The generation of crossword puzzles is known to be NP-Complete. Optimization over structural characteristics is known to extend this into the NP-Hard regime. This paper discusses the application of a limit theo
if I look back a year ago, I had no seat. I was here a year ago watching and wishing I was racing. Then I had the opportunity to race at the end of last year and the opportunity then to go to VCARB. So a lot has happened in 12 months. For me, the main thing is being...
For example, Japan has less political use of social media than the U.S. (Owen et al., 2020) and the right-wing has a xenophobic attitude toward China and South Korea (Fujishiro et al., 2020) rather than a conservative one (partially confirmed by this word cloud in this study) in ...
The upper normal limit of IOP is traditionally defined in western countries as an IOP of 21 mmHg. According to the Tajimi Study, an epidemiological study comprising Japanese patients, the upper limit of normal IOP, defined as mean±2 standard deviations, is 19.9–20.0 mmHg. Thus, it is reaso...
However, it seems that a decision called Han unfication (taken back when Unicode was strictly 16 bits and they wanted to limit the number of code points needed for the CJK characters) means that when looking at text, you may see characters rendered using a Chinese variant rather than a ...
Instead of importing all the English associations of “hawk” and grafting them onto タカ, I will be gradually building my relation to the Japanese word and learning to see, hear and feel it the way a Japanese person does. And this, in miniature, is why J-J definitions are important. ...
Japan has a large gender gap; thus, this study examined whether Japanese 4- to 7-year-old children exhibit a “brilliance = males” stereotype and whether parental attitudes toward gender roles were related to children’s stereotypes. We also explo
One Year Time Limit Traditionally the magic powers of the daruma doll will last for one year. If the wish did not come true within the year, the doll may be taken to the temple for burning. The burning of the daruma doll is a purification process to set the kami free. The kami is ...
When a person dies, they prepare a single coffin, without an outer one. They cover the graves with earth to make a mound. When death occurs, mourning is observed for more than ten days, during which period they do not eat meat. The head mourners wail and lament, while friends sing, ...
However, increasingly internet bidding has become more and more popular and the auction houses have to offer free food and prizes to encourage bidders to attend the auctions in person. The auctions have their own inspectors who prepare written reports for each vehicle before the vehicle goes to...