PERLIS

pûrˈlĭs, state (1991 pop. 184,070), 310 sq mi (803 sq km), Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the Andaman Sea. The smallest of the states of Malaysia, it is bordered on the N and E by Thailand and on the SE by Kedah, of which it formed a part till 1842. Kangar, its capital, is in the center of one of the richest rice-growing areas of Malaysia. Small quantities of tin are produced. The population is mostly Malay. In 1909 Siam transferred its suzerainty over Perlis to Great Britain. Perlis was one of the Unfederated Malay States before the creation (1948) of the Federation of Malaya. See Malaysia.

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books on: Perlis  - 318 results

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Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society: July 29 to August 1, 1992, Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington
Book; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992
Subjects: Artificial Intelligence--Congresses, Cognition--Congresses, Cognitive Neuroscience--Congresses, Cognitive Science--Congresses, Computational Linguistics--Congresses
According to Perlis, default reasoning consists of a sequence...assumptions they have made recollective . Perlis 1986 shows that recollective Socratic...As in the case of Israels argument, Perlis definition of Socratic thinkers is too...
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Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Book; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1993
Subjects: Cognition--Congresses, Cognitive Science--Congresses
...observations. References Elgot-Drapkin and Perlis, 1990 Elgot-Drapkin, J. and Perlis, D. 1990. "Reasoning situated in time I...on Formal Common Sense Reasoning . Miller and Perlis, 1993 Miller, M. and Perlis, D. 1993...
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Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s
Book by Carol J. Oja; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Composers--New York (State)--New York, Music--New York (State)--New York--20th Century--History And Criticism
...1975), 41. According to historian: Perlis 1974 75, 743. An extreme case: Ornstein...Leo Ornstein, interview with Vivian Perlis, 8 December 1972, Oral History/American...Ornstein was rediscovered by Vivian Perlis in the early 1970s, prompting some recordings...
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Copland Connotations: Studies and Interviews
Book by Peter Dickinson; Boydell Press, 2002
Subjects: Copland, Aaron--1900---Criticism And Interpretation
...balance. 12 ____________________ 10 Kirkpatrick, interview with Perlis, OHAM. 11 Bernstein, interview with Perlis, quoted in Copland and Perlis, Copland: 1900 through 1942 (St Martins Press, New York, 1984), p. 336 Copland...
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Wallace Stevens and Poetic Theory: Conceiving the Supreme Fiction
Book by B. J. Leggett; University of North Carolina Press, 1987
Subjects: Stevens, Wallace--1879-1955--Aesthetics
...transforming power not against reality as Perlis would have it but against itself. Whereas for Perlis the imagination in Stevens becomes an end...that the most careful scrutiny of the poems Perlis and Regueiro are accomplished and sophisticated...
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Victim Recantation in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: the Prosecutor's Role in Prevention
Journal article by Susan Perlis Marx; Child Welfare, Vol. 75, 1996
Subjects: Attorneys, Child abuse & neglect, Child welfare, Sex crimes
...Prosecutors Role in Prevention by Susan Perlis Marx Although not in itself diagnostic...Address requests for a reprint to Susan Perlis Marx, 5114 Fairglen Lane, Cherry Chase, MD 20815.) Susan Perlis Marx, J.D., an attorney in Chevy...
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Developing Cultural Intelligence in Preservice Speech-Language Pathologists and Educators
Journal article by Mona R. Griffer, Susan M. Perlis; Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 29, 2007
...Educators. by Mona R. Griffer , Susan M. Perlis Postsecondary educators preparing future...orientation, and socioeconomic class" (Perlis, 2001, p. 11). This concept can certainly...culture of a group or subgroup of people. (Perlis, 2001, p. 40) Rhoads (1994) indicated...
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Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia in Adults a Guide for Clinicians
Journal article by Catherine E. Milner, Kathryn Belicki; Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 88, 2010
Subjects: Insomnia--Care and treatment, Insomnia--Development and progression, Insomnia--Distribution, Intervention (Psychology)--Usage
...consequences (Smith, Smith, Nowakowski, Perlis, 2003). The goal of cognitive restructuring...insomnia and their treatment. In M. L. Perlis K. L. Lichstein (Eds.), Treating...treatment, and future directions. In M. L. Perlis K. L. Lichstein (Eds.), Treating...
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Malaysia and Thailand's Southern Conflict: Reconciling Security and Ethnicity
Journal article by John Funston; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 32, 2010
Subjects: Border security--Methods, Ethnic relations, Insurgency--Analysis, Insurgency--Malaysia, Insurgency--Thailand, Malaysian foreign relations, Thai foreign relations, Violence--Analysis
...Thailand ceded neighbouring Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu to British Malaya...territory at Wang Kelian on the border with Perlis on weekends without documentation; weekly...states (Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Perlis). After the war, Patani Malays sought...
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Hobsbawm's Social Banditry, Myth and Historical Reality: a Case in the Malaysian State of Kedah, 1915-1920
Journal article by Cheah Boon Kheng; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 17, 1985
Subjects: Asia
spilled over into the Malay states of Perlis, Kedah, and Kelantan. 28 In fact...Malay counterparts, the penghulus on the Perlis and Kedah side of the border, with regard...states in 1909. The British Adviser to Perlis in a report for 1914-15 said of the...
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A Self-help Guide for Autonomous Systems
Magazine article by Michael L. Anderson, Scott Fults, Darsana P. Josyula, Tim Oates, Don Perlis, Matt Schmill, Shomir Wilson, Dean Wright; AI Magazine, Vol. 29, Summer 2008
Subjects: Navigation systems, Problems, Research methodology
...Anderson , Scott Fults , Darsana P. Josyula , Tim Oates , Don Perlis , Matt Schmill , Shomir Wilson , Dean Wright Things almost never...flexibility displayed by humans when they engage in conversation (Perlis, Purang, and Andersen 1998). We have demonstrated that enhancing...
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Letters
Magazine article; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, April 2000
Subjects: Copland, Aaron
...well-deserved second chance. Vivian Perlis Yale University New Haven, Conn. David...Alzheimers disease from the mid-1970s, when Perlis interviewed him, until the time of his...proprietary concerns evidenced in her letter, Perlis did not mention the disease in her book...
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Personalizing Schizophrenic Care
Magazine article by Barbara Hesselgrave; Drug Topics, Vol. 155, July 2011
Subjects: DNA methylation, Medical treatment, Pharmacists, Schizophrenia, United States, Vitamin B
...symptoms." Tolerance and adherence Roy H. Perlis, MD, director of pharmacogenomics research...also studied dietary folate extensively. Perlis said that 2 concerns in psychiatric genetic...The prevalence of major depression which Perlis said includes the subsets bi-polar disorder...
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Cash for Carbon
Magazine article by Dennis Blank; E, Vol. 12, January 2001
Subjects: Carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects, Environmental policy--Innovations, Greenhouse gases--Laws, regulations, etc.
...gas emissions are a figment of parties contracts," says Mark Perlis, a Washington, D.C. attorney specializing in environmental...no vested entitlement to any benefit under existing law." Perlis points out there is no U.S. law that even so much as defines...
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Advancing AI Research and Applications by Learning from What Went Wrong and Why
Magazine article by Daniel Shapiro, Mehmet H. Göker; AI Magazine, Vol. 29, Summer 2008
Subjects: Conferences, Recipes, Research & development--R&D, Risk aversion
...research into application. Michael L. Anderson, along with his colleagues Scott Fults, Darsana P. Josyula, Tim Oates, Don Perlis, Matthew D. Schmill, Shomir Wilson, and Dean Wright proposes a means of implementing systems that learn from what went wrong...
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newspaper articles on: Perlis  - 17 results

