What Math Skills Are Required to Study Microeconomics?

Find out how and why mathematics is used in microeconomics, its limitations, and the math skills that economics students need.
Cochrane

How accurate is liver and spleen stiffness measured by different elastography techniques in diagnosing clinically significant portal hypertension?

While liver stiffness measurement by vibration-controlled transient elastography with a 25 kPa threshold might detect CSPH, the overall low quality of the studies means that these results are not very ...

Understanding How Fixed and Variable Costs Shape Production Costs

Discover the differences between fixed and variable costs and how they impact production costs. Learn to analyze these costs ...
eLife

PKD2L1 channels segregated to the apical compartment are the exclusive dual-mode pH sensor in cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons

This is an important study on the sensory roles of Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CBF-cn) in mammals. The authors identify PKD2L1 as the predominant pH-sensing channel CBF-cn and show how the ...
Open Heart

Machine learning-based cardiovascular risk calculator for non-cardiac surgery

Background Annually, 4% of the global population undergoes non-cardiac surgery, with 30% of those patients having at least ...
BBC

Six graphics that explain climate change

A breakthrough deal to attempt to limit global temperature rises was agreed at a conference of world nations in December 2015. These charts from the time show how and why the Earth’s climate is ...