UNEXPECTED ATTRACTION OF POLAROTACTIC WATER-LEAVING INSECTS TO MATT BLACK CAR SURFACES: MATTNESS OF PAINTWORK CANNOT ELIMINATE THE POLARIZED LIGHT POLLUTION OF BLACK CARS.

Unexpected attraction of polarotactic water-leaving insects to matt black car surfaces: mattness of paintwork cannot eliminate the polarized light pollution of black cars.

The 14765-prb-a01 horizontally polarizing surface parts of shiny black cars (the reflection-polarization characteristics of which are similar to those of water surfaces) attract water-leaving polarotactic insects.Thus, shiny black cars are typical sources of polarized light pollution endangering water-leaving insects.A new fashion fad is to make ca

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Probabilistic programming in Python using PyMC3

Probabilistic programming allows for automatic Bayesian inference on user-defined probabilistic models.Recent advances in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling allow inference on increasingly complex models.This class of MCMC, known as Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, requires gradient information which is often not readily available.PyMC3 is brendan ph

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