of responses.
How is Jesus both Fully God and God's Son?
"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High." (Luke 1:31-32, ESV) One of my favorite Christmas songs is, "What Child is this?" The first verse asks what manner of child would be greeted by angels and proclaimed to shepherds. One of the central teachings of the Christian faith is that Jesus is both fully God and the Son of God. But how can these things both be true?
Why Christians Must Accept the Whole Bible
I recently had a discussion with a friend who insisted that only the teachings of Jesus were authoritative for the church. The rationale, she claimed, was that the Old Testament was no longer binding and the writing of the apostles was unnecessary. Now, to be completely fair, this woman had walked away from the faith years before and is currently in a homosexual relationship.
Why Faith Stagnates
Relationships are rarely straight lines. I will have been married to my wife for 23 years in December. I can testify that two things are true; there is no person on earth that I love the way that I love her, and I love her more now than I did when we got married. But this doesn't mean that our marriage has always been easy or that it has been a continuous upward trajectory since we first met. Like all relationships, real life happens.
Searching for Key Cycles in a Complex Network
Abstract Searching for key nodes and edges in a network is a long-standing problem. Recently cycle structure in a network has received more attention. Is it possible to propose a ranking algorithm for cycle importance? We address the problem of identifying the key cycles of a network. First, we provide a more concrete definition of importance—in terms of Fiedler value (the second smallest Laplacian eigenvalue).
Three Likely Disruptors and Opportunities for Manufacturers in 2023 | JD Supra
Foley Forward: Trends 2023 The ever-resilient manufacturing sector has been bruised (and some might say battered) in recent years, through the pandemic, raw material shortages, increased labor costs, rising interest rates, and Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Correlation dimension in empirical networks
Abstract Network correlation dimension governs the distribution of network distance in terms of a power-law model and profoundly impacts both structural properties and dynamical processes. We develop new maximum likelihood methods which allow us robustly and objectively to identify network correlation dimension and a bounded interval of distances over which the model faithfully represents structure.
Spectral detection of condition-specific biological pathways in single-cell gene expression data
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Are We There Yet? | JD Supra
Let’s revisit how things are going on the EV school bus route and focus on a growing subject in EV mobility more broadly: V2G and V2X.1,5 How are things going? In a word, robustly. Public funding and private investment continue to accelerate with respect to marketplace introduction of both new EVs and plans for repowered school buses.2 What are V2G and V2X? V2G refers to vehicle-to-grid, whereby EVs are sources for energy and not just means of transport.
New EVs and Plans for Repowered School Buses
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Electrifying a Fleet Presents Opportunities for Local Grid Stability and Revenue for Fleet Owners | JD Supra
In our March 15 article, EV Buses: Arriving Now and Here to Stay, we discussed the opportunities being created when fleet operators shift powertrains from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicle engines (EV). With reduced maintenance costs, government subsidization, and vehicles predicted to operate more reliably than current fossil fuel consuming alternatives, the case for switching fleet operations from ICE to EV seems to sell itself, in theory.
Electrifying a Fleet Presents Opportunities for Local Grid Stability and Revenue for Fleet Owners
In our March 15 article, EV Buses: Arriving Now and Here to Stay, we discussed the opportunities being created when fleet operators shift powertrains from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicle engines (EV). With reduced maintenance costs, government subsidization, and vehicles predicted to operate more reliably than current fossil fuel consuming alternatives, the case for switching fleet operations from ICE to EV seems to sell itself, in theory.
EV Buses: Arriving Now And Here To Stay
United States: EV Buses: Arriving Now And Here To Stay 17 March 2022 by Michael J. Small and Samantha Ruppenthal Foley & Lardner Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
EV Buses: Arriving Now and Here to Stay | JD Supra
In the words of Miss Frizzle, “Okay bus—do your stuff!"1 A favorable regulatory environment, direct subsidy, private investment, and customer demand are driving an acceleration in electric vehicle (EV) bus adoption and the lane of busiest traffic is filling with school buses. The United States has over 480,000 school buses, but currently, less than one percent are EVs. Industry watchers expect that EV buses will eventually become the leading mode for student transportation.
EV Buses: Arriving Now and Here to Stay
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 In the words of Miss Frizzle, “Okay bus—do your stuff!"1 A favorable regulatory environment, direct subsidy, private investment, and customer demand are driving an acceleration in electric vehicle (EV) bus adoption and the lane of busiest traffic is filling with school buses.
Book Reviews
The Impact of the Muslim Brotherhood on the Changing Face of the Middle East: A Review of "Inside The Brotherhood" Few organizations have had an impact on the social and political aspects of the Middle East comparable to that of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood, an outgrowth of Egyptian politics, has...
COVID-19: Un-Lucky For the XFL | JD Supra
The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted sports and live entertainment around the world and triggered a surge of financial restructurings. While sale processes in bankruptcy court are usually an effective and efficient way to “rationalize assets,” sports business thrives at the intersection of reason and emotion. Enter the XFL, under its formal name, Alpha Entertainment LLC, to chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (No. 20-10940-LSS).
Super-spreaders and the rate of transmission of the SARS virus
Michael Small,a,⁎ C.K. Tse,a and David M. Walkerb Michael Small aDepartment of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong C.K. Tse aDepartment of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong David M.
Growing networks with communities: A distributive link model
Abstract Evolution and popularity are two keys of the Barabasi–Albert model, which generates a power law distribution of network degrees. Evolving network generation models are important as they offer an explanation of both how and why complex networks (and scale-free networks, in particular) are ubiquitous. We adopt the evolution principle and then propose a very simple and intuitive new model for network growth, which naturally evolves modular networks with multiple communities.
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