Abstraction

Abstraction is a process by which higher concepts are derived from the usage and classification of literal ("real" or "concrete") concepts, first principles, or other methods. "An abstraction" is the product of this process – a concept that acts as a super-categorical noun for all subordinate concepts, and connects any related concepts as a group, field, or category.

Abstractions may be formed by reducing the information content of a concept or an observable phenomenon, typically to retain only information which is relevant for a particular purpose. For example, abstracting a leather soccer ball to the more general idea of a ball retains only the information on general ball attributes and behavior, eliminating the other characteristics of that particular ball.

Thinking in abstractions is considered to be one of the key traits in modern human behaviour, which is believed to have developed between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago, probably before the modern human exodus from Africa. Its development is likely to have been closely connected with the development of human language, which (whether spoken or written) appears to both involve and facilitate abstract thinking.

Debate That Should Have Been Shows Who’s Committed To Democracy And Who’s Committed To Backing Out

Edit WorldNews.com 31 May 2016

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingMany Americans are still disappointed over the debate that should have been between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Indeed, feathers flew over the weekend as some called the presumptive Republican presidential candidate a “chicken” and “coward” for making excuses to back out ... Sanders, for his part, immediately responded with “Game On .” ... Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) ... more democratic ... ....

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Male gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) at the Cincinnati zoo, 8 septembre 2012, United States

Backlash Over Killing Of Gorilla Scapegoats Mother Of Tot Who Fell Into Zoo Enclosure

Edit Inquisitr 31 May 2016

Backlash over the killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo has fanned social media anger against the mother of the tot who slipped into a restricted area where he was in danger of being mauled. At the same time, witnesses of the incident are trying to put things in perspective and calm passions against the mother’s “negligence” or the zoo’s decision that led to the shooting of a rare gorilla....

photo: AP

In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 picture, gunmen patrol during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Iraq. Clashes continued late Sunday and early morning Monday between al-Qaida and Iraqi troops on the main highway that links the capital, Baghdad, to neighboring Syria and Jordan. Al-Qaida fighters and allied tribes are still controlling the center of the city where they are deployed in streets and around government buildings.

Life under IS in Falluja where a sack of flour costs $850

Edit BBC News 31 May 2016

Details are emerging of the horrifying conditions faced by civilians trapped inside the Iraqi city of Falluja and the extreme risks they are taking to escape. One man said a bag of flour in the city - which was taken over by so-called Islamic State (IS) militants in January 2014 - now cost $850. One family reportedly lived off grass during a four-day escape bid ... "Food and medicines are in extremely short supply in the city ... ....

photo: AP / Emrah Gurel, File

Former Miss Turkey Merve Buyuksarac speaks to The Associated Press in Istanbul

Ex-Miss Turkey sentenced 'for insulting Erdogan'

Edit Deccan Chronicle 31 May 2016

Istanbul. A Turkish court on Tuesday found a former Miss Turkey beauty queen guilty of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media, handing her a suspended sentence of over one year in jail. The Istanbul court sentenced model Merve Buyuksarac, 27, to one year and two months in prison for "publicly insulting" Erdogan in a satirical poem she posted on her Instagram account, the Dogan news agency reported ... ....

photo: AP / Hani Mohammed

Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site where many believe the largest weapons cache in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015.

Saudi says intercepts and destroys ballistic missile from Yemen

Edit Reuters 31 May 2016

DUBAI, May 31 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen and a Saudi-led military coalition said in a statement late on Monday it may be forced to reconsider a truce that has been place since April. ....

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PSI NSCLC Abstract at ASCO 2016

Edit Business Wire 31 May 2016

ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#ASCO16--PSI’s scientific expertise is represented with an abstract publication at the 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, which begins this week in Chicago ... ....

Call for Papers: Abstracts for IAEA International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology Due 30 June (IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016

(Source ... Interested contributors have until 30 June to submit an abstract to present at the IAEA International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST) to be held in Vienna from 24 to 28 April 2017 ... Original documenthttps.//www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/call-for-papers-abstracts-for-iaea-international-conference-on-applications-of-radiation-science-and-technology-due-30-june ... (noodl. 33877874) ....

Foamix Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Abstract on FDX-104 in the Treatment of EGFRI Induced Rash for the 2016 ASCO Meeting (Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016

(Source. Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd). REHOVOT, Israel and BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 31, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd ... Abstracts are available to the public online on the ASCO website. www.abstract.asco.org ... Acneiform rash is a common treatment-limiting side effect of antibody and small molecule EGFRIs used to treat various cancers ... Patients were evaluated until 4 weeks after EGFRI initiation ... Abstract Title ... Abstract #....

Oncologists from NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine Present at American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Annual Meeting (NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016

Among the institutions' total of 48 sessions, two abstracts have been selected for inclusion in the Best of ASCO program, which highlights the most cutting-edge science and research presented at the meeting ... Oral Abstract Session ... prevalence, risk factors and reproductive outcomes (Abstract 10504) ... Immunotherapy in Rare Thoracic Malignancies (Abstracts 8517, 8518, 8519) ... Oral Abstract Session ... The Pathways Study (Abstract 10002)....

