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Strongly universal string hashing is fast [PDF]
We present fast strongly universal string hashing families: they can process data at a rate of 0.2 CPU cycle per byte. Maybe surprisingly, we find that these families---though they require a large buffer of random numbers---are often faster than popular ...
Kaser, Owen, Lemire, Daniel
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Persian Period Jerusalem and Yehud: A Rejoinder
This is a rejoinder to several recently published articles which take issue with my views on Persian period Jerusalem and Yehud. The article deals with methodological issues such as inconsistencies between archaeology and text and the meaning of negative
Israel Finkelstein
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Contrasting Carbon and Water Flux Dynamics in an East African Rangeland and Cropland
Abstract This study examines carbon (C) and water dynamics in two East African dryland ecosystems: a savanna rangeland grazed by livestock and wildlife, and a rainfed cropland under minimal tillage. Over 185 days, both systems were showed a similar magnitude of C emissions with differing temporal patterns.
Vincent Odongo +7 more
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Abstract In mid‐eighteenth‐century Europe, anonymous authors produced parodic satires masquerading as earnest exemplars of the chronicle form. Couched in an antiquated, quasi‐biblical register, these mock chronicles drew flimsily fictional portraits of modern life.
Zachary Garber
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ABSTRACT Marine species and associated fisheries demonstrate complex spatial dynamics driven by biological, ecosystem and socioeconomic factors and integrating these spatial dynamics into stock assessment models can improve fishery management advice.
Matthew L. H. Cheng +7 more
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New politics, new stories, new history: the Chronicler as historian for a new generation
The Chronistic History, consisting of I and II chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, constitutes a new history for the post-exilic Judaean community. These people faced new social and political relities and had to make sense of their history and situation ...
W Boshoff
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Abstract Background Students' identification with engineering is intertwined culturally with being smart. Broadly, engineering students are often considered to be smart by others and by themselves, and these beliefs about smartness—what it is and who has enough of it to be an engineer—are a fundamental and limiting aspect of students' experiences ...
Rachel Kajfez +3 more
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Will a man rob God? (Malachi 3:8): a Study of Tithing in the Old and New Testaments [PDF]
Is tithing, that is, giving ten percent of one\u27s income, obligatory for Christians? This first in a series of two articles investigates this question by studying all references to tithing in Scripture.
Croteau, David A. +1 more
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Abstract Introduction Although Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRDs) are disproportionately high in Black/African American (AA) individuals, this population is under‐included in biomarker studies and clinical trials. This underrepresentation contributes to health disparities in treatment and disease outcomes.
Diane Carol Gooding +12 more
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Canon, intertextuality and history in Nehemiah 7:72b–10:40
The forming of the Hebrew Bible can be depicted as an ongoing movement from traditum to traditio. Several parallel and interactive phenomena contributed to this process. One of these was intertextuality, which played a major role in the process.
Pieter M. Venter
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