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naive Chinesity. The Simpleton of the North Mountain, an old
man of ninety, dwelt opposite to them, and was vexed in spirit
because their northern flanks blocked the way for travelers, who
had to go round. So he called his family together and broached a
plan.--"Let us put forth our utmost strength and clear away this
obstacle," said he; "let us cut right through the mountains
till we come to Han-yin." All agreed except his wife. "My
goodman," said she, "has not the strength to sweep away a
dung-hill, let alone such mountains as T'ai-hsing and Wang-wu.
Besides, where will you put the earth and stones?&qu…
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halve gekken, de worstmakers, de schapenkoopers, de leerlooiers en alle
„met viooltjes bekranste Atheners” wel half slapend klaar te komen.”
Op deze woorden van Cratinus klonk plotseling achter eene zuil een
luid, hoonend gelach. Men keek om en zag den dollen Meno achter de zuil
neergehurkt zitten.
„Daar hebt gij Meno!” riep de jongste der drie blijspeldichters. „De
kerel ziet er zoo berooid en gemeen uit, dat Euripides hem eerstdaags
ongetwijfeld tot den held van een roerend stuk zal maken!”
De Atheners lachten, Meno knarste op de tanden en riep: „Lompe honden!
Met viooltjes bekranste honden!”
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Title: The Sun Also Rises
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Release Date: January 10, 2022 [eBook #67138]
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full meal. This depression is usually
relieved by vomiting. I have met with a few cases in which there has
been more decided faintness, and once or twice absolute syncope after
chloroform, which was not attributable to loss of blood. In these cases,
however, the patients were in the sitting posture, and they recovered
from the syncope immediately, on being placed horizontally. The patients
most subject to faintness after chloroform are those who are subject to
this affection at other times, being often persons in a state of anæmia,
or having the symptoms of fatty degeneration of the heart. Faintness is,
however, very much more rare after operations…
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Title: Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697)
Author: Samuel Wesley
Commentator: Edward N. Hooker
Release Date: August 10, 2005 [EBook #16506]
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The Cornell University Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) photoinjector has recently
demonstrated operation at 20 mA for approximately 8 hours, utilizing a
multialkali photocathode deposited on a Si substrate. We describe the recipe
for photocathode deposition, and will detail the parameters of the run.
Post-run analysis of the photocathode indicates the presence of significant
damage to the substrate, perhaps due to ion back-bombardment from the residual
beamline gas. While the exact cause of the substrate damage remains unknown, we
describe multiple surface characterization techniques (X-ray fluorescence
spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, atomic force and scanning…
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w authors excel him—perhaps none. He can
make an agreeable speech, talk interestingly, write a play or a novel
with dexterity and a finished effect. It is true that in his lively
memoirs, _Unwritten History_, he has embedded an occasional groan about
the labors of authorship, and tells of one instance in which an indolent
writer was led back to the paths of virtuous industry. But for all that,
in his own case, it has probably never been as hard work as sometimes it
seemed to himself; while as for anyone else, the association of Cosmo
Hamilton with toil must forever be an act of mental violence.
No! No photograph exists showing him with the dampen…
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We propose a new algorithm for recovery of sparse signals from their
compressively sensed samples. The proposed algorithm benefits from the strategy
of gradual movement to estimate the positions of non-zero samples of sparse
signal. We decompose each sample of signal into two variables, namely "value"
and "detector", by a weighted exponential function. We update these new
variables using gradient descent method. Like the traditional compressed
sensing algorithms, the first variable is used to solve the Least Absolute
Shrinkage and Selection Operator (Lasso) problem. As a new strategy, the second
variable participates in the regularizatio…
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This manuscript introduces an \proglang{R} package called \pkg{trialr} that
implements a collection of clinical trial methods in \proglang{Stan} and
\proglang{R}. In this article, we explore three methods in detail. The first is
the continual reassessment method for conducting phase I dose-finding trials
that seek a maximum tolerable dose. The second is EffTox, a dose-finding design
that scrutinises doses by joint efficacy and toxicity outcomes. The third is
the augmented binary method for modelling the probability of treatment success
in phase II oncology trials with reference to repeated measures of continuous
tumour size and binary indicators of treatmen…
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In this letter we show how the method of [4] for the calculation of two-point
functions in d+1-dimensional AdS space can be simplified. This results in an
algorithm for the evaluation of the two-point functions as linear combinations
of Legendre functions of the second kind. This algorithm can be easily
implemented on a computer. For the sake of illustration, we displayed the
results for the case of symmetric traceless tensor fields with rank up to l=4.
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The composition of the Sun is an essential piece of reference data for
astronomy, cosmology, astroparticle, space and geo-physics. This article,
dealing with the intermediate-mass elements Na to Ca, is the first in a series
describing the comprehensive re-determination of the solar composition. In this
series we severely scrutinise all ingredients of the analysis across all
elements, to obtain the most accurate, homogeneous and reliable results
possible. We employ a highly realistic 3D hydrodynamic solar photospheric
model, which has successfully passed an arsenal of observational diagnostics.
To quantify systematic errors, we repeat the analysis with three…
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which he obtained. His analysis, which was incorrect, led him to name
the liquid bichloric ether.[39] In 1832, Liebig examined the liquid
which has been since named chloroform, but as he failed to detect the
hydrogen which it contains, he called the liquid chloride of carbon,[40]
a name which its alcoholic solution occasionally bore afterwards when
used as a medicine. In 1831, Dumas examined this liquid. He proved that
Soubeiran and Liebig had not obtained it pure, or had been incorrect in
their analysis.[41] He showed that it consists of two atoms carbon, one
atom hydrogen, and three atoms chlorine.
