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Birds are more like us than we realize. They eavesdrop on their neighbors in order to figure out where to build their nests and once, their eggs hatch, they sometime engage in "chick abuse," the bird equivalent of child abuse. And just like humans, birds that were abused THEMSELVES are more likely to abuse their offspring!
For one species of seabird in the Galápagos-- Nazca boobies--the child abuse "cycle of violence" found in humans plays out in the wild. This is the first evidence from the animal world showing those who are abused when they are young often grow up to be abusers. Among the ocean-going seabirds live in colonies in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador, victimization by adults on other birds' chicks is widespread. They raise solitary nestlings on the ground and frequently leave their offspring unattended while foraging at sea, so there is much opportunity for adult birds to bully and beat up neighbor nestlings.
Biologist Dave Anderson says, "A bird's history as a target of abuse proved to be a strong predictor of its adult behavior." Traumatic abuse of developing young significantly increases the chances those maltreated individuals will exhibit the same maltreatment later in life as adults.
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What is Balloon Sinuplasty?
A balloon sinuplasty is a medical procedure performed by an Otolaryngologist that is used to treat blocked sinus passages relieve sinus pressure. The balloon sinus dilation technique is a less invasive treatment compared to traditional sinus surgery and an alternative for patients looking for an alternative to traditional surgery. When someone who is diagnosed with sinusitis is not responding to medication, the patient may be a candidate for this new technologically advanced procedure.
Balloon Sinuplasty for Chronic Sinusitis
How Is Balloon Sinuplasty Performed?
Balloon Sinuplasty allows the physician to open the sinus passageways by expanding a small balloon in the sinus opening (similar to the way angioplasty opens the blood vessels in the heart). The widening of the walls of the sinus passageway allows the return of normal drainage to occur. Balloon sinuplasty can be comfortably performed under local anesthesia in a physician's office. The ENT will use endoscopic visualization to guide a catheter into the sinus, followed by the balloon to stretch the opening.
What is the Outcome of Balloon Sinuplasty?
Most patients enjoy the convenience of being able to return to work the following day after the procedure. Research shows that balloon sinuplasty can provide long-term relief of sinusitis symptoms and its results were equivalent to traditional sinus surgery but with a much easier recovery process.
Experts in Balloon Sinuplasty
With extensive experience in balloon sinuplasty, Dr. Courtney French has trained many physicians from around the country how to perform these procedures. Furthermore, Southern ENT Specialists is one of the few practices in Georgia to have the latest and best equipment to perform these procedures, including in-office surgical CT navigation to add to the precision and safety of the procedure.


Easiest Steps To Build A Face Filter App With Flutter and Deep AR
Face filter1.png Hello everyone, I'm excited to be sharing this article with you all.
At the end of this article, you will learn how to build a Face Filter App from scratch using Flutter and Deep AR.
So let start.
What is DeepAR?
DeepAR is a web platform that provides an SDK for Snapchat kind of 3D face filters, face lenses, and effects for any iOS, Android, Unity, or HTML5 app. The platform makes use of a technology called Augmented Reality (AR).
So what is Augmented Reality (AR)? Augmented Reality is a new technological system that allows introducing virtual contents and information onto the physical world as if they're actually there with you.
In other to build a Face Filter App from scratch using Flutter and Deep AR, you need to follow these simple steps below:
Step 1: Creating a new Flutter project.
You can create a flutter application using Visual Studio, IntelliJ, or Android studio.
After successfully creating a flutter project, Open "pubspec.yaml", and install the camera_deep_ar and path package.
 camera_deep_ar: ^0.0.1
Step 2: Create a Deep AR account.
Log on to _URL_ to create an account,
At the top right corner of the site click on "Sign Up", to create an account but if you have an account with Deep AR, click on "Log in".
1_0ujfcgCZNRC-9S2ZW9T8Og.png To "Sign Up" Deep AR only requires you to enter your email address and password.
1_0ujfcgCZNRC-9S2ZW9T8Og.png Once you have provided the necessary details required, Deep AR will send a link to the email address you provided while signing up.
1_bqi6oHADGEv_uQXYT0BzWw.png Click on the link sent to your email address and log into your Deep AR account.
1_bqi6oHADGEv_uQXYT0BzWw.png On successfully Log in, your Deep AR logged-in page will look like this image below.
Step 3: Creating a new Deep AR project.
To create a new Deep AR project, click on the + icon.
Note: For the sake of this tutorial, the number of monthly active users will be 10 which is Free.
When done, click on the "Get Started" button to navigate to the next screen.
1_bqi6oHADGEv_uQXYT0BzWw.png Next, we are going to name our Deep AR project "Flutter_with_DeepAR", click on the "I agree to terms and conditions" option, and click on "Create Project" to complete the project creation process.
Congratulations, you have successfully created your very first Deep AR project.
Step 4: Adding Deep AR to your android app.
Click on the "Add android app" button
On the App name field, enter "flutter_with_deepar", while the App ID will be "com.promise.flutter_deepar".
Note: To get the App ID for your Flutter project, goto android >> app >> build.gradle and copy the applicationId.
android {
 defaultConfig {
 applicationId "com.example.myapp"
 minSdkVersion 15
 targetSdkVersion 24
 versionCode 1
 versionName "1.0"
1_bqi6oHADGEv_uQXYT0BzWw.png Click on "Create app" to complete the Deep AR configuration for the android app.
1_bqi6oHADGEv_uQXYT0BzWw.png Note: Your Android App key should be kept private.
Step 5: Modifying your Flutter project.
Add this rule to your proguard-rules.pro file, to do so goto android >> app >> and create a new file, the name should be proguard-rules.pro, add these rules to your created proguard-rules.pro file
-keepclassmembers class ai.deepar.ar.DeepAR { *; }
-dontwarn android.**
-keep class io.flutter.app.** { *; }
-keep class io.flutter.plugin.** { *; }
-keep class io.flutter.util.** { *; }
-keep class io.flutter.view.** { *; }
-keep class io.flutter.** { *; }
-keep class io.flutter.plugins.** { *; }
Modify your build.gradle file, do that goto android >> app >> build.gradle file
defaultConfig {
 applicationId "com.promise.flutter_deepar"
 // MinSdkVersion should be set to 19 or above
 minSdkVersion 19
 targetSdkVersion 29
 versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
 versionName flutterVersionName
buildTypes {
 release {
 signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
 // add the proguard-rules.pro to your build.gradle file
Note: The minSdkVersion for android should be 19 and above while for iOS it's 10 and above.
Open the AndroidManifest.xml file and add the following permissions.

 android:required="true" />

Finally, Open your main.dart file and add this code below:
Test run your app using a physical device or an emulator.
Face filter 3.png Congratulation, you have built your first Face Filter App with Flutter and Deep AR.
If you found this article helpful and educating, please hit the clap button 👏 as many times as you can to show your support!
To get my latest updates and happenings from the world of Flutter, and mobile app development, follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and Github.
My name is Promise Amadi. I am a writer and Flutter Developer. I work with startups across the globe to build mobile solutions using Flutter. I'm open to collaboration on Flutter-based projects. Send an e-mail to.
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Isolates Lose Their Linguistic Relationship to Other Languages
August 7, 2019
Language isolates are languages found around the world that have no known historical link to any other language. In the absolute sense, a language isolate is a natural language that has not been proven to descend from a common language ancestor. Isolates are their own language family with only one surviving member. For example, Basque is a common language isolate spoken in border communities between France and Spain by more than half a million speakers. Although much is known about the language, its relatives went extinct and left no records.
The annual reference book Ethnologue: Languages of the World lists 75 language isolates with nine of these already extinct and eight others, with less than 100 language speakers remaining, on the verge of extinction. Korean is considered by some scholars to be the most widely spoken language isolate with 42 million speakers, but Korean is thought by other linguists to be a member of the Altaic language family. At times, a language may be classified as an isolate because we know so little about it that we are unable to establish a family relationship, as in the case of several language dialects spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Japanese was considered to be an exemplary form of a language isolate for many years. Today, after working on the similarities between Japanese and Ryukyuan languages, linguists have reconstructed a mutual ancestor, the now extinct Proto-Japanese. These smaller Ryukyuan languages are spoken only on the nearby Ryuku Islands and are in danger of dying out. Japanese may go from isolate to language family and back to a language isolate. Hebrew is the only living Canaanite language and the most successful example of a revived dead language. Nonetheless, it belongs to the West Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
By the turn of the century, linguists expect more than fifty percent of the world's current spoken languages will be extinct. Unfortunately, when we lose a language, we don't just lose the words; we lose the vision from a different perspective on life.
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At-risk of poverty rate 2015
This map shows the share of the total population with a disposable income below 60% of the national median disposable income after social transfers in the Nordic Region in 2015.
The experience of a person being at risk of poverty is relative to the society that directly surrounds them, as is manifest by having less monetary resources that one's peers to maintain well-being.
The red shading indicates regions with an at-risk-poverty rate of 10% or more in 2015. The darker the red, the higher the at-risk-poverty rate. The yellow shading indicates municipalities with an at-risk-poverty rate lower than 10% in 2015. The brighter the yellow, the lower the at-risk-poverty rate.
Sweden has the highest share of people living in a household at-risk-of-poverty (15.1%) followed by Finland (12.8%), Denmark (12.1%), Norway (10.9%) and Iceland (7.9%). Regional variations are somewhat more difficult to discern compared to the other health and well-being indicators. This is in part caused by the higher administrative scale that is shown for Sweden compared to Denmark, Finland and Norway, as well as the lack the cross-border dimension in this indicator. It is notable however that municipalities within the metropolitan areas of larger centres like Oslo and Copenhagen show higher percentages of the population being at risk of poverty. This reflects the reality of higher income variance in metropolitan areas, which can be an important factor causing segregation and social exclusion, and further reinforcing negative effects on well-being.
Metropolitan areas also face higher variance in housing structure, with more single person households than rural areas and small and medium sized towns. Coupled with high rents, this leads to a burdensome cost of housing and risk of poverty. The capital region of Finland shows a much different picture and is in fact an outlier with lower percentages of people at risk of poverty compared to the rest of the country.


