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"ROOT, HOG, OR DIE”

open access: yesProverbium, 2014
The American proverb, “root hog or die,” though popular in the early nineteenth century, gained widespread use after President Lincoln used it at the Hampton Roads Conference. Newspapers across the country then published contradictory anecdotal accounts
Barry Shelton
doaj  

The Future of Research in Cognitive Robotics: Foundation Models or Developmental Cognitive Models?

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Research in cognitive robotics founded on principles of developmental psychology and enactive cognitive science would yield what we seek in autonomous robots: the ability to perceive its environment, learn from experience, anticipate the outcome of events, act to pursue goals, and adapt to changing circumstances without resorting to training with ...
David Vernon
wiley   +1 more source

“HEAVEN IS AS NEAR . . . ”

open access: yesProverbium, 2015
The proverb “We are as near Heaven by sea as by land,” or “The way to Heaven is the same from all places,” or the formula “Heaven is as close to X as to Y” entered the English language toward the end of the fifteenth century. The proverb—or at least the
Charles Clay Doyle
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Impairment in Proverb Interpretation as an Executive Function Deficit in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Alzheimer’s Disease

open access: yesDementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2011
Background/Aims: Proverb interpretation is assumed to reflect executive functions. We hypothesized that proverb interpretation is impaired in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) diagnosed as single-domain impairment by common ...
Thomas Leyhe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The mutations of an Ancient Greek proverb

open access: yes, 1970
The well-known ancient proverbial saying about iron-eating mice (e.g. Herodas' Διδάσκαλος III 75-76 and Seneca's Apocolocyntosis, VII 1) survives in the widely used modern Greek proverb τρώει ή μῦγα σίδερο ( = the fly is eating iron). The variants of the
Papademetriou, John Theophanes
core   +1 more source

Auditory–Tactile Congruence for Synthesis of Adaptive Pain Expressions in RoboPatients

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
In this work, we explore auditory–tactile congruence for synthesizing adaptive vocal pain expressions in robopatients. Using a robopatient platform that integrates vocal pain sounds with palpation forces, we conducted 7680 trials across 20 participants.
Saitarun Nadipineni   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Milton's proverb lore.

open access: yes, 1953
In proportion to the large volume of John Milton's works, the number of proverbs used by him is strikingly small. Only 149 proverbs have been gleaned from his poetry and prose.
Abbott, Jody Fergurson, 1925-
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Hemingway’s Somali Proverb Confirmed

open access: yes, 2017
Authenticates the saying of the brave man and the lion in “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” as a true Somali ...
Unseth, Peter, Kapchits, Georgi
core  

Miniaturized Magnetic Tip Design for Endoluminal Vine Robot Navigation

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A magnetic tip mount is designed for a miniaturized 7 mm soft‐growing vine robot to enable wireless magnetic steering and onboard imaging, while preserving a 3 mm working channel. The internal–external ring magnets design balances magnetic attachment with low eversion pressure. Experiments demonstrate ±90° steering, 34 mm bending radius, and successful
Andrea Yanez Trujillo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER”

open access: yesProverbium, 2018
Folkloristics as a discipline is interested in all folklore genres, and of course also in the proverb. However, it is often attempted by the folklorists to collect as many variants as possible, giving thus particular emphasis to quantity. But this seems
George Tserpes
doaj  

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