Dumas gave the name of chloroform to the liqui…
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wire-pullings and lobbyings and petty
diddlings and political cheateries--(it is all beautifully
modern); what had the world to do with self-emptiness and Tao?
The argument was all against him; he hadn't a leg to stand on.
There was no Tao; no simplicity; no magic; no Garden of Si
Wang Mu in the West; no Azure Birds of Compassion to fly out
from it into the world of men. Very well then; he, being one
with that non-existent Tao, would ride away to that imaginary
Garden; would go, and leave--
A strand torn out of the rainbow to be woven into the stuff of
Chinese life. You could not tell it at the time; you never would
have guessed it--but t…
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Purity monitor devices are increasingly used in noble gas time projection
chambers to measure the lifetime of drifting electrons. Purity monitors work by
emitting electrons from a photocathode material via the photoelectric effect.
The electrons are then drifted towards an anode by means of an applied electric
drift field. By measuring the difference in charge between the cathode and the
anode, one can extract the lifetime of the drifting electrons in the medium.
For the first time, we test the performance of different photocathode
materials-- silver, titanium, and aluminium--and compare them to gold, which is
the standard photocathode material used for pur…
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ial favor was bestowed. But after
Gensō Kōtei had seen Yōkihi (whom the Chinese call Yang-Kwei-Fei), he
would not suffer the butterflies to choose for him,—which was unlucky,
as Yokihi got him into serious trouble... Again, I should like to know
more about the experience of that Chinese scholar, celebrated in Japan
under the name Sōshū, who dreamed that he was a butterfly, and had all
the sensations of a butterfly in that dream. For his spirit had really
been wandering about in the shape of a butterfly; and, when he awoke,
the memories and the feelings of butterfly existence remained so vivid
in his mind that he could not act like a human being... …
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too, went out to the others who had taken part in the hazing and
would not confess their guilt. It required no little force of character
for these girls to come forward and admit that they had instigated the
plot, knowing full well that dismissal from Camp Wau-Wau would have been
the penalty. Still, Harriet knew that under similar circumstances, that
would be what she should do.
Patricia and Cora already had reached the tent by the time Harriet
entered. She nodded to them smilingly. The faces of the two girls wore
haggard expressions which she was quick to catch.
Harriet had just pulled out her cot to tuck the blankets down when
something drop…
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Recent experimental evidence has clearly demonstrated that nanofluids do not
provide the greatly enhanced heat transfer predicted in the past. Despite
seemingly conclusive proof there is still a great deal of current mathematical
research asserting the opposite result. In this paper we scrutinise the
mathematical work and demonstrate that the disagreement can be traced to a
number of issues. These include the incorrect formulation of the governing
equations; the use of parameter values orders of magnitude different to the
true values (some requiring nanoparticle volume fractions greater than unity
and nanoparticles smaller than atoms); model choices that ar…
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relentless copiousness of Madame de Staël’s books, we
wonder if the amiable annotator lived long enough to finish his task.
In matters of morality, however, the female pen was held to be a
bulwark of Great Britain. The ambition to prove that--albeit a
woman--one may be on terms of literary intimacy with the seven deadly
sins (“Je ne suis qu’un pauvre diable de perruquier, mais je ne crois
pas en Dieu plus que les autres”) had not yet dawned upon the feminine
horizon. The literary lady accepted with enthusiasm the limitations
of her sex, and turned them to practical account; she laid with them
the foundations of her fame. Mrs. Montagu, an astute w…
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Task based neuroimaging tools for the study of cognitive neuroscience provide
insight into understanding how the brain responds to increasing cognitive
demand. Theoretical models of neural-cognitive relationships have been
developed based on observations of linear and non-linear increases in brain
activity. Neural efficiency and capacity are two parameters of current
theoretical models. These two theoretical parameters describe the rate of
increase of brain activity and the upper limits of the increases, respectively.
The current work demonstrates that a quadratic model of increasing brain
activity in response to the n-back task is a solution to a different…
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We study the statistics of multi-photon absorption/emission processes in a
mesoscopic ring threaded by an harmonic time-dependent flux $\Phi(t)$. For this
sake, we demonstrate a useful analogy between the Keldysh quantum kinetic
equation for the electrons distribution function and a Continuous Time Random
Walk in energy space with corrections due to interference effects. Studying the
probability to absorb/emit $n$ quanta $\hbar\omega$ per scattering event, we
explore the crossover between ultra-quantum/low-intensity limit and
quasi-classical/high-intensity regime, and the role of multiphoton processes in
driving it.
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Acts of terror and warfare threats are challenging tasks for defense agencies around the world and of growing importance to security conscious policy makers and the general public. Explosives and chemical warfare agents are two of the major concerns in this context, as illustrated by the recent Boston Marathon bombing and nerve gas attacks on civilians in the Middle East. To prevent such tragic disasters, security personnel must be able to find, identify and deactivate the threats at multiple locations and levels. This involves major technical and practical chal…
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qualities of contagion); and inasmuch as we
observe that different effects arise from the same causes, as also
similar effects from different causes in the human body, a vast field
is necessarily opened up for contention, as every impartial observer
will admit.