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A method for 3D model content-based search and retrieval based on the 3D Radon transform and a querying-by-3D-model approach, is presented. Descriptors are extracted using the 3D Radon transform and applying a set of functionals on the transform coefficients. Similarity measures are then created for the extracted descriptors and introduced into a 3D model-matching algorithm. This results to a very fast and accurate matching method. Experiments were performed using two different databases and comparing the proposed method with others. Experimental results show that the proposed method can be used for 3D model search and retrieval in a highly efficient manner.


Ian Rawes from the London Sound Survey, on vending machines
Many of you will be familiar with the London Sound Survey project by Ian Rawes. If not, you really must go and listen to some of the fantastic recordings Rawes has made, check out the exciting ways that he is mapping the sounds of the capital, and read the rich and informative writings about sound on his project blog.
Rawes has a unique talent for capturing everyday sounds both in prose and on his recording equipment, and his posts about London Street Markets and old-style London cafes led me to wonder if had ever explored the mundane sonic world of the vending machine. I penned him some questions relating to the sonic world of vending machines, and the results of our correspondence are presented below.
1. As a sound-recordist, what do you see as being some of the technical challenges involved in recording the sounds of a vending machine in operation?
Probably just finding vending machines in fairly quiet places or at times where there wasn't a lot of background noise – presuming that you'd want to keep that to a minimum.
2. How would you set about recording the sound of a vending machine?
Best to use head-worn stereo mics to keep the hands free for operating the machine, and get up close to the sounds.
3. Have you ever had a personally significant vending machine in your life? For instance, at a swimming pool where you swam as a child, or in a place of work?
There was a machine at school that sold you an orange for tuppence, but at that age I preferred things that were fruit-flavoured rather than the actual fruits themselves. There was a cigarette machine bolted to the outside wall of the local newsagents, and it was a very solid-looking chrome-plated effort of the kind that's now disappeared. It had the allure of the forbidden. Also, a shop in Neasden where I sometimes went as teenager and which had no staff or counter, just lots of vending machines. One of them sold hot chips, and they weren't microwaved chips either, so how it worked was a mystery.
4. If you try to imagine the sound of a vending machine, what is the first imagined sound that pops into your head?
Maybe the noise made by those machines put outside shops and which sells trinkets aimed at kids. You have to put 20p into a slot and turn a handle all the way round. It makes a good sound of gears and springs being engaged out of sight.
5. Have you ever felt cheated by a vending machine?
Lots of times! The ones on the London Underground used to dispense Paynes chocolates in those little cardboard boxes and they were notorious for not working properly. It was more like using a fruit machine without the jackpot. There was a phone number on the machine if you weren't happy, so I once rang it and got some books of stamps in the post a couple of weeks later.
6. Have you ever purchased an item from a vending machine purely so that you could record the sound of it being dispensed?
Not yet, but I'm tempted to now you mention it.
Thank you, Ian!
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The gilthead seabream Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) is a perciform fish, belonging to the family Sparidae and to the genus Sparus.
koceja, spalc
denis (Egypt), ourata, warka (Tunisia), zerika (Morocco)
sea bream, gilthead seabream
dorade, daurade
dourada, doirada
Fig. 6 Adult specimen of gilthead seabream
Family Description
Family Sparidae
Percoid fish with body oblong, usually deep and compressed. Scales cycloid or weakly ctenoid. Head large, often with a steep upper profile. Snout and supraorbital area scaleless. Mouth small, with the upper jaw reaching no further than the middle part of the eye. Preoperculum scaled, without spines on margin. Jaw teeth usually differentiated into conical, incisor or canine teeth in front and molar-like teeth behind. Palatines bones usually toothless.
One single unnotched dorsal fin with 10 to 15 stout spines and 9 to 17 rays. The spiny anterior part has the same length of the posterior part with rays. Anal fins with 3 stout spines and 7 to 16 rays; pectoral fins usually long and pointed; ventral fins with axillary scales; caudal fin emarginate or forked. A single continuous lateral line. Colours vary greatly, from silver to reddish to almost black.
Almost all Sparidae are demersal, and are found in relatively shallow waters, often in rocky areas; the young fish generally live in shallower waters than the adults; fry and fingerling school together, while adults usually show a solitary behaviour.
The eggs are pelagic, spherical (with a diameter of around 1 mm) and have an oil drop.
Many sparids are hermaphroditic: when reaching sexual maturity there could be a majority of males (protandric hermaphroditism) or of females (protogynic hermaphroditism). Sparids are carnivorous fish and feed mainly on molluscs and other benthic organisms, which they break with their strong teeth.
Due to their excellent meat, many representatives of this family have a high commercial value. Sparids are divided amongst many genera and a large number of species living in all tropical and temperate seas, including exceptionally cold and brackish waters. In the Mediterranean eleven genera represent the family: Dentex, Sparus, Diplodus, Pagellus, Pagrus, Lithognatus, Spondyliosoma, Oblada, Crenidens, Boops and Sarpa.
The genus Sparus is characterized by molariform teeth and 75-85 scales along the lateral line. Sparus aurata is its only species of this genus in the Mediterranean.
The gilthead seabream presents a body with an oval shape, very high and laterally compressed. The head profile is convex with small eyes. The cheeks are covered with scales and the pre-opercular bone is scaleless. The mouth has the mandible shorter than the maxilla. Both jaws show canine (4-6) and molariform teeth, in 2-4 series in the upper jaw and 3-4 series, of which 1-2 are notably bigger, in the lower jaw.
The gill rakers are short, 11-13 on the first branchial arch and 7-8 on the lower part. The lateral line has 75-85 scales. The dorsal fin presents 11 hard and 13 soft rays, the anal fin 3 hard and 11-12 soft rays. The pectoral fins are long and pointed, while the ventral ones are shorter. The caudal fin has pointed lobes. All the vertebra present parapophises and sessile ribs are absent.
The gilthead seabream colour is silver-grey with a big dark spot at the beginning of the lateral line that covers also the upper part of the opercular bone. A gold and a black band is found between the eyes, the golden one always narrow in the central part. The dorsal fin is blue-grey with a median black line. The caudal fin is grey-greenish white with black tips.
Fig. 7 - Gilthead seabream, teeth and jaws
Geographic distribution
S. aurata is common in the Mediterranean Sea, it is present along the Eastern Atlantic coasts from Great Britain to Senegal, and is rare in the Black Sea. Due to its euryhaline and eurythermal habits, the species is found in both marine and brackishwater environments such as coastal lagoons and estuarine areas, in particular during the initial stages of its life cycle. Born in the sea during wintertime, the fingerlings typically migrate in early spring towards protected coastal waters in search for abundant food and milder temperatures (trophic migration). Very sensitive to low temperatures (lower lethal limit is 4°C), in late autumn they return to the open sea, where the adult fish breed.
The gilthead seabream is usually found on rocky and seaweed bottoms, but it is also frequently caught on sandy grounds. Young fish remain at low depth (up to 30 m), whereas adults can reach deeper waters (maximum depth of 150 m).
Fig. 8 - Gilthead seabream geographic distribution
The gilthead seabream is a protandric hermaphrodite with a breeding season ranging from October to December. The gilthead seabream is a functional male in the first two years and at sizes over 30 cm become females. After spawning, the eggs, which are spherical and transparent, have a diameter of slightly less than one mm. and present a single large oil droplet.
The gilthead seabream is fished with traditional and sporting equipment, and sometimes with semi-professional systems (Spain, Sicily, Egypt and Cyprus), trawl nets, bottom set longlines, hand lines are also commonly used. The gilthead seabream is regularly present on the markets in Adriatic, Greece, Turkey and Maghreb. It is commercialised fresh, refrigerated and frozen.
The seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, Linnaeus 1758, is a Perciform fish, belonging to the Moronidae family and to the genus Dicentrarchus.
lavraku; levreku
European seabass; bass; sea perch;
bar; loup; loubine; perche de mer; barreau
wolfsbarsch; seebarsch; meerbarsch
spigola; branzino
lubina; robaliza; róbalo; magallón
Fig. 9 - Adult specimen of seabass
Family Description
Family Moronidae
Perciform fish of elongated body. Operculum with two flat spines; terminal mouth slightly protractile; end of the maxillary visible, not gliding under the sub-orbital bone; small teeth on the jaws and vomer, without canine teeth. Two dorsal fins separated, the first one with 8-10 spines, the second with one spine and 11-14 soft rays; anal fin with three spines and 10-12 soft rays; base of the pelvic fins without scales; caudal fin moderately forked. Large caudal peduncle. Lateral line complete, not continuing on the caudal fin. Small scales, around 55-80 on the lateral line in the Mediterranean species. Colour generally silvery; one species with small black spots; lower fins sometimes yellowish when fish are alive.
Medium to large size fish (till one meter total length) of temperated and cold regions. The two species of the Mediterranean inhabit coastal and brakish waters and are occasionally found in rivers.
Two species occur in the Mediterranean Sea: D. labrax (L.) and D. punctatus (Bloch), the latter with only a marginal interest in artisanal fishery along the southern Mediterranean coasts. They can be identified on the following characters:
presence on the back and sides of dark, permanent spots in adult
D. punctatus
vomerine teeth extend over the vomer like an arrow point
D. punctatus
vomerine teeth only on the anterior part, like a V
D. labrax
diameter of the eye is smaller than the interorbital space
D. labrax
while larger
D. punctatus
The seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax has a silvery elongated body, with two clearly differentiated dorsal fins and a rather high tail. The opercular bone has two flat spines and a range of spines are visible in the lower part of the preopercular bone, pointing in the direction of the mouth. The vomer presents teeth with a crescent shape. This species has cycloid scales in the interorbital region. The lateral line is visible as a dark line with 62-80 cycloid scales.
The first dorsal fin has 8-10 spiny rays, and the second dorsal fin 12-13 rays of which the first is spiny. The anal fin has 3 spiny rays and 10-12 soft rays.
The colour is dark grey on the back, passing to grey-silver on the sides, while it is white-silver on the abdomen. Specimens from the sea show a much clearer colour than fish from lagoons and estuarine environments.


