Typical types – a swan song? Observations on chironomids in the Linnean collections, and corresponding general considerations

The Journal: A Swan-Song

Metropolis and Symmetric Functions: A Swan Song

The class of symmetric functions is based on the OneMax function by a subsequent assigning application of a real valued function. In this work we derive a sharp boundary between those problem instances that are solvable in polynomial time by the Metropolis algorithm and those that need at least exponential time. This result is both proven theoretically and illustrated by experimental data. The ...

Swan song for schizophrenia?

A bad wound will heal but a bad name will kill. —Scottish proverb Schizophrenia is a word that frightens people, is replete with stigma, is used pejoratively in daily speech and is ety-mologically absurd. There is now widespread international interest in In this Editorial, we examine the justification for giving up the term and consider strategies for finding an alternative. In a recent article...

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

on translation of politeness strategies in dialogues involving female characters in translations and retranslations of novels translated before and after the islamic revolution of iran and their effects on the image of women: a polysystem theory approach

abstract reception environment has considerable effects on accepting a translation. as the expectations of a target culture and its values and needs change throughout history, its criteria for accepting a translation or rejecting it will change accordingly (gentzler, 2001). the expectations of iran, as the reception environment in the present study, have changed after the islamic revolution. i...