text: Purpose-The aim of this piece of research was to detail the scope and nature of sectarianism as experienced by employees, managers and those with trade union responsibilities, in the Northern Ireland workplace. Design/methodology/approach-Four large organizations, two from the private and two from the public sector, were recruited to take part in this qualitative study. In-depth inter-views were carried out with managers and trade union personnel. Focus groups were run with employees. Findings-Data were submitted to thematic analysis. The major themes to emerge included: the extent of experienced sectarianism, sources of sectarianism, the nature of sectarian harassment, ''tolerable'' sectarianism, and the management of difference. Research limitations/implications-Short-comings of the study include the possibility that social desirability effects could have operated to underplay sectarian attitudes. Again the limitations of a qualitative methodology in providing estimates of the extent of sectarianism in the broader population are acknowledged. Practical implications-Practical implications of the findings for controlling sectarianism and managing diversity are discussed in terms of organizational formalization, the promotion of a common ingroup workforce identity, and the informal procedures used by employees to manage difference on a day-to-day basis. Originality/value-The study is particularly pertinent, given that there has been little attempt to capture the experiences of sectarianism in workplaces from the perspective of managers, employees and trade union personnel.


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Moving and Resizing Tiles
When adding an item to a Dashboard, Customer Insights adds the new item to the "end" of the Dashboard, using a size based on both the type of item being added and the amount of space available on the Dashboard. For example, suppose you have a Dashboard that looks like this:
If you add a new Look to that Dashboard, the Dashboard will then look similar to this:
That may or may not be where you wanted the new tile to go, and that may or may not be the size you wanted for the tile. Fortunately, that doesn't matter: Customer Insights makes it easy to move and (or) to resize elements on your Dashboards.
If you click an element on your Dashboard, you'll see several items appear on that element, including a Move handle (the three bars in the upper left corner) and a resizing handle (the solid triangle in the bottom right corner):
If you want to move an element to a new location on the Dashboard, click the Move handle, hold the mouse button down, and then drag the tile to its new location. As soon as you have the tile positioned correctly, release the mouse button, and the Dashboard will rearrange the other elements as needed:
To resize an element, click the resizing handle, hold the mouse button down, and drag the mouse until the tile is the desired size. When you release the mouse button, the tile will change size and the other elements on the Dashboard will automatically be moved to make as much room as is needed:

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Photography enthusiasts and professionals alike rely heavily on the functionality of their camera's shutter button. It's the gateway to capturing those perfect moments, and when it malfunctions, it can be a photographer's worst nightmare.
In this article, we'll delve into the common causes of a non-responsive Canon camera shutter button and explore troubleshooting steps to resolve this issue.
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Common Causes of Shutter Button Malfunction
Understanding the root causes of shutter button issues is the first step to resolving them and ensuring your Canon camera works seamlessly.
Dust and Debris Buildup
One of the most common culprits for a non-working shutter button is dust and debris accumulation. Over time, these particles can find their way into the delicate mechanical components of the button, hindering its responsiveness. Regularly cleaning your camera can help prevent this issue.
Accidental bumps or drops can lead to physical damage, causing misalignment or internal components to dislodge. This can render your shutter button unresponsive or inconsistent in its operation.
Wear and Tear
Like any mechanical component, the shutter button can experience wear and tear over extended use. The constant pressing and releasing can lead to button fatigue, making it less effective in registering clicks.
In some cases, a failing or weak battery can contribute to shutter button problems. A low battery may not provide the necessary power to engage the button fully. Ensure your battery is adequately charged before assuming a more significant issue.
Troubleshooting Steps for Canon Camera Shutter Button Problems
Cleaning the Shutter Button
If you suspect dust and debris are the culprits, start by cleaning the shutter button carefully. Compressed air from a can can be used to remove any loose particles. For stubborn dirt, a small brush or a cotton swab slightly dampened with isopropyl alcohol can be gently used. Remember to turn off your camera before attempting this.
Checking for Loose Parts
Inspect the button for any loose components or parts that may have shifted out of place. If you find any, consult your camera's manual for reassembly instructions. Be cautious, and if you're uncertain, it's best to seek professional help.
Testing Different Shooting Modes
Sometimes, shutter button issues are not due to mechanical problems but can be related to the shooting mode. Try switching between different shooting modes, such as manual, aperture priority, or shutter priority, to see if the issue persists in all modes. This can help identify if the problem is mode-specific.
Seeking Professional Help
If the troubleshooting steps fail to resolve the issue, it's advisable to seek professional camera repair services. Attempting to disassemble your camera without the necessary expertise can lead to further damage. A skilled technician can diagnose and fix the problem efficiently.
Prevention and Maintenance Tips
Preventing shutter button issues is better than dealing with them. Here are some tips to maintain your camera's performance:
- Store your camera in a protective case when not in use.
- Handle your camera with care to avoid accidental damage.
- Keep the camera's lens and body clean to reduce the chances of dust and debris ingress.
- Follow the manufacturer's maintenance guidelines for your specific Canon camera model.
1. Can I clean the shutter button with any cleaning solution?
It's best to use isopropyl alcohol, but make sure it's only slightly dampened on a cotton swab. Avoid excessive moisture.
2. How often should I clean my camera's shutter button?
Regular cleaning is essential. Aim for cleaning it every few months or more frequently if you often shoot in dusty environments.
3. My Canon camera is still under warranty. Can I get the shutter button repaired for free?
If your camera is under warranty, it's a good idea to contact Canon's customer support for assistance. Warranty terms may cover repairs.
4. Are there any DIY methods to fix a non-working shutter button?
While some minor issues can be resolved with DIY cleaning, complex problems should be left to professionals to avoid further damage.
5. How do I find a reliable camera repair technician?
You can search online for authorized Canon service centers or reputable camera repair shops in your area. Reading reviews and seeking recommendations can help you make an informed choice.
A non-responsive Canon camera shutter button can be frustrating, but with the right knowledge and maintenance, many issues can be prevented or resolved. Regular cleaning and careful handling can go a long way in ensuring that your camera's shutter button continues to work flawlessly, helping you capture the moments that matter most.


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text: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread globally, forcing countries to apply lockdowns and strict social distancing measures. The aim of this study was to assess eating habits and lifestyle behaviours among residents of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the lockdown. A cross-sectional study among adult residents of the MENA region was conducted using an online questionnaire designed on Google Forms during April 2020. A total of 2970 participants from eighteen countries participated in the present study. During the pandemic, over 30 % reported weight gain, 6·2 % consumed five or more meals per d compared with 2·2 % before the pandemic (P < 0·001) and 48·8 % did not consume fruits on a daily basis. Moreover, 39·1 % did not engage in physical activity, and over 35 % spent more than 5 h/d on screens. A significant association between the frequency of training during the pandemic and the reported change in weight was found (P < 0·001). A significantly higher percentage of participants reported physical and emotional exhaustion, irritability and tension either all the time or a large part of the time during the pandemic (P < 0·001). Although a high percentage of participants reported sleeping more hours per night during the pandemic, 63 % had sleep disturbances. The study highlights that the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused a variety of lifestyle changes, physical inactivity and psychological problems among adults in the MENA region.


