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- smoke detectors had a 19.8 percent probability of failure while optical smoke detectors have a 3.99 percent failure rate. Skip Walker, [http://www ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- * The concept of "almost" impossible in probability. More generally, the concept of almost nowhere in measure theory. For instance: ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- In the model, intention affects the quantum probability that neurotransmitters will be released across a particular synapse in the brain. Eccles ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 17:05, 5 April 2024
- #039;s "ghost" particles to conserve probability. ... method of attempting to calculate the probability of failure of every individual ...54 KB (8,060 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- the evidence available today the balance of probability favors the view that..." (V. Gordon Childe, Man Makes Himself, 1936). ...16 KB (2,254 words) - 16:10, 15 October 2020
- analysis of financial markets, electronics, probability theory, statistics, biology, medical imaging (CAT scans and ultrasound), pharmacy, chemistry, ...19 KB (2,702 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- probably can allow only one or two low probability links. This finding would ... argue for a higher number of low probability links, given the size ...36 KB (5,492 words) - 06:15, 31 July 2023
- likely cladogram based on a specific probability model of changes. ... * Aldous, D. 1996. Probability distributions on cladograms. In D. ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 22:30, 10 December 2023
- the bosons which obey Bose-Einstein probability statistics, and the fermions ... Heisenberg who had debated quantum probability with Bohr and Einstein ...63 KB (8,940 words) - 05:00, 17 June 2023
- Statistik und Wahrheit. 1928.Probability, Statistics, and Truth ... *Ernest Nagel, Principles of the theory of probability, 1939, vol.1 n.6 ...34 KB (4,936 words) - 20:14, 3 May 2023
- simplify the emergence of traits to mathematical probability. A large portion of Mendel's findings can be traced to his choice to start his experiments ...16 KB (2,499 words) - 19:37, 5 January 2024
- equations and also including probability and statistics, intermediate coursework in mechanical engineering, computer science, and sometimes electrical ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 22:36, 5 February 2023
- * The Probability of the Speedy and Final Destruction of the Pope (1718) * Tetradymus (1720) (translated into English language|English in 1751) ...15 KB (2,286 words) - 07:58, 3 August 2022
- An Analogy is a relation of similarity between two or more things, so that an inference (reasoning from premise to conclusion) is drawn on the ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 18:56, 26 July 2023
- is used when people estimate the probability of an outcome based on ... according to the bystander effect, the probability of receiving help in an ...46 KB (6,640 words) - 21:45, 30 January 2023
- theory" that would assign a probability rating for a hypothesis on the basis of some body of evidence, stated as P(h,e), where the probability ...41 KB (6,380 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- pain in the brain has a sufficiently high probability of being fatal and that development of nociceptive tissue would therefore have little to no ...18 KB (2,786 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- not be used because they can increase the probability of developing Reye's syndrome. Antibiotics are ineffective since it is viral in nature ...16 KB (2,365 words) - 15:24, 10 December 2023
- proposed management team, which enhance the probability that the business will succeed. Business plans are also used internally by companies to ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 18:51, 22 November 2023
- There must be a high Probability of Success. Arms may not be used in a futile cause or in a case where disproportionate measures are required ...18 KB (2,937 words) - 06:46, 28 February 2023
- 150px|In the quantum view, an atom is a quantum probability wave with the particles jittering about in it over time.]] Schrödinger's enduring ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 21:27, 20 March 2024
- of Communication." In it, he applied probability theory to the problem of how to best encode the information a sender wants to transmit. This ...20 KB (2,897 words) - 02:35, 8 January 2024
- of metal significantly decreases the probability that planets will have ... impacts ought to be rare, reducing the probability of other Earth-Moon type ...54 KB (8,172 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- #039;s rhetoric begins from argumentation. Probability and circumstance are thus central, and invention – the appeal to topics or loci – supersedes ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 20:24, 14 December 2023
