Quadratic function

Personal Reflection of "My Stroke of Insight." In “My Stroke of Insight,” Jill Bolte Taylor shares her excellent point of view on the capacity of the brain to recover, and the understanding she achieved from this extraordinary and inspirational journey out of the chasm of a wounded mind. It took eight long years for Dr. Taylor to be fully healed. Taylor restored her mind entirely and redefined her understanding of the world based on the information she gained throughout her long recovery.…

The Seven Best Smoothie Cleanse Recipes for Your Liver What do you think about the words “detox” and “cleanse”? I know it makes some people roll their eyes. “You don’t need to detox,” they say, “your liver does it for you.” Actually, I always nod emphatically and agree! The purpose of a cleanse is to support the liver, the organ that purifies our body. And sure, a lot of detoxing happens without doing a thing. However, your lifestyle choices can directly impact how well your liver does its…

method. Based on given two dimensional (2-D) training data for two classes, we created a classifier using discriminant function (which is the logarithmic version of Bayes formula) and used it to classify provided test data. We estimated the necessary statistical parameters, such as mean covariance and prior probabilities, from the training data set. We modeled two discriminant functions, which were further used on test data to discriminate between the two classes. We assumed that all the data…

learning new things about the brain and what it is capable of. By using five different academic journals I will analyze and compare brain damage. I want to further investigate the brain and find out why some types of brain damage disrupt basic human functions…

93% of American citizens listen to music according to Music 360 2014. With, on average, 25 hours per week devoted to this activity, does it have any alternate uses other than for pure enjoyment? The answer is yes, with music therapy. “Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.” (American Music Therapy…

The morning of December 10, 1996 was a day that changed the course of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s life and sent her down a path of healing. This journey brought her to write My Stroke of Insight, sharing her story with students such as myself and providing an indispensable look into the experiences of a stroke victim. Her vivid recount of the day of her stroke as well as her arduous journey to recovery allow for readers to feel for a moment the bizarre effects of a left hemisphere stroke. After…

The surgery of split-brain has led to different conclusions as to how many minds there are in one body. There is a total of five different hypotheses that are popular with the philosophers about the split-brain outcome, but I will only be mentioning three of them. One of the main hypotheses is that of Tim Bayne’s notion of one mind-one body in split-brain patients. Another is that of two minds-one body supported by Roland Puccetti and Roger Sperry. And last is that it is indeterminate as to…

Typically, ‘left-brained’ people look at the analytic side. ‘Right-brained’ people explore a more imaginative side. Senior Erin Doran is the result of the harmonious mix of both. “I guess it’s sort of like a paradox- the way that I’m more of a logical thinker but I also do these creative things,” Erin said. The logical and analytical ‘left brain’ side of Erin is expressed in math. “[I like] math because it's very logical and there's usually only one or two answers, there's no discrepancies,”…

Group: Will Lee, Max Speil, Michael Jastrzebski, Frankie Villante Econ 364 homework #2 Chp 5. Discussion #2 Reason for 3M Dominance: conditional pricing in the form of rebates to retail stores that purchased its private label tape along with other 3M product lines. The more that the retailers bought, the higher their rebates would be. This resulted in a loss of sales for LePage tape. 3M’s action would be consistent with the dominant-firm price leadership model because they had a significant…

Quantitative risk analysis is the one which follows the Qualitative analysis, and gives a numerical priority rating to project risks (PMI, 2009). Based on the PMBOK (PMI, 2013) quantitative risk analysis “… is the process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives (p. 333).” This is also a process for the PM and project team to get risk data to support making decisions, which can help to reduce project uncertainties (PMI, 2013, p. 333). Based on the…