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Boundary friction characterisation of a used cylinder liner subject to fired engine conditions and surface deposition
journal contributionposted on 12.11.2018, 14:51 by Rickie Bewsher, Michael Leighton, Mahdi Mohammadpour, Homer Rahnejat, Gunter Offner, O. Knaus
In cylinder friction contributes as a primary source of parasitic dissipations in IC engines. For future engines to become more efficient, with enhanced fuel economy and increased power output, accurate prediction of new designs is required over the full lifetime of an engine. The work carried out presents use of a local pressure coefficient of boundary shear strength of asperities value, taking into account the localised effects of surface texture, coating and surface deposition. XPS spectra analysis was also carried out to identify the surface depositions as a result of combustion, not previously taken into account during piston ring pack simulation. Friction was shown by simulation to drop by up to 30% between the compression and combustion stroke as a result of using a carriable coefficient of boundary shear strength of asperities. It was found that piston varnish on the liner corresponded to higher values of the pressure coefficient of boundary shear strength of asperities, therefore showing the importance of using real system components run under representative operating conditions or numerical analyses.
The authors of this work wish to show their thanks to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and to our industrial collaborators AVL List GmbH for the financial and technical contributions they have made to this research.
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The Centre of African Studies offers 3 MSc scholarships to African residents as part of the Governance for Development in Africa Initiative funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
- Domicile/Residency: Applicants must be domiciled (or permanent residents) in an African country. Preference will be given to scholarship candidates living in Sub‐Saharan Africa.
- Eligible Programmes: MSc (Full‐time) undertaken by scholarship applicants must directly address or be applicable to the issue of Governance in Africa.
- Assessment: Scholarship candidates will be assessed based on their academic merit and references. SOAS is committed to accepting only those scholarship candidates who can demonstrate an ability to complete a MSc in one year.
- You should print out the Application Form, sign and scan it and email this along withCV and Supporting Statement in a single email to:
Ms Angelica Baschiera at [email protected]
- Email applications are preferable, but if you are unable to send your application by email,please post it to:
Once the place is secured, the applicants can apply for the scholarship. Candidates will be assessed on academic merit by a panel consisting of SOAS academic members. The assessment of your application will be based on the information in your scholarship application. Selectors will be looking at the following:
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- supporting statement;
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Herbs and honey have been combined as tonics and therapeutic formulae since antiquity. they are nature's gift readily available to mankind and come from the same source, the generous plant kingdom.
Honey is the processed nectar of flowers, a wonderfully balanced energizer and suitable carrier of principles obtained from herbs through our special extraction methods.
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Is Hydrogen gas present in biogas? As it is highly inflammable, may it ignite the other gases like methane?
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What's your question here? Are you asking why biogas with hydrogen doesn't spontaneously ignite? – Oreotrephes Jul 10 '13 at 6:51
first question is whether Biogas constitutes Hydrogen and if yes why doesn't then the biogas spontaneously ignite? – sk1 Jul 10 '13 at 6:57
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The constitution of the biogas depends greatly on its source and the fermenting microbe. But in general, it does contain hydrogen about 0-1%. Even if it did contain large amounts, the mixture would be inflammable, but it would not burst into flames without any external igniter, which could be any small fluctuation of heat if the mixture is too unstable. But in general, an inflammable gas doesn't start burning on its own.
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The auto ignition temperature of a combustible mixture of hydrogen in air is 500 degrees C source - Wikipedia. It will not spontaneously ignite, some part of it must first reach that temperature through a spark, flame, or other heat source. Once it ignites, the methane of course will burn too.
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On 04 May 2023, Ambassador Cecilia Attard-Pirotta, accompanied by First Secretary at the Embassy Mr Charles Calleja, paid a visit to the offices of Mano Maritime in Haifa to learn more about the company's operations and its role in the maritime industry. The Ambassador was welcomed by Mr Moran Mano, Vice President of Mano Maritime, who provided her with an overview of the company's history, operations, and its contribution to the development of the maritime industry in the region.
Mano Maritime, a leading cruise and shipping company, can trace its roots in Israel from before the country's independence in 1948 and has since expanded its operations to include cruise ships, cargo vessels, and port services. The company operates in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the Red Sea. During her visit, the Ambassador was given a tour of the company's offices and facilities, including company's flagship cruise liner the Crown Iris at the port of Haifa. The Ambassador also met with key personnel from different departments, including sales and operations.
The visit by the Maltese Ambassador to Mano Maritime underscores the importance of promoting trade and investment between Malta and Israel and highlights the potential for further collaboration between the two countries in the maritime industry. As a testimony of the growing cooperation, The Crown Iris is also expected to make several stops in Valletta during 2023.


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Renaming pictures according to their shooting date is a straightforward way to merge photo sets coming from multiple cameras. On Linux, the exiv2 tool does the trick:
exiv2 -r'%F_%H-%M-%S_:basename:' rename $(ls \*.JPG)
The date format is the same as in the standard date command (where %F is a shortcut for %Y-%m-%d). If you omit the :basename: part of the pattern, which is automatically replaced with the file's original name, you may run into multiple photos getting the same file name: in this case, exiv2 will ask whether to overwrite, rename or skip them. As far as I know, you can't get more time precision than seconds from EXIF metadata.
I usually resize images to an 800-pixel width before sending, which can be done seamlessly using the mogrify script from ImageMagick:
mogrify -resize 800 -auto-orient $(ls \*.JPG)
By default, this tool preserves the image aspect-ratio, so you don't need to specify the full output resolution and the width (800) is enough.
Cameras usually store picture orientation in the image's metadata, while pixel data corresponds to the camera's sensor coordinates. That is, when you take a vertical photo, your camera just stores what it sees, and then adds a flag in the metadata saying "this should be rotated by +/-90 degrees". Image viewers interpret this flag correctly, but web browsers and e-mail clients do not (e.g. when you insert the image directly in an e-mail); this is why I threw the auto-orient flag here, which automatically performs the orientation on the pixel data.


Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum in Berlin, Germany - get details, & find more attractions to visit nearby
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About Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
The complex consists of several buildings and glass-houses which features a collection of orchids, carnivorous plants and giant white water lily. The best-known part of the garden is the Great Pavilion (Großes Tropenhaus). The temperature inside is maintained at 30 °C and air humidity is kept high. Among the many tropical plants it hosts a giant bamboo.
Attractions near Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Zoo Berlin6.34km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Oldest and best-known zoo in Germany. It covers 35 hectares (86.5 acres) and has about 1,380 different species and over 20,200 animals, presenting one of the most comprehensive collections of species in the world. It is the most-visited zoo in Europe and one of the most popular worldwide. Regular animal feedings are among its most famous attractions.
German Museum of Technology6.95km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis originally was on rail transport, but today it also features exhibits of various sorts of industrial technology including maritime and aviation exhibition halls.
Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin7.2km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Neue Nationalgalerie is a museum of modern art, with a focus on art from early 20th century. The museum owns masterpeices from artists like Pablo Picasso, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Joan Miró, Wassily Kandinsky and Barnett Newman. Despite the large size of the museum, the exhibits are rotated at intervals as the collection of artworks at the museum is very large.
Gemäldegalerie7.32km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Museum where the main selection of paintings belonging to the Berlin State Museums is displayed. It holds one of the world's leading collections of European paintings from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
Victory Column7.34km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Designed after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War. When it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria and its German allies in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), giving the statue a new purpose. These later victories inspired the addition of the bronze sculpture of Victoria, 8.3 metres (27 ft) high and weighing 35 tonnes.
Berlin Story Bunker7.4km from Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Housed inside a 6,500-square-metre WWII bunker, the museum recreates the history of Berlin and some of the most infamous events in German history. The exhibition showcases the sequence of events leading up to Hitler's suicide in 1945, and it has a reconstruction of Hitler's personal study.
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Capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Berlin is a world city of culture, politics, media and sciences, and its economy is based on high-tech firms and the service sector, encompassing a diverse range of creative industries, research facilities, media corporations and convention venues.


Who invented the 1st submarine and what was it called
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 When it came to wartime machines, Leonardo DaVinci often seemed to look at both sides of the coin. He would invent offensive equipment and then he would design defensive equipment just in case the enemy had similar ideas to him. A good example of this is in the double-hulled and semi-submersible (sometimes termed Leonardo's submarine) boat designs.
 The'submarine' was simply a shell with room enough for one person to sit inside. It was topped with a conning tower which had a lid and pre-dated the true submarine by over one hundred years. Leonardo was to describe it as a "ship to sink another ship."
 Leonardo considered that the best way to defend against underwater attack by ships similar in design to his'submarine' was to have double-hulled boats. This would not only solve the problem of ramming, but also that of divers interfering with the vessel. By this time he had already devised a method by which divers could separate the planks of ships.
 He considered how lost ships could be recovered, and designed air-filled tanks which divers could attach to the hulls of a sunken ships in an attempt to re-float them. And once your ship is once more on the surface you need to remove the excess water. Leonardo then designed a machine which would extract the water and then dry the holds of ships.
 His designs included a one-man battleship, and in considering ships for wartime use Leonardo realised the importance of making guns easier to load and fire. This same drawing displays two remote-control guns with rapid-firing mechanisms.
 I need to start getting paid for this. For crying out loud, Survivor is on!
 John Hunley, and the submarine was called the Hunley. It was built during the civil war.
 Hunley Sub was built in 1861 but Hunley wasn't the INVENTOR of the Submarine nor the first to NAME ONE.
 I stand corrected, But I think the question was what was the name, not who named one.
 You know what they say about those submariners........A hundred men go down.....fifty couples come up.
 I thought the first submarine was a one man unit called the turtle...
 Click on the link I posted above and see. :)
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Jeffries Aerospace Medicine and Life Sciences Research Award
Recognizing the importance to aeronautics of scientific endeavors in the field of medicine, the Jeffries Aerospace Medicine and Life Sciences Research Award was established in 1940 to honor the memory of the American physician, John Jeffries, whose scientific investigations were published in a "Narrative of Two Aerial Voyages" in 1796. This annual award is generally at the International Conference on Environmental Systems.
Nomination Deadline: 1 October
- Full Name: Mr. Victor S Schneider
- AIAA Citation: For leadership in developing cooperative bone densitometry research in conjunction with the medical evaluation of cosmonauts from long-duration flights on the Russian space station MIR