- cooperates anyway, with a small probability (around 1 - 5 percent). This allows for occasional recovery from getting trapped in a cycle of defections ...41 KB (6,536 words) - 23:01, 30 November 2022
- it was improbable and had no moral. As for the probability--to be sure that might admit some question--but I told her that in my judgment the poem had ...18 KB (2,959 words) - 15:42, 30 April 2023
- engage in sexual activity, there is a high probability that you will not contract HIV/AIDS. "B" means Be faithful—if you do engage in sex ...18 KB (2,666 words) - 23:11, 24 March 2024
- to the floor (benthic zone). While the probability of encountering food, ... the only one that can be ruled out with high probability. ...38 KB (5,754 words) - 16:47, 2 May 2023
- none of which reaches the level even of probability. Into all activities which involve the co-operation of man and machine two elements enter ...20 KB (3,000 words) - 11:18, 28 September 2023
- roles can add proximity fusing to increase the probability of a kill by having the warhead detonate nearby the target without having to make contact. ...18 KB (2,918 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- The probability distribution of particles by velocity or energy is given by the Boltzmann distribution. The ideal gas law is an extension of experimentally ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- Jaina Dialectic of Syadvad in Relation to Probability (I).] Retrieved August 9, 2008. The Sanskrit etymological root of the term Syād is "perhaps ...19 KB (2,999 words) - 00:56, 21 April 2023
- December 16. While the known facts support the probability that December 16, 1770 was Beethoven's date of birth, this cannot be stated with certainty ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 17:30, 20 December 2022
- and counseled on the consequences, the probability it will be inherited, and how to avoid or ameliorate it in their offspring. As noted above ...21 KB (3,045 words) - 17:02, 18 September 2020
- the Sejm (Commonwealth parliament), which in all probability marked the beginning of the decline of the Commonwealth and the end of Poland as a great ...20 KB (2,908 words) - 15:22, 7 October 2022
- but easy to compute. Klayman and Ha used Bayesian probability and information theory as their standard of hypothesis-testing, rather than the falsificationism ...53 KB (7,755 words) - 16:46, 10 May 2023
- to the French ministry for health, the probability of transmission per act ... The argument about the exact probability of HIV transmission per act ...36 KB (5,435 words) - 19:47, 16 October 2020
- may not be closed controlled, a visual comfort probability can be calculated for a given set of lighting fixtures. ===Types=== Lighting is classified ...20 KB (3,109 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- A rough illustration of the difference is that while the probability of two classical coins coming up the same is 50 percent, for two fermion ...20 KB (2,926 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- date the prediction has a slightly increased probability in the southern parts of Germany not affected by the jet stream.Penguin's Berlin Guide ...21 KB (3,219 words) - 06:16, 25 February 2023
- Worlds (1854), in which he argued against the probability of planetary life; the essay, Of a Liberal Education in General, with particular reference ...22 KB (3,347 words) - 20:45, 13 May 2023
- dogmatic quantum theory, which is grounded in probability and uncertainty and accords a place of central importance to human consciousness in determining ...22 KB (3,110 words) - 02:36, 21 April 2023
- effect of scent secretions, and reducing the probability of each individual of being eaten (Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007). ==Endangered status== ...21 KB (3,059 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- Mathematical Physics and Theory of Probability, and Celestial Mechanics ... Some of these arguments involved probability, and Poincare noted that ...40 KB (5,908 words) - 07:01, 22 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Paranormal The term parapsychology refers to the scientific study of certain ...23 KB (3,205 words) - 11:26, 11 March 2023
- to small children also conceded some probability of actually having sex with a child if they could avoid detection and punishment (Briere and ...22 KB (3,151 words) - 07:11, 23 November 2022
- "If Marshall were merely stupid, the laws of probability would dictate that part of his decisions would serve this country's interest." ...21 KB (3,077 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- reliance. Recent research has increased the probability of finding frozen water in deep craters on the moon's south pole, and found that certain ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- Mazama in Oregon, but this is of much lower probability. The United States Geological Survey considers Shasta a dormant volcano which will erupt ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- saying, "Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- days of the eleventh month, which in all probability commemorated the date of Amenhotep's accession to the throne. Further light is shed ...23 KB (3,603 words) - 02:51, 24 July 2023
