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A computer 1………… has been developed that uses radiomic features found in routine MRI scans to distinguish between radiation necrosis and recurrent brain 2………. In a comparison, the program was nearly twice as accurate as a pair of neruoradiologists.
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Children differ 1………. in their mathematical 2………. In fact, some children cannot routinely add or subtract, even after extensive schooling. This new paper proposes that math disability arises from 3………. in brain areas supporting procedural memory. Procedural memory is a learning and memory 4………. that is crucial for the automatization of non-conscious skills, such as driving or grammar.
- 2. 3. 4.
substantial abilities abnormal systems
substantially ability abnormalities system
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In the summer of 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s approval (1)………. was understandably high. He’d just led the Allies to victory in Europe, and politicians and commentators confidently (2)………. that he would lead the Conservatives to victory at the forthcoming (3)………. election. Yet those who anticipated Conservative victory were shocked when the Labour Party won the House of Commons in a landslide, costing Churchill his office.
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rating guessed common
record predicted general
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Analytical (1) ………. is best used for problems in which known strategies have been laid out for solutions, such as arithmetic. But for new problems without a set path for finding a (2) ………., insight is often best. The new study shows that more weight should be placed on these sudden thoughts. When a solution to a problem seems to have come to you out of thin (3) ………., it turns out you’ve more than likely been struck with the right idea, according to a new study.
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thought strategy air
thinking solution water
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Among a group of older women, self-reported caffeine (1)__________ of more than 261 mg per day was (2)__________ with a 36 percent (3)__________ in the risk of incident dementia over 10 years of follow-up. This level is (4)__________ to two to three 8-oz cups of coffee per day, five to six 8-oz cups of black tea, or seven to eight 12-ounce cans of cola.
| reduction | equivalent |
| decision | associated |
| consumption | information |
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Nuclear 1………, always controversial, has been under an especially dark 2………. since Japan’s Fukushima disaster five years ago. And in the United States, few new nuclear 3………. have been ordered since the 1979 partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. But nuclear engineer Lindsay Dawson believes that a safe, environmentally 4………., next-generation nuclear reactor isn’t just feasible—it’s commercially 5 ………..
plants / power / viable / cloud / friendly
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New research offers evidence that one’s motivation is just as important for sustained __________ to a task as is the ease with which the task is done
| Interest
focus attention distraction |
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From the early medieval period, Europeans were ingesting and applying preparations of mummy to cure everything from epilepsy to stomach 1……….. It’s unclear whether Egyptian mummies were prized for the mistaken 2………. that they contained bitumen (the Arabic word for the sticky organic substance, which was also believed to have medicinal value, is mumiya), or whether Europeans believed that the preserved 3……….. contained otherworldly powers.
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complaints belief debris
ailments theory remains
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