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Visual population codes: Toward a common multivariate framework for cell reco…
Vision is a massively parallel computational process, in which the retinal image is transformed over a sequence of stages so as to emphasize behaviorally relevant information (such as object category and identity) and deemphasize other information (such as viewpoint and lighting). The processes behind vision operate by concurrent computation and message passing among neurons within a visual are…
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Children and pensions
An analysis of the effect of public pension schemes on a country's fertility rate and a proposal for policies to reform pension coverage in light of this.The rapidly aging populations of many developed countries--most notably Japan and member countries of the European Union--present obvious problems for the public pension plans of these countries. Not only will there be disproportionately fewer…
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Neurological foundations of cognitive neuroscience
"A Bradford book."A review of a broad range of neurobehavioral syndromes from both neurological and cognitive neuroscientific perspectives.Despite dramatic advances in neuroimaging techniques, patient-based analyses of brain disorders continue to offer important insights into the functioning of the normal brain. Bridging the gap between the work of neurologists studying clinical disorders and n…
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Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : Blackburn and the Story of T…
The story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and her groundbreaking research on telomeres and what it reveals about the resourceful optimism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.
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NGO diplomacy The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International…
Provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of NGOs on intergovernmental negotiations on the environment and identifying the factors that determine the degree of NGO influence, with case studies that apply the framework to negotiations on cl.
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Strategic bargaining and cooperation in greenhouse gas mitigations : An Integ…
A fresh approach to the economics of climate change that bridges integrated assessment modeling and game theoretic modeling.
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The really hard problem Meaning in a Material World
A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live a life that really matters-even as a finite material being living in a material world.
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Weather by the numbers : by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology
The history of the growth and professionalization of American meteorology and its transformation into a physics- and mathematics-based scientific discipline.
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3D shape : Its Unique Place in Visual Perception
A new account of how we perceive the 3D shapes of objects and how to design machines that can see shapes the way we do.
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Movies and the moral adventure of life
Films as life lessons, enlarging our sense of human possibilities.
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