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Dr. Philip Senter - The Biology and Chemistry of Fire Breathing Dragons
No full textDr. Phil Senter speaks at the Chesnutt Library of Fayetteville State University about his recent research and publications about the iconography, history, and mythology surrounding fire breathing dragons.
Presented live on November 5, 2025 as part of Chesnutt Library\u27s Faculty Author Series.https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/faculty_author/1022/thumbnail.jp
Structured Cases, Trees and Efficient Retrieval
No full text. A set of efficient algorithms for case retrieval from a case base of trees labeled on both nodes and edges is proposed. They extend the best known algorithm for solving the subtree-isomorphism problem. A branch and bound technique and a general definition of similarity between trees is considered. Both the case structure, i.e. the graph structure, and his semantic part, the labels, is taken into account when evaluating similarity. The comparison with a conventional state-space search algorithm on randomly generated case bases, shows that significant speed up can be obtained. 1 Introduction Given a problem in the form of a partially defined query case, a case-based reasoning system (CBR) starts the solution process retrieving from the memory a case that is both similar to the query and reusable to solve the given problem. Similarity is usually provided by a distance metric. Therefore, designing efficient retrieval algorithms is a key issue in CBR. In rather simple application domains..
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A Norwegian grey zone: Knut Rød, Victor Lind and 'The crucial year, 1942'
No full textThis article uses Primo Levi’s concept of “the grey zone” to explore Knut Rød’s involvement in the transfer of 532 Norwegian Jews from Oslo to Auschwitz in 1942. Rød, the police chief in charge of the operation, was subsequently exonerated of any crime on the grounds that he had simultaneously used his position to help members of Milorg – the Norwegian Resistance. The legal and moral basis of this verdict has been questioned by the artist Victor Lind in a series of artworks, including his “countermonument” The Perpetrator (2005)
Seasons of Friendship
No full text1982/10/18. Shares how to form intimate relationships: share what you\u27re feeling, what your needs are, and why. Christian educator with a ministry through writing; author of Seasons of Friendship
More dinosaur and pterosaur rock art that isn\u27t
No full textTo support claims of the coexistence of humans with dinosaurs and pterosaurs, young-earth creationist authors have identified several pieces of ancient rock art as depictions of dinosaurs or pterosaurs. Here, nine such claims are investigated. An alleged pterosaur painting in Black Dragon Canyon, Utah, is actually not a single painting. Its head and neck are a painting of a person with outstretched arms. Its torso and limbs are those of a painting of a second person with outstretched arms, whose body continues into the pterosaur\u27s wing. The other wing is a painting of a horned serpent. The three paintings only appear connected because someone outlined the group with chalk. An alleged dinosaur petroglyph in Havasupai Canyon, Arizona, is a stylized bird with an extension on one foot; the hooked line that represents its head and neck is a stylized bird head. A second alleged dinosaur petroglyph in Havasupai Canyon is a stylized bighorn sheep or rabbit. An alleged dinosaur cave painting in Tanzania is an obvious giraffe. Three alleged cave paintings of long-necked dinosaurs in Zambia have short necks and most likely represent lizards. An alleged dinosaur painting on Agawa Rock in Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ottawa, represents Underwater Panther, a supernatural lake guardian of Ojibwe tradition. An alleged pterosaur painting at Alton, Illinois, is the product of the imagination of a nineteenth-century American author. These pieces of rock art now join the ever-growing pile of discredited evidence for the ancient coexistence of humans and dinosaurs. © Palaeontological Association July 2012
Assessment of morphological impacts due to construction of artificial islands along the coast of Israel
No full textThe study into the feasibility o f the construction of islands off the coast of Israel is being conducted jointly between teams from Israel and The Netherlands as part of agreements for collaboration dating from 1996 and 1997. From early 1997, work began on defining the details of the project plan for the feasibility study. Since late 1997 and through 1998 data collection and analysis was undertaken by the Israel counterparts and modelling preparations were conducted by WL|Delft Hydraulics. In March 1999 the data required for the proposed models had been transferred to WL|Delft HydrauKcs where 2-dimensional flow, wave and morphological computations were conducted. From March to April 1999 the first of three schemes proposed for detailed modelling was investigated in the models. This report describes the overall methodology o f the assessment, by modelling, of the impacts o f island schemes on the central coast o f Israel and in particular the result o f the modelling of the impacts of each scheme, the "airport island scheme off Tel Baruch" plus the "single island scheme off Bat Yam" and the "triple islands scheme off N. Herzliya". The modelling of impacts focused on erosion /accretion of the seabed and coastline caused by the scheme and on proposed remedial measures
A Meaningful and Useful Twofer: Enhancing Honors Students’ Research Experiences While Gathering Assessment Data
No full textEngaging students in assessment practice benefits honors students, faculty, and administrators. Students gain meaningful research experience while honors programs receive data to help assess student learning and prepare for program review. A one-semester course, Program Evaluation Experiences, tasks students (n = 10) with collecting and analyzing data from peers and faculty and then articulating its value for their personal academic development. Qualitative and quantitative instruments and measures include an online survey (Qualtrics), personal interviews (Rev), and focus groups (rev, n = 30). Students complete various analyses of data using SPSS and NVivo. Results indicate that students’ active participation in applied research methods for program assessment benefits both student and program and, because anchored in student experience, helps to reveal data that might otherwise remain unexpressed. The author asserts that this type of hands-on learning provides honors students with a wide range of practical experience not offered in non-honors curricula. A short history of program assessment in honors is provided
The experience of living with a chronic disease in pediatrics from the mothers’ narratives: The Clinical Interview on Parental Sense of Grip on the Disease
No full textThe Clinical Interview on the Sense of Grip on Chronic Disease has been administered to 68 mothers of children affected by Hereditary Angioedema (C1-Inh HAE), Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA). The objectives are to detect general features of the experience of parenting children with chronic illness as well as the specificities of this experience related to the different conditions. Four Profiles of Sense of Grip were identified: Adempitive, Controlling, Reactive, Dynamic. The Sense of Grip Interview is an effective clinical tool for understanding the characteristics of the disease in daily life, which can help clinicians to encourage family adjustment to disease
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