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CamRuler lets you measure (almost) anything that you can take a photo of. Now you don't need to carry a ruler around just to get a measurement - your phone's got you covered.
CamRuler produces measurements by utilizing a reference object of known dimensions in the image you wish to measure. The app comes pre-loaded with common objects such as:
-Coins and paper currency (US, CAN, UK, EU, AUS, MEX)
-Common paper sizes (8.5x11, Legal size, business card, index card)
All you need to do is take a photo (or have someone send you one) with your chosen reference object in it.
You can also create your own custom objects of known dimensions (so if your country's currency isn't pre-loaded, you can add it).
Another measurement option is using a custom reference length, which can be used to get distance measurements from maps with scale bars, as well as length measurements on microscope photos (micrographs and electron micrographs) given a length reference. CamRuler's custom reference length mode also works well if there is an image of a ruler in the photo.
CamRuler allows users to choose between many common units of measurement, both metric and imperial:
-Metric: nanometers, micrometers, millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers
-Imperial: inches, feet, yards, miles, nautical miles
You can also set a custom scale (architectural scale) for whatever you are measuring - things such as blueprints, designs, scale models and get the relevant measurement. CamRuler comes pre-loaded with common scales and also allows you to set your own.
CamRuler allows you to set a label for your measurements and save them as a screenshot to your phone's camera roll. You can also save images for future measurement.
CamRuler allows you to take new photos or use images in your phone's camera roll. This makes it easy to ask someone to send you a photo from a remote location - then you can measure it on the fly. Pretty useful!
Limitations: The measurements you make must be in the same plane (or as close as possible) as the reference object you select. Also, measurements will be more accurate when the reference object takes up more space in the image.
The accuracy of the measurements provided by CamRuler depend on the user's ability to correctly target the reference object. While it's possible to get accurate measurements with CamRuler, the measurements should be considered an estimate only, and should not be used where precision is required. Using a quarter as a reference object, accuracies within a millimeter can be achieved.
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Congratulations to Environment Institute's Associate Professor Alec Zuo, who was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship for his project 'Quantifying the economic and social impacts of drought in rural Australia' in the recently announced round.
Project Title: Quantifying the economic and social impacts of drought in rural Australia
Funding awarded: $1,035,279
Project: Climate-change research predicts drought is likely to increase its frequency, duration and severity, drastically challenging Australian agriculture and rural societies. The aim of this project is to use innovative techniques to analyse:
- (i) national datasets to determine the economic and social impacts of droughts in rural and regional Australia; and
- (ii) the results of a national survey to estimate and understand farmers' drought adaptation responses to carbon-credit market signals.
The outcomes are expected to be a major step in developing and implementing cost-effective drought policies and services to minimise its complex impacts, strengthen rural and regional community resilience, and enhance sustainable agriculture in Australia.
For more details about the recent ARC Future Fellowships announcements.


Lankelly Chase Foundation has commissioned Queen Mary University of London, the University of Manchester and Words of Colour Productions to establish an independent centre of excellence on ethnic inequalities, severe mental illness and multiple disadvantage.
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Lankelly Chase is an independent foundation working in partnership with people across the UK to change the systems that perpetuate severe and multiple disadvantage. Originally formed in 1962, Lankelly Chase's work is now focused on creating an environment where people have the skills, motivation and freedom to help create a system that effectively responds to the interlocking nature of severe disadvantages, such as homelessness, drug misuse, violence and abuse, extreme poverty and mental ill health. Lankelly Chase is driven by a belief that people are resourceful and have strengths, and that collectively we can find solutions and create a fairer society where we are all able to thrive.


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Study of the effectiveness of China's corporate governance reform – a board characteristics view
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This study investigates the effectiveness of China's corporate governance reforms in the year 2002 on firm performance. Specifically, the study investigates the relationship between good firm performance and board characteristics that capture boards' monitoring and resource provision abilities before and after the corporate governance reform. This study firstly examines whether the Chinese corporate governance reform in year 2002 has caused changes in board characteristics, then the study relates the measurements for good firm performance to board characteristics that represent boards' monitoring role (i.e., director independence, CEO-chair duality, concentration of directors appointed after the CEO, and director share ownership) and resource provision role (i.e., board size, directors on multiple board, director tenure, and frequency of supervision board meetings). The study uses a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to calculate a firm economic efficiency score as the main measurement of firm performance. For sensitivity analysis, traditional measurements including share returns, return on assets and Tobin's Q have also been applied to consolidate the findings. The study provides evidence that China's corporate governance reforms in year 2002 has resulted in changes regarding to the number of independent directors on board, CEO-chair duality, director tenure and frequency of supervision board meetings. Those changes are towards enhancing investor protection and improving firm performance, which the evidence is consistent with the prediction that the year 2002 corporate governance reforms will change the corporate governance factors of Chinese listed firms. However, inconsistent with the agency theory and resource dependence theory predictions, this study shows that board characteristics do not have a significant relationship with firm economic efficiency score. The additional tests of using traditional performance measurements also shows corporate governance factors before and after the reform do not influence firm performance. These findings point to a significant problem. It would seem that China's corporate governance reform in year 2002 has made Chinese listed firms simply obeys the governance code, rather than fully utilise it. Therefore, the corporate governance reform in the year 2002 has enhanced the corporate governance factors, however failed to improve firm performance. Therefore, the findings have implications for regulators in emerging economies, that the corporate governance code should be developed and modified based on the specific characteristics of a countries economy, rather than simply following the developed countries' regulatory system.


Using Modifiers
Modifiers are small scripts which can hook in to the Seeker and pre and or post process the path before it is returned to the caller.
Modifiers are used by simply attaching the scripts to the same GameObject as the Seeker component is attached to. They will work automatically without any code modifications.
This can for example be a Raycast Modifier which removes unecessary nodes in a path to make it shorter but still valid. Or a Smooth Modifier which subdivides the path and smooths it to make it more aesthetically appealing.
Below is a comparison of a few of the most common types of modifiers/combination of modifiers on a grid graph.
The AIPath and AILerp movement scripts use modifiers however the RichAI movement script will ignore most of them (all that smooth and simplify the path). The RichAI movement script instead includes its own internal version of the funnel modifier which is slightly more specialized for the RichAI script. You can still attach other modifiers when using the RichAI movement script.
Simple Smooth Modifier
The simple smooth modifier is a modifier to smooth the path. It can do that either by just subdividing it and moving the vertices closer to each other or use splines, namely the Bezier curve.
Below are two images showing a path with the smooth modifier turned off first and then on. Note that the smoothed path cuts the corners a bit, this can be a problem with the smooth modifier since it does not take world geometry into account when smoothing. For variable documentation, look at the Simple Smooth Modifier documentation
Funnel Modifier
The funnel modifier is a modifier for simplifying paths on navmeshes or grid graphs is a fast and exact way.
As the name implies it applies the funnel algorithm to the path.
This will return the shortest path inside the path corridor the pathfinder calculated
You can see a list of all modifiers if you click on Modules above and go to "Modifiers".
Raycast Modifier
The raycast modifier simplifies paths by doing a series of straight line checks. This modifier is primarily useful on grid graphs, though depending on your game it can be useful if you are using a point graph too.
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Green Supply Chain Design: A Lagrangian Approach
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The expansion of supply chains into global networks has drastically increased the distance travelled along shipping lanes in a logistics system. Inherently, the increase in travel distances produces increased carbon emissions from transport vehicles. When increased emissions are combined with a carbon tax or emissions trading system, the result is a supply chain with increased costs attributable to the emission generated on the transportation routes. Most traditional supply chain design models do not take emissions and carbon costs into account. Hence, there is a need to incorporate emission costs into a supply chain optimization model to see how the optimal supply chain configuration may be affected by the additional expenses. This thesis presents a mathematical programming model for the design of green supply chains. The costs of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were incorporated in the objective function, along with the fixed and transportation costs that are typically modeled in traditional facility location models. The model also determined the unit flows between the various nodes of the supply chain, with the objective of minimizing the total cost of the system by strategically locating warehouses throughout the network. The literature shows that CO2 emissions produced by a truck are dependent on the weight of the vehicle and can be modeled using a concave function. Hence, the carbon emissions produced along a shipping lane are dependent upon the number of units and the weight of each unit travelling between the two nodes. Due to the concave nature of the emissions, the addition of the emission costs to the problem formulation created a nonlinear mixed integer programming (MIP) model. A solution algorithm was developed to evaluate the new problem formulation. Lagrangian relaxation was used to decompose the problem by echelon and by potential warehouse site, resulting in a problem that required less computational effort to solve and allowed for much larger problems to be evaluated. A method was then suggested to exploit a property of the relaxed formulation and transform the problem into a linear MIP problem. The solution method computed the minimum cost for a complete network that would satisfy all the needs of the customers. A primal heuristic was introduced into the Lagrangian algorithm to generate feasible solutions. The heuristic utilized data from the Lagrangian subproblems to produce good feasible solutions. Due to the many characteristics of the original problem that were carried through to the subproblems, the heuristic produced very good feasible solutions that were typically within 1% of the Lagrangian bound. The proposed algorithm was evaluated through a number of tests. The rigidity of the problem and cost breakdown were varied to assess the performance of the solution method in many situations. The test results indicated that the addition of emission costs to a network can change the optimal configuration of the supply chain. As such, this study concluded that emission costs should be considered when designing supply chains in jurisdictions with carbon costs. Furthermore, the tests revealed that in regions without carbon costs it may be possible to significantly reduce the emissions produced by the supply chain with only a small increase in the cost to operate the system.


