There are some useful recommendations in the report, such as formally recording how many veterans end up in prison.
Intrigued as to whether there was a link, he got in touch with the organisers in Los Angeles, detailing his plans to set up a study monitoring the competitors and recording how many fell foul of infection both before and after the race, compared to non-runners in the same city at the same time.
Next, to see whether a wider stance actually causes attractiveness and not the other way around, the researchers took to dating applications in San Francisco, California, recording how many people matched with fake profiles that had big or small stances.
They also assessed how angry they were at their spouse at the end of each day, by recording how many of the 51 pins they stuck into their voodoo dolls just before bed when their partner wasn't looking.
Other features of the app include letting users set up a daily reminder to be mindful, along with some lightweight analytics to chart progress — with the app recording how many sessions and minutes a user has clocked in total, along with how many days in a row they've kept up their habit.
This enabled the guards to identify otherwise undetected escape attempts, recording how many individuals had crossed, where escape attempts were being made and at which times of day escapees were active.