That the doctrine of contagion is of comparatively modern origin
(subsequently to Hippocrates), historical research fully shows, and it
would be really an endless, if not an unprofitable, task to review the
innumerable arguments of which contagionists and their opponents have
from time to time availed themselves in support of their respective
opinions, especially when the controversialist…
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Rapid-monitoring of drugs has attracted tremendous consideration owing to robust global demand for cost-effective and high effectiveness. Binary metal oxides with various morphology have been reported as electrodes for electrochemical sensor to fulfilling the clinical and enviromental requirements. In this study, strontium tungstate (SrWO
<sub>
4
</sub>
) nanoflakes have been successfully prepared via the facile sonochemical method for the first time. The characteristics of as-prepared SrWO
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are systematica…
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It is shown that the total energy of the vacuum fluctuations of the
electron-positron and electromagnetic fields in the quantum electrodynamics can
be equal to zero if the "bare" electron charge is chosen by adequate way. The
value of "bare" electron charge calculated from this condition proves to be in
a qualitative agreement with that one which was found independently from the
solution of the "physical electron" problem.
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8, 115;
floods in, 46
Chinese mode of sepulture, 239
Cholera, 21, 112, 137, 151, 152, 154, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 165,
166, 168, 174, 176, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183;
Reports on, 169
---- of 1817, 93;
at Kurrachee, Dr. Gavin Milroy on the, 177
Chorea, epidemic, 56
Churches, burial in, 241
----, desecration of, 241
Churchyard, the Charterhouse, 51
---- of Minchinhampton, 247
Cibyra, earthquake in, 23
Cicero, 238
Civil wars, 116
Clark, Sir James, 227
Clarke, Dr. Adam, 244
Cleanliness and moderation among the Spaniards, 5
Cleanl…
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This work focuses on the electric power market, comparing the status quo with
the recent trend towards the increase in distributed self-generation
capabilities by prosumers. Starting from the existing tension between the
intrinsically hierarchical current structure of the electricity distribution
network and the substantially distributed and self-organising nature of the
self-generation, we explore the limitations imposed by the current conditions.
Initially, we introduce a potential multi-layered architecture for a
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy market, discussing the fundamental aspects of local
production and local consumption as part of a microgrid. Secondly…
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The concerted responses of eusocial insects to environmental stimuli are
often referred to as collective cognition on the level of the colony.To achieve
collective cognitiona group can draw on two different sources: individual
cognitionand the connectivity between individuals.Computation in
neural-networks, for example,is attributedmore tosophisticated communication
schemes than to the complexity of individual neurons. The case of social
insects, however, can be expected to differ. This is since individual insects
are cognitively capable units that are often able to process information that
is directly relevant at the level of the colony.Furthermore, involv…
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The heavy-quark contribution to the polarisation function $\Pi$ at higher
perturbative orders is presently only known approximately. We scrutinise the
accuracy of state-of-the-art approximations at three- and four-loop order. At
three loops, we present for the first time a result with arbitrary numerical
precision for general kinematics and compare to the best Pad\'e estimate. At
four loops, we calculate the fourth (inverse) moment of the non-singlet
heavy-quark vacuum polarisation in order to test the prediction for this moment
based on Pad\'e approximation.
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Functional connectivity, as estimated using resting state fMRI, has shown
potential in bridging the gap between pathophysiology and cognition. However,
clinical use of functional connectivity biomarkers is impeded by unreliable
estimates of individual functional connectomes and lack of generalizability of
models predicting cognitive outcomes from connectivity. To address these
issues, we combine the frameworks of connectome predictive modeling and
differential identifiability. Using the combined framework, we show that
enhancing the individual fingerprint of resting state functional connectomes
leads to robust identification of functional networks associate…
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The understanding of the statistical properties and of the dynamics of
multistable systems is gaining more and more importance in a vast variety of
scientific fields. This is especially relevant for the investigation of the
tipping points of complex systems. Sometimes, in order to understand the time
series of given observables exhibiting bimodal distributions, simple
one-dimensional Langevin models are fitted to reproduce the observed
statistical properties, and used to investing-ate the projected dynamics of the
observable. This is of great relevance for studying potential catastrophic
changes in the properties of the underlying system or resonant behavio…
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in this way
till he breaks the plate. Eats and plates and beer cost about fifty
dollars. The young folks clear about two hundred dollars to start life
on.”
“And,” he continued, “the folks next door make a practice of eatin’
round at weddin’s without puttin’ down their dollars.”
I began to feel guilty.
“It’s a good deal like my begging supper and breakfast of you.” He
hadn’t meant it that way. “No,” he said, “you’re takin’ the only way
to see the country. Why, man, I used to travel like you, before I was
married, except I didn’t take no book nor poetry nor nothin’, and
wasn’t afeered of box-cars the way you are.... I been in every state in
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We investigate the interaction between highly charged lipid bilayers in the
presence of monovalent counterions. Neutron and X-ray reflectivity experiments
show that the water layer between like-charged bilayers is thinner than for
zwitterionic lipids, demonstrating the existence of counterintuitive
electrostatic attractive interaction between bilayers. Such attraction can be
explained by taking into account the correlations between counterions within
the Strong Coupling limit, which falls beyond the classical Poisson-Boltzmann
theory of electrostatics. Our results show the limit of the Strong Coupling
continuous theory in a highly confined geometry and are …
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Each cognitive science tries to understand a set of cognitive behaviors. The
structuring of knowledge of this nature's aspect is far from what it can be
expected about a science. Until now universal standard consistently describing
the set of cognitive behaviors has not been found, and there are many questions
about the cognitive behaviors for which only there are opinions of members of
the scientific community. This article has three proposals. The first proposal
is to raise to the scientific community the necessity of unified the cognitive
behaviors. The second proposal is claim the application of the Newton's
reasoning rules about nature of his…
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Aerosol production during normal breathing is often attributed to turbulence in the respiratory tract. That mechanism is not consistent with a high degree of asymmetry between aerosol production during inhalation and exhalation. The objective was to investigate production symmetry during breathing.
