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Occam's Razor Vol. 9 - Full (2019)
Using Machine Learning To Classify Extant Apes And Interpret The Dental Morphology Of The Chimpanzee-Human Last Common Ancestor, Tesla A. Monson, David W. Armitage, Leslea J. Hlusko
Using Machine Learning To Classify Extant Apes And Interpret The Dental Morphology Of The Chimpanzee-Human Last Common Ancestor, Tesla A. Monson, David W. Armitage, Leslea J. Hlusko
Anthropology Faculty and Staff Publications
Machine learning is a formidable tool for pattern recognition in large datasets. We developed and expanded on these methods, applying machine learning pattern recognition to a problem in paleoanthropology and evolution. For decades, paleontologists have used the chimpanzee as a model for the chimpanzee-human last common ancestor (LCA) because they are our closest living primate relative. Using a large sample of extant and extinct primates, we tested the hypothesis that machine learning methods can accurately classify extant apes based on dental data. We then used this classification tool to observe the affinities between extant apes and Miocene hominoids. We assessed …
Occam's Razor Vol. 7 - Full (2017)
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Cause To Treatment, Tavleen Aulakh
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Cause To Treatment, Tavleen Aulakh
Occam's Razor
Imagine two individuals, both suffering from severe liver damage. With excess fat molecules concentrated in the hepatic cells, their livers are inflamed and scarred. These deteriorating livers are also supplementing the development of chronic obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and hyperlipidemia. While one of these individuals is a middle-aged male with a long history of alcohol addiction and abuse, the other is only thirteen years old and has never consumed alcohol. This adolescent is suffering from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Occam's Razor Vol. 6 - Full (2016)
"What Is Love?" The Sounds Of Love From William S. Burroughs, Kathryn Cronin
"What Is Love?" The Sounds Of Love From William S. Burroughs, Kathryn Cronin
Occam's Razor
William Burroughs, his life and works, have a set beginning and end, but the biological and spiritual connections he draws between language, sound, and the human body appear to have undefined points of origin. Sound has always been. Language has always been. To exist outside of language and sound is to exist outside of time and space and thus outside the body. Burroughs’ theories on language, the word, and their connection to the body are woven through texts filled with structural and narrative convolutions. Nova Trilogy, especially The Ticket that Exploded, as well as the early novel …
Occam's Razor Vol. 5 - Full (2015)
West Coast Aquatic Marine Planning Approach: Integrating Cultural Ecosystem Services, Jennifer Spencer, Andrew Day
West Coast Aquatic Marine Planning Approach: Integrating Cultural Ecosystem Services, Jennifer Spencer, Andrew Day
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
West Coast Aquatic and Planning RoleWest Coast Aquatic (WCA) is a forum for governments, communities, and businesses to work together on the health and wealth of the West Coast of Vancouver Island (WCVI) marine area. Most recently, WCA recently produced and approved a Coastal Strategy for the West Coast, which outlines principles, values, goals and objectives for the region. The Coastal Strategy also includes priority action areas, one of which is marine spatial planning in Barkley and Clayoqout Sounds.The WCA approach to marine spatial planning includes the development of an adaptive planning tool, which provides a Sound-wide spatial depiction of …
"An Uncultivated Waste”: Balancing Cultural Ecosystem Services And Differing Values In The Salish Sea Region, Nancy Turner
"An Uncultivated Waste”: Balancing Cultural Ecosystem Services And Differing Values In The Salish Sea Region, Nancy Turner
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
In Northwestern North America, as elsewhere in the world, First Peoples’ stories reflect the gifts of Nature to humans – what we now call “cultural ecosystem services” – and the ways in which places and species are imbued with cultural meaning. All around the Salish Sea, such stories, told in the range of Indigenous languages and dialects spoken across the area, have been passed from generation to generation since time immemorial: How the Salmon People came and taught the Saanich People how to fashion their reefnets of willow bark; How Xáls, the Creator, turned people who had transgressed cultural laws …
Occam's Razor Vol. 4 - Full (2014)
Concrete Shroud, Jake Reller, Mariah Tate Klemens
Concrete Shroud, Jake Reller, Mariah Tate Klemens
Occam's Razor
Concrete shroud is an exhibition originating from a dialogue between the two artists, culminating in a series of lectures written by Mariah Tate Klemens and Jake Reller.
Community, Culture And Identity In An Age Of Globalization, Katie Wiggins
Community, Culture And Identity In An Age Of Globalization, Katie Wiggins
Occam's Razor
As we move further into the age of globalization, we are seeing changes not only at a global level but at individual and communal levels; changes that we cannot wholly identify but that we recognize in ourselves. We are adapting to a global world, one that is affecting our identity and culture and, as we attempt to hold on to this identity and still converse with a larger world, we ultimately are forced to reshape our identities. Some may wonder what this will mean for the future and to what extent it affects us as individuals and communities. To answer …
Occam's Razor Vol. 3 - Full (2013)
Occam's Razor Vol. 2 - Full (2012)
Preservation And Use Of Natural Resources In The Developing World: A Case Study Of The Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Emily Green
Occam's Razor
Developing nations often overlook the environmental effects of industrialization. However, these nations need healthy, sustainable resources in order to become prosperous and stable countries. Additionally, developed nations depend upon the natural resources of developing nations as raw materials. Loss of natural resources in developing nations therefore has effects at both national and global levels. A key challenge across the globe is balancing the human need for development with the necessity of the sustainable use and protection of natural resources. In the process of finding this balance, developing nations are revising both their national definition of conservation as well as the …