Blueberry fields for ever

Programs for Ever Programs for Ever

This article reflects our experience with the preservation of computer programs that once served a scientific purpose, but were not maintained since then. After producing results, published in scientific journals in the 70’s, 80’s and begin 90’s, they were stored provisionally on some kind of persistent medium and are at present restored to current state of the art hardware. We constructed an a...

Influence of native flowering plant strips on natural enemies and herbivores in adjacent blueberry fields.

Conservation plantings of native wildflowers were established adjacent to highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) fields to test the hypothesis that provision of resources for natural enemies increases their abundance in adjacent crop fields without increasing the abundance of pest insects. For two growing seasons, natural enemies and herbivorous insects were sampled in fields with flower...

Blueberry muffin syndrome

Abstract Le Blueberry Muffin Baby est un syndrome cutané rare observé en période néonatale. Il est caractérisé par des papulo-nodules disséminés inflammatoires traduisant des réactions d’hématopoïèse dermique. Plusieurs causes doivent être recherchées, notamment les infections congénitales, une hémolyse sévère et les pathologies tumorales. Nous rapportons l’observation d’un nouveau-né chez qui ...

Stars and stripes--for ever?

Language is never , ever , ever , random

Language users never choose words randomly, and language is essentially non-random. Statistical hypothesis testing uses a null hypothesis, which posits randomness. Hence, when we look at linguistic phenomena in corpora, the null hypothesis will never be true. Moreover, where there is enough data, we shall (almost) always be able to establish that it is not true. In corpus studies, we frequently...