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Attributes can be assigned to products. These allow PULPO WMS to identify any custom information that comes from the ERP system or any other source for better performance and control of tasks and processes within the warehouse. Attributes can contain (metadata) data used by third-party systems, which PULPO WMS itself does not need.
The open and publicly documented API of PULPO WMS makes it possible to quickly connect different systems. If required, PULPO WMS can also be used as an information hub to exchange important information between systems without these systems having to communicate directly with each other. This may be useful especially for older systems.
Examples of Data Transfer to Third-Party Systems: An order may e.g. receive important information for the TMS (Transport Management System) in its attributes.
Assigning attributes to products
Product Create/Edit dialog selected in the create and edit products process, attributes can be assigned by clicking the corresponding tab located at the right side of the screen.
The following information must be filled:
Attribute: Define a custom name for the product's attribute
Value: Assign (if necessary) a numeric value for the attribute
An attribute, for example, could be:
Storage_temperature : 5 °C
This attribute will remain with the product through every task and process that PULPO WMS performs so that users and third parties can easily identify the product's customized information.
Example of URL image attribute:
Suppose you would like to create a product that carries an attribute related to a URL image. PULPO WMS allows this type of attributes to better recognize and identify products in the warehouses:
First, a product must be created in PULPO WMS. This can be done manually in the Web App by following the steps explained in the create/edit products article.
Suppose you created a product called "Television". When it comes to assigning the product's attribute, you can fill in the URL information you want regarding the television. Simply type: "image_url" as the name of the attribute and paste the image link in the value field. Then click on the
3. PULPO WMS will then display, in the detailed information of the product, the corresponding URL image, thus allowing it to improve the visualization of any product from the list.


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Map of flight path and driving directions from Dallas to Yuma.
Shortest flight path between Dallas Love Field (DAL) and Yuma International Airport (YUM).
How far is Yuma from Dallas?
There are several ways to calculate distances between Dallas and Yuma. Here are two common methods:Vincenty's formula (applied above)
- 1032.712 miles
- 1661.988 kilometers
- 897.402 nautical miles
Vincenty's formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points on the earth's surface, using an ellipsoidal model of the earth.Haversine formula
- 1030.547 miles
- 1658.505 kilometers
- 895.521 nautical miles
The haversine formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points assuming a spherical earth (great-circle distance – the shortest distance between two points).
Time difference and current local times
The time difference between Dallas and Yuma is 1 hour. Yuma is 1 hour behind Dallas.
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Maui Critical Habitat Proposed to Protect 135 Species
By Wendy Osher
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing the designation of critical habitat to protect some 135 plant and animal species in Maui Nui.
The proposed designation of 271,062 acres on Maui, Moloka'i, Lāna'i, and Kaho'olawe, is projected to cost between $115,000 and $125,000, from 2013 to 2022.
In addition to proposing critical habitat for the first time for 50 species, the rule proposes to revise already designated critical habitat for 85 plant species that are listed as endangered or threatened.
More than half of the critical habitat is proposed on lands that are private (53%); with the remaining areas under state (36%), federal (10%), and county (1%) ownership.
Authorities say approximately 47% of the area being proposed as critical habitat is already designated as critical habitat for listed species.
An public informational meeting will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. that will include presentations about the proposed rule and the draft economic analysis followed by a question and answer period, and a 1 hour break. A public hearing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., which will allow interested parties to provide "on the record" testimony.
Both will be held Feb. 21 at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center Multipurpose Room off of the Mokulele Highway in South Maui.
Critical habitat is a term in the Endangered Species Act that identifies geographic areas containing features essential for the conservation of a threatened or endangered species, and which may require special management considerations or protection.
Specifying the location of habitat essential for the conservation of the species helps federal agencies identify where to utilize their authorities to benefit the species as required by the act.
Designating critical habitat also helps focus the conservation efforts of other conservation partners, such as state and local governments, non-governmental organizations, and individuals.


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Aganippe bancrofti is a species of Aganippe, described by Rainbow in 1914.
- synonyms: species Aganippe bancrofti / Blakistonia bancrofti / species Blakistonia bancrofti
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- phylum: Arthropoda
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I'm working on Windows 7 and I have installed Strawberry. I would like to run a perl skript (test.pl):
open OUTPUT, ">test.txt";
print OUTPUT "This is a test\n";
by just clicking on the file or redirect with left mouse click to Perl-program (open with/perl.exe). When I do this a console opens for less than a second and disappears but the file test.txt is not created. If I go to the MS command and enter
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it works. I never had this experience before (WinXP, other Windows 7 PC with ActivePerl and Windows 8 with strawberry). I would be very happy if somebody could give me a hint how to solve this problem.
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There are two problems here:
 1. Creating the file where you want it. When double-clicking a perl script to launch it, it is not executed in the context of the folder you have opened in Explorer. If you want to specify an explicit context, do the following near the top of your script:
 use FindBin; # This is a module that finds the location of your script
 BEGIN { chdir $FindBin::Bin } # set context to that directory.
 When you then create a new file without an aboslute path, the path is considered relative to that directory.
 You do not have the problem when running the script from the command line, because you have specified the correct path. But if you run it from C:\ like
 C:\> perl myplace/test.pl
 then you have created the file in C\test.txt. The FindBin solution fixes this.
 2. When running a script by double-clicking it, the command line exits before you can inspect the output. This "problem" is shared by all programming languages on Windows. You can force the window to stay open by waiting for some input. You can either do
 system("PAUSE"); # not portable to non-Windows!
 warn "Press enter to exit...\n";
 ; # Read a line from the command line and discard it.
 # Feels akward when launching from the command line
 to wait until an Enter ⏎ is pressed.
 The other solution is to always use the command line for your scripts, which is what I'd actually suggest.
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Thanks for the answer. I didn't know about FindBin. Very useful. But why this simple test-code above works on all various computers and OS but in one it does not behave in this way? I just wonder... – giordano Sep 3 '13 at 20:03
Check what is your script executing folder, as it might differ from C:\myplace
use Cwd;
print getcwd();
sleep 7;
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Thanks for answer. Yes, it differs (C:\strawberry\perl\bin). But is this a problem? The environment variable is included. Usually, I never had such kind of problems. – giordano Sep 2 '13 at 15:13
_USER_ to be sure, you can try absolute path when writing, ie. open OUTPUT, ">", 'C:\myplace\test.txt'; – Сухой27 Sep 2 '13 at 15:19
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This paper presents a new strategy for obstacle avoidance in mobile robots leader-follower formation. The key feature of the algorithm is that the system is robust against absolute acceleration of both leader and obstacle. On the other hand the angular velocity constraint of leader and obstacle is eliminated in the proposed leader-obstacle formation. The formation controller is composed of a feedback linearization part and a sliding mode compensator. Similar structure is used for both leader-follower and leader-obstacle formation. The proposed controller generates the commanded acceleration for the follower robot and makes the formation control system robust against the unmeasured acceleration of the leader robot and obstacle. Simulation results are presented to show the validity of the proposed methodology.


