...Introduction to Term Rewriting: Techniques and Applications Introduction to Term Rewriting: Techniques and Applications ´ ´ Departamento de Sistemas Informaticos y Computacion (DSIC) ´cnica de Valencia (UPV) Universidad Polite Salvador Lucas http://www.dsic.upv.es/˜slucas Summer School on Foundations of Information Technologies – FIT 2009 1 Salvador Lucas FIT’09 Introduction to Term Rewriting: Techniques and Applications Equations Equations, that is, expressions of the form s=t are very common in mathematics, logic, artificial intelligence, and programming. Equations are frequently used for: 1 writing programs as sets of equations, 2 defining interpreters of programming languages, 3 requirements specification in software engineering, 4 reasoning about program and system properties and implementing its (automated) verification, 5 modeling computational systems. 2 Salvador Lucas FIT’09 Introduction to Term Rewriting: Techniques and Applications Equational reasoning The following equations : x +0 = x x + (−x) = 0 (x + y ) + z x +y = x + (y + z) = y +x express the axioms of Abelian groups (zero element, inverse element, associativity, and commutativity). Variables x, y , z are universally quantified here. Given this set of equations E , we are interested in answering questions like: is 0 + x = x (more precisely: (∀x) 0 + x = x) a consequence of E ? Remark The application of rewriting techniques to...
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...Lauren Speranza The Imminent Threat While nuclear terrorism has been a significant concern of government officials over the last decade, the threat is continually burgeoning, more alarmingly now than ever before. Amidst tumultuous global conditions—with the situations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Syria, among others—the US has begun losing some of its prestige, stamina, and amicable relations with other international actors. Though the US is still arguably the most powerful nation in the world, its recent actions and reputation have made it more vulnerable to an outside attack. Several policy makers and scholars, including Graham Allison, Charles Ferguson, and William Potter, have asserted the imminent threat of nuclear terrorism, highlighting the availability of nuclear weapons and materials to non-state actors (2004; 2004). These scholars also point out the feasibility of orchestrating an attack, due to the US government’s failure to pursue effective prevention strategies. Since the conditions seem to be so favorable, some have questioned why no such incident has occurred yet. However, considering the risks, the results of a nuclear attack would not most efficiently accomplish the goals of many terrorist organizations, which often strive for a large number of witnesses as opposed to deaths (Hoffman, 2006; Jenkins, 2006). Additionally, many terrorists fear that conducting a nuclear attack on the US would create backlash and warrant a nuclear response that...
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...Rewriting a Job Description R. Butler HRM 531 November 19, 2012 Melany Felton Rewriting a Job Description Company Overview Ross Stores is an S&P500 company headquartered in Pleasanton California. Ross Stores operates 1,037 locations in 29 states also operates 88 DD’s discounts stores in seven states that feature moderately priced clothing and home fashions. The company is canvassing for store protection specialists to provide a visible presence at the stores entrance and exits. The position will mitigate theft and fraud while maintaining a safe and secure environment for sales personnel and customers. How and when would you determine the need to create a job position? Ross stores are opening up several new stores and will need store protection specialists. The new stores will open in an open mall type environment that will require store protection. Management will work on internal workforce if needed and a job design will be completed. A job analysis will also be created for store protection positions immediately so that training can be conducted prior to store opening. What strategy would use to outline the positions details? Strategic workforce planning will be used to outline the needed positions. It will determine how many employees the organization will need to fill the needed positions. The internal workforce could be also used if needed. What would the duties be? The duties of store protection specialist will be to maintain a safe and secure environment...
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...and the usage of the speculum principum in the daily lives of the monarchs. With the reign of Louis the Pious, the religious ideal of kingship and the vision that the Frankish Kingdom was a sacred kingdom reached a high point, however, the civil wars and the loss of his throne destroyed his place as the most important Carolingian ruler. Among his most interesting discussions, Moore looks at the influence of Pharaonic Kingship and Biblical Kingship on Carolingian Kingship. Within those two cultures the king essentially held the title king and “bishop” or ruler of the religion. Within the Carolingian kingdom and later empire, the king worked alongside the bishops, somewhat as equals, but the king also held religious power over them. In Rewriting Saints and Ancestors: Memory and Forgetting in France, 500-1200, Constance Bouchard, examines a large...
