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Appalachian ChurchesLetcher County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian Churches Tucked against the hillside at the foot of No. 4 Hill in Jenkins, Kentucky, St. George Catholic Church looks like a simple white frame church.

AllgemeinVeranstaltungshinweiseGerman
Published in Open Research Office Berlin

Anmerkung zu dieser Rubrik: Das Open Research Office Berlin erstellt monatlich eine Übersicht über Termine und Veranstaltungen zu Open Access und Open Research in Berlin bzw. an Berliner Einrichtungen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf unseren Partnereinrichtungen und auf Veranstaltungen, die sich an die Öffentlichkeit richten bzw.

Elektronisches PublizierenEuropean Diamond Capacity HubOpen AccessVeranstaltungGerman
Published in Gemeinsamer Blog der DINI AGs
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In der Welt der wissenschaftlichen Publikationen liegen viele Diamanten noch verborgen: Frei zugängliche Schätze, die weder Autor*innen noch Lesenden Gebühren verursachen und der wissenschaftlichen Gemeinschaft gehören. Doch wie findet man diese Diamanten? Wer darf sie definieren? Und wie stellt man sicher, dass sie sichtbar bleiben?

AIAgentic AILLMsFine-tuning
Published in Chris von Csefalvay
Author Chris von Csefalvay

In the dying days of the Roman Republic, there existed a class of functionaries called nomenclatores . Their job was to whisper the names of approaching citizens into their patron’s ear so that the great man could greet each one as if they were intimates.

LassoPenalized RegressionModel SelectionInterpretability
Published in Data Diction
Author Logan Harris

NoteReviewers Ryan Peterson (2025-11-24). Patrick Breheny (2025-12-12). What connotation do you attach to the word “bias”? A negative one? In this post we will see why not all bias is bad… at least when it comes to building predictive models. In fact, for many years, statisticians have recognized the benefits of biased estimators in reducing prediction error. Perhaps you knew this, but if not, don’t worry.

Appalachian HistoryLaurel County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History A Mountain County on the Front Line When the Civil War reached Kentucky in 1861, Laurel County sat in a place that generals on both sides could not ignore. The Wilderness Road threaded up from Cumberland Gap through London and the Rockcastle Hills toward the Bluegrass. Whoever held that narrow corridor could threaten Lexington and the Ohio River or shield East Tennessee from invasion.