Splenic infarction occurs when the splenic artery or one of its branches are occluded, for example by a blood clot. Although it can occur asymptomatically, the typical symptom is severe pain in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, sometimes radiating to the left shoulder. Fever and chills develop in some cases.[31] It has to be differentiated from other causes of acute abdomen.
Definition?
The most deleterious SC are resistant to apoptosis and have up‐regulation of anti‐apoptotic pathways which defend SC against their own inflammatory senescence‐associated secretory phenotype (SASP), allowing them to survive, despite killing neighbouring cells.
some explanations of the use of senolytics
Bootstrap confidence intervals
Related definitions of bootstrap confidence interval: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-05-introduction-to-probability-and-statistics-spring-2014/readings/MIT18_05S14_Reading24.pdf
we modelled the data using a log-linear model accounting for cell-types, conditions, subjects and interaction effects between cell-types and conditions.
log-linear model research is required
stratified bootstrap resampling
search what is stratified bootstrap resampling
A text file can be created in a few different ways. The simplest being the echo'ing of text and redirecting it in to a file like so:
Writing a text file - methods
Now I needed to make my way over to
definition of writing command lines to ~/.R/Makevars
NOTE: For mac users, the official cran mirror of R tools for OS X and R tools for OS X on r.research.att.com that lists the gfortran binary are out of date. You will need to update gfortran and add the following line FLIBS=-L/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/X.Y.Z/lib/gcc/X (where X.Y.Z is your gcc version) to ~/.R/Makevars prior to this package installation.
Primary instruction
Interpretation: Only two clusters are visible. Maybe the normalisation method is not suitable for standard PCA.
problems
Theyhave their liberty, and the free lawyers fight for theirrelease from hospitals.
QUESTION: The tone of the writer is
confusion
the state of being confused
wandering
遊走
involuntarily
被動地，不自主地
liberty
自由
geared toward
prepared toward, set up for sth.
Look no further
不需望遠過
provide for
提供照料
shelter
居住地點
prescriptions
藥物
safety net
安全網 (a set of policies or benefits for the disadvantaged)
psychiatric care
care for the psychiatric conditions of patients
Mentally Ill
People who are mentally ill are sufferes of psychiatric (和精神相關的）疾病
acknowledges
accept/agreee
There is somethingin us that prefers the inventive sinner to the drowsysaint.
QUESTION: What does the writer try to explain when he mentions this.
deceit achieves an apotheosis
cheating reaches the highest point
precedent
前例
in his way,
blocking the way
ubiquitous
everywhere
endemic among
Malaria is endemic in many hot countries
let alone
枉論 He can't even tell a white lie, let alone cheat
atstake
at risk
desires regarding their data.
QUESTION: What are 'their desires regarding their data'.
puts the burden on consumers
把負擔放在consumers
automatically optedusers out of having their personal information sold.
QUESTION: What was this second bill intended to do?
defeatedanother bill
defeat a bill = succesfully fight against a bill
negligent databreaches
「大意的數據侵犯」
negligent (adj) not paying attention to details/safety/ others' rights breach (vt) offend, 侵犯 breaches (n)
statutes
條文
one amendment bill
QUESTION: What was the amendment bill intended to do?
effectively fought against
有效地打倒 （ph)
amendments.
modifications, add-ons. Parliament passed the bill without further amendment.
those efforts
QUESTION: What are those efforts
advocates
activists
campaigned tominimize the effects
= kickstart a campaign, conduct a campaign
inspired
啟發了 （vt)
The law’spassage
Remarks: We may say 'a law is passed', 'a law goes into effect'. 'a law is enforced', 'a law is legislated'. We may also say 'a bill is vetoed'.
passage
passing
evolution
進化
legislation
legislation = laws = acts =\= policies
Legislative Council ~ Congress ~ Parliament ~ Diet
California’s law aimed at helping people control theirpersonal information goes into effect Jan. 1, but theprivacy activist who spearheaded the new rules isalready seeking to strengthen them.
