To bake a Bayesian π (posterior) I was taught that you needed an L (likelihood) and a p (prior) – Oh yeah, and probably some data, don’t forget the data! So it comes as something of a shock to discover that there are 5,240 web documents employing the phrase “Bayesian quantile regression,” as of September 1, 2015, according to Google. Quantile regression would seem to be the very antithesis of a...

1. Title: Association between Migration and cognitive Status among Middle-aged and Older adults: A systematic review. Needs revision to be more succinct without the use of word synthesis (e.g., Thesis, antithesis and synthesis are the words which the reader knows during the ongoing process of an article). It could be “To find an association of migration and cognitive function among migrant and ...

FoR TnE past several years the writer has conducted a series of observations and banding studies on the Bank Swallow (Riparia r. riparia) in the Lake Okoboji region, northwestern Iowa and in the Albany and Oneida Lake regions, New York State. Although these investigations have not been terminated, they have reached a stage where similar inquiries may be profitably undertaken with some closely r...

After almost two decades of research on anonymous network communication the development has forked into two main directions, namely Mix cascades and peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. As these design options have implications on the achievable anonymity and performance, this paper aims to elaborate the advantages and disadvantages of either concept. After clarifying the scope of the discussion, we pr...

Prior literature has produced two theoretically opposing perspectives on the relationship between clan control, a type of cultural control, and formal control. Some researchers view formal control as the antithesis of clan control, while others suggest that formal control facilitates clan control. In this research-in-progress paper, we argue that formal control and clan control can be both subs...

Superficially, Raynaud's phenomenon, a disease associated with cold, and erythromelalgia, a warmth related disorder, could be considered the antithesis of each other. However, both these microcirculatory disorders, first described in the second half of the nineteenth century, have many features in common and, indeed, may share the same etiology, that is microvascular ischemia. The complicated s...

Symbolic (or Literal) Neutrosophic Theory is referring to the use of abstract symbols (i.e. the letters T, I, F, or their refined indexed letters Tj, Ik, Fl) in neutrosophics. We extend the dialectical triad thesis-antithesis-synthesis to the neutrosophic tetrad thesis-antithesis-neutrothesis-neutrosynthesis. The we introduce the neutrosophic system that is a quasi or (t,i,f) classical system, ...

This paper deals with the concepts of magic, conversion to Christianity, and prayer in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest . Employing New Historicism using Christian writings, it analyses Prospero’s conversion, which have so far been neglected by scholars favor juxtaposes them magic. reading supports underrepresented view magic as heretical punishable, suggests that abjuration is comparable deliver...

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh penggunaan gaya bahasa yang tergolong figuratif dalam pantun melayu redaksi balai pustaka. Penggunaan perbandingan tersebut digunakan untuk menimbulkan efek keindahan. bertujuan pendeskripsian perumpamaan, metafora, personifikasi, antithesis, dan pleonasme menggunakan metode deskriptif, bentuk penelitian kualitatif pendekatan stilistika. Sumber data bersumbe...