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The aerosol size distribution in exhaled breath was examined for different breathing patte…
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We relate changes of the airway wall to the response of the intact airway and the whole lung. We address how mechanical conditions and specific structural changes for an airway contribute to hyperresponsiveness resistant to deep inspiration. This review conveys that the origins of hyperresponsiveness do not devolve into an abnormality at single structural level but require examination of the complex interplay of all the parts.
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Sampling theory has benefited from a surge of research in recent years, due
in part to the intense research in wavelet theory and the connections made
between the two fields. In this survey we present several extensions of the
Shannon theorem, that have been developed primarily in the past two decades,
which treat a wide class of input signals as well as nonideal sampling and
nonlinear distortions. This framework is based on viewing sampling in a broader
sense of projection onto appropriate subspaces, and then choosing the subspaces
to yield interesting new possibilities. For example, our results can be used to
uniformly sample non-bandlimited signals, and …
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Non-Cartesian imaging sequences involve sampling during rapid variation of the encoding field gradients. The quality of the reconstructed images often suffers from insufficient knowledge of the exact dynamics of the actual fields applied during sampling.
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We propose determination of the accurate field dynamics by measuring the currents at the gradient amplifier outputs using the amplifiers&#…
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Dante Alighieri is the greatest Italian poet and one of the most important writers in Western literature. He is best known for the epic poem "Commedia", later named "La Divina Commedia" that has profoundly influenced not only poetic imagination but also all subsequent allegorical creations of imaginary worlds in literature. This paper examines the poetic description of some episodes of loss of consciousness in Dante's poetry discussing how and why typical elements of epileptic seizures have been used. On the 750th anniversary of Dante&#x…
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A short overview of Dante Alighieri's ideas on mind and brain is given using the framework of the philosophy and science of his time, and with quotations from his works. The structure of the mind was divided by the Italian poet into cognitive and affective components, each with physiological and cerebral bases. The connection between cognition and action was underlined in a perspective that valued the work of individuals in their social world.
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While phasic electrical activity of the cricopharyngeus muscle (EAcp)-the main component of the upper esophageal sphincter-occurs with inspiration and forceful expiration in adults, no such data is available for newborns. In addition, the effect of nasal respiratory support commonly used in newborns is unknown. We aimed to describe the phasic respiratory EAcp and to assess the potential effect of nasal CPAP (nCPAP, 6 cmH
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O) or high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC, 7 L/min) in newborn lambs during 6-h recordings. Phasic EAcp was prese…
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This paper describes some key ideas and applications of cognitive radars,
highlighting the limits and the path forward. Cognitive radars are systems
based on the perception-action cycle of cognition that sense the environment,
learn from it relevant information about the target and the background, then
adapt the radar sensor to optimally satisfy the needs of their mission
according to a desired goal. The concept of cognitive radar was introduced
originally for active radar only. In this paper we describe how this paradigm
can be applied also to passive radar. In particular, we describe (i) cognitive
active radars that work in a spectrally dense environment …
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Motivated by the problem of channel estimation in wireless communications, we
derive a reconstruction formula for pseudodifferential operators with a
bandlimited symbol. This reconstruction formula uses the diagonal entries of
the matrix of the pseudodifferential operator with respect to a Gabor system.
In addition, we prove several other uniqueness theorems that shed light on the
relation between a pseudodifferential operators and its matrix with respect to
a Gabor system.
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figure charms in
whatever state. Thus, his Majesty is pleasing even in his sorrow. For
All ornament is laid aside; he wears
One golden bracelet on his wasted arm;
His lip is scorched by sighs; and sleepless cares
Redden his eyes. Yet all can work no harm
On that magnificent beauty, wasting, but
Gaining in brilliance, like a diamond cut.
_Mishrakeshi_ (_observing the king_). No wonder Shakuntala pines for
him, even though he dishonoured her by his rejection of her.
_King_ (_walks about slowly, sunk in thought_).
Alas! My smitten heart, that once lay sleeping,
Heard in its dreams my fawn-eyed love's laments,
A…
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Buddhism is an ancient religion that began in India and spread throughout Asia. It is prevalent in modern Japan. Breastfeeding has been a strong practice for centuries with the custom being to continue until the child is 6 or 7 years of age. The Edo period was very influential in establishing breastfeeding customs that continue today.
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Title: A happy half-century and other essays
Author: Agnes Repplier
Release Date: May 29, 2022 [eBook #68195]
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Given any polynomial with real coefficients, the existence of a real
quadratic polynomial factor is proven using only basic real analysis. The aim
is to provide an approachable proof to anybody who is familiar with the least
upper bound property for real numbers, continuity and growth property of
polynomials, and unfamiliar with complex numbers, field extension or advanced
topology.
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We present quantitative predictions of the performance of nanotubes and
nanowires as antennas, including the radiation resistance, the input reactance
and resistance, and antenna efficiency, as a function of frequency and nanotube
length. Particular attention is paid to the quantum capacitance and kinetic
inductance. In so doing, we also develop a circuit model for a transmission
line made of two parallel nanotubes, which has applications for
nano-interconnect technology.
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Starch ghost, an insoluble structure of gelatinized starch, plays an important role in the applications of starch. In this review, we summarized the preparation, morphology, structure, properties and applications of starch ghost. The preparation steps of starch ghost include gelatinization, purification and preservation, and many factors influence the yield of starch ghost. The morphology and content of starch ghost can be influenced by many factors like starch resource and amylose content. Ghosts from non-waxy starches are composed of amylopectin with long bran…
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Let $\G$ be an oriented graph of order $n$ and $\a_1,\a_2,..., \a_n$ denote
all the eigenvalues of the skew-adjacency matrix of $\G.$ The skew energy
$\displaystyle{\cal E}_s(\G)= \sum_{i=1}^{n} |\a_i|.$
In this paper, the oriented unicyclic graphs with minimal and maximal skew
energy are determined.