Definition of:Microdrive
An ultra-miniature hard disk from Hitachi Global Systems. The Microdrive was introduced by IBM in 1998 and acquired by Hitachi in 2002. It contains a single disk platter the size of an American quarter that holds up to 8GB. Using one or two GMR heads, the entire mechanism is built into a Type II CompactFlash form factor.
Size Matters
The tiny elements inside such a small drive offer an advantage. Because the actuator has 50 times less inertia than one used in a larger drive, it can ramp up to full speed in half a second. As a result, the drive can stop spinning when data are not being accessed, which conserves power in handheld devices. See actuator and CompactFlash.
The Microdrive
A marvel of electromechanical technology, the Microdrive platter stops rotating to conserve power and can ramp up to full speed in half a second.


IPEX syndrome
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IPEX syndrome
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OMIM 304790
DiseasesDB 33417
IPEX (immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy enteropathy X-linked syndrome) is a rare disease linked to the dysfunction of the transcription factor FOXP3, widely considered to be the master regulator of the regulatory T cell lineage.[1]
It leads to the dysfunction of regulatory T-cells and the subsequent autoimmunity.[2] The disorder manifests with autoimmune enteropathy, psoriasiform or eczematous dermatitis, nail dystrophy, autoimmune endocrinopathies (overlapping with those seen in APECED syndrome), and autoimmune skin conditions such as alopecia universalis and bullous pemphigoid.[2]
This autoimmunity is called IPEX and it is the attack from the body's own immune system against the body's own tissues and organs. Early age onset of this disease in males causes severe enlargement of the secondary lymphoid organs, insulin dependent diabetes, eczema, food allergies, and infections. There has been limited success in treating the syndrome by bone marrow transplantation.[3]
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 2. ^ a b Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 72. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
 3. ^ Wildin RS, Smyk-Pearson S, Filipovich AH (August 2002). "Clinical and molecular features of the immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X linked (IPEX) syndrome". J Med Genet 39 (8): 537–45. doi:10.1136/jmg.39.8.537. PMC _PHONE_. PMID _PHONE_.
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Dutch book betting calculator. Easy to use betting calculator to work out your bets when doing dutch.
Dutch Betting Explained
A betting term punters will at times encounter is "Dutch," as in, "I was uncertain about the fourth race, so I did a little Dutch betting."
Racing wagering is full of colourful terms.
It is called Dutch betting after a famous American punter/slash mobster named Arthur Simon Flegenheimer. Dutch was his nickname, although he was of German and Jewish lineage.
The definition of a Dutch bet is a series of punts that returns a profit if the sum of the reciprocals of the decimal odds of each selection is less than one and each selection is less than one and each bet is sized such that the payout in each outcome is the same.
If that last bit confused you, do not feel alone.
We wrote it and we do not know what it means.
If we were to boil it down to one simple sentence, it would be, "Dutching is a way to back more than one runner for different odds in the hopes that the profits will exceed the losses."
In its simplest form, a Dutch bet involves two legs and could be used for sports betting, such as tennis matches or footy games.
The mathematical formulas are not complex, but as simple punters, we require zero formulas.
Pro Group Racing Dutch Betting Calculator
We have a calculator that will run all the formulas for you. You do have to enter the odds in decimal format, something the Australian bookmakers use universally, plus the amount you would like to stake.
Our Dutch Betting Calculator will do the maths for you, up to 10 runners.
Dutch betting is not a substitute for studying form when making racing selections. Eliminating the stone motherless before filling out a bet slip, and then combining the homework with Dutch betting, is a good path.
True, there are the occasional boilovers, such as when Prince of Penzance won the 2015 Melbourne Cup from $101, but those are rare and the technique of dutching bets is based on percentages over a long term.
Dutch Betting Examples
The following examples are based on the assumption of someone wanting to bet a total of $100 on a race. Easy maths, remember?
In this example, we will use the Dutch Betting Calculator to determine what size bet should be placed on each runner.
We arbitrarily picked runners with the following quotes: $3.50, $6.50, $9, $13 and $21.
We filled in the odds for each horse (remember to use decimal format), filled in the box at the bottom left of the table, selected Total Bet from the three radio button options, and then clicked Calculate.
The Dutch Betting Calculator gives the result that the $3.50 chance would need a bet of $42. A win would return $147 and the profit would be $48. If all the other bets were win bets, the remainder of the bets would be lost, in this case $58.
The next three selections would require wagers of, in descending order, $23, $16 and $11. The $21 chance would require only a $7 wager to return the same profit as the $3.50 chance.
The Dutch Betting Calculator can also determine how much of a wager is required for a punter to collect $100 profit. Simply click the Total Collect radio button to learn that the total of all five wagers would be $68.
Switching to the final radio button, labelled Clear Profit, supplies the information that for a profit of $100 for the race, with the odds given, would require a total bet of $208.
It is a good wagering practice to approach a race with a pre-determined risk amount and in most instances, we would lean in the direction of using the Total Bet button.
Still, it is quite interesting to explore the other values and how those values shift with different odds or a different number of selections.
Of course, most punters would never back five horses to win a race, but Dutch betting and the Dutch Betting Calculator is excellent for those races where there is a short favourite and another strong chance a bit longer.
If the above example were to be limited to the top two horses, the Total Bet for the $3.50 chance would be $65, while the second line at $6.50 would bet for $35.
Total Collect calculates to a bet requirement of $44, with $29 on the $3.50 chance and $15 of the $6.50 chance.
The Clear Profit calculation (trying for $100 worth of dividends) shows that the $3.50 chance should be wagered for $51, while the $6.50 chance would need a wager of $27.
Dutch betting is a tactic that takes some of the uncertainty out of making racing selections. Try plugging some figures into our Dutch Betting Calculator and explore various scenarios to take your race punting up several notches.
Remember to allow some room to account for bookie margin.


Microsoft has purchased Perceptive Pixel, a developer of large multi-touch displays, Microsoft announced today.
Perceptive Pixel already makes an 82-inch multi-touch surface that runs Windows 8. It's typically touted as a surface that's good for businesses.
For example, whenever you see a live video report on CNN, the multi-touch displays they use are made by Perceptive Pixel.
The surface can detect dozens of points of contact — from fingers, or styluses or pens.
There's still no word on how expensive the device will cost.
"We have to work on affordability," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said.
The surface is being touted as something that's powered by Microsoft Office, where you can edit documents, draw on a virtual whiteboard or interact with other Microsoft Office apps.


