From significance testing to estimation and Open Science: How esci can help
We argue that researchers should test less, estimate more, and adopt Open Science practices. We outline some of the flaws of null hypothesis significance testing and take three approaches to demonstrating the unreliability of the p value. We explain some advantages of estimation and meta‐analysis (“the new statistics”), especially as contributions to ...
Robert Calin‐Jageman, Geoff Cumming
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Abstract INTRODUCTION This ongoing, prospective study examines the effectiveness of methods used to successfully recruit and retain 238 Black older adults in a longitudinal, observational Alzheimer's disease (AD) study. METHODS Recruitment strategies included traditional media, established research registries, speaking engagements, community events ...
Alexis I. B. Walker+11 more
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NT 520 New Testament Introduction [PDF]
1. A Bible with Old and New Testaments (NASB95, ESV, NRSV, or RSV recommended; but NIV is acceptable). Electronic Bible versions in Logos Bible Software are available for purchase individually (see link below), or come bundled with various packages.
Long, Fredrick J.
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Formed From the Dust of the Ground: A Biblical-Theological Study of the Relationship Between Man and the Ground in Genesis 1-12 [PDF]
This project traces the dynamic relationship between the man and the ground in Genesis 1-12 through the appearance of the adam - adamah motif and its near associations.
Nickerson, David Joseph
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RL-LOGO: Deep Reinforcement Learning Localization for Logo Recognition [PDF]
This paper proposes a novel logo image recognition approach incorporating a localization technique based on reinforcement learning. Logo recognition is an image classification task identifying a brand in an image. As the size and position of a logo vary widely from image to image, it is necessary to determine its position for accurate recognition ...
arxiv
Two\u27s Company but Three\u27s a Crowd: A Study on the Crowd in the Book of Acts [PDF]
The book of Acts is an entity of its own. While it is a part of the canonical Bible as one of the sixty-six books, it is unique in that it presents the continuation of God’s plan from Jesus Christ to the growth of the early Christian church.
Eagle, Dylan
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Teaching God’s People the Disciplines of Personal Bible Study and Prayer at Central Congregational Church, Middleborough, Massachusetts [PDF]
The purpose of the project was to teach the disciplines of personal Bible study and prayer at Central Congregational Church in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Smith, Bruce Duncan McLeod
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LogoNet: a fine-grained network for instance-level logo sketch retrieval [PDF]
Sketch-based image retrieval, which aims to use sketches as queries to retrieve images containing the same query instance, receives increasing attention in recent years. Although dramatic progress has been made in sketch retrieval, few efforts are devoted to logo sketch retrieval which is still hindered by the following challenges: Firstly, logo sketch
arxiv
Reading a Protoevangelium in the Context of Genesis [PDF]
This article proposes that the case for a ‘messianic’ reading of Gen. 3:15 is cumulative. No single individual argument is decisive and it is virtually impossible to sustain a robust protevangelium interpretation of this text within the context of Gen. 3
Pettus, David
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Restoration Jewish Evangelism: A Dispensational Paradigm for Jewish Evangelism [PDF]
Local Jewish populations within proximity of U.S. churches are perishing in their need to hear the Christian gospel. Obstacles to Jewish evangelism have festered through the centuries.
Woods, Justin R
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