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The Advantage of Foraging Myopically

We study the dynamics of a \emph{myopic} forager that randomly wanders on a lattice in which each site contains one unit of food. Upon encountering a food-containing site, the forager eats all the food at this site with probability $p<1$; otherwise, the food is left undisturbed. When the forager eats, it can wander $\mathcal{S}$ additional steps without food before starving to death. When the forager does not eat, either by not detecting food on a full site or by encountering an empty site, the forager goes hungry and comes one time unit closer to starvation. As the forager wanders, a multiply connected spatial region where food has been consumed---a desert---is created. The forager lifetime depends non-monotonically on its degree of myopia $p$, and at the optimal myopia $p=p^*(\mathcal{S})$, the forager lives much longer than a normal forager that always eats when it encounters food. This optimal lifetime grows as $\mathcal{S}^2/\ln\mathcal{S}$ in one dimension and faster than a power law in $\mathcal{S}$ in two and higher dimensions.Comment: 10 pages, 1o figure

The Baha\u27i Faith in America, 1893-1900: A Diffusion of the American Religious Zeitgeist

This article argues that while the Baha\u27i faith may appear to be very exotic and distinct from traditional American Protestantism, it is actually very representative of the American religious zeitgeist, or spirit of the times. The founder of Baha\u27i was Baha\u27u\u27llah, but the man who was primarily responsible for bringing the faith to America was the Syrian Kheiralla. He was educated at an American Bible university, and spent much of his life in the United States. Eventually, he self-identified as American. Furthermore, the faith that he brought with him to the United States was not orthodox Bahai\u27ism. Kheiralla altered many of the Baha\u27i doctrines to be more comfortable for Americans. Rager argues that Baha\u27i appears to be very consistent with American religions and ideologies, because it was spread most effectively by an American to other Americans. It became a product of its believers and its context instead of dictating a new context to its believers

Are Gender Differences Exhibited in the Self-directed Learning Experiences of Prostate and Breast Cancer Patients?

A secondary analysis was conducted using data from two qualitative studies regarding the self-directed learning of prostate and breast cancer patients.Of interest were differences that appear to relate to gender. The findings indicate the men and women differed in regard to privacy, seeking connections, handling emotions, and perspectives on the personal impact of their self-directed learning and cancer experiences

Classical Music in America

Research on the state of classical and educational music in America shows declines and growth within its various disciplines. This article looks at what is called the good old days, concert attendance, and statistics of the musical arts from the 1970s to the present. The paper encompasses think tank organizations such as the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, who brainstorm on the theme of change and opportunity in American education as well as society\u27s support of the arts. Presented are global issues, which compound the complexity of the situation, and American educators who survey the ecological change of classical music