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If you're planning on digging up your yard for any reason, you're going to want to know where your water pipes are. Performing any kind of construction without this knowledge runs the risk of damaging the pipes, which can flood your yard or your entire home and end up costing a lot of money. You can find underground water pipes in your front or back yard in a very specific way.
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Purchase a pipe locator device that is capable of finding both metal and plastic pipes. Depending on exactly where you're looking for your underground water pipes, as well as the area in which you live, they could potentially be made of either type of material. For the most accurate reading possible, you need a locator device capable of finding plastic and metal.
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Set up your pipe locator as directed. How you do this will depend on what type of locator you own. For example, certain pipe locators make a noise (typically with headphones) when a pipe is found. Others display an indication that you're standing above a pipe on a built-in screen.
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Walk through your yard, aiming the sensor on the pipe locator at the ground as you walk. Your pipe locator will indicate (either visually or audibly) when you're standing above an underground water pipe. You can then mark the position of the pipe according to your own preferences.
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Infrared transmitting tube, also known as infrared light emitting diode, as part of the diode. It is to be able to convert electrical energy directly into near-infrared light (not visible) and radiation out of the light-emitting device, mainly used in all kinds of photoelectric switch and remote transmission circuit. Infrared transmitting tube structure, the principle of similar to ordinary light emitting diode, just use different semiconductor materials. Infrared leds are typically used gallium arsenide (GaAs), aluminum gallium arsenic (GaAlAs), and other materials, the use of transparent or light blue, black resin encapsulation.
Launch distance and Angle (15 degrees, 30 degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, 90 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees c), the intensity of light emission, wavelength. Above for the physical parameters, it is necessary to understand its electric performance parameters, on the market commonly used 3 mm in diameter, 5 mm for small power infrared transmitting tube, 8 mm, 10 mm for the power and high power tube. Small power transmitting tube forward voltage: 1.1-1.5 V, current 20 ma, in power for the forward voltage: 1.4-1.65 V 50-100 ma, high-power tubes for the forward voltage: 1.5-1.9 V200-350 ma. Yu star electronics to make 1-10 w high power infrared transmitting tube can be applied to the infrared monitoring lighting.
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The purpose of this program is to create an engaging culinary environment that utilizes food and
culinary culture as an axis for learning. We aim to use food as a medium to communicate and address
issues of culture, place, food ways, work-ethic, identity and wellness.
The purpose of this workshop is to examine the evolution of Indigenous Culinary Culture in the
Americas. Through active participant observation, we will utilize food as a medium to communicate
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Another objective of this program is to creatively draw on internal resources such as personal sensory
experience with food, character, creativity and culinary inquisitiveness while developing Native
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Anisotropy in Ic(B) characteristic of Bi(2223)/Ag tapes results in a considerable decrease in magnet critical current, if the magnet winding is only made with the multifilamentary tape prepared by a standard powder-in-tube (PIT) technique. In case of cylindrical windings, the turns in pancake coils, which are located at the magnet ends, have lower critical currents than those in the other parts of the winding. In order to eliminate this undesired effect, an intensive effort is exerted to develop the tapes which have the filaments with the c-axis oriented in some other direction than the perpendicular one to the broad tape face of the tape is. In this work we present the results of calculations of critical currents of individual turns if such tapes, prepared by a novel tape-in-rectangular tube (TIRT) technique, are utilized in different parts of the winding. The analysis shows that the magnet design has always to be carried out with respect to both the magnetic field distribution in the winding and the specific properties of the tape to be used. This means that the orientation of the filaments in the TIRT tape of each pancake is to be determined with respect to the properties of the local magnetic field. This technology, which may lead to higher critical currents of individual turns, and consequently to higher critical current of the magnet, is discussed together with the natural limitations of engineering current density with respect to practical aspects of applying tape-in-rectangular tube technique to production of the Bi-based tapes with specifically oriented filaments.
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I'm wondering if the following can be true: Let Y be a second countable space and $\pi_2:Y \times \mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ ($\mathbb{R}$ with its usual topology and $\pi_2$ the projection onto the second factor) be a closed map: do these assumptions imply that Y is compact? (There is no assumption $T_0$, $T_1$ or $T_2$ on $Y$.)
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Let $(y_n)$ be a sequence in $Y$. Let $A$ be the subset of $Y \times \mathbf{R}$ of all points $(y_n, \frac{1}{n})$ for $n \in \mathbf{N}$, and let $B$ be its closure. Then $\pi_2[B]$ is closed in $\mathbf{R}$, and contains all points $\frac{1}{n}$, so it contains $0$. So for some $y \in Y$, $(y,0) \in B$. Using the countable base we can extract a subsequence of the $(y_n)$ that converges to $Y$ (as $Y$ is first countable in particular). We do then need that $y$ is in the closure of all subsequences of $(y_n)$ as well, which follows in a similar way, otherwise we cannot get (without separation axioms) a convergent subsequence from first countability alone. But this works.
So $Y$ is sequentially compact, which implies that $Y$ is countably compact (in the covering sense; no separation axioms needed) and as $Y$ is also Lindelöf, being second countable, $Y$ is compact.
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I assume that by compact, you mean quasi-compact (i.e. not necessarily Hausdorff but with the finite sucover property), otherwise any $Y$ with the coarsest topology would be a counterexample.
Then it seems that your notion is equivalent to pseudocompactness, namely that any continous $f:Y\to\mathbb{R}$ has compact image. I checked that quickly, so I may be wrong.
EDIT : indeed I am, see below. The property is slightly stronger than that.
(I haven't found a reference in MR, although I would bet it is an exercise in Bourbaki).
The idea is first to observe that the property remains the same if you substitute $\mathbb{R}$ with $[0,1]\simeq[-\infty,\infty]$, basically because any one is included in the other (up to homeo).
Then since the graph of a continuous $f:Y\to\mathbb{R}$ is closed, $f(Y)$ must be closed in $\mathbb{R}$ and also $[-\infty,\infty]$, hence bounded. Similarly, any lower/upper semi-continuous $f$ is lower/upper bounded and attains its inf/sup, since $f$ is lsc iff its "epigraph" $\{(y,t):f(y)\leq t\}$ is closed.
For the converse, if $F$ is closed in $Y\times[0,1]$, but not its projection $F_2$, one may assume that $0$ isn't in $F_2$ but is in its closure. Then the function $y\mapsto \inf t : (y,t)\in F $ is lower semi-continuous and doesn't attain its infimum $0$.
EDIT: pseudocompactness doen't imply that lsc functions attain their infimum in general (not completely regular) spaces : there is no way to construct a continuous function from an lsc one if there are "not enough" continuous functions. Your property is indeed stronger than pseudocompactness, as the particular point topology on $\mathbb N$ shows. This space is homeomorphic to $\mathrm{Spec}(\mathbb{Z})$ with Zariski topology : a discrete countable subspace (primes) plus a dense "generic point" (0). Any continuous function is constant (hence pseudocompactness), but a function $f$ is lsc iff $f\leq f(0)$!! (I checked that twice, it's so shocking!)
So your property is equivalent to "lsc real-valued functions attain their lower bound", which may have a name, I don't know. Maybe "strongly pseudocompact"?
By the way, pseudocompact doesn't imply (quasi-)compact, even for "nice" (completely regular) spaces, as is seen with the long line or simply the first uncountable ordinal $\omega_1$ (with order topology). There are also non-Hausdorff examples, see wikipedia article.
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I thought about the latter too, as all countably compact space satisfy the fact that the projection onto R is closed (we can replace R by any sequential space even). But of course I realized we cannot have a second countable (note that condition! the OP works in second countable spaces) counterexample, as a second countable space is Lindelöf, and a Lindelöf and countably compact is compact... So the standard examples do not work. I also don't see why we can replace R by [0,1]: closedness is not preserved by embedding... So please elaborate on that? – Henno Brandsma Jul 13 '10 at 16:38
This is the following lemma : If projection $Y\times Z_1\to Z_1$ is closed and $Z_2$ is a subspace of $Z_1$, then $Y\times Z_2\to Z_2$ is also closed. Proof: take $F$ closed in $Y\times Z_2$ the projection $G$ of its closure $\overline{F}$ in $Y\times Z_1$ is closed in $Z_1$, so $G\cap Z_2$ is closed in $Z_2$. But since $\overline{F}\cap(Y\times Z_2)=F$ (opens of subspace are traces of opens of ambient space), this is the projection of $F$. – BS. Jul 13 '10 at 18:31
And I overlooked the "second countable" hypothesis, which ruins my counterexamples. – BS. Jul 15 '10 at 9:50
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Today Oceana published a report showing that three trawl fisheries, calico scallops, rock shrimp and royal red shrimp, pose an increased threat to South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico deep-sea habitat.
- Calico scallops are smaller and less expensive than bay scallops. Because calico scallops are harvested in vast quantities they are not shucked by hand but are steamed to open their shells. Calico scallop meat can be identified by its whitened edges which have been partially cooked by the steaming. Because of their size, taste, and quality they are generally cheaper.
- Rock and Red shrimp are far more perishable than other shrimp. Therefore, most are marketed in the raw frozen state as either whole or split tails. Rock shrimp are purchased according to size, however the largest size generally available is 21 to 25 per pound. They are also lower in price than other shrimp
So with respect to these avoid cheap shrimp and scallops. Your best bit is to avoid supermarkets and head to an experienced fish monger or seafood shop where you can ask question about exactly what you are getting. The minimum wage fish counter help at Stop and Shop doesn't know or care.