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...American “history” is riddled with bits of myth and folklore. Some of the fictions are obvious, like the old tale, “George Washington never told a lie”. The reality or fallacy of others, however, remains shrouded. Take, for example, the story of the Pilgrims. The legend goes something like this: In 1620, the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, and in 1621, the Pilgrims were met by a local native named Squanto. This native, who spoke English, taught the settlers to plant corn and to fertilize it with fish. This paper will focus on the validity of that last assertion: the Native communities of New England were in the practice of using fish fertilizer. This assertion was largely accepted as fact until Lynn Ceci, then a graduate student in Anthropology, published a paper in 1975 debunking the idea. Her paper, “Fish Fertilizer: A Native North American Practice”, claimed to gather new historical and anthropological evidence arguing that the use of fertilizer was originally a European practice, not in “the manner of the Indians”. While the academic community largely celebrated this new “truth”, Ceci’s paper also inspired a number of rebuttals, notably Nanepashmet’s, “It Smells Fishy to Me: An Argument Supporting the Use of Fish Fertilizer by the Native People of Southern New England”. In this paper, I will not only examine the merits and limitations of both Ceci’s paper and Nanepashmet’s rebuttal, but I will also assess the role of cultural and academic values in each interpretation...
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...UNIT 5 IP REVISING AND REWRITING English Composition II Bambi Dubberly AIU Kevin Nelson 8/17/2011 Revising and Rewriting Abstract In this paper you will be reading all about the ways of revising and rewriting. Such as is the thesis statement arguable. There being a main point supporting the thesis statement. Along with the paragraphs being developed effectively with relevant and current evidence from a credible source. Revising and Rewriting Healthcare and the Public Healthcare and the public what is wrong with the picture? Having health care is not all it is cracked up to be. Because there are still millions out there who really need the help and they cannot seem to get it no matter how hard they try. But healthcare is coming up with programs to help rectify the problem of everyone not having the insurance they need to survive these days. Some of the programs that the health care field are trying to get to gather with are Partnership for Patients. This is about new programs to improve patient safety and lower Medical cost. (Healthcare 2011) All medical staff is working as hard as they can to give patients the best care. But sometimes you do run across hospitals and doctors that all they want to do is just give you meds and rush you home. Obama has launched some kind of new Idea Introducing Partnership for Patients. Better care and lower cost for Private partnerships that will help improve quality and safety and affordable health care insurance for all Americans...
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...In the article “The Maker’s Eye” by Donald Murray makes a strict points that writing shouldn't be a one step process. There are several steps that need to be taken Murray talks about how many riders will write their work and then either leave it for a while or immediately read it from A critical point of view. Murray stresses that riders should become their own critics when rewriting and editing papers. Murray suggests that in reality most students will only write one draft and then they will say it sounds right but deep down they know it could be better. He suggests that the lack of editing and rewriting that many papers require but students simply do not want to do it because it's too much work. After reading this article as a student I see...
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...The Writing Process Writing is a process; a writer is someone who uses this process to put his thoughts down on paper in an organized manner. As in all processes, this process has a beginning, middle, and end. The start of this process is the writer’s initial receptivity and finding a place where he is not going to be interrupted. Having pen and paper at the ready, letting one’s thoughts flow onto the paper. No thought is given to content; let one idea pull another, accepting anything that occurs to you. As one moves along putting random thoughts down on the paper, one will see that these thoughts are not random at all, but somehow, surprising they are all connected. Along with this receptivity there is a price, the willingness to fail. A writer, at this point, must not insist on high standards. By standards this does not mean the mechanics of writing, but the social significance, positive values, and consistency of the writing. Worrying about standards will slow the flow of ideas. This attitude toward writing creatively causes problems in terms of how other writers’ perceive one’s writing skills when using this technique. Does the writer’s skill come into play when trying to bridge the gap between not knowing and knowing what to write? Can this particular skill be witnessed to? It remains a mystery. Maybe writing is a skill learned before the age of three or four. Writing takes practice. This beginning cracks open the door to the whole...
