Quick but Odd Growth of Cacti

Let F be a family of graphs. Given an input graph G and a positive integer k, testing whether G has a k-sized subset of vertices S, such that GS belongs to F, is a prototype vertex deletion problem. These type of problems have attracted a lot of attention in recent times in the domain of parameterized complexity. In this paper, we study two such problems; when F is either a family of cactus graphs or a family of odd-cactus graphs. A graph H is called a cactus graph if every pair of cycles in H intersect on at most one vertex. Furthermore, a cactus graph H is called an odd cactus, if every cycle of H is of odd length. Let us denote by C and C_{odd}, families of cactus and odd cactus, respectively. The vertex deletion problems corresponding to C and C_{odd} are called Diamond Hitting Set and Even Cycle Transversal, respectively. In this paper we design randomized algorithms with running time 12^{k}*n^{O(1)} for both these problems. Our algorithms considerably improve the running time for Diamond Hitting Set and Even Cycle Transversal, compared to what is known about them

Ozark Gardens, November, 1965

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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 36 (03) 1982

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Ozark Gardens, October, 1966

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The Gardener\u27s Journal

The Gardener\u27s Journal uses the literary form of the documentary-collage and follows the narrative of the florist business of the Eilers family. The documentary-collage form is a form that takes collected documents and narratives and arranges these elements in a collage like fashion throughout the text. The project traces the history of the Eilers family business through family documents such as a private family memoir and collected family narratives. The documentary-collage form allows for the juxtaposition of the disparate elements of family document and fictionalized family narrative. The juxtaposition of narrative and document highlights the intersection of different historically contextual discourses, represented by the family documents, in the characters of Alfred and Lotti. The text explores how these differing discourses (discourses of business, family, economics, war, gender etc.) both influence Alfred and Lotti and are possibly influenced by Alfred and Lotti

Ozark Gardens, April, 1967

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The Pronghorn Antelope

Fossilized remains on the North American continent are reminders that the pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) roamed the land in present-day forms as early as the Age of Mammals, over one million years ago. Evolutionary changes may have taken 20 million years to develop the pronghorn as we know it today. Surviving the rigors of this violent young continent, the ancestral pronghorn antelope thrived and evolved into an alert, fleet-footed ungulate which roamed the large expanse of brush, grassland and cactus of the plains area

Things Gathered, Things Fallen

Things Gathered, Things Fallen is a series of creative nonfiction essays that blend nature writing with memoir. Personal reflections, travel writing, natural observation, science writing, and short humor pieces all come together to comprise this collection