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Graphite electrode is used as a conductive material in electric arc furnace smelting, and its consumption is proportional to the consumption of electric power. Electric Arc Furnaces are among the most important aggregates in steel production today. So, to understand a graphite electrode, first you must understand what an electric arc furnace is.
What Is An Electric Arc Furnace?
An electric arc furnace is an electric furnace that smelts ore and metal at a high temperature generated by an electrode arc. When the gas discharge forms an arc, the energy is concentrated, and the arc temperature is above 3000℃. For smelting metals, electric arc furnace has greater flexibility than other steelmaking furnaces, and can effectively remove impurities such as sulfur and phosphorus. The furnace temperature is easy to control, and the equipment has a small footprint, which is suitable for the melting of high-quality alloy steel.
Graphite Electrode Consumption Mechanism in Electric Furnace Steelmaking Process
Graphite electrode is used as a conductive material in electric arc furnace smelting, and its consumption is proportional to the consumption of electric power. Modern electric arc furnace steelmaking uses electric energy and chemical energy as thermal energy to achieve the purpose of four (P, C, O, S), two (gas, impurity), and second (temperature, composition) in the steel making process. The performance of the graphite electrode is mainly reflected in the user whether it is applicable and consumed, and the consumption of the electrode is directly related to its own quality. The consumption of graphite electrodes in electric arc furnace smelting mainly consists of the following parts.
1. Consumption of graphite electrode ends and outer circular surfaces in an electric furnace
The arc generated by the graphite electrode in the electric arc furnace is divided into long, medium and short arcs, and the melting charge and the temperature rise depend on the arc power. The arc length is proportional to the secondary voltage and inversely proportional to the secondary current and the rate of temperature rise. In order to improve the smelting speed and greatly shorten the smelting time, the high chemical energy operation of forced oxygen blowing is adopted, which puts higher requirements on the oxidation resistance and thermal shock resistance of the graphite electrode.
2. Residue consumption of graphite electrode produced during smelting
Residual consumption refers to the non-productive consumption part of the smelting process in which the lowermost electrode falls into the furnace and becomes the final waste. The generation of the residue is not only related to the intrinsic quality of the joint and the electrode, but also has a direct relationship with the magnetic card in the distribution of the cloth in the furnace, the atmosphere in the furnace and the operation of the power transmission.
3. The surface of the electrode is oxidized and peeled off with the consumption of opening and falling blocks.
In normal smelting production, if the surface of the graphite electrode is uneven or accompanied by flaking and falling off, there is a problem of carbonation in the molten steel.
4. Direct loss caused by fracture of graphite electrode during smelting
It is a common phenomenon that graphite electrodes are broken in all electric furnace smelting, and it is also the most important factor affecting consumption. It is normal for continuous consumption and occasional breaks in a complex environment, but continuous breaks are not normal. The reason is related to many factors. The overall view can be divided into: artificial break and mechanical break. The artificial break mainly includes: bumping and scratching during lifting, improper connection or improper method, improper sliding in the flat holder, poor hardness of hard collision or transmission control.


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Center-surface winding uses all three of the TNT winding principles. Web tension is controlled by the surface drive connected to the lay-on or pressure roll to optimize slitting and web spreading. Feedback from web-tension load cells trims this drive to control constant web tension during winding. Lay-on roll loading applied to the winding roll controls the nip. Torque from the center drive is programmed to produce the desired in-wound tension for the desired roll-hardness profile.
Center winders can be a gap winder, where only tension is used to control roll hardness. A center winder could also incorporate a lay-on or pressure roll. This winder would use both tension and nip to control the roll's hardness. With a center winding process, the spindle torque through the center of the roll provides the web tension.
Surface-type film winders use a driven winding drum. The winding rolls are loaded against the drum and are surface wound.
A lot of science goes into winding. So-called TNT (tension, winding, torque) winding principles are well established and have been proven and modeled at the Web Handling Research Center at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
Yet determining which of these principles, or the proportional amount of each, to use for proper winding of different types of materials under specific sets of conditions is still considered "art." This article is intended to help processors select the best type of winder to use in order to consistently produce high-quality, defect-free rolls of web material. We will discuss the winding principles, how they are used on different types of winders, and present product parameters for which each type of winder is best suited.
Roll hardness is developed in different ways on different types of winders but the basic principles of how to build roll hardness stay the same. To remember these principles, just remember that to consistently wind "dynamite rolls" you need TNT:
-Tension: The winding web tension.
-Nip: The nip of the pressure roll or drum.
-Torque: From the center drive or torque drum.
When winding elastic films, web tension is the dominant principle of winding used to control roll hardness. The more tension pulled and the more stretch put on the web before winding, the harder the wound rolls will ultimately be. The winding web tension is often determined empirically.
However, the maximum amount of web tension can also be determined by using 10% to 25% of the material's elastic limit. When relying only on tension to control roll density, it is important that the winding tension be tapered smoothly as the roll diameter increases. The tension taper should be between 0 and 50%. A tension taper of 25% at full roll is common.
When winding inelastic webs, nip is the dominant principle used to control roll hardness. Web tension is controlled to optimize the slitting and spreading operations. The nip controls the roll hardness by removing the boundary layer of air following the web into the winding roll. The rolling nip also induces in-wound tension into the roll. The harder the nip, the harder the winding roll will be.
The challenge for winding is to have sufficient nip to remove the air and wind hard, straight rolls without introducing too much in-wound tension in order to prevent roll blocking or deformation of the web over the high-caliper area.
Key considerations in applying the nip principle of winding are:
-The nip must be applied where the web enters the winding roll.
-The winding film's weight and the lay-on roll's weight, as well as web tension, should not affect the nip loading.
-The nip pressure should be tapered as the roll winds, to prevent "starring" and "telescoping."
-The larger the roll diameter, the more air is introduced to the nip, producing a tapered nip pressure with a constant nip loading.
Torque winding is the force induced through the center of the winding roll, which is transmitted through the web layers and tightens the inner wraps. This torque is used to produce the web tension when center winding. Therefore, "tension" and "torque" are the same winding principle. However, when the pressure roll is driven to control the web's tension, then the torque induced through the center of the roll can be independently controlled to adjust the winding roll's hardness profile.
Film winding is often referred to as an art. This is because the setting and programming of the TNT will vary depending on:
-The type and design of the winder.
-The type of web material being wound (thick/thin, extensible/non-extensible, slippery/sticky).
-The width of the rolls being wound.
-The speed of the winding operation.
There are three basic winding processes used for web materials: center winding, surface winding, and combination center-surface winding. Each process uses one or more of the TNT winding principles to build roll hardness.
A center winder could be a gap winder where only tension is used to control roll hardness. A center winder could also incorporate a lay-on or pressure roll. This winder would use both tension and nip to control the roll's hardness. In center winding, the spindle torque through the center of the roll provides the web tension.
An advantage of center winding is that this process can wind softer rolls. This type of turret winder can provide quick indexing and fast cycle times. The disadvantage of center winding is the limitation of maximum roll diameter due to the torque applied through the layers of slippery webs. In addition, center winders have a higher probability of generating scrap during roll changes.
Turret center winders are:
-Best for winding soft rolls (i.e. webs with gauge bands).
-Best for winding film with high tack.
-Best for winding small-diameter rolls.
-Easily designed for dual-direction winding.
-Able to provide adhesiveless transfers.
When surface winding elastic materials, web tension is the dominant winding principle. When surface winding inelastic materials, nip is the dominant winding principle. Surface-type film winders use a driven winding drum. The winding rolls are loaded against the drum and are surface wound.
The advantage of surface winding is that web tension is not supplied from torque being applied through the layers of film wrapped into the roll. The disadvantage is that air cannot be wound into the roll to minimize gauge bands and roll blocking problems.
Drum surface winders are:
-Best for winding hard rolls (i.e., protective films).
-Best in utilization of space and horsepower.
-Best for winding very large-diameter rolls.
-Best for minimizing waste during transfers.
-Mechanically simpler, with a single and smaller winding drive.
A center-surface winder uses both center winding and surface winding processes (see Fig. 1). Center-surface winding uses all three of the TNT principles. The web tension is controlled by the surface drive connected to the lay-on or pressure roll to optimize slitting and web spreading. The feedback from the web-tension load cells trims this drive to control constant web tension during the winding operation. The lay-on roll loading applied to the winding roll controls the nip. The torque from the center drive is programmed to produce the desired in-wound tension for the roll hardness profile desired.
The advantage of center-surface winding is that the winding tension can be controlled independently of the web tension. For high-tension applications, center-surface winders can share the tension horsepower requirements to allow small center drives. The disadvantage of center-surface winding is that the winding equipment is more expensive and complex.
Center-surface winders are:
-Best for winding high-slip films to larger diameters.
-Best for slitting and winding extensible films to larger diameters.
-Best to significantly taper in-wound tension without affecting the film width.
-Able to supply in-wound tension without stretching the web over caliper bands.
About the author
R. Duane Smith is product manager of specialty winding at Davis-Standard LLC/Black Clawson Converting Machinery. He has been associated with the company for nearly 40 years and has been awarded two patents in the area of winding. Contact: _PHONE_; email: _EMAIL_; website: davis-standard.com.