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...Studying For An Examination Exams are terrible and stressful things to study for, especially knowing that they can make or break your final mark. Being able to study in the proper manner will help you achieve the best results, so make use of these tips. But be aware that these tips may not work for other people hence you might want to make a little change to suit your environment and make you comfortable. Rewriting Rewriting your notes is great if you're a kinesthetic learner. Also, when you re-write something, you will probably think about what you are writing, what it's about, and why you wrote it down. Most importantly, it refreshes your memory. If you took notes a month ago and just found out that those notes will be relevant in your exam, rewriting them will remind you of them when you need it for your exam. It does really work for me! Find The Right Hours Don't study when you're really tired. It's better to study for two hours in one day than to try and cram in that daily hour of studying at two in the morning. You won't remember much and you're likely to stop before you have studied what you need. Don't Cram Cramming the night before is proven to be useless, because you're taking in so much information at once that it's impossible to memorize it at all -- in fact, you'll hardly retain anything. I know it's been preached to you many times before, but it's true: Studying before and going over it multiple times really is the best way to learn the material...
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...Jessica Macaluso Dr. Smith-Hunter Sociology of Work April 14, 2015 Rewriting the Corporate Social Responsibility Equation Many people believe that corporate social responsibility begins with the cause of the problem. In “Rewriting the Corporate Social Responsibility Equation” by David Hessekiel, he explains that the equation begins with the business objective instead. If an organization focuses on how to incorporate corporate social responsibility into its business plans, it can benefit both parties greatly. Focusing on business before finding a cause to support may seem selfish. Perry Yeatman, from Mission Measurement says “…whether the business outcome is saving money or generating revenue, social impact efforts must be tied to mission critical activities in order to receive the funding, staffing and attention they need to succeed” (1). The best way for an organization to approve an investment in a worthy cause is to prove that it fits the overall business plan. If the investment does not provide a benefit for the company, it will be very vulnerable to budget costs later on down the road. Kraft Foods provides a great example of how they put business objectives first regarding the corporate social responsibility equation. Being “one of the largest buyers of branded cocoa in the world”, Kraft decided that they would support a supply chain issue for cocoa production in Ghana by dedicating millions of dollars to the cause. Their investment vastly improved the...
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...The Three Laws of Performance Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life By Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan Jossey-Bass, 2009 ISBN 9780470195598 Introduction When something isn't working in our work lives, we struggle with which part of the problem to tackle first. Do we start with cost reduction? What about morale? Or should we begin with process improvement? In our personal lives, it's the same dilemma - which problem do we work on first? Should we resolve to do better with home finances? Make our marriage more fulfilling? Get rid of 10 pounds? Spend more time with the kids? The optimist says there's opportunity everywhere we look. The pessimist says everything is messed up, and it's as though every system is perfectly designed to stay messed up, no matter how many things we try to fix. We pick the problem to work on and we either fail or succeed. If we fail, we add "frustration" to our list of problems. If we succeed, a new problem pops up to replace the old one. The solution to a problem becomes the next problem. We cut 10% of our department budget and our star performers leave in frustration, experiencing a lack of support for projects that are important to them. We quit smoking and gain 10 pounds. We go to the gym to lose the weight, and our family complains we're not at home enough. We spend more time at home and our boss gripes that we're not getting enough done, the budget is out of control and when are we going to fire the next person we...
