Results 11 to 20 of about 245 (109)
Adaptation in Adaptation in Adaptation in Adaptation [PDF]
This chapter offers a close analysis of Adaptation and its treatment of Darwinian themes. It uses the film to think through some issues in literary and cinematic Darwinism, prompting questions regarding evolution’s use in the humanities: what is the explanatory power of evolutionary biology, and how can we transform evolutionary thinking into ...
openaire +1 more source
The “long-life elixir” has long represented for humans a dream, a vanity’s sin for remaining young and to long survive. Today, because of ageing population phenomenon, the research of antiageing interventions appears to be more important than ever, for preserving health in old age and retarding/or delaying the onset of age‐related diseases.
Carmela Rita Balistreri +1 more
wiley +1 more source
Artykuł jest porównawczą analizą felietonów o czasie i upływie godzin w twórczości trzech autorów. Pierwszy, XIX-wieczny, to francuski pisarz Étienne de Jouy, autor cyklu L’Hermite de la Chaussée-d’Antin.
Jan Zieliński
doaj +1 more source
ABSTRACT The use of alternative methods to control cyst nematode populations has accelerated since the ban of chemical nematicides in Europe. The resistant QTL GpaVvrn, derived from the wild species Solanum vernei, is widely present in resistant European potato cultivars and provides strong protection against Globodera pallida populations although a ...
Océane Lechevalier +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Within the iClass (Integrated Project n° 507922) and Elektra (Strep n°027986) European projects, the authors were requested to harness their pedagogical knowledge to the production of educational adaptive systems. The paper pinpoints and documents difficulties and limitations of this work as well as the possible fertility of such kind of ...
Dominique Verpoorten +3 more
openaire +1 more source
SUMMARY Calcium signaling plays an essential role in integrating plant responses to diverse stimuli and regulating growth and development. While some signaling components and their roles are well‐established, such as the ubiquitous calmodulin (CaM) sensor, plants possess a broader repertoire of calcium sensors.
Amandine Lucchin +8 more
wiley +1 more source
When unoccupied for centuries, archaeological sites are appropriate for studying the long‐term effects of past human occupancy on natural ecosystems, including the soil compartment. In this work, we show that four centuries of human occupancy have deeply and lastingly modified both the soil chemical and bacterial compositions inside a Roman fort in ...
Stéphane Boivin +14 more
wiley +1 more source
Adaptation, ‘Adaptation’, and Adaptation: Zizek and the Commonplace
_Adaptation_ is the film this article is about. The rules of electronic articles require that it be quoted with underscores. \'Adaptation\' is the subject and title of this articleand so should be indicated with inverted commas. Adaptation, without underlining and without quotation marks, is just adaptation, the thing itself.
openaire +2 more sources
On the Adaptiveness of Quicksort [PDF]
Quicksort was first introduced in 1961 by Hoare. Many variants have been developed, the best of which are among the fastest generic sorting algorithms available, as testified by the choice of Quicksort as the default sorting algorithm in most programming libraries. Some sorting algorithms are adaptive, i.e.
Gerth Stølting Brodal +2 more
openaire +9 more sources
On gain adaptation in adaptive control [PDF]
The adaptive high-gain output feedback strategy u(t)=-k(t)y(t), (d/dt)k(t)=/spl par/y(t)/spl par//sup 2/ is well established in the context of linear, minimum-phase, m-input m-output systems (A, B, C) with the property that spec(CB)/spl sub//spl Copf//sub +/; the strategy applied to any such linear system achieves the performance objectives of: 1 ...
Achim Ilchmann, Eugene P. Ryan
openaire +1 more source

