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Evolution of networks

by S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes - Adv. Phys , 2002
"... We review the recent fast progress in statistical physics of evolving networks. Interest has focused mainly on the structural properties of random complex networks in communications, biology, social sciences and economics. A number of giant artificial networks of such a kind came into existence rece ..."
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We review the recent fast progress in statistical physics of evolving networks. Interest has focused mainly on the structural properties of random complex networks in communications, biology, social sciences and economics. A number of giant artificial networks of such a kind came into existence

What is Beautiful is Good

by Karen Dion, Ellen Berscheids, Elaine Walster - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 1972
"... A person's physical appearance, along with his sexual identity, is the personal characteristic that is most obvious and accessible to others in social inter-action. The present experiment was designed to determine whether physically attractive stimulus persons, both male and female, are (a) ass ..."
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) assumed to possess more socially desirable personality traits than physically unattractive stimulus persons and (6) expected to lead better lives (e.g., be more competent husbands and wives, be more successful occupationally, etc.) than unattrac-tive stimulus persons. Sex of Subject X Sex of Stimulus

Possession and jinn

by Najat Khalifa, Mrcpsych Tim, Hardie Mrcpsych, J R Soc Med - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine , 2008
"... Religion remains a powerful influence on notions of health and disease.1 One Islamic concept that has entered into western mythology is that of the jinn or genies, as in the story of Aladdin. However, according to Islamic belief, jinn are real creatures that form a world other than that of mankind, ..."
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, capable of causing physical and mental harm to human beings. An example of such harm is possession.2,3 As defined by Littlewood,4 possession is the belief that an individual has been entered by an alien spirit or other parahuman force, which then controls the person or alters that person’s actions

Surface Reflection: Physical and Geometrical Perspectives

by Shree K. Nayar, Katsushi Ikeuchi, Takeo Kanade - IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence , 1991
"... Machine vision can greatly benefit from the development of accurate reflectance models. There are two approaches to the study of reflection: physical and geometrical optics. While geometrical models may be consumed as mere approximations to physical models, they possess simpler mathematical forms th ..."
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Machine vision can greatly benefit from the development of accurate reflectance models. There are two approaches to the study of reflection: physical and geometrical optics. While geometrical models may be consumed as mere approximations to physical models, they possess simpler mathematical forms

Possession, feelings of ownership and the endowment effect

by Jochen Reb, Terry Connolly - Judgm. Dec. Making , 2007
"... Research in judgment and decision making generally ignores the distinction between factual and subjective feelings of ownership, tacitly assuming that the two correspond closely. The present research suggests that this assumption might be usefully reexamined. In two experiments on the endowment effe ..."
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effect we examine the role of subjective ownership by independently manipulating factual ownership (i.e., what participants were told about ownership) and physical possession of an object. This allowed us to disentangle the effects of these two factors, which are typically confounded. We found a

Composable Controllers for Physics-Based Character Animation

by Petros Faloutsos , Michiel van de Panne, Demetri Terzopoulos , 2001
"... An ambitious goal in the area of physics-based computer animation is the creation of virtual actors that autonomously synthesize realistic human motions and possess a broad repertoire of lifelike motor skills. To this end, the control of dynamic, anthropomorphic figures subject to gravity and contac ..."
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An ambitious goal in the area of physics-based computer animation is the creation of virtual actors that autonomously synthesize realistic human motions and possess a broad repertoire of lifelike motor skills. To this end, the control of dynamic, anthropomorphic figures subject to gravity

Modeling Knowledge about Possession Transfer

by Gaylee Saliba, Patrick Henry Winston, Gaylee Saliba , 2009
"... If we are to successfully create intelligent machines, it is essential to learn how to ground abstract notions, such as possession, in the physical world. In this work, I develop a model for the knowledge about possession transfer, which ties the abstract world to the physical world. The model groun ..."
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If we are to successfully create intelligent machines, it is essential to learn how to ground abstract notions, such as possession, in the physical world. In this work, I develop a model for the knowledge about possession transfer, which ties the abstract world to the physical world. The model

Half a minute: Predicting teacher evaluations from thin slices of nonverbal behavior and physical attractiveness

by Nalini Ambady, Robert Rosenthal - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 1993
"... The accuracy of strangers ' consensual judgments of personality based on "thin slices " of targets' nonverbal behavior were examined in relation to an ecologically valid criterion variable. In the 1st study, consensual judgments of college teachers ' molar nonverbal behavior ..."
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) were strongly related to the criterion variables. Ratings of specific micrononverbal behaviors and ratings of teachers ' physical attractiveness were not as strongly related to the criterion variable. These findings have important implications for the areas of personality judgment, impression

The Earth has possess...

by Weijia Kuang, Andrew Tangborn, Weiyuan Jiang, Don Liu, Zhibin Sun, Jeremy Bloxham, Zigang Wei , 2007
"... Abstract. Constraining numerical geodynamo models with surface geomagnetic ob-servations is very important in many respects: it directly helps to improve numeri-cal geodynamo models, and expands their geophysical applications beyond geomag-netism. A successful approach to integrate observations with ..."
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with numerical models is data assimilation, in which Bayesian algorithms are used to combine observational data with model outputs, so that the modified solutions can then be used as initial conditions for forecasts of future physical states. In this paper, we present the first geomagnetic data assimilation

Proof of Possession: Using RFID for large-scale Authorization Management

by Eberhard Grummt, Ralf Ackermann, Technische Universität Dresden
"... Abstract. In inter-organizational supply chains, sharing of distributed, item-related information gathered using RFID can enable novel applications. Access control (AC) is needed to selectively disclose information to authorized partici-pants. Given the large amount of data and the number of partici ..."
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of participants, common AC approaches would require extensive manual efforts. These efforts can be re-duced significantly by the ability to prove physical possession of items to other companies. We examine how such Proofs of Possession can be designed. Based on two promising approaches, we introduce the concept
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