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Earthquake Glossary - seismic moment
The seismic moment is a measure of the size of an earthquake based on the area of fault rupture, the average amount of slip, and the force that was required to overcome the friction sticking the rocks together that were offset by faulting. Seismic moment can also be calculated from the amplitude spectra of seismic waves.
Moment = µ A D
µ = shear modulus = 32 GPa in crust, 75 GPa in mantle
A = LW = area
D = average displacement during rupture


How to Adjust the Temperature on a Moen Anti-Scald Shower Faucet
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You can adjust the temperature on a Moen anti-scald shower faucet.
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Moen is well known for its high-quality, affordable faucets for the kitchen and bath. The company offers a line of anti-scald faucets that allow the user to set and control the temperature of the shower to avoid accidentally turning water to uncomfortably hot temperature.
As the weather changes throughout the year, it may be necessary to change the settings on these anti-scald faucets. Although a hot water heater stays at a stable temperature, the incoming cold water to the house varies in temperature as seasons change, meaning these settings may have to be adjusted for winter and summer usage.
Adjusting Moen Faucet Water Temperature
The Moen Posi-Temp line for showers uses a pressure-balanced system to specifically control the temperature range; their Moentrol line has a similar application but lacks the precise control of the Posi-Temp.
These controls work by using (different) mechanisms to prevent the full opening of the hot water line. This protects the user from accidentally reaching uncomfortable and potentially dangerous hot temperatures in the shower.
Adjusting this mechanism changes the balance of hot and cold water, which adjusts the water temperatures accessible by the Moen anti-scald faucet. It isn't necessarily difficult to adjust this stop, although details vary, depending on the model of faucet in the shower.
Preparing the Faucet
First, purge the line of cold water. Open the Moen faucet handle to the hottest position and allow the water to run until hot. Shut off the water to the faucet using the supply valves; these are usually behind the shower wall.
If these aren't accessible, you may need to shut off water to the entire bathroom. Figure out the most appropriate access point and be sure the water is shut off by opening the faucet to let the line completely drain.
Next, remove the handle from the faucet. Depending on the model, the set screw for the handle may be hidden under a decorative cap; some set screws need a Phillips screwdriver, while others require an Allen wrench. Remove the set screw and pull the handle off the wall.
Adjusting the Set Point
With most models, the cartridge stop ring will be visible. Sometimes there is another screw that you will need to remove with a Phillips screwdriver. Beneath this you should find the limit stop ring, which you can pull out just enough to disengage with the teeth beneath.
To decrease the set temperature (for cooler water), turn the ring or knob counterclockwise. Small increments can make a big change, so turn less than a quarter-turn at first before checking the water temperature.
To increase the set temperature (for warmer water), turn the ring or knob clockwise a small increment. Insert the stop piece back into the sleeve.
Reassembly of the Faucet
Reinstall the outer piece and tighten the set screw. Slide the handle back onto the stem and secure its set screw in place. Turn the water supply back on, run the shower as normal and then test the temperature to make sure the adjustment is sufficient. Repeat steps as necessary until you find the perfect temperature range.
If the shower hasn't been used in a while and you're seeing only hot or only cold water, the entire cartridge may need to be replaced as the inner pieces can get stuck during nonuse. Try to run the shower at least once a week for at least five minutes to prevent this from happening.
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St. Kate's to host international science education meeting
The National Center for STEM Elementary Education at St. Catherine University will host the 16th annual GLOBE partners meeting, "Building a global community of Citizen Scientists," July 15-20.
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program.
More than 100 educators from all over the world will be attending the meeting and for the first time, their students will have the opportunity to share their research projects in a Student Science Symposium during the poster sessions of the meeting.
St. Catherine University's St. Paul campus and the Crowne Plaza Hotel in nearby Bloomington will be the hubs for a week of innovative training, sharing discoveries and expanding the GLOBE community.
More about GLOBE.gov
The GLOBE is an inter-agency organization funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
It is building a global community of citizen scientists by connecting educators and students with innovative teaching techniques, hands-on activities and emerging protocols from scientists.
The National Center for STEM Elementary Education has received funding for this program from 3M and the National Science Foundation (NSF).


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Welding Triangles In A Mesh Using Thrust 2016-02-29
This algorithm is designed to weld together triangle vertices with a certain tolerance and remove duplicated triangles. Thrust will be used making the algorithm parallel on the CPU using OpenMP or on the GPU using CUDA. Additionally, I assume that the code is run on the CPU.
This example is based on the Welding Vertices example in the Thrust GitHub examples folder. I used the following to merge vertices and triangles for a marching cubes code which generated an unoptimized triangle mesh.
The input to this procedure is a list of triangles and vertices,
vertices is a three dimensional vector with the locations of each vertex in a triangle and
indices is an array of indices for the vertices that make up a specific triangle. Note that the input to the algorithm must not be merged already, meaning that
vertices will contain unique entries for every vertex and
indices will reference 3 unique vertices. No vertex will be shared by a triangle.


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Pipe-It History Matching allows you to minimize the difference between data and calculation while running the reservoir model and the well test conversion programs in sync.
Pipe-It can be used as a history matching and optimization tool for any commercial or in-house reservoir simulator. Some examples:
- ECL 100 and ECL 300 (Schlumberger)
- GEM, IMEX, and STARS (CMG)
- tNavigator (RockFlowDynamics)
- SENSOR (Coats Engineering)
- Psim (ConocoPhillips)
- GigaPowers (Saudi Aramco)
Flexible definition of history matching objectives:
- Match observed production rates, pressures, GOR, water cut, cumulative production, etc.
- Use any input model parameter as a history matching variable.
- Fully customizable.
- Any weighting scheme on observed data.
This solution integrates the reservoir models and does the necessary well test rate conversions.


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Certification Body SERCONS performs a full range of activities so that your company can easily obtain a Seismic Resistance Certificate for equipment or buildings and structures, as well as provide advice on any issues related to the procedure for issuing this document.
Seismic stability – is one of the important technical characteristics of buildings, structures and industrial equipment, which determines the level of their resistance to earthquakes. The seismic resistance certificate is issued on the basis of test results and confirms that the construction work or the use of the tested equipment can be carried out under certain conditions.
Technical conclusion in the field of the use of atomic energy:
Our company performs the following works in the field of static and dynamic analysis of process equipment, pipelines and building structures:
- static analysis;
- dynamic analysis (taking into account snow and wind load);
- fatigue of the structure;
- thermal analysis (climatic analysis);
- complex nonlinear contact;
- tasks in the explicit formulation;
- Vibration resistance;
- loss of stability in bending;
- creep; nonlinear materials and geometries;
- impact resistance.


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Sorting optimization for Sawmill stock
On the beginning of production you have sawlogs. On the other end you have timber in several sizes.
When sawmill usually buy sawlogs it has to sort it in some boxes prior to sawing. Number of boxes can be different from sawmill to sawmill. (Of course some technologies allow skip sorting).
So. Let's imagine that you are already sorting logs in some ways, for example with diameter step of 10mm. Then I give you these questions:
1. Is this sorting optimal?
2. For particular timber size... from which box You take sawlog to achieve optimum yield?
Sorting Optimization" module give you answers for this questions.
So, base on:
- real production (timber sizes)
- input sizes of logs
You can answer on questions:
- how should I sort logs optimally, if I need for example 12 boxes?
- I need to produce board with sizes 22x50.... from which box I have to take sawlogs?
As a result you will have:
for defined number of boxes you obtain suggested sorting of logs (4 optimization methods). Of course you can modify sorting as you wish. You can split adjacent boxes, join them or move borders between them.
Then for each timber size you obtain recommended boxes (numbered by priority).
So, you get for example results:
Box1: sawlog diameter from 100 to 102mm
Box2: sawlog diameter from 103 to 110mm
And then:
For timber 20x40 is the best to take sawlogs from box #3, then from box #2 etc.etc.


