A New Larval Record of \u3ci\u3ePerlinella Drymo\u3c/i\u3e (Plecoptera: Perlidae) for Michigan

The presence of larvae of Perlinella drymo in Michigan is documented for the first time. A total of 7 individuals were collected from Iron Creek, a tributary of the River Raisin watershed located in southeastern Michigan. Gut analysis of one specimen provided evidence for a carnivorous diet. The location from which larvae were collected indicate a preference during winter for stabilized undercut banks with little or no flow and accumulated organic debris upon sand and gravel substrate

Closest pair optimization on modern hardware

Master's Project (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2019In this project we examine the performance of several algorithms for finding the closest pair of points out of a given set of points in a plane. We look at four algorithms, including brute force, recursive, non-recursive, and a random expected linear time for numbers of points ranging from one hundred to one billion. In our examination, we find that on average the non-recursive is the fastest, except for limited cases of 100 points for the brute force, and 32 bit spaces for the random expected linear

[Review of] R. Baxter Miller, ed., Black American Literature and Humanism

The seven carefully documented essays in literary criticism in this excellent short volume are possibly more lively and provocative than those ordinarily found in scholarly publications. The title,however, might well have been: eight black writers and the human condition. Definitions of humanism are varied though not contradictory, but the book is held together by reassessments of black literature which challenge many of the assumptions of previous critics

Emulating the Style and Methodology of Philippe Halsman

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[Review of] David Cook and Michael Okenimkpe. Ngugi wa Thiong\u27O: An Exploration of His Writings

The two professors of English at Nigerian universities who jointly prepared this small book did three things well. They produced an excellent critical study of Ngugi\u27s writings, amply footnoted and indexed; they presented interesting facts about the Kenyan author\u27s life, and they included enough information to let the works speak for themselves for and about Africa-a welcome change from non-African interpretations