QUESTION: Has the law gone into effect at the time of the writer's writing? Why or why not?
goes into effect
生效, = is enforced
Seeks to
wants to/ would like to
Activist
倡議者 = supporters of a movement
conform
There is considerable pressure on teenagers to conform.
clung to
cling to: 依靠著 = rely on Throughout the trial she had clung to the belief that he was innocent.
reckless
relentless; He showed a reckless disregard for his own safety.
almost all tweets coming fromhis Democratic antagonists and Republicansupporters read like press releases
QUESTION: What does the writer want to highlight when he says the tweets from other politicians read like press releases?
easily learned behaviors
QUESTION: What are the most easily learned behaviours for children
eschews
avoid Example Sentence: He had eschewed politics in favour of a life practising law. <--> He had avoided politics to pursue a career of law.
prowess
ability; Example Sentence: He was complimented on his prowess as an oarsman.
He was praised on his ability as an oarsman.
argue against
to argue against means to give arguments that dispute that claims of opponents
flummoxed
confused
entitlements
welfares
shy away from
avoid
across-the-board
all-rounded/ comprehensive
orthodoxy
QUESTION: What is the meaning of orthodoxy? A. Teachings B. Rules C. Obstinacy (the quality of being inflexible) D. Dogma
this
QUESTION: What is 'this'?
which rivals have proved incapable ofimitating
QUESTION: What does the writer mean when he says this.
imitating
model on sb/sth. （模仿）
incapable
being able to (adjective)
gets away with
QUESTION: What is the meaning of 'get away with'?
copy-proof
QUESTION: What is the meaning of copy proof.
HINTS: proof: defense. For example, we often have a mathematical proof for a mathematical statement.
candidates
participants
unique
characteristic (only one)
sums
money
tremendous
immense (adjectives)
original
原本的, adjectives
Electoralmessages are easy to copy, yet few candidates seemto recognize the threat.
QUESTION: What does the writer mean he says this.
exacerbating
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Pessimismv progress
Reading 2 for the week of 29th December 2019
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Airbags and other improvements in safety features, for ex-ample, mean that in America deaths in car accidents per billionmiles travelled have fallen from around 240 in the 1920s toaround 12 today.
QUESTION: What argument is this example supporting?
Technology itself has no agency: it is thechoices people make about it that shape theworld.
QUESTION: Considering the arguments that are being made here, what do you think is meant by 'agency'?
Except those words arefrom an article published in 1979.
QUESTION: What case is the write trying to establish when he says 'those words are from an article published in 1979'?
propaganda
The new technologiesthat dominated the past decade seem to be making things worse.
QUESTION: Give examples of technologies that are making things worse.
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A Thank-You Note Helped Me Find My Calling
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We who live in an achievement culture risk forgettingthat our merits derive in no small part from gifts andgraces granted us by others. Sending a thank-younote is an act of not only gratitude but also humility.Merit and meekness meet this time of year around thedinner table, on TV specials—and, for me, in littlepaper promises never to forget what I owe.
QUESTION: What values is the writer trying to instill in the readers? What do you think about these values?
When I see Shawn, I remind him ofmy gratitude to him and his late father.
QUESTION: Had Shawn's father died when the writer saw Shawn? Why or why not? Give evidence (Hint: you may use the dictionary)
he usual platitudes about how well-fed we are, howdiverse our patients are, and how expert our expertsare,
QUESTION: Give examples of the 'usual platitudes' the writer mentioned. Why do you think such platitudes are needed in the context in which the writer was speaking?
residency program
QUESTION: What is the occupation of the writer, Michael P.H. Stanley?
So in order to tear down these segregating walls, we needed a legal tool to help implement meaningful integration. This tool needed to make sure white families couldn’t merely move to the other side of a border, or create new borders, to opt out of a social contract with people who are less fortunate.
Feasibility of enacting such a law aside, what justify the stripping of the rights of these families for free movement?
An article about insulin sensitivity.