God's Education of Men: Proverbs 3:11, 12

Software Process Proverbs

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has developed several aids to help software organizations define, manage, and improve their software processes: The IDEALSM (initiate, diagnose, establish, act, and leverage) model for process improvement, appraisal methods that include assessments for internal process improvement and evaluations to select and monitor contractors, and the Capability Matu...

Reframing within Proverbs

For Condor web site. Many proverbs seem to convey wisdom because they help people reframe and adjust to life’s predicaments. Positive reframes, such as Every cloud has a silver lining, often draw positive implications from adverse circumstances (cf., “gain frames,” “positive reappraisals,” “emotion-focused coping”, “dispositional optimism”). In contrast, negative reframes, such as All that glit...

Reviewed Work: The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in the Odyssey by Jenny Strauss Clay

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Vesicular release of neurotransmitter is the universal output signal of neurons in the brain. It is generally believed that fast transmitter release is restricted to nerve terminals that contact postsynaptic cells in the gray matter. Here we show in the rat brain that the neurotransmitter glutamate is also released at discrete sites along axons in white matter in the absence of neurons and nerv...

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The expansion and transformation of shrimp aquaculture in Southeast Asia has occurred in the context of rapid industrialization. Between 1970 and 1993 the contribution by industry to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased from 25% to 40%, and industrial output increased 25 times during the same period. Energy and pollution intensities ...