Winship experts to speak at 2016 ASCO conference (The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016

(Source. The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University) ... The theme of this year's conference is 'Collective Wisdom ... The abstract will be presented at a plenary session on the third day of the conference ... Walter J ... The annual ASCO meeting regularly attracts more than 25,000 oncology professionals from around the world and showcases more than 5,000 abstracts ... View a complete list of ASCO abstracts. Photo by ©ASCO/Matt Herp ... (noodl....

Initial results from the ongoing Swedish Phase II study with IdeS in sensitized kidney transplant patients will be presented at TTS 2016 (Hansa Medical AB)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016

(Source ... - PRESS RELEASE -. May 31, 2016 ... Dr ... The meeting abstract published ahead of the presentation includes preliminary data from 6 transplanted patients with HLA antibodies in the on-going Phase II study ... In the published abstract, Dr ... In addition, the abstract presents data from Hansa Medicals first Phase II study with IdeS in sensitized patients, which was finalized in January 2015 ... Meeting abstract available at the TTS website....

Initial Results from the Ongoing Swedish Phase II Study with IdeS in Sensitized Kidney Transplant ...

Edit Business Wire 31 May 2016

MALM�, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News. Hansa Medical (STO.HMED) Dr ... The meeting abstract published ahead of the presentation includes preliminary data from 6 transplanted patients with HLA antibodies in the on-going Phase II study. The ongoing and ... ....

May 31, 2016 - Transgene Announces Poster Presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting on the Phase 3 PHOCUS Clinical Trial with Pexa-Vec Oncolytic Immunotherapy (Transgene SA)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016

(Source. Transgene SA) Transgene Presents Pre-Clinical Data at AACR on a New Generation of Oncolytic Vaccinia Armed with ICI Transgene Announces Poster Presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting on the Phase 3 PHOCUS Clinical Trial with Pexa-Vec Oncolytic Immunotherapy ... Date and Time ... - 11.30 a.m ... Abstract Title ... Abstract Number ... The abstract is available via the following link. http.//abstract.asco.org/176/AbstView_176_164722.html PHOCUS trial....

Rowan Gallery @ Westby: THE SISTER CHAPEL (Rowan University)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016

... installation created at the height of the women's art movement; and only the third time all the works - an abstract ceiling design above the 11 nine-foot canvases depicting heroic woman - have been exhibited together....

Pioneer John Biggers nurtured a generation of Houston artists

Edit Houston Chronicle 31 May 2016

Biggers' painting style grew increasingly abstract over the years as he expressed the geometric symbolism of quilt patterns and the pure forms of row houses descended from African culture ... [...] Biggers' most enduring legacy can be found in the epic murals he created around his adopted hometown for numerous public spaces and parks ... > ....

Vision of spirituality through art

Edit Deccan Herald 31 May 2016

Painting exhibition. Eva Maria Pacheo’s paintings are composed through the raja yoga meditation and the spiritual knowledge she experienced in her yogi life. Born and brought up in Spain, Pacheo has been living in India for the past seven years. The paintings are surreal and abstract, they give birth to the latent artist in the viewers. They are a manifestation of her practice in meditation ... ....

Working Paper n° 595 - Fiscal Consolidation Under Imperfect Credibility (Banque de France)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016

(Source. Banque de France). Fiscal Consolidation Under Imperfect Credibility. Matthieu Lemoine and Jesper Lindé. May 2016. Abstract. This paper examines the effects of expenditure-based fiscal consolidation when credibility as to whether the cuts will be long-lasting is imperfect ... We find two key results ... Classification JEL . E32, F41. Keywords . monetary and fiscal policy, front-loaded vs....

Men And Women Equally Self-Conscious About Appearance, Study Finds

Edit Huffington Post 31 May 2016

In a world where we're bombarded with filtered and Photoshopped images on a hourly basis, it seems none of us are immune to experiencing a lack of body confidence. A new study has found that men and women are equally self-conscious when it comes to their appearance ... "Dissatisfied people had higher neuroticism, more preoccupied and fearful attachment styles, and spent more hours watching television," the study's abstract reads ... ....

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PSI NSCLC Abstract at ASCO 2016

Call for Papers: Abstracts for IAEA International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology Due 30 June (IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency)

Foamix Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Abstract on FDX-104 in the Treatment of EGFRI Induced Rash for the 2016 ASCO Meeting (Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd)

Oncologists from NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine Present at American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Annual Meeting (NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital)

Winship experts to speak at 2016 ASCO conference (The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University)

Initial results from the ongoing Swedish Phase II study with IdeS in sensitized kidney transplant patients will be presented at TTS 2016 (Hansa Medical AB)

Initial Results from the Ongoing Swedish Phase II Study with IdeS in Sensitized Kidney Transplant ...

May 31, 2016 - Transgene Announces Poster Presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting on the Phase 3 PHOCUS Clinical Trial with Pexa-Vec Oncolytic Immunotherapy (Transgene SA)

Rowan Gallery @ Westby: THE SISTER CHAPEL (Rowan University)

Pioneer John Biggers nurtured a generation of Houston artists

Vision of spirituality through art

Working Paper n° 595 - Fiscal Consolidation Under Imperfect Credibility (Banque de France)

Men And Women Equally Self-Conscious About Appearance, Study Finds