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Healthcare Funding Trends in EU: A Quantitative Journey

November 7, 2024

Healthcare plays a huge role in Europe's economy. To understand and guess future funding, researchers use mathematical models. Three big ways to look at healthcare funding are: government spending on health as a chunk of GDP, as a slice of all government spending, and how much each person gets. This

politics

Abortion Votes: A Mixed Bag Across the U. S.

November 7, 2024

In Tuesday's election, voters faced a mix of abortion measures on their ballots. Advocates for abortion rights won in seven states but lost in three. This is the first time since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade that abortion opponents have successfully pushed ballot measures. Missouri saw

crime

Cracking the Code of Crime: Unveiling Hidden Patterns

November 7, 2024

Imagine trying to understand a complex puzzle by only looking at the pieces' colors. That's similar to how we've been categorizing crimes. We slap a single label on each crime, like "burglary" or "assault, " and call it a day. But crimes are way more intricate than that. They involve a mix of behavi

crime

Crime Recidivism: A Closer Look at Different Crime Types

November 7, 2024

Researchers have explored a unique approach to understand recidivism—the tendency of released prisoners to commit crimes again. They used a model called the trivariate Weibull survival model, which takes into account the competing risks of committing different types of crimes. This means they consid

entertainment

Fame and Friends: A Game of Connections

November 7, 2024

Imagine you're in a room filled with famous people. The goal? To get closer to those with more fame than you. This is the premise of a new game in network creation, called "celebrity games. " Each player, or "celebrity, " has a different level of fame, or "celebrity weight. " To win, you need to be

entertainment

Grab Tokyo Xanadu on Switch for a Deal!

November 7, 2024

Feeling the urge for an exciting action RPG at a discount? Look no further than Tokyo Xanadu eX+ on the Nintendo Switch. This game, dreamt up by Aksys Games and Falcom, the creators behind the acclaimed Ys and Trails series, is currently priced at just $40 on Amazon and Best Buy. Normally, it would

science

Prime Numbers: How They're Spread Out

November 7, 2024

Ever wondered how prime numbers—those numbers that only have two divisors, 1 and themselves—are scattered across the number line? This isn't just about counting them, but understanding how they appear. Picture a long road filled with numbers, and prime numbers are like the unique trees along this ro

technology

Unlocking Time Series: How LLMs Can Adapt

November 7, 2024

Have you ever considered using Large Language Models (LLMs) for time series (TS) tasks? Instead of training new models from scratch, you can fine-tune existing LLMs to handle TS data. This approach is known as TS-for-LLM. The challenge with TS data is its complexity and scarcity. To tackle this, a

technology

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: A Game Changer on Game Pass

November 7, 2024

Get ready, gamers! Microsoft is about to drop a new edition of its top-notch aviation simulator, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, onto Game Pass. This isn't just any update—it's a massive game changer. We're talking new career modes that let you explore different flight disciplines, challenge modes

health

How Many People Really Have Lyme Disease?

November 7, 2024

Scientists have come up with two ways to estimate how many people get Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis (LB). The first method looks at how many people have antibodies against the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, Borrelia, in their blood. They fix any mistakes in the tests that might say