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...Analysis and interpretation of “The Company of Wolves” The Company of Wolves is an interesting rewriting of LRRH* and a female author’s slightly feministic interpretation of an old classic. You can see that the story is a rewriting of “LRRH” because there are a lot of similarities. For example in both stories we have a little girl walking through a forest to give her grandmother a basket of dainties . Besides that we also have the classic sentences: “What big eyes you have”, “What big arms you have” and “What big teeth you have”. The story is a rewriting so of course there are also differences like that we don’t have a heroic hunter who comes and saves the grandmother and the girl and the wolf’s genitals is described in a way so the story might not be the best bedside reading. The girl is about twelve years old (p. 22: “she has just started her woman’s bleeding”), has flaxen hair and wears a red shawl. She is a latecomer and has been so indulged that she does not know about the dangerous world she lives in (p. 22: “in this savage country”, p. 23: “she is afraid of nothing”). She is described as very innocent: Pretty, pale, fair hair like lint and virginity (p. 22). The hunter part of the wolf is described as: “a handsome one” and “a fine fellow” (p. 23). Besides that the author describes him as gallant since he offers her to carry her basket. He is a real gentleman. The wolf part of the wolf is on the other hand described as: “a beast of...
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...ARGUMENTATIVE UNIT TASK TASK: Write an argumentative essay in which you determine who would make the stronger role model: Nelson Mandela or Bill Gates. Your argumentative essay must convince others to agree with your opinion. Be sure to include: * An introduction that engages the reader by introducing a clear claim and background information * Citations that show the sources of your evidence * A counterargument that informs the reader of the opposing claim * A conclusion that reconfirms your claim * Words and phrases that clarify the relationships among claims in reasons * Active planning, revising, editing, rewriting and producing a final product * A Works Cited page TEXTS TO USE * Lasting Legacy: Nelson Mandela’s Evolution as a Strategic Leader by Paul J.H. Schoemaker * Mandela Quotes-(BrainyQuote.com) * Nelson Mandela’s Address upon His Release from Prison (www.anc.org.za) * Mandela PowerPoint (slideshare.net) * Mandela’s Death Affects the World PowerPoint (abcnews.com) * Bill Gates-Innovator Extraordinaire (www.notablebiographies.com) * Info-graphic- (forbes.com) * Gates Quotes- (BrainyQuote.com) * Bill Gates: Speech to Harvard Graduating Class of 2007 (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/060807-gates-commencement.html) Standards: W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. * W.6.1a Introduce claim(s)...
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...he Constitution first began when the states held a U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia 1787, that is where they began to write the Constitution. The goal of this meeting was to improve the Articles of Confederation. At the meeting, some wanted small changes to the Articles of Confederation, while others wanted to rewrite the whole document. They ended up rewriting the whole document, while most were happy with this “improvement” others were infuriated with the new changes. Some of the people rewriting the document served as legislatures or Congress. Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and George Washington were involved in this meeting. George Washington was the president of this convention. I think the U.S Compromise of the Constitution...
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...February 10, 2014 Journal Reflections 1. How do you feel about tests in general? I don’t like taking test because I always get of feeling of nervousness. My stomach gets all tied up in knots. The problem with taking test is a feeling of not remembering. It gets uncomfortable every time I have to take a test whether I study or not. 2. What are your first memories of being in a testing situation? What were your feeling, and why? My first memory of being in a testing situation is in high school. It was finals and I needed to pass this one course to graduate. It was a course that I detested, and I was horrible at it. This course was Trigonometry. I am not good in math period, but this course was a requirement. I felt that I was going to fail the course, and it was going to be a setback. It was a depressing feeling. 3. What make a test “good” and “bad” from your perspective? What make a test good is knowing what kind of test it, what is covered and how much a percentage is geared toward that test. How do I know that the test is good is when the instructor lets you know what is going to be on the test. A test is good when much preparation and work goes into it. The format or the structure of the test also make it good. When I think of a bad test, it mean no preparation, no work or study when into taking the test. A bad test is a test that is not put together well. The organization is not good and the test is very confusing. It can be a...
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