Xu Cui

 

   



566 Stories by Xu Cui

【转】静静的小河

离家不远处有一条静静的小河 闲暇时我和孩子总有一段时光在那儿度过 清清的河水静静地流淌 只偶有几头到河边吃草的老牛慢慢走过 柔顺飘逸的苔丝和水草为小河装点了绿意 一群群小鱼在上面散步跳舞唱歌 思绪像随
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Standard deviation and standard error

Standard deviation (std): standard deviation of the sample Standard error, or standard error of the mean (sem), is the standard deviation of the mean. \(sem=std/\sqrt{N}\) Most errorbars in scientific publications refer to standard error. Quite often
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Interview with David Shelly

David is an amazing person: he has published 5 papers in Nature and 1 in Science, two of which were published this year. Check out what he says in Peaya interview (click the photo below).
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gmail is getting smarter

I noticed that gmail will remind you if you have something like “… is attached” in the email body but actually you don’t attach any files. This is very considerate.
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Meaning of correlation coefficient

If variable X and Y has correlation 0.1, how much does it help to predict Y based on X? In the simplest binary case, the probability (p) to correctly predict Y based on X is a linear function of correlation (c), i.e. $$p=\frac{c+1}{2}$$ That means, a
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Octopus Paul, hypothesis, p-Value and significance

Null hypothesis (H0): Octopus Paul doesn’t have the ability to predict. Or, the probability that he predicts correctly on each event is 1/2. Data: In 2010 World Cup, Octopus Paul correctly predicted the outcomes of 8 games out of 8 games. p-Val
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Peaya officially launches

The goal of Peaya  is to make your academic life more fun and more productive. Peaya Comics Comic strips about our academia life – the excitement, joy, depression, and pain.  We hope the strips will make you smile. Below is the latest comics: Peaya P
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How to determine the voxel size in an image

Tools: SPM, cor2mni Assume the image is “a.img”, do v = spm_vol('a.img'); v.mat If v.mat is a diagonal matrix, you can simply read the number and they are the voxel size in mm. If not, a trick is to calculate the distance between adjacent
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MatLab surface lighting

Here are some parameters in matlab lighting. I first use patch command to plot the surface, then use camlight to shed some light on the surface.
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