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Scaling RDMA RPCs with FLOCK
… regardless of the cluster size. We present FLOCK, a communication framework for RDMA networks that uses hardware provided reliable connection. Using a partially shared model, FLOCK departs from the conventional RDMA design by enabling connection sharing among threads, which provides …
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Many Feathers Flock Together: Celebrating T-Bird
… fascinated me. My MFA exhibition “Many Feathers Flock Together: Celebrating T-Bird” consists of a series of large paintings inspired by the relationships of the people at Camp Thunderbird, a camp for adults with intellectual disability. This work draws upon experiences I have shared at Camp …
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Adaptive Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning for Flock Motion Control
The flock-guidance problem enjoys a challenging structure where multiple optimization objectives are solved simultaneously. This usually necessitates different control approaches to tackle various objectives, such as guidance, collision avoidance, and cohesion. The guidance schemes, in particular, …
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Robotic control: real-time architectures and multi-flock flocking
… architectures. The second area covered is robot flocking. The dissertation first asks the question: should mobile robot control architectures include real-time capabilities. This is answered by creating, implementing and testing a real-time aware behavior-based mobile robot control architecture. …
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Do ornithologists flock together? Homogeneity of interests in occupations
Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-10T18:39:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 PERLUS-THESIS-2016.pdf: 1556815 bytes, checksum: 721ee90f76deb3a68227bf564c8349db (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4212 bytes, checksum: 6d8c86b51f74dcecdfddf9061540cf7b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-06
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The frequency of scrounging by foraging spice finches affects flock geometry
… of changes in the frequency of scrounging in flocks of ground-feeding granivorous spice finches, Lonchura punctulata. Individuals using the producer tactic may be more successful if they avoid others who may be scrounging. Conversely, scrounging individuals may be more successful if they are …
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Productivity of A Resident Giant Canada Goose Flock in Northeastern South Dakota
… resident Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) flock is reported. Twenty-four percent of the artificial nest structures (ANS) available were used by nesting geese. Artificial nesting structures, islands, muskrat houses and peninsulas were used by geese as nesting sites. Mean clutch size of …
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Population and Productivity of a Flock of Giant Canada Geese in Northeastern South Dakota
Population and productivity studies of giant Canada geese (Branta canadensis maxima) were conducted in northeastern South Dakota in 1976 and 1977. One hundred ninety-three of 436 randomly selected sample quarter sections on the 5,459 km2 area contained potential goose nesting habitat in 1976. …
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Improving Opportunities for Small Flock Egg Production and Proper Evaluation of Glucanase for Commercial Poultry
Consumers of pastured hen eggs have justified paying an associated premium price because they perceive animal welfare, sustainability, and nutrition are enhanced compared to conventionally produced eggs. The objective of Study 1 (Chapter 2) was to implement practical management strategies to …
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Birds of a feather flock together race versus gender preference in the South African workplace
Social Identity Theory proposes that individuals derive part of their identity and their social identity, through their membership in social groups. In order to derive a positive social identity, they attempt to compare themselves more favourably in comparison to members of groups they do not …
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Words of a Feather Flock Together. The Role of Morphology in Human Auditory Word Recognition Models
Contains fulltext : 329448.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Analysis of Aerial Surveys and Tolerance of Landowners for a Canada Goose Flock in Northeastern South Dakota
… the northeastern South Dakota Canada goose flock from 2,000 to 5,000 birds. Only 6 percent of the landowners had complaints about the geese, despite the fact that 23.5 percent of them had received goose-related crop damage. Percent occurrence of complaints and crop damage was influenced by …
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The broken genome: Merging cutting edge technologies for a molecular understanding of the Flock House virus defective interfering particle.
… of defective-RNA emergence and evolution of Flock House virus in cell culture. Using a combination of short and long read sequencing technologies, ‘ClickSeq’ (to resolve recombination events with nucleotide resolution) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ MinION (to characterize full-length and …
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Reproductive Isolation and Genetic Divergence in a Young "Species Flock" of Pupfishes (Cyprinodon sp.) from San Salvador Island, Bahamas
… parallel divergences, such as many species flocks and species pairs, are extraordinary examples of divergence and therefore are critical to the understanding of the speciation process. A "miniature" species flock of pupfish (Cyprinodon variegatus) discovered in lakes on San Salvador Island, …
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Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together? The Relationship Between Personal Background Characteristics and Participation in a Mutual-Help Group
The significance of personal background characteristics for participation in a mutual-help group is debated by observers of these groups. Some contend that these characteristics are relatively unimportant, and that sharing a problem is the essential factor. Others suggest that the observed …
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The coherent pattern of leadership reflected in the unique attributes of the shepherd / flock motif within the Miletus Speech (Acts 20:17–38), 1 Peter 5:1–11, and John 21:15–19
… Peter (John 21:15–19) utilized the shepherd / flock motif to arrive at their common portrait of early church leadership. A secondary aim is to describe the characteristic elements of this common portrait. Research on the shepherd / flock motif in the above passages has focused on three main …
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