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These images are from a recent photoshoot by Clive Nichols at Nymans, in West Sussex. Nymans is a grand and yet intimate Edwardian garden which has continued to evolve up to the present day.
The garden was started by Ludwig Messel, a succesful stockbroker who had come to Britain from Germany and who bought Nymans in 1890. With the help of his expert head gardener, James Comber, and encouraged by other notable gardeners in the area such as Sir Edmund Loder and William Robinson, he began to create an extensive garden full of rare trees and shrubs.
Features from Ludwig Messel's day include the pinetum, the rock garden, the heather garden, a Japanese-style pergola and stone lanterns, a lime avenue, a prospect platform and an enclosed Wall Garden. Exotic species such as magnolias and rhododendrons were introduced, many coming from plant-hunting expeditions in east Asia.
Ludwig's son Leonard Messel and his wife Maud had the house at Nymans rebuilt in the 1920s in medieval manor house style. Maud created the rose garden and Leonard continued to add botanical rarities to the garden, many of which subsequently won prizes at Royal Horticultural Society shows.
Disaster struck in February 1947 when the house burned down, destroying the important botanical library. Some parts of the house remained inhabited, but others were left ruinous as a romantic garden feature.
Nymans came to the National Trust following Leonard Messel's death in 1953. His daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse, continued the family's involvement, working with head gardener Cecil Nice. More Chinese plants came to Nymans through an exchange programme with the Ross family seat Birr Castle, in Co. Offaly, Ireland.
The great storm of 15-16 October 1987 wreaked havoc at Nymans on its hilltop site, destroying many trees. But this disaster did also allow the new head gardener David Masters to rejuvenate the garden by opening up views and bringing in more light.
Following Lady Rosse's death in 1992 Ludwig Messel's great-grandson Alistair Buchanan has been the family representative at Nymans. The current head gardener, Ed Ikin, has continued the tradition of innovation by introducing new species and successfully experimenting with a reduced watering regime in summer which encourages root growth. He recently published a book entitled Thoughtful Gardening on how to garden in harmony with nature.


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I'm about to give you a hard reality check.
There are millions of websites on the Internet, and all of their designers have the goal to increase traffic and maximize conversions.
What could you possibly do to make yours stand apart?
The answer: appeal to visitors' subconscious minds. Subconscious behaviors are often the most powerful (and dependable) because:
- We're all hardwired pretty much the same way, so subconscious behaviors tend to be universal.
- People aren't aware of their subconscious tendencies and therefore can't control them.
If you can appeal to the subconscious, you can influence the conscious mind and drive those coveted conversions.
The unfortunate thing about subconscious behaviors is that we have no idea that we're doing them, so they're really hard to analyze.
Correction: they WERE really hard to analyze, before we had heatmaps.
Heatmaps are a really great tool for analyzing subconscious conduct. Because they track vision behaviors (which are often subconscious), heatmaps can lead to visitor insights you simply can't find using other methods. Gathering this psychological information can help you make strategic layout decisions to increase your conversion rate.
Here are some of the lessons that heatmaps have taught us, and how you can apply them to web design and SEO best practices.
Lessons on Web Design
1. Put the content that your visitors care about at the top
Users will scroll down your page, but this study found that users spend 80% of their time looking at information above the fold and only 20% below it.
This is because of a limited attention span. Users want quick, direct information without having to do any extra work (like scroll or read more words). The further down the page they go, the less attention they have in the content. That's why the content above the fold is the most valuable for attracting and maintaining your viewer's attention.
However, viewing time increases significantly again at the very bottom of your page.
This is basic psychology at work. The serial position effect states that we're most likely to pay attention and remember the beginning and end of sequential information.
This breaks down into two sub-effects: the primacy effect and the recency effect. The primacy effect suggests that people remember beginning information because it goes into their long-term memory, while the recency effect states that information at the end is stored in short-term memory.
Also, a separate study revealed that people spend more time on the left half of a webpage than the right – about 69 percent total.
So what does this mean for your webpage? Place the content your visitors care about above the fold and to the left so they don't have to scroll or search to find it. If you can't fit everything at the top, make sure your design layout is intuitive for scrolling. Also, consider putting a CTA or restating relevant content at the end to appeal to the recency effect and drive conversions.
2. Appeal to the F-pattern
This study found that users often consume web pages in an F-pattern, which consists of the following three components:
- Users start reading horizontally across the top of the content area, forming the top bar of the "F."
- Next, users move down the page a bit and then read across again horizontally, though usually covering less content than the first movement. This forms the second bar of the "F."
- Finally, users scan down the left-hand side of the content, forming the stem of the "F."
The F-pattern finding has several implications for web designers and marketers. Remember that users will almost never read your text word-for-word, especially if they're searching for a specific piece of information, so you need to be strategic about how and where you make your points.
Make sure your most important information is located in the first two paragraphs, where readers scan across horizontally. There's some hope that users will actually read this content, though they'll likely read less of the second paragraph than the first. Also, start your headings, paragraphs and lists with two powerful keywords to keep users' attention as they scan vertically (they'll read the third word on a line a lot less often than the first two).
3. Provide visuals for men and information for women
The saying goes that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, and it seems to be true in the case of consuming web content.
In this eye-tracking study, men and women were asked to view profiles of people on a dating site. The results suggest that men are more visual and focus more on the images, while women tend to spend more time reading the information provided. In fact, women spent nearly 50 percent more time evaluating the profile, while men spend the majority of their time on the images.
How can you use this information to optimize your site? Make sure you appeal to both genders. Include some high-quality, interesting images as a visual element, and make sure you have specific information as well.
4. Avoid placing your content in typical ad locations
Advertising has gone a little crazy over the past 60 years. People see over 5,000 ads a day now, and they've developed a self-defense mechanism to combat the clutter. Much to a marketer's dismay, visitors have learned to subconsciously tune out web elements that look like ads – specifically, parts of a web page where ads are conventionally located. These include the "banner" across the top of the page and the block content on the right-hand side.
You can find these areas on a number of websites. We can use the homepage for WebMD.com as an example.
Another study shows what this "banner blindness" looks on a heatmap.
The two ad areas received literally no attention from the viewer.
It's easy to conclude that it's not a great idea to put important content in these places. Avoid putting your information (especially CTAs or other conversion-necessary information) anywhere near them.
5. Consider using your models' eyes to direct your viewer's attention
Humans are kind of obsessed with other humans. From birth, we're programmed to pick out human faces from other animals or inanimate objects. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to use people in your design to attract attention. Everyone pretty much knows this already.
But did you know that people tend to look wherever a model's eyes are looking?
That's right. If your model is looking to the left, people will follow her line of vision and view the content to her left as well.
You can use this to direct your viewers to the information you want them to read.
Take this product page for a Vanity Fair Outlet for example.
The model's eyes are looking in the direction of the product information beside her, which encourages viewers to look in the same direction and read more about the dress. By getting people to look at the product information this way, you're increasing the chances that they'll make the purchase.
6. Abandon animated headers
Animated headers are all over the Internet right now. We've all seen the banner at the top of a homepage that constantly scrolls through different high-quality images and products.
It seems common sense that, if everyone's doing it, it's a good practice, but you'd actually be wrong.
According to this study, automated headers annoy users and reduce conversions. In a usability study, a user was asked if Siemens (a company that sells appliances) had any special deals on washing machines.
The answer to this question can be located in the animated header on the Siemens homepage.
Considering the fact that the offer to "receive up to $100" is the biggest item on the screen, both in terms of space and font, you'd think it would be easy to find. Yet the user failed to do so.
Why? For one, it goes back to that banner blindness we talked about earlier. The header has fancy formatting and looks somewhat like a banner, so that's a strike. Also, the header cycles through photos every five seconds, which Nielsen Norman describes as "deadly." This is a conversion killer because:
- Moving elements reduce accessibility for users who can't consume content in such a short period of time.
- The probability that users will spot the information they want is drastically reduced when it's only displayed a fraction of the time.
- Users simply get annoyed when web elements move on their own accord.
- Users assume that a moving element might be an ad, which makes them more likely to ignore it.
The takeaway from this is to avoid animated headers whenever possible. If you're going to have a header, it should either show a new slide only when users ask for it or stand completely still.
7. Keep your e-mails readable in less than a minute
Sending your customers an e-newsletter can be a great tactic to maintain relationships and generate conversions. However, heatmaps show that people spend an incredibly short period of time reading an incredibly small amount of your content.
This study found that 67 percent of users found no focal points within newsletters – they tend to just skip the first paragraphs in newsletters and briefly scan the rest of the content. On average, people will spend 51 seconds on your newsletter, and only 19 percent of newsletters are read beginning to end.
Keep your newsletters short and direct, and include a clear CTA.
8. Emphasize elements so people will pick them in a hurry
A recent Caltech study discovered that, when distracted or in a hurry, people will choose the product that has the most visual impact. This is because we subconsciously decide items that stand out are more significant.
You might ask yourself: how often will my visitors be distracted or in a hurry? And the answer is: more often than you think. With the advent of smart phones and tablets, people are increasingly shopping last-minute and "on the go." They need to make quick decisions and easy purchases.
Shopping is becoming increasingly hectic, but you can actually use this to your advantage.


