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A numerical study of the Xu interpolation formula in two variables
No full textIn his paper "Lagrange interpolation on Chebyshev points of two variables'' (J. Approx. Theor. 87, 220-238, 1996), Y. Xu proposed a set of Chebyshev like points for polynomial interpolation in the square [-1,1](2), and derived a compact form of the corresponding Lagrange interpolation formula. We investigate computational aspects of the Xu polynomial interpolation formula like numerical stability and efficiency, the behavior of the Lebesgue constant, and its application to the reconstruction of various test functions
Joseph Bimeler letter to Peter Kaufmann, June 8, 1844
No full textLetter from J. M. Bimeler (by Christian Weibel) to Peter Kaufmann, acknowledging receipt of Bibles and spelling books and ordering more Bibles. He repeats his statement from his letter of April 31, 1844, of a preference for Bibles that embrace the Apocrypha. The letter also requests a catalog of books on hand at Kaufmann's establishment.
Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left Germany and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar, in which each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. After decades of economic prosperity, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society.
Peter Kaufmann was a German immigrant and intellectual. He arrived first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1820; in 1826 he became professor of languages at the Harmony Society town of Economy, Pennsylvania. In 1827, Kaufmann led the establishment of Teutonia, a utopian community in Columbiana County, Ohio, and published its weekly titled "Teutonia: The Herald of a Better Time." Following this he moved to Canton, Ohio, where he became translator and editor of "Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit" under Solomon Sala. Additionally, Kaufmann wrote a number of books on education, as well as a German almanac. He was also an influential Democrat, counting President Van Buren among his friends, and knew Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Text that Did Grow Up: How Peter Pan became a Culture Text
No full textPeter Pan is a character known by virtually everyone who has ever come into contact with
western popular culture. There are many texts, films, and theatre productions about him and
his story. However, putting the general story presented in these cultural products next to the
original texts by J. M. Barrie shows how much the cultural idea of Peter Pan has evolved into
something different than the first text in which he appeared. This thesis aims to analyse why
the idea of the story behind Peter Pan in the cultural imagination is so distinctly different
from any of the texts that were written by its original author, J. M. Barrie. By applying the
concept of Paul Davis’ culture-text onto the work and analysing the fluidity of the text as
proposed by John Bryant, the thesis will show how different elements in the works
characters, setting, and genre have created an environment in which approaching and
adapting the central narrative of the work in new ways was a logical step and explains why
there are so many versions that all differ in one way or another
Influences of host community characteristics on Borrelia burgdorferi infection prevalence in Blacklegged ticks
No full textLyme disease is a major vector-borne bacterial disease in the USA. The disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, and transmitted among hosts and humans, primarily by blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). The ~25 B. burgdorferi genotypes, based on genotypic variation of their outer surface protein C (ospC), can be phenotypically separated as strains that primarily cause human diseases – human invasive strains (HIS) – or those that rarely do – and are non-randomly associated with host species. The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which phenotypic outcomes of B. burgdorferi could be explained by the host communities fed upon by blacklegged ticks. In 2006 and 2009, we determined the host community composition based on abundance estimates of the vertebrate hosts, and collected host-seeking nymphal ticks in 2007 and 2010 to determine the ospC genotypes within infected ticks. We regressed instances of B. burgdorferi phenotypes on site-specific characteristics of host communities by constructing Bayesian hierarchical models that properly handled missing data. The models provided quantitative support for the relevance of host composition on Lyme disease risk pertaining to B. burgdorferi prevalence (i.e., overall nymphal infection prevalence, or NIPAll) and HIS prevalence among the infected ticks (NIPHIS). In 2006, we found positive associations of the relative abundances of mice, of chipmunks, and of shrews with NIPAll. We also found positive associations of NIPHIS with shrews, and with host community diversity (H’), but negative associations with mice, and with chipmunks. In 2009, the relative abundance of mice showed a positive association with NIPAll, whereas the relative abundance of shrews and of H’ showed a negative association. With NIPHIS, only H’ showed a positive association, whereas the relative abundances of mice, of chipmunks, and of shrews, had negative associations. Our study highlights the variability between two years in the effects of host composition on B. burgdorferi genotypes. More importantly, our results highlight how disease risk inference, based on the role of host community, changes when we examine risk overall or at the phenotypic level. Long-term studies will be necessary to detect any consistent effects of host community composition on genotypic variation in the Lyme disease spirochetes
sj-pdf-1-cep-10.1177_03331024221132008 - Supplemental material for Migraine and the risk of stroke in a middle-aged and elderly population: A prospective cohort study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cep-10.1177_03331024221132008 for Migraine and the risk of stroke in a middle-aged and elderly population: A prospective cohort study by Cevdet Acarsoy, Lana Fani, Linda Al-Hassany, Brian Berghout, Peter J Koudstaal, Antoinette Maassen Van Den Brink, M Kamran Ikram and Daniel Bos in Cephalalgia</p
sj-docx-1-eso-10.1177_23969873241239787 – Supplemental material for Burden of intracranial artery calcification in white patients with ischemic stroke
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-eso-10.1177_23969873241239787 for Burden of intracranial artery calcification in white patients with ischemic stroke by Bernhard P Berghout, Robin YR Camarasa, Dianne HK Van Dam-Nolen, Aad van der Lugt, Marleen de Bruijne, Peter J Koudstaal, M Kamran Ikram and Daniel Bos in European Stroke Journal</p
Geometric Weakly Admissible Meshes, Discrete Least Squares Approximations and Approximate Fekete Points
No full textNarrative support for technical documents: Formalising Rhetorical Structure Theory
No full textBusiness Process Re-engineering (BPR) is an area that requires a lot of technical documents and an important feature of a well-written document is a coherent narrative. Even though computer software has helped authors in many other aspects of writing, support for document narratives is almost non-existent. Therefore, we introduce CANS (Computer-Aided Narrative Support), a tool that uses Rhetorical Structure Theory to enhance the narrative of a document. From this narrative, the tool generates questions to prompt the author for the content of the document. CANS also allows the author to explore alternative narratives for a document. A catalogue of predefined narrative structures for popular types of documents is provided too. Our tool is still in its rudimentary stages but sufficiently complete to be demonstrated
Book Review: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
No full textAuthor: Gary J. Bass
Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Peter M. Erickson (US Army), PhD, Deputy G35, US Army Europe and Africa
Lieutenant Colonel Peter M. Erickson, PhD, provides a valuable overview of Gary J. Bass’s explanation of why the post–World War II Tokyo trials “were a relative failure.” He highlights how a lack of impartiality, the “legacy of empire,” and the judges’ backgrounds and motivations affected the trials. Erickson calls the book “a must-read for Defense community leaders who often wrestle with the strict legality of America’s tactical actions and the broader and deeper moral impacts of its strategic endeavors.”https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/1068/thumbnail.jp
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