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Late emergence of pathological oscillatory activity in the retina of the Retinitis pigmentosa model RCS (Royal College of Surgeons) rat https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0324345

Late emergence of pathological oscillatory activity in the retina of the Retinitis pigmentosa model RCS (Royal College of Surgeons) rat
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a leading cause of blindness. The best studied models of human RP are the rd1 and rd10 mouse and the RCS rat (Royal College of Surgeons). In many models after degeneration of the photoreceptors, a pathological rhythmic activity of the retina as well as lowered efficiency of electrical stimulation were observed. In rd10 retina, both events were shown to be intimately linked. Surprisingly, to our knowledge no retinal oscillations have been reported in RCS retina. As o…

Doucement mais sûrement, fumer va devenir compliqué....
Merci aux fumeurs pour leurs efforts
L’interdiction de fumer dans les parcs, Š la plage et aux abords des écoles entre en vigueur dès dimanche
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L’interdiction de fumer dans les parcs, les plages et aux abords des écoles entre en vigueur dès dimanche
Le décret, paru samedi au Journal officiel, n’évoque pas de contravention en cas d’infraction mais prévoit un renforcement des sanctions pour la vente de tabac et de produits de vapotage aux mineurs.

"When are we preachers going to stop apologizing for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ? It’s my belief that bolder and truer messaging will draw people back to the congregations from which they have fled in droves over the last decades."
—Will Mebane ’06 M.Div. writing in the new issue of our Reflections journal, focused on: Is Christianity losing its religion?

The Paramount Risk in Settling Trump's Lawsuit: 'Bribery'? (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/paramount-donald-trump-lawsuit-cbs-fcc-first-amendment-23c10b02?st=by8dmA&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250626/p29#a250626p29

Object knowledge representation in the human visual cortex requires a connection with the language system https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003161 "Our experiments reveal the contribution of the vision-la…

Object knowledge representation in the human visual cortex requires a connection with the language system
This study shows that communication between the visual cortex and the brain language system is necessary for the representation of object knowledge in the visual cortex and for corresponding behaviors in humans. This highlights the significance of connections between sensory and language systems for object knowledge in the human brain.

"Out of pain and righteous anger I took apart the stained glass windows of my childhood faith. Over time I looked more closely at the glass shards at my feet and chose to reconstruct my faith life."
—Sandra L. Fischer ’12 M.Div. writing in the new issue of our journal, Reflections, which addresses whether Christianity is losing its religion.

Trump Considers Naming Next Fed Chair Early in Bid to Undermine Powell (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/trump-considers-naming-next-fed-chair-early-in-bid-to-undermine-powell-d3edcb9c?st=RsjPmE&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p141#a250625p141

Merci beaucoup @… (et @… ) pour ton article "Un logiciel libre est un produit et un projet"
Je l'ai trouvé excellent ! Je pense avoir bien compris le message que tu as essayé de faire passer et je suis en accord avec tes…

"Two final considerations include (1) the necessity of being both deliberate and strategic and (2) the importance of being flexible and even whimsical about your future."
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.…

Gavin Newsom Sipped Cabernet While Los Angeles Burned (City Journal)
https://www.city-journal.org/article/los-angeles-riots-california-governor-gavin-newsom-wine
http://www.memeorandum.com/250620/p50#a250620p50

We have translators who work on commission for the journal I edit (it's a bilingual publication - articles are in either English or French with abstracts and author bios for every article in both languages). The translators tend to be pretty good, most often only having trouble with technical terms (which is understandable - this happens when you're not a specialist). Still, on occasion, they manage to produce something spectacularly bad. No, the French for "He is" is not &…

Network evolution analysis: a usage-centric approach applied on cycling infrastructure
https://josis.org/index.php/josis/article/view/379

General-domain FC-based shock-dynamics solver I: Basic elements
Oscar P. Bruno, Daniel V. Leibovici
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16076 https://

General-domain FC-based shock-dynamics solver I: Basic elements
This contribution, Part I in a two-part article series, presents a general-domain version of the FC-SDNN (Fourier Continuation Shock-detecting Neural Network) spectral scheme for the numerical solution of nonlinear conservation laws, which is applicable under arbitrary boundary conditions and in general domains. Like the previous simple-domain contribution (Journal of Computational Physics X 15, (2022)), the present approach relies on the use of the Fourier Continuation method for accurate spec…

U.S. Officials Assess Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Sites (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-israel-us-latest-news?st=BWepAx&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p64#a250622p64

Movie idea: Under the mistaken belief that all costs were covered by a Read & Publish agreement, a researcher publishes an open access article in a journal. However, he then discovers that color figures aren’t covered, and now he owes the Cartel over 1600 Swiss francs. The chase is on as the Cartel is determined to get their hands on the money, no matter what.
#AcademicChatter…

Movie idea: Under the mistaken belief that all costs were covered by a Read & Publish agreement, a researcher publishes an open access article in a journal. However, he then discovers that color figures aren’t covered, and now he owes the Cartel over 1600 Swiss francs. The chase is on as the Cartel is determined to get their hands on the money, no matter what.
#AcademicChatter…