- do not exist, but are rather examples of low probability events that are bound to happen by chance from time to time. Others have suggested that ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- in previously unexplored strata has a high probability of revealing fossil remnants of hitherto unseen species—a matter of substantial importance ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 14:39, 31 December 2022
- wars and intermediate regimes the most. The probability for a civil war is also increased by political change, regardless whether toward greater democracy ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- from the offense is outweighed by the cost (and probability) of the punishment. Deterrence is a common reason given for why someone should be ...23 KB (3,563 words) - 18:12, 14 April 2023
- tails; a fair coin is defined to have the probability of heads of exactly 0.5. However, coins can be falsified to make one side weigh more than ...23 KB (3,753 words) - 22:27, 7 January 2024
- This probability hinges on whether he was the recipient of a surviving letter to a Marcellinus from a contemporary, Libanius. Matthews, (1989), 8. ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- further material that surely or with some probability comes from al-Khwārizmī. The Istanbul manuscript contains a paper on sundials, which is mentioned ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:58, 10 November 2022
- Popper had noted, and Lakatos agreed, that the probability of any theory based on evidence for it is zero, because there are an infinite number ...72 KB (11,042 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- authors to conclude that there was a substantial probability that some of the inmates were aware and suffered extreme pain and distress during execution. ...26 KB (3,901 words) - 23:34, 21 October 2023
- thing to do is to send a telegram with probability 1/20. A similar game, referred to as a "Luring Lottery," was actually played by the ...24 KB (3,799 words) - 15:21, 29 January 2024
- The argument then posits that the probability of all the substructures ... (1989). Paulos calculates that the probability of a particular hand in ...81 KB (12,883 words) - 08:12, 24 January 2023
- cost of quitting one's job and lowers the probability of finding a new source of livelihood. ===Economic benefits of unemployment=== ...30 KB (4,434 words) - 02:16, 18 April 2023
- Sacco and Vanzetti Evidence. (Wiley Series in Probability & Mathematical Statistics: Applied Probability & Statistics), 1996. ISBN 9780471141822 ...47 KB (7,315 words) - 18:33, 22 December 2022
- but of satanic intelligence, she was in all probability entirely ignorant. Through the subtlety of the serpent, she was beguiled. And "when ...25 KB (4,265 words) - 03:27, 23 December 2022
- would decide. The last two theories have equal probability. === Inverted letters === In nine passages of the Bible are found signs usually called ...26 KB (4,162 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- " Various factors affect the probability of lightning strikes at any given location. Therefore, although lightning does occur frequently ...51 KB (7,568 words) - 08:38, 8 March 2023
- theories, of varying degrees of probability, but no solid evidence. Since we have only written documents on which to base our conclusions, and ...25 KB (3,850 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- accomplish with his universal probability bound. The total number ... In practice, however, the universal probability bound is not always ...70 KB (10,563 words) - 12:54, 7 February 2023
- . The hazard-specific risk combines both the probability and the level of impact of a specific hazard. It is said that the hazard in accordance with ...28 KB (4,048 words) - 15:27, 29 January 2024
- between 1627 and 1600 B.C.E., with a 95 percent probability of accuracy, after researchers analyzed material from an olive tree that was found buried ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- warning President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the probability that the Nazis were planning to build an atomic bomb. Because of Hitler's September 1 ...25 KB (3,781 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- "In all probability you will find me on the North side of Dan River. I must repeat it, the present moment is big with the most important ...24 KB (3,805 words) - 01:32, 11 November 2022
- railway was well built and well used, and in all probability would have been a long-term feature of Sammarinese public transport, but it was almost completely ...26 KB (3,871 words) - 01:19, 21 April 2023
- meiosis with two chromosomes); however, this probability declines markedly with chromosome number and so the actual composition of a hybrid will be increasingly ...30 KB (4,469 words) - 21:31, 9 February 2024