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Yes, the minimum age to parasail is 6 years old. Participants under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian sign their liability waiver prior to boarding the vessel. Minimum weight required to parasail is roughly 90 pounds. If the flyer is less than 90 pounds, they will simply fly tandem with someone not to exceed roughly 450 pounds combined weight. Weight requirements may change on any given day due to the wind conditions. Again, safety is number one.
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- Are there any weight restrictions?
- Is there an age requirement?
- Can people go on the boat and watch?
- Is there a price difference if two or three people fly together?
- How do we get into and out of the air?
- What happens if the line breaks?
- Do you have to know how to swim in order to parasail?
- Can I go to Key West for more than one day?
- How do people dress in Key West?
- Will you take me back to my hotel after the tour?


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TACOMA, Wash. — Geologic barriers, the intermixing of water between aquifers through wells, and groundwater pumping contribute to the pattern of declines of groundwater levels of the Columbia Plateau, according to a report published by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Groundwater from the 44,000-square-mile Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer, a system in decline since the 1970s, is a critical resource for the nearly 1.3 million people in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, as well as providing irrigation water for the region's estimated $6 billion-per-year agriculture.
"This study is a beautiful example of USGS scientists doing what we do best: making detailed measurements over a broad region, combining those observations with historical information, interpreting the data within a geologic context, including the use of geologic analogues, and working well with local partners," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "Understanding the cause of the groundwater declines is the important first step in solving the problem."
To help resource managers in the region, the USGS Groundwater Resources Program began a study in 2007 of the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System to answer key questions about widespread water-level declines, reductions in groundwater flow into rivers, and the as-yet unknown effects of a changing climate on groundwater resources.
As part of this effort to document changes in the aquifer system, scientists compiled water levels measured in about 60,000 wells over the last 100 years. From a subset of the collected information, scientists developed a groundwater-level trend map for a period of widespread groundwater level changes (1968 to 2009). The average rate of change for all wells was 1.9 feet per year of decline, with 72 percent of all wells declining.
Scientists also analyzed water-level data to define areas of similar groundwater flow conditions. The areas of focus for this analysis included two large areas of continued concern for locals and state agencies: the Umatilla area, Oregon, and the Palouse Slope/eastern Yakima Fold Belt in the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area (GWMA) consisting of Adams, Franklin, Grant, and Lincoln Counties, Washington. Scientists found that in these areas groundwater levels have declined hundreds of feet and that geologic barriers to groundwater flow protect some areas from decline while making declines in other areas more severe. Evidence suggests that both groundwater pumping and leakage of groundwater between aquifers through long open intervals in wells may be contributing to the observed groundwater level changes.
Information gathered in the study was used to identify groundwater flow paths and major barriers to groundwater flow. Understanding the features that control the direction of flow will help scientists build a groundwater flow simulation model that water managers can use to test ways of managing the region's groundwater under different development and climate conditions.
Agencies cooperating in the collection of groundwater data used in the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer study: Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon Water Resources Department, U.S. Department of Energy, Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council, and Washington State Department of Ecology. More information about the study is available online.
The report, "Groundwater Status and Trends for the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho," by Erick R. Burns, Daniel T. Snyder, Jonathan V. Haynes, and Michael S. Waibel, is published as U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5261 and is available on the Web.
Links and contacts within this release are valid at the time of publication.


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Everyone knows that Beethoven wrote some of his most famous music after he'd already gone deaf. But guess what? He wasn't the only one. Here are 5 others you should know:
boyce.jpgLike Bach, William Boyce (_PHONE_) made his living as a church keyboardist, but was also a master composer—one of the best to come out of England during the 18th century. Boyce went deaf and had to quit his job as an organist, but went on editing works by well-known composers like William Byrd and Henry Purcell.
Ignaz Holzbauer.gifA colleague of Mozart's, Ignaz Holzbauer (_PHONE_) wrote about 70 symphonies and over half-a-dozen operas. During the last years of his life he was totally deaf.
Felix Draeseke.jpgFelix Draeseke (_PHONE_) is most famous for his (remarkable facial hair) piano piece, Sonata quasi Fantasia, which was admired by Franz Liszt. Draeseke wrote operas and symphonies even though he suffered from a chronic hearing ailment that later left him almost completely deaf.
gabriel-faure-1.jpgGabriel FaurÃ© (_PHONE_) is best known for his gorgeous Requiem. Like Boyce, Holzbauer and Draeseke before him, FaurÃ© went deaf later in life and had serious trouble hearing high and low frequencies.
smetana_bedrich1878.jpgPerhaps the best-known of the lesser-known composers to lose hearing late in life is the brilliant Czech composer Bedrich Smetana, who was already going deaf when he wrote his most famous piece, MÃ¡ Vlast (My Country), a symphonic tone poem featuring a movement called Vltava, or "The Moldau." As he lost his hearing, Smetana also suffered from chronic tinnitus, which eventually caused him to go insane. In 1884, he died in a mental hospital in Prague. Oh joy"¦
As the name implies, "The Moldau" paints a musical portrait of the famous river that twists through the Czech Republic. Click the play button to hear an excerpt and be sure to Czech out Smetana's own description of "The Moldau" after the jump.
By the way, can anyone tell me which country's national anthem sounds similar to the Smetana tune and why?
Smetana's description: "The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs, the Cold and Warm Vltava, to the unification of both streams into a single current, the course of the Vltava through woods and meadows, through landscapes where a farmer's wedding is celebrated, the round dance of the mermaids in the night's moonshine: on the nearby rocks loom proud castles, palaces and ruins aloft. The Vltava swirls into the St. John's Rapids; then it widens and flows toward Prague, past the Vysehrad, and then majestically vanishes into the distance, ending at the Elbe."
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The large, beautiful caterpillar larvae of the elephant hawk moth has two pairs of eye markings, which are made even more prominent when it withdraws its head into its body. They are, typically, a blackish-brown colour but are sometimes green, and though their 'eyes' make them look quite dramatic, they are completely harmless. However, they can strip a fuchsia of its leaves at night. Active from midto late-summer, they can be found hiding during the day on the undersides of leaves.
Thick, 8cm-long, nocturnal caterpillars strip the leaves off fuchsias during the second half of summer. They hide under the leaves during the day.
Keep a constant lookout, particularly at dusk, for the caterpillars and pick them off, moving them to a clump of wildflowers such as rosebay willowherb or marsh bedstraw. Do not kill them because they go on to form one of the UK's most beautiful moth residents. If leaf damage is minimal, action isn't necessary.


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We have put together the information below to help you understand how SQL Server can be scripted to create a backup or "flat" file.
The concept is that you create a SQL script to start the SQL backups, then run that script from the Run Before command option in the CFA Management Console › Clients › Edit. When the backup begins, we can then capture the SQL backup file created and saved to a certain location by your script file.
Create a script file
Using a simple text editor, create a file with a descriptive name like:
SqlDatabaseBackup.sql. For this example, we will save the file on
C disk, so the full path would be
The contents of this file are explained below.
Database full backup
Regardless of how many files your database uses, you can create a complete backup of your database with one simple command:
BACKUP DATABASE [dbname] to [backup_device]
BACKUP DATABASE pubs to disk = 'c:\mssql\backup\pubs.bak' creates a complete backup of the pubs database using the file
The database can remain online and accessible to users while this backup is being made. To take a consistent snapshot of the database, a copy of the transaction log is also included with the database backup.
In the backup file, SQL Server stores the names and locations of the files actually used in the database. Upon restoring the database, SQL Server recreates all the necessary files, as many as there might be. A database thus restored is equivalent to the point in time that the backup finished. A complete database backup is very simple to execute and use in recovery. If your data does not change often, you might schedule a nightly full backup of your database. Even if you need more frequent backups, regularly scheduling a full database backup each hour might be sufficient (if your database is small enough).
SqlDatabaseBackup.sql file simply has one
BACKUP DATABASE command for each database you wish to back up. Enter each command on a new line. Be sure to save each database BAK file in a directory included (either inherently or specifically) in your backup file set.
Finally, edit your SQL client on the CFA to include a
Run Before Backup command. The command to run should be this:
sqlcmd -i C:\SqlDatabaseBackup.sql.
Make sure when you are backing up your SQL Server as a "flat" file that you are backing it up to the same file name each time. Using unique file names can cause problems with customers who use replication.


