ETIMOLOGI SAKA TEMBUNG PROCRUSTES
From Greek Prokroustēs the stretcher, from prokrouein to extend by hammering out.
BUKU BASA INGGRIS KAKAIT KARO «PROCRUSTES»
Temukaké kagunané saka
Procrustes ing pilihan bibliografi iki. Buku kang kakait dening
Procrustes lan pethikan cekak kang padha kanggo nyediyakaké panggunané ing sastra Basa Inggris.
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The Bed of
Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Every aphorism here is about a Procrustean bed of sorts - we humans, facing the limits of our knowledge, the unseen and the unknown, resolve the tension by squeezing life and the world into crisp commoditized ideas, reductive categories, ...
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2010
Theseus turned the tables on Procrustes, fatally adjusting him to fit his own bed. This text, the first monograph on Procrustes methods, unifies several strands in the literature and contains much new material.
John C Gower, Garmt B Dijksterhuis, 2004
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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and Antifragile. By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2010
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In bed with
Procrustes: feminism's flirtation with patriarchy
In Bed with Procrustes: Feminism's Flirtation with Patriarchy is the second volume in a Hestia Trilogy.
Patricia J. Thompson, 2003
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Solving Algebraic Computational Problems in Geodesy and ...
15, the general Procrustes algorithm will be presented and used to solve the 7-
parameter similarity transformation problem which is often encountered in
practice. 8.2 Procrustes: Origin and Applications 8.2.1 Procrustes and the Magic
Bed The ...
Joseph L. Awange, Erik W. Grafarend, 2005
Presents the exploits of the monstrous bandit who offered hospitality to travelers on the road from Troezen to Athens, only to perform horrible acts once they went to bed. Liberally illustrated with art works representing many centuries.
4.2.3 Procrustes Methods and Kendall Coordinates The choice of the baseline for
registration methods is not always trivial, and this strategy introduces some
further biases; it is therefore desirable to find a more objective method for
inferring ...
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Information Processing in Medical Imaging: 15th ...
The Softassign Procrustes Matching Algorithm Anand Rangarajan1, Haili Chui1
and Fred L. Bookstein3 1 Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Electrical
Engineering Yale University 2 Institute of Gerontology University of Michigan,
Ann ...
James Duncan, Gene Gindi, 1997
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PROFILES, PROBABILITIES, AND STEREOTYPES
On Treating Like Cases Differently One of the more famous villains in Greek
mythology is Procrustes (the “stretcher”). A roadside robber in the vicinity of
Eleusis, Procrustes would invite passing strangers in for an evening meal and a
night's ...
Frederick F Schauer, 2009
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Human Identification Based on Gait
dF(Y,X) = mfd{Y,X) (5.44) While the translation that minimizes the full Procrustes
fit is given by (a+jb) = 0, the scale s=\ap] is close to unity. The rotation angle #that
minimizes the Full Procrustes fit is given by #=arg(|a/5|). The partial Procrustes ...
Mark S. Nixon, Tieniu Tan, Rama Chellappa, 2010
BABAGAN WARTA KANG NGLEBOKAKÉ ARAN «PROCRUSTES»
Weruhi yèn pawarta nasional lan internasional wis ngomongaké lan kepriyé aran
Procrustes digunakaké ing babagan warta iki.
Ancient Greece and the Modern Greek Debt Crisis
Procrustes was a giant who stretched or lopped off the limbs of his captives so that the helpless victims would exactly span the length of his bed ... «The Pappas Post, Jul 15»
The Right Poem
... new austerity measures in return for continued membership in the euro zone—“a bed of Procrustes,” as The American Interest described the ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
Cork council merger: Red tape would strangle our true potential
Procrustes is the patron saint of people who are addicted to trying to fit complex, unruly humanity to some theory or other, invariably botching it. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
Phylogenetic congruence and ecological coherence in terrestrial …
PACo: a novel procrustes application to cophylogenetic analysis. PLoS One 8: e61048. | Article | PubMed |; Bates ST, Berg-Lyons D, Caporaso ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
Exclusive excerpt: 'A School for Brides' by Patrice Kindl
"Procrustes was a perfectly dreadful ogre," Miss Asquith explained as Annie attempted to remove the device, "who captured travelers and either ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Quantitative analysis of 3-dimensional facial soft tissue photographic …
Finally an average was created using 7-parameter procrustes alignment. Results: Size-standardized average facial images were generated for ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
Greek Crisis: Banks and Stock Market Closed for a Week
Even Procrustes of Greek mythology had at least two strategies; he made his guests “fit” the bed by either chopping off their feet or stretching ... «NewsClick, Jun 15»
Gay Marriage Is Pro-Family
Greek mythology holds that there was an innkeeper named Procrustes. When travelers came to his inn, he offered them a bed that was a ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
Corporate Media Puts Nicaragua in Its Crosshairs
... model based on unfair trade, heavily conditioned, deliberately inadequate development cooperation, and systematic bed-of-Procrustes debt. «teleSUR English, Jun 15»
Welcome to hell … updated with technology
Then: If guests did not fit exactly into Procrustes's bed, he stretched or ... Now: Procrustes is the guy who determined tweets had to be just 140 ... «Washington Post, Mei 15»
