The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a new paper published in the journal ...

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A Python-based particle detection and counting system for nanoparticle assay images using a multiple-hypothesis testing approach and information-theoretic model selection. Publication: Details of the ...

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Abstract: In outlier hypothesis testing, one aims to detect outlying sequences among a given set of sequences, where most sequences are generated i.i.d. from a nominal distribution while outlying ...