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The Cognitive Theory of True Conditions (CTTC) is a proposal to design the
implementation of cognitive abilities and to describe the model-theoretic
semantics of symbolic cognitive architectures. The CTTC is formulated
mathematically using the multi-optional many-sorted past present future(MMPPF)
structures. This article discussed how decision-making processes are described
in the CTTC.
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ic than in writing _The Dynasty of Raghu_. I give first a somewhat
detailed analysis of the matter of the poem.
_First canto. The birth of Parvati_.--The poem begins with a
description of the great Himalaya mountain-range.
God of the distant north, the Snowy Range
O'er other mountains towers imperially;
Earth's measuring-rod, being great and free from change,
Sinks to the eastern and the western sea.
Whose countless wealth of natural gems is not
Too deeply blemished by the cruel snow;
One fault for many virtues is forgot,
The moon's one stain for beams that endless flow.
Where demigods enjoy the s…
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We compute the intersection Betti numbers of the GIT model of the moduli
space of numerically polarized Enriques surfaces of degree 2. The strategy of
the cohomological calculation relies on a general method developed by Kirwan to
compute the cohomology of GIT quotients of projective varieties, based on the
equivariantly perfect stratification of the unstable points studied by
Hesselink and others and a partial resolution of singularities, called Kirwan
blow-up.
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Does inspiratory muscle training improve inspiratory muscle strength in adults receiving mechanical ventilation? Does it improve the duration or success of weaning? Does it affect length of stay, reintubation, tracheostomy, survival, or the need for post-extubation non-invasive ventilation? Is it tolerable and does it cause adverse events?
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Systematic review of randomised trials.
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Title: A Handy Guide for Beggars
Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity
Author: Vachel Lindsay
Release Date: April 28, 2022 [eBook #67947]
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The Memory-Centred Cognition perspective places an active association
substrate at the heart of cognition, rather than as a passive adjunct.
Consequently, it places prediction and priming on the basis of prior experience
to be inherent and fundamental aspects of processing. Social interaction is
taken here to minimally require contingent and co-adaptive behaviours from the
interacting parties. In this contribution, I seek to show how the
memory-centred cognition approach to cognitive architectures can provide an
means of addressing these functions. A number of example implementations are
briefly reviewed, particularly focusing on multi-modal alignment as a …
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Asthma treatment guidelines recommend increasing corticosteroid dose to control symptoms and reduce exacerbations. This approach is potentially flawed because symptomatic asthma can occur without corticosteroid responsive type-2 (T2)-driven eosinophilic inflammation, and inappropriately high-dose corticosteroid treatment might have little therapeutic benefit with increased risk of side-effects. We compared a biomarker strategy to adjust corticosteroid dose using a composite score of T2…
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The rising interest for precise characterization of the tumour immune contexture has recently brought forward the high potential of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) in identifying molecular mechanisms engaged in the response to immunotherapy. In this review, we provide an overview of the major principles of single-cell and conventional (bulk) RNA-seq applied to onco-immunology. We describe standard preprocessing and statistical analyses of data obtained from such techniques and highlight some computational challenges relative to the sequencing of individual cells. We no…
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We consider the a priori traveling repairman problem, which is a stochastic
version of the classic traveling repairman problem (also called the traveling
deliveryman or minimum latency problem). Given a metric $(V,d)$ with a root
$r\in V$, the traveling repairman problem (TRP) involves finding a tour
originating from $r$ that minimizes the sum of arrival-times at all vertices.
In its a priori version, we are also given independent probabilities of each
vertex being active. We want to find a master tour $\tau$ originating from $r$
and visiting all vertices. The objective is to minimize the expected sum of
arrival-times at all active vertices, when $\tau$ is …
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We discuss the problems of uniqueness, sampling and reconstruction with
derivatives in the space of bandlimited functions. We prove that if X is
sequence of real numbers such that the maximum gap between two consecutive
samples is less than certain positive constant c, then bandlimited function of
bandwidth {\sigma} can be reconstructed uniquely and stably from its nonuniform
samples involving derivatives. We also prove that if the maximum gap is less
than or equal to c, then X is a set of uniqueness for the space of bandlimited
functions of bandwidth {\sigma} when the samples involving k-1 derivatives. As
a by-product we obtain the sharp maximum gap condit…
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For a wide family of even kernels $\{\varphi_u, u\in I\}$, we describe
discrete sets $\Lambda$ such that every bandlimited signal $f$ can be
reconstructed from the space-time samples $\{(f\ast\varphi_u)(\lambda),
\lambda\in\Lambda, u\in I\}$.
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Cognitive control researchers aim to describe the processes that support
adaptive cognition to achieve specific goals. Control theorists consider how to
influence the state of systems to reach certain user-defined goals. In brain
networks, some conceptual and lexical similarities between cognitive control
and control theory offer appealing avenues for scientific discovery. However,
these opportunities also come with the risk of conceptual confusion. Here, I
suggest that each field of inquiry continues to produce novel and distinct
insights. Then, I describe opportunities for synergistic research at the
intersection of these subdisciplines with a critical st…
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The weak field limit of the nonminimally coupled Boltzmann equation is
studied, and relations between the invariant Bardeen scalar potentials are
derived. The Jean's criterion for instabilities is found through the modified
dispersion relation. Special cases are scrutinised and considerations on the
model parameters are discussed for Bok globules.
