Stigmata (Tom Gouws)

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A Psychobiocultural Perspective on Stigmata

Stigmata, wounds resembling those of Christ, have been reported since the 13 th century. The wounds typically appear in association with visions following prolonged fasting. This paper argues that self-starvation holds the key to understanding this unique event. Stigmata may result from self-mutilation occurring during dissociation, phenomena precipitated in part by dietary constriction, Psycho...

Religious stigmata as malingering artifact

RATIONALE Artifacts or simulated diseases are self-inflicted conditions caused by various means and for different purposes. Disease simulation can be motivated, among other things, by illegal purposes, to escape from civil duties or prison sentences, for example, or to exploit specific situations in order to receive a range of benefits. In such cases, the simulator is fully aware of his or her ...

Stigmata in Sequential Monte Carlo

iii Abstract Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) has, since being " rediscovered " in the early 1990's, become one of the most important inference techniques in machine learning. It enjoys a prominent place in statistics, robotics, quantum physics, as well as control and other industrial applications. SMC methods represent probability densities as a dicrete set of N Dirac masses called particles. This...

Tom George

Tom George lias an odd kind of picture gallery. All the houses in his street have lean-to pantries, with tiny windows, the upper half glass, the lower latticed wood. It is traditional to keep the family egg-cups on the ledge formed by the wooden bottom of the glass section. Every variety of egg-cup is here displayed?white, red, and blue china, and metal. Occasionally other small, gay articles a...