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RP Bikers off to Two International Races
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 24, 2009
Subjects: Cyclists
...Glenmar Robosa and Jeff Monton, in the Perlis Open on July 28-30 to be held in Alor...Liquigaz-LPGMA Tour of Luzon in April.The Perlis Open, a three-stage, 590-kilometer...the best riders Asia could offer in the Perlis while the East Java has opened the competition...
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Healing Art Arts and Crafts Help Seriously Ill Patients Draw on Inner Strength
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 1, 2010
Subjects: Cancer treatment, Cancer--Care and treatment
...and its art studio -- as often. Cindy Perlis, director of Art for Recovery at the...cant share with loved ones, she said. Perlis, an artist who has directed the center...It helps people to cope, to heal," Perlis said. "Healing is so much bigger than...
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Sleep Research Centre to Launch; Health Reporter HELEN RAE Takes a Look at How a New Sleep Centre in the North East Is a Dream for Insomniacs
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), January 31, 2011
Subjects: Insomnia, Journalists, Northumbria University, Sleep
...which Northumbria students will be able to attend. Dr Michael Perlis, from the University of Pennsylvania, will focus on neuro...continue to process external information while they are asleep, Dr Perlis will outline how the phenomena can be addressed and treated...
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Un Nuevo Amanecer Para Los Tratamientos Contra El Insomnio
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 31, 2011
...distracciones que no tienen que ver con dormir, dice Michael Perlis, director del programa de medicina del sue+ or -o en la universidad...transitorio. Para evitar que se transforme en un problema crnico, Perlis aconseja evitar tomar siestas o ir mszs temprano a la cama la...
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Aussies Key Role in Malayan Emergency; Sixty Years on, 12-Year Jungle Combat Success Is Barely Remembered
Newspaper article; Daily News (Warwick, Australia), July 31, 2010
...following year, when 2RAR returned for a second tour. In August 1962 the battalion was committed to anti-communist operations in Perlis and Kedah, completing its tour in August 1963. In addition to air and infantry forces, Australia also provided artillery...
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encyclopedia articles on: Perlis  - 7 results

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Perlis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PERLIS pur lis, state (1991 pop. 184,070), 310 sq mi (803 sq km...population is mostly Malay. In 1909 Siam transferred its suzerainty over Perlis to Great Britain. Perlis was one of the Unfederated Malay States before the creation (1948...
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Malaysia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Federation of Malaya, comprising the states of Perlis , Kedah , Pinang , Perak , Kelantan...and from the nine hereditary rulers of Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu...the sultan of Kedah was restored, but Perlis was carved out of the territory of Kedah...
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Kangar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KANGAR kang ar , town (1991 pop. 48,948), capital of Perlis state, Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the Perlis River. It is a port and the center of a rice-growing region. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Thailand
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...boundaries meant the surrender of its claims to Laos (1893) and parts of Cambodia (1907) and of its suzerainty over Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, and Terengganu (1909), on the Malay Peninsula. The Pattani sultanate (now Thailands three southern provinces...
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Kedah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...subsequent conquest of Perak for Siam. A bloody Siamese invasion (1821) drove him into exile until 1842; upon his return Perlis was created as a separate state. In 1909, Siam transferred sovereignty over Kedah to Great Britain. Before the establishment...
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