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An orchard invisible. A natural history of seeds
No full textThe story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of life on earth. With An Orchard Invisible, Jonathan Silvertown presents the oft-ignored seed with the natural history it deserves, one nearly as varied and surprising as the earth’s flora itself
Ильичевское городище - аланская столица Магас? Новые подходы к старому вопросу
No full textThis article assesses recent discussions over the location of the city of Magas, capital of the North Caucasian kingdom of Alania in the 10th century. The article’s first part summarises the information known about Magas from Arabic, Persian and Chinese written sources of the 10th-14th centuries. Following this, the article briefly outlines several recent suggestions which have been made regarding the location of Magas. The third section of the article summarises the author’s previous arguments in favour of the identification of Magas with Il’ichevsk hillfort in eastern Krasnodar Krai (see also Latham-Sprinkle, 2022). Finally, the article addresses several recent criticisms of this position, notably the argument that this site is too far to the west to be identifiable with Magas. In response, the author argues that there is good reason to believe that the original 10th century core territory of the Alan kings was located farther west than previously believed, in the Urup and upper Bol’shaia Laba valleys of Karachai-Cherkassia and eastern Krasnodar Krai.This article assesses recent discussions over the location of the city of Magas, capital of the North Caucasian kingdom of Alania in the 10th century. The article’s first part summarises the information known about Magas from Arabic, Persian and Chinese written sources of the 10th-14th centuries. Following this, the article briefly outlines several recent suggestions which have been made regarding the location of Magas. The third section of the article summarises the author’s previous arguments in favour of the identification of Magas with Il’ichevsk hillfort in eastern Krasnodar Krai (see also Latham-Sprinkle, 2022). Finally, the article addresses several recent criticisms of this position, notably the argument that this site is too far to the west to be identifiable with Magas. In response, the author argues that there is good reason to believe that the original 10th century core territory of the Alan kings was located farther west than previously believed, in the Urup and upper Bol’shaia Laba valleys of Karachai-Cherkassia and eastern Krasnodar Krai.A
ModelFlow: towards reactive model management workflows
No full textIn this paper we propose a domain specific language that enables the description and execution of model management workflows. Our language declares tasks and resources involved in a multi-step model management process and resolves the execution behaviour and order based on dependencies among these components. We describe the abstract and a concrete syntax of the language along with its execution semantics. Then, we demonstrate how the language interpreter can orchestrate and execute a selection model management tasks through a case study of a workflow that generates a graphical editor from a metamodel
La post-pornographie comme art féministe : la sexualité explicite de Carolee Schneemann, d’Annie Sprinkle et d’Émilie Jouvet
No full textDans un contexte de pluralisation des stratégies féministes, le développement d’une pornographie féministe, queer, ou encore ce que les Européennes ou Annie Sprinkle appellent la « post-pornographie », peut-il être envisagé comme un projet féministe viable ou même souhaitable? L’auteure présente une analyse de cette création de pornographie critique et féministe, à la lumière du concept de post-pornographie, dans le champ des arts visuels, plus particulièrement des images en mouvements. Elle trace une généalogie de cette pratique à partir de trois oeuvres réalisées à trois moments clés de cette production : le film expérimental Fuses (1965), de Carolee Schneemann, la vidéo Sluts and Goddesses Video Workshop or How to Be a Sex Goddess in 101 Easy Steps (1992), d’Annie Sprinkle, et le film Too much Pussy. Feminist Sluts in Queer X Show (2010), d’Émilie Jouvet.In the contemporary context of multiple feminist strategies, can we conceive of feminist, queer, or post pornography as a legitimate or desirable feminist project? The author analyzes critical and feminist pornography in visual arts (video or film) with respect to the concept of post-pornography. She traces a genealogy of this artistic practice by examining three films made at three different key moments : the experimental film Fuses (1965), by Carolee Schneemann; the video Sluts and Goddesses Video Workshop or How to Be a Sex Goddess in 101 Easy Steps (1992), by Annie Sprinkle; and, Émilie Jouvet’s film, Too much Pussy. Feminist Sluts in Queer X Show (2010).En el contexto de la pluralización de las estrategias feministas, el desarrollo de una pornografía feminista, queer, o lo que las europeas o Annie Sprinkle llamen « post-pornografía » ¿puede ser visto como un proyecto feminista viable o incluso deseable? En este trabajo se presenta un análisis de la creación de la pornografía crítica y feminista, a la luz del concepto de post-pornografía, en el campo de las artes visuales y más particularmente en las imágenes en movimiento. Propongo trazar una genealogía de esta práctica a partir de tres obras realizadas en tres momentos claves de esta producción : la película experimental Fuses (1965), de Carolee Schneemann, la vídeo Sluts and Goddesses Video Workshop or How to Be a Sex Goddess in 101 Easy Steps (1990), de Annie Sprinkle, y la película Too much Pussy. Feminist Sluts in Queer X Show (2010), de Émilie Jouvet
