For any two vertices u and v in a connected graph G, a u − v path is a monophonic path if it contains no chords, and the monophonic distance dm(u, v) is the length of a longest u − v monophonic path in G. For any vertex v in G, the monophonic eccentricity of v is em(v) = max {dm(u, v) : u ∈ V}. The subgraph induced by the vertices of G having minimum monophonic eccentricity is the monophonic ce...

Detour tasks are commonly used to study problem solving skills and inhibitory control in canids and primates. However, there is no comparable detour test designed for rodents despite its significance for studying the development of executive skills. Furthermore, mice offer research opportunities that are not currently possible to achieve when primates are used. Therefore, the aim of the study w...

In this article, I argue that the work of Bruno Latour has straddled two conflicting intellectual traditions: relativism 20th-century postmodernism (which deconstructed realist pretensions scientism) and realism 21st-century New Materialism seeks to sublate postmodern linguistic turn embrace science alongside critical theory). connect these twin tendencies their ancient precursors among Greek s...

Detour paths provide overlay networks with improved performance and resilience. Finding good detour routes with methods that scale to millions of nodes is a challenging problem. We propose a novel approach for decentralised discovery of detour paths based on the observation that Internet paths that traverse overlapping sets of autonomous systems may benefit from the same detour nodes. We show h...

Internet applications that route data over default Internet paths can often increase performance by sending their traffic over alternative “detour” paths. Previous work has shown that applications can use detour routing to improve end-to-end metrics such as latency and path availability. However, the potential of detour routing has yet to be applied where it may be most important: improving TCP...

A consistent population bias to detour a vertical-bar barrier preferentially leftwise during approach to inspect a dummy predator was demonstrated in the poeciliid fish Girardinus falcatus. The asymmetry seems to be due to a preferential use of the lateral visual field of the right eye during fixation of biologically relevant stimuli such as a predator. Viewing tests revealed in fact that fish ...