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Combining Pati-Salam (PS) and flavour symmetries in a renormalisable setup,
we devise a scenario which produces realistic masses for the charged leptons.
Flavour-symmetry breaking scalar fields in the adjoint representations of the
PS gauge group are responsible for generating different flavour structures for
up- and down-type quarks as well as for leptons. The model is characterised by
new heavy fermions which mix with the Standard Model quarks and leptons. In
particular, the partners for the third fermion generation induce sizeable
sources of flavour violation. Focusing on the charged-lepton sector, we
scrutinise the model with respect to its implications…
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The present numerical study investigated the transportation time of the inhaled chemicals in three realistic human airway models by adopting a methodology from the field of the building ventilation. Two indexes including "scale of ventilation efficiency 3 (SVE3)" and "local purging flow rate (L-PFR)" were used to evaluate the respective arrival time and staying time under different inhalation flow rates. The general trend of the SVE3 was predicted as expected and the exceptions within the nasal cavities were attributed to the uneven allocatio…
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We study the problem of sampling and reconstruction of bandlimited graph
signals where the objective is to select a node subset of prescribed
cardinality that ensures interpolation of the original signal with the lowest
reconstruction error. We propose an efficient iterative selection sampling
approach and show that in the noiseless case the original signal is exactly
recovered from the set of selected nodes. In the case of noisy measurements, a
bound on the reconstruction error of the proposed algorithm is established. We
further address the support identification of the bandlimited signal with
unknown support and show that under a pragmatic sufficient con…
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We propose an entirely redesigned framework of bandlimited signal
reconstruction for the time encoding machine (TEM) introduced by Lazar and
T\'oth. As the encoding part of TEM consists in obtaining integral values of a
bandlimited input over known time intervals, it theoretically amounts to
applying a known linear operator on the input. We then approach the general
question of signal reconstruction by pseudo-inversion of this operator. We
perform this task numerically and iteratively using projections onto convex
sets (POCS). The algorithm can be implemented exactly in discrete time with
multiplications that are all reduced to scaling by signed powers…
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We make a change of field variables in the J formulation of self-dual
Yang--Mills theory. The field equations for the resulting algebra valued field
are derivable from a simple cubic action. The cubic interaction vertex is
different from that considered previously from the N=2 string, however,
perturbation theory with this action shows that the only non-vanishing
connected scattering amplitude is for three external particles just as for the
string.
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Untethered from the more common literary metaphor that sees it as the traditional seat of feelings, what is the image of the heart that Dante's literature delivers to us? And is there an evolution in that image, or does the heart remain the same throughout Dante's poetry? Looking back over the works written by Dante Alighieri in the course of his literary career, we can discover that the heart is a central organ in all his poetry and also in his long and bumpy path to salvation, from hell to heaven; and that this path could also be understood as a path…
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It is a well-known fact that mathematical functions that are timelimited (or
spacelimited) cannot be simultaneously bandlimited (in frequency). Yet the
finite precision of measurement and computation unavoidably bandlimits our
observation and modeling scientific data, and we often only have access to, or
are only interested in, a study area that is temporally or spatially bounded.
In the geosciences we may be interested in spectrally modeling a time series
defined only on a certain interval, or we may want to characterize a specific
geographical area observed using an effectively bandlimited measurement device.
It is clear that analyzing and representing sc…
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The goal of the paper is to establish cubature formulas on combinatorial
graphs. Two types of cubature formulas are developed. Cubature formulas of the
first type are exact on spaces of variational splines on graphs. Since
badlimited functions can be obtained as limits of variational splines we obtain
cubature formulas which are "essentially" exact on spaces of bandlimited
functions. Cubature formulas of the second type are exact on spaces of
bandlimited functions. Accuracy of cubature formulas is given in terms of
smoothness which is measured by means of combinatorial Laplace operator. The
results have potential applications to problems that aris…
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Title: Twentieth Century French Writers
Reviews and Reminiscences
Author: Mary Duclaux
Release Date: May 5, 2022 [eBook #67992]
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, for fear of the pestilence.
A.D. 1456. There were two comets observed this year: three
years after, 1459, the Baltic was so frozen over, that people travelled
on the ice from Denmark to Lubeck, Wismar, Rostock, and Stralsund.