Ильичевское городище - аланская столица Магас? Новые подходы к старому вопросу
No full textThis article assesses recent discussions over the location of the city of Magas, capital of the North Caucasian kingdom of Alania in the 10th century. The article’s first part summarises the information known about Magas from Arabic, Persian and Chinese written sources of the 10th-14th centuries. Following this, the article briefly outlines several recent suggestions which have been made regarding the location of Magas. The third section of the article summarises the author’s previous arguments in favour of the identification of Magas with Il’ichevsk hillfort in eastern Krasnodar Krai (see also Latham-Sprinkle, 2022). Finally, the article addresses several recent criticisms of this position, notably the argument that this site is too far to the west to be identifiable with Magas. In response, the author argues that there is good reason to believe that the original 10th century core territory of the Alan kings was located farther west than previously believed, in the Urup and upper Bol’shaia Laba valleys of Karachai-Cherkassia and eastern Krasnodar Krai
System architecture for AI-enabled corridor management
No full textIntelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) have become increasingly important over time demonstrating a need for smarter algorithms to be deployed in Integrated Corridor Management (ICM). Two Active Traffic Management (ATM) technologies that have shown promise for improving safety on the freeway are Variable Speed Limit (VSL) and Lane Control System (LCS). These devices can display configurations in response to congestion from incidents. Currently, Traffic Management Centers (TMCs) use operators to manage response plans for incidents. These operators could benefit from artificial intelligence algorithms to provide suggestions in forming these response plans. These algorithms would require lots of offline learning through simulation and real-time data. This thesis proposes an architecture by which an artificial intelligence decision support system (AI-DSS) can be constructed to bridge the gap between operators and AI algorithms for VSL and LCS suggestions. The architecture consists of six main components: process management, data management, event management, evaluation management, logging, and a network graph. These internal components can communicate to the TMC software through an API with TCP/IP connections. The architecture shown is then implemented in the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies (ATCMTD) project with the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The project occurs on the I-24 Smart Corridor which runs from Nashville to Murfreesboro. The code is written in the Python programming language for ease of integration with rich libraries for artificial intelligence. The AI-DSS software has passed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with TDOT allowing it to be deployed into production. This system will be the first system to support AI-enabled corridor management in real-time considering a human in the loop
Functional form for United States-México trade equations
No full textThe literature concerning bilateral trade flows between Mexico and the United States is comparatively small. With the growing importance of international commerce between these economies, potential trade flow responses to changes in relative prices and income performance deserves more attention. This paper attempts to partially fill this gap in the literature by estimating bilateral trade flow equations that decompose relative import and relative export prices into foreign prices, domestic prices, and the exchange rate.
The I-24 Trajectory Dataset
No full textThis dataset was created by recording CAN and GPS data from a single vehicle driving on I-24. The dataset includes values for Time, Velocity, Acceleration, Space Gap, Lateral Distance, Relative Velocity, Longitude GPS, Latitude GPS, Score, TrackID, L_Approach, R_Approach, L_Adjacent, and R_Adjacent. Data are preprocessed for your convenience into individual westbound or eastbound trajectories with mile markers and other relevant data fields added, in the labeled directories.
Nice, Matthew and Lichtle, Nathan and Gumm, Gracie and Roman, Michael and Vinitsky, Eugene and Elmadani, Safwan and Bunting, Matt and Bhadani, Rahul and Gunter, George and Kumar, Maya and McQuade, Sean and Denaro, Chris and Delorenzo, Ryan and Piccoli, Benedetto and Work, Dan and Bayen, Alex and Lee, Jonny and Sprinkle, Jonathan and Seibold, Benjami
Bridging state-based differencing and co-evolution
No full textIn Model-Driven Engineering, metamodel evolution comes with the urge of adapting those artifacts which are compromised by the changes. The existing adaptation techniques focus only on specific categories of artifacts, e.g., models or transformations. Thus, the modeler needs to become familiar with many techniques, each for different kind of artifact. To address this issue we have proposed EMF Migrate, a language devoted to the co-evolution of metamodel-based artifacts. An adaptation program written with EMF Migrate is capable of adapting artifacts (regardless of their type) according to metamodel differences calculated by means of EMF Compare. This paper addresses the problem of the compositional mismatch between EMF Compare and EMF Migrate. In particular, the differences are translated into a number of intermediate notations before being processed by an EMF Migrate adaptation program. Copyright 2012 ACM
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