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Comparing narcotics detection canine accuracy across breeds
Heliyon, 2023 Investigations of detection canine performance across breeds has yielded mixed results, often reporting behavioral differences observed by researchers or reported by handlers through surveys.
Brian Lee Rice, Joseph Velasco
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Pastirji - čarovniki
Shepherds - Sorcerers
Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2015 The article discusses the supernatural powers which - according to the beliefs of numerous peoples - certain shepherds possess. For this reason people made distinctions between those shepherds who possessed this knowledge and those who did not. According
Mirjam Mencej
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Phenotypic characterization and documentation of Gaddi dog of western Himalayan region of India
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2022 India has the privilege of having excellent dog populations, but efforts to recognize them as distinct breeds are far and wide. The present study was designed to undertake the phenotypic characterization of Gaddi dogs, in Himalayan region of the state ...
VARUN SANKHYAN +3 more
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011 This article presents a social-scientific and realistic interpretation of the parable of the lost sheep (Lk 15:4–6). Attention is given to the history of the interpretation of the parable, its integrity and authenticity, and verisimilitude.
Ernest van Eck
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Les causes des incendies de forets : enquête aupres des bergers dans la Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou (Algérie) [PDF]
Cinq Continents, 2019 The causes of forest fires: survey of shepherds in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou (Algeria). The Department of Tizi Ouzou is very affected by forest fires, with an annual average of 175 fires and 3,092 ha of areas burned (period 1986-2017). The rate of unknown
Ouahiba SAHAR +2 more
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Experimental demonstration of improved quantum optimization with linear Ising penalties
New Journal of PhysicsThe standard approach to encoding constraints in quantum optimization is the quadratic penalty method. Quadratic penalties introduce additional couplings and energy scales, which can be detrimental to the performance of a quantum optimizer.
Puya Mirkarimi +3 more
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Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2021 Much of the literature on pastoralists and empire concerns mobile tribes and often focuses on imperial schemes of resettlement, or tribal thwarting of state initiatives.
Michael Kozuh
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Nordicum-MediterraneumIn the pre-industrial era, the fear of not eating enough generated many compensatory myths, linked to fabulous visions of abundance, such as the “Land of Cockaigne”.
Gianpaolo Altamura
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Cybergeo, 2022 In a context of global change, reconciling agricultural production and biodiversity preservation is a major challenge. In mountain regions identified as "High Nature Value", divergent visions between shepherds and ecologists take the form of clashes of ...
Coralie Artano-Garmendia +2 more
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Animal Sentience, 2019 It is very important that we clarify what we owe to nonhuman animals. To that end, we need a better understanding of animal cognition and emotion. Marino & Merskin’s target article is a welcome contribution to this project. Sheep, like most other animals,
Eze Paez
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