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Difference Between a Sleeper Sofa and a Futon
Sleeper sofas and futons are double purpose furniture that have become ubiquitous in modern homes that have limited space or who frequently have guests that stay overnight. Sleeper sofas and futons are also common in hotel rooms to increase sleeping capacity. They are a great way to save on space and are easy to transport. They are also a great way to save on money as one does not have to spend separate money for a couch and a bed. And since they are basically similar in function, sleeper sofas and futons today have very little difference in appearance, especially with modern innovation.
Although modern day sleeper sofas and futons are practically the same in their dual function, the two still differ from each other. Aside from their origins, the two differ mainly in materials used and their construction. Their dimensions are also usually different. More about these dual purpose furniture and their differences are discussed further in the succeeding sections.
What is a Sleeper Sofa?
A sleeper sofa, also called a sofa bed – although the terms are sometimes subtly differentiated, is furniture that is designed primarily as a couch but can be converted into a bed by some mechanism such as hinges or springs. Although there have been many innovations on beds to make them portable or to save space, the first furniture that truly doubles as both a couch and a bed was invented in the 1930's and is credited to Bernard Castro, an Italian immigrant to the United States.
The cushions of sleeper sofas are typically made of foam, while the frame is mostly metal. Foam is a soft but stiff material, so the cushions are made of separate pieces. Some of the cushions are attached directly to the metal frame while the other pieces are detachable, to be placed side by side once the frame has been converted to a bed. While some sleeper sofa frames have a hinged mechanism that allows the backrest to be lowered, most frames have a pullout mechanism under the seat. This overall design makes the sleeping mattress only half as thick as when it is in couch mode and does not give optimum comfort for sleeping.
What is a Futon?
A futon is either the traditional Japanese style of bedding, or the futon sofa bed adapted by western culture – the two being very different. The traditional futon, used by the Japanese since ancient times, is only for sleeping and at its simplest is actually a set composed of mattress, duvet and pillow but without a bedframe. When not in use, traditional futons are first aired out in the open, and then stored in closets. Meanwhile, the western futon is basically a variant of the sleeper sofa invented by William Brouwer in the 1980's.
The futon mattress, whether the traditional or the western futon, is typically made of cotton and is all of one piece that can easily be folded or rolled. The frame is usually made of wood, with a backrest that can be lowered, and a footrest or a hidden deck under the seat that can be raised. The mattress is usually thinner than the cushions of a sleeper sofa in couch mode but thicker when converted into a bed, making the futon more comfortable for sleeping.
Difference between a Sleeper Sofa and a Futon
A sleeper sofa is any type of sofa that can be converted into a bed. A futon is either the traditional Japanese style of bedding composed of mattress, duvet and pillow, with no bedframe, or the adapted western futon which is basically a variant of the sofa bed.
Main function
A sleeper is mainly sitting furniture, with the bed as its second function. The futon is primarily a type of bedding with the mattress serving secondarily as a seat cushion for a sofa.
The first truly dual function sleeper sofa was invented by Bernard Castro in the 1930's while the futon was adapted into western use by William Brouwer in the 1980's.
Mattress or cushions
A sleeper sofa cushion is typically made of foam; it is soft but stiff. It cannot be folded nor rolled; instead, it can be made into separate pieces. Futons are usually made of cotton, made of one piece and as such, they can be easy to fold or roll.
Frame designs
Sleeper sofas frame are usually made of metal and are of a pullout design, with the extension hidden under the seat. Western futon frames are typically wood made in a hinged design, with a backrest that can be lowered and a footrest or a hidden deck under the seat that can be raised.
Seating comfort
Sleeper sofas are usually more comfortable than futons as seats, with thicker seat cushions than futons.
Sleeping comfort
Sleeper sofas are less comfortable as beds since the mattress is thinner than that of futons when spread out.
Sleeper Sofas vs Futons
 - Sleeper sofas and futons are double purpose furniture that are very useful as both seats and beds in homes with limited space or as extra sleeping areas for guests staying overnight.
 - They are also cost saving furniture due to their dual function.
 - Sleeper sofas come in many designs but their main quality is that they are made as couches first before beds.
 - Futons are the traditional Japanese style of bedding composed of mattress, duvet and pillow, without a bedframe. It was a adapted into the western culture as a sleeper sofa, with the mattress serving as seat cushion.
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Linear processes are everywhere in everyday life. They achieve reason and order. Farmers sow fields by spreading seeds handful at a time, gravity and distance split them up into spaces. I approached this piece using sand as seeds 'sown' onto the glass, then letting the direction of physical forces to create the tail lines behind them. The 3 panels represent 3 different areas where this has naturally occurred and the viewer will often see their own meaning to the blocks.
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Oct. 15, 2009 As Congress debates the public health care option, a recent study reveals greater public support for reducing health care disparities among socio-economic groups (i.e. by income or education) than among racial groups.
The respondents to the survey experiment, published in an upcoming issue of Social Science Quarterly, voiced strong concern about economic-based disparities and suggested government intervention would help to alleviate this imbalance.
On the flipside, over sixty percent of the people interviewed believed the racially-based disparities (primarily between African-Americans and Caucasians) were a result of genetic differences which may cause chronic conditions or recurring diseases. This perception led respondents to view racially-based disparities as less problematic and more resistant to government-based solutions, as well as to be less supportive of policy proposals aiming to eliminate health disparities.
On the whole, American health statistics point to stark differences between the well being and health among different social groups. The fact that college graduates are expected to live at least five years longer than Americans who have not completed high school and African-Americans are twice more likely to be in fair or poor health than Caucasian Americans raises serious concerns about both aspects of the issue. Efforts to garner public support for policies aimed at eliminating these health disparities should attend to the politics of social diversity, including the public's disparate perceptions of health disparities defined by different social groups.
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- Rigby et al. Public Responses to Health Disparities: How Group Cues Influence Support for Government Intervention. Social Science Quarterly, 2009; 90 (5): 1321 DOI: 10.1111/j._PHONE_.2009.00646.x
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I have a structure, that i want to write to a regular file as one record, with comma delimited fields. For example
 struct A {
 int a;
 int b;
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Given test.a=1 and test.b = 2, the regular file will have a corresponding 1,2 as one line record. Another requirement, is that i want to write the entire structure with one system call. So, i created a char buffer[10], stored the value of int a,b into buffer, with comma delimited and a new line character and used Linux system write() call to write the buffer.
The problem is that the record ends up as binary in the file. Which is intuitive as i took away the "typeness" from the variables, the momment i stored them in a char array. I can use standard io, but i would like to learn, how i can achieve the desired results with standard linux system calls with the outlined constraints. How can i preserve the "typness" of a variable. By typeness i mean that if the variable is of type int, the regular file should have human readable digits.
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Do you mean fprintf(file, "%d, %d\n", a, b);? – user529758 Jan 14 '13 at 16:56
This doesn't make sense. You're saying that you create a human-readable string (presumably with sprintf or similar), but then when you write() it, the file contains only binary representation of your values? – Oli Charlesworth Jan 14 '13 at 16:57
The typeness is applied by the human when reading the untyped human-readbale format. To have both (readabilty for humans and typeness for machines) you need to use human-readable format which incorporates the typeness as well. XML with a suitable scheme might help here. Further reading: w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2 – alk Jan 14 '13 at 17:02
Why the downvote? This question targets an essential problem, which was around for a long time... - and hadn't been solved properly before mark-up came in use. – alk Jan 14 '13 at 17:09
If you want human-readable with types you must explicitly include the types in the formatted output. – Hot Licks Jan 14 '13 at 17:20
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What you are looking to do is something like fprintf(fh, "%d,%d\n", test.a, test.b);, if you open the output file with fopen. If you really must use write() for some reason, you can sprintf(buffer, "%d,%d\n", test.a, test.b); write(fd, buffer, strlen(buffer));.
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How do fprintf or sprintf achieve the correct result? At the lowest level, i am sure they are using write() also. Do they convert int to its ASCII or similar to make it human readable? – Jimm Jan 14 '13 at 17:05
sprintf does not because it only writes to a buffer in memory, not to an output file descriptor. fprintf does end up using write() in some way. What matters here is that both are able to translate numbers in binary form to an array of human readable characters. – whooot Jan 14 '13 at 17:10
It's not what the OP wants, as this way the typness is lost. – alk Jan 14 '13 at 17:15
He wants ints to appear as human readable numbers in the output file and he sure as hell got it. How is the typeness lost when all you have are comma separated numbers? – whooot Jan 14 '13 at 17:18
_USER_ I think you are reading more than there is in the question. – whooot Jan 14 '13 at 18:40
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fprintf(fh, "struct:A{int:%d,int:%d}\n", test.a, test.b);
In some environments you might be able to write:
fprintf(fh, "struct:%s{%s:%d,%s:%d}\n", typeid(A).name(), typeid(test.a).name(), test.a, typeid(test.b).name(), test.b);
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I'm curious. Is this some kind of standard format? – whooot Jan 14 '13 at 19:46
_USER_ - Nope. Just a stab at something that sorta fits the OP's presumed "requirement". – Hot Licks Jan 14 '13 at 20:18
ok, thank you for the answer. – whooot Jan 14 '13 at 21:36
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Use fprintf if you want your file to be human readable, writing the file using code like
void writeArrayToFile(struct A* array, int count)
 int i;
 FILE* fp;
 // open file
 fprintf(fp, "%d,%d\n", array[i].a, array[i].b);
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isnt that standard io? – Jimm Jan 14 '13 at 16:57
_USER_ It is. And now what? – user529758 Jan 14 '13 at 16:59
... also it does not preserve the variables types. – alk Jan 14 '13 at 17:08
_USER_ Can you update your question to show how you format your data before the write call, how your output file is currently structured and how you'd like it to appear please? It sounds like H2CO3, whooot and I may all have misunderstood what you're asking. If many users aren't understanding your question, re-wording it would be useful. – simonc Jan 14 '13 at 17:08
_USER_ Depends on your interpretation of the question I guess. I thought the question was just about getting human readable output (as opposed to using write(fp, &myint, sizeof(myint))) – simonc Jan 14 '13 at 17:11
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 1. Prepare 1 lb of ground Italian sausage.
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When consumers believe a product is creative, they are more likely to like, share, and buy it. And yet not everyone agrees on what "creativity" looks like.
Jeffrey Loewenstein and I recently published a study examining the features that indicate whether a product is creative in the world's two largest economies, the U.S. and China. We found that the two countries had different views of what made a product creative. For example, the kind of product that an American loves and finds highly creative might seem trivial to a Chinese person. In contrast, the kind of product that a Chinese person finds creative might lack distinctiveness to an American.
All products have a constellation of features; we identified 26 cues that at least one of the two cultures nominated as relevant to creativity. To understand the psychology of how each culture views creativity, it's helpful to know what both cultures agree indicates creativity, and then move to the features where there is disagreement.
The list below identifies the cues both cultures agree indicate an idea is creative:
 - Paradigm shift. A significant change in thinking that a product or process represents
 - Breakthrough. Doing something others failed to accomplish or did not think could be done
 - Potential. Future possibilities opened up as a result of the product or process
 - Rarity. The unusualness of a product or process
 - Repurposing. Taking something from one context and adapting it to a second
 - Surprise. The affective reaction something inspires, such as amazement or astonishment
 - Art. The aesthetics of the product or process
 - Combination. Integrating functions, features, or other aspects that are typically distinct
 - High tech. Concerned with the role of technology
 - Joy. Happiness or fun involved in engaging with something
While Americans look only at the cues on this list, Chinese consumers consider a much broader range of cues to determine whether something is creative. For a Chinese person, it isn't enough that an idea is a breakthrough; they also look at whether the idea itself has proven broad appeal.
For example, one of the most striking differences we saw depended on whether the product was for a mass market. The Chinese believed that the mere fact that a product was for the mass market indicated the product was creative. But Americans believed that being designed for a mass market did not make a product creative. Consider the Apple Watch, which has performed short of expectations. The Apple Watch was advertised as the first mass-market wearable. I believe one reason the product underperformed in the U.S. is that Apple tried to sell it using a term that killed the feeling of "fit" for Americans, who associate Apple with creativity and thinking differently. Ironically, this same strategy (according to our findings) might work very well in China.
Another important cue is whether the product is described as a brand. In China, talking about a brand or evoking a brand name is highly compatible with creativity. But for 70% of Americans, talking about a brand can kill their view that the product is creative. If your goal is to sell a creative product (as opposed to a product with a proven track record), talking about your brand will place your product in the "not creative" box in Americans' minds.
There were several other points on which Americans and Chinese disagreed. For example, if an idea has high levels of social approval (e.g., Facebook likes, Kickstarter investors, downloads) the Chinese believed the idea was highly creative, but Americans did not. Likewise, ideas with cues related to being fashionable, credible (e.g., because they had celebrity backing), feasible, widely used, and easy to use were seen as not creative to Americans, while the Chinese viewed these cues as key for creativity.
What we think our findings mean is that when Americans say a product is creative, they mean it is distinctive. So, features of the product that communicate its wide acceptance (such as whether the idea is fashionable or has celebrity endorsement), feasibility, or ease of use can simply indicate the product is common, not unique. Chinese consumers, on the other hand, think new ideas that aren't widely endorsed must lack creativity — so why pay attention to them?
When marketers communicate ideas (and when decision makers choose ideas to pursue), they should focus on the features that fit with their target consumers' creativity cues.


