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Tardos fingerprinting is better than we thought
, 2008 We review the fingerprinting scheme by Tardos and show that it has a much better performance than suggested by the proofs in Tardos' original paper. In particular, the length of the codewords can be significantly reduced. First we generalize the proofs
Celik, M. +3 more
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When can we do better than autarky? [PDF]
, 2012 This paper provides a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of nonautarkic contract in a risk sharing model with two-sided lack of commitment. Verifying the condition takes just one Guassian elimination of a matrix.
Tian, Guoqiang, Zhang, Yuzhe
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Better safe than sorry: Risky function exploitation through safe optimization [PDF]
, 2016 Exploration-exploitation of functions, that is learning and optimizing a mapping between inputs and expected outputs, is ubiquitous to many real world situations.
Bach, Dominik R. +4 more
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Even Better than the Real Thing [PDF]
, 2016 In an era where the youth were obsessed with an appearance of success and being hip, when Coke finally altered its New Coke brand identity to appeal to the youth, they still could not make the youth accept New Coke. In the end when Coke had the chance to
Moran, Nicholas
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Better than counting: Density profiles from force sampling
, 2018 Calculating one-body density profiles in equilibrium via particle-based simulation methods involves counting of events of particle occurrences at (histogram-resolved) space points.
Heras, Daniel de las, Schmidt, Matthias
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar +8 more
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Inoculation hesitancy: an exploration of challenges in scaling inoculation theory
Royal Society Open ScienceInoculation theory research offers a promising psychological ‘vaccination’ against misinformation. But are people willing to take it? Expanding on the inoculation metaphor, we introduce the concept of ‘inoculation hesitancy’ as a framework for exploring ...
Alexandra Johnson, Jens Koed Madsen
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Prevention is better than cure!
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 No abstract available.
Shan Naidoo
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The better human, the better than human: Limits of enhancement [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2012 Using the representations of science, fiction and science fiction, this article attempts to sketch out a certain line of development in the history of representation of the enhanced human.
Krstić Predrag
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis +9 more
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