We spend|and waste|too much time discussing the pros and cons of diierent programming paradigms and too little time discussing the problems we want to solve. The rst section of this note introduces a problem; the remaining sections discuss approaches to solving it. 1 A problem The problem is to design a computer program that plays good snooker. (You can substitute \pool" or \billiards" for snoo...

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters-II (MESSY-II) in a community population in Iran. Methods: The Iranian version of the MESSY-II was administered by interviewing care staff of all children and adolescents (n=355) with administratively defined intellectual disabiliti...

objective: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the matson evaluation of social skills with youngsters-ii (messy-ii) in a community population in iran. methods: the iranian version of the messy-ii was administered by interviewing care staff of all children and adolescents (n=355) with administratively defined intellectual disabilities ...

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In Government of paper, Matthew Hull has given us one of the most finely grained, ethnographically rich analyses of the role of material artifacts in the working of states. His focus on files, maps, the parchi and the petition, and lists and land records, is a sorely needed addition to the ethnographic record. As a linguistic anthropologist, he is uniquely positioned to reflect on the linguisti...