3,668 research outputs found
FIGURES 7–8 in First record of Nesomesochorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from America north of Mexico with descriptions of two new species of Nonnus Cresson
No full textFIGURES 7–8. Nonnus spurius Wahl & Bennett, lateral habitus. 7. Paratype male (Mexico: Durango); AEI photo voucher specimen #1073. 8. Paratype male (USA: Arizona); AEI photo voucher specimen #1068.Published as part of Wahl, David B. & Bennett, Andrew M.R., 2020, Zootaxa 4779 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/383167
Improving Performance in Combinatorial Optimisation Using Averaging and Clustering
No full textIn a recent paper an algorithm for solving MAX-SAT was proposed which worked by clustering good solutions and restarting the search from the closest feasible solutions. This was shown to be an extremely effective search strategy, substantially out-performing traditional optimisation techniques. In this paper we extend those ideas to a second classic NP-Hard problem, namely Vertex Cover. Again the algorithm appears to provide an advantage over more established search algorithms, although it shows different characteristics to MAX-SAT. We argue this is due to the different large-scale landscape structure of the two problems
First record of Vespa crabro Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in western North America with a review of recorded species of Vespa Linnaeus in Canada
No full textBass, Amber, Needham, Karen, Bennett, Andrew M.R. (2022): First record of Vespa crabro Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in western North America with a review of recorded species of Vespa Linnaeus in Canada. Zootaxa 5154 (3): 305-318, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.3.
Formes et formations dans les systèmes glaciaires continentaux : Bennett M.R., Glasser N.F., Glacial Geology, Ice Sheets and Landforms
No full textGodard Alain. Formes et formations dans les systèmes glaciaires continentaux : Bennett M.R., Glasser N.F., Glacial Geology, Ice Sheets and Landforms. In: Annales de Géographie, t. 106, n°597, 1997. pp. 538-539
Marriage of Minds. "Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience" by M.R. Bennett and P.M.S. Hacker. [review]
No full textThis book is a joy to read. It is the fruit of collaboration across disciplines and continents between a neurophysiologist and a philosopher. They have written a polemical work that is a model of clarity and directness. Distinguished neurophysiologist M.R. Bennett, of the University of Sydney, and eminent Oxford philosopher P.M.S. Hacker have produced that rarity of scholarship, a genuinely interdisciplinary work that succeeds.Australia Council, La Trobe University, National Library of Australia, Holding Redlich, Arts Victori
FIGURE 2 in First record of Vespa crabro Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in western North America with a review of recorded species of Vespa Linnaeus in Canada
No full textFIGURE 2. Japanese colour form of Vespa crabro specimen collected on Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada. A. Dorsal habitus. B. Lateral habitus. C. Anterior view of head. Scale bars: 1 mm.Published as part of Bass, Amber, Needham, Karen & Bennett, Andrew M.R., 2022, First record of Vespa crabro Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in western North America with a review of recorded species of Vespa Linnaeus in Canada, pp. 305-318 in Zootaxa 5154 (3) on page 309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/667118
Esperienza ed evento della verità. Pratica filosofica e astrazione scientifica nel pensiero di A.N. Whitehead
No full textThis article analyzes the relationship between philosophy, experience and event in A.N. Whitehead’s thought. From the critics of the concept of object, the author retraces and describes the peculiar “abstract-concrete dialectic”, at the center of the researches concerning the perceptual experience.
Furthermore, according to Whitehead’s later works, she demonstrates how the philosophical practice is different from all other kinds of science, although it requires science itself because of the co-implication of object and event, abstraction and recognition
Il "Guerrin Meschino" di Gesualdo Bufalino : un'"opra" in versi
No full textGesualdo Bufalino first published Il Guerrin Meschino in 1991 in a non-commercial edition. In 1993, after a deep revision, he re-published his work with publisher Bompiani: the novel has a modified plot, and the author decided to insert three new poems in addition to the opening and closing poems, formerly present in 1991’s edition. This paper, in its entirety supported by handwritten material preserved at Fondazione Gesualdo Bufalino (Comiso), is divided in two parts: the first part illustrates the differences between the first and the second edition, the second part provides a critical edition of the five poems
Self-management support at the end of life: patients', carers' and professionals' perspectives on managing medicines
No full textBackground: Pain is a frequently reported symptom by patients approaching the end of life and well-established that patients and carers hold fears relating to opioids, and experience side effects related to their use. The management of medicines is intrinsic to achieving effective pain relief. The concept of self-management support whilst well characterised in the context of chronic illness has not been elaborated with respect to end of life care. Aim: To identify patient, carer and professional views on the concept of self-management support at end of life, specifically in relation to analgesia and related medicines (for side-effect management) in order to describe, characterise and explain self-management support in this context. Methodology & Methods: Qualitative design, data collection methods involved focus groups and interviews. Topics included the meaning of self-management support in this context, roles and behaviours adopted to manage pain-related medicines, and factors that influence these. A largely deductive approach was used, involving verification and validation of key frameworks from the literature, but with capacity for new findings to emerge. Setting: Participants were drawn from two different localities in England, one North, the other South. Interviews with patients and carers took place in their own homes and focus groups with healthcare professionals were held at local hospices. Participants: 38 individuals participated. 15 patients, in the last year of life, and 4 carers under the care of community-based specialist palliative care services and 19 specialist palliative care health professionals (predominantly community palliative care nurses). Findings: The concept of self-management support had salience for patients, carers and specialist nurses alongside some unique features, specific to the end of life context. Specifically self-management was identified as an ever-changing process enacted along a continuum of behaviours fluctuating from full to no engagement. Disease progression, frequent changes in symptoms and side-effects, led to a complex web of roles and behaviours, varying day by day, if not hour by hour. Data confirmed previously proposed professional roles were enacted to support self-management. Furthermore, as patients, carers and clinical nurse specialists worked together to achieve effective pain management, they enacted and inter-acted in the roles of advocate, educator, facilitator, problem solver, communicator, goal setter, monitor and reporter. Conclusions: The study has demonstrated what self-management support at end of life entails and how it is enacted in practice
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