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0-056 The beds of rose-of-sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) surrounding the Korean War Memorial were provided by the people of South Korea. This and the Asian red pine are their national tree symbols. The flower appears in Korean national emblems, and Korea is compared to the flower in the South Korean national anthem. Also known as the Korean rose, the plants were sent from Pusan, South Korea and planted around the memorial in 1996. These small trees, most commonly seen in our area as large shrubs, bloom in the summer and add rich light purple color to the foreground of the monument as seen from any viewpoint along the walkway. They were given to commemorate the US-Korean alliance and honor the lives of the American soldiers who defended it.
39.819354 N, 89.662292 W (North planting bed of five)
Get walking directions here!


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Recent Benchmarking Efforts
Past Benchmarking Efforts
During the development of the Strategic Investment Plans, the NSRP Executive Control Board concluded that a baseline was needed in order to measure performance of the U.S. shipbuilding industry during the period of the program. To establish the baseline, benchmarking of shipyards in the U.S., Europe, Japan and South Korea was conducted. The proven benchmarking method that was used established each shipyard's current competitive position along with an evaluation of the applied technology and practices in key areas against peers in the shipbuilding industry, both foreign and domestic.
NSRP Recomendations for Shipbuilding Industrial Base Investment Fund (based on initial Benchmarking Study below)


We are given a transfer function of a causal LTI system and must determine if it is an all-pass filter:
$$ H(z) = \frac{1 + 4z^{-2}}{4 - z^{-2}} $$
To the best of my recollection to determine if a system is an all-pass filter, we must first find the poles and zeros and see if they are conjugate reciprocal pairs. So working on that and finding the poles and zeros, we find that...
the poles are at $z = \tfrac{1}{2}, -\tfrac{1}{2}$
the zeros are at $z = 2j, -2j$
With that being said the poles and zeros are no conjugate reciprocal pairs. That being said, are there any exceptions or other criteria that would make a system an all-pass filter?
In an all-pass filter we should have $$H(z)H^*(1/z^*)=c^2$$ which means that the poles and zeros of the system $H^*(1/z^*)$ cancel the zeros and poles of $H(z)$. As a result, an all-pass filter has conjugate-reciprocal pole-zero pairs. For this system:
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$$H^*(1/z^*)=\frac{4z^2+1}{-z^2+4}$$ So $$H(z)H^*(1/z^*)\neq c^2$$ You can also see that the poles and zeros are not conjugate and reciprocal: $\frac{1}{\left(\pm2j\right)^*}\neq\pm\frac{1}{2}$
 - $\begingroup$ equality in the last line? $\endgroup$ – Fat32 Apr 29 '17 at 21:42
 - $\begingroup$ $\frac{1}{(2j)^*} = \frac{1}{2}$ is it right? :-) $\endgroup$ – Fat32 Apr 29 '17 at 22:14
 - $\begingroup$ Thank you very much for the in-depth analysis. It makes sense how the conjugate and reciprocal aren't equivalent after looking at your plot. $\endgroup$ – Andre Yonadam Apr 29 '17 at 23:20
 - $\begingroup$ You're welcome _USER_ $\endgroup$ – msm Apr 29 '17 at 23:42
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GEM Report team launched a new website on SDG 4
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report team (GEM) has launched a new website, called Education Progress. The portal compiles data from various data sources that help examine the progress made towards SDG 4. It provides extensive possibilities for visualization and comparison of progress that each country has reached in five key areas related to education: access, equity, learning, quality, finance. This resource significantly facilitates examining the achievements of different countries on their way to better education.


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Making your own fruit butters and jam from organic dried fruit is easy and less expensive than store bought version. Makes about 32-40 ounces of Fig Jam.
1 pound organic dried figs
3-4 cups water
1. Snip of the hard stem, if any, off of each fig.
2. Place figs in a 3.5 quart saucepan and add 3 cups water to the fruit. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and continue to cook until fruit is soft, about 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove from heat and puree fruit with a hand blender, food processor or blender. Be careful not to splatter, the fruit is hot. The hand blender is convenient because you can leave the fruit in the pot. The mixture should be very thick. If you prefer a thinner consistency blend in more water.
3. Let cool, store in clean jars or containers and refrigerate.


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This hearty recipe is part of the traditional Acadian cuisine. It was – and still is – one of the favorite meals of Acadians, at least in the region of southeast New Brunswick.
Origin: Grand-Pré National Historic Site
Region: Atlantic (Nova Scotia)
Course: Main Course
Painting of The Harvest by artist Claude Picard© Parks Canada
Bouilli (boiled dinner) is a traditional Acadian meal. All of the ingredients would have been found in the bountiful gardens and farms of the Acadians in the area of Grand Pré. It was no doubt among the meals that the Acadian women prepared during the voyage from Grand-Pré to the Anglo-American colonies in the fall of 1755. In fact, the provision lists of the deportation boats included most of the ingredients – cabbage, turnips, potatoes and salt beef instead of salt pork.
- 5 oz | 150 g salt pork (cut in small cubes and sautéed until browned)
- 3-3½ lbs | 1.5 kg pork loin
- 1 lb | 500 g cabbage, cut in eight pieces
- 1 lb | 500 potatoes, peeled and cut in large chunks
- ½ lb | 250 g white turnip
- ½ lb | 250 g carrots, cut in 1-1½-inch (3-4 cm) pieces, then cut in half or quarters
- ½ lb | 250 g green or yellow beans (fresh or salted)
- In a large pot, cover the meat with water and bring to a boil. When almost cooked, add the vegetables beginning with the cabbage, carrots and turnips, then followed by potatoes and beans; bring all to a boil and cook until just done.
- The cabbage is usually cut into eight pieces, while the turnip is cut into round slices or half moons. Potatoes are cut into fairly large pieces, while the carrots are cut into 3 to 4 cm long pieces and split into two or four pieces depending on the size of the carrot. As for the beans, they are left intact, as is the pork. The pork tenderloin can be substituted with pork legs.
- Note: The original recipe uses salt pork instead of pork loin. If you choose to use salt pork and also salted beans, you will need to remove the salt before adding them to the other ingredients. To do this, cover the salt pork and salted beans with water and boil for about 10 minutes; drain and recover with fresh water. Repeat. Test the meat and beans; if still too salty, repeat a third time and then add to the rest of the ingredients.
- The quantity of vegetables − carrots, potatoes and beans − varies depending on taste. One large cabbage and one large turnip are usually sufficient, but more can be added if desired. Likewise more or less pork can be used.
Recipe tested by Chef Scott Warrick, Algonquin College School of Hospitality and Tourism
Recipe adapted from : Marielle Boudreau and Melvin Gallant, Le guide de la cuisine traditionnelle acadienne, Montréal/Moncton, Les Éditions Stanké et Les Éditions d'Acadie, 1980.


Unique Differences Between Historical Dramas In China, Japan And Korea
The 3 countries have major differences.
There are lots of fun traditional dramas that have come out of China, Japan, and Korea. Check out some of the subtle differences between them!
1. China
Most of them are pre-produced, so sometime entire scenes must be re-filmed even if the drama has entered the editing process.
Korean dramas tend not to do this as it raises the cost of production. It's possible for Korean dramas to be finished editing mere hours before the episode airs.
For dramas set in the Qing Dynasty, actors must shave their heads for the role.
Though costume makeup has developed, many actors still shave their heads to make the drama more realistic.
2. Japan
Japanese dramas about the Edo period also require male actors to shave parts of their head.
Supposedly, this hairstyle made it easier for samurai to wear their helmets and was a sign of honour.
On NHK, they have an annual historical drama called "Taiga dramas" that broadcast every Sunday, from January to December.
Each story changes every year, and the tradition began back in 1963. At the end of the year, they broadcast a special 3 to 4 hour version of the full story.
3. Korea
Many actors in Korean traditional dramas decide to forgo the hairstyle of their ancestors, and simply cover their heads with traditional headgear.
According to ancient texts, this is how their ancestors styled their hair.
It's understandable that Korean actors decided to avoid this unique hairstyle.
Source: Dispatch