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On global optimization with indefinite quadratics

open access: yesEURO Journal on Computational Optimization, 2017
We present an algorithmic framework for global optimization problems in which the non-convexity is manifested as an indefinite-quadratic as part of the objective function.
Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee, Wendel Melo
doaj   +1 more source

Isotopic evidence for the consumption of Galliformes by the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in rural southern England

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Anthropogenic resource subsidies can drive mesopredator population growth, altering predator–prey dynamics. The red fox Vulpes vulpes is a generalist canid that can readily exploit such subsidies. In the UK, tens of millions of pheasants Phasianus colchicus and red‐legged partridges Alectoris rufa are released annually for sport shooting, potentially ...
Nathan F. Williams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The indefinite noun in the Holy QuranA semantic study

open access: yesمجلة كلية الفقه, 2008
The idea of ​​this study is based on researching the semantic aspects of the indefinite noun in the Quranic expression, as grammarians and rhetoricians have addressed the subject of the indefinite noun and delved into its concept narrowly and broadly ...
Dr Aseel Mutab Al-Janabi
doaj   +1 more source

The indefinite article – Indefinite? – Article?

open access: yes, 2012
Perlmutter (1970) argued that the indefinite article is categorically different from the definite article and proposed that it is a clitic version of the numeral one . But there are, as Perlmutter himself pointed out, instances of a as well as of one
Leu, Thomas
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Sustainable Tourism and Projectification: Evidence from South‐Eastern Italy

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how public policy can be used to promote local tourism and steer it towards sustainability. It uses the municipality of Lecce—a medium‐sized city in south‐eastern Italy—and the broader Salento region as a critical case study, drawing on descriptive statistics, administrative data on local policy projects promoting culture
Lorenzo Mascioli
wiley   +1 more source

Connecting processes with indefinite causal order and multi-time quantum states

open access: yesNew Journal of Physics, 2017
Recently, the possible existence of quantum processes with indefinite causal order has been extensively discussed, in particular using the formalism of process matrices. Here we give a new perspective on this question, by establishing a direct connection
Ralph Silva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Moore-Penrose inverses of Gram matrices leaving a cone invariant in an indefinite inner product space

open access: yesSpecial Matrices, 2015
In this paper we characterize Moore-Penrose inverses of Gram matrices leaving a cone invariant in an indefinite inner product space using the indefinite matrix multiplication. This characterization includes the acuteness (or obtuseness) of certain closed
Appi Reddy K., Kurmayya T.
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English Indefinite Ordinals: A First Explanation

open access: yes, 2019
 English ordinals are commonly preceded by the definite article but the pattern is not universal. There are quite a few well attested instances of English ordinals preceded by the indefinite article, which, strangely enough, have not been ...
Berezowski, Leszek
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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

An Error Analysis on the Use of English Articles in Students’ Written Descriptive Texts (A Case of Class X MIA 1 of SMA N 1 Binangun, Cilacap in the Academic Year 2014/2015)

open access: yesELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2016
This study is a case study which investigates errors on the use of English articles. It is focused on the errors made by tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Binangun, Cilacap in their written descriptive texts.The total of 32 students of class X MIA 1 became
Sekar Bayu Swasti
doaj   +1 more source

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