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"2% per degree Celsius . . . the magic number for how worker productivity responds to warm/hot temperatures" - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Laquo; Uri Simonsohn is speaking at Columbia tomorrow (Mon). More studies on the economic effects of climate change. 8220;2% per degree Celsius . . . the magic number for how worker productivity responds to warm/hot temperatures”. On 17 September 2012, 9:29 am. Solomon Hsiang shares some bad news:. Persistently reduced labor productivity may be one of the largest economic impacts of anthropogenic climate change. . . . In my 2010 PNAS paper.

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The R&D Sketch: The seven secrets of highly successful PhD students

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This blog is about R&D in computer science and related fields. Its designed to be a good guide for juniors going into R&D, without getting into details of any particular field (e.g. machine learning). Blog posts will be related to writing papers, scholarships, the PhD experience, difference between scholar, governmental and industrial research.etc. Wednesday, April 27, 2011. The seven secrets of highly successful PhD students. 1 Keep in touch with your supervisors. 5 Treat PhD as a job. 6 Ask for help.

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brain + map + statistics: The connection between Linus Pauling and fMRI

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Research notes and fragments. Monday, October 7, 2013. The connection between Linus Pauling and fMRI. When I think of Linus Pauling. Pauling, in fact, had had a long interest in the properties of blood. In 1936 he published an important paper on the magnetic properties of hemoglobin. Pauling did not envision an application at the time but from the mid-1960s on much work was done on engineering MR field gradients. The connection between neural activity and the MR signal is roughly as follows:. 2) Brain ma...

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The R&D Sketch: January 2013

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This blog is about R&D in computer science and related fields. Its designed to be a good guide for juniors going into R&D, without getting into details of any particular field (e.g. machine learning). Blog posts will be related to writing papers, scholarships, the PhD experience, difference between scholar, governmental and industrial research.etc. Monday, January 21, 2013. Get a count-down timer. Set the timer to 25 minutes ( aka. Work on the task, with no interruptions until the pomodoro ends. Every ti...

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brain + map + statistics: The see-through brain

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Research notes and fragments. Tuesday, April 23, 2013. This is a link. To Nature which published the article. The accompanying set of video clips is compelling; in one frame, a single nerve projection is traced out among a tangle of other neurons. The technique will provide a boost for the field of connectomics; researchers who would otherwise have to reconstruct neural wiring from small piece-meal sections of brain will be able to view whole-brain connections in one glance. View my complete profile.

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Continuing thoughts on data retention | Investigating the Imponderable

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Some anthropology graduate students, trying to do something with our fieldnotes. January 13, 2013. Continuing thoughts on data retention. Sorry for the long absence. I fell into the final moments of my fieldwork at the same time I started re-reading all of my fieldnotes from two and a half years of chunks of fieldwork. Needless to say, I went looking for the forest and face-planted on a few trees in the meantime. Given my understanding of this important difference between indices and codes, I better unde...

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The R&D Sketch: June 2010

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This blog is about R&D in computer science and related fields. Its designed to be a good guide for juniors going into R&D, without getting into details of any particular field (e.g. machine learning). Blog posts will be related to writing papers, scholarships, the PhD experience, difference between scholar, governmental and industrial research.etc. Friday, June 4, 2010. Should I get a Ph.D? Here are some things to keep in mind when making this decision:. A PhD is not for everyone! A PhD requires a partic...

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Tube of Terror post-mortem | Ken's Techno Tidbits

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Ken's Techno Tidbits. Tube of Terror post-mortem. So in the end, we didn’t win. We did avoid hitting other vehicles, or crashing into a hay bale, or crashing into somebody (like a race volunteer), unlike a few other vehicles I could mention. And we looked good…. Turns out my near-death power slide on Nimrod during a test run caused the rear axle frame to bend, leading to toe-out (or toe-in? I can never remember). You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Feed You can leave a response.

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Kaweah Basin | Ken's Techno Tidbits

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Ken's Techno Tidbits. Kaweah Basin Hike 2015. July 20, 2015. To make things more interesting, we decided to do it as a trans-Sierra trip, crossing through remote Kaweah Basin and meeting up with friends in the Big Arroyo, before exiting via Mineral King. Since it’s a one-way, issue #1 was how to get there. I originally made plans to use the Eastern Sierra Transit. Speaking of the shuttle, we used Paul Fretheim of East Side Sierra Shuttle. The above photo is from the hiker’s trailhead, which is a bi...