An Expert System for an Idiosyncratic Domain: Love, Intimacy, and Friendship.

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Testing the Paleolithic-human-warfare hypothesis of blood-injectiion phobia in the Balitmore ECA Follow-up Study-Towards a more etiologically-based conceptualization for DSM-V

Objective: The research agenda for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) has emphasized the need for a more etiologically-based classification system, especially for stress-induced and fear-circuitry disorders. Testable hypotheses based on threats to survival during particular segments of the human era of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA) may be useful in developing a brain-evolution-based classification for the wide spectrum of disorders ranging from disorders which are mostly overconsolidationally such as PTSD, to fear-circuitry disorders which are mostly innate such as specific phobias. The recently presented Paleolithic-human-warfare hypothesis posits that blood–injection phobia can be traced to a “survival (fitness) enhancing” trait, which evolved in some females of reproductive-age during the millennia of intergroup warfare in the Paleolithic EEA. The study presented here tests the key a priori prediction of this hypothesis—that current blood–injection phobia will have higher prevalence in reproductive-age women than in post-menopausal women. Method: The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (version III-R) , which included a section on blood and injection phobia, was administered to 1920 subjects in the Baltimore ECA Follow-up Study. Results: Data on BII phobia was available on 1724 subjects (1078 women and 646 males) . The prevalence of current blood– injection phobia was 3.3% in women aged 27–49 and 1.1% in women over age 50 (OR 3.05, 95% CI 1.20–7.73) . [The corresponding figures for males were 0.8% and 0.7% (OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.20–7.14)] . Conclusions: This epidemiological study provides one source of support for the Paleolithic-human-warfare (Paleolithic-threat) hypothesis regarding the evolutionary (distal) etiology of bloodletting-related phobia, and may contribute to a more brain- evolution-based re-conceptualization and classification of this fear circuitry-related trait for the DSM-V. In addition, the finding reported here may also stimulate new research directions on more proximal mechanisms which can lead to the development of evidence-based psychopharmacological preventive interventions for this common and sometimes disabling fear-circuitry disorder

Evolution and fear-fainting

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Fiscal Accountability and Agricultural Extension Programme Efficiency in Selected districts of South Western Uganda

This study sought to; identify the relationship of demographic characteristics of the respondents in terms of age, gender, education qualification, religion, and experience; to determine the level of public accountability and NAADS programme efficiency ; to determine if there is a significant difference in the extent of agricultural extension service delivery through NAADS program and the levels of public accountability in respect with their profile; and to determine if there is a significant relationship between the levels of public accountability and NAADS programme efficiency in selected districts of south western Uganda. Primary data were collected from 387 farmers and local government extension workers. It was based on qualitative and quantitative approaches, and the ex post factor, descriptive comparative and descriptive correlation designs were employed. Data was analyzed using relative frequencies; means-test, analysis of variance, Pearson’s Linear Correlation Coefficient and linear regression. It was therefore concluded that farmers’ participation in NAADS programme practices was regardless of age, gender, religion, and experience supported by local governments. Thus, it was recommended that, in the quest for local governments to be efficient in the implementation of NAADS programme, Financial Institutions such as World Bank, NGOs and donor community should intensively support poverty reduction programs while ensuring accountability of public funds and emphasizing value for money through strict transparency of public officials in developing countries specifically Uganda

Ronald K. Pendleton- A Tribute to a Colleague, Exceptional Educator, and Friend

A tribute to Professor Ronald K. Pendleton who died on January 29, 2015

In Memory of Donna Shea

This is an obituary for Donna Shea

Efficient Algorithms for Online Task Placement on Runtime Partially Reconfigurable FPGA

Recent generations of FPGAs allow run-time partial reconfiguration. One of the challenging problems in such a multitasking systems is online placement of task. Many online task placement algorithms designed for such partially reconfigurable systems have been proposed to provide efficient and fast task placement. In this paper two different approaches are being used to place the incoming tasks. The first method is uses a run-length based representation that defines the vacant slots on the FPGA. This compact representation allows the algorithm to locate a vacant area suitable to accommodate the incoming task quickly. In the proposed FPGA model, the CLBs are numbered according to Peano Space filling curve model. The second approach is based on harmonic packing. Simulation experiments indicate that proposed techniques result in low ratio of task rejection compared to existing techniques

University Philharmonic Orchestra & University Band

A performance by University Philharmonic Orchestra and University Band under the direction of Nancy Conley and Joseph Scheivert.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2418/thumbnail.jp

Über Axel Maliks "skripturale Methode"

Vortrag, gehalten am 20.08.2017 zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung "Die Bibliothek der unlesbaren Zeichen" im Audimax der Bauhaus-Universität Weima