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Nietzsche says several times in his correspondence that Daybreak and The Gay Science were an introduction and a commentary of his Zarathustra, a commentary that he had written before the very text. By interpreting some passages in the chapter «On the three evils», we analyze the possibility of extending this hermeneutical proposal to a reading method that allows us to reveal the internal coherence of the overall project of his philosophy. Developing a conception of the world through language and moral criticism that results from this task are two aspects closely related in his thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bayesian inference via Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling and sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) sampling are popular methods for uncertainty analysis in hydrological modelling. However, application of these methodologies can incur significant computational costs. This study investigated using model pre-emption for improving the computational efficiency of MCMC and SMC samplers in the context of hydrological modelling. The proposed pre-emption strategy facilitates early termination of low-likelihood simulations and results in reduction of unnecessary simulation time steps. The proposed approach is incorporated into two samplers and applied to the calibration of three rainfall-runoff models. Results show that overall pre-emption savings range from 5 to 21%. Furthermore, results indicate that pre-emption savings are greatest during the pre-convergence 'burn-in' period (i.e., between 8 and 39%) and decrease as the algorithms converge towards high likelihood regions of parameter space. The observed savings are achieved with absolutely no change in the posterior set of parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Interoute plans to expand deeper into the Russian enterprise segment, following its successful partnership with MegaFon on the DREAM (Diverse Route for European and Asian Markets) project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The launch of the DREAM (Diverse Route for European and Asian Markets) fibre-optic route by Russian carrier MegaFon has further positioned Russia and Kazakhstan as a gateway for traffic between Europe and Asia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]