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Solving the Large-Scale TSP Problem in 1 h: Santa Claus Challenge 2020

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021
The scalability of traveling salesperson problem (TSP) algorithms for handling large-scale problem instances has been an open problem for a long time. We arranged a so-called Santa Claus challenge and invited people to submit their algorithms to solve a ...
Radu Mariescu-Istodor, Pasi Fränti
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Kanta-asiakastyytyväisyys Hotel Santa Claus Rovaniemi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena oli toteuttaa hotelli Santa Claus Rovaniemen toimeksiannosta asiakastyytyväisyyskysely hotellin kanta-asiakkaille keväällä 2020.
Parviainen, Salla
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Oliver Twist and Santa Claus [PDF]

open access: yesThe EMBO Reports, 2004
In the film version of Charles Dickens' famous novel, the innocent‐looking Oliver Twist approaches Mr Bumble, the orphanage's powerful controller of nourishment, and asks for an extra helping of gruel. “More!?” thunders an indignant Bumble, visibly upset by such an impertinent request.
openaire   +2 more sources

Of how the Father of Heaven, the Easter bunny, Santa and the angels were living together in the sky!

open access: yesZero-a-seis, 2002
This text refers to the following question: After all, where was that the children took the idea that the Father of Heaven, the Easter Rabbit, the angels and Santa Claus live together in heaven?
Ana Beatriz Cerisara
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Has Santa Replaced the Messiah? Reclaiming the Christ of Christmas in Southern African Christianity [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Humanities Research
The celebration of Christmas continues to be one of the major theological and public celebrations in Southern African Christianity, especially within the Pentecostal and African Independent Church (AIC) traditions.
Nkarhi Mathebula   +2 more
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Archiving an Enchanted Childhood? The Swiss Case of Letters to Santa Claus

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the conditions under which children's written productions are collected, mediated, and archived through a case study of letters addressed to Santa Claus in Switzerland. Since 1950, the Swiss Post has responded annually to thousands of letters sent by children; a selection of these letters has also been preserved in a ...
Samuel Morard
wiley   +1 more source

Abdominal Obesity

open access: yesEDIS, 2013
Santa Claus, Winnie the Pooh®, and Shrek® … what do these three characters have in common? You probably know them for being jolly and for having extra fat around their waists, also known as “abdominal obesity.” Although this may be cute in fairy tales or
Erica Bub, Karla Shelnutt, Gail Kauwell
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Science, fiction, and Santa Claus: Hollywood creator and consultant perceptions of fictional science in film and television

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2023
IntroductionFrom the high-stakes operating room of a Seattle hospital, to the shattered remains of a planet in a galaxy far, far away, Hollywood is often critiqued for its representations of scientific knowledge, methods, and/or technology.
Jessica L. Davis   +2 more
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Two candidate cases of multiple personhood

open access: yesMind &Language, EarlyView.
The split‐brain phenomenon and dissociative identity disorder (DID) have been posed as candidate cases of multiple persons in one body. Philosophers have typically argued that DID subjects are better candidates for multiple personhood because their behavior is more disunified.
Elizabeth Schechter
wiley   +1 more source

Santa Claus

open access: yes
Santa Claus interviews a child live over the radio, broadcast from Roanoke ...
Claus, Santa;
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