Like several other languages, Standard Chinese has different words for "older brother" (哥哥), "younger brother" (弟弟), "older sister" (姐姐) and "younger sister" (妹妹). However, many languages don't express this type of age relationship by means of nouns only, but by means of optional adjectives. Examples include English, German, French and Dutch.
So when translating words such as "brother" and "sister" (in the singular form!) in texts from the latter category of languages into Chinese and when there is no context that indicates the age difference, what do Chinese translators do? As far as I know, words such as 兄弟 ("brother") and 兄弟姐妹 ("brothers and sisters")) aren't used to refer to a single sibling and wouldn't be correct as translation for, e.g., (singular) "brother".
Note: I hope it is clear that this is not a simple "translate-this-for-me" question, but a question of how translators deal with this.
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 examining jukuu's 100 example sentences for each of brother and sister will confirm 兄弟 for brother and yield 姐妹 for sister, in particular note physics examples like A particle should be accompanied in nature by a sister particle. 一种粒子实际上必须伴随一种姐妹粒子。 – user6065 Dec 7 '16 at 15:41
 - _USER_ Thanks. Would a sentence like "我兄弟处境困难" also be used in normal conversation or only in translations? – Tsundoku Dec 7 '16 at 16:36
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 note that 兄弟 does not necessarily denote kinship in the literal sense (see dictionaries) – user6065 Dec 7 '16 at 17:28
 - _USER_ If the relative age of the brother or sister in question is known to the speaker, he/she would just use 哥哥, 弟弟 or 姐姐, 妹妹, respectively. If I wanted speak about my (younger) brother I would directly use 弟弟 instead of 兄弟, as the latter also doubles as respectful appellation to someone who is roughly your age group or younger, or sort of "comrade-in-arms", and so on. – imrek Dec 12 '16 at 13:40
 - _USER_ I'm afraid you missed the point of the question. I'm asking about what translators do when it's not obvious whether 哥哥, 弟弟 or 姐姐, 妹妹 is the correct choice, not about what the dictionaries say. – Tsundoku Dec 12 '16 at 13:48
I translate professionally, and teach translation as well, and I have no comfortable solution. It is one of those cross-cultural conundrums that cannot be resolved satisfactorily with even a short equivalent, as family ranking is so precise to the Chinese, but if I must, then here's my squirm-my-way-through solution:
"Brother" and "sister" are not so bad, because at least one can translate them into Chinese as 哥哥/弟弟, 姐姐/妹妹, and hope to get away with it. Not ideal, but doable, if clunky.
The really impossible ones are the other relatives: 2 hoops to go through for uncle / aunt (paternal side or maternal? older or younger than parent?); even more hoops to go through for cousins (male or female? paternal side or maternal? older or younger than speaker or reference person?).
What I do, if the context allows such vagueness in the Chinese and I have no way of verifying further details for the "uncle/aunt/cousin", is to go for "亲戚 qīnqi / relative" (or 亲人). (Or turn the job down...)
maybe 昆仲, 昆季; these 2 are very elegant terms for "brother"
have fun :)
For EN-CN translators, seniority in the family or clan could be a challenge, like translating siblings when there's no clear age description.
In ancient time, Most Southeast Asian people (Lao, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, etc.) had been strictly following the rules of seniority/position in family/clan. Korean people even have more rules: taking elder brother as an example--if you are a boy, you have to call your elder brother "Hyong"; if you are a girl, "Oppa".
In a nutshell, I would like to due this to historical reason -- we say 「兄/弟/姐/妹」 in order to show respect. Most of the time Chinese people don't call their elder brother/sister's name because it is rude. In western language families (like English), people seems like to directly call their brother/sister's name (I got this conclusion from movies that I have seen).
Let's get back to your question:
When translating English to Chinese, if there's no clear age descriptions, I have to find the answer in the context. Sometimes I can't get the right word even though I have finished the whole materials. Then I would ask for Internet's help :)
 1. How do you call your brother and sister? - You could get more information about how to call your brother/sister in most Southeast Asian and European languages.
 2. 英语里的兄弟姐妹为什么没有大小之分？
 - Well... Seems my answer is trying to explain "why", rather than "how"... but I think these information could be useful for you and other readers :) – Travis Hu Dec 8 '16 at 1:10
 - My feeling as well. Make every effort to clarify the seniority as you translate, before resorting back to a generic 兄弟 as it is not common in Chinese. – jf328 Dec 8 '16 at 9:06
actually...兄弟 or 姐妹 can refer to a single sibling.but 兄弟姐妹 can't.
"兄弟姐妹" is a generic call to describe all your brothers and systers (people younger / older than you, or equal than you), having relationship with you in blood kinship.
Brother can be translated as 兄弟，but sister can't be translated as 姐妹，it can only can be translated as 姐姐 or 妹妹，if you don't want to know whether she is older or younger. But if you want to know, you must ask and then decide which word you use.
 - sister can be translated as 姐妹 – Tang Ho Dec 9 '16 at 3:48
Your understanding is correct. Let me summarize it again.
Can be used to refer single / multiple siblings:
older brother(s) = 哥哥
younger brother(s) = 弟弟
older sister(s) = 姐姐
younger sister(s) = 妹妹
Seldom used to refer to a single sibling:
brothers = 兄弟
sisters = 姐妹
brothers & sisters = 兄弟姐妹
Answer (tl;dr)
For your question, there is no good translation to refer to singular sibling. Therefore, it is recommended to rephrase the sentence.
They (two) are brothers = 他們是兩兄弟
They (two) are sisters = 她們是兩姊妹
While, it is even harder to translate "(singular) brother / sister" directly. I recommend:
They are a family = 他們是一家人 << Fluent, but a bit ambiguous
-- OR --
They are brothers and sisters = 他們是兄弟姊妹 << Less fluent, less ambiguous
Side note
When (singular) 兄弟 / 姊妹 is used, it is usually referring to close friends instead of family member.
For example:
他是我的好兄弟 = He is my best friend
她是我的好姊妹 = She is my best friend
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Everyone in architecture or space design is aware of the stunning 8,950sqm Beecroft Physics building at Oxford University, named for Adrian Beecroft, the venture capitalist, one of the major donors for the project.
The Beecroft building is unquestionably a masterpiece of architectural design but, as recognised in the 2019 RIBA awards, it is also a building that goes "beyond architecture" to become a living, breathing, ecosystem of thinking and collaboration.
Professor John Wheater spoke of his vision for the building, explaining that there was a need for a building that allowed "space for people to work in a modern way". He goes on to explain that "One of the basic criteria for this very interactive building was for researchers to be able to see when there were groups of people sitting around talking about science."
With an aim to provide spaces that promoted spontaneous collaboration and sharing between physicists, the Beecroft building incorporates large curved chalkboards on collaborative mezzanine discussion areas between floors, constructed from Sundeala VES Chalkboard surface laminated directly to the substrate to ensure the boards are able to sustain a lifetime of daily use.
Professor Wheater does note that while the collaboration spaces were immediately popular with younger scientists, it took the older scientists longer to utilise the areas. Nevertheless, groups of all ages are now using the space enthusiastically, demonstrating that 'modern' space design has omnigenerational benefits.
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Due to the building height restrictions of central Oxford which dictate a building may not be more than 18m in height, the Beecroft building reaches 16m underground with four floors of experimental physics laboratory space balanced perfectly on a system of hydraulics to dampen vibrations to 'the width of a few atoms' (i). The laboratories are temperature controlled to within a tenth of a degree and are intended to house extremely sensitive atomic-level experimentation.
While theoretical physicists are renowned for their love of chalk surfaces to write and explore ideas, dust particles from chalk preclude this in experimental physics spaces. It is, however, interesting to note that, even in this most cutting edge technological environment, the humble writing surface was still specified into the core design of the building.
