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Comments on Comparative Mythology 5, an Afterthought of Georges Dumézil About Trifunctionality and the Judgment of Paris
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-03-13)In the previous two posts, Classical Inquiries 2020.02.28 and 2020.03.06, I analyzed the idea of trifunctionality in the myth about the Judgment of Paris, especially with reference to the version of this myth as retold in ... -
Comments on Comparative Mythology 6, Trifunctionality and the Goddess Hērā
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-03-20)In Classical Inquiries 2020.03.13, where I was testing the idea of trifunctionality in the Homeric retelling of the Judgment of Paris, I analyzed aspects of the goddess Hērā that point to her third function, which is ... -
Comments on Comparative Mythology 7, Finding a Cure for the Anger of Hērā
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-04-03)In a previous essay, Classical Inquiries 2020.03.20, I highlighted some ancient artwork picturing the hero Hēraklēs being breast-fed by the goddess Hērā after he was brought back to life after death. In the present essay, ... -
Comments on Picnic at Hanging Rock, a film directed by Peter Weir (1975)
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2018-08-23) -
Comments on the Ellen Roche story
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Comments on the Pearl Fishers of Georges Bizet
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Comments on the visit of Pausanias to Mycenae
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2016-06-16) -
Comments on the weakening of the NIH public-access policy
(Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, 2005) -
Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
(Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2017)We collected advertised prices for residential data plans offered by 40 community-owned (typically municipally owned) Internet service providers (ISPs) that offer fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service. We then identified the ... -
A comparative approach to beast fables in Greek songmaking, Part 1: A would-be Aesopic werewolf
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A comparative approach to beast fables in Greek songmaking, Part 2: The case of a story about Aesop and a barking dog in the Wasps of Aristophanes
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2019-06-07)In Part 2 here, I pick up from where I left off in Part 1, where I studied the possibilities of convergence as well as divergence between fables that focus primarily on beasts as talking characters and other fables where ... -
A comparative approach to beast fables in Greek songmaking, Part 3: A dog’s craving for meat as a signal foretelling the death of Aesop
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2019-06-11)It is a commonplace in storytelling to picture the stealing of meat by a hungry dog, as we see in the illustration for this posting. After all, dogs have a natural craving for meat—also for other rich sources of protein, ... -
A computer program for statistically-based decision analysis
(American Medical Informatics Association, 1990)The majority of patients with coronary artery disease do not fall into the well defined populations from randomized clinical trials. Observational databases contain a rich source of information that could be used by ... -
The confirmatory trial in comparative-effectiveness research
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2009) -
Congress approves the NIH plan
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Consequences of health trends and medical innovation for the future elderly
(Project HOPE, 2005)Recent innovations in biomedicine seem poised to revolutionize medical practice. At the same time, disease and disability are increasing among younger populations. This paper considers how these confluent trends will affect ... -
Content & Control: Assessing the Impact of Policy Choices on Potential Online Businesses in the Music and Film Industries
(Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, 2005)The online environment and new digital technologies threaten the viability of the music and film industries' traditional business models. The industries have responded by seeking government intervention, among other means, ... -
Content and Conduct: How English Wikipedia Moderates Harmful Speech
(Berkman Klein Center for Internet& Society, 2019)In this study, we aim to assess the degree to which English-language Wikipedia is successful in addressing harmful speech with a particular focus on the removal of deleterious content. We have conducted qualitative interviews ... -
Coping with chronic disease? Chronic disease and disability in elderly American population 1982-1999
(National Bureau of Economic Research Inc, 2009)It is well known that disability rates among the American elderly have declined over the past decades. The cause of this decline is less well established. In this paper, we test one important possible explanation--that the ...