A.D. 1465, pestilence again visited Italy. On the 6th of
December of this year, the brothers Miguel Capelier and Leonardo
Crestia, of the order of St. Francis of the Convent of Jesus, were
deputed by the corporation of the city of Barcelona to implore the
interposition of the Almighty to free the city from pestilence. The
year following, Cadiz was nearly depopulated by a plague. Other parts
of Spain suffered also from e…
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In this paper we extend the theory of optimal approximations of functions $f:
\R \to \R$ in the $L^1(\R)$-metric by entire functions of prescribed
exponential type (bandlimited functions). We solve this problem for the
truncated and the odd Gaussians using explicit integral representations and
fine properties of truncated theta functions obtained via the maximum principle
for the heat operator. As applications, we recover most of the previously known
examples in the literature and further extend the class of truncated and odd
functions for which this extremal problem can be solved, by integration on the
free parameter and the use of tempered distribution ar…
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The deterministic notions of capacity and entropy are studied in the context
of communication and storage of information using square-integrable,
bandlimited signals subject to perturbation. The $(\epsilon,\delta)$-capacity,
that extends the Kolmogorov $\epsilon$-capacity to packing sets of overlap at
most $\delta$, is introduced and compared to the Shannon capacity. The
functional form of the results indicates that in both Kolmogorov and Shannon's
settings, capacity and entropy grow linearly with the number of degrees of
freedom, but only logarithmically with the signal to noise ratio. This basic
insight transcends the details of the stochastic or det…
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High-flow nasal cannula oxygenation has distinct advantages over other oxygen devices because of its unique effects on respiratory physiology. In particular, adjustable oxygen delivery and flow-dependent carbon dioxide clearance reduce work of breathing and better match inspiratory demand during respiratory distress. Historically, few studies had evaluated whether the physiologic effects of these devices translated into clinical benefit. However, recent publications have begun to address this knowledge gap. High-flow nasal cannula oxygenation has been shown to h…
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The year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of Dante's death. Is it appropriate to celebrate this anniversary in a journal of endocrinology? The answer is yes-the motivation for this being found in the giants that Dante, in his Divine Comedy, places around the well that divides Circle 8 from Circle 9 of Hell. The "Supreme Poet" describes one of the giants (Nimrod, a Biblical character) as having a large and elongated face with a body of gargantuan proportions. Such a description immediately calls to mind the characteristics of acromegalic prognathis…
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Title: Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works
Author: Kalidasa
Release Date: September 5, 2005 [eBook #16659]
[Most recently updated: February 8, 2021]
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Riehl and Verity have introduced an "$\infty$-cosmic" framework in which they
redevelop the category theory of $\infty$-categories using 2-categorical
arguments. In this paper, we begin with a self-contained review of the parts of
their theory needed to discuss adjunctions and monadicity. This is applied in
order to extend to the $\infty$-categorical context the classical criterion for
fully faithfulness of the comparison functor induced by an adjunction. We
discuss the relation with previous work in the literature---which primarily
uses model-categorical techniques---and indicate applications to descent
theory.
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In this expository paper we provide a geometric proof of the local Langlands
Correspondence for the groups $\operatorname{GL}_{1}$ defined over $p$-adic
fields $K$. We do this by redeveloping the theory of proalgebraic groups and
use this to derive local class field theory in the style of Serre and
Hazewinkel. In particular, we show that the local class field theory of Serre
and Hazewinkel is valid for both equal characteristic and mixed characteristic
ultrametric local fields. Finally, we use this to prove an equivalence of the
categories of smooth representations of $K^{\ast}$ with continuous
representations of $W_K^{\text{Ab}}$ in order to deduce the Loc…
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This document describes a best-effort delay-tolerant communication system
that protects the privacy of users in wireless ad-hoc networks by making their
communication undetectable. The proposed system is a wireless broadcast-based
adaptation of mix networks where each user belongs to at least one group it
trusts, and each group acts as a mix node. Assuming encryption is not broken,
it provides undetectability of all users and messages against external
adversaries, as well as undetectability of users and messages in
non-compromised groups against internal adversaries.
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The Canada France Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT) plans to repurpose its
observatory on the summit of Maunakea and operate a new wide field
spectroscopic survey telescope, the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE). MSE
will upgrade the observatory with a larger 11.25m aperture telescope and equip
it with dedicated instrumentation to capitalize on the site, which has some of
the best seeing in the northern hemisphere, and offer its user community the
ability to do transformative science. The knowledge and experience of the
current CFHT staff will contribute greatly to the engineering of this new
facility. MSE will reuse the same building and telescope pi…
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This work demonstrates an innovative numerical method for counting and
locating eigenvalues with the Evans function. Utilizing the geometric phase in
the Hopf bundle, the technique calculates the winding of the Evans function
about a contour in the spectral plane, describing the eigenvalues enclosed by
the contour for the Hocking-Stewartson pulse of the complex Ginzburg-Landau
equation. Locating eigenvalues with the geometric phase in the Hopf bundle was
proposed by Way, and proven by Grudzien, Bridges & Jones. Way demonstrated his
proposed method for the Hocking-Stewartson pulse, and this manuscript
redevelops this example as in the proof of the method…
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The airway smooth muscle undergoes an elastic transition during a sustained contraction, characterized by a gradual decrease in hysteresivity caused by a relatively greater rate of increase in elastance than resistance. We recently demonstrated that these mechanical changes are more likely to persist after a large strain when they are acquired in dynamic versus static conditions; as if the microstructural adaptations liable for the elastic transition are more flexible when they evolve in dynamic conditions. The extent of this flexibility is undefined. Herein, co…
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We present the results from our earlier paper (arXiv:math/0602484) on the
affine normal flow on noncompact convex hypersurfaces in affine space from a
more PDE point of view, emphasizing the estimates involved. Our results concern
the limits of solutions to a parabolic Monge-Ampere equation on $S^n$, where a
sequence of smooth strictly convex initial value functions increase
monotonically to a limiting initial value function which is infinite on at
least a hemisphere of $S^n$. We prove long-time existence and instantaneous
smoothing for quite general initial data, and we characterize ancient solutions
as ellipsoids or paraboloids. We make essential use of e…
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Given two shapes $A$ and $B$ in the plane with Hausdorff distance $1$, is
there a shape $S$ with Hausdorff distance $1/2$ to and from $A$ and $B$? The
answer is always yes, and depending on convexity of $A$ and/or $B$, $S$ may be
convex, connected, or disconnected. We show a generalization of this result on
Hausdorff distances and middle shapes, and various related properties. We also
show that a generalization of such middle shapes implies a morph with a bounded
rate of change. Finally, we explore a generalization of the concept of a
Hausdorff middle to more than two sets and show how to approximate or compute
it.
