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Robot path planning using a genetic algorithm [PDF]
Robot path planning can refer either to a mobile vehicle such as a Mars Rover, or to an end effector on an arm moving through a cluttered workspace. In both instances there may exist many solutions, some of which are better than others, either in terms ...
Baffes, Paul T. +2 more
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The evolution of Marshall Sahlins [PDF]
, 2005 MARSHALL SAHLINS (born 1930), the Charles Grey Distinguished Professor at the University of Chicago, is the highest-profile American anthropologist currently working in the field of Oceania.
Goldsmith, Michael
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Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
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, 2014 Excerpt: ...I propose to explore one expression of this more ancient and eastern tradition, as found in the cosmic vision of Maximus the Confessor. After a brief sketch of his life and times and his relationship to the larger orthodox tradition I will ...
Overman, Steve
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Castoriadis and social theory:from marginalization to canonization to re-radicalization [PDF]
, 2015 This chapter examines Cornelius Castoriadis's trajectory from obscurity and the margins of post-war French intellectual and political milieu to the misappropriation and canonization of his thought after the 1970s and argues for a re-radicalization of his
Memos, Christos
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article questions the moral and causal certainties attributed to the clinical assumptions of the breath of chaos. Instead of seeing chaos as an exceptional intruder that causes problems in health, I suggest that chaos underlines the changing conditions of health and it's an intrinsic part of breathing and everyday life. I discuss the five‐
Yuxin Peng
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The image and deification of Long (龍)in the Han dynasty (漢代) [PDF]
, 2013 Long (龍)is considered the symbol of China and the ancestor of Chinese people as well. Known as a god of water and sky，Long also has a great influence to history and the way people think about the world of East Asia.
Zhou ZhengLv, 周 正律
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Book Review: God, Hierarchy, and Power: Orthodox Theologies of Authority from Byzantium.
, 2018 Ashley M. Purpura, God, Hierarchy, and Power: Orthodox Theologies of Authority from Byzantium. New York: Fordham University Press, 2018. 226 pages. $65.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-0-8232-7837-4.
Payton, James R.
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Christian Insights into Plotinus' Metaphysics and his Concept of Aptitude (Ἐπιτηδειότης) [PDF]
, 2017 Modern scholarship on Late Antique philosophy seems to be more interested than ever before in examining in depth convergences and divergences between Platonism and Early Christian thought. Plotinus is a key gure in such an examination.
Pavlos, Panagiotis
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Making a star on the small screen: The case of Mina and RAI [PDF]
, 2014 © 2015 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. Anna Maria Quaini (née Mazzini), or Mina as she is more commonly known, is a prolific Italian pop singer who rose to fame in the late 1950s. She was particularly dominant from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s,
Haworth, Rachel
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