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Most people have decades of experience looking at graphs. We see them in television reports, books, magazines, presentations at work, and on the stock market apps on our phones. On the surface, ...

Connectivity in the brain is the most promising approach to explain human behavior. Here we develop a focused information criterion for graphical models to determine brain connectivity tailored to ...

DPABINet, a sophisticated enhancement of the DPABI software suite, streamlines the intricate analysis of brain networks through fMRI data, providing researchers of all expertise levels with ...

The graphic cites CDC data, but health department reporting on abortions has fluctuated so much over the years that making broad comparisons can prove challenging. Experts said tying the abortion rate ...