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Compact semiconductor device models are essential for efficiently designing
and analyzing large circuits. However, traditional compact model development
requires a large amount of manual effort and can span many years. Moreover,
inclusion of new physics (eg, radiation effects) into an existing compact model
is not trivial and may require redevelopment from scratch. Machine Learning
(ML) techniques have the potential to automate and significantly speed up the
development of compact models. In addition, ML provides a range of modeling
options that can be used to develop hierarchies of compact models tailored to
specific circuit design stages. In this paper, w…
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back panel; and the return of Anne
Vercors; and the relative repentance of the obstinate Mara; and the
great mystical wind that rises and uplifts us into a region where
happiness and tragedy are lost in a peace beyond understanding--all
this moves us deeply in the second rendering.
Each version has its beauties, and either makes us realise the Celtic
base of France--at least, of the north of France. The French have ever
Rome upon their lips, and their education has been strictly Latin since
the time of the Gallo-Romans, but, by instinct and blood, they are
Celts: no deep racial difference divides a Paul Claudel from a Synge,
or a Barbey d’Aurevi…
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t persisted for six years, until 1787. A disease
termed ‘Andalusian fever’ prevailed this year in South America among
the Spanish colonists, and also at Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian
settlements. At Tauris, 15,000 dwellings were demolished, and vast
multitudes were swallowed up by an earthquake.
From the year 1781 down to 1789, epidemic pestilence committed great
havoc in various parts of the world. In England, an epizootic was fatal
to horses and horned cattle: of one hundred and sixteen horses located
in one barrack stable, all but thirteen were attacked; seventy-eight
died. The Channel fleet were great sufferers from epidemic disease;
11…
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The theory of orbital magnetization is reconsidered by defining additional
quantities that incorporate a non-Hermitian effect due to anomalous operators
that break the domain of definition of the Hermitian Hamiltonian. As a result,
boundary contributions to the observable are rigorously and analytically taken
into account. In this framework, we extend the standard velocity operator
definition in order to incorporate an anomaly of the position operator that is
inherent in band theory, which results in an explicit boundary velocity
contribution. Using the extended velocity, we define the electrons' intrinsic
orbital circulation and we argue that this is …
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Dante Alighieri died in 1321; therefore, 2021 is the 700th anniversary of his death. His best known work is the
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Inferno
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, bodily (pain);
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Purgatorio,
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acoustic (music); and
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The use of starch in food systems in many instances relies on its thickening and gelling capacity. When native starches fail to match process and/or product-specific requirements, starches are physically and/or chemically modified to meet end-use demands. Evidently, differences between starches of varying botanical origin have to be considered when selecting or modifying starches for particular applications. Potato starch (PS) ranks third in world production after maize and wheat starches. Its unique properties differ from those of cereal and pulse starches and …
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Physical symbol systems are needed for open-ended cognition. A good way to
understand physical symbol systems is by comparison of thought to chemistry.
Both have systematicity, productivity and compositionality. The state of the
art in cognitive architectures for open-ended cognition is critically assessed.
I conclude that a cognitive architecture that evolves symbol structures in the
brain is a promising candidate to explain open-ended cognition. Part 2 of the
paper presents such a cognitive architecture.
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In this paper we extend the notion of the Euler characteristic to persistent
homology and give the relationship between the Euler integral of a function and
the Euler characteristic of the function's persistent homology. We then proceed
to compute the expected Euler integral of a Gaussian random field using the
Gaussian kinematic formula and obtain a simple closed form expression. This
results in the first explicitly computable mean of a quantitative descriptor
for the persistent homology of a Gaussian random field.
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Non-Cartesian MRI acquisition has demonstrated various advantages in many clinical applications. The shells trajectory is a 3D non-Cartesian MRI acquisition technique that samples the k-space using a series of concentric shells to achieve efficient 3D isotropic acquisition. Partial Fourier acquisition is an acceleration technique that is widely used in Cartesian MRI. It exploits the conjugate symmetry of k-space measurement to reduce the number of k-space samples compared to full-k-space acquisition, without loss of spatial resolution. For a Cartesian MRI acquis…
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In this paper the study of the cognitive interference channel with a common
message, a variation of the classical cognitive interference channel in which
the cognitive message is decoded at both receivers. We derive the capacity for
the semideterministic channel in which the output at the cognitive decoder is a
deterministic function of the channel inputs. We also show capacity to within a
constant gap and a constant factor for the Gaussian channel in which the
outputs are linear combinations of the channel inputs plus an additive Gaussian
noise term. Most of these results are shown using an interesting transmission
scheme in which the cognitive message, de…
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ist on earth. Thus,
imprisoned in the tyrannous circle of her own personality, she turns
round upon herself, like a squirrel in its cage. So at least we see her
in this first novel and in the last: _La Domination_.
Between the two the poetess has placed a sort of pastel, a sort of
fairy-tale, exquisite in its refinement and impossible grace, _Le
Visage Emerveillé_, where, if the features are the same, the colour and
the lighting are so softened that we greet with a smile what, in the
other volumes seemed, in all cruel sincerity, the terrible image of
hysterical passion.
And then, in the summer of 1913, she produced, after so long a silence
of…
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vividly
that his nose had been broken in some argument which had cost the other
man more than a broken nose.
“‘Zeytoun,’ he said, ‘is a fortress in Armenia. For five hundred years
Zeytoun has not laid down her arms, but now she is burnt stones on
the ground. The Zeytounlis, sir, are the hill-men of Armenia. I am an
Armenian.’
“‘Oh, I’m so sorry,’ Tarlyon murmured.
“‘Why?’ snarled the Armenian.
“‘Well, you’ve been treated pretty badly, haven’t you?’ said Tarlyon.
‘All these massacres and things....’
“The stranger glared at him, and then he laughed at him. I shall remember
that laugh. So will Tarlyon. Then the stranger raised a finger an…
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