- ! Probability and trigger ! Degree and distribution of danger ! Recommended action in back country |- ! style="color: #0D0" | Low (green) ...28 KB (4,333 words) - 07:09, 23 August 2023
- exposure to technology increases the probability of developing favorable attitudes towards new shopping channels. Online shoppers are most likely ...28 KB (4,204 words) - 00:40, 18 November 2022
- in the United States and Europe, in all probability the recurrent world economic crises of the early twenty-first century could have been reduced ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 01:03, 27 July 2023
- from: tradition [that] was initiated in all probability on the Isle of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons, although our knowledge of it comes substantially ...27 KB (4,434 words) - 16:58, 21 January 2024
- * In general, the probability that an organism becomes fossilized ... populations are likely to be small, the probability of fossilization is lower ...79 KB (11,963 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- him into captivity, and consequently, in all probability death. Wishart persuaded him against this course however, saying: Nay, return to your ...27 KB (4,483 words) - 14:37, 18 August 2023
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange, (January 25, 1736 – April 10, 1813) was an Italian who made major contributions to mathematics and physics. One of the ...29 KB (4,634 words) - 07:15, 10 August 2022
- * Philosophy of probability * Proof theory * Rule of inference * Science studies * Scientific method * Set theory * Truth * The Unreasonable Effectiveness ...31 KB (4,571 words) - 04:15, 24 November 2022
- out of a desire to learn more about the probability that two randomly selected people would know each other.Jeffrey Travers and Stanley Milgram ...34 KB (5,093 words) - 15:49, 27 April 2023
- dated to 150 – 100 b.c.e.. has confirmed the probability that Archimedes possessed and constructed such devices. Pappus of Alexandria writes that Archimedes ...30 KB (4,881 words) - 06:19, 12 August 2023
- There is much greater probability of DNA damage by UV radiation at various wavelengths. Fortunately, where DNA is easily damaged, such as by ...30 KB (4,607 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- which he did not conceal, that in all probability he was going to his death.” He assembled testimonies to prove to the council that he held ...28 KB (4,685 words) - 08:56, 1 April 2024
- support for John Maynard Keynes to work on probability theory. Pigou and Keynes had great affection and mutual regard for each other and their intellectual ...32 KB (5,006 words) - 11:09, 16 August 2023
- logical content is inversely proportional to probability), Popper went on to develop his important notion of verisimilitude. In words, the intuitive ...33 KB (4,906 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- focused on the psychology of prediction and probability judgment. Later, Tversky and Kahneman originated prospect theory to explain irrational human ...34 KB (4,820 words) - 19:36, 5 March 2024
- derived from Old Norse, and was in all probability the name of a large farm at the site of the first settlements in Bjørvika. During the Middle ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
- year reinvestigation where he showed a strong probability of deception on questions regarding relationships with a foreign intelligence unit. This ...34 KB (5,091 words) - 00:19, 12 April 2023
- salon in Paris some decades earlier. In all probability, however, Satie hadn't seen or heard any of this music when he was composing his own piano ...29 KB (4,725 words) - 19:27, 13 February 2024
- evidence has yet come to light, there is every probability that the charge was well founded. No doubt Cesare, who contemplated quitting the Church, was ...30 KB (4,978 words) - 14:44, 18 July 2023
- not as an account that contained truth or even probability. This was apparently written to soften any religious backlash against the book. ...33 KB (5,163 words) - 02:58, 8 January 2024
- in the donor-recipient system, the greater the probability of complete socio-political disaster (and thus negation of any potential benefit of the development ...34 KB (5,026 words) - 10:14, 29 January 2024
- The reaction cross section σ is a measure of the probability of a fusion reaction as a function of the relative velocity of the two reactant ...39 KB (6,029 words) - 23:53, 16 November 2022
- It involves a quantum level effect on the probability that neurotransmitters will be released across some of the brain's trillions of synapses. ...35 KB (5,274 words) - 18:47, 9 November 2022
- with the emperor of Japan, who alerted him of the probability of war with Russia. Taft negotiated the Taft-Katsura Agreement, a secret diplomatic ...32 KB (4,775 words) - 11:00, 9 May 2023
- of nicotine dependence, as well as a higher probability of divorce, spousal abuse, and poor job performance have all been associated with binge drinking. ...37 KB (5,241 words) - 17:51, 31 October 2023