Movie idea: Under the mistaken belief that all costs were covered by a Read & Publish agreement, a researcher publishes an open access article in a journal. However, he then discovers that color figures aren’t covered, and now he owes the Cartel over 1600 Swiss francs. The chase is on as the Cartel is determined to get their hands on the money, no matter what.
#AcademicChatter…

Implicit and Explicit Research Quality Score Probabilities from ChatGPT
Mike Thelwall, Yunhan Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13525 https://

Implicit and Explicit Research Quality Score Probabilities from ChatGPT
The large language model (LLM) ChatGPT's quality scores for journal articles correlate more strongly with human judgements than some citation-based indicators in most fields. Averaging multiple ChatGPT scores improves the results, apparently leveraging its internal probability model. To leverage these probabilities, this article tests two novel strategies: requesting percentage likelihoods for scores and extracting the probabilities of alternative tokens in the responses. The probability estima…

Whistleblower: Lockheed Martin Awarded Bonuses Based on Race (City Journal)
https://www.city-journal.org/article/lockheed-martin-civil-rights-law-bonuses-race-merit
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p121#a250612p121

"The RDBMS field is so young, we can actually see it grow through the pages of computer magazines of the 1980s. BYTE Magazine had its first issue dedicated to databases in November 1981, and then another one in October 1984. Dr. Dobb’s Journal did not feature an article about databases until 1984 and did not have many more throughout the decade; actually most of them were authored by Gene Head, and talk about dBASE."

The Elephant In The Room
We have often highlighted in the pages of this magazine the seemingly never-ending sequence of fashion waves hitting the software industry. We have discussed in 2020 the one impacting type systems, and more recently, another one concerning object-oriented programming. What is important in both cases is not the details of the technologies per se, but the social mechanisms at play in both situations. In this edition, we will encounter yet another example of such a clash, this time concerning rela…

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This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17647 has been replaced.
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4D-CTA Image and geometry dataset for kinematic analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysms
This article presents a dataset used in the article "Kinematics of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms" [arXiv:2405.13377], published in the Journal of Biomechanics. The dataset is publicly available for download from the Zenodo data repository (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15477710). The dataset includes time-resolved 3D computed tomography angiography (4D-CTA) images of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) captured throughout the cardiac cycle from ten patients diagnosed with AAA, along with ten patient-…

La raison : `Selon le journal, le président républicain a découvert que M. Isaacman aurait effectué par le passé des dons Š des élus démocrates.`
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/artic

Donald Trump renonce à nommer Jared Isaacman, proche d’Elon Musk, à la tête de la NASA
« Un remplaçant sera annoncé directement par le président Trump prochainement », fait savoir la Maison Blanche.

Delighted to have an article in the latest edition of 'The Coaching Psychologist', the peer-reviewed journal for the science of #coaching. 🎉
It's all about dealing effectively with psychological discomfort using Acceptance and Commitment coaching. 🧠

"I am an embodiment journeying towards belief. Faith seeking greater confidence. That is what being a Christian means to me. It may well be the work of a lifetime."
—Ian Barclay ’24 M.A.R. writing in the new issue of our journal, Reflections https://…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12815 has been replaced.
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What is Positive Geometry?
This article serves as an introduction to the special volume on Positive Geometry in the journal Le Matematiche. We attempt to answer the question in the title by describing the origins and objects of positive geometry at this early stage of its development. We discuss the problems addressed in the volume and report on the progress. We also list some open challenges.

Walmart and Amazon Are Exploring Issuing Their Own Stablecoins (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/walmart-amazon-stablecoin-07de2fdd?st=ezVFpp&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p123#a250613p123

"How do I reclaim my evangelical identity? By embracing the inclusive nature of God’s love."
—The Rev. Craig Robinson ’11 M.Div., ’14 S.T.M., writing in the new issue of our journal, Reflections https://reflections.yale.edu/article/c

U.S. and China Agree to Get Geneva Pact Back on Track (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/u-s-and-china-agree-to-get-geneva-pact-back-on-track-695eb5f5?st=w5GiCS&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250610/p160#a250610p160

“I know faithful people, including faithful preachers, who persist in hope for the future, against all odds, grounded in their hope in God’s steadfastness. That hope emboldens them both to hear and preach the truth of God’s compassion and of God’s justice, and to act accordingly. Their hope emboldens me.”
—Roger Ferlo ’79 Ph.D. writing in the latest issue of our journal, Reflections

The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/protests-los-angeles-immigrants-trump-f5089877?st=uY6fj3&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250610/p17#a250610p17

National Guard Arrives in L.A. on Trump's Orders After Protests (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/national-guard-la-ice-protests-c0d325dd?st=SKxiSG&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250608/p49#a250608p49

Trump Bans Citizens of 12 Countries From Traveling to U.S. (Michelle Hackman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-bans-citizens-of-12-countries-from-traveling-to-u-s-ba0b6b65?st=pEjNp3&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250605/p66#a250605p66

The U.S. Plan to Hobble China Tech Isn't Working (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-u-s-plan-to-hobble-china-tech-isnt-working-56d1a512?st=MQpryL&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250531/p16#a250531p16

Iran Builds Up Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile Despite Nuclear Talks (Laurence Norman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-builds-up-near-weapons-grade-uranium-stockpile-despite-nuclear-talks-2f371dae?st=kYET6n&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250531/p27#a250531p27