Sundeala vitreous enameled steel whiteboards are fitted throughout the four floors of experimental physics laboratories, not only due to their market-leading quality but also for their lifetime surface guarantee. Once the laboratories were in use, the avoidance of any construction or maintenance that could disrupt the sensitive experiments is key.
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Prior to beginning the packing process, you have to double-check if you have all of the moving supplies you need on hand. This should involve packaging material which is a critical moving supply. The good thing is that packing paper is reasonably priced and relatively simple to use for the activity.
Using wrapping paper to wrap fragile stuff is one of the most effective and foolproof ways to protect your property. Additionally, you can reuse old paper and newsprints for your next pass, which will save you money over time due to its longevity.
If you prefer to discard it, it's generally helpful how packing paper is 100% organic, recyclable, and biodegradable. Continue reading and discover the benefits of traveling with packing paper.
What is Packing Paper?
Packing paper is a cost-effective and practical method of securing your belongings when traveling. This type of paper is usually shipped in large sheets, which saves you money. It can be used to package everything from dinnerware to delicate fragile items.
Additionally, the paper may be used to fill empty spaces in moving boxes, preventing items from shifting during transport. For most people who had moved and traveled extensively, they can attest to the durability of newsprint paper and how easy it is to use.
Without it, I'm not sure how you'd pack my kitchen for a transfer. Not only can you use the paper to seal the exterior of delicate objects, but you can also use it to fill in spaces inside them to prevent them from breaking.
For instance, you can wrap the outside of a glass item in paper and stuff the interior with additional paper. This adds another layer of protection, making it least likely for the glass to break during transit.
Importance of Packing Paper
Wrapping items in paper is a simple, mess-free method of securing your belongings during a transfer. Not only would you need newsprint paper to wrap small items prior to boxing them, but also to serve as covering and fillers for gaps and space in between items in boxes and angular containers.
This will serve as a buffer for your belongings and the impacts of the traveling, effectively encasing them.
Here's how to use packing paper to secure your belongings during a move:
 1. Tear or cut the appropriate amount of paper pieces from the roll for each of your belongings.
 2. Wrap the items in paper pieces until you are confident they are safe to eat. This may require only one layer of packaging paper for certain items, but several layers may be needed for others.
 3. Line the interiors of artifacts like cups, glasses, mugs, and fragile containers with paper.
 4. If required, tape the file. Typically, packing paper is self-adhesive. So, there is no need for adhesives. On the other hand, larger items may require more layers of security in the form of tape.
 5. When packing the belongings into a moving box, use additional paper as fillers for the corner spaces and the gaps.
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Computerized information management systems are becoming a vital component of quality diabetes care. For instance, they can prompt doctors to conduct recommended diabetes care monitoring tests such as eye and foot checks. They can enhance patient self-management of diabetes, for example, via use of pocket-size insulin dosage computers. Use of such systems can improve diabetes-related outcomes, according to a recent systematic review of randomized clinical trials of computer-assisted interventions in diabetes care. The review was supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS10472).
E. Andrew Balas, M.D., Ph.D., of St. Louis University, and his colleagues grouped 40 eligible studies into three categories: computerized prompting of diabetes care, use of home glucose records in computer-assisted insulin dose adjustment, and computer-assisted diabetes patient education. They found that computerized systems significantly improved patients' glycated hemoglobin (measure of overall blood sugar control over the past 2 to 3 months) and blood glucose levels (measured at the time of the test) in seven and six trials, respectively. Computerized prompting substantially improved physician compliance with diabetes care guidelines in six of eight studies. Overall compliance with recommended diabetes care procedures, for example, eye and foot examinations and blood-sugar measurements, was 71 to 227 percent higher among doctors prompted by computer systems to perform the procedures compared with doctors who did not receive the prompts.
Three of four pocket-sized insulin dosage computers reduced hypoglycemic events (abnormally low blood sugar levels that can lead to convulsions or coma) and insulin doses. Meta-analysis of studies using home glucose records in insulin dose adjustment (patients collected and transmitted the data electronically) documented a mean decrease in glycated hemoglobin of 1.4 mmol/L and a decrease in blood glucose of.33 mmol/L. Several computerized educational programs improved diet and metabolic indicators of diabetes control.
See "Computerized knowledge management in diabetes care," by Dr. Balas, Santosh Krishna, Ph.D., Rainer A. Kretschmer, M.D., and others, in the June 2004 Medical Care 42(6), pp. 610-621.
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Instruments for crude fiber digestion that can be operated semi-automatically
Good to know: Crude fiber is the portion of feed, which remains after treatment with acids, alkalies and solvents as indigestible constituent. The main component of crude fiber is cellulose.
There are regulations in place worldwide for the determination of crude fiber content. Standard procedures are applied such as ISO 6865:2000, ISO 5498:2000 (AOAC Official Method 962.09) AACC method 32-10.01, etc.
Crude fiber determination is an element of the classic Weende feed analysis. For crude fiber determination the sample is - if required degreased - treated successively with boiling acid and alkaline dilutions in the prescribed concentrations. Following filtration with a sintered glass filter, the sample is washed, dried, weight and incinerated at 475 … 500 °C. The weight loss during incineration corresponds to the crude fiber content of the sample.
What are crude fibers
The term "crude fiber" originates from the animal feed industry and refers to substances that are not digested by animals. "Crude fibers" give a sum parameter of chemically partly very different substances. Mainly components of the plant cell wall, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.
Why crude fiber determination
A balanced proportion of crude fiber in feed is important, as it is important for healthy digestion on the one hand, but on the other hand it is also an energetically unusable part and thus increases the price of the feed.
Why different methods
Different animals have different digestive systems. Thus, ruminants (ruminantia) can degrade cellulose in contrast to non-ruminants (monogastric animals). Depending on the application, a differentiated analysis should be applied.
Different stocks of crude fiber and their determination
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Based on the different regulations, the different ingredients can be calculated as follows
All analyses are based on the fact that the feed crust is digested under temperature and the undigested substances are incinerated and weighed.
The difference lies in the lytic chemicals used.


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To promote multidisciplinary research, the Graduate School aims to systematically connect cultural and social studies in each research area. Its study programme also addresses a number of cross-cutting themes like the critique of orientalism, alternate globalities, Islam as a reference, connected and translocal spaces, and entangled histories. Experience has shown that doctoral and postdoctoral researchers are strongly and at times even passionately engaged with debates that relate their projects to larger intellectual, social, and political concerns. The cross-cutting themes address these concerns.